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(A) Program design, engineering, and pro-
duction engineering. 
(B) Organization and operating systems. 
(C) Steelwork production. 
(D) Ship construction and outfitting. 
(2) CONSIDERATION OF PRIOR ASSESSMENTS.—
In making the assessments required by paragraph 
(1), the Secretary shall take into consideration the 
results of—
(A) the study of the cost effectiveness of 
the ship construction program of the Navy re-
quired by section 1014 of the Ronald W. 
Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108–375; 118 
Stat. 2041); and 
(B) the assessment of the United States 
naval shipbuilding industry required by section 
254 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 
119 Stat. 3180). 
(g) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—
(1) AUTHORITY SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY OF 
APPROPRIATIONS.—The authority of the Secretary 
of the Navy to make grants and provide loan guar-
antees under this section for any fiscal year is sub-
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ject to the availability of appropriations for that pur-
pose. 
(2) FISCAL YEAR 2007.—Of the amount author-
ized to be appropriated pursuant to section 201(2) 
for research, development, test, and evaluation for 
the Navy for fiscal year 2007—
(A) $50,000,000 shall be available to the 
Secretary of the Navy only to make grants 
under this section; and 
(B) $50,000,000 shall be available only for 
the cost (as defined in subsection (e)(6)(B)) of 
loan guarantees under this section. 
(h) IDENTIFICATION
IN
BUDGET
OF
ANNUAL 
AMOUNT FOR SUPPORT OF NSRP ACTIVITIES.—Amounts 
in the budget of the President for any fiscal year for re-
search, development, test, and evaluation for the Navy 
that are intended to be made available for the National 
Shipbuilding Research Program shall be separately identi-
fied and set forth in budget justification materials sub-
mitted to Congress for that fiscal year in support of that 
budget. 
(i) DEFINITION OF SHIPYARD.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘shipyard’’ means a private shipyard located in the 
United States the business of which includes the construc-
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tion, repair, and maintenance of United States naval ves-
sels. 
SEC. 1015. TRANSFER OF OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF CER-
TAIN PATROL COASTAL SHIPS TO COAST 
GUARD. 
Not later than September 30, 2008, the Secretary of 
the Navy shall enter into an agreement with the Com-
mandant of the Coast Guard for the transfer by the Sec-
retary of the Navy to the Coast Guard of operational con-
trol of not less than five 179-foot Cyclone-class patrol 
coastal ships for a period extending at least through Sep-
tember 30, 2012. 
SEC. 1016. LIMITATION ON LEASING OF FOREIGN-BUILT 
VESSELS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Chapter 141 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 
2401a the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2401b. Limitation on lease of foreign-built vessels 
‘‘(a) LIMITATION.—The Secretary of a military de-
partment may not make a contract for a lease or charter 
of a vessel for a term of more than 24 months (including 
all options to renew or extend the contract) if the hull, 
or a component of the hull and superstructure of the ves-
sel, is constructed in a foreign shipyard.
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‘‘(b) PRESIDENTIAL WAIVER FOR NATIONAL SECU-
RITY INTEREST.—(1) The President may authorize excep-
tions to the limitation in subsection (a) when the President 
determines that it is in the national security interest of 
the United States to do so. 
‘‘(2) The President shall transmit notice to Congress 
of any such determination, and no contract may be made 
pursuant to the exception authorized until the end of the 
30-day period beginning on the date on which the notice 
of the determination is received by Congress.’’. 
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such 
chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 2401a the following new item:
‘‘2401b. Limitation on lease of foreign-built vessels.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 2401b of title 10, 
United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall 
apply with respect to contracts entered into after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 1017. OVERHAUL, REPAIR, AND MAINTENANCE OF VES-
SELS CARRYING DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
CARGO. 
The Secretary of Defense may not award any con-
tract for the carriage by vessel of cargo for the Depart-
ment of Defense, unless the contract includes a require-
ment under which the contractor shall—
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(1) ensure that all overhaul, repair, and mainte-
nance performed on the vessel during the period of 
the contract is performed in a shipyard located in 
the United States; or 
(2) report to the Secretary every fiscal year 
quarter all overhaul, repair, and maintenance per-
formed on the vessel in a shipyard located outside 
the United States during the period covered by the 
report. 
SEC. 1018. RIDING GANG MEMBER DOCUMENTATION RE-
QUIREMENT. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of Defense may 
not award any charter of a vessel for the Department of 
Defense, or contract for the carriage of cargo by vessel 
for the Department of Defense, unless the charter or con-
tract, respectively, requires that each riding gang member 
that performs any work on the vessel during the effective 
period of the charter or contract holds a merchant mari-
ner’s document issued under chapter 73 of title 46, United 
States Code. 
(b) RIDING GANG MEMBER DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion the term ‘‘riding gang member’’ means an individual 
who—
(1) does not perform—
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(A) watchstanding, automated engine room 
duty watch, or personnel safety functions; or 
(B) cargo handling functions, including 
any activity relating to the loading or unloading 
of cargo, the operation of cargo-related equip-
ment (whether or not integral to the vessel), 
and the handling of mooring lines on the dock 
when the vessel is made fast or let go; 
(2) does not serve as part of the crew com-
plement required under section 8101 of title 46, 
United States Code; 
(3) is not a member of the steward’s depart-
ment; and 
(4) is not a citizen or temporary or permanent 
resident of a country designated by the United 
States as a sponsor of terrorism or any other coun-
try that the Secretary of Defense, in consultation 
with the Secretary of State and the heads of other 
appropriate United States agencies, determines to be 
a security threat to the United States. 
(c) LIMITATIONS ON APPLICATION.—
(1) VESSEL
OPERATING
UNDER
EXISTING 
CHARTER
OR
CONTRACT.—This section does not 
apply with respect to a vessel operating under a 
charter or contract in effect on the date of the en-
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actment of this section, unless such charter or con-
tract is renewed after such date of enactment. 
