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(5) A description of the concept of the Secretary 
of the Navy for the process and mechanism of pro-
viding graduate degrees to enlisted members, includ-
ing, as a minimum, the Secretary’s plan for whether 
the degree programs would be provided through civil-
ian or military degree-granting institutions and 
whether through in-resident or distance learning or 
some combination thereof. 
(6) A description of the plan to ensure proper 
and effective utilization of enlisted members following 
the award of a graduate degree. 
(b) REPORT ON PILOT PROGRAM.—In addition to the 
report under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Navy may 
submit a plan for a pilot program to make available oppor-
tunities to pursue graduate degree programs to a limited 
number of Navy enlisted members in a specific, limited set 
of critical career fields. Such a plan shall include, as a min-
imum, the following: 
(1) The specific objectives of the pilot program. 
(2) An identification of the specific enlisted ca-
reer fields from which candidates for the program 
would be drawn, the numbers and prerequisite quali-
fications of initial candidates, and the process for se-
lecting the enlisted members who would initially par-
ticipate.
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(3) The process and mechanism for providing the 
degrees, described in the same manner as specified 
under subsection (a)(5), and a general description of 
course content. 
(4) An analysis of the cost effectiveness of using 
Navy, other service, or civilian degree granting insti-
tutions in the pilot. 
(5) The plan for post-graduation utilization of 
the enlisted members who obtain graduate degrees 
under the program. 
(6) The criteria and plan for assessing whether 
the objectives of the pilot program are met. 
SEC. 527. INCREASE IN ANNUAL LIMIT ON NUMBER OF 
ROTC SCHOLARSHIPS UNDER ARMY RESERVE 
AND NATIONAL GUARD PROGRAM. 
Section 2107a(h) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘208’’ and inserting ‘‘416’’. 
SEC. 528. CAPSTONE OVERSEAS FIELD STUDIES TRIPS TO 
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND REPUB-
LIC OF CHINA ON TAIWAN. 
Section 2153 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) OVERSEAS FIELD STUDIES TO CHINA AND TAI-
WAN.—The Secretary of Defense shall direct the National 
Defense University to ensure that visits to China and Tai-
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wan are an integral part of the field study programs con-
ducted by the university as part of the military education 
course carried out pursuant to subsection (a) and that such 
field study programs include annually at least one class 
field study trip to the People’s Republic of China and at 
least one class field study trip to the Republic of China on 
Taiwan.’’. 
SEC. 529. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING ESTABLISH-
MENT OF NATIONAL COLLEGE OF HOMELAND 
SECURITY. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense, 
in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
should establish within the National Defense University an 
educational institution, to be known as the National College 
of Homeland Security, to have the mission of providing 
strategic-level homeland security and homeland defense edu-
cation and related research to civilian and military leaders 
from all agencies of government in order to contribute to 
the development of a common understanding of core home-
land security principles and of effective interagency and 
multijurisdictional homeland security strategies, policies, 
doctrines, and processes.
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Subtitle D—General Service 
Requirements 
SEC. 531. UNIFORM ENLISTMENT STANDARDS FOR THE 
ARMED FORCES. 
(a) UNIFORM STANDARDS.—Section 504 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ at the beginning of the 
text; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(b)(1) Except as provided under paragraph (2), a 
person may not be enlisted in any armed force unless that 
person is one of the following: 
‘‘(A) A national of the United States, as defined 
in section 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(22)). 
‘‘(B) An alien who is lawfully admitted for per-
manent residence, as defined in section 101(a)(20) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(a)(20)). 
‘‘(C) A person described in section 341 of one of 
the following: 
‘‘(i) The Compact of Free Association be-
tween the Federated States of Micronesia and the
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United States (section 201(a) of Public Law 
108–188 (117 Stat. 2784; 48 U.S.C. 1921 note)). 
‘‘(ii) The Compact of Free Association be-
tween the Republic of the Marshall Islands and 
the United States (section 201(b) of Public Law 
108–188 (117 Stat. 2823; 48 U.S.C. 1921 note)). 
