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end strength authorizations requested under subparagraphs 
(A) and (B) of subsection (a)(1). 
‘‘(D) A summary of the missions being performed by mem-
bers identified under subparagraphs (A) and (B).’’. 
SEC. 417. REVISION OF VARIANCES AUTHORIZED FOR SELECTED 
RESERVE END STRENGTHS. 
Section 115(f)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘2 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘3 percent’’. 
Subtitle C—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 421. MILITARY PERSONNEL. 
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Defense for military personnel for fiscal year 2008 a total 
of $117,091,420,000. The authorization in the preceding sentence 
supersedes any other authorization of appropriations (definite or 
indefinite) for such purpose for fiscal year 2008. 
TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL 
POLICY 
Subtitle A—Officer Personnel Policy 
Sec. 501. Assignment of officers to designated positions of importance and responsi-
bility. 
Sec. 502. Enhanced authority for Reserve general and flag officers to serve on ac-
tive duty. 
Sec. 503. Increase in years of commissioned service threshold for discharge of pro-
bationary officers and for use of force shaping authority. 
Sec. 504. Mandatory retirement age for active-duty general and flag officers contin-
ued on active duty. 
Sec. 505. Authority for reduced mandatory service obligation for initial appoint-
ments of officers in critically short health professional specialties. 
Sec. 506. Expansion of authority for reenlistment of officers in their former enlisted 
grade. 
Sec. 507. Increase in authorized number of permanent professors at the United 
States Military Academy. 
Sec. 508. Promotion of career military professors of the Navy. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Component Management 
Sec. 511. Retention of military technicians who lose dual status in the Selected Re-
serve due to combat-related disability. 
Sec. 512. Constructive service credit upon original appointment of Reserve officers 
in certain health care professions. 
Sec. 513. Mandatory separation of Reserve officers in the grade of lieutenant gen-
eral or vice admiral after completion of 38 years of commissioned serv-
ice. 
Sec. 514. Maximum period of temporary Federal recognition of person as Army Na-
tional Guard officer or Air National Guard officer. 
Sec. 515. Advance notice to members of reserve components of deployment in sup-
port of contingency operations. 
Sec. 516. Report on relief from professional licensure and certification requirements 
for reserve component members on long-term active duty. 
Subtitle C—Education and Training 
Sec. 521. Revisions to authority to pay tuition for off-duty training or education. 
Sec. 522. Reduction or elimination of service obligation in an Army Reserve or 
Army National Guard troop program unit for certain persons selected as 
medical students at Uniformed Services University of the Health 
Sciences.
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Sec. 523. Repeal of annual limit on number of ROTC scholarships under Army Re-
serve and Army National Guard financial assistance program. 
Sec. 524. Treatment of prior active service of members in uniformed medical acces-
sion programs. 
Sec. 525. Repeal of post-2007–2008 academic year prohibition on phased increase 
in cadet strength limit at the United States Military Academy. 
Sec. 526. National Defense University master’s degree programs. 
Sec. 527. Authority of the Air University to confer degree of master of science in 
flight test engineering. 
Sec. 528. Enhancement of education benefits for certain members of reserve compo-
nents. 
Sec. 529. Extension of period of entitlement to educational assistance for certain 
members of the Selected Reserve affected by force shaping initiatives. 
Sec. 530. Time limit for use of educational assistance benefit for certain members 
of reserve components and resumption of benefit. 
Sec. 531. Secretary of Defense evaluation of the adequacy of the degree-granting 
authorities of certain military universities and educational institutions. 
Sec. 532. Report on success of Army National Guard and Reserve Senior Reserve 
Officers’ Training Corps financial assistance program. 
Sec. 533. Report on utilization of tuition assistance by members of the Armed 
Forces. 
Sec. 534. Navy Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps unit for Southold, 
Mattituck, and Greenport High Schools. 
Sec. 535. Report on transfer of administration of certain educational assistance pro-
grams for members of the reserve components. 
Subtitle D—Military Justice and Legal Assistance Matters 
Sec. 541. Authority to designate civilian employees of the Federal Government and 
dependents of deceased members as eligible for legal assistance from 
Department of Defense legal staff resources. 
Sec. 542. Authority of judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed 
Forces to administer oaths. 
Sec. 543. Modification of authorities on senior members of the Judge Advocate Gen-
erals’ Corps. 
Sec. 544. Prohibition against members of the Armed Forces participating in crimi-
nal street gangs. 
Subtitle E—Military Leave 
Sec. 551. Temporary enhancement of carryover of accumulated leave for members 
of the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 552. Enhancement of rest and recuperation leave. 