(2) EXEMPTIONS
BY
SECRETARY
OF
DE-
FENSE.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of De-
fense may issue regulations that exempt a 
riding gang member from subsection (a) for the 
performance of specific technical work on origi-
nal equipment of a vessel. 
(B) BACKGROUND CHECK.—Such regula-
tions shall include a requirement that a riding 
gang member must pass a background check 
before performing work under such an exemp-
tion. 
Subtitle C—Counter-Drug 
Activities 
SEC. 1021. RESTATEMENT IN TITLE 10, UNITED STATES 
CODE, AND REVISION OF DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE SUPPORT 
FOR COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES OF FED-
ERAL, STATE, LOCAL, AND FOREIGN LAW EN-
FORCEMENT AGENCIES. 
(a) RESTATEMENT AND REVISION OF AUTHORITY.—
Chapter 18 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end a new section 383 consisting of—
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(1) a heading as follows: 
‘‘§ 383. Support for counter-drug activities: Federal, 
State, local, and foreign law enforcement 
agencies’’; and 
(2) a text consisting of the text of section 1004 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 1991 (Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 374 
note), revised as follows: 
(A) In subsection (a), by replacing ‘‘Dur-
ing fiscal years 2002 through 2006, the’’ with 
‘‘The’’. 
(B) In subsection (e), by replacing ‘‘section 
376 of title 10, United States Code,’’ with ‘‘sec-
tion 376 of this title,’’. 
(C) In subsection (f), by deleting the par-
enthetical phrase beginning ‘‘(including train-
ing’’ and ending ‘‘1564))’’. 
(D) In subsection (g)—
(i) in paragraph (1), by replacing 
‘‘chapter 18, United States Code’’ with 
‘‘this chapter’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by replacing 
‘‘title 10, United States Code’’ with ‘‘this 
title’’.
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item:
‘‘383. Support for counter-drug activities: Federal, State, local, and foreign law 
enforcement agencies.’’.
(c) REPEAL OF FISCAL YEAR 1991 AUTHORITY.—
Section 1004 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 
374 note) is repealed. 
SEC. 1022. RESTATEMENT IN TITLE 10, UNITED STATES 
CODE, AND REVISION OF DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE SUPPORT 
FOR COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES OF CER-
TAIN FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS. 
(a) RESTATEMENT AND REVISION OF AUTHORITY.—
Chapter 18 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after section 383, as added by section 1021, 
a new section 384 consisting of—
(1) a heading as follows: 
‘‘§ 384. Support for counter-drug activities: foreign 
governments’’; and 
(2) a text consisting of the text of section 1033 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 1998 (Public Law 105–85; 111 Stat. 1881), 
revised as follows: 
(A) In subsection (a)(2)—
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(i) by deleting the first sentence; and 
(ii) by replacing ‘‘the governments’’ 
with ‘‘those governments’’. 
(B) In subsection (b), by adding at the end 
the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(10) The Government of Azerbaijan. 
‘‘(11) The Government of Kazakhstan. 
‘‘(12) The Government of Kyrgyzstan. 
‘‘(13) The Government of Guatemala. 
‘‘(14) The Government of Belize. 
‘‘(15) The Government of Panama.’’. 
(C) In subsection (c), by replacing para-
graphs (1), (2), and (3) with the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(1) The transfer of nonlethal protective and 
utility personnel equipment. 
‘‘(2) The transfer of the following nonlethal 
specialized equipment: 
‘‘(A) Navigation equipment. 
‘‘(B) Secure and nonsecure communica-
tions equipment. 
‘‘(C) Photo equipment. 
‘‘(D) Radar equipment. 
‘‘(E) Night vision systems.
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‘‘(3) The transfer of nonlethal components, ac-
cessories, attachments, parts (including ground sup-
port equipment), firmware, and software and repair 
equipment related to the equipment specified in 
paragraph (2). 
‘‘(4) The transfer of patrol boats, vehicles, and 
aircraft and detection, interception, monitoring and 
testing equipment. 
‘‘(5) The maintenance and repair or upgrade of 
equipment of the government that is used for 
counter-drug activities. 
‘‘(6) For fiscal years 2007 and 2008, for the 
Government of Afghanistan only, individual and 
crew-served weapons of 50 caliber or less and am-
munition for such weapons for counter-narcotics se-
curity forces.’’. 
(D) In subsection (d), by replacing ‘‘the 
provisions of section 1004 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 
(Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 374 note)’’ 
with ‘‘section 383 of this title’’. 
(E) By replacing subsection (e) with the 
following new subsection (e): 
‘‘(e) LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS.—Amounts made 
available to carry out this section shall remain available
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until expended, except that the total amount obligated and 
expended under this section may not exceed $40,000,000 
during fiscal year 2006 or $60,000,000 during fiscal year 
2007 or fiscal year 2008.’’. 
(F) In subsection (f), by replacing para-
graphs (3) and (4) with the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection and subsection 
(h), the term ‘congressional committees’ means the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) The Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
‘‘(B) The Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on 
International Relations of the House of Representa-
tives.’’. 
(G) In subsection (g)(1), by replacing 
‘‘United States Armed Forces’’ with ‘‘armed 
forces’’. 
(H) In subsection (h)—
(i) in the first sentence, by replacing 
‘‘prepare for fiscal year 2004 (and revise 
as necessary for subsequent fiscal years) a 
counter-drug plan’’ with ‘‘submit to the
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congressional committees not later than 
December 31 of each fiscal year a counter-
drug plan for the next fiscal year’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph:. 
