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Subtitle D—Intelligence-Related 
Matters 
SEC. 931. TECHNICAL CHANGES FOLLOWING THE REDESIG-
NATION OF NATIONAL IMAGERY AND MAP-
PING AGENCY AS NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-IN-
TELLIGENCE AGENCY. 
(a) TECHNICAL
CHANGES
TO
UNITED
STATES 
CODE.— 
(1) TITLE 5.—Title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘National Imagery and Map-
ping Agency’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’’. 
(2) TITLE 44.—Title 44, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘National Imagery and Map-
ping Agency’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL CHANGES TO OTHER ACTS.— 
(1) ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT ACT OF 1978.—Sec-
tion 105(a)(1) of the Ethics in Government Act of 
1978 (Public Law 95–521; 5 U.S.C. App. 4) is 
amended by striking ‘‘National Imagery and Map-
ping Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘National Geospatial-In-
telligence Agency’’. 
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(2) INSPECTOR GENERAL ACT OF 1978.—Section 
8H of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 
95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)(1)(A), by striking 
‘‘National Imagery and Mapping Agency’’ and 
inserting 
‘‘National 
Geospatial-Intelligence 
Agency’’; and 
(B) in subsection (g)(1), by striking ‘‘Na-
tional Imagery and Mapping Agency’’ and in-
serting ‘‘National Geospatial-Intelligence Agen-
cy’’. 
(3) EMPLOYEE POLYGRAPH PROTECTION ACT OF 
1988.—Section 7(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Employee Poly-
graph 
Protection 
Act 
of 
1988 
(29 
U.S.C. 
2006(b)(2)(A)(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘National 
Imagery and Mapping Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘Na-
tional Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’’. 
(4) LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
1993.—Section 
207(a)(2)(B) 
of 
the 
Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public Law 102– 
392; 44 U.S.C. 501 note), is amended by striking 
‘‘National Imagery and Mapping Agency’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’’. 
(5) HOMELAND SECURITY ACT OF 2002.—Section 
201(e)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
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U.S.C. 121(e)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘National 
Imagery and Mapping Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘Na-
tional Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’’. 
SEC. 932. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 10, UNITED 
STATES CODE, ARISING FROM ENACTMENT 
OF THE INTELLIGENCE REFORM AND TER-
RORISM PREVENTION ACT OF 2004. 
(a) REFERENCES TO HEAD OF INTELLIGENCE COMMU-
NITY.—Title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking 
‘‘Director of Central Intelligence’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘Director of National Intelligence’’ in the fol-
lowing: 
(1) Section 193(d)(2). 
(2) Section 193(e). 
(3) Section 201(a). 
(4) Section 201(b)(1). 
(5) Section 201(c)(1). 
(6) Section 425(a). 
(7) Section 431(b)(1). 
(8) Section 441(c). 
(9) Section 441(d). 
(10) Section 443(d). 
(11) Section 2273(b)(1). 
(12) Section 2723(a). 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—Such title is further 
amended by striking ‘‘DIRECTOR
OF CENTRAL INTEL-
LIGENCE’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘DIRECTOR 
OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE’’ in the following: 
(1) Section 441(c). 
(2) Section 443(d). 
(c) REFERENCE TO HEAD OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE 
AGENCY.—Section 444 of such title is amended by striking 
‘‘Director of Central Intelligence’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘Director of the Central Intelligence Agency’’. 
SEC. 933. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO THE AS-
SOCIATE DIRECTOR OF THE CIA FOR MILI-
TARY AFFAIRS. 
Section 528(c) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘MILITARY SUP-
PORT’’ and inserting ‘‘MILITARY AFFAIRS’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘Military Support’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Military Affairs’’. 
Subtitle E—Other Matters 
SEC. 941. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SCHOOL OF NURSING 
REVISIONS. 
(a) SCHOOL OF NURSING.—The text of section 2117 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
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‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
establish within the University a School of Nursing, not 
later than July 1, 2010. It shall be so organized as to grad-
uate not less than 25 students with a bachelor of science 
in nursing in the first class not later than June 30, 2012, 
not less than 50 in the second class, and not less than 100 
annually thereafter. 
‘‘(b) MINIMUM REQUIREMENT.—The School of Nursing 
shall include, at a minimum, a program that awards a 
bachelor of science in nursing. 
