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(B) a funding plan explaining the expected 
timetable for the Air Force to support such 
projects. 
Subtitle F—Other Matters 
SEC. 371. ENHANCEMENT OF CORROSION CONTROL AND 
PREVENTION FUNCTIONS WITHIN DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) OFFICE
OF CORROSION POLICY
AND OVER-
SIGHT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 2228 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by striking the sec-
tion heading and subsection (a) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘§ 2228. Office of Corrosion Policy and Oversight 
‘‘(a) OFFICE AND DIRECTOR.—(1) There is an Office 
of Corrosion Policy and Oversight within the Office of the 
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, 
and Logistics. 
‘‘(2) The Office shall be headed by a Director of Cor-
rosion Policy and Oversight, who shall be assigned to such 
position by the Under Secretary from among civilian em-
ployees of the Department of Defense with the qualifica-
tions described in paragraph (3). The Director is respon-
sible in the Department of Defense to the Secretary of 
Defense (after the Under Secretary of Defense for Acqui-
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sition, Technology, and Logistics) for the prevention and 
mitigation of corrosion of the military equipment and in-
frastructure of the Department of Defense. The Director 
shall report directly to the Under Secretary. 
‘‘(3) In order to qualify to be assigned to the position 
of Director, an individual shall— 
‘‘(A) have management expertise in, and profes-
sional experience with, corrosion project and policy 
implementation, including an understanding of the 
effects of corrosion policies on infrastructure; re-
search, development, test, and evaluation; and main-
tenance; and 
‘‘(B) have an understanding of Department of 
Defense budget formulation and execution, policy 
formulation, and planning and program require-
ments. 
‘‘(4) The Secretary of Defense shall designate the po-
sition of Director as a critical acquisition position under 
section 1733(b)(1)(C) of this title.’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section 
2228(b) of such title is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘official 
or organization designated under subsection 
(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘Director of Corrosion Policy 
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and Oversight (in this section referred to as the 
‘Director’)’’; and 
(B) in paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5), by 
striking ‘‘designated official or organization’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Director’’. 
(b) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY FOR DIRECTOR OF OF-
FICE.—Section 2228 of such title is further amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 
subsections (d) and (f), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES FOR DIRECTOR.— 
The Director is authorized to— 
‘‘(1) develop, update, and coordinate corrosion 
training with the Defense Acquisition University; 
‘‘(2) participate in the process within the De-
partment of Defense for the development of relevant 
directives and instructions; and 
‘‘(3) interact directly with the corrosion preven-
tion industry, trade associations, other government 
corrosion prevention agencies, academic research 
and educational institutions, and scientific organiza-
tions engaged in corrosion prevention, including the 
National Academy of Sciences.’’. 
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(c) INCLUSION OF COOPERATIVE RESEARCH AGREE-
MENTS
AS PART
OF CORROSION REDUCTION STRAT-
EGY.—Subsection (d)(2)(D) of section 2228 of such title, 
as redesignated by subsection (b), is amended by inserting 
after ‘‘operational strategies’’ the following: ‘‘, including 
through the establishment of memoranda of agreement, 
joint funding agreements, public-private partnerships, uni-
versity research and education centers, and other coopera-
tive research agreements’’. 
(d) REPORT REQUIREMENT.—Section 2228 of such 
title is further amended by inserting after subsection (d) 
(as redesignated by subsection (b)) the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(e) REPORT.—(1) For each budget for a fiscal year, 
beginning with the budget for fiscal year 2009, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit, with the defense budget 
materials, a report on the following: 
‘‘(A) Funding requirements for the long-term 
strategy developed under subsection (d). 
‘‘(B) The return on investment that would be 
achieved by implementing the strategy. 
‘‘(C) The funds requested in the budget com-
pared to the funding requirements. 
‘‘(D) An explanation if the funding require-
ments are not fully funded in the budget. 