‘‘(10) A copy of the certification required by 
subsection (f)(1) with respect to the government.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 383, as added by section 
1021, the following new item:
‘‘384. Support for counter-drug activities: foreign governments.’’.
(c) REPEAL OF FISCAL YEAR 1998 AUTHORITY.—
Section 1033 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105–85; 111 Stat. 
1881) is repealed. 
SEC. 1023. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO SUPPORT UNI-
FIED 
COUNTERDRUG 
AND 
COUNTERTERRORISM CAMPAIGN IN COLOM-
BIA. 
Section 1021 of the Ronald W. Reagan National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 
108–375; 118 Stat. 2042) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘and 2006’’ 
and inserting ‘‘through 2008’’; and
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(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘and 2006’’ 
and inserting ‘‘through 2008’’. 
SEC. 1024. CONTINUATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENT 
REGARDING DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EX-
PENDITURES 
TO 
SUPPORT 
FOREIGN 
COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES. 
(a) ADDITIONAL REPORT REQUIRED.—Section 1022 
of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (as enacted into law by Public 
Law 106–398; 114 Stat. 1654A–255), as amended by sec-
tion 1022 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2002 (Public Law 107–107; 115 Stat. 1215) 
and section 1021 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 
3426), is further amended by inserting ‘‘and February 15, 
2007,’’ after ‘‘April 15, 2006,’’. 
(b) FORM OF REPORT AND ADDITIONAL INFORMA-
TION REQUIRED.—Such section is further amended—
(1) in the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘, in both 
classified and unclassified form,’’ after ‘‘report’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting before the pe-
riod at the end the following: ‘‘and the amount of 
funds provided for each type of counter-drug activity 
assisted’’.
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SEC. 1025. REPORT ON INTERAGENCY COUNTER-NAR-
COTICS PLAN FOR AFGHANISTAN AND SOUTH 
AND CENTRAL ASIAN REGIONS. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than December 
31, 2006, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report updating the 
interagency counter-narcotics implementation plan for Af-
ghanistan and the South and Central Asian regions, in-
cluding 
Turkmenistan, 
Uzbekistan, 
Tajikistan, 
Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Iran, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, 
India, and China, originally prepared pursuant to section 
1033 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 1998 (Public Law 105–85; 111 Stat. 1881). 
(b) CONSULTATION.—The report under this section 
shall be prepared in consultation with the Secretary of 
State, the Administrator of the Agency for International 
Development, and the Director of the Drug Enforcement 
Administration. 
(c) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report shall 
include the following for each foreign government covered 
by the report: 
(1) A consideration of what activities should be 
reallocated among the United States and the foreign 
government based on the capabilities of each depart-
ment and agency involved.
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(2) Any measures necessary to clarify the legal 
authority required to complete the mission and the 
measures necessary for the United States to success-
fully complete its counter-narcotics efforts in Af-
ghanistan and the South and Central Asian regions. 
(3) Current and proposed United States fund-
ing to support counter-narcotics activities of the for-
eign government. 
SEC. 1026. ASSIGNMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
FORCES TO ASSIST BUREAU OF CUSTOMS 
AND 
BORDER 
PROTECTION 
AND 
UNITED 
STATES IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS EN-
FORCEMENT. 
(a) ASSIGNMENT AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF DE-
FENSE.—Chapter 18 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 374 the following new 
section: 
‘‘§ 374a. Assignment of members to assist border pa-
trol and control 
‘‘(a) ASSIGNMENT AUTHORIZED.—Upon submission 
of a request consistent with subsection (b), the Secretary 
of Defense may assign members of the Army, Navy, Air 
Force, and Marine Corps to assist the Bureau of Customs 
and Border Protection and the United States Immigration
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and Customs Enforcement of the Department of Home-
land Security—
‘‘(1) in preventing the entry of terrorists, drug 
traffickers, and illegal aliens into the United States; 
and 
‘‘(2) in the inspection of cargo, vehicles, and 
aircraft at points of entry into the United States to 
prevent the entry of weapons of mass destruction, 
components of weapons of mass destruction, prohib-
ited narcotics or drugs, or other terrorist or drug 
trafficking items. 
‘‘(b) REQUEST FOR ASSIGNMENT.—The assignment 
of members under subsection (a) may occur only if—
‘‘(1) the assignment is at the request of the 
Secretary of Homeland Security; and 
‘‘(2) the request is accompanied by a certifi-
cation by the Secretary of Homeland Security that 
the assignment of members pursuant to the request 
is necessary to respond to a threat to national secu-
rity posed by the entry into the United States of ter-
rorists, drug traffickers, or illegal aliens. 
‘‘(c) TRAINING
PROGRAM
REQUIRED.—The Sec-
retary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of De-
fense, shall establish a training program to ensure that 
members receive general instruction regarding issues af-
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fecting law enforcement in the border areas in which the 
members may perform duties under an assignment under 
subsection (a). A member may not be deployed at a border 
location pursuant to an assignment under subsection (a) 
until the member has successfully completed the training 
program. 
‘‘(d) CONDITIONS OF USE.—(1) Whenever a member 
who is assigned under subsection (a) to assist the Bureau 
of Customs and Border Protection or the United States 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is performing du-
ties pursuant to the assignment, a civilian law enforce-
ment officer from the agency concerned shall accompany 
the member. 
‘‘(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to—
‘‘(A) authorize a member assigned under sub-
section (a) to conduct a search, seizure, or other 
similar law enforcement activity or to make an ar-
rest; and 
‘‘(B) supersede section 1385 of title 18 (popu-
larly known as the ‘Posse Comitatus Act’). 
‘‘(e) ESTABLISHMENT
OF ONGOING JOINT TASK 
FORCES.—(1) The Secretary of Homeland Security may 
establish ongoing joint task forces if the Secretary of 
Homeland Security determines that the joint task force, 
and the assignment of members to the joint task force,
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is necessary to respond to a threat to national security 
posed by the entry into the United States of terrorists, 
drug traffickers, or illegal aliens. 
