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Subtitle G—Other Matters 
SEC. 671. EXPANSION OF EDUCATION LOAN REPAYMENT 
PROGRAM FOR MEMBERS OF THE SELECTED 
RESERVE. 
(a) ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONAL LOANS ELIGIBLE 
FOR REPAYMENT.—Paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of 
section 16301 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph 
(B); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (C) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(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 (in-
cluding an insurance company) that is subject 
to examination and supervision by an agency of 
the United States or any State; 
‘‘(iii) a pension fund approved by the Sec-
retary for purposes of this section; or
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‘‘(iv) a nonprofit private entity designated 
by a State, regulated by that State, and ap-
proved 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 mili-
tary 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.— 
(1) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of such 
section is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 16301. Education loan repayment program: mem-
bers of Selected Reserve’’. 
(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 1609 of such title is
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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. 672. 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 sub-
section: 
‘‘(b) In the case of a person lawfully admitted for 
permanent residence who is the spouse or child of a mem-
ber of the Armed Forces of the United States, is author-
ized to accompany 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 mar-
ital union if a spouse), such residence and physical pres-
ence abroad shall not be treated as— 
‘‘(1) an abandonment or relinquishment of law-
ful permanent resident status for purposes of section 
101(a)(13)(C)(i); or 
‘‘(2) an absence from the United States for 
purposes of section 101(a)(13)(C)(ii).’’.
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SEC. 673. 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 accompany such member and re-
side 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 sub-
section (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 nat-
uralization proceedings oversees pursuant to section 
1701(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108–136; 8 U.S.C. 
1443a).’’.
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(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 accom-
pany such member and reside abroad with the member 
pursuant to the member’s official orders, and is so accom-
panying and residing with the member— 
‘‘(1) any period of time during which the mem-
ber 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 sub-
section (b) may be subscribed to abroad pursuant to 
section 1701(d) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108–136; 
8 U.S.C. 1443a).’’. 
(c) OVERSEAS NATURALIZATION AUTHORITY.—Sec-
tion 1701(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108–136; 8 U.S.C. 
1443a) is amended—
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(1) in the subsection heading, by inserting 
‘‘AND
THEIR
SPOUSES
AND
CHILDREN’’ after 
‘‘FORCES’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘, and persons made eligible 
for naturalization 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. 674. POSTAL BENEFITS PROGRAM FOR MEMBERS OF 
THE ARMED FORCES SERVING IN IRAQ OR 
AFGHANISTAN. 
(a) AVAILABILITY OF POSTAL BENEFITS.—The Sec-
retary of Defense, in consultation with the United States 
Postal Service, shall provide for a program under which 
postal benefits are provided to qualified individuals in ac-
cordance with this section. 
(b) QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘qualified individual’’ means a member of the Armed 
Forces on active duty (as defined in section 101 of title 
10, United States Code) who— 
(1) is serving in Iraq or Afghanistan; or
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(2) is hospitalized at a facility under the juris-
diction of the Department of Defense as a result of 
a disease or injury incurred as a result of service in 
Iraq or Afghanistan. 
(c) POSTAL BENEFITS DESCRIBED.— 
(1) VOUCHERS.—The postal benefits provided 
under the program shall consist of such coupons or 
other similar evidence of credit, whether in printed, 
electronic, or other format (in this section referred 
to as a ‘‘voucher’’), as the Secretary of Defense, in 
consultation with the Postal Service, shall determine, 
which entitle the bearer or user to make qualified 
mailings free of postage. 
(2) QUALIFIED MAILING.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘qualified mailing’’ means the mailing of a sin-
gle mail piece which— 
(A) is first-class mail (including any 
sound- or video-recorded communication) not 
exceeding 13 ounces in weight and having the 
character of personal correspondence or parcel 
post not exceeding 10 pounds in weight; 
(B) is sent from within an area served by 
a United States post office; and 
(C) is addressed to a qualified individual.
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(3) 
COORDINATION
RULE.—Postal 
benefits 
under the program are in addition to, and not in lieu 
of, any reduced rates of postage or other similar 
benefits which might otherwise be available by or 
under law, including any rates of postage resulting 
from the application of section 3401(b) of title 39, 
United States Code. 
(d) NUMBER
OF VOUCHERS.—A member of the 
Armed Forces shall be eligible for one voucher for every 
second month in which the member is a qualified indi-
vidual. 
