(B) improve access control across the in-
stallations by providing greater consistency and 
improved force protection. 
(b) ISSUES TO BE ASSESSED.—In conducting the as-
sessment required by subsection (a), the Comptroller Gen-
eral shall assess the extent to which each installation of 
the Department of Defense has or would benefit from hav-
ing an access control system with the ability to—
(1) electronically check any identification card 
issued by any Federal agency or any State or local 
government within the United States, including any 
identification card of a visitor to the installation who 
is a citizen or legal resident of the United States; 
(2) verify that an identification card used to ob-
tain access to the installation was legitimately issued 
and has not been reported lost or stolen; 
(3) check on a real-time basis all relevant watch 
lists maintained by the Government, including ter-
rorist watch lists and lists of persons wanted by 
State, local, or Federal law enforcement authorities; 
(4) maintain a log of individuals seeking access 
to the installation and of individuals who are denied 
access to the installation; and
(5) exchange information with any installation 
with a system that complies with the joint standards 
and protocols. 
SEC. 336. REPORT ON PERSONNEL SECURITY INVESTIGA-
TIONS FOR INDUSTRY AND NATIONAL INDUS-
TRIAL SECURITY PROGRAM. 
(a) REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act and every six 
months thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees, the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate, and the Committee on Government Reform of the 
House of Representatives, a report on the future require-
ments of the Department of Defense with respect to the 
Personnel Security Investigations for Industry and the 
National Industrial Security Program of the Defense Se-
curity Service. 
(b) CONTENTS OF REPORTS.—
(1) INITIAL
REPORT.—The initial report re-
quired under subsection (a) shall include each of the 
following: 
(A) The number of personnel security 
clearance investigations conducted during the 
period beginning on October 1, 1999, and end-
ing on September 30, 2006.
(B) The number of each type of security 
clearance granted during that period. 
(C) The unit cost to the Department of 
Defense of each security clearance granted dur-
ing that period. 
(D) The amount of any fee or surcharge 
paid to the Office of Personnel Management as 
a result of conducting a personnel security 
clearance investigation. 
(E) A description of the procedures used 
by the Secretary of Defense to estimate the 
number of personnel security clearance inves-
tigations to be conducted during a fiscal year. 
(F) A description of any effect of delays 
and backlogs in the personnel security clearance 
investigation process on the national security of 
the United States. 
(G) A description of any effect of delays 
and backlogs in the personnel security clearance 
investigation process on the defense industrial 
base assets of the United States. 
(H) A plan developed by the Secretary of 
Defense to reduce such delays and backlogs.
(I) A plan developed by the Secretary of 
Defense to adequately fund the personnel secu-
rity clearance investigation process. 
(J) A plan developed by the Secretary of 
Defense to establish a more stable and effective 
Personnel Security Investigations Program. 
(K) A plan developed by the Secretary of 
Defense to involve external sources, including 
defense contractors, in the plans of the Sec-
retary of Defense under subparagraphs (H), 
(I), and (J). 
(2) SUBSEQUENT REPORTS.—Each report re-
quired to be submitted under subsection (a) after 
the submission of the initial report shall include each 
of the following: 
(A) The funding requirements of the per-
sonnel security clearance investigation program 
and ability of the Secretary of Defense to fund 
the program. 
(B) The size of the personnel security 
clearance investigation process backlog. 
(C) The length of the average delay for an 
individual case pending in the personnel secu-
rity clearance investigation process.
(D) Any progress made by the Secretary of 
Defense during the six months preceding the 
date on which the report is submitted toward 
implementing planned changes in the personnel 
security clearance investigation process. 
(E) A determination certified by the Sec-
retary of Defense of whether the personnel se-
curity clearance investigation process has im-
proved during the six months preceding the 
date on which the report is submitted. 
(c) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT.—As soon as 
practicable after the Secretary of Defense submits the ini-
tial report required under subsection (a), the Comptroller 
General shall submit a report to Congress that contains 
a review of such initial report. 
