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‘‘(b) COVERED OFFICERS.—This section applies to 
the following officers: 
‘‘(1) An officer who is a permanent professor or 
the director of admissions of the United States Mili-
tary Academy. 
‘‘(2) An officer who is a permanent professor at 
the United States Naval Academy. 
‘‘(3) An officer who is a permanent professor or 
the registrar of the United States Air Force Acad-
emy.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 1251 
the following new item: 
‘‘1254. Age 64: permanent professors at academies.’’. 
(3) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
1251(a) of such title is amended by striking the sec-
ond sentence. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO COM-
PUTATION OF RETIRED PAY.— 
(1) AGE 64 RETIREMENT.—Chapter 71 of such 
title is amended— 
(A) in the table in section 1401(a), by in-
serting at the bottom of the column under the 
heading ‘‘For sections’’, in the entry for For-
mula Number 5, the following: ‘‘1252’’; and
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(B) in the table in section 1406(b)(1), by 
inserting at the bottom of the first column the 
following: ‘‘1252’’; 
(2) YEARS-OF-SERVICE RETIREMENT.—Section 
6333(a) of such title is amended— 
(A) in the matter preceding the table, by 
inserting ‘‘6372 or’’ after ‘‘section’’; and 
(B) in the table, by inserting ‘‘6372’’ im-
mediately below ‘‘6325(b)’’ in the column under 
the heading ‘‘For sections’’, in the entry for 
Formula B. 
SEC. 508. AUTHORITY FOR APPOINTMENT OF COAST 
GUARD FLAG OFFICER AS CHIEF OF STAFF 
TO THE PRESIDENT. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—Chapter 3 of title 14, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 54. Chief of Staff to President: appointment 
‘‘The President, by and with the advice and consent 
of the Senate, may appoint a flag officer of the Coast 
Guard as the Chief of Staff to the President.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item: 
‘‘54. Chief of Staff to President: appointment.’’.
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SEC. 509. CLARIFICATION OF TIME FOR RECEIPT OF STAT-
UTORY 
SELECTION 
BOARD 
COMMUNICA-
TIONS. 
(a) OFFICERS
ON
ACTIVE-DUTY
LIST.—Section 
614(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended in the 
first sentence by inserting ‘‘11:59 p.m. on the day before’’ 
after ‘‘to arrive not later than’’. 
(b) OFFICERS ON RESERVE ACTIVE-STATUS LIST.— 
Section 14106 of such title is amended in the second sen-
tence by inserting ‘‘11:59 p.m. on the day before’’ after 
‘‘so as to arrive not later than’’. 
SEC. 510. STANDARDIZATION OF GRADE OF SENIOR DEN-
TAL OFFICER OF THE AIR FORCE WITH THAT 
OF SENIOR DENTAL OFFICER OF THE ARMY. 
(a) AIR FORCE ASSISTANT SURGEON GENERAL FOR 
DENTAL SERVICES.—Section 8081 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘brigadier general’’ 
in the second sentence and inserting ‘‘major general’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the occur-
rence of the next vacancy in the position of Assistant Sur-
geon General for Dental Services in the Air Force that 
occurs after the date of the enactment of this Act or, if 
earlier, on the date of the appointment to the grade of 
major general of the officer who is the incumbent in that 
position on the date of the enactment of the Act.
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Subtitle B—Reserve Component 
Management 
SEC. 511. USE OF RESERVE MONTGOMERY GI BILL BENE-
FITS AND BENEFITS FOR MOBILIZED MEM-
BERS OF THE SELECTED RESERVE AND NA-
TIONAL GUARD FOR PAYMENTS FOR LICENS-
ING OR CERTIFICATION TESTS. 
(a) CHAPTER 1606.—Section 16131 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(j)(1) Subject to paragraph (3), the amount of edu-
cational assistance payable under this chapter for a licens-
ing or certification test described in section 3452(b) of 
title 38 is the lesser of $2,000 or the fee charged for the 
test. 
‘‘(2) The number of months of entitlement charged 
in the case of any individual for such licensing or certifi-
cation test is equal to the number (including any fraction) 
determined by dividing the total amount of educational as-
sistance paid such individual for such test by the full-time 
monthly institutional rate of educational assistance which, 
but for paragraph (1), such individual would otherwise be 
paid under subsection (b). 