(e) LIMITATIONS ON USE; DURATION.—A voucher 
may not be used— 
(1) for more than a single qualified mailing; or 
(2) after the earlier of— 
(A) the expiration date of the voucher, as 
designated by the Secretary of Defense; or 
(B) the end of the one-year period begin-
ning on the date on which the regulations pre-
scribed under subsection (f) take effect. 
(f) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
(in consultation with the Postal Service) shall prescribe 
such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the pro-
gram, including—
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(1) procedures by which vouchers will be pro-
vided or made available in timely manner to quali-
fied individuals; and 
(2) procedures to ensure that the number of 
vouchers provided or made available with respect to 
any qualified individual complies with subsection (d). 
(g) TRANSFERS TO POSTAL SERVICE.— 
(1) BASED ON ESTIMATES.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall transfer to the Postal Service, out of 
amounts available to carry out the program and in 
advance of each calendar quarter during which post-
al benefits may be used under the program, an 
amount equal to the amount of postal benefits that 
the Secretary estimates will be used during such 
quarter, reduced or increased (as the case may be) 
by any amounts by which the Secretary finds that 
a determination under this section for a prior quar-
ter was greater than or less than the amount finally 
determined for such quarter. 
(2) BASED
ON
FINAL
DETERMINATION.—A 
final determination of the amount necessary to cor-
rect any previous determination under this section, 
and any transfer of amounts between the Postal 
Service and the Department of Defense based on 
that final determination, shall be made not later
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than six months after the end of the one-year period 
referred to in subsection (e)(2)(B). 
(3) CONSULTATION REQUIRED.—All estimates 
and determinations under this subsection of the 
amount of postal benefits under the program used in 
any period shall be made by the Secretary of De-
fense in consultation with the Postal Service. 
(h) FUNDING.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of 
the amounts authorized to be appropriated in section 
421 for military personnel for fiscal year 2008, 
$10,000,000 shall be for postal benefits provided in 
this section. 
(2) OFFSETTING REDUCTION.—Funds author-
ized to be appropriated in section 101(5) for the 
Army in fiscal year 2008 for other procurement are 
reduced by $10,000,000, to be derived from Joint 
High Speed Vessel. 
SEC. 675. LEAVE FOR MILITARY FAMILIES. 
(a) ENTITLEMENT TO LEAVE.—Section 102(a)(1) of 
the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 
2612(a)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) Because of any qualifying exigency 
(as the Secretary shall, by regulation, deter-
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mine) arising out of the fact that the spouse, or 
a son, daughter, or parent of the employee is on 
active duty (or has been notified of an impend-
ing call or order to active duty) in the Armed 
Forces in support of a contingency operation.’’. 
(b) INTERMITTENT
OR REDUCED LEAVE SCHED-
ULE.—Section 102(b)(1) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 
2612(b)(1)) is amended by inserting after the second sen-
tence the following new sentence: ‘‘Subject to subsection 
(e)(3) and section 103(f), leave under subsection (a)(1)(E) 
may be taken intermittently or on a reduced leave sched-
ule.’’. 
(c) 
SUBSTITUTION
OF
PAID
LEAVE.—Section 
102(d)(2)(A) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2612(d)(2)(A)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘or (C)’’ and inserting ‘‘(C), or (E)’’. 
(d) NOTICE.—Section 102(e) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 
2612(e)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) NOTICE FOR LEAVE DUE TO ACTIVE DUTY 
OF FAMILY MEMBER.—In any case in which the ne-
cessity for leave under subsection (a)(1)(E) is fore-
seeable based on notification of an impending call or 
order to active duty in support of a contingency op-
eration, the employee shall provide such notice to the 
employer as is reasonable and practicable.’’.
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(e) CERTIFICATION.—Section 103 of such Act (29 
U.S.C. 2613) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(f) CERTIFICATION FOR LEAVE DUE TO ACTIVE 
DUTY OF FAMILY MEMBER.—An employer may require 
that a request for leave under section 102(a)(1)(E) be 
supported by a certification issued at such time and in 
such manner as the Secretary may by regulation prescribe. 
If the Secretary issues a regulation requiring such certifi-
cation, the employee shall provide, in a timely manner, a 
copy of such certification to the employer.’’. 
(f) DEFINITION.—Section 101 of such Act (29 
U.S.C. 2611) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(14) CONTINGENCY
OPERATION.—The term 
‘contingency operation’ has the same meaning given 
such term in section 101(a)(13) of title 10, United 
States Code.’’. 
