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SEC. 580. SENSE OF CONGRESS THAT COLLEGES AND UNI-
VERSITIES GIVE EQUAL ACCESS TO MILITARY 
RECRUITERS AND ROTC IN ACCORDANCE 
WITH THE SOLOMON AMENDMENT AND RE-
QUIREMENT FOR REPORT TO CONGRESS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) The Reserve Officer Training Corps 
(ROTC) program is the most common means for un-
dergraduates to become United States military offi-
cers, producing 60 percent of all officers in the 
Armed Forces and 75 percent of Army officers. 
(2) The ROTC program is officially banned 
from many leading universities and, although stu-
dents at those institutions can participate in ROTC 
programs at other colleges, they often have to travel 
significant distances to do so. 
(3) The United States is engaged in a global 
war on terrorism, and it is thus more important 
than ever for the Armed Forces to recruit high qual-
ity and well-qualified personnel. 
(4) Recruiting on university campuses is one of 
the primary means of obtaining new, highly qualified 
personnel for the Armed Forces and is an integral, 
effective, and necessary part of overall military re-
cruitment.
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(5) In 1996, Congress enacted a provision of 
law that has become known as the ‘‘Solomon 
Amendment’’ that provides for the Secretary of De-
fense to deny Federal funding to colleges and uni-
versities if they prohibit or prevent ROTC or mili-
tary recruitment on campus. 
(6) A group of university law schools have chal-
lenged the constitutionality of the Solomon Amend-
ment, and the Supreme Court has agreed to hear 
the case in the term beginning in October 2005. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) any college or university that discriminates 
against ROTC programs or military recruiters 
should be denied certain Federal taxpayer support, 
especially funding for many military and defense 
programs; and 
(2) universities and colleges that receive Fed-
eral funds should provide military recruiters access 
to college campuses and to college students equal in 
quality and scope to that provided all other employ-
ers. 
(c) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the col-
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leges and universities that are denying equal access to 
military recruiters and ROTC programs. 
TITLE VI—COMPENSATION AND 
OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS 
Subtitle A—Pay and Allowances 
Sec. 601. Increase in basic pay for fiscal year 2006. 
Sec. 602. Additional pay for permanent military professors at United States 
Naval Academy with over 36 years of service. 
Sec. 603. Basic pay rates for reserve component members selected to attend 
military service academy preparatory schools. 
Sec. 604. Clarification of restriction on compensation for correspondence 
courses. 
Sec. 605. Permanent authority for supplemental subsistence allowance for low- 
income members with dependents. 
Sec. 606. Basic allowance for housing for Reserve members. 
Sec. 607. Overseas cost of living allowance. 
Sec. 608. Income replacement payments for Reserves experiencing extended and 
frequent mobilization for active duty service. 
Subtitle B—Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays 
Sec. 611. Extension or resumption of certain bonus and special pay authorities 
for reserve forces. 
Sec. 612. Extension of certain bonus and special pay authorities for certain 
health care professionals. 
Sec. 613. Extension of special pay and bonus authorities for nuclear officers. 
Sec. 614. One-year extension of other bonus and special pay authorities. 
Sec. 615. Expansion of eligibility of dental officers for additional special pay. 
Sec. 616. Increase in maximum monthly rate authorized for hardship duty pay. 
Sec. 617. Flexible payment of assignment incentive pay. 
Sec. 618. Active-duty reenlistment bonus. 
Sec. 619. Reenlistment bonus for members of Selected Reserve. 
Sec. 620. Combination of affiliation and accession bonuses for service in the Se-
lected Reserve. 
Sec. 621. Eligibility requirements for prior service enlistment bonus. 
Sec. 622. Increase in authorized maximum amount of enlistment bonus. 
Sec. 623. Discretion of Secretary of Defense to authorize retroactive hostile fire 
and imminent danger pay. 
Sec. 624. Increase in maximum bonus amount for nuclear-qualified officers ex-
tending period of active duty. 
Sec. 625. Increase in maximum amount of nuclear career annual incentive 
bonus for nuclear-qualified officers trained while serving as en-
listed members. 