‘‘(3) In no event shall payment of educational assist-
ance under this subsection for such a test exceed the
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amount of the individual’s available entitlement under this 
chapter.’’. 
(b) CHAPTER 1607.—Section 16162 of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(e) The provisions of section 16131(j) of this title 
shall apply to the provision of educational assistance under 
this chapter, except that, in applying such section under 
this chapter, the reference to subsection (b) in paragraph 
(2) of such section is deemed to be a reference to sub-
section (c) of this section.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to tests administered on or after 
October 1, 2005. 
SEC. 512. MODIFICATIONS TO NEW RESERVE EDUCATIONAL 
BENEFIT FOR CERTAIN ACTIVE SERVICE IN 
SUPPORT OF CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS. 
(a) ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.—Subsection (a) of sec-
tion 16163 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘On or after September 11, 2001, a mem-
ber’’ and inserting ‘‘A member’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘served on ac-
tive duty in support of a contingency operation’’ and 
inserting ‘‘was called or ordered to active duty on or
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after September 11, 2001, in support of a contin-
gency operation and served on active duty in support 
of that contingency operation’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘on or after 
September 11, 2001,’’ after ‘‘Secretary of Defense’’. 
(b) ADMINISTRATION
OF
SPECIFIED
BENEFITS 
ELECTION.—Subsection (e) of such section is amended by 
striking ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs’’. 
(c) EXCEPTION TO IMMEDIATE TERMINATION OF AS-
SISTANCE.—Section 16165 of such title is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Educational assistance’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(a) TERMINATION.—Except as provided 
in subsection (b), educational assistance’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION
FOR SELECTED RESERVE MEM-
BERS CONTINUING IN READY RESERVE.—Under regula-
tions prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, educational 
assistance may be provided under this chapter to a mem-
ber of the Selected Reserve when the member incurs a 
break in service in the Selected Reserve of not more than 
90 days, if the member continues to serve in the Ready 
Reserve.’’.
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SEC. 513. MILITARY TECHNICIANS (DUAL STATUS) MANDA-
TORY SEPARATION. 
(a) DEFERRAL OF SEPARATION.—Section 10216 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) DEFERRAL OF MANDATORY SEPARATION.—The 
Secretary of the Army shall implement personnel policies 
so as to allow a military technician (dual status) who con-
tinues to meet the requirements of this section for dual 
status to continue to serve beyond a mandatory removal 
date for officers, and any applicable maximum years of 
service limitation, until the military technician (dual sta-
tus) reaches age 60 and attains eligibility for an unre-
duced annuity (as defined in section 10218(c) of this 
title).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The Secretary of the Army 
shall implement subsection (f) of section 10216 of title 10, 
United States Code, as added by subsection (a), not later 
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 514. MILITARY RETIREMENT CREDIT FOR CERTAIN 
SERVICE BY NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS 
PERFORMED WHILE IN A STATE DUTY STA-
TUS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE TERRORIST 
ATTACKS OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001. 
(a) RETIREMENT CREDIT.—Service of a member of 
the Ready Reserve of the Army National Guard or Air
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National Guard described in subsection (b) shall be 
deemed 
to 
be 
service 
creditable 
under 
section 
12732(a)(2)(A)(i) of title 10, United States Code. 
(b) COVERED SERVICE.—Service referred to in sub-
section (a) is full-time State active duty service that a 
member of the National Guard performed on or after Sep-
tember 11, 2001, and before October 1, 2002, in any of 
the counties specified in subsection (c) to support a Fed-
eral declaration of emergency following the terrorist at-
tacks on the United States of September 11, 2001. 
(c) COVERED COUNTIES.—The counties referred to 
in subsection (b) are the following: 
(1) In the State of New York: Bronx, Kings, 
New York (boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan), 
Queens, Richmond, Delaware, Dutchess, Nassau, 
Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Suffolk, Sullivan, Ul-
ster, and Westchester. 
(2) In the State of Virginia: Arlington. 
