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‘‘(2) Not more than $1,000 shall be paid upon the completion 
of basic training and individual advanced training by the per-
son. 
‘‘(f) RELATION
TO PROHIBITION
ON BOUNTIES.—The referral 
bonus authorized by this section is not a bounty for purposes 
of section 514(a) of this title. 
‘‘(g) COORDINATION WITH RECEIPT OF RETIRED PAY.—A bonus 
paid under this section to a member of the Army in a retired 
status is in addition to any compensation to which the member 
is entitled under this title, title 37 or 38, or any other provision 
of law. 
‘‘(h) DURATION OF AUTHORITY.—A bonus may not be paid under 
subsection (a) with respect to any referral that occurs after 
December 31, 2008.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the 
beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 3251 the following new item: 
‘‘3252. Bonus to encourage Army personnel to refer persons for enlistment in the 
Army.’’. 
(b) BONUS FOR REFERRAL OF PERSONS FOR APPOINTMENT AS 
OFFICERS TO SERVE IN HEALTH PROFESSIONS.— 
(1) HEALTH
PROFESSIONS
REFERRAL
BONUS.—Chapter 53 
of such title is amended by inserting before section 1031 the 
following new section: 
‘‘§ 1030. Bonus to encourage Department of Defense per-
sonnel to refer persons for appointment as officers 
to serve in health professions 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO PAY BONUS.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Defense may authorize 
the appropriate Secretary to pay a bonus under this section 
to an individual referred to in paragraph (2) who refers to 
a military recruiter a person who has not previously served 
in an armed force and, after such referral, takes an oath of 
enlistment that leads to appointment as a commissioned officer, 
or accepts an appointment as a commissioned officer, in an 
armed force in a health profession designated by the appro-
priate Secretary for purposes of this section. 
‘‘(2) INDIVIDUALS
ELIGIBLE
FOR
BONUS.—Subject to sub-
section (c), the following individuals are eligible for a referral 
bonus under this section: 
‘‘(A) A member of the armed forces in a regular compo-
nent of the armed forces. 
‘‘(B) A member of the armed forces in a reserve compo-
nent of the armed forces. 
‘‘(C) A member of the armed forces in a retired status, 
including a member under 60 years of age who, but for 
age, would be eligible for retired or retainer pay. 
‘‘(D) A civilian employee of a military department or 
the Department of Defense. 
‘‘(b) REFERRAL.—For purposes of this section, a referral for 
which a bonus may be paid under subsection (a) occurs— 
‘‘(1) when the individual concerned contacts a military 
recruiter on behalf of a person interested in taking an oath 
of enlistment that leads to appointment as a commissioned
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officer, or accepting an appointment as a commissioned officer, 
as applicable, in an armed force in a health profession; or 
‘‘(2) when a person interested in taking an oath of enlist-
ment that leads to appointment as a commissioned officer, 
or accepting an appointment as a commissioned officer, as 
applicable, in an armed force in a health profession contacts 
a military recruiter and informs the recruiter of the role of 
the individual concerned in initially recruiting the person. 
‘‘(c) CERTAIN REFERRALS INELIGIBLE.— 
‘‘(1) REFERRAL OF IMMEDIATE FAMILY.—A member of the 
armed forces or civilian employee of a military department 
or the Department of Defense may not be paid a bonus under 
subsection (a) for the referral of an immediate family member. 
‘‘(2) MEMBERS IN RECRUITING ROLES.—A member of the 
armed forces or civilian employee of a military department 
or the Department of Defense serving in a recruiting or reten-
tion assignment, or assigned to other duties regarding which 
eligibility for a bonus under subsection (a) could (as determined 
by the appropriate Secretary) be perceived as creating a conflict 
of interest, may not be paid a bonus under subsection (a). 
‘‘(3) JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICERS’ TRAINING CORPS INSTRUC-
TORS.—A member of the armed forces detailed under subsection 
(c)(1) of section 2031 of this title to serve as an administrator 
or instructor in the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps 
program or a retired member of the armed forces employed 
as an administrator or instructor in the program under sub-
section (d) of such section may not be paid a bonus under 
subsection (a). 
‘‘(d) AMOUNT OF BONUS.—The amount of the bonus payable 
for a referral under subsection (a) may not exceed $2,000. The 
amount shall be payable as provided in subsection (e). 
‘‘(e) PAYMENT.—A bonus payable for a referral of a person 
under subsection (a) shall be paid as follows: 
‘‘(1) Not more than $1,000 shall be paid upon the execution 
by the person of an agreement to serve as an officer in a 
health profession in an armed force for not less than 3 years, 
‘‘(2) Not more than $1,000 shall be paid upon the completion 
by the person of the initial period of military training as an 
officer. 
‘‘(f) RELATION
TO PROHIBITION
ON BOUNTIES.—The referral 
bonus authorized by this section is not a bounty for purposes 
of section 514(a) of this title. 
‘‘(g) COORDINATION WITH RECEIPT OF RETIRED PAY.—A bonus 
paid under this section to a member of the armed forces in a 
retired status is in addition to any compensation to which the 
member is entitled under this title, title 37 or 38, or any other 
provision of law. 