(d) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON IMPROVING THE PER-
SONNEL SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS PROGRAM.—
(1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(A) Since fiscal year 2000, the General Ac-
countability Office has listed the Personnel Se-
curity Investigations Program of the Depart-
ment of Defense as a systemic weakness that 
affects more than one component of the Depart-
ment and may jeopardize the operations of the 
Department.
(B) In 2005, the Government Account-
ability Office designated the Personnel Security 
Investigations Program as a high-risk area be-
cause delays by the Program in issuing security 
clearances can affect national security. 
(C) In 2005, the Government Account-
ability Office found that the Department of De-
fense continues to face sizeable security clear-
ance backlogs. 
(D) The Government Accountability Office 
also reported in 2005 that security clearance 
delays increase national security risks, delay the 
start of classified work, hamper employers from 
hiring the best qualified workers, and increase 
the cost to the Government of national security-
related contracts. 
(E) These security clearance backlogs and 
delays continue in 2006, and have brought the 
security clearance program to a reported stand-
still. 
(2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that—
(A) the delays and backlogs associated 
with the Personnel Security Investigations Pro-
gram threaten the national security of the
United States and key defense industrial assets; 
and 
(B) the Secretary of Defense should take 
such steps as are necessary to eliminate the 
backlogs of applications for security clearance 
and the delays associated with the security 
clearance application process and make sys-
temic improvements to the Personnel Security 
Investigations Program. 
Subtitle E—Other Matters 
SEC. 341. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE STRATEGIC POLICY 
ON 
PREPOSITIONING 
OF 
MATERIEL 
AND 
EQUIPMENT. 
(a) STRATEGIC POLICY REQUIRED.—Chapter 131 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2229. Strategic policy on prepositioning of materiel 
and equipment 
‘‘(a) POLICY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall maintain a strategic policy on the programs of the 
Department of Defense for the prepositioning of materiel 
and equipment. Such policy shall take into account na-
tional security threats, strategic mobility, and service re-
quirements.
‘‘(b) LIMITATION OF DIVERSION OF PREPOSITIONED 
MATERIEL.—The Secretary of a military department may 
not divert materiel or equipment from prepositioned stocks 
except—
‘‘(1) in accordance with a change made by the 
Secretary of Defense to the policy maintained under 
subsection (a); or 
‘‘(2) for the purpose of supporting a contin-
gency operation. 
‘‘(c) CONGRESSIONAL
NOTIFICATION.—The Sec-
retary of Defense may not implement or change the policy 
required under subsection (a) until the Secretary submits 
to the congressional defense committees a report describ-
ing the policy or change to the policy.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item:
‘‘2229. Strategic policy on prepositioning of materiel and equipment.’’.
(c) DEADLINE FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF POLICY.—
(1) DEADLINE.—Not later than six months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall establish the strategic policy 
on the programs of the Department of Defense for 
the prepositioning of materiel and equipment re-
quired under section 2229 of title 10, United States 
Code, as added by subsection (a).
(2) 
LIMITATION
ON
DIVERSION
OF 
PREPOSITIONED MATERIEL.—During the period be-
ginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and 
ending on the date on which the Secretary of De-
fense submits the report required under section 
2229(c) of title 10, United States Code, on the pol-
icy established under paragraph (1), the Secretary of 
a military department may not divert materiel or 
equipment from prepositioned stocks except for the 
purpose of supporting a contingency operation. 
SEC. 342. AUTHORITY TO MAKE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
HORSES AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION AT END 
OF USEFUL WORKING LIFE. 
