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SEC. 422. ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME. 
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
year 2006 from the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust 
Fund the sum of $58,281,000 for the operation of the Armed 
Forces Retirement Home. 
TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL 
POLICY 
Subtitle A—Officer Personnel Policy 
Sec. 501. Temporary increase in percentage limits on reduction of time-in-grade 
requirements for retirement in grade upon voluntary retirement. 
Sec. 502. Two-year renewal of authority to reduce minimum commissioned serv-
ice requirement for voluntary retirement as an officer. 
Sec. 503. Separation at age 64 for reserve component senior officers. 
Sec. 504. Improved administration of transitions involving officers in senior gen-
eral and flag officer positions. 
Sec. 505. Consolidation of grade limitations on officer assignment and insignia 
practice known as frocking. 
Sec. 506. Authority for designation of a general/flag officer position on the Joint 
Staff to be held by reserve component general or flag officer on 
active duty. 
Sec. 507. Authority to retain permanent professors at the Naval Academy beyond 
30 years of active commissioned service. 
Sec. 508. Authority for appointment of Coast Guard flag officer as Chief of Staff 
to the President. 
Sec. 509. Clarification of time for receipt of statutory selection board communica-
tions. 
Sec. 510. Standardization of grade of senior dental officer of the Air Force with 
that of senior dental officer of the Army. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Component Management 
Sec. 511. Use of Reserve Montgomery GI Bill benefits and benefits for mobilized 
members of the Selected Reserve and National Guard for pay-
ments for licensing or certification tests. 
Sec. 512. Modifications to new Reserve educational benefit for certain active serv-
ice in support of contingency operations. 
Sec. 513. Military technicians (dual status) mandatory separation. 
Sec. 514. Military retirement credit for certain service by National Guard mem-
bers performed while in a State duty status immediately after 
the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. 
Sec. 515. Use of National Guard to provide military support to civilian law en-
forcement agencies for domestic counter-terrorism activities.
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Subtitle C—Education and Training 
Sec. 521. Repeal of limitation on amount of financial assistance under ROTC 
scholarship programs. 
Sec. 522. Increased enrollment for eligible defense industry employees in the de-
fense product development program at Naval Postgraduate 
School. 
Sec. 523. Payment of expenses to obtain professional credentials. 
Sec. 524. Authority for National Defense University award of degree of Master of 
Science in Joint Campaign Planning and Strategy. 
Sec. 525. One-year extension of authority to use appropriated funds to provide 
recognition items for recruitment and retention of certain reserve 
component personnel. 
Sec. 526. Report on rationale and plans of the Navy to provide enlisted members 
an opportunity to obtain graduate degrees. 
Sec. 527. Increase in annual limit on number of ROTC scholarships under Army 
Reserve and National Guard program. 
Sec. 528. Capstone overseas field studies trips to People’s Republic of China and 
Republic of China on Taiwan. 
Sec. 529. Sense of Congress concerning establishment of National College of 
Homeland Security. 
Subtitle D—General Service Requirements 
Sec. 531. Uniform enlistment standards for the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 532. Increase in maximum term of original enlistment in regular compo-
nent. 
Sec. 533. Members completing statutory initial military service obligation. 
Sec. 534. Extension of qualifying service for initial military service under Na-
tional Call to Service program. 
Subtitle E—Matters Relating to Casualties 
Sec. 541. Requirement for members of the Armed Forces to designate a person to 
be authorized to direct the disposition of the member’s remains. 
Sec. 542. Enhanced program of Casualty Assistance Officers and Seriously In-
jured/Ill Assistance Officers. 
Sec. 543. Standards and guidelines for Department of Defense programs to assist 
wounded and injured members. 
Sec. 544. Authority for members on active duty with disabilities to participate 
in Paralympic Games. 
Subtitle F—Military Justice and Legal Assistance Matters 
Sec. 551. Clarification of authority of military legal assistance counsel to provide 
military legal assistance without regard to licensing require-
ments. 
Sec. 552. Use of teleconferencing in administrative sessions of courts-martial. 
Sec. 553. Extension of statute of limitations for murder, rape, and child abuse 
offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. 
