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Sec. 345. Comptroller General report on readiness of Army and Marine Corps 
ground forces. 
Sec. 346. Report on Air Force safety requirements for Air Force flight training oper-
ations at Pueblo Memorial Airport, Colorado. 
Sec. 347. Annual report on Personnel Security Investigations for Industry and Na-
tional Industrial Security Program. 
Sec. 348. Five-year extension of annual report on training range sustainment plan 
and training range inventory. 
Sec. 349. Reports on withdrawal or diversion of equipment from reserve units for 
support of reserve units being mobilized and other units. 
Subtitle F—Other Matters 
Sec. 351. Department of Defense strategic policy on prepositioning of materiel and 
equipment. 
Sec. 352. Authority to make Department of Defense horses available for adoption. 
Sec. 353. Sale and use of proceeds of recyclable munitions materials. 
Sec. 354. Recovery and transfer to Corporation for the Promotion of Rifle Practice 
and Firearms Safety of certain firearms, ammunition, and parts granted 
to foreign countries. 
Sec. 355. Extension of Department of Defense telecommunications benefit program. 
Sec. 356. Extension of availability of funds for commemoration of success of the 
Armed Forces in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi 
Freedom. 
Sec. 357. Capital security cost sharing. 
Sec. 358. Utilization of fuel cells as back-up power systems in Department of De-
fense operations. 
Sec. 359. Improving Department of Defense support for civil authorities. 
Sec. 360. Energy efficiency in weapons platforms. 
Sec. 361. Prioritization of funds within Navy mission operations, ship maintenance, 
combat support forces, and weapons system support. 
Sec. 362. Provision of adequate storage space to secure personal property outside 
of assigned military family housing unit. 
Sec. 363. Expansion of payment of replacement value of personal property damaged 
during transport at Government expense.
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 2008 and 2009. 
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 2007 limitation on number of non-dual status technicians. 
Sec. 415. Maximum number of reserve personnel authorized to be on active duty 
for operational support. 
Subtitle C—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 421. Military personnel. 
Sec. 422. Armed Forces Retirement Home. 
TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY 
Subtitle A—Officer Personnel Policy 
PART I—OFFICER PERSONNEL POLICY GENERALLY 
Sec. 501. Military status of officers serving in certain intelligence community posi-
tions. 
Sec. 502. Extension of age for mandatory retirement for active-duty general and 
flag officers. 
Sec. 503. Increased mandatory retirement ages for reserve officers. 
Sec. 504. Standardization of grade of senior dental officer of the Air Force with that 
of senior dental officer of the Army. 
Sec. 505. Management of chief warrant officers. 
Sec. 506. Extension of temporary reduction of time-in-grade requirement for eligi-
bility for promotion for certain active-duty list officers in grades of first 
lieutenant and lieutenant (junior grade).
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Sec. 507. Grade and exclusion from active-duty general and flag officer distribution 
and strength limitations of officer serving as Attending Physician to the 
Congress. 
Sec. 508. Modification of qualifications for leadership of the Naval Postgraduate 
School. 
PART II—OFFICER PROMOTION POLICY 
Sec. 511. Revisions to authorities relating to authorized delays of officer pro-
motions. 
Sec. 512. Consideration of adverse information by selection boards in recommenda-
tions on officers to be promoted. 
Sec. 513. Expanded authority for removal from reports of selection boards of offi-
cers recommended for promotion to grades below general and flag 
grades. 
Sec. 514. Special selection board authorities. 
Sec. 515. Removal from promotion list of officers not promoted within 18 months 
of approval of list by the President. 
PART III—JOINT OFFICER MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS 
Sec. 516. Modification and enhancement of general authorities on management of 
officers who are joint qualified. 
Sec. 517. Modification of promotion policy objectives for joint officers. 
Sec. 518. Applicability of joint duty assignment requirements limited to graduates 
of National Defense University schools. 
Sec. 519. Modification of certain definitions relating to jointness. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Component Matters 
PART I—RESERVE COMPONENT MANAGEMENT 
Sec. 521. Recognition of former Representative G. V. ‘Sonny’ Montgomery for his 30 
years of service in the House of Representatives. 
Sec. 522. Revisions to reserve call-up authority. 
Sec. 523. Military retirement credit for certain service by National Guard members 
performed while in a State duty status immediately after the terrorist 
attacks of September 11, 2001. 