TITLE VII—HEALTH CARE 
PROVISIONS 
Sec. 701. Extension of prohibition on increases in certain health care costs for 
members of the uniformed services. 
Sec. 702. Temporary prohibition on increase in copayments under retail phar-
macy system of pharmacy benefits program. 
Sec. 703. Fair pricing under pharmacy benefits program. 
Sec. 704. Prohibition on conversion of military medical and dental positions to 
civilian medical and dental positions. 
Sec. 705. Establishment of Nurse Practitioner Program. 
Sec. 706. Services of mental health counselors. 
Sec. 707. Extension of pilot program for health care delivery.
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Sec. 708. Stipend for members of Reserve Components for health care for cer-
tain dependents. 
Sec. 709. Joint Pathology Center. 
Sec. 710. Report on training in preservation of remains under combat or com-
bat-related conditions. 
Sec. 711. Pre- and post-deployment assessments for the purpose of determining 
the cognitive functioning and brain health of deployed members 
of the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 712. Guaranteed funding for Walter Reed Army Medical Center. 
Sec. 713. Report and study on multiple vaccinations of members of the Armed 
Forces. 
SEC. 701. EXTENSION OF PROHIBITION ON INCREASES IN 
CERTAIN HEALTH CARE COSTS FOR MEM-
BERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES. 
(a) EXTENSION OF PROHIBITION ON INCREASE IN 
CHARGES UNDER CONTRACTS FOR MEDICAL CARE.— 
Section 1097(e) of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2008’’. 
(b) EXTENSION OF PROHIBITION IN INCREASE IN 
CHARGES FOR INPATIENT CARE.—Section 1086(b)(3) of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking 
‘‘2007.’’ and inserting ‘‘2008’’. 
(c) EXTENSION OF PROHIBITION ON INCREASE IN 
PREMIUMS UNDER TRICARE COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN 
MEMBERS
IN
THE
SELECTED
RESERVE.—Section 
1076d(d)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2008’’. 
(d) EXTENSION OF PROHIBITION ON INCREASE IN 
PREMIUMS UNDER TRICARE COVERAGE FOR MEMBERS 
OF THE READY RESERVE.—Section 1076b(e)(3) of title
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10, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2008’’. 
SEC. 702. TEMPORARY PROHIBITION ON INCREASE IN CO-
PAYMENTS UNDER RETAIL PHARMACY SYS-
TEM OF PHARMACY BENEFITS PROGRAM. 
During the period beginning on October 1, 2007, and 
ending on September 30, 2008, the cost sharing require-
ments established under paragraph (6) of section 
1074g(a) of title 10, United States Code, for pharma-
ceutical agents available through retail pharmacies cov-
ered by paragraph (2)(E)(ii) of such section may not ex-
ceed amounts as follows: 
(1) In the case of generic agents, $3. 
(2) In the case of formulary agents, $9. 
(3) In the case of nonformulary agents, $22. 
SEC. 703. FAIR PRICING UNDER PHARMACY BENEFITS PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 1074g(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(9)(A) In carrying out this subsection, the 
Secretary may, to the extent recommended by the 
Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee in the 
course of reviewing any therapeutic class of pharma-
ceutical agents, exclude from the pharmacy benefits
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program any pharmaceutical agent that is not pro-
vided to the Secretary consistent with the pricing 
standard set forth in subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(B) The pricing standard referred to in sub-
paragraph (A) is that the price of any pharma-
ceutical agent made available to beneficiaries 
through all the means described in paragraph (2)(E) 
shall be the same as, or lower than, the price of the 
agent under section 8126 of title 38, United States 
Code.’’. 
SEC. 704. PROHIBITION ON CONVERSION OF MILITARY 
MEDICAL AND DENTAL POSITIONS TO CIVIL-
IAN MEDICAL AND DENTAL POSITIONS. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary of a military de-
partment may not convert any military medical or dental 
position to a civilian medical or dental position on or after 
October 1, 2007. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
a report on conversions made during fiscal year 
2007 not later than 180 days after the enactment of 
this Act. 
(2) MATTERS COVERED.—The report shall in-
clude the following:
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(A) The number of military medical or 
dental positions, by grade or band and spe-
cialty, converted to civilian medical or dental 
positions. 