‘‘(2) If established, the joint task force shall fully 
comply with the standards as set forth in this section. 
‘‘(f) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary 
of Homeland Security shall provide to the Governor of the 
State in which members are to be deployed pursuant to 
an assignment under subsection (a) and to local govern-
ments in the deployment area notification of the deploy-
ment of the members to assist the Department of Home-
land Security under this section and the types of tasks 
to be performed by the members. 
‘‘(g) REIMBURSEMENT REQUIREMENT.—Section 377 
of this title shall apply in the case of members assigned 
under subsection (a).’’. 
(b) COMMENCEMENT OF TRAINING PROGRAM.—The 
training program required by subsection (c) of section 
374a of title 10, United States Code, shall be established 
as soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 374 the following new 
item:
‘‘374a. Assignment of members to assist border patrol and control’’.
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Subtitle D—Other Matters 
SEC. 1031. REVISION TO AUTHORITIES RELATING TO COM-
MISSION ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 
NEW STRATEGIC POSTURE OF THE UNITED 
STATES. 
Section 1051 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 
3431) is amended—
(1) in subsections (b)(1)(E) and (b)(2)(B), by 
striking ‘‘though 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘through 
2025’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘Not later 
than June 30, 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than 
18 months after the date of the Commission’s first 
meeting’’; and 
(3) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘July 30, 
2007’’ and inserting ‘‘60 days after the date of the 
submission of its report’’. 
SEC. 1032. ENHANCEMENT TO AUTHORITY TO PAY RE-
WARDS FOR ASSISTANCE IN COMBATING TER-
RORISM. 
(a) INCREASE IN DELEGATION LIMITATION.—Para-
graph (2) of section 127b(c) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘$2,500’’ and inserting 
‘‘$10,000’’.
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(b) EXPANSION OF SENIOR OFFICERS TO WHOM 
COMBATANT COMMANDER AUTHORITY MAY BE DELE-
GATED.—Such paragraph is further amended—
(1) by inserting after ‘‘deputy commander’’ the 
following: ‘‘, or to the commander of a command di-
rectly subordinate to that commander,’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sen-
tence: ‘‘Such a delegation may be made to the com-
mander of a command directly subordinate to the 
commander of a combatant command only with the 
approval of the Secretary of Defense, the Deputy 
Secretary of Defense, or an Under Secretary of De-
fense designated by the Secretary.’’. 
SEC. 1033. REPORT ON ASSESSMENT PROCESS OF CHAIR-
MAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF RELAT-
ING TO GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM. 
Not later than March 1, 2007, the Secretary of De-
fense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services 
of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of 
the House of Representatives a report on the findings of 
the semiannual assessment process relating to the Global 
War on Terrorism that is described in the annex to the 
National Military Strategic Plan for the War on Ter-
rorism, issued by the Secretary of Defense on February
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1, 2006, that is designated as the Implementation and As-
sessment Annex (Annex R). 
SEC. 1034. PRESIDENTIAL REPORT ON IMPROVING INTER-
AGENCY SUPPORT FOR UNITED STATES 21ST 
CENTURY NATIONAL SECURITY MISSIONS. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than February 1, 
2007, the President shall submit to Congress a report on 
building interagency capacity and enhancing the integra-
tion of civilian capabilities of the executive branch with 
the capabilities of the Armed Forces as required to achieve 
United States national security goals and objectives. To 
the maximum extent practicable, the report shall be un-
classified, with a classified annex if necessary. 
(b) REPORT ELEMENTS.—The report under sub-
section (a) shall include the following: 
(1) An assessment of the capabilities required 
within the executive branch (other than the Armed 
Forces) to achieve the full spectrum of United 
States national security goals and objectives, to de-
fend United States national security interests, and, 
in particular, to coordinate with the efforts of ele-
ments of the Armed Forces where deployed, includ-
ing at least in the following areas: 
(A) 
Organizations 
and 
organizational 
structure.
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(B) Planning and assessment capabilities. 
(C) Information sharing policies, practices, 
and systems. 
(D) Leadership issues, including command 
and control of forces and personnel in the field. 
(E) Personnel policies and systems, includ-
ing recruiting, retention, training, education, 
promotion, awards, employment, deployment, 
and retirement. 
(F) Acquisition authorities. 
(2) The criteria and considerations used to 
evaluate progress in each of the areas specified in 
paragraph (1) towards building and integrating the 
interagency capacities required to achieve United 
States national security goals and objectives. 
(3) Recommendations for specific legislative 
proposals that would improve interagency capacity 
and enhance the integration of civilian capabilities 
with the capabilities of deployed elements of the 
Armed Forces for each of the areas specified in 
paragraph (1).
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SEC. 1035. QUARTERLY REPORTS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF 
2006 QUADRENNIAL DEFENSE REVIEW RE-
PORT. 
(a) REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 days 
after the end of each fiscal-year quarter, the Secretary of 
Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services 
of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of 
the House of Representatives a report on the implementa-
tion of recommendations described in the Department of 
Defense 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review Report. 
(b) CONTENTS OF REPORTS.—Each quarterly report 
under subsection (a) shall, at a minimum—
(1) describe the processes and procedures estab-
lished by the Secretary of Defense to examine the 
various recommendations referred to in subsection 
(a); 
(2) discuss implementation plans and strategies 
for each area highlighted by the Quadrennial De-
fense Review Report; 
(3) provide relevant information about the sta-
tus of such implementation; and 
(4) indicate changes in the Secretary’s assess-
ment of the defense strategies or capabilities re-
quired since the publication of the 2006 Quadrennial 
Defense Review Report.