‘‘(iii) The Compact of Free Association be-
tween Palau and the United States (section 201 
of Public Law 99–658 (100 Stat. 3678; 48 
U.S.C. 1931 note)). 
‘‘(2) The Secretary concerned may authorize the enlist-
ment of persons not described in paragraph (1) when the 
Secretary determines that such enlistment is vital to the 
national interest. ’’. 
(b) CONFORMING REPEAL OF SERVICE-SPECIFIC PRO-
VISIONS.— 
(1) REPEAL.—Sections 3253 and 8253 of such 
title are repealed. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 333 is amended by 
striking the item relating to section 3253. The table 
of sections at the beginning of chapter 833 is amended 
by striking the item relating to section 8253.
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SEC. 532. INCREASE IN MAXIMUM TERM OF ORIGINAL EN-
LISTMENT IN REGULAR COMPONENT. 
Section 505(c) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘six years’’ and inserting ‘‘eight 
years’’. 
SEC. 533. MEMBERS COMPLETING STATUTORY INITIAL MILI-
TARY SERVICE OBLIGATION. 
(a) NOTIFICATION
TO INITIAL ENTRANTS.—Section 
651(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) Each person covered by subsection (a), upon com-
mencing that person’s initial period of service as a member 
of the armed forces, shall be provided the date on which 
the initial military service obligation of that person under 
this section ends.’’. 
(b) NOTIFICATION TO INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE 
MEMBERS.—Section 10144 of such title is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) In the case of a member of the armed forces who 
is serving in the Individual Ready Reserve to complete the 
initial military service obligation of that member under sec-
tion 651 of this title, the Secretary concerned shall— 
‘‘(1) notify the member when the period of that 
service obligation is completed; and
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‘‘(2) before the date when that period is com-
pleted, provide to that member an opportunity, if the 
member is qualified, to— 
‘‘(A) continue voluntarily in the Ready Re-
serve; or 
‘‘(B) transfer voluntarily to an active com-
ponent.’’. 
(c) PROHIBITION
OF CERTAIN INVOLUNTARY PER-
SONNEL ACTIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1215 of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sec-
tion: 
‘‘§ 12553. Members of Individual Ready Reserve com-
pleting initial military service obligation: 
prohibition of certain involuntary per-
sonnel actions 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—In the case of a member of the 
armed forces who is serving in the Individual Ready Re-
serve to complete the initial military service obligation of 
that member under section 651 of this title, the Secretary 
concerned may not, after the end of the period of that service 
obligation, issue the member an order for an action speci-
fied in subsection (b) unless the member, before the end of 
that period, has entered into a service agreement that com-
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mits the member to military service beyond the end of that 
period. 
‘‘(b) COVERED ACTIONS.—Subsection (a) applies to an 
involuntary mobilization in accordance with section 
12301(a), 12301(b), 12302, or 12304 of this title, or a recall 
to active duty, that commences after the date of the end 
of the period of the military service obligation or a transfer 
to the Selected Reserve. ’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended by 
adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘12553. Members of Individual Ready Reserve completing initial military service 
obligation: prohibition of certain involuntary personnel ac-
tions.’’. 
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 12533 of title 10, 
United States Code, as added by paragraph (1), shall 
apply with respect to orders issued by the Secretary 
concerned after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 534. EXTENSION OF QUALIFYING SERVICE FOR INITIAL 
MILITARY SERVICE UNDER NATIONAL CALL 
TO SERVICE PROGRAM. 
Section 510(d) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting before the period at the end the fol-
lowing: ‘‘and shall include military occupational specialties 
for enlistments for officer training and subsequent service 
as an officer, in cases in which the reason for the enlistment
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and entry into an agreement under subsection (b) is to enter 
an officer training program’’. 
Subtitle E—Matters Relating to 
Casualties 
SEC. 541. REQUIREMENT FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
FORCES TO DESIGNATE A PERSON TO BE AU-
THORIZED TO DIRECT THE DISPOSITION OF 
THE MEMBER’S REMAINS. 