(B) The results of a market survey in each 
affected area of the availability of civilian med-
ical and dental care providers in such area in 
order to determine whether there were civilian 
medical and dental care providers available in 
such area adequate to fill the civilian positions 
created by the conversion of military medical 
and dental positions to civilian positions in such 
area. 
(C) An analysis, by affected area, showing 
the extent to which access to health care and 
cost of health care was affected in both the di-
rect care and purchased care systems, including 
an assessment of the effect of any increased 
shifts in patient load from the direct care to the 
purchased care system, or any delays in receipt 
of care in either the direct or purchased care 
system because of the conversions. 
(D) The extent to which military medical 
and dental positions converted to civilian med-
ical or dental positions affected recruiting and
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retention of uniformed medical and dental per-
sonnel. 
(E) A comparison of the full costs for the 
military medical and dental positions converted 
with the full costs for civilian medical and den-
tal positions, including expenses such as re-
cruiting, salary, benefits, training, and any 
other costs the Department identifies. 
(F) An assessment showing that the mili-
tary medical or dental positions converted were 
in excess of the military medical and dental po-
sitions needed to meet medical and dental read-
iness requirements of the uniformed services, as 
determined jointly by all the uniformed services. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘military medical or dental posi-
tion’’ means a position for the performance of health 
care functions within the Armed Forces held by a 
member of the Armed Forces. 
(2) The term ‘‘civilian medical or dental posi-
tion’’ means a position for the performance of health 
care functions within the Department of Defense 
held by an employee of the Department or of a con-
tractor of the Department.
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(3) The term ‘‘uniformed services’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 1072(1) of title 
10, United States Code. 
(4) The term ‘‘conversion,’’ with respect to a 
military medical or dental position, means a change 
of the position to a civilian medical or dental posi-
tion, effective as of the date of the manning author-
ization document of the military department making 
the change (through a change in designation from 
military to civilian in the document, the elimination 
of the listing of the position as a military position 
in the document, or through any other means indi-
cating the change in the document or otherwise). 
(d) REPEAL.—Section 742 of the John Warner Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 
(Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2306) is repealed. 
SEC. 705. ESTABLISHMENT OF NURSE PRACTITIONER PRO-
GRAM. 
The Secretary of Defense shall establish at the Uni-
formed Services University of the Health Sciences a grad-
uate education program for advanced-practice nursing. 
The Secretary shall, in consultation with the Secretaries 
of the military departments, determine programs of in-
struction leading to designation as a Nurse Practitioner, 
which shall include, at a minimum, family practice and
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psychiatric or mental health. The program shall be de-
signed to ensure that graduates of the program are fully 
eligible to meet credentialing requirements of the military 
departments and at least one State. 
SEC. 706. SERVICES OF MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS. 
(a) REIMBURSEMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH COUN-
SELORS UNDER TRICARE.— 
(1) REIMBURSEMENT
UNDER
TRICARE.—Sec-
tion 1079(a)(8) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘or licensed or certified 
mental health counselors’’ after ‘‘certified mar-
riage and family therapists’’ both places it ap-
pears; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘or licensed or certified 
mental health counselors’’ after ‘‘that the thera-
pists.’’ 
(2) AUTHORITY TO ASSESS MEDICAL OR PSY-
CHOLOGICAL NECESSITY OF SERVICE OR SUPPLY.— 
Section 1079(a)(13) of such title is amended by in-
serting ‘‘, licensed or certified mental health coun-
selor,’’ after ‘‘certified marriage and family thera-
pist’’. 
(b) SERVICES OF MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS.—
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(1) AUTHORITY
TO
ENTER
INTO
PERSONAL 
SERVICES
CONTRACTS.—Section 704(c)(2) of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
1995 (Public Law 103–337; 108 Stat. 2799; 10 
U.S.C. 1091 note) is amended by inserting ‘‘mental 
health counselors,’’ after ‘‘psychologists,’’. 
(2) APPLICABILITY
OF
LICENSURE
REQUIRE-
MENT FOR HEALTH-CARE PROFESSIONALS.—Section 
1094 (e)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting ‘‘mental health counselor,’’ 
after ‘‘psychologist,’’. 
SEC. 707. EXTENSION OF PILOT PROGRAM FOR HEALTH 
CARE DELIVERY. 