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(c) INITIAL REPORT.—The first report under sub-
section (a) shall be submitted not later than January 31, 
2007. 
(d) EXPIRATION OF REQUIREMENT.—The reporting 
requirement in subsection (a) shall terminate upon the 
earlier of the following: 
(1) The date of the publication of the next 
Quadrennial Defense Review Report after the date 
of the enactment of this Act pursuant to section 118 
of title 10, United States Code. 
(2) The date of transmission of a written notifi-
cation by the Secretary of Defense to the Committee 
on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee 
on Armed Services of the House of Representatives 
that implementation of the recommendations of the 
2006 Quadrennial Defense Review is complete. 
SEC. 1036. INCREASED HUNTING AND FISHING OPPORTUNI-
TIES FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES, 
RETIRED MEMBERS, AND DISABLED VET-
ERANS. 
(a) ACCESS
FOR MEMBERS, RETIRED MEMBERS, 
AND
DISABLED
VETERANS.—Consistent with section 
2671 of title 10, United States Code, and using such 
funds as are made available for this purpose, the Secretary 
of Defense shall ensure that members of the Armed
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Forces, retired members, disabled veterans, and persons 
assisting disabled veterans are able to utilize lands under 
the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense that are 
available for hunting or fishing. 
(b) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall sub-
mit to Congress a report containing the results of an as-
sessment of those lands under the jurisdiction of the De-
partment of Defense and suitable for hunting or fishing 
and describing the actions necessary—
(1) to further increase the acreage made avail-
able to members of the Armed Forces, retired mem-
bers, disabled veterans, and persons assisting dis-
abled veterans for hunting and fishing; and 
(2) to make that acreage more accessible to dis-
abled veterans. 
(c) RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES ON SANTA ROSA IS-
LAND.—The Secretary of the Interior shall immediately 
cease the plan, approved in the settlement agreement for 
case number 96–7412 WJR and case number 97–4098 
WJR, to exterminate the deer and elk on Santa Rosa Is-
land, Channel Islands, California, by helicopter and shall 
not exterminate or nearly exterminate the deer and elk.
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SEC. 1037. TECHNICAL AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS. 
(a) TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE.—Title 10, 
United States Code, is amended as follows: 
(1) Section 1406(i)(3)(B)(vi) is amended by 
striking ‘‘Advisor for’’ and inserting ‘‘Advisor to’’. 
(2) Section 2105 is amended by striking by 
adding a period at the end of the last sentence. 
(3) Section 2703(h) is amended by striking 
‘‘subsection’’ in the first sentence and inserting 
‘‘section’’. 
(b) TITLE 37, UNITED STATES CODE.—Title 37, 
United States Code, is amended as follows: 
(1) Section 210(c)(6) is amended by striking 
‘‘Advisor for’’ and inserting ‘‘Advisor to’’. 
(2) Section 308g(h) is amended by striking the 
second period at the end. 
(3) Section 308j is amended by striking sub-
section (g) and inserting the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(g) REPAYMENT.—A person who enters into an 
agreement under this section and receives all or part of 
the bonus under the agreement, but who does not accept 
a commission or an appointment as an officer or does not 
commence to participate or does not satisfactorily partici-
pate in the Selected Reserve for the total period of service
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specified in the agreement, shall be subject to the repay-
ment provisions of section 303a(e) of this title.’’. 
(4) Section 414(c) is amended by striking ‘‘, or 
the Senior Enlisted Advisor for the Chairman of the 
Joint Chiefs of Staff’’ before the period at the end. 
(c) NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR 
FISCAL YEAR 2006.—Effective as of January 6, 2006, 
and as if included therein as enacted, the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 
109–163) is amended as follows: 
(1) Section 608(b) (119 Stat. 3289) is amend-
ed—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the first 
sentence’’ and inserting ‘‘the second sentence’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the sec-
ond sentence’’ and inserting ‘‘the third sen-
tence’’. 
(2) Section 683 (119 Stat. 3322) is amended—
(A) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 4873’’ and inserting ‘‘section 4837’’; 
(B) in subsetion (c)(3), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 9873’’ and inserting ‘‘section 9837’’. 
(C) in subsection (b)(2)—
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(i) by striking ‘‘by striking the penul-
timate word.’’ and inserting ‘‘to read as 
follows:’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘6161. Settlement of accounts: remission or cancellation of indebtedness of 
members.’’.
(3) Section 685(a) (119 Stat. 3325) is amended 
by striking ‘‘Advisor for’’ both places it appears and 
inserting ‘‘Advisor to’’. 
(4) Section 687(a)(2) (119 Stat. 3327) is 
amended by striking ‘‘subsection (a)’’ and inserting 
‘‘subsection (e)’’. 
(5) Section 687(b)(15) (119 Stat. 3330) is 
amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘Subsection (d)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Subsection (e)’’; and 
(B) in the matter inserted by that section, 
by striking ‘‘(d) REPAYMENT.—’’ and inserting 
‘‘(e) REPAYMENT.—’’. 
SEC. 1038. DATABASE OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE CAPA-
BILITIES. 
The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that a data-
base of emergency response capabilities is maintained by 
the Department of Defense that includes the following:
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(1) The types of capabilities that each State’s 
National Guard will likely provide in response to do-
mestic natural and manmade disasters, both to their 
home States and under State-to-State mutual assist-
ance agreements. 
(2) The types of capabilities that the Depart-
ment of Defense will likely provide in order to fulfill 
Department of Defense responsibilities to provide 
support under the National Response Plan’s 15 
Emergency Support Functions, as well as identifica-
tion of the units that provide those capabilities. 