(a) DESIGNATION REQUIRED.—Section 655 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection 
(c); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following 
new subsection (b): 
‘‘(b) The Secretary concerned shall, upon the enlist-
ment or appointment of a person in the armed forces, re-
quire that the person specify in writing the person author-
ized to direct the disposition of the person’s remains under 
section 1482 of this title. The Secretary shall periodically, 
and whenever the member is deployed as part of a contin-
gency operation or in other circumstances specified by the 
Secretary, require that such designation be reconfirmed, or 
modified, by the member.’’.
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(b) CHANGE IN DESIGNATION.—Subsection (c) of such 
section, as redesignated by subsection (a)(1), is amended by 
inserting ‘‘or (b)’’ after ‘‘subsection (a)’’. 
(c) PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO DIRECT DISPOSITION 
OF REMAINS.—Section 1482(c) of such title is amended— 
(1) by striking the matter preceding paragraph 
(1) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(c) The person designated under section 655(b) of this 
title shall be considered for all purposes to be the person 
designated under this subsection to direct disposition of the 
remains of a decedent covered by this chapter. If the person 
so designated is not available, or if there was no such des-
ignation under that section, one of the following persons, 
in the order specified, shall be the person designated to di-
rect the disposition of remains:’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘clauses (1)– 
(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1), (2), or (3)’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (b) of section 655 
of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection 
(a)(2), shall take effect at the end of the 30-day period be-
ginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall 
be applied to persons enlisted or appointed in the Armed 
Forces after the end of such period. In the case of persons 
who are members of the Armed Forces as of the end of such 
30-day period, such subsection—
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(1) shall be applied to any member who is de-
ployed to a contingency operation after the end of 
such period; and 
(2) in the case of any member not sooner covered 
under paragraph (1), shall be applied before the end 
of the 180-day period beginning on the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
(e) TREATMENT OF PRIOR DESIGNATIONS.— 
(1) A qualifying designation by a decedent cov-
ered by section 1481 of title 10, United States Code, 
shall be treated for purposes of section 1482 of such 
title as having been made under section 655(b) of 
such title. 
(2) QUALIFYING
DESIGNATIONS.—For purposes 
of paragraph (1), a qualifying designation is a des-
ignation by a person of the person to be authorized 
to direct disposition of the remains of the person mak-
ing the designation that was made before the date of 
the enactment of this Act and in accordance with reg-
ulations and procedures of the Department of Defense 
in effect at the time. 
SEC. 542. ENHANCED PROGRAM OF CASUALTY ASSISTANCE 
OFFICERS AND SERIOUSLY INJURED/ILL AS-
SISTANCE OFFICERS. 
(a) REQUIRED STANDARDS AND TRAINING.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 88 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1790. Casualty Assistance Officers; Seriously In-
jured/Ill Assistance Officers 
‘‘(a) ASSIGNMENT OF CAOS.—Whenever a member of 
the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps dies while on 
active duty or otherwise under circumstances for which a 
death gratuity under section 1475 or 1476 of this title is 
to be paid, the Secretary of the military department con-
cerned shall provide for the assignment of a Casualty As-
sistance Officer to assist the family members of the deceased 
member. 
‘‘(b) ASSIGNMENT OF SIAOS.—Whenever a member of 
the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps is seriously 
injured or becomes seriously ill while on active duty or oth-
erwise under circumstances for which, if the member died, 
a death gratuity under section 1475 or 1476 of this title 
would be paid, the Secretary of the military department 
concerned shall provide for the assignment of a Seriously 
Injured/Ill Assistance Officer to assist the member and the 
member’s family members. 
‘‘(c) PERSONS WHO MAY BE ASSIGNED.—The Sec-
retary concerned may only assign as a Casualty Assistance 
Officer or Seriously Injured/Ill Assistance Officer a member
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of the armed forces who is an officer or a noncommissioned 
officers in pay grade E–7 or above or a person who is a 
Federal civilian employee. 
