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SEC. 1049. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUPPORT FOR 
YOUTH 
ORGANIZATIONS, 
INCLUDING 
THE 
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA. 
(a) SUPPORT
FOR YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS.—No 
Federal law (including any rule, regulation, directive, in-
struction, or order) shall be construed to limit the Depart-
ment of Defense from providing any form of support de-
scribed in subsection (b) to a youth organization (includ-
ing the Boy Scouts of America and any group officially 
affiliated with the Boy Scouts of America) described in 
part B of subtitle II of title 36, United States Code, that 
is intended to serve individuals under the age of 21 years 
that would result in the Department of Defense providing 
less support to that youth organization than was provided 
by the Department of Defense during each of the pre-
ceding four fiscal years. 
(b) TYPES OF SUPPORT.—Support referred to in sub-
section (a) includes— 
(1) holding meetings, camping events, or other 
activities on defense property; and 
(2) hosting any official event of the youth orga-
nization.
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SEC. 
1050. 
PRESERVATION 
OF 
INFORMATION 
AND 
RECORDS 
PERTAINING 
TO 
RADIOACTIVE 
FALLOUT. 
(a) PROHIBITION
OF DESTRUCTION
OF CERTAIN 
DOCUMENTS.—The Secretary of Defense may not destroy 
any document in the custody or control of the Department 
of Defense that is a historical record (or part of a histor-
ical record) relating to radioactive fallout from the testing 
of any nuclear device. 
(b) PRESERVATION AND PUBLICATION OF INFORMA-
TION.—The Secretary of Defense shall identify, preserve, 
and publish information contained in documents referred 
to in subsection (a). 
SEC. 1051. SPECIAL IMMIGRANT STATUS FOR PERSONS 
SERVING AS TRANSLATORS WITH UNITED 
STATES ARMED FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.), subject to 
subsection (c)(1), the Secretary of Homeland Security 
may provide an alien described in subsection (b) with the 
status of a special immigrant under section 101(a)(27) of 
such Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)), if the alien— 
(1) files with the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity a petition under section 204 of such Act (8 
U.S.C. 1154) for classification under section 
203(b)(4) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(4)); and
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(2) is otherwise eligible to receive an immigrant 
visa and is otherwise admissible to the United States 
for permanent residence, except in determining such 
admissibility, the grounds for inadmissibility speci-
fied in section 212(a)(4) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 
1182(a)(4)) shall not apply. 
(b) ALIENS DESCRIBED.— 
(1) PRINCIPAL ALIENS.—An alien is described 
in this subsection if the alien— 
(A) is a national of Iraq or Afghanistan; 
(B) worked directly with United States 
Armed Forces as a translator for a period of at 
least 12 months; 
(C) obtained a favorable written rec-
ommendation from the first general or flag offi-
cer in the chain of command of the United 
States Armed Forces unit that was supported 
by the alien; and 
(D) prior to filing the petition described in 
subsection (a)(1), cleared a background check 
and screening, as determined by the first gen-
eral or flag officer in the chain of command of 
the United States Armed Forces unit that was 
supported by the alien.
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(2) SPOUSES AND CHILDREN.—An alien is de-
scribed in this subsection if the alien is the spouse 
or child of a principal alien described in paragraph 
(1), and is following or accompanying to join the 
principal alien. 
(c) NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The total number of prin-
cipal aliens who may be provided special immigrant 
status under this section during any fiscal year shall 
not exceed 50. 
(2) COUNTING
AGAINST
SPECIAL
IMMIGRANT 
CAP.—For purposes of the application of sections 
201 through 203 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1151–1153) in any fiscal year, aliens 
eligible to be provided status under this section shall 
be treated as special immigrants described in section 
101(a)(27) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)) who 
are not described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or 
(K) of such section. 
(d) APPLICATION
OF IMMIGRATION
AND NATION-
ALITY ACT PROVISIONS.—The definitions in subsections 
(a) and (b) of section 101 of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101) shall apply in the administration 
of this section.
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TITLE XI—CIVILIAN PERSONNEL 
MATTERS 
Sec. 1101. Extension of eligibility to continue Federal employee health benefits. 
Sec. 1102. Extension of Department of Defense voluntary reduction in force 
authority. 
Sec. 1103. Extension of authority to make lump sum severance payments. 
Sec. 1104. Authority for heads of agencies to allow shorter length of required 
service by Federal employees after completion of training. 
Sec. 1105. Authority to waive annual limitation on total compensation paid to 
Federal civilian employees. 
Sec. 1106. Transportation of family members incident to repatriation of Fed-
eral employees held captive. 
Sec. 1107. Permanent extension of Science, Mathematics, and Research for 
Transformation (SMART) Defense Education Program. 
Sec. 1108. Veterans’ preference status for certain veterans who served on active 
duty during the period beginning on September 11, 2001, and 
ending as of the close of Operation Iraqi Freedom. 
SEC. 1101. EXTENSION OF ELIGIBILITY TO CONTINUE FED-
ERAL EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFITS. 