SEC. 1039. INFORMATION ON CERTAIN CRIMINAL INVES-
TIGATIONS AND PROSECUTIONS. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORT.—Subsection (c) of section 
1093 of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108–375; 
118 Stat. 2070) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘, or any prosecution on 
account of,’’ after ‘‘Notice of any investigation 
into’’; and 
(B) by inserting before the period at the 
end the following: ‘‘, and, as to any such crimi-
nal investigation or prosecution described in 
this paragraph, a detailed and comprehensive
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description of such investigation or prosecution 
and any resulting judicial or nonjudicial punish-
ment or other disciplinary action’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) Information about any officer nominated 
for command, or nominated for promotion or ap-
pointment to a position requiring the advice and 
consent of the Senate, who has been subject to any 
investigation into, or prosecution of, a violation of 
international obligations or laws of the United 
States regarding the treatment of individuals de-
tained by the United States Armed Forces or by a 
person providing services to the Department of De-
fense on a contractual basis, if the inclusion of such 
information in the report will not compromise any 
ongoing criminal or administrative investigation or 
prosecution, and including the following: 
‘‘(A) A description of any allegation of de-
tainee death, torture or abuse. 
‘‘(B) The status of any investigation or 
prosecution. 
‘‘(C) Any judicial or nonjudicial punish-
ment or other disciplinary action.’’.
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(b) NOMINATION INFORMATION.—Such section is 
further amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(f) NOMINATIONS.—Information described in para-
graph (3) of subsection (c), in addition to being included 
in the annual report under that subsection, shall be sub-
mitted to the Committee of Armed Services of the Senate 
and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
Representatives on a regular, timely basis in advance of 
any nomination described in that paragraph.’’. 
SEC. 1040. DATE FOR FINAL REPORT OF EMP COMMISSION. 
(a) REVISED DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF FINAL 
REPORT.—The final report of the EMP Commission shall 
be submitted to Congress not later than the end of the 
18-month period beginning on the date of the commis-
sion’s first meeting after being reestablished pursuant to 
section 1052 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 
3434) (rather than the date prescribed in section 1403(a) 
of the Commisssion Charter). 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
(1) EMP COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘EMP Com-
mission’’ means the Commission to Assess the 
Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic 
Pulse (EMP) Attack Commission, established pursu-
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ant to title XIV of the Floyd D. Spence National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (as 
enacted into law by Public Law 106–398; 114 Stat. 
1654A-345 et seq.) and reestablished pursuant to 
section 1052 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119 
Stat. 3434). 
(2) COMMISSION CHARTER.—The term ‘‘Com-
mission charter’’ means title XIV of the Floyd D. 
Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2001 (as enacted into law by Public Law 
106–398; 114 Stat. 1654A-345 et seq.), as amended 
by section 1052 of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 
119 Stat. 3434). 
SEC. 1041. AUTHORIZATION TO EXPIRE CLEARANCES RE-
VOKED. 
(a) PROHIBITION ON EXPIRED CLEARANCES.—No 
security clearance granted by the Department of Defense 
that has been requested to be renewed, based on a require-
ment for periodic reinvestigation, shall be permitted to ex-
pire until the Secretary of Defense certifies to the congres-
sional defense committees and the Committee on Home-
land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and
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the Committee on Government Reform of the House of 
Representatives that—
(1) the Defense Security Service has continued 
to accept industry requests for new personnel secu-
rity clearances and periodic reinvestigations; and 
(2) the Defense Security Service has fully fund-
ed its requirement for fiscal year 2007 security 
clearances and taken steps to eliminate its backlog 
of requests for security clearance and periodic inves-
tigations by September 20, 2008. 
(b) EXCEPTION TO PROHIBITION.—The prohibition 
in subsection (a) shall not apply if the Secretary of De-
fense determines that sufficient cause exists to revoke a 
security clearance, that has been requested to be renewed, 
based on other requirements of law or Department of De-
fense policy or regulations. 
(c) DURATION OF PROHIBITION.—The prohibition on 
expired clearances authorized by this section expires on 
September 30, 2008. 
(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion alters the process in effect as of the date of the enact-
ment of this Act for security clearances and periodic inves-
tigations. 
(e) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘backlog’’ 
means the body of industry requests for new personnel se-
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curity clearances and periodic reinvestigations that have 
not yet been completed or that have not yet been opened 
for investigation. 
(f) REPORTS.—The Secretary of Defense shall sub-
mit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate 
and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
Representatives a report detailing the actions required by 
subsection (a)(2) no later than September 30, 2007. A 
final report shall be submitted no later than September 
30, 2008. 
SEC. 1042. REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE RE-
SPONSE TO THREAT POSED BY IMPROVISED 
EXPLOSIVE DEVICES. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to Congress a report regarding 
the status of the threat posed by improvised explosive de-
vices (in the section referred to as ‘‘IEDs’’) and describing 
efforts being undertaken to defeat this threat. Supple-
mental reports shall be submitted every 90 days thereafter 
to account for every incident involving the detonation or 
discovery of an IED since the previous report was sub-
mitted. Reports shall be transmitted in an unclassified 
manner with a classified annex, if necessary.
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(b) JOINT IED DEFEAT ORGANIZATION AND RE-
LATED OFFICES.—The reports required by subsection (a) 
shall provide the following information regarding the Joint 
IED Defeat Organization and all other offices within the 
Department of Defense and the military departments that 
are focused on countering IEDs: 
(1) The number of people assigned to the Joint 
IED Defeat Organization and the related offices. 
(2) The major locations to which personnel are 
assigned and organizational structure. 
(3) The projected budget of the Joint IED De-
feat Organization and the related offices. 
(4) The level of funding required for adminis-
trative costs. 
