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Subtitle G—Defense Dependents’ 
Education 
SEC. 571. CONTINUATION OF AUTHORITY TO ASSIST LOCAL 
EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES THAT BENEFIT DE-
PENDENTS OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
FORCES AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CI-
VILIAN EMPLOYEES. 
(a) ASSISTANCE
TO SCHOOLS WITH SIGNIFICANT 
NUMBERS OF MILITARY DEPENDENT STUDENTS.—Of the 
amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2012 
by section 301 and available for operation and maintenance 
for Defense-wide activities as specified in the funding table 
in section 4301, $25,000,000 shall be available only for the 
purpose of providing assistance to local educational agen-
cies under subsection (a) of section 572 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 
109–163; 20 U.S.C. 7703b). 
(b) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘ ‘local educational agency’ ’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 8013(9) of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7713(9)).
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SEC. 572. IMPACT AID FOR CHILDREN WITH SEVERE DIS-
ABILITIES. 
Of the amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
year 2012 pursuant to section 301 and available for oper-
ation and maintenance for Defense-wide activities as speci-
fied in the funding table in section 4301, $5,000,000 shall 
be available for payments under section 363 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–77; 20 U.S.C. 7703a). 
SEC. 573. THREE-YEAR EXTENSION AND ENHANCEMENT OF 
AUTHORITIES ON TRANSITION OF MILITARY 
DEPENDENT STUDENTS AMONG LOCAL EDU-
CATIONAL AGENCIES. 
(a) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES.—Paragraph (2)(B) of 
section 574(d) of the John Warner National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (20 U.S.C. 7703b note) 
is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘grant assistance’’ after ‘‘To 
provide’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘including—‘‘ and all that fol-
lows and inserting ‘‘including programs on the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(i) Access to virtual and distance learning 
capabilities and related applications. 
‘‘(ii) Training for teachers.
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‘‘(iii) Academic strategies to increase aca-
demic achievement. 
‘‘(iv) Curriculum development. 
‘‘(v) Support for practices that minimize 
the impact of transition and deployment. 
‘‘(vi) Other appropriate services to improve 
the academic achievement of such students.’’. 
(b) THREE-YEAR EXTENSION.—Paragraph (3) of such 
section is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2013’’ and 
inserting ‘‘September 30, 2016’’. 
Subtitle H—Military Family 
Readiness 
SEC. 576. MODIFICATION OF MEMBERSHIP OF DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE MILITARY FAMILY READINESS 
COUNCIL. 
Subsection (b) of section 1781a of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) MEMBERS.—(1) The Council shall consist of the 
following members: 
‘‘(A) The Under Secretary of Defense for Per-
sonnel and Readiness, who shall serve as chair of the 
Council and who may designate a representative to 
chair the council in the Under Secretary’s absence. 
‘‘(B) The following, who shall be appointed or 
designated by the Secretary of Defense:
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‘‘(i) One representative of each of the Army, 
Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force, each of 
whom may be a member of the armed force to be 
represented, the spouse of such a member, or the 
parent of such a member, and may represent ei-
ther the regular component or a reserve compo-
nent of that armed force. 
‘‘(ii) One representative of the Army Na-
tional Guard or Air National Guard, who may 
be a member of the National Guard, the spouse 
of such a member, or the parent of such a mem-
ber. 
‘‘(iii) One spouse of a member of each of the 
Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force, two 
of whom shall be the spouse of a regular compo-
nent member and two of whom shall be the 
spouse of a reserve component member. 
‘‘(iv) Three individuals appointed by the 
Secretary of Defense from among representatives 
of military family organizations, including mili-
tary family organizations of families of members 
of the regular components and of families of 
members of the reserve components.
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‘‘(v) The senior enlisted advisor, or the 
spouse of a senior enlisted member, from each of 
the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force. 
‘‘(C) The Director of the Office of Community 
Support for Military Families with Special Needs. 
‘‘(2)(A) The term on the Council of the members ap-
pointed or designated under clauses (i) and (iii) of para-
graph (1)(B) shall be two years and may be renewed by 
the Secretary of Defense. Representation on the Council 
under clause (ii) of that paragraph shall rotate between the 
Army National Guard and Air National Guard every two 
years on a calendar year basis. 
‘‘(B) The term on the Council of the members ap-
pointed under clause (iv) of paragraph (1)(B) shall be three 
years.’’. 
SEC. 577. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES 
REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MILI-
TARY SPOUSE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall carry out a review of all current De-
partment of Defense military spouse employment programs. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The review required by subsection (a) 
shall, address, at a minimum, the following: 
(1) The efficacy and effectiveness of Department 
of Defense military spouse employment programs.
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(2) All current Department programs to support 
military spouses or dependents for the purposes of em-
ployment assistance. 
(3) The types of military spouse employment 
programs that have been considered or used in the 
past by the Department. 
(4) The ways in which military spouse employ-
ment programs have changed in recent years. 
(5) The benefits or programs that are specifically 
available to provide employment assistance to spouses 
of members of the Armed Forces serving in Operation 
Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, or Op-
eration New Dawn, or any other contingency oper-
ation being conducted by the Armed Forces as of the 
date of such review. 
(6) Existing mechanisms available to military 
spouses to express their views on the effectiveness and 
future direction of Department programs and policies 
on employment assistance for military spouses. 
(7) The oversight provided by the Office of Per-
sonnel and Management regarding preferences for 
military spouses in Federal employment. 
(c) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Comptroller General shall submit to the congressional de-