‘‘(c) PHASED DEVELOPMENT.—The development of the 
School of Nursing may be by such phases as the Secretary 
may prescribe, subject to the requirements of subsection 
(a).’’. 
(b) RETIRED NURSE CORPS OFFICER DEMONSTRA-
TION PROJECT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense may 
conduct a demonstration project to encourage retired 
military nurses to serve as faculty at civilian nursing 
schools. 
(2) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.— 
(A) INDIVIDUAL.—An individual is eligible 
to participate in the demonstration project if the 
individual— 
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(i) is a retired nurse corps officer of 
one of the Armed Forces; 
(ii) has had at least 26 years of active 
Federal commissioned service before retir-
ing; and 
(iii) possesses a doctoral or master de-
gree in nursing that qualifies the officer to 
become a full faculty member of an accred-
ited school of nursing. 
(B) INSTITUTION.—An accredited school of 
nursing is eligible to participate in the dem-
onstration project if the school or its parent in-
stitution of higher education— 
(i) is a school of nursing that is ac-
credited to award, at a minimum, a bach-
elor of science in nursing and provides edu-
cational programs leading to such degree; 
(ii) has a resident Reserve Officer 
Training Corps unit at the institution of 
higher education that fulfils the require-
ments of sections 2101 and 2102 of title 10, 
United States Code; 
(iii) does not prevent ROTC access or 
military recruiting on campus, as defined 
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in section 983 of title 10, United States 
Code; 
(iv) provides any retired nurse corps 
officer participating in the demonstration 
project a salary and other compensation at 
the level to which other similarly situated 
faculty members of the accredited school of 
nursing are entitled, as determined by the 
Secretary of Defense; and 
(v) agrees to comply with paragraph 
(4). 
(3) COMPENSATION.— 
(A) The Secretary of Defense may authorize 
a Secretary of a military department to author-
ize qualified institutions of higher education to 
employ as faculty those eligible individuals (as 
described in paragraph (2)) who are receiving 
retired pay, whose qualifications are approved 
by the Secretary and the institution of higher 
education concerned, and who request such em-
ployment, subject to the following: 
(i) A retired nurse corps officer so em-
ployed is entitled to receive the officer’s re-
tired pay without reduction by reason of 
any additional amount paid to the officer 
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by the institution of higher education con-
cerned. In the case of payment of any such 
additional amount by the institution of 
higher education concerned, the Secretary of 
the military department concerned may pay 
to that institution the amount equal to one- 
half the amount paid to the retired officer 
by the institution for any period, up to a 
maximum of one-half of the difference be-
tween the officer’s retired pay for that pe-
riod and the active duty pay and allow-
ances that the officer would have received 
for that period if on active duty. Payments 
by the Secretary concerned under this para-
graph shall be made from funds specifically 
appropriated for that purpose. 
(ii) Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law contained in title 10, title 32, 
or title 37, United States Code, such a re-
tired nurse corps officer is not, while so em-
ployed, considered to be on active duty or 
inactive duty training for any purpose. 
(4) SCHOLARSHIPS FOR NURSE OFFICER CAN-
DIDATES.—For purposes of the eligibility of an insti-
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tution under paragraph (2)(B)(v), the following re-
quirements apply: 
(A) Each accredited school of nursing at 
which a retired nurse corps officer serves on the 
faculty under this subsection shall provide full 
academic scholarships to individuals under-
taking an educational program at such school 
leading to a bachelor of science in nursing degree 
who agree, upon completion of such program, to 
accept a commission as an officer in the nurse 
corps of one of the Armed Forces. 
(B) The total number of scholarships pro-
vided by an accredited school of nursing under 
subparagraph (A) for each officer serving on the 
faculty of that school under this subsection shall 
be such number as the Secretary of Defense shall 
specify for purposes of this subsection. 
(C) Each accredited school of nursing shall 
pay to the Department of Defense an amount 
equal to the value of the scholarship for every 
nurse officer candidate who fails to be accessed 
as a nurse corps officer into one of the Armed 
Forces within one year of receiving a bachelor of 
science degree in nursing from that school. 
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(D) The Secretary concerned is authorized 
to discontinue the demonstration project author-
ized in this subsection at any institution of high-
er education that fails to fulfill the requirements 
of subparagraph (C). 
