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(ii) a description of any deficiency or
noncompliance in each facility with the
standards.
(C) A description of the investment to be al-
located to address each deficiency or noncompli-
ance identified under subparagraph (B)(ii).
SEC. 172. REPORTS ON ARMY ACTION PLAN IN RESPONSE
TO DEFICIENCIES IDENTIFIED AT WALTER
REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER.
(a) REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 120
days thereafter until March 1, 2009, the Secretary of De-
fense shall submit to the congressional defense committees
a report on the implementation of the action plan of the
Army to correct deficiencies identified in the condition of
facilities, and in the administration of outpatients in med-
ical hold or medical holdover status, at Walter Reed Army
Medical Center (WRAMC) and at other applicable Army
installations at which covered members of the Armed Forces
are assigned.
(b) ELEMENTS OF REPORT.—Each report under sub-
section (a) shall include current information on the fol-
lowing:
(1) The number of inpatients at Walter Reed
Army Medical Center, and the number of outpatients
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on medical hold or in a medical holdover status at
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, as a result of seri-
ous injuries or illnesses.
(2) A description of the lodging facilities and
other forms of housing at Walter Reed Army Medical
Center, and at each other Army facility, to which are
assigned personnel in medical hold or medical hold-
over status as a result of serious injuries or illnesses,
including—
(A) an assessment of the conditions of such
facilities and housing; and
(B) a description of any plans to correct in-
adequacies in such conditions.
(3) The status, estimated completion date, and
estimated cost of any proposed or ongoing actions to
correct any inadequacies in conditions as described
under paragraph (2).
(4) The number of case managers, platoon ser-
geants, patient advocates, and physical evaluation
board liaison officers stationed at Walter Reed Army
Medical Center, and at each other Army facility, to
which are assigned personnel in medical hold or med-
ical holdover status as a result of serious injuries or
illnesses, and the ratio of case workers and platoon
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sergeants to outpatients for whom they are responsible
at each such facility.
(5) The number of telephone calls received during
the preceding 60 days on the Wounded Soldier and
Family hotline (as established on March 19, 2007), a
summary of the complaints or communications re-
ceived through such calls, and a description of the ac-
tions taken in response to such calls.
(6) A summary of the activities, findings, and
recommendations of the Army tiger team of medical
and installation professionals who visited the major
medical treatment facilities and community-based
health care organizations of the Army pursuant to
March 2007 orders, and a description of the status of
corrective actions being taken with to address defi-
ciencies noted by that team.
(7) The status of the ombudsman programs at
Walter Reed Army Medical Center and at other major
Army installations to which are assigned personnel in
medical hold or medical holdover status as a result of
serious injuries or illnesses.
(c) POSTING ON INTERNET.—Not later than 24 hours
after submitting a report under subsection (a), the Sec-
retary shall post such report on the Internet website of the
Department of Defense that is available to the public.
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SEC. 173. CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES REQUIRED FOR
THE CLOSURE OF WALTER REED ARMY MED-
ICAL CENTER, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
(a) ASSESSMENT OF ACCELERATION OF CONSTRUC-
TION OF FACILITIES.—The Secretary of Defense shall carry
out an assessment of the feasibility (including the cost-effec-
tiveness) of accelerating the construction and completion of
any new facilities required to facilitate the closure of Walter
Reed Army Medical Center, District of Columbia, as re-
quired as a result of the 2005 round of defense base closure
and realignment under the Defense Base Closure and Re-
alignment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law
101–510; U.S.C. 2687 note).
(b) DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PLAN
FOR CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall develop
and carry out a plan for the construction and com-
pletion of any new facilities required to facilitate the
closure of Walter Reed Army Medical Center as re-
quired as described in subsection (a). If the Secretary
determines as a result of the assessment under sub-
section (a) that accelerating the construction and
completion of such facilities is feasible, the plan shall
provide for the accelerated construction and comple-
tion of such facilities in a manner consistent with
that determination.
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(2) SUBMITTAL OF PLAN.—The Secretary shall
submit to the congressional defense committees the
plan required by paragraph (1) not later than Sep-
tember 30, 2007.
(c) CERTIFICATIONS.—Not later than September 30,
2007, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense
committees a certification of each of the following:
(1) That a transition plan has been developed,
and resources have been committed, to ensure that pa-
tient care services, medical operations, and facilities
are sustained at the highest possible level at Walter
Reed Army Medical Center until facilities to replace
Walter Reed Army Medical Center are staffed and
ready to assume at least the same level of care pre-
viously provided at Walter Reed Army Medical Cen-
ter.
(2) That the closure of Walter Reed Army Med-
ical Center will not result in a net loss of capacity
in the major military medical centers in the National
Capitol Region in terms of total bed capacity or
staffed bed capacity.