(a) EXTENSION
OF DURATION
OF PILOT PRO-
GRAM.—Section 721(e) of the Ronald W. Reagan National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public 
Law 108–375; 10 U.S.C. 1092 note) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘and 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 
2010’’. 
(b) EXTENSION
OF REPORT DEADLINE.—Section 
721(f) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘July 1, 2007’’ 
and inserting ‘‘July 1, 2010’’. 
(c) REVISION
IN SELECTION CRITERIA.—Section 
721(d)(2) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘expected
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to increase over the next five years’’ and inserting ‘‘has 
increased over the five years preceding 2008’’. 
(d) ADDITION TO REQUIREMENTS OF PILOT PRO-
GRAM.—Section 721(b) of such Act is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(3); 
(2) by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’ 
at the end of paragraph (4); and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) collaborate with State and local authorities 
to create an arrangement to share and exchange, be-
tween the Department of Defense and non-military 
health care systems, personal health information and 
data of military personnel and their families.’’. 
SEC. 708. STIPEND FOR MEMBERS OF RESERVE COMPO-
NENTS FOR HEALTH CARE FOR CERTAIN DE-
PENDENTS. 
The Secretary of Defense may pay a stipend to a 
member of a reserve component who is called or ordered 
to active duty for a period of more than 30 days for pur-
poses of maintaining civilian health care coverage for a 
dependant whom the Secretary determines to possess a 
special health care need that would be best met by remain-
ing in the member’s civilian health plan. In making such 
determination, the Secretary shall consider whether—
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(1) the dependent of the member was receiving 
treatment for the special health care need before the 
call or order to active duty of the member; and 
(2) the call or order to active duty would result 
in an interruption in treatment or a change in 
health care provider for such treatment. 
SEC. 709. JOINT PATHOLOGY CENTER. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall establish a Joint Pathology Center located on the 
National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, 
that shall function as the reference center in pathology 
for the Department of Defense. 
(b) SERVICES.—The Joint Pathology Center shall 
provide, at a minimum, the following services: 
(1) Diagnostic pathology consultation in medi-
cine, dentistry, and veterinary sciences. 
(2) Pathology education, to include graduate 
medical education, including residency and fellow-
ship programs, and continuing medical education. 
(3) Diagnostic pathology research. 
SEC. 710. REPORT ON TRAINING IN PRESERVATION OF RE-
MAINS 
UNDER 
COMBAT 
OR 
COMBAT-RE-
LATED CONDITIONS. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the
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Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the 
requirements of section 567 of the John Warner National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public 
Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2224; 10 U.S.C. 1481 note). 
(b) MATTERS COVERED.—The report shall include a 
detailed description of the implementation of such section, 
including— 
(1) where the training program is taking place; 
(2) who is providing the training; 
(3) the number of each type of military health 
care professional trained to date; and 
(4) what the training covers. 
(c) DEADLINE.—The report required by this section 
shall be submitted not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 711. PRE- AND POST-DEPLOYMENT ASSESSMENTS FOR 
THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING THE COG-
NITIVE FUNCTIONING AND BRAIN HEALTH 
OF DEPLOYED MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
FORCES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense, in 
collaboration with the Secretaries of the military depart-
ments, shall establish a computer-based program that as-
sesses the cognitive functioning, in a pre- and post-deploy-
ment environment, of all members of the armed forces who
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are deployed in support of the Global War on Terror, in-
cluding Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring 
Freedom. 
(b) MINIMUM PROTOCOL REQUIREMENTS.—The pro-
gram required by subsection (a) shall include— 
(1) 
administration 
of 
computer-based 
neurocognitive assessments; 
(2) pre-deployment assessments to establish a 
neurocognitive baseline for members of the Armed 
Forces for future treatment; 
(3) a tool to assess mood states associated with 
post-traumatic stress syndrome; and 
(4) a standardized battery of tests to assess 
traumatic brain injury. 
(c) ASSESSMENTS.— 
(1) FREQUENCY.—The predeployment assess-
ment to baseline neurocognitive functioning shall be 
administered within 90 days prior to deployment. 
The post-deployment assessment shall be adminis-
tered within 45 days of return from theater. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS
OF
ASSESSMENT.—The 
computer-based neurocognitive assessments required 
by subsection (a) shall include the capability to be 
archived and stored on Department of Defense-based 
servers for future medical use.
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(d) REPORT.—Not later than 9 months after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Sen-
ate and the House of Representatives a report on the im-
plementation of this section. 