PART II—AUTHORITIES RELATING TO GUARD AND RESERVE DUTY 
Sec. 524. Title 10 definition of Active Guard and Reserve duty. 
Sec. 525. Authority for Active Guard and Reserve duties to include support of oper-
ational missions assigned to the reserve components and instruction and 
training of active-duty personnel. 
Sec. 526. Governor’s authority to order members to Active Guard and Reserve duty. 
Sec. 527. Expansion of operations of civil support teams. 
Sec. 528. Modification of authorities relating to the Commission on the National 
Guard and Reserves. 
Sec. 529. Additional matters to be reviewed by Commission on the National Guard 
and Reserves. 
Subtitle C—Education and Training 
PART I—SERVICE ACADEMIES 
Sec. 531. Expansion of service academy exchange programs with foreign military 
academies. 
Sec. 532. Revision and clarification of requirements with respect to surveys and re-
ports concerning sexual harassment and sexual violence at the service 
academies. 
Sec. 533. Department of Defense policy on service academy and ROTC graduates 
seeking to participate in professional sports before completion of their 
active-duty service obligations. 
PART II—SCHOLARSHIP AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
Sec. 535. Authority to permit members who participate in the guaranteed reserve 
forces duty scholarship program to participate in the health professions 
scholarship program and serve on active duty. 
Sec. 536. Detail of commissioned officers as students at medical schools. 
Sec. 537. Increase in maximum amount of repayment under education loan repay-
ment for officers in specified health professions. 
Sec. 538. Health Professions Scholarship and Financial Assistance Program for Ac-
tive Service. 
PART III—JUNIOR ROTC PROGRAM 
Sec. 539. Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps instructor qualifications.
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Sec. 540. Expansion of members eligible to be employed to provide Junior Reserve 
Officers’ Training Corps instruction. 
Sec. 541. Expansion of Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program. 
Sec. 542. Review of legal status of Junior ROTC program. 
PART IV—OTHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMS 
Sec. 543. Expanded eligibility for enlisted members for instruction at Naval Post-
graduate School. 
Subtitle D—General Service Authorities 
Sec. 546. Test of utility of test preparation guides and education programs in en-
hancing recruit candidate performance on the Armed Services Voca-
tional Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) and Armed Forces Qualification Test 
(AFQT). 
Sec. 547. Clarification of nondisclosure requirements applicable to certain selection 
board proceedings. 
Sec. 548. Report on extent of provision of timely notice of long-term deployments. 
Subtitle E—Military Justice Matters 
Sec. 551. Applicability of Uniform Code of Military Justice to members of the 
Armed Forces ordered to duty overseas in inactive duty for training sta-
tus. 
Sec. 552. Clarification of application of Uniform Code of Military Justice during a 
time of war. 
Subtitle F—Decorations and Awards 
Sec. 555. Authority for presentation of Medal of Honor Flag to living Medal of 
Honor recipients and to living primary next-of-kin of deceased Medal of 
Honor recipients. 
Sec. 556. Review of eligibility of prisoners of war for award of the Purple Heart. 
Sec. 557. Report on Department of Defense process for awarding decorations. 
Subtitle G—Matters Relating to Casualties 
Sec. 561. Authority for retention after separation from service of assistive tech-
nology and devices provided while on active duty. 
Sec. 562. Transportation of remains of casualties dying in a theater of combat oper-
ations. 
Sec. 563.
Annual budget display of funds for POW/MIA activities of Department 
of Defense. 
Sec. 564. Military Severely Injured Center. 
Sec. 565. Comprehensive review on procedures of the Department of Defense on 
mortuary affairs. 
Sec. 566. Additional elements of policy on casualty assistance to survivors of mili-
tary decedents. 
Sec. 567.
Requirement for deploying military medical personnel to be trained in 
preservation of remains under combat or combat-related conditions. 
Subtitle H—Impact Aid and Defense Dependents Education System 
Sec. 571. Enrollment in defense dependents’ education system of dependents of for-
eign military members assigned to Supreme Headquarters Allied Pow-
ers, Europe. 
Sec. 572. Continuation of authority to assist local educational agencies that benefit 
dependents of members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense 
civilian employees. 
Sec. 573. Impact aid for children with severe disabilities. 
