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SEC. 1095. ESTABLISHMENT OF JOINT PATHOLOGY CENTER.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense may,
to the extent consistent with the final recommendations of
the 2005 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commis-
sion as approved by the President, establish a Joint Pathol-
ogy Center located at the National Naval Medical Center
in Bethesda, Maryland, that shall function as the reference
center in pathology for the Department of Defense.
(b) SERVICES.—The Joint Pathology Center, if estab-
lished, shall provide, at a minimum, the following services:
(1) Diagnostic pathology consultation.
(2) Pathology education, to include graduate
medical education, including residency and fellowship
programs, and continuing medical education.
(3) Diagnostic pathology research.
(4) Maintenance and continued modernization of
the Tissue Repository and, as appropriate, utilization
of such Repository in conducting the activities de-
scribed in paragraphs (1) through (3).
SEC. 1096. REPORT ON FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A
DOMESTIC MILITARY AVIATION NATIONAL
TRAINING CENTER.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 31, 2008, the
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional de-
fense committees a report to determine the feasibility of es-
tablishing a Border State Aviation Training Center
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(BSATC) to support the current and future requirements
of the existing RC–26 training site for counterdrug activi-
ties, located at the Fixed Wing Army National Guard Avia-
tion Training Site (FWAATS), including the domestic re-
connaissance and surveillance missions of the National
Guard in support of local, State, and Federal law enforce-
ment agencies, provided that the activities to be conducted
at the BSATC shall not duplicate or displace any activity
or program at the RC–26 training site or the FWAATS.
(b) CONTENT.—The report required under subsection
(a) shall—
(1) examine the current and past requirements of
RC–26 aircraft in support of local, State, and Fed-
eral law enforcement and determine the number of
additional aircraft required to provide such support
for each State that borders Canada, Mexico, or the
Gulf of Mexico;
(2) determine the number of military and civil-
ian personnel required to run a RC–26 domestic
training center meeting the requirements identified
under paragraph (1);
(3) determine the requirements and cost of locat-
ing such a training center at a military installation
for the purpose of preempting and responding to secu-
rity threats and responding to crises; and
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(4) include a comprehensive review of the num-
ber of intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance
platforms needed for the National Guard to effectively
provide domestic operations and civil support (in-
cluding homeland defense and counterdrug) to local,
State, and Federal law enforcement and first re-
sponder entities.
(c) CONSULTATION.—In preparing the report required
under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall consult
with the Adjutant General of each State that borders Can-
ada, Mexico, or the Gulf of Mexico, the Adjutant General
of the State of West Virginia, and the National Guard Bu-
reau.
TITLE XI—CIVILIAN PERSONNEL
MATTERS
SEC. 1101. COMPENSATION OF FEDERAL WAGE SYSTEM EM-
PLOYEES FOR CERTAIN TRAVEL HOURS.
Section 5544(a) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended in the third sentence in the matter following para-
graph (3) by inserting ‘‘, including travel by the employee
to such event and the return of the employee from such event
to the employee’s official duty station,’’ after ‘‘event’’.