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(2) EXCEPTION FOR ROUTINE STOCKPILE STEW-
ARDSHIP
ACTIVITIES.—The requirement to conduct 
the net assessment under subsection (a) does not 
apply with respect to a proposal described in para-
graph (1)(B) to reduce the number of non-deployed 
nuclear weapons held by the United States if that re-
duction is associated with routine stockpile steward-
ship activities. 
(3) HEDGE
DEFINED.—For purposes of para-
graph (1)(B), the term ‘‘hedge’’ means the retention of 
non-deployed nuclear weapons in both the active and 
inactive nuclear weapons stockpiles to respond to a 
technical failure in the stockpile or a change in the 
geopolitical environment. 
SEC. 1048. FISCAL YEAR 2012 ADMINISTRATION AND RE-
PORT ON THE TROOPS-TO-TEACHERS PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) FISCAL YEAR 2012 ADMINISTRATION.—Notwith-
standing section 2302(c) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6672(c)), the Secretary 
of Defense may administer the Troops-to-Teachers Program 
during fiscal year 2012. Amounts authorized to be appro-
priated for the Department of Defense by this Act shall be 
available to the Secretary of Defense for that purpose.
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(b) REPORT.—Not later than April 1, 2012, the Sec-
retary of Defense and the Secretary of Education shall 
jointly submit to the appropriate committees of Congress 
a report on the Troops-to-Teachers Program. The report 
shall include the following: 
(1) A summary of the funding of the Troops-to- 
Teachers Program since its inception and projected 
funding of the program during the period covered by 
the future-years defense program submitted to Con-
gress during 2011. 
(2) The number of past participants in the 
Troops-to-Teachers Program by year, the number of 
past participants who have fulfilled, and have not ful-
filled, their service obligation under the program, and 
the number of waivers of such obligations (and the 
reasons for such waivers). 
(3) A discussion and assessment of the current 
and anticipated effects of recent economic cir-
cumstances in the United States, and cuts nationwide 
in State and local budgets, on the ability of partici-
pants in the Troops-to-Teachers Program to obtain 
teaching positions. 
(4) A discussion of the youth education goals in 
the Troops-to-Teachers Program and the record of the
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program to date in producing teachers in high-need 
and other eligible schools. 
(5) An assessment of the extent to which the 
Troops-to-Teachers Program achieves its purpose as a 
military transition assistance program and, in par-
ticular, as transition assistance program for members 
of the Armed Forces who are nearing retirement or 
who are voluntarily or involuntarily separating from 
military service. 
(6) An assessment of the performance of the 
Troops-to-Teachers Program in providing qualified 
teachers to high-need public schools, and reasons for 
expanding the program to additional school districts. 
(7) A discussion and assessment of the advis-
ability of the administration of the Troops-to-Teach-
ers Program by the Department of Education in con-
sultation with the Department of Defense. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.— 
The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ 
means— 
(A) the Committees on Armed Services and 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the 
Senate; and
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(B) the Committees on Armed Services and 
Education and Labor of the House of Represent-
atives. 
(2) TROOPS-TO-TEACHERS PROGRAM.—The term 
‘‘Troops-to-Teachers Program’’ means the Troops-to- 
Teachers Program authorized by chapter A of subpart 
1 of part C of title II of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6671 et 
seq.). 
SEC. 1049. EXPANSION OF OPERATION HERO MILES. 
(a) EXPANDED DEFINITION OF TRAVEL BENEFIT.— 
Subsection (b) of section 2613 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) TRAVEL BENEFIT DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘travel benefit’ means— 
‘‘(1) frequent traveler miles, credits for tickets, or 
tickets for air or surface transportation issued by an 
air carrier or a surface carrier, respectively, that 
serves the public; and 
‘‘(2) points or awards for free or reduced-cost ac-
commodations issued by an inn, hotel, or other com-
mercial establishment that provides lodging to tran-
sient guests.’’. 
(b) CONDITION ON AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT DONA-
TION.—Subsection (c) of such section is amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘the air or surface carrier’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the business entity referred to in subsection 
(b)’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘the surface carrier’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the business entity’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘the carrier’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
business entity’’. 
(c) ADMINISTRATION.—Subsection (e)(3) of such sec-
tion is amended by striking ‘‘the air carrier or surface car-
rier’’ and inserting ‘‘the business entity referred to in sub-
section (b)’’. 
(d) STYLISTIC AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of such sec-
tion is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 2613. Acceptance of frequent traveler miles, credits, 
points, and tickets: use to facilitate rest 
and recuperation travel of deployed mem-
bers and their families’’. 
(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 155 of such title is 
amended by striking the item relating to section 2613 
and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘2613. Acceptance of frequent traveler miles, credits, points, and tickets: use to 
facilitate rest and recuperation travel of deployed members and 
their families.’’.