(5) REPORT.— 
(A) Not later than 24 months after the com-
mencement of any demonstration project under 
this subsection, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a 
report on the demonstration project. The report 
shall include a description of the project and a 
description of plans for the continuation of the 
project, if any. 
(B) ELEMENTS.—The report shall also in-
clude, at a minimum, the following: 
(i) The current number of retired nurse 
corps officers who have at least 26 years of 
active Federal commissioned service who 
would be eligible to participate in the pro-
gram. 
(ii) The number of retired nurse corps 
officers participating in the demonstration 
project. 
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(iii) The number of accredited schools 
of nursing participating in the demonstra-
tion project. 
(iv) The number of nurse officer can-
didates who have accessed into the military 
as commissioned nurse corps officers. 
(v) The number of scholarships award-
ed to nurse officer candidates. 
(vi) The number of nurse officer can-
didates who have failed to access into the 
military, if any. 
(vii) The amount paid to the Depart-
ment of Defense in the event any nurse offi-
cer candidates awarded scholarships by the 
accredited school of nursing fail to access 
into the military as commissioned nurse 
corps officers. 
(viii) The funds expended in the oper-
ation of the demonstration project. 
(ix) The recommendation of the Sec-
retary of Defense as to whether the dem-
onstration project should be extended. 
(6) SUNSET.—The authority in this subsection 
shall expire on June 30, 2014. 
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(7) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the terms 
‘‘school of nursing’’ and ‘‘accredited’’ have the meet-
ing given those terms in section 801 of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 296). 
SEC. 942. AMENDMENTS OF AUTHORITY FOR REGIONAL 
CENTERS FOR SECURITY STUDIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 184(f) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) Funds available to the Department of De-
fense for a Regional Center for any fiscal year (begin-
ning with funds available for fiscal year 2009), in-
cluding funds available under paragraphs (4) and 
(5), are available for use for programs that begin in 
such fiscal year but end in the next fiscal year.’’. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF A PILOT PROGRAM FOR NON-
GOVERNMENTAL PERSONNEL.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—In fiscal years 2009 and 
2010, the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence 
of the Secretary of State, may waive reimbursement 
of the costs of activities of the Regional Centers for 
nongovernmental and international organization per-
sonnel who participate in activities that enhance co-
operation of nongovernmental organizations and 
international organizations with Armed Forces of the 
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United States, if the Secretary of Defense determines 
that attendance of such personnel without reimburse-
ment is in the national security interests of the 
United States. Costs for which reimbursement is 
waived pursuant to this subsection shall not exceed 
$1,000,000 in each of fiscal years 2009 and 2010 and 
shall be paid from appropriations available to the Re-
gional Centers in each of those fiscal years. 
(2) REPORT
REQUIRED.—.For each of fiscal 
years 2009 and 2010, the Secretary of Defense shall 
include in the annual report required under section 
184(h) of title 10, United States Code, a description 
of the extent of nongovernmental and international 
organization participation in the programs of each 
regional center, including the costs incurred by the 
United States for the participation of each organiza-
tion. 
SEC. 943. FINDINGS AND SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING 
THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE INSTITUTE FOR 
SECURITY COOPERATION. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following: 
(1) The mission of the Western Hemisphere In-
stitute for Security Cooperation (hereafter in this sec-
tion referred to as ‘‘WHINSEC’’) is to provide profes-
sional education and training to military personnel, 
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law enforcement officials, and civilian personnel in 
support of the democratic principles set forth in the 
Charter of the Organization of American States, while 
fostering mutual knowledge, transparency, confidence, 
and cooperation among the participating nations, 
and promoting democratic values, respect for human 
rights, and knowledge and understanding of United 
States customs and traditions. 
(2) WHINSEC supports the Security Coopera-
tion Guidance of the Secretary of Defense by address-
ing the education and training needs of the United 
States Southern Command and United States North-
ern Command. 
(3) 
In 
enacting 
legislation 
establishing 
WHINSEC, Congress specified that the curriculum of 
WHINSEC may include leadership development, 
counterdrug operations, peacekeeping, resource man-
agement, and disaster relief planning. Congress also 
mandated a minimum of eight hours of instruction 
on human rights, due process, the rule of law, the role 
of the Armed Forces in a democratic society, and ci-
vilian control of the military. WHINSEC averages 
twelve hours of such instruction per course. 