‘‘(h) APPROPRIATE SECRETARY DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘appropriate Secretary’ means— 
‘‘(1) the Secretary of the Army, with respect to matters 
concerning the Army; 
‘‘(2) the Secretary of the Navy, with respect to matters 
concerning the Navy, the Marine Corps, and the Coast Guard 
when it is operating as a service in the Navy; 
‘‘(3) the Secretary of the Air Force, with respect to matters 
concerning the Air Force; and
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‘‘(4) the Secretary of Defense, with respect to personnel 
of the Department of Defense. 
‘‘(i) DURATION OF AUTHORITY.—A bonus may not be paid under 
subsection (a) with respect to any referral that occurs after 
December 31, 2008.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of sections at the 
beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting before the 
item relating to section 1031 the following new item: 
‘‘1030. Bonus to encourage Department of Defense personnel to refer persons for ap-
pointment as officers to serve in health professions.’’. 
(c) 
REPEAL
OF
SUPERSEDED
ARMY
REFERRAL
BONUS 
AUTHORITY.— 
(1) 
REPEAL.—Section 
645 
of 
the 
National 
Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163) 
is repealed. 
(2) PAYMENT OF BONUSES UNDER SUPERSEDED AUTHORITY.— 
Any bonus payable under section 645 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006, as in effect before 
its repeal by paragraph (1), shall remain payable after that 
date and shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of 
such section, as in effect on the day before the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 672. EXPANSION OF EDUCATION LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM 
FOR MEMBERS OF THE SELECTED RESERVE. 
(a) ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONAL LOANS ELIGIBLE
FOR REPAY-
MENT.—Paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of section 16301 of title 
10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph (B); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (C) 
and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) any loan incurred for educational purposes made by 
a lender that is— 
‘‘(i) an agency or instrumentality of a State; 
‘‘(ii) a financial or credit institution (including an insur-
ance company) that is subject to examination and super-
vision by an agency of the United States or any State; 
‘‘(iii) a pension fund approved by the Secretary for 
purposes of this section; or 
‘‘(iv) a nonprofit private entity designated by a State, 
regulated by that State, and approved by the Secretary 
for purposes of this section.’’. 
(b) PARTICIPATION OF OFFICERS IN PROGRAM.—Such subsection 
is further amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Except as provided in paragraph (3), 
the Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘The Secretary’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘an enlisted member of the Selected 
Reserve of the Ready Reserve of an armed force in a 
reserve component and military specialty’’ and inserting 
‘‘a member of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve 
of an armed force in a reserve component and in an officer 
program or military specialty’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (3). 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—
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(1) SECTION
HEADING.—The heading of such section is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 16301. Education loan repayment program: members of 
Selected Reserve’’. 
(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections at the begin-
ning of chapter 1609 of such title is amended by striking 
the item relating to section 16301 and inserting the following 
new item: 
‘‘16301. Education loan repayment program: members of Selected Reserve.’’. 
SEC. 673. ENSURING ENTRY INTO UNITED STATES AFTER TIME 
ABROAD FOR PERMANENT RESIDENT ALIEN MILITARY 
SPOUSES AND CHILDREN. 
Section 284 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1354) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Nothing’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) Nothing’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(b) If a person lawfully admitted for permanent residence 
is the spouse or child of a member of the Armed Forces of the 
United States, is authorized to accompany the member and reside 
abroad with the member pursuant to the member’s official orders, 
and is so accompanying and residing with the member (in marital 
union if a spouse), then the residence and physical presence of 
the person abroad shall not be treated as— 
‘‘(1) an abandonment or relinquishment of lawful perma-
nent resident status for purposes of clause (i) of section 
101(a)(13)(C); or 
‘‘(2) an absence from the United States for purposes of 
clause (ii) of such section.’’. 
SEC. 674. OVERSEAS NATURALIZATION FOR MILITARY SPOUSES AND 
CHILDREN. 
(a) SPOUSES.—Section 319 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1430) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(e)(1) In the case of a person lawfully admitted for permanent 
residence in the United States who is the spouse of a member 
of the Armed Forces of the United States, is authorized to accom-
pany such member and reside abroad with the member pursuant 
to the member’s official orders, and is so accompanying and residing 
with the member in marital union, such residence and physical 
presence abroad shall be treated, for purposes of subsection (a) 
and section 316(a), as residence and physical presence in— 
‘‘(A) the United States; and 
‘‘(B) any State or district of the Department of Homeland 
Security in the United States. 
‘‘(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a spouse 
described in paragraph (1) shall be eligible for naturalization pro-
ceedings overseas pursuant to section 1701(d) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108– 
136; 8 U.S.C. 1443a).’’. 
(b) CHILDREN.—Section 322 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1433) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(d) In the case of a child of a member of the Armed Forces 
of the United States who is authorized to accompany such member
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and reside abroad with the member pursuant to the member’s 
official orders, and is so accompanying and residing with the 
member— 
‘‘(1) any period of time during which the member of the 
Armed Forces is residing abroad pursuant to official orders 
shall be treated, for purposes of subsection (a)(2)(A), as physical 
presence in the United States; 
‘‘(2) subsection (a)(5) shall not apply; and 
‘‘(3) the oath of allegiance described in subsection (b) may 
be subscribed to abroad pursuant to section 1701(d) of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public 
Law 108–136; 8 U.S.C. 1443a).’’. 
