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to be derived from the Joint Tactical Radio 
System, Ground Mobile Radio Program under 
Line 039 Joint Tactical Radio System as set 
forth in the table under section 4101. 
(2) TRANSFERS TO POSTAL SERVICE.— 
(A) BASED ON ESTIMATES.—The Depart-
ment of Defense shall transfer to the Postal 
Service, out of any amount so appropriated and 
in advance of each calendar quarter for fiscal 
year 2012 beginning on or after January 1, 
2012, and during which postal benefits under 
this section may be used, an amount equal to 
the amount of postal benefits that the Depart-
ment of Defense estimates will be used during 
such quarter, reduced or increased (as the case 
may be) by any amounts by which the Depart-
ment finds that a determination under this sub-
section for a prior quarter was greater than or 
less than the amount finally determined for 
such quarter. 
(B) BASED ON FINAL DETERMINATION.— 
A final determination of the amount necessary 
to correct any previous determination under 
this subsection, and any transfer of amounts 
between the Postal Service and the Department
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of Defense based on that final determination, 
shall be made not later than six months after 
the end of fiscal year 2012. 
(3) CONSULTATION REQUIRED.—All estimates 
and determinations under this subsection of the 
amount of postal benefits under this section used in 
any period shall be made by the Department of De-
fense in consultation with the Postal Service. 
(d) DURATION.—The postal benefits under this sec-
tion shall apply with respect to mail matter sent during 
the period beginning on October 1, 2011, and ending on 
September 30, 2012. 
SEC. 599A. PROHIBITION ON THE UNAUTHORIZED USE OF 
NAMES AND IMAGES OF MEMBERS OF THE 
ARMED FORCES. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Chapter 49 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 988. Unauthorized use of names and images of 
members of the armed forces 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—Except with the permission of 
the individual or individuals designated under subsection 
(d), no person may knowingly use the name or image of 
a protected individual in connection with any merchandise, 
retail product, impersonation, solicitation, or commercial
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activity in a manner reasonably calculated to connect the 
protected individual with that individual’s service in the 
armed forces. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORITY TO ENJOIN VIOLATIONS.—When-
ever it appears to the Attorney General that any person 
is engaged or is about to engage in an act or practice 
which constitutes or will constitute conduct prohibited by 
subsection (a), the Attorney General may initiate a civil 
proceeding in a district court of the United States to en-
join such act or practice. Such court shall proceed as soon 
as practicable to the hearing and determination of such 
action and may, at any time before final determination, 
enter such restraining orders or prohibitions, or take such 
other actions as is warranted, to prevent injury to the 
United States or to any person or class of persons for 
whose protection the action is brought. 
‘‘(c) PROTECTED INDIVIDUAL.—For purposes of this 
section, a protected individual is any person who— 
‘‘(1) is a member of the armed forces; or 
‘‘(2) was a member of the armed forces at any 
time after April 5, 1917, and, if not living, has a 
surviving spouse, child, parent, grandparent, or sib-
ling.
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‘‘(d) DESIGNATED INDIVIDUAL OR INDIVIDUALS.— 
(1) The individual or individuals designated under this 
subsection, with respect to a protected individual— 
‘‘(A) is the protected individual, if living; and 
‘‘(B) otherwise is the living survivor or sur-
vivors of the protected individual highest on the fol-
lowing list: 
‘‘(i) The surviving spouse. 
‘‘(ii) The children. 
‘‘(iii) The parents. 
‘‘(iv) The grandparents. 
‘‘(v) The siblings. 
‘‘(2) In the case of a protected individual for whom 
more than one individual is designated under clause (ii), 
(iii), (iv), or (v) of paragraph (1)(B), the prohibition under 
subsection (a) shall apply unless permission is obtained 
from each designated individual.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item: 
‘‘988. Unauthorized use of names and images of members of the armed forces.’’. 
SEC. 599B. REVIEW REGARDING AWARD OF MEDAL OF 
HONOR TO JEWISH AMERICAN WORLD WAR I 
VETERANS. 
(a) REVIEW REQUIRED.—The Secretary of the Army 
and the Secretary of the Navy shall review the service
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records of each Jewish American World War I veteran de-
scribed in subsection (b) to determine whether that vet-
eran should be posthumously awarded the Medal of 
Honor. 