SEC. 712. GUARANTEED FUNDING FOR WALTER REED ARMY 
MEDICAL CENTER. 
The amount of funds available for the commander of 
Walter Reed Army Medical Center for a fiscal year shall 
be not less than the amount expended by the commander 
of Walter Reed Army Medical Center in fiscal year 2006 
until the first fiscal year beginning after the date on which 
the Secretary of Defense certifies to the Committee on 
Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on 
Armed Services of the House of Representatives that the 
expanded facilities at the National Naval Medical Center, 
Bethesda, Maryland, and DeWitt Army Community Hos-
pital, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, as described in section 
304(a), are completed, equipped, and staffed with suffi-
cient capacity to accept and provide at least the same level 
of care as patients received at Walter Reed Army Medical 
Center during fiscal year 2006.
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SEC. 713. REPORT AND STUDY ON MULTIPLE VACCINA-
TIONS OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Serv-
ices of the Senate and the House of Representatives a re-
port on the Department’s policies for administering and 
evaluating the vaccination of members of the Armed 
Forces. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection 
(a) shall include the following: 
(1) An assessment of the Department’s policies 
governing the administration of multiple vaccina-
tions in a 24-hour period, including the procedures 
providing for a full review of an individual’s medical 
history prior to the administration of multiple vac-
cinations, and whether such policies and procedures 
differ for members of the Armed Forces on active 
duty and members of reserve components. 
(2) An assessment of how the Department’s 
policies on multiple vaccinations in a 24-hour period 
conform to current regulations of the Food and 
Drug Administration and research performed or 
being performed by the Centers for Disease Control, 
other non-military Federal agencies, and non-federal
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institutions on multiple vaccinations in a 24-hour pe-
riod. 
(3) An assessment of the Department’s proce-
dures for initiating investigations of deaths of mem-
bers of the Armed Forces in which vaccinations may 
have played a role, including whether such investiga-
tions can be requested by family members of the de-
ceased individuals. 
(4) The number of deaths of members of the 
Armed Forces since January 1, 2000, that the De-
partment has investigated for the potential role of 
vaccine administration, including both the number of 
deaths investigated that was alleged to have involved 
more than one vaccine administered in a given 24- 
hour period and the number of deaths investigated 
that was determined to have involved more than one 
vaccine administered in a given 24-hour period. 
(5) An assessment of the procedures for pro-
viding the Adjutants General of the various States 
and territories with up-to-date information on the ef-
fectiveness and potential allergic reactions and side 
effects of vaccines required to be taken by National 
Guard members. 
(6) An assessment of whether procedures are in 
place to provide that the Adjutants General of the
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various States and territories retain updated medical 
records of each National Guard member called up 
for active duty. 
(c) STUDY REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall conduct a study, in consultation with the Food 
and Drug Administration and the Centers for Dis-
ease Control, examining the safety and efficacy of 
administering multiple vaccinations within a 24-hour 
period to members of the Armed Forces. 
(2) DEADLINE.—The study required by para-
graph (1) shall be completed not later than 270 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act and shall 
be submitted to the Committees on Armed Services 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives. 
TITLE VIII—ACQUISITION POL-
ICY, ACQUISITION MANAGE-
MENT, AND RELATED MAT-
TERS 
Subtitle A—Acquisition Policy and Management 
Sec. 801. Definition of commercial services. 
Sec. 802. Acquisition workforce provisions. 
Sec. 803. Guidance on defense procurements made through contracts of other 
agencies. 
Sec. 804. Prohibition on procurement from beneficiaries of foreign subsidies. 
Sec. 805. Prohibition on procurement from companies in violation of the Iran 
and Syria Nonproliferation Act. 
Sec. 806. Lead systems integrators. 
Sec. 807. Procurement goal for Native Hawaiian-serving institutions and Alas-
ka Native-serving institutions. 
Sec. 808. Reinvestment in domestic sources of strategic materials.
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Sec. 809. Clarification of the protection of strategic materials critical to na-
tional security. 
Sec. 810. Debarment of contractors convicted of criminal violations of the Arms 
Export Control Act. 
Subtitle B—Amendments to General Contracting Authorities, Procedures, and 
Limitations 
Sec. 811. Change to the Truth in Negotiations Act exception for the acquisition 
of a commercial item. 
Sec. 812. Clarification of submission of cost or pricing data on noncommercial 
modifications of commercial items. 