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Subtitle F—Repeal and Modifica-
tion of Reporting Requirements 
PART I—REPEAL OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 1061. REPEAL OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS UNDER 
TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE. 
Title 10, United States Code, is amended as follows: 
(1) Section 127a(a) is amended— 
(A) by striking paragraph (3); and 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 
paragraph (3). 
(2) Section 184 is amended by striking sub-
section (h). 
(3)(A) Section 427 is repealed. 
(B) The table of sections at the beginning of sub-
chapter I of chapter 21 is amended by striking the 
item relating to section 427. 
(4) Section 437 is amended by striking sub-
section (c). 
(5)(A) Section 483 is repealed. 
(B) The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 23 is amended by striking the item relating 
to section 483. 
(6)(A) Section 484 is repealed.
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(B) The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 23 is amended by striking the item relating 
to section 484. 
(7)(A) Section 485 is repealed. 
(B) The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 23 is amended by striking the item relating 
to section 485. 
(8)(A) Section 486 is repealed. 
(B) The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 23 is amended by striking the item relating 
to section 486. 
(9)(A) Section 487 is repealed. 
(B) The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 23 is amended by striking the item relating 
to section 487. 
(10) Section 983(e)(1) is amended— 
(A) by striking the comma after ‘‘Secretary 
of Education’’ and inserting ‘‘and’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘, and to Congress’’. 
(11) Section 1781b is amended by striking sub-
section (d). 
(12) Section 2010 is amended— 
(A) by striking subsection (b); and
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(B) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), 
and (e) as subsections (b), (c), and (d), respec-
tively. 
(13) Section 2244a(c) is amended by striking the 
second sentence. 
(14)(A) Section 2282 is repealed. 
(B) The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 136 is amended by striking the item relating 
to section 2282. 
(15) Section 2350a(g) is amended by striking 
paragraph (3). 
(16) Section 2410m is amended by striking sub-
section (c). 
(17) Section 2485(a) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(1)’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (2). 
(18) Section 2493 is amended by striking sub-
section (g). 
(19) Section 2515 is amended by striking sub-
section (d). 
(20)(A) Section 2582 is repealed. 
(B) the table of sections at the beginning of chap-
ter 153 is amended by striking the item relating to 
section 2582. 
(21) Section 2583 is amended—
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(A) by striking subsection (f); and 
(B) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-
section (f). 
(22) Section 2688 is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘The Sec-
retary of a military department’’; and 
(ii) by striking paragraphs (2) and 
(3); 
(B) in subsection (d)(2), by striking the sec-
ond sentence; 
(C) by striking subsection (f); and 
(D) in subsection (h), by striking the last 
sentence. 
(23)(A) Section 2706 is repealed. 
(B) The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 160 is amended by striking the item relating 
to section 2706. 
(24)(A) Section 2815 is repealed. 
(B) The table of sections at the beginning of sub-
chapter I of chapter 169 is amended by striking the 
item relating to section 2815. 
(25) Section 2825(c)(1) is amended— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (A);
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(B) by striking the semicolon at the end of 
subparagraph (B) and inserting a period; and 
(C) by striking subparagraphs (C) and (D). 
(26) Section 2826 is amended— 
(A) 
by 
striking 
‘‘(a) 
LOCAL
COM-
PARABILITY.—’’; and 
(B) by striking subsection (b). 
(27) Section 2827 is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(a) Subject to subsection 
(b), the Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘The Sec-
retary’’; and 
(B) by striking subsection (b). 
(28) Section 2836 is amended— 
(A) in subsection (b)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘The Sec-
retary of a military department’’; and 
(ii) by striking paragraph (2); 
(B) by striking subsection (f); and 
(C) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-
section (f). 
(29) Section 2837(c) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘OPPORTUNI-
TIES.—’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (2).
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‘‘§ 115b. Biennial strategic workforce plan’’. 
(ii) The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 2 is amended by striking the item relating to 
section 115b and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘115b. Biennial strategic workforce plan.’’. 
(3) Section 116 is amended— 
(A) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub-
section (c); and 
(B) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing new subsection (b): 
‘‘(b) The Secretary may submit the report required by 
subsection (a) by including the materials required in the 
report as an exhibit to the defense authorization request sub-
mitted pursuant to section 113a of this title in the fiscal 
year concerned.’’. 
(4) Section 127b(f) is amended by striking ‘‘De-
cember 1’’ and inserting ‘‘February 1’’. 
(5) Section 138c(e)(4) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Not later than 10 days’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘title 31,’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Not later than March 31 in any year,’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘that fiscal year’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the fiscal year beginning in the year in 
which such report is submitted’’. 
(6)(A) Section 228 is amended—