(d) APPLICABILITY.—Subsection (a) shall take effect 
as of September 11, 2001.
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SEC. 515. USE OF NATIONAL GUARD TO PROVIDE MILITARY 
SUPPORT TO CIVILIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT 
AGENCIES FOR DOMESTIC COUNTER-TER-
RORISM ACTIVITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title 32, United States Code, is 
amended by adding the following new section: 
‘‘§ 116. Use of National Guard to provide military sup-
port to civilian law enforcement agencies 
for domestic counter-terrorism activities 
‘‘(a) PROVISION OF SUPPORT.—The Governor of a 
State may order the National Guard of such State to per-
form full-time National Guard duty under section 502(f) 
of this title for the purpose of providing, on a reimbursable 
basis, military support to a civilian law enforcement agen-
cy for domestic counter-terrorism activities. Members of 
the National Guard performing full-time National Guard 
duty in the Active Guard and Reserve Program may sup-
port or execute military support to civilian law enforce-
ment agencies for domestic counter-terrorism activities 
performed by the National Guard under this section. 
‘‘(b) REIMBURSEMENT.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, 
or the designee of the Chief in the State concerned, shall 
accept monetary reimbursements for the costs incurred by 
the National Guard to provide support under subsection 
(a). Such monetary reimbursements will be deposited into
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the appropriations used to fund activities under this title 
and may be used in the fiscal year in which received. The 
Secretary of Defense may waive the reimbursement re-
quirement under this section. 
‘‘(c) CONDITION OF PROVISION OF SUPPORT.—Mili-
tary support to civilian law enforcement agencies for do-
mestic counter-terrorism activities may not be provided 
under subsection (a) if the provision of such support will 
affect adversely the military preparedness of the United 
States. To ensure that the use of units and personnel of 
the National Guard under such subsection does not de-
grade training and readiness, the following requirements 
shall apply in determining the activities that units and 
personnel of the National Guard of a State may perform: 
‘‘(1) The performance of the activities may not 
affect adversely the quality of training or otherwise 
interfere with the ability of a member or unit of the 
National Guard to perform the military functions of 
the member or unit. 
‘‘(2) The performance of the activities will not 
degrade the military skills of the members of the 
National Guard performing those activities. 
‘‘(d) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
section shall be construed as a limitation on the authority 
of any unit or member of the National Guard of a State,
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when not in Federal service, to perform functions author-
ized to be performed by the National Guard by the laws 
of the State concerned. Nothing in this section shall be 
construed as a limitation on the authority of any unit or 
member of the National Guard of a State, when not in 
Federal service, to provide military assistance or support 
to civil authority in the normal course of military training 
or operations on a non-reimbursable basis. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ’State’ means each of the several 
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico, or a territory or possession of the 
United States. 
‘‘(2) The term ’domestic counter-terrorism’ 
means measures taken to prevent, deter, and re-
spond to terrorism within a State.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 1 of such title is amended by 
adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘116. Use of National Guard to provide military support to civilian law enforce-
ment agencies for domestic counter-terrorism activities.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO TITLE 10.—Sec-
tion 115(i) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting ‘‘or providing military support to civilian law 
enforcement agencies for domestic counter-terrorism ac-
tivities under section 116 of such title’’ after ‘‘title 32’’.
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Subtitle C—Education and 
Training 
SEC. 521. REPEAL OF LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF FINAN-
CIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER ROTC SCHOLAR-
SHIP PROGRAMS. 
(a) GENERAL ROTC PROGRAM.—Section 2107(c) of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (4); and 
(2) in paragraph (5)(B), by striking ‘‘, (3), or 
(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘or (3)’’. 
(b) ARMY RESERVE AND ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
PROGRAM.—Section 2107a(c) of such title is amended by 
striking paragraph (3). 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Paragraph (4) of section 
2107(c) of title 10, United States Code, and paragraph 
(3) of section 2107a(c) of such title, as in effect on the 
day before the date of the enactment of this Act, shall 
continue to apply in the case of any individual selected 
before the date of the enactment of this Act for appoint-
ment as a cadet or midshipman under section 2107 or 
2107a of such title.
