I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1585 
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of 
the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths 
for fiscal year 2008, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 20, 2007 
Mr. SKELTON (for himself and Mr. HUNTER) (both by request) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2008, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) DIVISIONS.—This Act is organized into two divi-
sions as follows: 
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(1) Division A—Department of Defense Au-
thorizations. 
(2) Division B—Military Construction Author-
izations. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS 
TITLE I—PROCUREMENT 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 101. Army. 
Sec. 102. Navy and Marine Corps. 
Sec. 103. Air Force. 
Sec. 104. Defense-wide activities. 
Sec. 105. Rapid Acquisition Fund. 
Sec. 106. Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund. 
Subtitle B—Army Programs 
Sec. 111. Multiyear procurement authority for Army programs. 
Subtitle C—Navy Programs 
Sec. 121. Multiyear procurement authority for Virginia Class submarine pro-
gram. 
TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations. 
Subtitle B—Missile Defense Programs 
Sec. 211. Fielding of ballistic missile defense capabilities. 
TITLE III—OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 301. Operation and maintenance funding. 
Sec. 302. Working capital funds. 
Sec. 303. Other Department of Defense programs. 
Subtitle B—Environmental Provisions 
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Sec. 311. Reimbursement of Environmental Protection Agency for certain costs 
in connection with the Arctic Surplus Superfund Site, Fair-
banks, Alaska. 
Sec. 312. Payment to EPA of stipulated penalties in connection with Jackson 
Park Housing Complex, Washington. 
Sec. 313. Promoting privately conducted responsible, compliant, and economi-
cally beneficial environmental restoration at closed installa-
tions. 
Sec. 314. Enhanced encroachment protection. 
Sec. 315. Reimbursement of Environmental Protection Agency for certain costs 
in connection with Moses Lake Wellfield Superfund Site, Moses 
Lake, Washington. 
Subtitle C—Workplace and Depot Issues 
Sec. 321. Modification of prohibition on contracts for performance of fire-
fighting or security-guard functions. 
Sec. 322. Flexibility in use of low density/high demand military personnel. 
Subtitle D—Other Matters 
Sec. 331. Reimbursement for National Guard military support to civilian law 
enforcement. 
Sec. 332. Extend period to transfer funds into the foreign currency fluctuations 
account. 
Sec. 333. Availability of Appropriations for unusual cost overruns and for 
changes in scope of work for ship overhaul, maintenance, and 
repair. 
Sec. 334. Reasonable restrictions on the payment of full replacement value for 
personal property claims of civilians. 
Sec. 335. Revised authority for Army industrial facilities to engage in coopera-
tive activities with non-Army entities. 
TITLE IV—MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS 
Subtitle A—Active Forces 
Sec. 401. End strengths for active forces. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Forces 
Sec. 411. End strengths for Selected Reserve. 
Sec. 412. End strengths for Reserves on active duty in support of the reserves. 
Sec. 413. End strengths for military technicians (dual status). 
Sec. 414. Fiscal year 2008 limitation on number of non-dual status technicians. 
Sec. 415. Maximum number of reserve personnel authorized to be on active 
duty for operational support. 
Subtitle C—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 421. Military personnel. 
Sec. 422. Armed Forces Retirement Home. 
TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY 
Subtitle A—Officer Personnel Policy 
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Sec. 501. Increase in authorized strengths for Army officers on active duty in 
the grade of major to meet new force structure requirements. 
Sec. 502. Increase in authorized strengths for Navy officers on active duty in 
the grades of lieutenant commander, commander, and captain 
to meet new force structure requirements. 
Sec. 503. Enhanced authority for reserve general and flag officers to serve on 
active duty. 
Sec. 504. Reenlistment of officers in their former enlisted grade. 
Sec. 505. Discharge of probationary officers and force shaping authority. 
Sec. 506. Addition of all Navy permanent military professors to the list of ex-
emptions to DOPMA authorized grade limitations. 
Sec. 507. Mandatory separation of reserve officers in the grade of lieutenant 
general or vice admiral. 
Sec. 508. Temporary suspension of eligibility for education benefit. 
Sec. 509. Increased tenure for general and flag officers. 