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‘‘(2) Within 60 days after submission of the budget 
for a fiscal year, the Comptroller General shall provide to 
the congressional defense committees— 
‘‘(A) an analysis of the budget submission for 
corrosion control and prevention by the Department 
of Defense; and 
‘‘(B) an analysis of the report required under 
paragraph (1).’’. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—Subsection (f) of section 2228 of 
such title, as redesignated by subsection (b), is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(4) The term ‘budget’, with respect to a fiscal 
year, means the budget for that fiscal year that is 
submitted to Congress by the President under sec-
tion 1105(a) of title 31. 
‘‘(5) The term ‘defense budget materials’, with 
respect to a fiscal year, means the materials sub-
mitted to Congress by the Secretary of Defense in 
support of the budget for that fiscal year.’’. 
(f) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 131 of such title is amended by 
striking the item relating to section 2228 and inserting 
the following new item: 
‘‘2228. Office of Corrosion Policy and Oversight.’’. 
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SEC. 372. AUTHORITY FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO 
PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR CERTAIN SPORTING 
EVENTS. 
(a) PROVISION OF SUPPORT.—Section 2564 of title 
10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(4) A sporting event sanctioned by the United 
States Olympic Committee through the Paralympic 
Military Program. 
‘‘(5) Any national or international paralympic 
sporting event (other than a sporting event described 
in paragraphs (1) through (4))— 
‘‘(A) that— 
‘‘(i) is held in the United States or 
any of its territories or commonwealths; 
‘‘(ii) is governed by the International 
Paralympic Committee; and 
‘‘(iii) is sanctioned by the United 
States Olympic Committee; 
‘‘(B) for which participation exceeds 100 
amateur athletes; and 
‘‘(C) in which at least 10 percent of the 
athletes participating in the sporting event are 
members or former members of the armed 
forces who are participating in the sporting 
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event based upon an injury or wound incurred 
in the line of duty in the armed force and vet-
erans who are participating in the sporting 
event based upon a service-connected dis-
ability.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(g) 
FUNDING
FOR
SUPPORT
OF
CERTAIN 
EVENTS.—(1) Amounts for the provision of support for 
a sporting event described in paragraph (4) or (5) of sub-
section (c) may be derived from the Support for Inter-
national Sporting Competitions, Defense account estab-
lished by section 5802 of the Omnibus Consolidated Ap-
propriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104–208; 10 U.S.C. 
2564 note), notwithstanding any limitation under that sec-
tion relating to the availability of funds in such account 
for the provision of support for international sporting com-
petitions. 
‘‘(2) The total amount expended for any fiscal year 
to provide support for sporting events described in sub-
section (c)(5) may not exceed $1,000,000.’’. 
(b) SOURCE OF FUNDS.—Section 5802 of the Omni-
bus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 
104–208; 10 U.S.C. 2564 note) is amended— 
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(1) by inserting after ‘‘international sporting 
competitions’’ the following: ‘‘and for support of 
sporting competitions authorized under section 
2564(c)(4) and (5), of title 10, United States 
Code,’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘45 days’’ and inserting ‘‘15 
days’’. 
SEC. 373. AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE REASONABLE RESTRIC-
TIONS ON PAYMENT OF FULL REPLACEMENT 
VALUE FOR LOST OR DAMAGED PERSONAL 
PROPERTY TRANSPORTED AT GOVERNMENT 
EXPENSE. 
Section 2636a(d) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: 
‘‘The regulations may include a requirement that a mem-
ber of the armed forces or civilian employee of the Depart-
ment of Defense comply with reasonable restrictions or 
conditions prescribed by the Secretary in order to receive 
the full amount deducted under subsection (b).’’. 
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SEC. 374. PRIORITY TRANSPORTATION ON DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE AIRCRAFT OF RETIRED MEM-
BERS RESIDING IN COMMONWEALTHS AND 
POSSESSIONS OF THE UNITED STATES FOR 
CERTAIN HEALTH CARE SERVICES. 