‘‘(d) DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS .—The Secretary of De-
fense shall prescribe the duties and functions of Casualty 
Assistance Officers and Seriously Injured/Ill Assistance Of-
ficers. Such functions shall include the following functions 
for family members: 
‘‘(1) Information source. 
‘‘(2) Counsellor. 
‘‘(3) Advisor on obtaining needed information 
and services. 
‘‘(4) Administrative assistant. 
‘‘(5) Advocate for family members with military 
authorities. 
‘‘(e) DURATION AND LOCATION OF ASSISTANCE.—Once 
a family is assigned a Casualty Assistance Officer or Seri-
ously Injured/Ill Assistance Officer, the Secretary concerned 
shall ensure that such an officer is continuously assigned 
to that family, regardless of family location, until the Sec-
retary determines that the family is no longer in need of 
assistance from such an officer. 
‘‘(f) TRAINING AND OVERSIGHT.—(1) The Secretary of 
Defense shall establish standards for performance of the du-
ties of Casualty Assistance Officers and Seriously Injured/
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Ill Assistance Officers, and shall monitor the training pro-
grams of the military departments for persons assigned to 
duty as such officers, in order to ensure that Casualty As-
sistance Officers and Seriously Injured/Ill Assistance Offi-
cers are properly trained. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary of each military department 
shall— 
‘‘(A) ensure that Casualty Assistance Officers 
and Seriously Injured/Ill Assistance Officers are 
properly trained; and 
‘‘(B) monitor the performance of persons as-
signed to duty as Casualty Assistance Officers and 
Seriously Injured/Ill Assistance Officers. 
‘‘(g) CRITERIA FOR DETERMINATION OF SERIOUS IN-
JURY OR ILLNESS.—The Secretary of Defense shall specify 
criteria for determination for purposes of this section of 
whether a member is seriously injured or seriously ill. ’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended by 
adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘1790. Casualty Assistance Officers; Seriously Injured/Ill Assistance Officers.’’. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
prescribe regulations for the implementation of section 1790 
of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), 
not later than180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
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SEC. 543. STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES FOR DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS TO ASSIST WOUND-
ED AND INJURED MEMBERS. 
The Secretary of Defense shall examine the programs 
of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps that pro-
vide assistance to members of the Armed Forces who incur 
severe wounds or injuries in the line of duty, including the 
Army Disabled Soldier Support Program and the Marine 
for Life Injured Support Program, and (based on such ex-
amination) shall develop standards and guidelines as nec-
essary to coordinate and standardize those programs with 
the activities of the Severely Injured Joint Support Oper-
ations Center of the Department of Defense, established as 
of February 1, 2005. The Secretary shall publish regula-
tions to implement the standards and guidelines developed 
pursuant to the preceding sentence not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 544. AUTHORITY FOR MEMBERS ON ACTIVE DUTY 
WITH 
DISABILITIES 
TO 
PARTICIPATE 
IN 
PARALYMPIC GAMES. 
Section 717(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘participate in—’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘(2) any other’’ and inserting ‘‘participate in any 
of the following sports competitions:
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‘‘(1) The Pan-American Games and the Olympic 
Games, and qualifying events and preparatory com-
petition for those games. 
‘‘(2) The Paralympic Games, if eligible to par-
ticipate in those games, and qualifying events and 
preparatory competition for those games. 
‘‘(3) Any other’’. 
Subtitle F—Military Justice and 
Legal Assistance Matters 
SEC. 551. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY OF MILITARY 
LEGAL ASSISTANCE COUNSEL TO PROVIDE 
MILITARY LEGAL ASSISTANCE WITHOUT RE-
GARD TO LICENSING REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 1044 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e)(1) Notwithstanding any law regarding the licen-
sure of attorneys, a judge advocate or civilian attorney who 
is authorized to provide military legal assistance is author-
ized to provide that assistance in any jurisdiction, subject 
to such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary 
concerned. 
‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘military legal assist-
ance’ includes— 
‘‘(A) legal assistance provided under this section; 
and
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‘‘(B) legal assistance contemplated by sections 
1044a, 1044b, 1044c, and 1044d of this title.’’. 