(a) INCLUSION
OF
DEPARTMENT
OF
DEFENSE 
HORSES IN EXISTING AUTHORITY.—Section 2583 of title 
10, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘work-
ing dogs’’ and inserting ‘‘animals’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘working’’ each place it appears; 
(3) by striking ‘‘dog’’ and ‘‘dogs’’ each place 
they appear and inserting ‘‘animal’’ and ‘‘animals’’, 
respectively; 
(4) by striking ‘‘dog’s’’ in paragraphs (1) and 
(2) of subsection (a) and inserting ‘‘animal’s’’;
(5) by striking ‘‘a dog’s adoptability’’ in sub-
section (b) and inserting ‘‘the adoptability of the 
animal’’; and 
(6) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(g) MILITARY ANIMAL DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘military animal’ means the following: 
‘‘(1) A military working dog. 
‘‘(2) A horse owned by the Department of De-
fense.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The item relating to 
such section in the table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 153 of such title is amended to read as follows:
‘‘2583. Military animals: transfer and adoption at end of useful working life.’’.
SEC. 343. SALE AND USE OF PROCEEDS OF RECYCLABLE 
MUNITIONS MATERIALS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—Chapter 443 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 4690. Recyclable munitions materials: sale; use of 
proceeds 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY FOR PROGRAM.—Notwithstanding 
section 2577 of this title, the Secretary of the Army may 
carry out a program to sell recyclable munitions materials 
resulting from the demilitarization of conventional military
munitions without regard to chapter 5 of title 40 and use 
any proceeds in accordance with subsection (c). 
‘‘(b) METHOD OF SALE.—The Secretary shall use 
competitive procedures to sell recyclable munitions mate-
rials under this section in accordance with Federal pro-
curement laws and regulations. 
‘‘(c) PROCEEDS.—(1) Proceeds from the sale of recy-
clable munitions materials under this section shall be cred-
ited to an account that is specified as being for Army am-
munition demilitarization from funds made available for 
the procurement of ammunition, to be available only for 
reclamation, recycling, and reuse of conventional military 
munitions (including research and development and equip-
ment purchased for such purpose). 
‘‘(2) Amounts credited under this subsection shall be 
available for obligation for the fiscal year during which 
the funds are so credited and for three subsequent fiscal 
years. 
‘‘(d) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe 
regulations to carry out the program established under 
this section. Such regulations shall be consistent and in 
compliance with the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 
6901 et seq.) and the regulations implementing that Act.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item:
‘‘4690. Recyclable munitions materials: sale; use of proceeds.’’.
SEC. 344. CAPITAL SECURITY COST SHARING. 
(a) RECONCILIATION REQUIRED.—For each fiscal 
year, the Secretary of Defense shall reconcile (1) the esti-
mate of overseas presence of the Secretary of Defense 
under subsection (b) for that fiscal year, with (2) the de-
termination of the Secretary of State under section 
604(e)(1) of the Secure Embassy Construction and 
Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (22 U.S.C. 4865 note) of 
the total overseas presence of the Department of Defense 
for that fiscal year. 
(b) ANNUAL ESTIMATE OF OVERSEAS PRESENCE.—
Not later than February 1 of each year, the Secretary of 
Defense shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees an estimate of the total number of Department of 
Defense overseas personnel subject to chief of mission au-
thority pursuant to section 207 of the Foreign Service Act 
of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3927) during the fiscal year that be-
gins on October 1 of that year.
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SEC. 345. PRIORITIZATION OF FUNDS WITHIN NAVY MIS-
SION 
OPERATIONS, 
SHIP 
MAINTENANCE, 
COMBAT SUPPORT FORCES, AND WEAPONS 
SYSTEM SUPPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Navy shall 
take such steps as necessary through the planning, pro-
gramming, budgeting, and execution systems of the De-
partment of the Navy to ensure that financial resources 
are provided for each fiscal year as necessary to enable 
the Navy to fund the following requirements of the Navy 
for that fiscal year: 
(1) 100 percent of the requirements for steam-
ing days per quarter for deployed ship operations. 
(2) 100 percent of the requirements for steam-
ing days per quarter for non-deployed ship oper-
ations. 
(3) 100 percent of the projected ship and air 
depot maintenance. 