(b) COVERED JEWISH AMERICAN WAR VETERANS.— 
The Jewish American World War I veterans whose service 
records are to be reviewed under subsection (a) are the 
following: 
(1) Any Jewish American World War I veteran 
who was previously awarded the Distinguished Serv-
ice Cross, the Navy Cross, or other military decora-
tion for service during World War I. 
(2) Any other Jewish American World War I 
veteran whose name is submitted to the Secretary 
concerned for such purpose by the Jewish War Vet-
erans of the United States of America before the 
end of the one-year period beginning on the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(c) CONSULTATIONS.—In carrying out the review 
under subsection (a), the Secretary concerned shall con-
sult with the Jewish War Veterans of the United States 
of America and with such other veterans service organiza-
tions as the Secretary considers appropriate. 
(d) RECOMMENDATION BASED ON REVIEW.—If the 
Secretary concerned determines, based upon the review
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under subsection (a) of the service records of any Jewish 
American World War I veteran, that the award of the 
Medal of Honor to that veteran is warranted, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the President a recommendation 
that the President award the Medal of Honor post-
humously to that veteran. 
(e) AUTHORITY TO AWARD MEDAL OF HONOR.—A 
Medal of Honor may be awarded posthumously to a Jew-
ish American World War I veteran in accordance with a 
recommendation of the Secretary concerned under sub-
section (a). 
(f) WAIVER OF TIME LIMITATIONS.—An award of 
the Medal of Honor may be made under subsection (e) 
without regard to— 
(1) section 3744, 6248, or 8744 of title 10, 
United States Code; and 
(2) any regulation or other administrative re-
striction on— 
(A) the time for awarding the Medal of 
Honor; or 
(B) the awarding of the Medal of Honor 
for service for which a Distinguished Service 
Cross, Navy Cross, or other military decoration 
has been awarded. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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(1) The term ‘‘Jewish American World War I 
veteran’’ means any person who served in the Armed 
Forces during World War I and identified himself or 
herself as Jewish on his or her military personnel 
records. 
(2) The term ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ means— 
(A) the Secretary of the Army, in the case 
of the Army; and 
(B) the Secretary of the Navy, in the case 
of the Navy and the Marine Corps. 
(3) The term ‘‘World War I’’ means the period 
beginning on April 6, 1917, and ending on Novem-
ber 11, 1918. 
SEC. 599C. LIMITATION ON MILITARY MUSICAL UNITS. 
Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization 
of appropriations in this Act for military musical units (as 
defined in section 974 of title 10, United States Code) 
may not exceed $200,000,000. 
SEC. 599D. AUTHORIZATION AND REQUEST FOR AWARD OF 
MEDAL OF HONOR TO EMIL KAPAUN FOR 
ACTS OF VALOR DURING THE KOREAN WAR. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—Notwithstanding the time lim-
itations specified in section 3744 of title 10, United States 
Code, or any other time limitation with respect to the 
awarding of certain medals to persons who served in the
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Armed Forces, the President is authorized and requested 
to award the Medal of Honor posthumously under section 
3741 of such title to Emil Kapaun for the acts of valor 
during the Korean War described in subsection (b). 
(b) ACTS OF VALOR DESCRIBED.—The acts of valor 
referred to in subsection (a) are the actions of then Cap-
tain Emil Kapaun as a member of the 8th Cavalry Regi-
ment during the Battle of Unsan on November 1 and 2, 
1950, and while a prisoner of war until his death on May 
23, 1951, during the Korean War. 
TITLE VI—COMPENSATION AND 
OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS 
Subtitle A—Pay and Allowances 
SEC. 601. FISCAL YEAR 2012 INCREASE IN MILITARY BASIC 
PAY. 
(a) WAIVER OF SECTION 1009 ADJUSTMENT.—The 
adjustment to become effective during fiscal year 2012 re-
quired by section 1009 of title 37, United States Code, 
in the rates of monthly basic pay authorized members of 
the uniformed services shall not be made. 
(b) INCREASE IN BASIC PAY.—Effective on January 
1, 2012, the rates of monthly basic pay for members of 
the uniformed services are increased by 1.6 percent.
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SEC. 602. RESUMPTION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE TEM-
PORARY INCREASE IN RATES OF BASIC AL-
LOWANCE FOR HOUSING UNDER CERTAIN 
CIRCUMSTANCES. 
Effective October 1, 2011, section 403(b)(7)(E) of 
title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘De-
cember 31, 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2012’’. 