Subtitle F—Decorations and Awards 
Sec. 561. Authorization and request for award of Medal of Honor to Leslie H. Sabo, 
Jr., for acts of valor during the Vietnam War. 
Sec. 562. Authorization and request for award of Medal of Honor to Henry Svehla 
for acts of valor during the Korean War. 
Sec. 563. Authorization and request for award of Medal of Honor to Woodrow W. 
Keeble for acts of valor during the Korean War. 
Sec. 564. Authorization and request for award of Medal of Honor to Private Philip 
G. Shadrach for acts of valor as one of Andrews’ Raiders during the 
Civil War. 
Sec. 565. Authorization and request for award of Medal of Honor to Private George 
D. Wilson for acts of valor as one of Andrews’ Raiders during the Civil 
War. 
Subtitle G—Impact Aid and Defense Dependents Education System 
Sec. 571. Continuation of authority to assist local educational agencies that benefit 
dependents of members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense 
civilian employees. 
Sec. 572. Impact aid for children with severe disabilities. 
Sec. 573. Inclusion of dependents of non-department of Defense employees em-
ployed on Federal property in plan relating to force structure changes, 
relocation of military units, or base closures and realignments. 
Sec. 574. Payment of private boarding school tuition for military dependents in 
overseas areas not served by defense dependents’ education system 
schools. 
Subtitle H—Military Families 
Sec. 581. Department of Defense Military Family Readiness Council and policy and 
plans for military family readiness.
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Sec. 582. Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program. 
Sec. 583. Study to enhance and improve support services and programs for families 
of members of regular and reserve components undergoing deployment. 
Sec. 584. Protection of child custody arrangements for parents who are members of 
the Armed Forces deployed in support of a contingency operation. 
Sec. 585. Family leave in connection with injured members of the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 586. Family care plans and deferment of deployment of single parent or dual 
military couples with minor dependents. 
Sec. 587. Education and treatment services for military dependent children with 
autism. 
Sec. 588. Commendation of efforts of Project Compassion in paying tribute to mem-
bers of the Armed Forces who have fallen in the service of the United 
States. 
Subtitle I—Other Matters 
Sec. 590. Uniform performance policies for military bands and other musical units. 
Sec. 591. Transportation of remains of deceased members of the Armed Forces and 
certain other persons. 
Sec. 592. Expansion of number of academies supportable in any State under 
STARBASE program. 
Sec. 593. Gift acceptance authority. 
Sec. 594. Conduct by members of the Armed Forces and veterans out of uniform 
during hoisting, lowering, or passing of United States flag. 
Sec. 595. Annual report on cases reviewed by National Committee for Employer 
Support of the Guard and Reserve. 
Sec. 596. Modification of Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD 
Form 214). 
Sec. 597. Reports on administrative separations of members of the Armed Forces 
for personality disorder. 
Sec. 598. Program to commemorate 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War. 
Sec. 599. Recognition of members of the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives pro-
gram of the Civil Affairs and Military Government Sections of the 
Armed Forces during and following World War II. 
Subtitle A—Officer Personnel Policy 
SEC. 501. ASSIGNMENT OF OFFICERS TO DESIGNATED POSITIONS OF 
IMPORTANCE AND RESPONSIBILITY. 
(a) CONTINUATION IN GRADE WHILE AWAITING ORDERS.—Section 
601(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (3); 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new para-
graph (4): 
‘‘(4) at the discretion of the Secretary of Defense, while 
the officer is awaiting orders after being relieved from the 
position designated under subsection (a) or by law to carry 
one of those grades, but not for more than 60 days beginning 
on the day the officer is relieved from the position, unless, 
during such period, the officer is placed under orders to another 
position designated under subsection (a) or by law to carry 
one of those grades, in which case paragraph (2) will also 
apply to the officer; and’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT REGARDING GENERAL AND FLAG 
OFFICER CEILINGS.—Section 525(e) of such title is amended by 
striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) At the discretion of the Secretary of Defense, an officer 
of that armed force who has been relieved from a position 
designated under section 601(a) of this title or by law to carry 
one of the grades specified in such section, but only during 
the 60-day period beginning on the date on which the assign-
ment of the officer to the first position is terminated or until 
the officer is assigned to a second such position, whichever 
occurs first.’’.
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SEC. 502. ENHANCED AUTHORITY FOR RESERVE GENERAL AND FLAG 
OFFICERS TO SERVE ON ACTIVE DUTY. 
Section 526(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘The limitations’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) The limitations of this section also do not apply to a 
number, as specified by the Secretary of the military department 
concerned, of reserve component general or flag officers authorized 
to serve on active duty for a period of not more than 365 days. 