(b) LIMITATION
OF FUNDS
FOR NAVY EXPEDI-
TIONARY COMBAT COMMAND.—Of the funds appropriated 
for the Department of Navy for any fiscal year after fiscal 
year 2006, no operation and maintenance funds may be 
expended for the Navy Expeditionary Combat Command 
until the funding priorities in subsection (a) are met for 
that fiscal year.
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(c) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary of Navy shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees an annual 
report, to be submitted each year with the annual oper-
ation and maintenance justification of estimates material 
for the next fiscal year, that certifies that the require-
ments in subsection (a) are satisfied for the fiscal year 
for which that material is submitted. 
SEC. 346. PRIORITIZATION OF FUNDS WITHIN ARMY RE-
CONSTITUTION AND TRANSFORMATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Army shall 
take such steps as necessary through the planning, pro-
gramming, budgeting, and execution systems of the De-
partment of the Army to ensure that financial resources 
are provided for each fiscal year as necessary to enable 
the Army to meet its requirements in that fiscal year for 
each of the following: 
(1) The repair, recapitalization, and replace-
ment of equipment used in the Global War on Ter-
rorism, based on implementation of requirements 
based on a cost estimate for such purposes of at 
least $72,300,000,000 over the period of the five fis-
cal years beginning with fiscal year 2008. 
(2) The fulfillment of equipment requirements 
of units transforming to modularity in accordance 
with the Modular Force Initiative report submitted
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to Congress in March 2006, based on implementa-
tion of requirements based on a cost estimate for 
such purposes of $47,600,000,000 over the period of 
the five fiscal years beginning with fiscal year 2008. 
(3) The reconstitution of equipment and mate-
riel in prepositioned stocks by 2012 in accordance 
with requirements under the Army Prepositioned 
Stocks Strategy 2012 or a subsequent strategy im-
plemented under the guidelines in section 2229 of 
title 10, United States Code. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary of the Army 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees an 
annual report, until the requirements of subsection (a) 
have been met, setting forth the progress toward meeting 
those requirements. Any information required to be in-
cluded in the report concerning funding priorities under 
paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) shall be itemized 
by active duty component and reserve component. The re-
port for any year shall be submitted at the time the budget 
of the President for the next fiscal year is submitted to 
Congress. Each such report shall include the following: 
(1) A complete itemization of the requirements 
for the funding priorities in subsection (a), including 
an itemization for all types of modular brigades for 
both active and reserve components.
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(2) A list of any shortfalls that exist between 
available funding, equipment, supplies, and indus-
trial capacity and required funding, equipment, sup-
plies, and industrial capacity in accordance with the 
funding priorities in subsection (a). 
(3) A list of the requirements for the funding 
priorities in subsection (a) that the Army has in-
cluded in the budget for that fiscal year, including 
a detailed listing of the type, quantity, and cost of 
the equipment the Army plans to repair, recapitalize, 
or procure, set forth by appropriations account and 
Army component. 
(4) An assessment of the progress made during 
that fiscal year toward meeting the overall require-
ments of the funding priorities in subsection (a). 
(5) A description of how the Army defines costs 
associated with modularity versus the costs associ-
ated with modernizing equipment platforms and re-
pairing, recapitalizing, and replacing equipment used 
during the global war on terrorism. 
(6) The results of Army assessments of mod-
ular force capabilities, including lessons learned from 
existing modular units and any modifications that 
have been made to modularity.
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(7) The assessment of each of the Chief of the 
National Guard Bureau and the Chief of the Army 
Reserve of each of the items described in paragraphs 
(1) through (6). 
(c) LIMITATION ON FUNDS FOR FUTURE COMBAT 
SYSTEMS.—Of the funds appropriated for the Army for 
any fiscal year after fiscal year 2007, not more than 
$2,850,000,000 may be expended for the Future Combat 
Systems until the funding priorities in subsection (a) are 
met for that fiscal year. 