(3) That the capacity and types of medical hold
and out-patient lodging facilities currently operating
at Walter Reed Army Medical Center will be avail-
able at the facilities to replace Walter Reed Army
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Medical Center by the date of the closure of Walter
Reed Army Medical Center.
(4) That adequate funds have been provided to
complete fully all facilities identified in the Base Re-
alignment and Closure Business Plan for Walter Reed
Army Medical Center submitted to the congressional
defense committees as part of the budget justification
materials submitted to Congress together with the
budget of the President for fiscal year 2008 as con-
templated in that business plan.
(d) ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS.—Nothing in this section
shall require the Secretary or any designated representative
to waive or ignore responsibilities and actions required by
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.) or the regulations implementing such Act.
Subtitle E—Outreach and Related
Information on Benefits
SEC. 181. HANDBOOK FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED
FORCES ON COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
AVAILABLE FOR SERIOUS INJURIES AND ILL-
NESSES.
(a) INFORMATION ON AVAILABLE COMPENSATION AND
BENEFITS.—The Secretary of Defense shall, in consultation
with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of
Health and Human Services, and the Commissioner of So-
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cial Security, develop and maintain in handbook and elec-
tronic form a comprehensive description of the compensa-
tion and other benefits to which a member of the Armed
Forces, and the family of such member, would be entitled
upon the member’s separation or retirement from the Armed
Forces as a result of a serious injury or illness. The hand-
book shall set forth the range of such compensation and ben-
efits based on grade, length of service, degree of disability
at separation or retirement, and such other factors affecting
such compensation and benefits as the Secretary of Defense
considers appropriate.
(b) UPDATE.—The Secretary of Defense shall update
the comprehensive description required by subsection (a),
including the handbook and electronic form of the descrip-
tion, on a periodic basis, but not less often than annually.
(c) PROVISION TO MEMBERS.—The Secretary of the
military department concerned shall provide the descriptive
handbook under subsection (a) to each member of the Armed
Forces described in that subsection as soon as practicable
following the injury or illness qualifying the member for
coverage under that subsection.
(d) PROVISION TO REPRESENTATIVES.—If a member
is incapacitated or otherwise unable to receive the descrip-
tive handbook to be provided under subsection (a), the hand-
book shall be provided to the next of kin or a legal represent-
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ative of the member (as determined in accordance with reg-
ulations prescribed by the Secretary of the military depart-
ment concerned for purposes of this section).
Subtitle F—Other Matters
SEC. 191. STUDY ON PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND
OTHER READJUSTMENT NEEDS OF MEMBERS
AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ARMED
FORCES 
WHO 
DEPLOYED 
IN 
OPERATION
IRAQI FREEDOM AND OPERATION ENDURING
FREEDOM AND THEIR FAMILIES.
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense
shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs,
enter into an agreement with the National Academy of
Sciences for a study on the physical and mental health and
other readjustment needs of members and former members
of the Armed Forces who deployed in Operation Iraqi Free-
dom or Operation Enduring Freedom and their families as
a result of such deployment.
(b) PHASES.—The study required under subsection (a)
shall consist of two phases:
(1) A preliminary phase, to be completed not
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act—
(A) to identify preliminary findings on the
physical and mental health and other readjust-
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ment needs described in subsection (a) and on
gaps in care for the members, former members,
and families described in that subsection; and
(B) to determine the parameters of the sec-
ond phase of the study under paragraph (2).
(2) A second phase, to be completed not later
than three years after the date of the enactment of this
Act, to carry out a comprehensive assessment, in ac-
cordance with the parameters identified under the
preliminary report required by paragraph (1), of the
physical and mental health and other readjustment
needs of members and former members of the Armed
Forces who deployed in Operation Iraqi Freedom or
Operation Enduring Freedom and their families as a
result 
of 
such 
deployment, 
including, 
at 
a
minimum—
(A) an assessment of the psychological, so-
cial, and economic impacts of such deployment
on such members and former members and their
families;
(B) an assessment of the particular impacts
of multiple deployments in Operation Iraqi
Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom on
such members and former members and their
families;
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(C) an assessment of the full scope of the
neurological, psychiatric, and psychological ef-
fects of traumatic brain injury (TBI) on mem-
bers and former members of the Armed Forces,
including the effects of such effects on the family
members of such members and former members,
and an assessment of the efficacy of current
treatment approaches for traumatic brain injury
in the United States and the efficacy of
screenings and treatment approaches for trau-
matic brain injury within the Department of
Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs;
(D) 
an 
assessment 
of 
the 
effects 
of
undiagnosed injuries such as post-traumatic
stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain in-
jury, an estimate of the long-term costs associ-
ated with such injuries, and an assessment of the
efficacy of screenings and treatment approaches
for post-traumatic stress disorder and other men-
tal health conditions within the Department of
Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs;
(E) an assessment of the particular needs
and concerns of female members of the Armed
Forces and female veterans;