Sec. 574. Plan and authority to assist local educational agencies experiencing 
growth in enrollment due to force structure changes, relocation of mili-
tary units, or base closures and realignments. 
Sec. 575. Pilot program on parent education to promote early childhood education 
for dependent children affected by military deployment or relocation of 
military units. 
Subtitle I—Armed Forces Retirement Home 
Sec. 578. Report on leadership and management of the Armed Forces Retirement 
Home. 
Sec. 579. Report on Local Boards of Trustees of the Armed Forces Retirement 
Home. 
Subtitle J—Reports 
Sec. 581. Report on personnel requirements for airborne assets identified as Low-
Density, High-Demand Airborne Assets.
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Sec. 582. Report on feasibility of establishment of Military Entrance Processing 
Command station on Guam. 
Sec. 583. Inclusion in annual Department of Defense report on sexual assaults of 
information on results of disciplinary actions. 
Sec. 584. Report on provision of electronic copy of military records on discharge or 
release of members from the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 585. Report on omission of social security account numbers from military iden-
tification cards. 
Sec. 586. Report on maintenance and protection of data held by the Secretary of 
Defense as part of the Department of Defense Joint Advertising, Market 
Research and Studies (JAMRS) program. 
Sec. 587. Comptroller General report on military conscientious objectors. 
Subtitle K—Other Matters 
Sec. 591. Modification in Department of Defense contributions to Military Retire-
ment Fund. 
Sec. 592. Revision in Government contributions to Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health 
Care Fund. 
Sec. 593. Dental Corps of the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. 
Sec. 594. Permanent authority for presentation of recognition items for recruitment 
and retention purposes. 
Sec. 595. Persons authorized to administer enlistment and appointment oaths. 
Sec. 596. Military voting matters. 
Sec. 597. Physical evaluation boards. 
Sec. 598. Military ID cards for retiree dependents who are permanently disabled. 
Sec. 599. United States Marine Band and United States Marine Drum and Bugle 
Corps.
TITLE VI—COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS 
Subtitle A—Pay and Allowances 
Sec. 601. Fiscal year 2007 increase in military basic pay and reform of basic pay 
rates. 
Sec. 602. Increase in maximum rate of basic pay for general and flag officer grades 
to conform to increase in pay cap for Senior Executive Service personnel. 
Sec. 603. One-year extension of prohibition against requiring certain injured mem-
bers to pay for meals provided by military treatment facilities. 
Sec. 604. Availability of second basic allowance for housing for certain reserve com-
ponent or retired members serving in support of contingency operations. 
Sec. 605. Extension of temporary continuation of housing allowance for dependents 
of members dying on active duty to spouses who are also members. 
Sec. 606. Payment of full premium for coverage under Servicemembers’ Group Life 
Insurance program during service in Operation Enduring Freedom or 
Operation Iraqi Freedom. 
Sec. 607. Clarification of effective date of prohibition on compensation for cor-
respondence courses. 
Sec. 608. Extension of pilot program on contributions to Thrift Savings Plan for ini-
tial enlistees in the Army. 
Subtitle B—Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays 
Sec. 611. Extension of certain bonus and special pay authorities for reserve forces. 
Sec. 612. Extension of certain bonus and special pay authorities for health care pro-
fessionals. 
Sec. 613. Extension of special pay and bonus authorities for nuclear officers. 
Sec. 614. Extension of authorities relating to payment of other bonuses and special 
pays. 
Sec. 615. Expansion of eligibility of dental officers for additional special pay. 
Sec. 616. Increase in maximum annual rate of special pay for Selected Reserve 
health care professionals in critically short wartime specialties. 
Sec. 617. Expansion and enhancement of accession bonus authorities for certain of-
ficers in health care specialities. 
Sec. 618. Authority to provide lump sum payment of nuclear officer incentive pay. 
Sec. 619. Increase in maximum amount of nuclear career accession bonus. 
Sec. 620. Increase in maximum amount of incentive bonus for transfer between 
Armed Forces. 
Sec. 621. Additional authorities and incentives to encourage retired members and 
reserve component members to volunteer to serve on active duty in 
high-demand, low-density assignments. 
Sec. 622. Accession bonus for members of the Armed Forces appointed as commis-
sioned officers after completing officer candidate school. 
Sec. 623. Modification of certain authorities applicable to the targeted shaping of 
the Armed Forces.