(a) AVAILABILITY
OF TRANSPORTATION.—Chapter 
157 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by insert-
ing after section 2641a the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2641b. Space-available travel on Department of De-
fense aircraft: retired members residing 
in Commonwealths and possessions of 
the United States for certain health care 
services 
‘‘(a) PRIORITY TRANSPORTATION.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall provide transportation on Department of 
Defense aircraft on a space-available basis for any member 
or former member of the uniformed services described in 
subsection (b), and a single dependent of the member if 
needed to accompany the member, at a priority level in 
the same category as the priority level for an unaccom-
panied dependent over the age of 18 traveling on environ-
mental and morale leave. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE
MEMBERS
AND
FORMER
MEM-
BERS.—A member or former member eligible for priority 
transport under subsection (a) is a covered beneficiary 
under chapter 55 of this title who— 
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‘‘(1) is entitled to retired or retainer pay; 
‘‘(2) resides in or is located in a Commonwealth 
or possession of the United States; and 
‘‘(3) is referred by a military or civilian primary 
care provider located in that Commonwealth or pos-
session to a specialty care provider for services to be 
provided outside of that Commonwealth or posses-
sion. 
‘‘(c) SCOPE OF PRIORITY.—The increased priority for 
space-available transportation required by subsection (a) 
applies with respect to both— 
‘‘(1) the travel from the Commonwealth or pos-
session of the United States to receive the specialty 
care services; and 
‘‘(2) the return travel. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘pri-
mary care provider’ and ‘specialty care provider’ refer to 
a medical or dental professional who provides health care 
services under chapter 55 of this title. 
‘‘(e) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
prescribe regulations to implement this section.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 2641a the following new 
item: 
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‘‘2641b. Space-available travel on Department of Defense aircraft: retired mem-
bers residing in Commonwealths and possessions of the United 
States for certain health care services.’’. 
SEC. 375. RECOVERY OF MISSING MILITARY PROPERTY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 165 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new sections: 
‘‘§ 2788. Property accountability: regulations 
‘‘The Secretary of a military department may pre-
scribe regulations for the accounting for the property of 
that department and the fixing of responsibility for that 
property. 
‘‘§ 2789. Individual equipment: unauthorized disposi-
tion 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—No member of the armed forces 
may sell, lend, pledge, barter, or give any clothing, arms, 
or equipment furnished to such member by the United 
States to any person other than a member of the armed 
forces or an officer of the United States who is authorized 
to receive it. 
‘‘(b) SEIZURE
OF IMPROPERLY DISPOSED PROP-
ERTY.—If a member of the armed forces has disposed of 
property in violation of subsection (a) and the property 
is in the possession of a person who is neither a member 
of the armed forces nor an officer of the United States 
who is authorized to receive it, that person has no right 
to or interest in the property, and any civil or military 
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officer of the United States may seize the property, wher-
ever found, subject to applicable regulations. Possession 
of such property furnished by the United States to a mem-
ber of the armed forces by a person who is neither a mem-
ber of the armed forces, nor an officer of the United 
States, is prima facie evidence that the property has been 
disposed of in violation of subsection (a). 
‘‘(c) DELIVERY OF SEIZED PROPERTY.—If an officer 
who seizes property under subsection (b) is not authorized 
to retain it for the United States, the officer shall deliver 
the property to a person who is authorized to retain it.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new items: 
‘‘2788. Property accountability: regulations. 
‘‘2789. Individual equipment: unauthorized disposition.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Such title is further amend-
ed by striking the following sections: 
(A) Section 4832. 
(B) Section 4836. 
(C) Section 9832. 
(D) Section 9836. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) CHAPTER 453.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 453 of such title is 
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amended by striking the items relating to sec-
tions 4832 and 4836. 
(B) CHAPTER 953.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 953 of such title is 
amended by striking the items relating to sec-
tions 9832 and 9836. 
SEC. 376. RETENTION OF COMBAT UNIFORMS BY MEMBERS 
OF THE ARMED FORCES DEPLOYED IN SUP-
PORT OF CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS. 
(a) RETENTION OF COMBAT UNIFORMS.—Chapter 
152 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2568. Retention of combat uniforms by members 
deployed in support of contingency oper-
ations 
‘‘The Secretary of a military department may author-
ize a member of the armed forces under the jurisdiction 
of the Secretary who has been deployed in support of a 
contingency operation for at least 30 days to retain, after 
that member is no longer so deployed, the combat uniform 
issued to that member as organizational clothing and indi-
vidual equipment.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item: 
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‘‘2568. Retention of combat uniforms by members deployed in support of contin-
gency operations.’’. 