SEC. 552. USE OF TELECONFERENCING IN ADMINISTRATIVE 
SESSIONS OF COURTS-MARTIAL. 
Section 839 of title 10, United States Code (article 39 
of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection 
(c); 
(2) by designating the matter following para-
graph (4) of subsection (a) as subsection (b); and 
(3) in subsection (b), as so redesignated— 
(A) by striking ‘‘These proceedings shall be 
conducted’’ and inserting ‘‘Proceedings under 
subsection (a) shall be conducted’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
sentence: ‘‘If authorized by regulations of the 
Secretary concerned, and if the defense counsel is 
physically in the presence of the accused, the 
presence required by this subsection may other-
wise be established by audiovisual technology 
(such as videoteleconferencing technology).’’.
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SEC. 553. EXTENSION OF STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR 
MURDER, RAPE, AND CHILD ABUSE OFFENSES 
UNDER THE UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY 
JUSTICE. 
(a) NO LIMITATION FOR MURDER, RAPE, OR RAPE OF 
A CHILD.—Section 843 of title 10, United States Code (ar-
ticle 43 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amend-
ed in subsection (a) by inserting after ‘‘in a time of war,’’ 
the following: ‘‘with murder, rape, or rape of a child,’’. 
(b) SPECIAL RULES FOR CHILD ABUSE OFFENSES.— 
Such section is further amended in subsection (b)(2)— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘before the 
child attains the age of 25 years’’ and inserting ‘‘dur-
ing the life of the child or within five years after the 
date on which the offense was committed, whichever 
provides a longer period,’’; 
(2) In subparagraph (B)— 
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 
striking ‘‘sexual or physical’’; 
(B) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘Rape or car-
nal knowledge’’ and inserting ‘‘Any offense’’; and 
(C) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘Indecent as-
sault,’’ and inserting ‘‘Kidnapping; indecent as-
sault;’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph:
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‘‘(C) In subparagraph (A), the term ‘child abuse 
offense’ includes an act that involves abuse of a per-
son who has not attained the age of 18 years and 
would constitute an offense under chapter 110 or 117, 
or under section 1591, of title 18.’’. 
SEC. 554. OFFENSE OF STALKING UNDER THE UNIFORM 
CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Subchapter X of chapter 47 of 
title 10, United States Code (the Uniform Code of Military 
Justice), is amended by inserting after section 928 (article 
128) the following new section: 
‘‘§ 928a. Art. 128a. Stalking 
‘‘Any person subject to this chapter who, on two or 
more occasions, engages in one or more threatening acts 
with respect to a specific person— 
‘‘(1) that the person knows or should know would 
place the specific person in emotional distress or in 
reasonable fear of death or bodily harm to the specific 
person or to an immediate family member or inti-
mate partner of the specific person; and 
‘‘(2) that places the specific person in emotional 
distress or in reasonable fear of death or bodily harm 
to the specific person or to an immediate family 
member or intimate partner of the specific person;
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is guilty of stalking and shall be punished as a court-mar-
tial may direct.’’. 
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such sub-
chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 928 the following new item: 
‘‘928a. Art. 128a. Stalking.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—Section 928a of title 10, United 
States Code (article 128a of the Uniform Code of Military 
Justice), as added by subsection (a), applies to offenses com-
mitted after the date that is six months after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 555. RAPE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND OTHER SEXUAL MIS-
CONDUCT UNDER UNIFORM CODE OF MILI-
TARY JUSTICE. 
(a) REVISION TO UCMJ.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 920 of title 10, 
United States Code (article 120 of the Uniform Code 
of Military Justice), is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 920. Art. 120. Rape, sexual assault, and other sex-
ual misconduct 
‘‘(a) RAPE.—Any person subject to this chapter who 
causes another person of any age to engage in a sexual act 
by— 
‘‘(1) using force against that other person; 
‘‘(2) causing grievous bodily harm to any person;