Section 8905a(d)(4)(B) of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘October 1, 2006’’ 
and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2010’’; and 
(2) in clause (ii)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘February 1, 2007’’ and 
inserting ‘‘February 1, 2011’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘October 1, 2006’’ and in-
serting ‘‘October 1, 2010’’.
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SEC. 1102. EXTENSION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE VOL-
UNTARY REDUCTION IN FORCE AUTHORITY. 
Section 3502(f)(5) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2005’’ and inserting 
‘‘September 30, 2010’’. 
SEC. 1103. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO MAKE LUMP SUM 
SEVERANCE PAYMENTS. 
Section 5595(i)(4) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2006’’ and inserting 
‘‘October 1, 2010’’. 
SEC. 1104. AUTHORITY FOR HEADS OF AGENCIES TO 
ALLOW SHORTER LENGTH OF REQUIRED 
SERVICE BY FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AFTER 
COMPLETION OF TRAINING. 
Section 4108 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as 
subsections (c) and (d); 
(2) by striking ‘‘subsection (b)’’ in subsection 
(d) (as so redesignated) and inserting ‘‘subsection 
(c)’’; and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing new subsection (b): 
‘‘(b) The head of an agency that authorized training 
for an employee may require a period of service for the 
employee that is shorter than the period required under
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subsection (a)(1) if the head of the agency determines it 
is in the best interests of the agency to require a shorter 
period.’’. 
SEC. 1105. AUTHORITY TO WAIVE ANNUAL LIMITATION ON 
TOTAL COMPENSATION PAID TO FEDERAL CI-
VILIAN EMPLOYEES. 
(a) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—During 2006 and notwith-
standing section 5547 of title 5, United States Code, the 
head of an executive agency may waive, subject to sub-
section (b), the limitation established in that section for 
total compensation (including limitations on the aggregate 
of basic pay and premium pay payable in a calendar year) 
of an employee who performs work while in an overseas 
location that is in the area of responsibility of the com-
mander of the United States Central Command, in direct 
support of or directly related to a military operation (in-
cluding a contingency operation as defined in section 
101(13) of title 10, United States Code). 
(b) $200,000 MAXIMUM TOTAL COMPENSATION .— 
The total compensation of an employee whose pay is cov-
ered by a waiver under subsection (a) may not exceed 
$200,000 in a calendar year. 
(c) ADDITIONAL
PAY
NOT
CONSIDERED
BASIC 
PAY.—To the extent that a waiver under subsection (a) 
results in payment of additional premium pay of a type
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that is normally creditable as basic pay for retirement or 
any other purpose, such additional pay— 
(1) shall not be considered to be basic pay for 
any purpose; and 
(2) shall not be used in computing a lump sum 
payment for accumulated and accrued annual leave 
under section 5551 of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 1106. TRANSPORTATION OF FAMILY MEMBERS INCI-
DENT TO REPATRIATION OF FEDERAL EM-
PLOYEES HELD CAPTIVE. 
(a) ALLOWANCES AUTHORIZED.—Chapter 57 of title 
5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 5760. Travel and transportation allowances: trans-
portation of family members incident to 
repatriation of employees held captive 
‘‘(a) ALLOWANCES AUTHORIZED.—(1) The head of 
an agency may provide the travel and transportation al-
lowances described in subsection (c) to not more than 
three family members of an employee as defined in section 
2105 of this title who— 
‘‘(A) was held captive, as determined by the 
head of the agency, and 
‘‘(B) is repatriated to a site in or outside the 
United States.
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‘‘(2) In circumstances determined to be appropriate 
by the head of the agency concerned, the head of the agen-
cy may waive the limitation on the number of family mem-
bers provided travel and transportation allowances under 
this section. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE PERSONS.—(1) In this section, the 
term ‘family member’ has the meaning given that term 
in section 411h(b) of title 37. 
‘‘(2) The head of an agency may also provide such 
travel and transportation allowances to an attendant who 
accompanies a family member if the head of the agency 
determines that— 
‘‘(A) the family member is unable to travel un-
attended because of age, physical condition, or other 
justifiable reason; and 
‘‘(B) no other family member who is receiving 
the allowances under this section is able to serve as 
an attendant for the family member. 
‘‘(3) If no family member is able to travel to the repa-
triation site, the head of the agency concerned may pro-
vide the travel and transportation allowances to not more 
than two persons who are related to the member (but who 
do not satisfy the definition of family member) and are 
selected by the member.
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‘‘(c) ALLOWANCES DESCRIBED.—(1) The transpor-
tation authorized by subsection (a) is round-trip transpor-
tation between— 
‘‘(A) the home of the family member (or the 
home of an attendant or other person provided 
transportation pursuant to paragraph (2) or (3) of 
subsection (b)); and 
‘‘(B) the location of the repatriation site or 
other location determined to be appropriate by the 
head of the agency concerned. 
‘‘(2) In addition to the transportation authorized by 
subsection (a), the head of an agency may provide a per 
diem allowance or reimbursement for the actual and nec-
essary expenses of the travel, or a combination thereof, 
but not to exceed the rates established under section 
404(d) of title 37. 