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SEC. 522. INCREASED ENROLLMENT FOR ELIGIBLE DE-
FENSE INDUSTRY EMPLOYEES IN THE DE-
FENSE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 
AT NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL. 
Section 7049(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘and systems engineering’’ 
after ‘‘curriculum related to defense product develop-
ment’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘10’’ and inserting ‘‘25’’. 
SEC. 523. PAYMENT OF EXPENSES TO OBTAIN PROFES-
SIONAL CREDENTIALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 101 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 2015. Payment of expenses to obtain professional 
credentials 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Defense and the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, with respect to the Coast 
Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, 
may pay for— 
‘‘(1) expenses for members of the armed forces 
to obtain professional credentials, including expenses 
for professional accreditation, State-imposed and 
professional licenses, and professional certification; 
and
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‘‘(2) examinations to obtain such credentials. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—The authority under subsection 
(a) may not be used to pay the expenses of a member 
to obtain professional credentials that are a prerequisite 
for appointment in the armed forces.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item: 
‘‘2015. Payment of expenses to obtain professional credentials.’’. 
SEC. 524. AUTHORITY FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVER-
SITY AWARD OF DEGREE OF MASTER OF 
SCIENCE IN JOINT CAMPAIGN PLANNING 
AND STRATEGY. 
(a) JOINT FORCES STAFF COLLEGE PROGRAM.— 
Section 2163 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 2163. National Defense University: master of 
science degrees 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO AWARD SPECIFIED DEGREES.— 
The President of the National Defense University, upon 
the recommendation of the faculty of the respective college 
or other school within the University, may confer the mas-
ter of science degrees specified in subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZED DEGREES.—The following degrees 
may be awarded under subsection (a):
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‘‘(1) MASTER OF SCIENCE IN NATIONAL SECU-
RITY STRATEGY.—The degree of master of science in 
national security strategy, to graduates of the Uni-
versity who fulfill the requirements of the program 
of the National War College. 
‘‘(2) MASTER OF SCIENCE IN NATIONAL RE-
SOURCE
STRATEGY.—The degree of master of 
science in national resource strategy, to graduates of 
the University who fulfill the requirements of the 
program of the Industrial College of the Armed 
Forces. 
‘‘(3) MASTER OF SCIENCE IN JOINT CAMPAIGN 
PLANNING AND STRATEGY.—The degree of master 
of science in joint campaign planning and strategy, 
to graduates of the University who fulfill the re-
quirements of the program of the Joint Advanced 
Warfighting School at the Joint Forces Staff Col-
lege. 
‘‘(c) REGULATIONS.—The authority provided by this 
section shall be exercised under regulations prescribed by 
the Secretary of Defense.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The item relating to 
section 2163 in the table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 108 of such title is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘2163. National Defense University: master of science degrees.’’.
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Paragraph (3) of section 
2163(b) of title 10, United States Code, as amended by 
subsection (a), shall take effect for degrees awarded after 
May 2005. 
SEC. 525. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO USE AP-
PROPRIATED FUNDS TO PROVIDE RECOGNI-
TION ITEMS FOR RECRUITMENT AND RETEN-
TION OF CERTAIN RESERVE COMPONENT 
PERSONNEL. 
Section 18506(d) of title 10, United States Code, and 
section 717(e) of title 32, United States Code, are each 
amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2005’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2006’’. 
SEC. 526. REPORT ON RATIONALE AND PLANS OF THE 
NAVY TO PROVIDE ENLISTED MEMBERS AN 
OPPORTUNITY TO OBTAIN GRADUATE DE-
GREES. 
(a) REPORT.—The Secretary of the Navy shall sub-
mit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate 
and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
Representatives a report on the plans, if any, of the Sec-
retary, and the rationale for those plans, for a program 
to provide enlisted members of the Navy with opportuni-
ties to pursue graduate degree programs either through 
Navy schools or paid for by the Navy in return for an
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additional service obligation. The report shall include the 
following: 
(1) The underlying philosophy and objectives 
supporting a decision to provide opportunities for 
graduate degrees to enlisted members of the Navy. 