(4) On March 21, 2007, Admiral Stavridis, 
Commander of United States Southern Command, 
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stated before the House Armed Services Committee 
that WHINSEC ‘‘is the military’s crown jewel for 
human rights training.’’. 
(5) WHINSEC does not select students for par-
ticipation. A partner nation nominates students to 
attend WHINSEC, and in accordance with the law of 
the United States and the policies of the Departments 
of Defense and State, the United States Embassy in 
such partner nation screens and conducts background 
checks on such nominees. The vetting process of 
WHINSEC nominees includes a background check by 
United States embassies in partner nations, as well 
as checks by the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Af-
fairs and the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, 
and Labor. Further, the Abuse Case Evaluation Sys-
tem of the Department of State, a central database 
that aggregates human rights abuse data into a sin-
gle, searchable location, is used as a resource for 
checking abuse allegations when conducting vetting 
requests. 
(6) WHINSEC operates in accordance with the 
‘‘Leahy Law,’’ which was first enacted in 1997 and 
has since expanded to prohibit United States military 
assistance to foreign military units that violate 
human rights including security assistance programs 
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funded through foreign operations appropriations 
Acts and training programs made available pursuant 
to Department of Defense appropriations Acts. 
(7) Independent review, observation, and rec-
ommendation regarding operations of WHINSEC is 
provided by a Board of Visitors which is chaired by 
Bishop Robert Morlino of Wisconsin and includes 
four Members of Congress, two from each political 
party. 
(8) WHINSEC is open to visitors at any time. 
Anyone can visit, sit in classes, talk with students 
and faculty, and review instructional materials. 
(9) On May 7, 2008, the Department of Defense 
provided Congress requested information regarding 
the students, instructors, and courses at WHINSEC. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) WHINSEC is one of the most effective mech-
anisms that the United States has to build relation-
ships with future leaders throughout the Western 
Hemisphere, influence the human rights records and 
democracy trajectory of countries in the Western 
Hemisphere, and mitigate the growing influence of 
non-hemispheric powers; 
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(2) WHINSEC is succeeding in meeting its stat-
ed mission of providing professional education and 
training to eligible military personnel, law enforce-
ment officials, and civilians of nations of the Western 
Hemisphere that support the democratic principles set 
forth in the Charter of the Organization of American 
States, while fostering mutual knowledge, trans-
parency, confidence, and cooperation among the par-
ticipating nations and promoting democratic values 
and respect for human rights; and 
(3) WHINSEC is an invaluable education and 
training facility which the Department of Defense 
should continue to utilize in order to help foster a 
spirit of partnership that will ensure security and en-
hance stability and interoperability among the 
United States military and the militaries of partici-
pating nations. 
SEC. 944. RESTRICTION ON OBLIGATION OF FUNDS FOR 
UNITED STATES SOUTHERN COMMAND DE-
VELOPMENT ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES. 
(a) REPORT
AND CERTIFICATION REQUIRED.—Not 
later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report describing the develop-
ment assistance activities carried out by the United States 
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Southern Command during fiscal year 2008 and planned 
for fiscal year 2009 and containing a certification by the 
Secretary that such development assistance activities— 
(1) will not adversely diminish the ability of the 
United States Southern Command or its components 
to carry out its combat or military missions; 
(2) do not divert resources from funded or un-
funded requirements of the United States Southern 
Command in connection with the role of the Depart-
ment of Defense under section 124 of title 10, United 
States Code, as the single lead agency of the Federal 
Government for the detection and monitoring of aer-
ial and maritime transit of illegal drugs into the 
United States; 
(3) are not unnecessarily duplicative of activities 
already conducted or planned to be conducted by any 
other Federal department or agency during fiscal 
year 2009; and 
(4) are designed, planned, and conducted to com-
plement joint training and exercises, host-country ca-
pacity building, or similar activities directly con-
nected to the responsibilities of the United States 
Southern Command. 
(b) RESTRICTION ON OBLIGATION OF FUNDS PENDING 
CERTIFICATION.—Of the amounts appropriated pursuant 
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to an authorization of appropriations in this Act or other-
wise made available for fiscal year 2009 for operation and 
maintenance for the United States Southern Command, not 
more than 90 percent may be obligated or expended until 
30 days after the certification required by subsection (a) 
is received by the congressional defense committees. 