(c) EXISTING THREAT AND COUNTER MEASURES.—
The reports required by subsection (a) shall include the 
following information regarding the threat posed by IEDs 
and the countermeasures employed to defeat those threats: 
(1) The number of IEDs being encountered by 
United States and allied military personnel, includ-
ing general trends in tactics and technology used by 
the enemy. 
(2) Passive countermeasures employed and 
their success rates.
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(3) Active countermeasures employed and their 
success rates. 
(4) Any evidence of assistance by foreign coun-
tries or other entities not directly involved in fight-
ing United States and allied forces in Iraq and Af-
ghanistan. 
(5) A list and summary of data collected and 
reports generated by the Department of Defense and 
the Armed Forces on counter-IED efforts in Iraq 
and Afghanistan and other fronts in the Global War 
on Terrorism. 
(d) RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TESTING, 
AND 
EVALUATION OF NEW COUNTERMEASURES.—The reports 
required by subsection (a) shall include the following infor-
mation regarding research, development, testing, and eval-
uation of new active and passive countermeasures and im-
pediments to those efforts: 
(1) The status of any and all efforts within the 
Department of Defense and the Armed Forces to re-
search, develop, test, and evaluate passive counter-
measures and active countermeasures and to speed 
their introduction into units currently deployed over-
seas. 
(2) Impediments to swift introduction of prom-
ising new active countermeasures.
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(e) INTERDICTION EFFORTS.—To the extent not pre-
viously covered in another section of the reports required 
by subsection (a), the reports shall identify any and all 
other offices within the Department of Defense or the 
Armed Forces that are focused on interdicting IEDs, to-
gether with the personnel and funding requirements speci-
fied in subsection (b) and the success of such efforts. For 
purposes of this subsection, interdiction includes the devel-
opment of intelligence regarding persons and locations in-
volved in the manufacture or deployment of IEDs and sub-
sequent action against those persons or locations, includ-
ing efforts to prevent IED emplacement. 
SEC. 1043. DETERMINATION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
INTRATHEATER AND INTERTHEATER AIRLIFT 
AND SEALIFT MOBILITY REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) DETERMINATION OF REQUIREMENTS.—The Sec-
retary of Defense, as part of the 2006 Mobility Capabili-
ties Study, shall determine Department of Defense mobil-
ity requirements as follows: 
(1) The Secretary shall determine intratheater 
and intertheater airlift mobility requirements and 
intratheater and intertheater sealift mobility require-
ments (all stated in terms of million ton miles per 
day) for executing each scenario that was modeled in 
the 2005 Mobility Capabilities Study and each sce-
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nario that is modeled in the 2006 Mobility Capabili-
ties Study. 
(2) The Secretary shall determine intratheater 
and intertheater airlift mobility requirements and 
intratheater and intertheater sealift mobility require-
ments (all stated in terms of million ton miles per 
day) for executing the National Military Strategy 
with a low acceptable level of risk, with a medium 
acceptable level of risk, and with a high acceptable 
level of risk, for each of the following: 
(A) Major combat operations. 
(B) The Global War on Terrorism. 
(C) Baseline security posture operations. 
(D) Homeland defense and civil support 
operations. 
(E) Special operations missions. 
(F) Global strike missions. 
(G) Strategic nuclear missions. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than February 1, 2007, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional de-
fense committees a report providing the mobility require-
ments determined pursuant to subsection (a). The report 
shall set forth each mobility requirement specified in para-
graph (1) or (2) of that subsection.
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(c) MOBILITY CAPABILITIES STUDIES.—For pur-
poses of this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘2006 Mobility Capabilities 
Study’’ means the studies conducted by the Sec-
retary of Defense and the Joint Staff during 2006 
as a follow-on to the 2005 Mobility Capabilities 
Study. 
(2) The term ‘‘2005 Mobility Capabilities 
Study’’ means the comprehensive Mobility Capabili-
ties Study completed in December 2005 and con-
ducted through the Office of Program Analysis and 
Evaluation of the Department of Defense to assess 
mobility needs for all aspects of the National De-
fense Strategy. 
SEC. 
1044. 
DEPARTMENT 
OF 
DEFENSE 
OPERATIONAL 
PLANS FOR ARMED FORCES SUPPORT FOR 
CIVIL AUTHORITIES. 
The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the 
Secretary of Homeland Security and State governments, 
shall develop detailed operational plans regarding the use 
of the Armed Forces to support activities of civil authori-
ties, known as Defense Support to Civil Authorities mis-
sions. These plans shall specifically address response op-
tions to hurricanes, wildfires, earthquakes, pandemic, and 
other natural disasters.
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SEC. 1045. REQUIREMENT THAT ALL MILITARY WHEELED 
VEHICLES USED IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN 
OUTSIDE 
OF 
MILITARY 
COMPOUNDS 
BE 
EQUIPPED WITH EFFECTIVE IMPROVISED EX-
PLOSIVE DEVICE (IED) JAMMERS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
take such steps as necessary to ensure that by the end 
of fiscal year 2007 all United States military wheeled vehi-
cles used in Iraq and Afghanistan outside of military com-
pounds are equipped with effective Improvised Explosive 
Device (IED) jammers. 
(b) FUNDING.—The Secretary shall carry out sub-
section (a) using funds provided pursuant to authoriza-
tions of appropriations in title XV. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than December 15, 2006, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional de-
fense committees a report on the cost and timeline to com-
plete compliance with the requirement in subsection (a) 
that by the end of fiscal year 2007 each vehicle described 
in that subsection be equipped with an effective Impro-
vised Explosive Device jammer. 
TITLE XI—CIVILIAN PERSONNEL 
MATTERS
Sec. 1101. Increase in authorized number of defense intelligence senior execu-
tive service employees. 
Sec. 1102. Authority for Department of Defense to pay full replacement value 
for personal property claims of civilians.