(2) An overall description of how the award of 
a graduate degree to an enlisted member would fit 
in an integrated, progressive, coordinated, and sys-
tematic way into the goals and requirements of the 
Navy for enlisted career development and for profes-
sional education, together with a discussion of a 
wider requirement, if any, for programs for the 
award of associate and baccalaureate degrees to en-
listed members, particularly in the career fields 
under consideration for the pilot program referred to 
in subsection (b). 
(3) A discussion of the scope and details of the 
plan to ensure that Navy enlisted members have the 
requisite academic baccalaureate degrees as a pre-
requisite for undertaking graduate-level work. 
(4) Identification of the specific enlisted career 
fields for which the Secretary has determined that a 
graduate degree should be a requirement, as well as 
the rationale for that determination.
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(5) A description of the concept of the Sec-
retary of the Navy for the process and mechanism 
of providing graduate degrees to enlisted members, 
including, as a minimum, the Secretary’s plan for 
whether the degree programs would be provided 
through civilian or military degree-granting institu-
tions and whether through in-resident or distance 
learning or some combination thereof. 
(6) A description of the plan to ensure proper 
and effective utilization of enlisted members fol-
lowing the award of a graduate degree. 
(b) REPORT ON PILOT PROGRAM.—In addition to the 
report under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Navy 
may submit a plan for a pilot program to make available 
opportunities to pursue graduate degree programs to a 
limited number of Navy enlisted members in a specific, 
limited set of critical career fields. Such a plan shall in-
clude, as a minimum, the following: 
(1) The specific objectives of the pilot program. 
(2) An identification of the specific enlisted ca-
reer fields from which candidates for the program 
would be drawn, the numbers and prerequisite quali-
fications of initial candidates, and the process for se-
lecting the enlisted members who would initially par-
ticipate.
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(3) The process and mechanism for providing 
the degrees, described in the same manner as speci-
fied under subsection (a)(5), and a general descrip-
tion of course content. 
(4) An analysis of the cost effectiveness of 
using Navy, other service, or civilian degree granting 
institutions in the pilot. 
(5) The plan for post-graduation utilization of 
the enlisted members who obtain graduate degrees 
under the program. 
(6) The criteria and plan for assessing whether 
the objectives of the pilot program are met. 
SEC. 527. INCREASE IN ANNUAL LIMIT ON NUMBER OF 
ROTC SCHOLARSHIPS UNDER ARMY RESERVE 
AND NATIONAL GUARD PROGRAM. 
Section 2107a(h) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘208’’ and inserting ‘‘416’’. 
SEC. 528. CAPSTONE OVERSEAS FIELD STUDIES TRIPS TO 
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND REPUB-
LIC OF CHINA ON TAIWAN. 
Section 2153 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(c) OVERSEAS FIELD STUDIES TO CHINA AND TAI-
WAN.—The Secretary of Defense shall direct the National
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Defense University to ensure that visits to China and Tai-
wan are an integral part of the field study programs con-
ducted by the university as part of the military education 
course carried out pursuant to subsection (a) and that 
such field study programs include annually at least one 
class field study trip to the People’s Republic of China 
and at least one class field study trip to the Republic of 
China on Taiwan.’’. 
SEC. 529. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING ESTABLISH-
MENT OF NATIONAL COLLEGE OF HOMELAND 
SECURITY. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of De-
fense, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity, should establish within the National Defense Uni-
versity an educational institution, to be known as the Na-
tional College of Homeland Security, to have the mission 
of providing strategic-level homeland security and home-
land defense education and related research to civilian and 
military leaders from all agencies of government in order 
to contribute to the development of a common under-
standing of core homeland security principles and of effec-
tive interagency and multijurisdictional homeland security 
strategies, policies, doctrines, and processes.
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Subtitle D—General Service 
Requirements 
SEC. 531. UNIFORM ENLISTMENT STANDARDS FOR THE 
ARMED FORCES. 
(a) UNIFORM STANDARDS.—Section 504 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ at the beginning of the 
text; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(b)(1) Except as provided under paragraph (2), a 
person may not be enlisted in any armed force unless that 
person is one of the following: 
‘‘(A) A national of the United States, as de-
fined in section 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(22)). 
‘‘(B) An alien who is lawfully admitted for per-
manent residence, as defined in section 101(a)(20) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(a)(20)). 