(c) DEVELOPMENT
ASSISTANCE
ACTIVITIES
DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘development assistance 
activities’’ means assistance activities carried out by the 
United States Southern Command that are comparable to 
the assistance activities carried out by the United States 
under— 
(1) chapters 1, 10, 11, and 12 of part I of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151, 
2293, 2295, and 2296 et seq.); and 
(2) any other provision of law for purposes com-
parable to the purposes for which assistance activities 
are carried out under the provisions of law referred 
to in paragraph (1). 
SEC. 945. AUTHORIZATION OF NON-CONVENTIONAL AS-
SISTED RECOVERY CAPABILITIES. 
(a) NON-CONVENTIONAL ASSISTED RECOVERY CAPA-
BILITIES.—Upon a determination by a combatant com-
mander that an action is necessary in connection with a 
non-conventional assisted recovery effort, an amount not to 
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exceed $20,000,000 of the funds appropriated pursuant to 
an authorization of appropriations or otherwise made 
available for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’ may be 
used to establish, develop, and maintain non-conventional 
assisted recovery capabilities. 
(b) PROCEDURES.—The Secretary of Defense shall es-
tablish procedures for the exercise of the authority under 
subsection (a). The Secretary shall notify the congressional 
defense committees of those procedures before any exercise 
of that authority. 
(c) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Non-conventional as-
sisted recovery capabilities authorized under subsection (a) 
may, in limited and special circumstances, include the pro-
vision of support to foreign forces, irregular forces, groups, 
or individuals in order to facilitate the recovery of Depart-
ment of Defense or Coast Guard military or civilian per-
sonnel, or other individuals who, while conducting activities 
in support of United States military operations, become 
separated or isolated and cannot rejoin their units without 
the assistance authorized in subsection (a). Such support 
may include the provision of limited amounts of equipment, 
supplies, training, transportation, or other logistical sup-
port or funding. 
(d) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after 
the close of each fiscal year during which subsection (a) is 
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in effect, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the con-
gressional defense committees a report on support provided 
under that subsection during that fiscal year. 
(e) LIMITATION ON INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES.—This 
section does not constitute authority to conduct a covert ac-
tion, as such term is defined in section 503(e) of the Na-
tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 413b(e)). 
(f) LIMITATION
ON FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACTIVI-
TIES.—This section does not constitute authority— 
(1) to build the capacity of foreign military 
forces or provide security and stabilization assistance, 
as described in sections 1206 and 1207 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 
(Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3456 and 3458), re-
spectively; and 
(2) to provide assistance that is otherwise pro-
hibited by any other provision in law, including any 
provision of law relating to the control of exports of 
defense articles or defense services. 
(g) PERIOD OF AUTHORITY.—The authority under this 
section is in effect during each of the fiscal years 2009 
through 2012. 
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SEC. 946. REPORT ON UNITED STATES NORTHERN COM-
MAND 
DEVELOPMENT 
OF 
INTERAGENCY 
PLANS AND COMMAND AND CONTROL RELA-
TIONSHIPS. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De-
fense, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity and the heads of other appropriate Federal agencies, 
shall submit a report to Congress describing the progress 
made to address certain deficiencies in the United States 
Northern Command identified in the Comptroller General 
report 08–251/252. To prepare the report, the Secretary of 
Defense shall direct the United States Northern Command 
to perform the following: 
(1) Provide a compendium of all roles, mission 
requirements and resources from all 50 States. Each 
role and mission in the docket will be accompanied 
by a brief explanation of the requirement and proof 
of endorsement by the respective State Adjutant Gen-
erals and the Department of Homeland Security. 
(2) Synchronize and continually update its unit 
requirements with the deployment schedules of the 
units it depends on. The commander of the United 
States Northern Command shall develop plans for 
primary and secondary units to cover the roles and 
missions coordinated in paragraph (1). 
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(3) Coordinate with all source units and other 
commands. The report shall include copies of all these 
unit and command mission statements. 
(4) Coordinate with its interagency partners to 
form charters that govern the agreements among 
them, including qualifications for personnel with liai-
son functions between interagency partners. 
(b) IMPROVED COORDINATION.—The commander of the 
United States Northern Command shall coordinate with its 
Federal interagency partners to ascertain requirements for 
plans, training, equipment, and resources in support of— 
(1) homeland defense; 
(2) domestic emergency response; and 
(3) military support to civil authorities. 
TITLE X—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Financial Matters 
Sec. 1001. General transfer authority. 