(d) USE OF EXCESS FUNDS FOR FUTURE COMBAT 
SYSTEMS.—Any funds appropriated for the Future Com-
bat Systems for any fiscal year not expended in accord-
ance with subsection (c) shall be used for programs speci-
fied in subsection (a). 
(e) EXCEPTION FOR NON-LINE-OF-SIGHT CANNON 
SYSTEM.—This section does not apply with respect to the 
obligation of funds for systems development and dem-
onstration of the non-line-of-sight cannon system. 
TITLE IV—MILITARY 
PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS
Subtitle A—Active Forces 
Sec. 401. End strengths for active forces. 
Sec. 402. Revision in permanent active duty end strength minimum levels. 
Sec. 403. Additional authority for increases of Army and Marine Corps active 
duty end strengths for fiscal years 2008 and 2009. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Forces 
Sec. 411. End strengths for Selected Reserve.
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Sec. 412. End strengths for Reserves on active duty in support of the reserve 
components. 
Sec. 413. End strengths for military technicians (dual status). 
Sec. 414. Fiscal year 2007 limitation on number of non-dual status technicians. 
Sec. 415. Maximum number of reserve personnel authorized to be on active 
duty for operational support. 
Subtitle C—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 421. Military personnel. 
Sec. 422. Armed Forces Retirement Home.
Subtitle A—Active Forces 
SEC. 401. END STRENGTHS FOR ACTIVE FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Armed Forces are authorized 
strengths for active duty personnel as of September 30, 
2007, as follows: 
(1) The Army, 512,400. 
(2) The Navy, 340,700. 
(3) The Marine Corps, 180,000. 
(4) The Air Force, 334,200. 
(b) LIMITATION.—
(1) ARMY.—The authorized strength for the 
Army provided in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) 
for active duty personnel for fiscal year 2007 is sub-
ject to the condition that costs of active duty per-
sonnel of the Army for that fiscal year in excess of 
482,400 shall be paid out of funds authorized to be 
appropriated for that fiscal year for a contingent 
emergency reserve fund or as an emergency supple-
mental appropriation.
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(2) MARINE CORPS.—The authorized strength 
for the Marine Corps provided in paragraph (3) of 
subsection (a) for active duty personnel for fiscal 
year 2007 is subject to the condition that costs of 
active duty personnel of the Marine Corps for that 
fiscal year in excess of 175,000 shall be paid out of 
funds authorized to be appropriated for that fiscal 
year for a contingent emergency reserve fund or as 
an emergency supplemental appropriation. 
SEC. 402. REVISION IN PERMANENT ACTIVE DUTY END 
STRENGTH MINIMUM LEVELS. 
Section 691(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking paragraphs (1) through (4) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(1) For the Army, 504,400. 
‘‘(2) For the Navy, 340,700. 
‘‘(3) For the Marine Corps, 180,000. 
‘‘(4) For the Air Force, 334,200.’’. 
SEC. 403. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY FOR INCREASES OF 
ARMY AND MARINE CORPS ACTIVE DUTY END 
STRENGTHS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2008 AND 
2009. 
Effective October 1, 2007, the text of section 403 of 
the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization
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Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108–375; 118 Stat. 
1863) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—
‘‘(1) ARMY.—For each of fiscal years 2008 and 
2009, the Secretary of Defense may, as the Sec-
retary determines necessary for the purposes speci-
fied in paragraph (3), establish the active-duty end 
strength for the Army at a number greater than the 
number otherwise authorized by law up to the num-
ber equal to the fiscal-year 2007 baseline plus 
20,000. 
‘‘(2) MARINE CORPS.—For each of fiscal years 
2008 and 2009, the Secretary of Defense may, as 
the Secretary determines necessary for the purposes 
specified in paragraph (3), establish the active-duty 
end strength for the Marine Corps at a number 
greater than the number otherwise authorized by law 
up to the number equal to the fiscal-year 2007 base-
line plus 4,000. 