‘‘(C) A person described in section 341 of one 
of the following: 
‘‘(i) The Compact of Free Association be-
tween the Federated States of Micronesia and 
the United States (section 201(a) of Public
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Law 108–188 (117 Stat. 2784; 48 U.S.C. 1921 
note)). 
‘‘(ii) The Compact of Free Association be-
tween the Republic of the Marshall Islands and 
the United States (section 201(b) of Public 
Law 108–188 (117 Stat. 2823; 48 U.S.C. 1921 
note)). 
‘‘(iii) The Compact of Free Association be-
tween Palau and the United States (section 201 
of Public Law 99–658 (100 Stat. 3678; 48 
U.S.C. 1931 note)). 
‘‘(2) The Secretary concerned may authorize the en-
listment of persons not described in paragraph (1) when 
the Secretary determines that such enlistment is vital to 
the national interest.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING REPEAL
OF SERVICE-SPECIFIC 
PROVISIONS.— 
(1) REPEAL.—Sections 3253 and 8253 of such 
title are repealed. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 333 is amended by 
striking the item relating to section 3253. The table 
of sections at the beginning of chapter 833 is 
amended by striking the item relating to section 
8253.
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SEC. 532. INCREASE IN MAXIMUM TERM OF ORIGINAL EN-
LISTMENT IN REGULAR COMPONENT. 
Section 505(c) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘six years’’ and inserting ‘‘eight 
years’’. 
SEC. 533. MEMBERS COMPLETING STATUTORY INITIAL 
MILITARY SERVICE OBLIGATION. 
(a) NOTIFICATION TO INITIAL ENTRANTS.—Section 
651(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) Each person covered by subsection (a), upon 
commencing that person’s initial period of service as a 
member of the armed forces, shall be provided the date 
on which the initial military service obligation of that per-
son under this section ends.’’. 
(b) NOTIFICATION TO INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE 
MEMBERS.—Section 10144 of such title is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) In the case of a member of the armed forces 
who is serving in the Individual Ready Reserve to complete 
the initial military service obligation of that member under 
section 651 of this title, the Secretary concerned shall— 
‘‘(1) notify the member when the period of that 
service obligation is completed; and
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‘‘(2) before the date when that period is com-
pleted, provide to that member an opportunity, if the 
member is qualified, to— 
‘‘(A) continue voluntarily in the Ready Re-
serve; or 
‘‘(B) transfer voluntarily to an active com-
ponent.’’. 
(c) PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN INVOLUNTARY PER-
SONNEL ACTIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1215 of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sec-
tion: 
‘‘§ 12553. Members of Individual Ready Reserve com-
pleting initial military service obligation: 
prohibition of certain involuntary per-
sonnel actions 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—In the case of a member of the 
armed forces who is serving in the Individual Ready Re-
serve to complete the initial military service obligation of 
that member under section 651 of this title, the Secretary 
concerned may not, after the end of the period of that 
service obligation, issue the member an order for an action 
specified in subsection (b) unless the member, before the 
end of that period, has entered into a service agreement
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that commits the member to military service beyond the 
end of that period. 
‘‘(b) COVERED ACTIONS.—Subsection (a) applies to 
an involuntary mobilization in accordance with section 
12301(a), 12301(b), 12302, or 12304 of this title, or a 
recall to active duty, that commences after the date of the 
end of the period of the military service obligation or a 
transfer to the Selected Reserve.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 
by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘12553. Members of Individual Ready Reserve completing initial military serv-
ice obligation: prohibition of certain involuntary personnel ac-
tions.’’. 
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 12533 of title 
10, United States Code, as added by paragraph (1), 
shall apply with respect to orders issued by the Sec-
retary concerned after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
SEC. 534. EXTENSION OF QUALIFYING SERVICE FOR INI-
TIAL MILITARY SERVICE UNDER NATIONAL 
CALL TO SERVICE PROGRAM. 
Section 510(d) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting before the period at the end the fol-
lowing: ‘‘and shall include military occupational specialties 
for enlistments for officer training and subsequent service 
as an officer, in cases in which the reason for the enlist-