The number so specified for an armed force may not exceed the 
number equal to 10 percent of the authorized number of general 
or flag officers, as the case may be, of that armed force under 
section 12004 of this title. In determining such number, any fraction 
shall be rounded down to the next whole number, except that 
such number shall be at least one.’’. 
SEC. 
503. 
INCREASE 
IN 
YEARS 
OF 
COMMISSIONED 
SERVICE 
THRESHOLD FOR DISCHARGE OF PROBATIONARY OFFI-
CERS AND FOR USE OF FORCE SHAPING AUTHORITY. 
(a) ACTIVE-DUTY LIST OFFICERS.— 
(1) EXTENDED PROBATIONARY PERIOD.—Paragraph (1)(A) of 
section 630 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ‘‘five years’’ and inserting ‘‘six years’’. 
(2) SECTION
HEADING.—The heading of such section is 
amended by striking ‘‘five years’’ and inserting ‘‘six years’’. 
(3) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The item relating to such section 
in the table of sections at the beginning of subchapter III 
of chapter 36 of such title is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘630. Discharge of commissioned officers with less than six years of active commis-
sioned service or found not qualified for promotion for first lieutenant 
or lieutenant (junior grade).’’. 
(b) OFFICER FORCE SHAPING AUTHORITY.—Section 647(b)(1) of 
such title is amended by striking ‘‘5 years’’ both places it appears 
and inserting ‘‘six years’’. 
(c) RESERVE OFFICERS.— 
(1) EXTENDED PROBATIONARY PERIOD.—Subsection (a)(1) of 
section 14503 of such title is amended by striking ‘‘five years’’ 
and inserting ‘‘six years’’. 
(2) SECTION
HEADING.—The heading of such section is 
amended by striking ‘‘five years’’ and inserting ‘‘six years’’. 
(3) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The item relating to such section 
in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 1407 of 
such title is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘14503. Discharge of officers with less than six years of commissioned service or 
found not qualified for promotion to first lieutenant or lieutenant (junior 
grade).’’. 
SEC. 504. MANDATORY RETIREMENT AGE FOR ACTIVE-DUTY GENERAL 
AND FLAG OFFICERS CONTINUED ON ACTIVE DUTY. 
Section 637(b)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘but such period may not (except as provided under 
section 1251(b) of this title) extend beyond the date of the officer’s 
sixty-second birthday’’ and inserting ‘‘except as provided under sec-
tion 1251 or 1253 of this title’’.
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SEC. 505. AUTHORITY FOR REDUCED MANDATORY SERVICE OBLIGA-
TION FOR INITIAL APPOINTMENTS OF OFFICERS IN CRITI-
CALLY SHORT HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SPECIALTIES. 
Section 651 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c)(1) For the armed forces under the jurisdiction of the Sec-
retary of Defense, the Secretary may waive the initial period of 
required service otherwise established pursuant to subsection (a) 
in the case of the initial appointment of a commissioned officer 
in a critically short health professional specialty specified by the 
Secretary for purposes of this subsection. 
‘‘(2) The minimum period of obligated service for an officer 
under a waiver under this subsection shall be the greater of— 
‘‘(A) two years; or 
‘‘(B) in the case of an officer who has accepted an accession 
bonus or executed a contract or agreement for the multiyear 
receipt of special pay for service in the armed forces, the period 
of obligated service specified in such contract or agreement.’’. 
SEC. 506. EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY FOR REENLISTMENT OF OFFI-
CERS IN THEIR FORMER ENLISTED GRADE. 
(a) REGULAR ARMY.—Section 3258 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘a Reserve officer’’ and inserting ‘‘an 
officer’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘a temporary appointment’’ and 
inserting ‘‘an appointment’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘a Reserve officer’’ 
and inserting ‘‘an officer’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the Reserve commis-
sion’’ and inserting ‘‘the commission’’. 
(b) REGULAR
AIR
FORCE.—Section 8258 of such title is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘a reserve officer’’ and inserting ‘‘an 
officer’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘a temporary appointment’’ and 
inserting ‘‘an appointment’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘a Reserve officer’’ 
and inserting ‘‘an officer’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the Reserve commis-
sion’’ and inserting ‘‘the commission’’. 
SEC. 507. INCREASE IN AUTHORIZED NUMBER OF PERMANENT 
PROFESSORS AT THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY. 
Paragraph (4) of section 4331(b) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(4) Twenty-eight permanent professors.’’. 
SEC. 508. PROMOTION OF CAREER MILITARY PROFESSORS OF THE 
NAVY. 