‘‘(3) PURPOSE OF INCREASES.—The purposes 
for which increases may be made in Army and Ma-
rine Corps active duty end strengths under para-
graphs (1) and (2) are—
‘‘(A) to support operational missions; and
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‘‘(B) to achieve transformational reorga-
nization objectives, including objectives for in-
creased numbers of combat brigades and battal-
ions, increased unit manning, force stabilization 
and shaping, and rebalancing of the active and 
reserve component forces. 
‘‘(4) FISCAL-YEAR
2007
BASELINE.—In this 
subsection, the term ‘fiscal-year 2007 baseline’, with 
respect to the Army and Marine Corps, means the 
active-duty end strength authorized for those serv-
ices in section 401 of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2007. 
‘‘(5) ACTIVE-DUTY
END
STRENGTH.—In this 
subsection, the term ‘active-duty end strength’ 
means the strength for active-duty personnel of one 
of the Armed Forces as of the last day of a fiscal 
year. 
‘‘(b) RELATIONSHIP TO PRESIDENTIAL WAIVER AU-
THORITY.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to 
limit the President’s authority under section 123a of title 
10, United States Code, to waive any statutory end 
strength in a time of war or national emergency. 
‘‘(c) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER VARIANCE AUTHOR-
ITY.—The authority under subsection (a) is in addition 
to the authority to vary authorized end strengths that is
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provided in subsections (e) and (f) of section 115 of title 
10, United States Code. 
‘‘(d) BUDGET TREATMENT.—
‘‘(1) FISCAL YEAR 2008 BUDGET.—The budget 
for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2008 
as submitted to Congress shall comply, with respect 
to funding, with subsections (c) and (d) of section 
691 of title 10, United States Code. 
‘‘(2) OTHER INCREASES.—If the Secretary of 
Defense plans to increase the Army or Marine Corps 
active duty end strength for a fiscal year under sub-
section (a), then the budget for the Department of 
Defense for that fiscal year as submitted to Con-
gress shall include the amounts necessary for fund-
ing that active duty end strength in excess of the fis-
cal year 2007 active duty end strength authorized 
for that service under section 401 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007.’’. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Forces 
SEC. 411. END STRENGTHS FOR SELECTED RESERVE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Armed Forces are authorized 
strengths for Selected Reserve personnel of the reserve 
components as of September 30, 2007, as follows: 
(1) The Army National Guard of the United 
States, 350,000.
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(2) The Army Reserve, 200,000. 
(3) The Navy Reserve, 71,300. 
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 39,600. 
(5) The Air National Guard of the United 
States, 107,000. 
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 74,900. 
(7) The Coast Guard Reserve, 10,000. 
(b) ADJUSTMENTS.—The end strengths prescribed by 
subsection (a) for the Selected Reserve of any reserve com-
ponent shall be proportionately reduced by—
(1) the total authorized strength of units orga-
nized to serve as units of the Selected Reserve of 
such component which are on active duty (other 
than for training) at the end of the fiscal year; and 
(2) the total number of individual members not 
in units organized to serve as units of the Selected 
Reserve of such component who are on active duty 
(other than for training or for unsatisfactory partici-
pation in training) without their consent at the end 
of the fiscal year. 
Whenever such units or such individual members are re-
leased from active duty during any fiscal year, the end 
strength prescribed for such fiscal year for the Selected 
Reserve of such reserve component shall be increased pro-
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portionately by the total authorized strengths of such 
units and by the total number of such individual members. 
SEC. 412. END STRENGTHS FOR RESERVES ON ACTIVE 
DUTY IN SUPPORT OF THE RESERVE COMPO-
NENTS. 
Within the end strengths prescribed in section 
411(a), the reserve components of the Armed Forces are 
authorized, as of September 30, 2007, the following num-
ber of Reserves to be serving on full-time active duty or 
full-time duty, in the case of members of the National 
Guard, for the purpose of organizing, administering, re-
cruiting, instructing, or training the reserve components: 
(1) The Army National Guard of the United 
States, 28,165. 
