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program to assist the people of Afghanistan, to remain 
available until December 31, 2007. 
SUPERVISION AND ADMINISTRATION COSTS OF 
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS 
SEC. 1308. Supervision and administration costs asso-
ciated with a construction project funded with Afghan Secu-
rity Forces Fund or Iraq Security Forces Fund appropria-
tions may be obligated at the time a construction contract 
is awarded: Provided, That for the purpose of this section, 
supervision and administration costs include all in-house 
Government costs. 
PROHIBITION OF NEW START PROGRAMS 
SEC. 1309. None of the funds provided in this chapter 
may be used to finance programs or activities denied by 
Congress in fiscal year 2005 and 2006 appropriations to 
the Department of Defense or to initiate a procurement or 
research, development, test and evaluation new start pro-
gram without prior written notification to the congressional 
defense committees. 
RETROACTIVE PAYMENT OF ADDITIONAL DEATH GRATUITY 
SEC. 1310. (a) Effective as of January 6, 2006, and 
as if included in the enactment of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163), 
subsection (d)(2) of section 1478 of title 10, United States 
Code, as added by section 664(b) of such Act (119 Stat. 
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3316), is amended by striking ‘‘May 11, 2005’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘August 31, 2005’’. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Of the amounts appro-
priated or otherwise made available by this chapter for 
military personnel, an aggregate of $48,750,000 shall be 
available for the retroactive payment of death gratuity with 
respect to members of the Armed Forces as a result of the 
amendment made by subsection (a). 
VOTING ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 1311. (a) Congress recognizes the importance of 
ensuring that absent uniformed services voters, Department 
of Defense personnel, and their dependents have the oppor-
tunity to exercise their right to vote. 
(b) IVAS BALLOT REQUEST PROGRAM.— 
(1) The Interim Voting Assistance System 
(IVAS) Ballot Request Program shall be continued 
with respect to all Department of Defense personnel, 
and their families, covered by the Uniformed and 
Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C. 
1973ff et seq.). 
(2) Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report on the 
status of the program. 
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(c) FUNDING.—Of the amounts provided by this Act, 
$5,820,000 shall be available for the program referred to 
in subsection (b). 
NONREDUCTION
IN
PAY
WHILE
FEDERAL
EMPLOYEE
IS 
PERFORMING
ACTIVE
SERVICE
IN
THE
UNIFORMED 
SERVICES OR NATIONAL GUARD 
SEC. 1312. (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be 
cited as the ‘‘Reservists Pay Security Act of 2006’’. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter IV of chapter 55 of title 
5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘§ 5538. Nonreduction in pay while serving in the uni-
formed services or National Guard 
‘‘(a) An employee who is absent from a position of em-
ployment with the Federal Government in order to perform 
active duty in the uniformed services pursuant to a call 
or order to active duty under a provision of law referred 
to in section 101(a)(13)(B) of title 10 shall be entitled, while 
serving on active duty, to receive, for each pay period de-
scribed in subsection (b), an amount equal to the amount 
by which— 
‘‘(1) the amount of basic pay which would other-
wise have been payable to such employee for such pay 
period if such employee’s civilian employment with 
the Government had not been interrupted by that 
service, exceeds (if at all) 
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‘‘(2) the amount of pay and allowances which 
(as determined under subsection (d))— 
‘‘(A) is payable to such employee for that 
service; and 
‘‘(B) is allocable to such pay period. 
‘‘(b)(1) Amounts under this section shall be payable 
with respect to each pay period (which would otherwise 
apply if the employee’s civilian employment had not been 
interrupted)— 
‘‘(A) during which such employee is entitled to 
reemployment rights under chapter 43 of title 38 with 
respect to the position from which such employee is 
absent (as referred to in subsection (a)); and 
‘‘(B) for which such employee does not otherwise 
receive basic pay (including by taking any annual, 
military, or other paid leave) to which such employee 
is entitled by virtue of such employee’s civilian em-
ployment with the Government. 
‘‘(2) For purposes of this section, the period during 
which an employee is entitled to reemployment rights under 
chapter 43 of title 38— 
‘‘(A) shall be determined disregarding the provi-
sions of section 4312(d) of title 38; and 
‘‘(B) shall include any period of time specified 
in section 4312(e) of title 38 within which an em-
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ployee may report or apply for employment or reem-
ployment following completion of service on active 
duty to which called or ordered as described in sub-
section (a). 
‘‘(c) Any amount payable under this section to an em-
ployee shall be paid— 
‘‘(1) by such employee’s employing agency; 
‘‘(2) from the appropriation or fund which 
would be used to pay the employee if such employee 
were in a pay status; and 
‘‘(3) to the extent practicable, at the same time 
and in the same manner as would basic pay if such 
employee’s civilian employment had not been inter-
rupted. 
‘‘(d) The Office of Personnel Management shall, in con-
sultation with Secretary of Defense, prescribe any regula-
tions necessary to carry out the preceding provisions of this 
section. 
‘‘(e)(1) The head of each agency referred to in section 
2302(a)(2)(C)(ii) shall, in consultation with the Office, pre-
scribe procedures to ensure that the rights under this section 
apply to the employees of such agency. 
‘‘(2) The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration shall, in consultation with the Office, prescribe 
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