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Sec. 1103. Accrual of annual leave for members of the uniformed services per-
forming dual employment. 
Sec. 1104. Death gratuity authorized for Federal employees.
SEC. 1101. INCREASE IN AUTHORIZED NUMBER OF DE-
FENSE INTELLIGENCE SENIOR EXECUTIVE 
SERVICE EMPLOYEES. 
Section 1606(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘594’’ and inserting ‘‘644’’. 
SEC. 1102. AUTHORITY FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO 
PAY FULL REPLACEMENT VALUE FOR PER-
SONAL PROPERTY CLAIMS OF CIVILIANS. 
Section 2636a(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘of baggage and household effects 
for members of the armed forces at Government expense’’ 
and inserting ‘‘at Government expense of baggage and 
household effects for members of the armed forces or civil-
ian employees of the Department of Defense (or both)’’. 
SEC. 1103. ACCRUAL OF ANNUAL LEAVE FOR MEMBERS OF 
THE UNIFORMED SERVICES PERFORMING 
DUAL EMPLOYMENT. 
Section 5534a of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: 
‘‘Such a member also is entitled to accrue annual leave 
with pay in the manner specified in section 6303(a) of this 
title for a retired member of a uniformed service.’’.
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SEC. 1104. DEATH GRATUITY AUTHORIZED FOR FEDERAL 
EMPLOYEES. 
(a) DEATH GRATUITY AUTHORIZED.—Chapter 81 of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
section 8102 the following new section: 
‘‘§ 8102a. Death gratuity 
‘‘(a) DEATH GRATUITY AUTHORIZED.—The United 
States shall pay a death gratuity of $100,000 to or for 
the survivor prescribed by subsection (d) immediately 
upon receiving official notification of the death of an em-
ployee who dies of injuries incurred in connection with the 
employee’s service with an Armed Force in a contingency 
operation, or who dies of injuries incurred in connection 
with a terrorist incident occurring during the employee’s 
service with an Armed Force. 
‘‘(b) RETROACTIVE PAYMENT IN CERTAIN CASES.—
With respect to an employee who dies on or after October 
7, 2001, as a result of wounds, injuries, or illnesses in-
curred in the performance of duty in the theater of oper-
ations of Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi 
Freedom, subsection (a) also shall apply. 
‘‘(c) OTHER BENEFITS.—The death gratuity payable 
under this section is in addition to any death benefits oth-
erwise provided for in law. 
‘‘(d) ELIGIBLE SURVIVORS.—
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‘‘(1) A death gratuity payable upon the death 
of a person covered by subsection (a) shall be paid 
to or for the living survivor highest on the following 
list: 
‘‘(A) The employee’s surviving spouse. 
‘‘(B) The employee’s children, as pre-
scribed by paragraph (2), in equal shares. 
‘‘(C) If designated by the employee, any 
one or more of the following persons: 
‘‘(i) The employee’s parents or per-
sons in loco parentis, as prescribed by 
paragraph (3). 
‘‘(ii) The employee’s brothers. 
‘‘(iii) The employee’s sisters. 
‘‘(D) The employee’s parents or persons in 
loco parentis, as prescribed by paragraph (3), 
in equal shares. 
‘‘(E) The employee’s brothers and sisters 
in equal shares. 
Subparagraphs (C) and (E) of this paragraph in-
clude brothers and sisters of the half blood and 
those through adoption. 
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1)(B) applies, without regard 
to age or marital status, to—
‘‘(A) legitimate children;
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‘‘(B) adopted children; 
‘‘(C) stepchildren who were a part of the 
decedent’s household at the time of death; 
‘‘(D) illegitimate children of a female dece-
dent; and 
‘‘(E) illegitimate children of a male dece-
dent—
‘‘(i) who have been acknowledged in 
writing signed by the decedent; 
‘‘(ii) who have been judicially deter-
mined, before the decedent’s death, to be 
his children; 
‘‘(iii) who have been otherwise proved, 
by evidence satisfactory to the employing 
agency, to be children of the decedent; or 
‘‘(iv) to whose support the decedent 
had been judicially ordered to contribute. 
‘‘(3) Subparagraphs (C) and (D) of paragraph 
(1), so far as they apply to parents and persons in 
loco parentis, include fathers and mothers through 
adoption, and persons who stood in loco parentis to 
the decedent for a period of not less than one year 
at any time before the decedent became an em-
ployee. However, only one father and one mother, or 
their counterparts in loco parentis, may be recog-
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nized in any case, and preference shall be given to 
those who exercised a parental relationship on the 
date, or most nearly before the date, on which the 
decedent became an employee. 
‘‘(4) If an eligible survivor dies before he re-
ceives the death gratuity, it shall be paid to the liv-
ing survivor next in the order prescribed by para-
graph (1). 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—The term ‘contingency oper-
ation’ has the meaning given to that term in section 
1482a(c) of title 10, United States Code.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 81 of such title is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 8102 the 
following new item:
‘‘8102a. Death gratuity.’’.
TITLE XII—MATTERS RELATING 
TO FOREIGN NATIONS
Subtitle A—Assistance and Training 
Sec. 1201. Logistic support for allied forces participating in combined oper-
ations. 
Sec. 1202. Temporary authority to use acquisition and cross-servicing agree-
ments to lend certain military equipment to foreign forces in 
Iraq and Afghanistan for personnel protection and surviv-
ability. 
Sec. 1203. Recodification and revision to law relating to Department of Defense 
humanitarian demining assistance. 
Sec. 1204. Enhancements to Regional Defense Combating Terrorism Fellow-
ship Program. 
Sec. 1205. Capstone overseas field studies trips to People’s Republic of China 
and Republic of China on Taiwan. 
Sec. 1206. Military educational exchanges between senior officers and officials 
of the United States and Taiwan.