(2) The Army Reserve, 15,416. 
(3) The Navy Reserve, 12,564. 
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 2,261. 
(5) The Air National Guard of the United 
States, 13,291. 
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 2,707. 
SEC. 413. END STRENGTHS FOR MILITARY TECHNICIANS 
(DUAL STATUS). 
The minimum number of military technicians (dual 
status) as of the last day of fiscal year 2007 for the re-
serve components of the Army and the Air Force (notwith-
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standing section 129 of title 10, United States Code) shall 
be the following: 
(1) For the Army Reserve, 7,912. 
(2) For the Army National Guard of the United 
States, 27,615. 
(3) For the Air Force Reserve, 10,124. 
(4) For the Air National Guard of the United 
States, 23,255. 
SEC. 414. FISCAL YEAR 2007 LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF 
NON-DUAL STATUS TECHNICIANS. 
(a) LIMITATIONS.—
(1) NATIONAL GUARD.—Within the limitation 
provided in section 10217(c)(2) of title 10, United 
States Code, the number of non-dual status techni-
cians employed by the National Guard as of Sep-
tember 30, 2007, may not exceed the following: 
(A) For the Army National Guard of the 
United States, 1,600
(B) For the Air National Guard of the 
United States, 350. 
(2) ARMY RESERVE.—The number of non-dual 
status technicians employed by the Army Reserve as 
of September 30, 2007, may not exceed 595. 
(3) AIR FORCE RESERVE.—The number of non-
dual status technicians employed by the Air Force
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Reserve as of September 30, 2007, may not exceed 
90. 
(b) NON-DUAL STATUS TECHNICIANS DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘non-dual status technician’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 10217(a) of title 10, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 415. MAXIMUM NUMBER OF RESERVE PERSONNEL AU-
THORIZED TO BE ON ACTIVE DUTY FOR 
OPERATIONAL SUPPORT. 
During fiscal year 2007, the maximum number of 
members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces 
who may be serving at any time on full-time operational 
support duty under section 115(b) of title 10, United 
States Code, is the following: 
(1) The Army National Guard of the United 
States, 17,000. 
(2) The Army Reserve, 13,000. 
(3) The Navy Reserve, 6,200. 
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 3,000. 
(5) The Air National Guard of the United 
States, 16,000. 
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 14,000.
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Subtitle C—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 421. MILITARY PERSONNEL. 
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the 
Department of Defense for military personnel for fiscal 
year 2007 a total of $109,820,468,000. The authorization 
in the preceding sentence supersedes any other authoriza-
tion of appropriations (definite or indefinite) for such pur-
pose for fiscal year 2007. 
SEC. 422. ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME. 
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2007 from the Armed Forces Retirement Home 
Trust Fund the sum of $54,846,000 for the operation of 
the Armed Forces Retirement Home. 
TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL 
POLICY
Subtitle A—Officer Personnel Policy 
Sec. 501. Authorized strength of Navy Reserve flag officers. 
Sec. 502. Standardization of grade of senior dental officer of the Air Force 
with that of senior dental officer of the Army. 
Sec. 503. Management of chief warrant officers. 
Sec. 504. Reduction in time-in-grade requirement for promotion to captain in 
the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps and lieutenant in the 
Navy. 
Sec. 505. Military status of officers serving in certain Intelligence Community 
positions. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Component Management 
Sec. 511. Revisions to reserve call-up authority. 
Sec. 512. 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.
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Sec. 513. Report on private-sector promotion and constructive termination of 
members of the reserve components called or ordered to active 
service. 
Subtitle C—Education and Training 
Sec. 521. Authority to permit members who participate in the guaranteed re-
serve forces duty scholarship program to participate in the 
health professions scholarship program and serve on active 
duty. 
Sec. 522. Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps instruction eligibility expan-
sion. 
Sec. 523. Authority for United States Military Academy and United States Air 
Force Academy permanent military professors to assume com-
mand positions while on periods of sabbatical. 