Sec. 1002. Requirement for separate display of budget for Afghanistan. 
Sec. 1003. Requirement for separate display of budget for Iraq. 
Sec. 1004. One-time shift of military retirement payments. 
Subtitle B—Policy Relating to Vessels and Shipyards 
Sec. 1011. Conveyance, Navy drydock, Aransas Pass, Texas. 
Sec. 1012. Report on repair of naval vessel in foreign shipyards. 
Sec. 1013. Policy relating to major combatant vessels of the strike forces of the 
United States Navy. 
Sec. 1014. National Defense Sealift Fund amendments. 
Sec. 1015. Report on contributions to the domestic supply of steel and other met-
als from scrapping of certain vessels. 
Subtitle C—Counter-Drug Activities 
Sec. 1021. Continuation of reporting requirement regarding Department of De-
fense expenditures to support foreign counter-drug activities. 
Sec. 1022. Extension of authority for joint task forces to provide support to law 
enforcement agencies conducting counter-terrorism activities. 
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Sec. 1023. Extension of authority to support unified counter-drug and 
counterterrorism campaign in Colombia and continuation of nu-
merical limitation on assignment of United States personnel. 
Sec. 1024. Expansion and extension of authority to provide additional support 
for counter-drug activities of certain foreign governments. 
Sec. 1025. Comprehensive Department of Defense strategy for counter-narcotics ef-
forts for West Africa and the Maghreb. 
Sec. 1026. Comprehensive Department of Defense strategy for counter-narcotics ef-
forts in South and Central Asian regions. 
Subtitle D—Boards and Commissions 
Sec. 1031. Strategic Communication Management Board. 
Sec. 1032. Extension of certain dates for Congressional Commission on the Stra-
tegic Posture of the United States. 
Sec. 1033. Extension of Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States 
from Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack. 
Subtitle E—Studies and Reports 
Sec. 1041. Report on corrosion control and prevention. 
Sec. 1042. Study on using Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems (MAFFS) in 
a Federal response to wildfires. 
Sec. 1043. Study on rotorcraft survivability. 
Sec. 1044. Studies to analyze alternative models for acquisition and funding of 
inter-connected cyberspace systems. 
Sec. 1045. Report on nonstrategic nuclear weapons. 
Sec. 1046. Study on national defense implications of section 1083. 
Sec. 1047. Report on methods Department of Defense utilizes to ensure compli-
ance with Guam tax and licensing laws. 
Subtitle F—Congressional Recognitions 
Sec. 1051. Sense of Congress honoring the Honorable Duncan Hunter. 
Sec. 1052. Sense of Congress in honor of the Honorable Jim Saxton, a Member 
of the House of Representatives. 
Sec. 1053. Sense of Congress honoring the Honorable Terry Everett. 
Sec. 1054. Sense of Congress honoring the Honorable Jo Ann Davis. 
Subtitle G—Other Matters 
Sec. 1061. Amendment to annual submission of information regarding informa-
tion technology capital assets. 
Sec. 1062. Restriction on Department of Defense relocation of missions or func-
tions from Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station. 
Sec. 1063. Technical and clerical amendments. 
Sec. 1064. Submission to Congress of revision to regulation on enemy prisoners 
of war, retained personnel, civilian internees, and other detain-
ees. 
Sec. 1065. Authorization of appropriations for payments to Portuguese nationals 
employed by the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 1066. State Defense Force Improvement. 
Sec. 1067. Barnegat Inlet to Little Egg Inlet, New Jersey. 
Sec. 1068. Sense of Congress regarding the roles and missions of the Department 
of Defense and other national security institutions. 
Sec. 1069. Sense of Congress relating to 2008 supplemental appropriations. 
Sec. 1070. Sense of Congress regarding defense requirements of the United States. 
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Subtitle A—Financial Matters 
SEC. 1001. GENERAL TRANSFER AUTHORITY. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER AUTHORIZATIONS.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—Upon determination by the 
Secretary of Defense that such action is necessary in 
the national interest, the Secretary may transfer 
amounts of authorizations made available to the De-
partment of Defense in this division for fiscal year 
2009 between any such authorizations for that fiscal 
year (or any subdivisions thereof). Amounts of au-
thorizations so transferred shall be merged with and 
be available for the same purposes as the authoriza-
tion to which transferred. 