SEC. 603. LODGING ACCOMMODATIONS FOR MEMBERS AS-
SIGNED TO DUTY IN CONNECTION WITH COM-
MISSIONING OR FITTING OUT OF A SHIP. 
(a) EXTENSION TO PRECOMMISSIONING UNIT SAIL-
ORS.—Subsection (a) of section 7572 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘or assigned to duty in connec-
tion with commissioning or fitting out of a ship’’ 
after ‘‘sea duty’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘, because the ship is under 
construction and is not yet habitable,’’ after ‘‘be-
cause of repairs,’’. 
(b) EXTENSION
TO ENLISTED MEMBERS.—Sub-
section (d) of such section is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘After the expiration of the 
authority provided in subsection (b), an officer’’ 
and inserting ‘‘A member’’;
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(B) by striking ‘‘officer’s quarters’’ and in-
serting ‘‘member’s quarters’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘obtaining quarters’’ and 
inserting ‘‘obtaining housing’’; and 
(D) by striking ‘‘the officer’’ and inserting 
‘‘the member’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘an officer’’ both places it 
appears and inserting ‘‘a member’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘quarters’’ and inserting 
‘‘housing’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘officer’s grade’’ and in-
serting ‘‘member’s grade’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘an officer’’ and inserting 
‘‘a member’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘quarters’’ and inserting 
‘‘housing’’. 
(c) SHIPYARDS AFFECTED BY BRAC 2005.—Such 
section is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(e)(1) The Secretary may reimburse a member of 
the naval service assigned to duty in connection with com-
missioning or fitting out of a ship in Pascagoula, Mis-
sissippi, or Bath, Maine, who is deprived of quarters on
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board a ship because the ship is under construction and 
is not yet habitable, or because of other conditions that 
make the member’s quarters uninhabitable, for expenses 
incurred in obtaining housing, but only when the Navy is 
unable to furnish the member with lodging accommoda-
tions under subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) The total amount that a member may be reim-
bursed under this subsection may not exceed an amount 
equal to the basic allowance for housing of a member with-
out dependents of that member’s grade. 
‘‘(3) A member without dependents, or a member who 
resides with dependents while assigned to duty in connec-
tion with commissioning or fitting out of a ship at one 
of the locations specified in paragraph (1), may not be 
reimbursed under this subsection. 
‘‘(4) The Secretary may prescribe regulations to 
carry out this subsection.’’. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of such 
section is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘§ 7572. Quarters: accommodations in place for mem-
bers on sea duty or assigned to duty in 
connection with commissioning or fitting 
out of a ship’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 649 of such title 
is amended by striking the item relating to section 
7572 and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘7572. Quarters: accommodations in place for members on sea duty or assigned 
to duty in connection with commissioning or fitting out of a 
ship.’’. 
Subtitle B—Bonuses and Special 
and Incentive Pays 
SEC. 611. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF CERTAIN BONUS AND 
SPECIAL PAY AUTHORITIES FOR RESERVE 
FORCES. 
The following sections of title 37, United States 
Code, are amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2011’’ and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2012’’: 
(1) Section 308b(g), relating to Selected Re-
serve reenlistment bonus. 
(2) Section 308c(i), relating to Selected Reserve 
affiliation or enlistment bonus. 
(3) Section 308d(c), relating to special pay for 
enlisted members assigned to certain high-priority 
units.
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(4) Section 308g(f)(2), relating to Ready Re-
serve enlistment bonus for persons without prior 
service. 
(5) Section 308h(e), relating to Ready Reserve 
enlistment and reenlistment bonus for persons with 
prior service. 
(6) Section 308i(f), relating to Selected Reserve 
enlistment and reenlistment bonus for persons with 
prior service. 
(7) Section 910(g), relating to income replace-
ment payments for reserve component members ex-
periencing extended and frequent mobilization for 
active duty service. 
SEC. 612. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF CERTAIN BONUS AND 
SPECIAL PAY AUTHORITIES FOR HEALTH 
CARE PROFESSIONALS. 
(a) TITLE 10 AUTHORITIES.—The following sections 
of title 10, United States Code, are amended by striking 
‘‘December 31, 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 
2012’’: 
(1) Section 2130a(a)(1), relating to nurse offi-
cer candidate accession program. 
(2) Section 16302(d), relating to repayment of 
education loans for certain health professionals who 
serve in the Selected Reserve.