Sec. 524. Expansion of service academy exchange programs with foreign mili-
tary academies. 
Sec. 525. Review of legal status of Junior ROTC program. 
Sec. 526. Special operations fellowships. 
Subtitle D—General Service Authorities 
Sec. 531. Test of utility of test preparation guides and education programs in 
enhancing recruit candidate performance on the Armed Serv-
ices Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) and Armed Forces 
Qualification Test (AFQT). 
Sec. 532. Nondisclosure of selection board proceedings. 
Sec. 533. Report on extent of provision of timely notice of long-term deploy-
ments. 
Sec. 534. Report on using six-month deployments for Operation Enduring 
Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. 
Subtitle E—Authorities Relating to Guard and Reserve Duty 
Sec. 541. Title 10 definition of Active Guard and Reserve duty. 
Sec. 542. Authority for Active Guard and Reserve duties to include support of 
operational missions assigned to the reserve components and 
instruction and training of active-duty personnel. 
Sec. 543. Governor’s authority to order members to Active Guard and Reserve 
duty. 
Sec. 544. National Guard officers authority to command. 
Sec. 545. Expansion of operations of civil support teams. 
Subtitle F—Decorations and Awards 
Sec. 551. Authority for presentation of Medal of Honor Flag to living Medal 
of Honor recipients and to living primary next-of-kin of de-
ceased Medal of Honor recipients. 
Sec. 552. Cold War Victory Medal. 
Sec. 553. Posthumous award of Purple Heart for prisoners of war who die in 
or due to captivity. 
Sec. 554. Advancement on the retired list of certain decorated retired Navy and 
Marine Corps officers. 
Sec. 555. Report on Department of Defense process for awarding decorations. 
Subtitle G—Matters Relating to Casualties
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Sec. 561. Criteria for removal of member from temporary disability retired list. 
Sec. 562. Department of Defense computer/electronic accommodations program 
for severely wounded members. 
Sec. 563. Transportation of remains of casualties dying in a theater of combat 
operations. 
Sec. 564. Annual budget display of funds for POW/MIA activities of Depart-
ment of Defense. 
Subtitle H—Assistance to Local Educational Agencies for Defense 
Dependents Education 
Sec. 571. Continuation of authority to assist local educational agencies that 
benefit dependents of members of the Armed Forces and De-
partment of Defense civilian employees. 
Sec. 572. Enrollment in defense dependents’ education system of dependents of 
foreign military members assigned to Supreme Headquarters 
Allied Powers, Europe. 
Subtitle I—Postal Benefits 
Sec. 575. Postal benefits program for members of the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 576. Funding. 
Sec. 577. Duration. 
Subtitle J—Other Matters 
Sec. 581. Reduction in Department of Defense accrual contributions to Depart-
ment of Defense Military Retirement Fund. 
Sec. 582. Dental Corps of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. 
Sec. 583. Permanent authority for presentation of recognition items for recruit-
ment and retention purposes. 
Sec. 584. Report on feasibility of establishment of Military Entrance Processing 
Command station on Guam. 
Sec. 585. Persons authorized to administer enlistment and appointment oaths. 
Sec. 586. Repeal of requirement for periodic Department of Defense Inspector 
General assessments of voting assistance compliance at military 
installations. 
Sec. 587. Physical evaluation boards. 
Sec. 588. Department of Labor transitional assistance program. 
Sec. 589. Revision in Government contributions to Medicare-Eligible Retiree 
Health Care Fund. 
Sec. 590. Military chaplains. 
Sec. 591. Report on personnel requirements for airborne assets identified as 
Low-Density, High-Demand Airborne Assets. 
Sec. 592. Entrepreneurial Service Members Empowerment Task Force. 
Sec. 593. Comptroller General report on military conscientious objectors. 
Sec. 594. Commission on the National Guard and Reserves. 
Sec. 595. Inclusion in annual Department of Defense report on sexual assaults 
of information on results of disciplinary actions.