(2) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in para-
graph (3), the total amount of authorizations that the 
Secretary may transfer under the authority of this 
section may not exceed $llll. 
(3) EXCEPTION FOR TRANSFERS BETWEEN MILI-
TARY
PERSONNEL
AUTHORIZATIONS.—A transfer of 
funds between military personnel authorizations 
under title IV shall not be counted toward the dollar 
limitation in paragraph (2). 
(b) LIMITATIONS.—The authority provided by this sec-
tion to transfer authorizations— 
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(1) may only be used to provide authority for 
items that have a higher priority than the items from 
which authority is transferred; and 
(2) may not be used to provide authority for an 
item that has been denied authorization by Congress. 
(c) EFFECT ON AUTHORIZATION AMOUNTS.—A trans-
fer made from one account to another under the authority 
of this section shall be deemed to increase the amount au-
thorized for the account to which the amount is transferred 
by an amount equal to the amount transferred. 
(d) NOTICE
TO
CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall 
promptly notify Congress of each transfer made under sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 1002. REQUIREMENT FOR SEPARATE DISPLAY OF 
BUDGET FOR AFGHANISTAN. 
For any annual or supplemental budget request sub-
mission for the Department of Defense, beginning with fis-
cal year 2010, the Secretary of Defense shall set forth sepa-
rately any funding requested for any United States oper-
ations or other activities concerning Afghanistan. The sub-
mission shall clearly display the amounts requested for such 
operations or activities at the appropriation account level 
and at the program, project, or activity level. The submis-
sion by the Secretary shall also include a separate detailed 
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description of the assumptions underlying the funding re-
quest. 
SEC. 1003. REQUIREMENT FOR SEPARATE DISPLAY OF 
BUDGET FOR IRAQ. 
For any annual or supplemental budget request sub-
mission for the Department of Defense, beginning with fis-
cal year 2010, the Secretary of Defense shall set forth sepa-
rately any funding requested for any United States oper-
ations or other activities concerning Iraq. The submission 
shall clearly display the amounts requested for such oper-
ations or activities at the appropriation account level and 
at the program, project, or activity level. The submission 
by the Secretary shall also include a separate detailed de-
scription of the assumptions underlying the funding re-
quest. 
SEC. 1004. ONE-TIME SHIFT OF MILITARY RETIREMENT PAY-
MENTS. 
(a) REDUCTION OF PAYMENTS.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, any amounts that would otherwise 
be payable from the fund to individuals for the month of 
August 2013 (with disbursements scheduled for September 
2013) shall be reduced by 1 percent. 
(b) REVERSION.—Beginning on September 1, 2013 
(with disbursements beginning in October 2013), amounts 
payable to individuals from the fund shall revert back to 
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amounts as specified in law as if the reduction in subsection 
(a) did not take place. 
(c) REFUND.—Any individual who has a payment re-
duced under subsection (a) shall receive a one-time pay-
ment, from the fund, in an amount equal to the amount 
of such reduction. This one-time payment shall be included 
with disbursements from the fund scheduled for October 
2013. 
(d) FUND.—In this section, the term ‘‘fund’’ refers to 
the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund estab-
lished by section 1461 of title 10, United States Code. 
(e) TRANSFER.—Not later than 60 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
transfer $40,000,000 from the unobligated balances of the 
National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund to the Mis-
cellaneous Receipts Fund of the United States Treasury to 
offset estimated costs arising from section 702 and the 
amendments made by such section. 
Subtitle B—Policy Relating to 
Vessels and Shipyards 
SEC. 1011. CONVEYANCE, NAVY DRYDOCK, ARANSAS PASS, 
TEXAS. 
(a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of the 
Navy is authorized to convey the floating drydock AFDL– 
23, located in Aransas Pass, Texas, to Gulf Copper Ship 
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Repair, that company being the current lessee of the dry-
dock. 
(b) CONDITION OF CONVEYANCE.—The Secretary shall 
require as a condition of the conveyance under subsection 
(a) that the drydock remain at the facilities of Gulf Copper 
Ship Repair, at Aransas Pass, Texas, until at least Sep-
tember 30, 2010. 
(c) CONSIDERATION.—As consideration for the convey-
ance of the drydock under subsection (a), the purchaser shall 
provide compensation to the United States the value of 
which, as determined by the Secretary, is equal to the fair 
market value of the drydock, as determined by the Sec-
retary. The Secretary shall take into account amounts paid 
by, or due and owing from, the lessee. 