SEC. 377. ISSUE OF SERVICEABLE MATERIAL OF THE NAVY 
OTHER THAN TO ARMED FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part IV of subtitle C of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new chapter: 
‘‘CHAPTER 667—ISSUE OF SERVICEABLE 
MATERIAL OTHER THAN TO ARMED 
FORCES 
‘‘Sec. 
‘‘7911. Arms, tentage, and equipment: educational institutions not maintaining 
units of R.O.T.C. 
‘‘7912. Rifles and ammunition for target practice: educational institutions hav-
ing corps of midshipmen. 
‘‘7913. Supplies: military instruction camps. 
‘‘§ 7911. Arms, tentage, and equipment: educational 
institutions not maintaining units of 
R.O.T.C. 
‘‘Under such conditions as he may prescribe, the Sec-
retary of the Navy may issue arms, tentage, and equip-
ment that the Secretary considers necessary for proper 
military training, to any educational institution at which 
no unit of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps is main-
tained, but which has a course in military training pre-
scribed by the Secretary and which has at least 50 phys-
ically fit students over 14 years of age. 
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‘‘§ 7912. Rifles and ammunition for target practice: 
educational institutions having corps of 
midshipmen 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO LEND.—The Secretary of the 
Navy may lend, without expense to the United States, 
magazine rifles and appendages that are not of the exist-
ing service models in use at the time and that are not 
necessary for a proper reserve supply, to any educational 
institution having a uniformed corps of midshipmen of 
sufficient number for target practice. The Secretary may 
also issue 40 rounds of ball cartridges for each mid-
shipman for each range at which target practice is held, 
but not more than 120 rounds each year for each mid-
shipman participating in target practice. 
‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES OF INSTITUTIONS.—The in-
stitutions to which property is lent under subsection (a) 
shall— 
‘‘(1) use the property for target practice; 
‘‘(2) take proper care of the property; and 
‘‘(3) return the property when required. 
‘‘(c) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of the Navy 
shall prescribe regulations to carry out this section, con-
taining such other requirements as he considers necessary 
to safeguard the interests of the United States. 
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or semester basis, the tuition and fees charged the 
individual for the entire program of education. 
‘‘(B) In this subsection, the term ‘established 
charges’ does not include any fees or payments attrib-
utable to the purchase of a vehicle. 
‘‘(3) The educational institution providing the pro-
gram of education for which an accelerated payment of 
educational assistance allowance is elected by an eligible 
person under subsection (a) shall certify to the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs the amount of the established charges 
for the program of education. 
‘‘(d) An accelerated payment of educational assist-
ance allowance made with respect to an eligible person 
under this section for a program of education shall be 
made not later than the last day of the month immediately 
following the month in which the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs receives a certification from the educational insti-
tution regarding— 
‘‘(1) the person’s enrollment in and pursuit of 
the program of education; and 
‘‘(2) the amount of the established charges for 
the program of education. 
‘‘(e)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), for each 
accelerated payment of educational assistance allowance 
made with respect to an eligible person under this section, 
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‘‘(1) To review and make recommendations to 
the Secretary of Defense regarding the policy and 
plans required under section 1781b of this title. 
‘‘(2) To monitor requirements for the support 
of military family readiness by the Department of 
Defense. 
‘‘(3) To evaluate and assess the effectiveness of 
the military family readiness programs and activities 
of the Department of Defense. 
‘‘(e) ANNUAL REPORTS.—(1) Not later than Feb-
ruary 1 each year, the Council shall submit to the Sec-
retary of Defense and the congressional defense commit-
tees a report on military family readiness. 
‘‘(2) Each report under this subsection shall include 
the following: 
‘‘(A) An assessment of the adequacy and effec-
tiveness of the military family readiness programs 
and activities of the Department of Defense during 
the preceding fiscal year in meeting the needs and 
requirements of military families. 
‘‘(B) Recommendations on actions to be taken 
to improve the capability of the military family read-
iness programs and activities of the Department of 
Defense to meet the needs and requirements of mili-
tary families, including actions relating to the alloca-
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