(c) OVERSEAS NATURALIZATION AUTHORITY.—Section 1701(d) of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public 
Law 108–136; 8 U.S.C. 1443a) is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by inserting ‘‘AND THEIR 
SPOUSES AND CHILDREN’’ after ‘‘FORCES’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘, and persons made eligible for naturaliza-
tion by section 319(e) or 322(d) of such Act,’’ after ‘‘Armed 
Forces’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 
shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act and apply 
to any application for naturalization or issuance of a certificate 
of citizenship pending on or after such date. 
SEC. 675. MODIFICATION OF AMOUNT OF BACK PAY FOR MEMBERS 
OF NAVY AND MARINE CORPS SELECTED FOR PROMOTION 
WHILE INTERNED AS PRISONERS OF WAR DURING WORLD 
WAR II TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT CHANGES IN CONSUMER 
PRICE INDEX. 
(a) MODIFICATION.—Section 667(c) 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–170) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) The amount determined for a person under paragraph 
(1) shall be increased to reflect increases in cost of living since 
the basic pay referred to in paragraph (1)(B) was paid to or for 
that person, calculated on the basis of the Consumer Price Index 
(all items—United States city average) published monthly by the 
Bureau of Labor Statistics.’’. 
(b) RECALCULATION OF PREVIOUS PAYMENTS.—In the case of 
any payment of back pay made to or for a person under section 
667 of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2001 before the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall— 
(1) recalculate the amount of back pay to which the person 
is entitled by reason of the amendment made by subsection 
(a); and 
(2) if the amount of back pay, as so recalculated, exceeds 
the amount of back pay so paid, pay the person, or the surviving 
spouse of the person, an amount equal to the excess. 
TITLE VII—HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Improvements to Military Health Benefits 
Sec. 701. One-year extension of prohibition on increases in certain health care costs 
for members of the uniformed services.
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Sec. 702. Temporary prohibition on increase in copayments under retail pharmacy 
system of pharmacy benefits program. 
Sec. 703. Inclusion of TRICARE retail pharmacy program in Federal procurement 
of pharmaceuticals. 
Sec. 704. Stipend for members of reserve components for health care for certain de-
pendents. 
Sec. 705. Authority for expansion of persons eligible for continued health benefits 
coverage. 
Sec. 706. Continuation of eligibility for TRICARE Standard coverage for certain 
members of the Selected Reserve. 
Sec. 707. Extension of pilot program for health care delivery. 
Sec. 708. Inclusion of mental health care in definition of health care and report on 
mental health care services. 
Subtitle B—Studies and Reports 
Sec. 711. Surveys on continued viability of TRICARE Standard and TRICARE 
Extra. 
Sec. 712. Report on training in preservation of remains under combat or combat- 
related conditions. 
Sec. 713. Report on patient satisfaction surveys. 
Sec. 714. Report on medical physical examinations of members of the Armed Forces 
before their deployment. 
Sec. 715. Report and study on multiple vaccinations of members of the Armed 
Forces. 
Sec. 716. Review of gender- and ethnic group-specific mental health services and 
treatment for members of the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 717. Licensed mental health counselors and the TRICARE program. 
Sec. 718. Report on funding of the Department of Defense for health care. 
Subtitle C—Other Matters 
Sec. 721. Prohibition on conversion of military medical and dental positions to civil-
ian medical and dental positions. 
Sec. 722. Establishment of Joint Pathology Center. 
Subtitle A—Improvements to Military 
Health Benefits 
SEC. 701. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF PROHIBITION ON INCREASES IN 
CERTAIN HEALTH CARE COSTS FOR MEMBERS OF THE UNI-
FORMED SERVICES. 
(a) CHARGES UNDER CONTRACTS FOR MEDICAL CARE.—Section 
1097(e) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking 
‘‘September 30, 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2008’’. 
(b) CHARGES FOR INPATIENT CARE.—Section 1086(b)(3) of such 
title is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2007.’’ and inserting 
‘‘September 30, 2008’’. 
(c) PREMIUMS UNDER TRICARE COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN MEM-
BERS IN THE SELECTED RESERVE.—Section 1076d(d)(3) of such title 
is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2008’’. 
SEC. 702. TEMPORARY PROHIBITION ON INCREASE IN COPAYMENTS 
UNDER RETAIL PHARMACY SYSTEM OF PHARMACY BENE-
FITS PROGRAM. 
During the period beginning on October 1, 2007, and ending 
on September 30, 2008, the cost sharing requirements established 
under paragraph (6) of section 1074g(a) of title 10, United States 
Code, for pharmaceutical agents available through retail phar-
macies covered by paragraph (2)(E)(ii) of such section may not 
exceed amounts as follows: 
(1) In the case of generic agents, $3. 
(2) In the case of formulary agents, $9.