Sec. 626. Uniform payment of foreign language proficiency pay to eligible re-
serve component members and regular component members. 
Sec. 627. Retention bonus for members qualified in certain critical skills or sat-
isfying other eligibility criteria.
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Sec. 628. Availability of critical-skills accession bonus for persons enrolled in 
Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps who are obtaining 
nursing degrees. 
Subtitle C—Travel and Transportation Allowances 
Sec. 641. Authorized absences of members for which lodging expenses at tem-
porary duty location may be paid. 
Sec. 642. Extended period for selection of home for travel and transportation 
allowances for dependents of deceased member. 
Sec. 643. Transportation of family members incident to repatriation of mem-
bers held captive. 
Sec. 644. Increased weight allowances for shipment of household goods of sen-
ior noncommissioned officers. 
Subtitle D—Retired Pay and Survivor Benefits 
Sec. 651. Monthly disbursement to States of State income tax withheld from 
retired or retainer pay. 
Sec. 652. Revision to eligibility for nonregular service retirement after estab-
lishing eligibility for regular retirement. 
Sec. 653. Denial of military funeral honors in certain cases. 
Sec. 654. Child support for certain minor children of retirement-eligible mem-
bers convicted of domestic violence resulting in death of child’s 
other parent. 
Sec. 655. Concurrent receipt of veterans disability compensation and military 
retired pay. 
Sec. 656. Military Survivor Benefit Plan beneficiaries under insurable interest 
coverage. 
Subtitle E—Commissary and Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentality Benefits 
Sec. 661. Increase in authorized level of supplies and services procurement 
from overseas exchange stores. 
Sec. 662. Requirements for private operation of commissary store functions. 
Sec. 663. Provision of information technology services for accommodations pro-
vided by nonappropriated fund instrumentalities for wounded 
members of the Armed Forces and their families. 
Sec. 664. Provision of and payment for overseas transportation services for 
commissary and exchange supplies. 
Sec. 665. Compensatory time off for certain nonappropriated fund employees. 
Subtitle F—Other Matters 
Sec. 671. Inclusion of Senior Enlisted Advisor for the Chairman of the Joint 
Chiefs of Staff among senior enlisted members of the Armed 
Forces. 
Sec. 672. Special and incentive pays considered for saved pay upon appoint-
ment of members as officers. 
Sec. 673. Repayment of unearned portion of bonuses, special pays, and edu-
cational benefits. 
Sec. 674. Leave accrual for members assigned to deployable ships or mobile 
units or to other designated duty. 
Sec. 675. Army recruiting pilot program to encourage members of the Army to 
refer other persons for enlistment.
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Sec. 676. Special compensation for reserve component members who are also 
tobacco farmers adversely affected by terms of tobacco quota 
buyout. 
Sec. 677. Comptroller General report regarding compensation and benefits for 
Reserve component members. 
Sec. 678. Report on space-available travel for certain disabled veterans. 
Subtitle A—Pay and Allowances 
SEC. 601. INCREASE IN BASIC PAY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006. 
(a) WAIVER OF SECTION 1009 ADJUSTMENT.—The 
adjustment to become effective during fiscal year 2006 re-
quired by section 1009 of title 37, United States Code, 
in the rates of monthly basic pay authorized members of 
the uniformed services shall not be made. 
(b) INCREASE IN BASIC PAY.—Effective on January 
1, 2006, the rates of monthly basic pay for members of 
the uniformed services are increased by 3.1 percent. 
SEC. 602. ADDITIONAL PAY FOR PERMANENT MILITARY 
PROFESSORS 
AT 
UNITED 
STATES 
NAVAL 
ACADEMY WITH OVER 36 YEARS OF SERVICE. 
Section 203(b) of title 37, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after ‘‘Military Academy’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, the United States Naval Academy,’’. 
SEC. 603. BASIC PAY RATES FOR RESERVE COMPONENT 
MEMBERS SELECTED TO ATTEND MILITARY 
SERVICE ACADEMY PREPARATORY SCHOOLS. 
(a) PAY EQUITY FOR RESERVES.—Section 203(e)(2) 
of title 37, United States Code, is amended—