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LPD–17 Amphibious Transport Dock Program, 
$33,082,000; 
Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy, 2004/2009’’: 
New SSN, $60,000,000; 
Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy, 2007/2011’’: 
LHA Replacement Program, $14,310,000; and 
Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy, 2008/2012’’: 
SSBN Submarine Refuelings, $16,244,000. 
SEC. 8078. None of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Defense may be obligated to modify command and 
control relationships to give Fleet Forces Command admin-
istrative and operational control of U.S. Navy forces as-
signed to the Pacific fleet: Provided, That the command and 
control relationships which existed on October 1, 2004, shall 
remain in force unless changes are specifically authorized 
in a subsequent Act. 
SEC. 8079. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law or regulation, the Secretary of Defense may exercise the 
provisions of section 7403(g) of title 38, United States Code, 
for occupations listed in section 7403(a)(2) of title 38, 
United States Code, as well as the following:
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Pharmacists, Audiologists, Psychologists, Social 
Workers, Othotists/Prosthetists, Occupational Thera-
pists, Physical Therapists, Rehabilitation Therapists, 
Respiratory Therapists, Speech Pathologists, Dieti-
tian/Nutritionists, Industrial Hygienists, Psychology 
Technicians, Social Service Assistants, Practical 
Nurses, Nursing Assistants, and Dental Hygienists: 
(A) 
The 
requirements 
of 
section 
7403(g)(1)(A) of title 38, United States Code, 
shall apply. 
(B) The limitations of section 7403(g)(1)(B) 
of title 38, United States Code, shall not apply. 
SEC. 8080. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 
available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence 
activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the 
Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National Secu-
rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 2009 
until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2009. 
SEC. 8081. None of the funds provided in this Act shall 
be available for obligation or expenditure through a re-
programming of funds that creates or initiates a new pro-
gram, project, or activity unless such program, project, or 
activity must be undertaken immediately in the interest of
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national security and only after written prior notification 
to the congressional defense committees. 
SEC. 8082. (a) In addition to the amounts provided 
elsewhere in this Act, $3,000,000 is hereby appropriated to 
the Department of Defense for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Army National Guard’’. Such amount shall be made 
available to the Secretary of the Army only to make a grant 
in the amount of $3,000,000 to the entity specified in sub-
section (b) to facilitate access by veterans to opportunities 
for skilled employment in the construction industry. 
(b) The entity referred to in subsection (a) is the Cen-
ter for Military Recruitment, Assessment and Veterans Em-
ployment, a nonprofit labor-management cooperation com-
mittee provided for by section 302(c)(9) of the Labor-Man-
agement Relations Act, 1947 (29 U.S.C. 186(c)(9)), for the 
purposes set forth in section 6(b) of the Labor Management 
Cooperation Act of 1978 (29 U.S.C. 175a note). 
SEC. 8083. In addition to funds made available else-
where in this Act, $5,500,000 is hereby appropriated and 
shall remain available until expended to provide assistance, 
by grant or otherwise (such as, but not limited to, the provi-
sion of funds for repairs, maintenance, construction, and/ 
or for the purchase of information technology, text books, 
teaching resources), to public schools that have unusually 
high concentrations of special needs military dependents en-
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rolled: Provided, That in selecting school systems to receive 
such assistance, special consideration shall be given to 
school systems in States that are considered overseas assign-
ments, and all schools within these school systems shall be 
eligible for assistance: Provided further, That up to 2 per-
cent of the total appropriated funds under this section shall 
be available to support the administration and execution 
of the funds or program and/or events that promote the pur-
pose of this appropriation (e.g. payment of travel and per 
diem of school teachers attending conferences or a meeting 
that promotes the purpose of this appropriation and/or con-
sultant fees for on-site training of teachers, staff, or Joint 
Venture Education Forum (JVEF) Committee members): 
Provided further, That up to $300,000 shall be available 
to examine human capital, family and quality of life issues 
relating to military presence in Hawaii: Provided further, 
That up to $2,000,000 shall be available for the Department 
of Defense to establish a nonprofit trust fund to assist in 
the public-private funding of public school repair and 
maintenance projects, or provide directly to nonprofit orga-
nizations who in return will use these monies to provide 
assistance in the form of repair, maintenance, or renovation 
to public school systems that have high concentrations of 
special needs military dependents and are located in States 
that are considered overseas assignments: Provided further,
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That to the extent a Federal agency provides this assistance, 
by contract, grant, or otherwise, it may accept and expend 
non-Federal funds in combination with these Federal funds 
to provide assistance for the authorized purpose, if the non- 
Federal entity requests such assistance and the non-Federal 
funds are provided on a reimbursable basis. 
SEC. 8084. In addition to the amounts appropriated 
or otherwise made available elsewhere in this Act, 
$112,400,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department of 
Defense: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall make 
grants in the amounts specified as follows: $20,000,000 to 
the United Service Organizations; $30,000,000 to the Red 
Cross; $15,000,000 for the Waterbury Industrial Commons 
Redevelopment Project; $4,750,000 for the SOAR Virtual 
School District; $1,750,000 to The Presidio Trust; 
$5,000,000 to the STEM Education Research Center; 
$10,000,000 
to 
the 
Intrepid 
Museum 
Foundation; 
$4,000,000 to the Go For Broke National Education Center; 
$9,900,000 to the U.S.S. Missouri Memorial Association; 
$4,000,000 to the Nimitz Center; $3,000,000 to Special 
Olympics International; and $5,000,000 to the Paralympics 
Military Program. 
SEC. 8085. The Department of Defense and the Depart-
ment of the Army shall make future budgetary and pro-
gramming plans to fully finance the Non-Line of Sight Fu-