Sec. 554. Offense of stalking under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. 
Sec. 555. Rape, sexual assault, and other sexual misconduct under Uniform Code 
of Military Justice.
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Subtitle G—Assistance to Local Educational Agencies for Defense Dependents 
Education 
Sec. 561. Enrollment in overseas schools of Defense Dependents’ Education Sys-
tem of children of citizens or nationals of the United States 
hired in overseas areas as full-time Department of Defense em-
ployees. 
Sec. 562. Assistance to local educational agencies that benefit dependents of mem-
bers of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense civilian 
employees. 
Sec. 563. Continuation of impact aid assistance on behalf of dependents of certain 
members despite change in status of member. 
Subtitle H—Decorations and Awards 
Sec. 565. Cold War Victory Medal. 
Sec. 566. Establishment of Combat Medevac Badge. 
Sec. 567. Eligibility for Operation Enduring Freedom campaign medal. 
Subtitle I—Other Matters 
Sec. 571. Extension of waiver authority of Secretary of Education with respect 
to student financial assistance during a war or other military 
operation or national emergency. 
Sec. 572. Adoption leave for members of the Armed Forces adopting children. 
Sec. 573. Report on need for a personnel plan for linguists in the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 574. Ground combat and other exclusion policies. 
Subtitle A—Officer Personnel Policy 
SEC. 501. TEMPORARY INCREASE IN PERCENTAGE LIMITS 
ON REDUCTION OF TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIRE-
MENTS FOR RETIREMENT IN GRADE UPON 
VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT. 
Section 1370(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(F) Notwithstanding subparagraph (E), during the 
period beginning on October 1, 2005, and ending on Decem-
ber 31, 2007, the number of lieutenant colonels and colonels 
of the Army, Marine Corps, and Air Force, and the number 
of commanders and captains of the Navy, for whom a reduc-
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tion is made under this section during any fiscal year in 
the period of service-in-grade otherwise required under this 
paragraph may not exceed four percent of the authorized 
active-duty strength for that fiscal year for officers of that 
armed force in that grade.’’. 
SEC. 502. TWO-YEAR RENEWAL OF AUTHORITY TO REDUCE 
MINIMUM COMMISSIONED SERVICE REQUIRE-
MENT FOR VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT AS AN 
OFFICER. 
Sections 3911(b), 6323(a)(2), and 8911(b) of title 10, 
United States Code, are amended by striking ‘‘during the 
period beginning on October 1, 1990, and ending on Decem-
ber 31, 2001’’ and inserting ‘‘during the period beginning 
on October 1, 2005, and ending on December 31, 2007’’. 
SEC. 503. SEPARATION AT AGE 64 FOR RESERVE COMPO-
NENT SENIOR OFFICERS. 
Section 14512(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘Unless retired,’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘who is Chief’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘of a State,’’ and inserting ‘‘who is 
specified in paragraph (2)’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
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‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) applies to a reserve officer of the 
Army or Air Force who is any of the following: 
‘‘(A) The Chief of the National Guard Bureau. 
‘‘(B) The Chief of the Army Reserve, Chief of the 
Air Force Reserve, Director of the Army National 
Guard, or Director of the Air National Guard. 
‘‘(C) An adjutant general. 
‘‘(D) If a reserve officer of the Army, the com-
manding general of the troops of a State.’’. 
SEC. 504. IMPROVED ADMINISTRATION OF TRANSITIONS IN-
VOLVING OFFICERS IN SENIOR GENERAL AND 
FLAG OFFICER POSITIONS. 
(a) EXCLUSION FROM GRADE DISTRIBUTION LIMITA-
TIONS FOR SENIOR OFFICERS TRANSITIONING BETWEEN 
POSITIONS OR AWAITING RETIREMENT.—Section 525(d) of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) An officer continuing to hold the grade of general, 
admiral, lieutenant general, or vice admiral under para-
graph (2) or (4) of section 601(b) of this title shall not be 
counted for purposes of this section.’’. 
(b) APPOINTMENTS
TO POSITIONS
OF IMPORTANCE 
AND RESPONSIBILITY.—Section 601 of such title is amend-
ed—