(d) TRANSFER AT NO COST TO UNITED STATES.—The 
provisions of section 7306(c) of title 10, United States Code, 
shall apply to the conveyance under this section. 
(e) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Sec-
retary may require such additional terms and conditions 
in connection with the conveyance under subsection (a) as 
the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests 
of the United States. 
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SEC. 1012. REPORT ON REPAIR OF NAVAL VESSEL IN FOR-
EIGN SHIPYARDS. 
Section 7310 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) REPORT.—The Secretary of the Navy shall submit 
to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives a report any time it is determined 
that a naval vessel (or any other vessel under the jurisdic-
tion of the Secretary) is to undergo work for the repair of 
the vessel in a shipyard outside the United States or Guam. 
The report shall be submitted at least 30 days before the 
repair work begins and shall contain the following: 
‘‘(1) The justification under law for the repair 
in a foreign shipyard. 
‘‘(2) The vessel to be repaired. 
‘‘(3) The shipyard where the repair work will be 
carried out. 
‘‘(4) The cost of the repair. 
‘‘(5) The schedule for repair. 
‘‘(6) The homeport or location of the vessel prior 
to its voyage for repair.’’. 
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SEC. 1013. POLICY RELATING TO MAJOR COMBATANT VES-
SELS OF THE STRIKE FORCES OF THE UNITED 
STATES NAVY. 
Section 1012(c)(1) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) Amphibious assault ships, including 
dock landing ships (LSD), amphibious trans-
port–dock ships (LPD), helicopter assault ships 
(LHA/LHD), and amphibious command ships 
(LCC), if such vessels exceed 15,000 dead weight 
ton light ship displacement.’’. 
SEC. 1014. NATIONAL DEFENSE SEALIFT FUND AMEND-
MENTS. 
Section 2218 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking subsection (j) and redesignating 
subsections (k) and (l) as subsections (j) and (k), re-
spectively; and 
(2) in paragraph (2) of subsection (k) (as so re-
designated), by striking subparagraphs (B) thru (I) 
and inserting the following new subparagraph (B): 
‘‘(B) Any other auxiliary vessel that was 
procured or chartered with specific authorization 
in law for the vessel, or class of vessels, to be 
funded in the National Defense Sealift Fund.’’. 
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the District of Columbia, Guam, or the Virgin Is-
lands’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘a State’’. 
(d) STYLISTIC AMENDMENTS.—Such section is further 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘PROHIBITION 
ON MAINTENANCE OF OTHER TROOPS.—’’ after ‘‘(a)’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘USE WITHIN 
STATE BORDERS.—’’ after ‘‘(b)’’; 
(3) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘STATE DE-
FENSE FORCES AUTHORIZED.—’’ after ‘‘(c)’’; 
(4) in subsection (j), as redesignated by sub-
section (a)(1), by inserting ‘‘EFFECT OF MEMBER-
SHIP IN DEFENSE FORCES.—’’ after ‘‘(j)’’; and 
(5) in subsection (k), as redesignated by sub-
section (a)(1), by inserting ‘‘PROHIBITION ON RE-
SERVE
COMPONENT
MEMBERS
JOINING
DEFENSE 
FORCES.—’’ after ‘‘(k)’’. 
(e) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of such sec-
tion is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 109. Maintenance of other troops: State defense 
forces’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The item relating 
to such section in the table of sections at the begin-
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(2) the term ‘‘premium pay’’ refers to any pre-
mium pay described in section 5547(a) of such title 
5; and 
(3) the term ‘‘contingency operation’’ has the 
meaning given such term by section 101(a)(13) of 
title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 1102. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO MAKE LUMP-SUM 
SEVERANCE PAYMENTS. 
Section 5595(i)(4) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘Oc-
tober 1, 2014’’. 
SEC. 1103. EXTENSION OF VOLUNTARY REDUCTION-IN- 
FORCE AUTHORITY OF DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE. 
Section 3502(f)(5) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2010’’ and inserting 
‘‘September 30, 2014’’. 
SEC. 1104. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO DEFINITION OF 
PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTING POSITION. 
Section 1599d(e) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘GS–510, GS–511, and GS–505’’ and 
inserting ‘‘0505, 0510, or 0511 (or an equivalent)’’. 
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