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Sec. 368. Limitation on expenditure of funds for initial flight screening at 
Pueblo Memorial Airport. 
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 2009 and 2010. 
Sec. 404. Increase in authorized strengths for Army officers on active duty in 
the grade of major. 
Sec. 405. Increase in authorized strengths for Navy officers on active duty in 
the grades of lieutenant commander, commander, and captain. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Forces 
Sec. 411. End strengths for Selected Reserve. 
Sec. 412. End strengths for Reserves on active duty in support of the reserves. 
Sec. 413. End strengths for military technicians (dual status). 
Sec. 414. Fiscal year 2008 limitation on number of non-dual status technicians. 
Sec. 415. Maximum number of reserve personnel authorized to be on active 
duty for operational support. 
Sec. 416. Future authorizations and accounting for certain reserve component 
personnel authorized to be on active duty or full-time National 
Guard duty to provide operational support. 
Sec. 417. Revision of variances authorized for Selected Reserve end strengths. 
Subtitle C—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 421. Military personnel. 
Sec. 422. Armed Forces Retirement Home. 
Sec. 423. Offsetting transfers from National Defense Stockpile Transaction 
Fund. 
TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY 
Subtitle A—Officer Personnel Policy 
Sec. 501. Assignment of officers to designated positions of importance and re-
sponsibility. 
Sec. 502. Increase in years of commissioned service threshold for discharge of 
probationary officers and for use of force shaping authority. 
Sec. 503. Special promotion authority for Navy career military professors. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Component Matters 
Sec. 511. Mandatory separation of Reserve officers in the grade of lieutenant 
general or vice admiral after completion of 38 years of commis-
sioned service. 
Sec. 512. Constructive service credit upon original appointment of reserve offi-
cers in certain health care professions. 
Sec. 513. Maximum period of temporary Federal recognition of person as Army 
National Guard officer or Air Force Reserve officer. 
Sec. 514. Military technicians (dual status) in the Selected Reserve. 
Sec. 515. Working group on reintegration of reserve component members re-
turning from deployment.
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Sec. 516. National Guard yellow ribbon reintegration program. 
Sec. 517. Advance notice to members of reserve components of deployment in 
support of contingency operations. 
Subtitle C—Education and Training 
Sec. 521. Reduction or elimination of service obligation in an Army Reserve or 
Army National Guard troop program unit for certain persons 
selected as medical students at Uniformed Services University 
of the Health Sciences. 
Sec. 522. Increase in annual limit on number of ROTC scholarships under 
Army Reserve and Army National Guard program. 
Sec. 523. Revisions to authority to pay tuition for off-duty training or edu-
cation. 
Sec. 524. National Defense University master’s degree programs. 
Sec. 525. Recodification in title 38, United States Code, of certain educational 
assistance programs for members of the reserve components. 
Sec. 526. Secretary of Defense evaluation of the adequacy of the degree-grant-
ing authorities of certain military universities and educational 
institutions. 
Sec. 527. Navy Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps unit for Southold, 
Mattituck, and Greenport high schools. 
Sec. 528. Navy Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program at University 
of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida. 
Sec. 529. Intensified efforts to publicize and award scholarships to students at-
tending historically Black colleges and universities and His-
panic-serving institutions. 
Sec. 530. Sense of Congress with respect to extension of time limitation for use 
of entitlement to education benefits by members of Selected 
Reserve and members of reserve component supporting contin-
gency operations. 
Subtitle D—General Service Authorities 
Sec. 531. Authority to reduce required service obligation for initial appointment 
of qualified health professionals as officers in critical special-
ties. 
Sec. 532. Reenlistment in former enlisted grade after service as an officer. 
Subtitle E—Military Justice and Legal Assistance Matters 
Sec. 541. Authority to designate certain civilian employees of the Federal Gov-
ernment as eligible for legal assistance from Department of 
Defense legal staff resources. 
Subtitle F—Decorations and Awards 
Sec. 551. Authorization and request for award of Medal of Honor to Leslie H. 
Sabo, Jr., for acts of valor during the Vietnam War. 
Sec. 552. Authorization and request for award of Medal of Honor to Henry 
Svehla for acts of valor during the Korean War. 
Sec. 553. Authorization and request for award of Medal of Honor to Woodrow 
W. Keeble for acts of valor during the Korean War. 
Sec. 554. Authorization and request for award of Medal of Honor to Private 
Philip G. Shadrach for acts of valor during the Civil War.
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Sec. 555. Authorization and request for award of Medal of Honor to Private 
George D. Wilson for acts of valor as one of Andrews Raiders 
during the Civil War. 
Sec. 556. Cold War Victory Medal. 
Sec. 557. Establishment of Combat Medevac Badge. 
Subtitle G—Impact Aid and Defense Dependents Education System 
Sec. 561. Tuition assistance for military dependents in overseas areas where 
schools operated by Defense Dependents’ Education System 
are not reasonably available. 
Sec. 562. Continuation of authority to assist local educational agencies that 
benefit dependents of members of the Armed Forces and De-
partment of Defense civilian employees. 
Subtitle H—Other Matters 
Sec. 571. Extension of authority to accept gifts, devises, or bequests to benefit 
members of the Armed Forces, dependents, and civilian em-
ployees of the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 572. Uniform performance policies for military bands and other musical 
units. 
Sec. 573. Repeal of limitation on number of academies of Department of De-
fense STARBASE Program in a single State. 
Sec. 574. Combat veterans mentoring program for current members of the 
Armed Forces. 
Sec. 575. Recognition of members of the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives 
program of the Civil Affairs and Military Government Sections 
of the Armed Forces during and following World War II. 
Sec. 576. Program to commemorate 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War. 
Sec. 577. Protection of child custody arrangements for parents who are mem-
bers of the Armed Forces deployed in support of a contingency 
operation. 
Sec. 578. Limitation on simultaneous deployment to combat zones of dual-mili-
tary couples who have minor dependents. 
Sec. 579. Prohibition against members of the Armed Forces participating in 
criminal street gangs. 
Sec. 580. Study of feasibility of establishing a pilot program on family-to-family 
support for families of members of the National Guard and Re-
serves undergoing deployment. 
Sec. 581. Study regarding improving support services for children, infants, and 
toddlers of members of the National Guard and Reserve under-
going deployment. 
Sec. 582. Prohibition on the unauthorized use of names and images of members 
of the Armed Forces. 
TITLE VI—COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS 
Subtitle A—Pay and Allowances 
Sec. 601. Fiscal year 2008 increase in military basic pay. 
Sec. 602. Basic allowance for housing for reserve component members without 
dependents who attend accession training while maintaining a 
primary residence. 
Sec. 603. Income replacement payments for reserve component members experi-
encing extended and frequent mobilization for active duty serv-
ice.