Sec. 813. Plan for restricting Government-unique contract clauses on commer-
cial contracts. 
Sec. 814. Extension of authority for use of simplified acquisition procedures for 
certain commercial items. 
Sec. 815. Extension of authority to fill shortage category positions for certain 
federal acquisition positions. 
Sec. 816. Extension of authority to carry out certain prototype projects. 
Sec. 817. Clarification of limited acquisition authority for special operations 
command. 
Sec. 818. Exemption of special operations command from certain requirements 
for contracts relating to vessels, aircraft, and combat vehicles. 
Sec. 819. Provision of authority to maintain equipment to unified combatant 
command for joint warfighting. 
Sec. 820. Market research. 
Subtitle C—Accountability in Contracting 
Sec. 821. Limitation on length of noncompetitive contracts. 
Sec. 822. Maximizing fixed-price procurement contracts. 
Sec. 823. Public disclosure of justification and approval documents for non-
competitive contracts. 
Sec. 824. Disclosure of Government contractor audit findings. 
Sec. 825. Study of acquisition workforce. 
Sec. 826. Report to Congress. 
Subtitle D—Contracts Relating to Iraq and Afghanistan 
Sec. 831. Memorandum of understanding on matters relating to contracting. 
Sec. 832. Comptroller General reviews and reports on contracting in Iraq and 
Afghanistan. 
Sec. 833. Definitions. 
Sec. 834. Competition for equipment supplied to Iraq and Afghanistan. 
Subtitle E—Other Matters 
Sec. 841. Rapid Commercial Information Technology Identification Demonstra-
tion Project. 
Sec. 842. Report to Congress required on delays in major phases of acquisition 
process for major automated information system programs. 
Sec. 843. Requirement for licensing of certain military designations and 
likenesses of weapons systems to toy and hobby manufacturers. 
Sec. 844. Change in grounds for waiver of limitation on service contract to ac-
quire military flight simulator. 
Sec. 845. Evaluation of cost of compliance with requirement to buy certain arti-
cles from American sources.
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Sec. 846. Requirements relating to waivers of certain domestic source limita-
tions. 
Sec. 847. Multiple cost threshold breaches. 
Sec. 848. Phone cards. 
Sec. 849. Jurisdiction under Contract Disputes Act of 1978 over claims, dis-
putes, and appeals arising out of maritime contracts. 
Sec. 850. Clarification of jurisdiction of the United States district courts to 
hear bid protest disputes involving maritime contracts. 
Subtitle A—Acquisition Policy and 
Management 
SEC. 801. DEFINITION OF COMMERCIAL SERVICES. 
(a) COMMERCIAL ITEM REGULATIONS TO BE USED 
ONLY FOR COMMERCIAL SERVICES MEETING STATUTORY 
DEFINITION.—The Administrator for Federal Procure-
ment Policy shall revise the Federal Acquisition Regula-
tion to ensure that only commercial services as defined in 
section 4(12)(F) of the Office of Federal Procurement 
Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(12)(F)) are procured under 
procedures set forth in Part 12 of the Federal Acquisition 
Regulation. In carrying out the revision, the Adminis-
trator shall remove the words ‘‘of a type’’ from the defini-
tion of commercial services to be procured under such Part 
12. 
(b) REQUIREMENT TO ANALYZE TWO OPTIONS FOR 
PROCUREMENT OF SERVICES SIMILAR TO COMMERCIAL 
SERVICES.—The Administrator for Federal Procurement 
Policy shall analyze the two options described in sub-
section (c) to determine which regulations would be in the 
best interest of the Government for the procurement of
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services similar to commercial services. After completing 
the analysis, the Administrator shall revise the Federal 
Acquisition Regulation to include the option that the Ad-
ministrator has determined to be in the best interest of 
the Government. 
(c) OPTIONS FOR ANALYSIS.—The two options are 
as follows: 
(1) OPTION 1.—Part 12 of the Federal Acquisi-
tion, relating to acquisition of commercial items, 
with the following additional provisions: 
(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the con-
tracting officer may request the following infor-
mation from the offeror: 
(i) Prices paid for the same or similar 
commercial items under comparable terms 
and conditions by both government and 
commercial customers. 
(ii) Information regarding price or 
cost that may support the price offered, 
such as wages, subcontracts, or material 
costs. 
(iii) Such other information as the 
Administrator considers appropriate.