(a) PROMOTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 603 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended—
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(A) by redesignating section 6970 as section 6970a; 
and 
(B) by inserting after section 6969 the following new 
section 6970: 
‘‘§ 6970. Permanent professors: promotion 
‘‘(a) PROMOTION.—An officer serving as a permanent professor 
may be recommended for promotion to the grade of captain or 
colonel, as the case may be, under regulations prescribed by the 
Secretary of the Navy. The regulations shall include a competitive 
selection board process to identify those permanent professors best 
qualified for promotion. An officer so recommended shall be pro-
moted by appointment to the higher grade by the President, by 
and with the advice and consent of the Senate. 
‘‘(b) EFFECTIVE DATE OF PROMOTION.—If made, the promotion 
of an officer under subsection (a) shall be effective not earlier 
than three years after the selection of the officer as a permanent 
professor as described in that subsection.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the 
beginning of such chapter is amended by striking the item 
relating to section 6970 and inserting the following new items: 
‘‘6970. Permanent professors: promotion. 
‘‘6970a. Permanent professors: retirement for years of service; authority for defer-
ral.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 641(2) of such title 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and the registrar’’ and inserting ‘‘, the 
registrar’’; and 
(2) by inserting before the period at the end the following: 
‘‘, and permanent professors of the Navy (as defined in regula-
tions prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy)’’. 
(c) COMPETITIVE SELECTION ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall conduct an assessment of the effectiveness of the 
promotion system established under section 6970 of title 10, United 
States Code, as added by subsection (a), for permanent professors 
of the United States Naval Academy, including an evaluation of 
the extent to which the implementation of the promotion system 
has resulted in a competitive environment for the selection of 
permanent professors and an evaluation of whether the goals of 
the permanent professor program have been achieved, including 
adequate career progression and promotion opportunities for partici-
pating officers. Not later than December 31, 2009, the Secretary 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report con-
taining the results of the assessment. 
(d) 
USE
OF
EXCLUSIONS
FROM
AUTHORIZED
OFFICER 
STRENGTHS.—Not later than March 31, 2008, the Secretary of the 
Navy shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
describing the plans of the Secretary for utilization of authorized 
exemptions under section 523(b)(8) of title 10, United States Code, 
and a discussion of the Navy’s requirement, if any, and projections 
for use of additional exemptions by grade.
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Subtitle B—Reserve Component 
Management 
SEC. 511. RETENTION OF MILITARY TECHNICIANS WHO LOSE DUAL 
STATUS IN THE SELECTED RESERVE DUE TO COMBAT- 
RELATED DISABILITY. 
Section 10216 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after subsection (f) the following new subsection: 
‘‘(g) RETENTION OF MILITARY TECHNICIANS WHO LOSE DUAL 
STATUS DUE TO COMBAT-RELATED DISABILITY.—(1) Notwithstanding 
subsection (d) of this section or subsections (a)(3) and (b) of section 
10218 of this title, if a military technician (dual status) loses such 
dual status as the result of a combat-related disability (as defined 
in section 1413a of this title), the person may be retained as 
a non-dual status technician so long as— 
‘‘(A) the combat-related disability does not prevent the per-
son from performing the non-dual status functions or position; 
and 
‘‘(B) the person, while a non-dual status technician, is 
not disqualified from performing the non-dual status functions 
or position because of performance, medical, or other reasons. 
‘‘(2) A person so retained shall be removed not later than 
30 days after becoming eligible for an unreduced annuity and 
becoming 60 years of age. 
‘‘(3) Persons retained under the authority of this subsection 
do not count against the limitations of section 10217(c) of this 
title.’’. 
SEC. 512. CONSTRUCTIVE SERVICE CREDIT UPON ORIGINAL APPOINT-
MENT OF RESERVE OFFICERS IN CERTAIN HEALTH CARE 
PROFESSIONS. 
(a) INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS.— 
Paragraph (2) of section 12207(b) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2)(A) If the Secretary of Defense determines that the number 
of officers in a health profession described in subparagraph (B) 
who are serving in an active status in a reserve component of 
the Army, Navy, or Air Force in grades below major or lieutenant 
commander is critically below the number needed in such health 
profession by such reserve component in such grades, the Secretary 
of Defense may authorize the Secretary of the military department 
concerned to credit any person who is receiving an original appoint-
ment as an officer for service in such health profession with a 
period of constructive credit in such amount (in addition to any 
amount credited such person under paragraph (1)) as will result 
in the grade of such person being that of captain or, in the case 
of the Navy Reserve, lieutenant. 
‘‘(B) The types of health professions referred to in subparagraph 
(A) include the following: 
‘‘(i) Any health profession performed by officers in the 
Medical Corps of the Army or the Navy or by officers of the 
Air Force designated as a medical officer. 
‘‘(ii) Any health profession performed by officers in the 
Dental Corps of the Army or the Navy or by officers of the 
Air Force designated as a dental officer.