Sec. 510. Amendment of years of service provision to conform with extended 
mandatory retirement age for active-duty general and flag offi-
cers. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Component Matters 
Sec. 521. Duty of regular members of the Army and Air Force with the Na-
tional Guard. 
Sec. 522. Enforcement of voluntary service agreements. 
Sec. 523. Benefits for certain National Guard duty. 
Sec. 524. Continued service within two years of retirement eligibility. 
Sec. 525. Increase in the period of temporary Federal recognition from six to 
twelve months. 
Sec. 526. Nuclear officer incentive pay: continuation pay eligibility. 
Subtitle C—Education and Training 
Sec. 531. Issue of serviceable material other than to Armed Forces. 
Sec. 532. Authority for permanent professors at the service military academies 
or military graduate schools to sit as members of promotion 
boards. 
Sec. 533. Career military professors of the Navy: promotions. 
Subtitle D—General Service Authorities 
Sec. 541. Shorten eight year mandatory service obligation for qualified health 
professionals in critical specialties. 
Sec. 542. Reinstatement of enhanced authority for selective early retirement. 
Subtitle E—Military Justice Matters 
Sec. 551. Permit secretary to designate persons eligible for legal assistance. 
Subtitle F—Other Matters 
Sec. 571. Elimination of annual limit on number of ROTC scholarships under 
Army Reserve and National Guard program. 
Sec. 572. Creation of uniform military band performance authority; clarification 
of circumstances that create competition with local civilian mu-
sicians. 
Sec. 573. Recovery of missing military property by the Navy and Marine Corps. 
Sec. 574. Flexible management of deployments of members. 
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TITLE VI—COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS 
Subtitle A—Pay and Allowances 
Sec. 601. Allowance for reserve screening. 
Sec. 602. JROTC instructor stipends for hard-to-fill areas. 
Sec. 603. Income replacement payments for Reserves experiencing extended and 
frequent mobilization for active duty service. 
Sec. 604. Revisions to tuition assistance authority. 
Sec. 605. Montgomery GI Bill for the Selected Reserve benefits for certain 
members affected by force shaping initiatives. 
Subtitle B—Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays 
Sec. 611. One-year extension of certain bonus and special pays for reserve 
forces. 
Sec. 612. One-year extension of certain bonus and special pay authorities for 
certain health care professionals. 
Sec. 613. One-year extension of special pay and bonus authorities for nuclear 
officers. 
Sec. 614. One-year extension of authorities relating to payment of other bo-
nuses and special pays. 
Sec. 615. Exception to 25 years of active duty limit for receipt of critical skills 
retention bonus. 
Sec. 616. Enhancement of Referral Bonus to Encourage Service in the Army. 
Sec. 617. Enhancement of Selected Reserve accession bonus authority. 
Sec. 618. Special pay: reenlistment bonus for members of the Selected Reserve. 
Sec. 619. Increase in incentive special pay and multiyear retention bonus for 
medical officers of the armed forces. 
Sec. 620. Increase in dental officer additional special pay. 
Sec. 621. Accession bonus for participants in the armed forces health profes-
sional scholarship and financial assistance program. 
Sec. 622. Accession bonus for members appointed as commissioned officers 
after attending officer candidate school. 
Subtitle C—Retired Pay and Survivor Benefits 
Sec. 631. Waiver of recoupment of overpayments of retired pay to spouse or 
former spouse as a result of retroactive disability determina-
tion. 
Sec. 632. Survivor benefit plan; extension of period for election deemed to have 
been made. 
Sec. 633. Allowing member to submit application for direct payment. 
Sec. 634. Division of retired pay to be based on member’s length of service and 
pay grade at time of divorce. 
Sec. 635. Increases for divisions of retired pay expressed as a dollar amount. 
Sec. 636. Revocation of ten-year rule for direct payment of retired pay. 
Sec. 637. Survivor benefit plan; multiple beneficiaries. 
Sec. 638. Survivor benefit plan; financial responsibility for survivor benefit plan 
participation. 
Sec. 639. Survivor benefit plan; presumptive proportionate share. 
Subtitle D—Commissary and Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentality Benefits 
Sec. 641. Continuation of commissary and exchange privileges. 
Subtitle E—Other Matters 
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