‘‘(d) PROVISION OF ALLOWANCES.—(1) The trans-
portation authorized by subsection (a) may be provided 
by any of the following means: 
‘‘(A) Transportation in-kind. 
‘‘(B) A monetary allowance in place of trans-
portation in-kind at a rate to be prescribed by the 
heads of the agencies concerned. 
‘‘(C) Reimbursement for the commercial cost of 
transportation.
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‘‘(2) An allowance payable under this subsection may 
be paid in advance. 
‘‘(3) Reimbursement payable under this subsection 
may not exceed the cost of government-procured commer-
cial round-trip air travel. 
‘‘(e) REGULATIONS.—The heads of the agencies con-
cerned shall prescribe uniform regulations to carry out 
this section.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 57 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
item: 
‘‘5760. Travel and transportation allowances: transportation of family members 
incident to repatriation of employees held captive.’’. 
SEC. 1107. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF SCIENCE, MATHE-
MATICS, 
AND 
RESEARCH 
FOR 
TRANS-
FORMATION (SMART) DEFENSE EDUCATION 
PROGRAM. 
(a) PERMANENT EXTENSION.—Section 1105 of the 
Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108–375; 118 Stat. 
2074; 10 U.S.C. 2192 note) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘pilot’’ each place it appears in 
the section and subsection headings and the text; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(1)’’;
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(B) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘foreign languages,’’ after 
‘‘engineering,’’; and 
(3) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘un-
dergraduate’’ and inserting ‘‘associates degree, 
undergraduate degree,’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) Financial assistance provided under a 
scholarship awarded under this section may be paid 
directly to the recipient of such scholarship or to an 
administering entity for disbursement of the funds.’’. 
(b) CODIFICATION.— 
(1) AMENDMENT TO TITLE 10.—Chapter 111 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) by inserting after section 2192 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 2192a. Science, Mathematics, and Research for 
Transformation (SMART) Defense Schol-
arship Program’’; 
and 
(B) by transferring and inserting the text 
of section 1105 of the Ronald W. Reagan Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
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Year 2005 (Public Law 108–375; 118 Stat. 
2074; 10 U.S.C. 2192 note), as amended by 
subsection (a), so as to appear below the section 
heading for section 2192a, as added by sub-
paragraph (A). 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 2192 
the following new item: 
‘‘2192a. Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) De-
fense Scholarship Program.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1105 of the 
Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108–375; 118 Stat. 
2074; 10 U.S.C. 2192 note) is amended by striking sub-
sections (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), and (h). 
SEC. 1108. VETERANS’ PREFERENCE STATUS FOR CERTAIN 
VETERANS WHO SERVED ON ACTIVE DUTY 
DURING THE PERIOD BEGINNING ON SEP-
TEMBER 11, 2001, AND ENDING AS OF THE 
CLOSE OF OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM. 
(a) DEFINITION OF VETERAN.—Section 2108(1) of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end;
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(2) in subparagraph (C), by adding ‘‘or’’ after 
the semicolon; and 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(D) served on active duty as defined by 
section 101(21) of title 38 at any time in the 
armed forces for a period of more than 180 
consecutive days any part of which occurred 
during the period beginning on September 11, 
2001, and ending on the date prescribed by 
Presidential proclamation or by law as the last 
date of Operation Iraqi Freedom;’’. 
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
2108(3)(B) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘para-
graph (1)(B) or (C)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)(B), 
(C), or (D)’’. 
TITLE XII—MATTERS RELATING 
TO FOREIGN NATIONS 
Subtitle A—Assistance and Training 
Sec. 1201. Extension of humanitarian and civic assistance provided to host na-
tions in conjunction with military operations. 
Sec. 1202. Commanders’ Emergency Response Program. 
Sec. 1203. Military educational exchanges between senior officers and officials 
of the United States and Taiwan. 
Sec. 1204. Modification of geographic restriction under bilateral and regional 
cooperation programs for payment of certain expenses of de-
fense personnel of developing countries. 
Sec. 1205. Authority for Department of Defense to enter into acquisition and 
cross-servicing agreements with regional organizations of which 
the United States is not a member. 
Sec. 1206. Two-year extension of authority for payment of certain administra-
tive services and support for coalition liaison officers.
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Subtitle B—Nonproliferation Matters and Countries of Concern 
Sec. 1211. Report on acquisition by Iran of nuclear weapons. 
Sec. 1212. Procurement sanctions against foreign persons that transfer certain 
defense articles and services to the People’s Republic of China. 
Sec. 1213. Prohibition on procurements from Communist Chinese military com-
panies. 
Subtitle C—Other Matters 
Sec. 1221. Purchase of weapons overseas for force protection purposes. 
Sec. 1222. Requirement for establishment of certain criteria applicable to on- 
going Global Posture Review. 
Sec. 1223. War-related reporting requirements. 
Sec. 1224. Sense of Congress concerning cooperation with Russia on issues per-
taining to missile defense. 
Subtitle A—Assistance and 
Training 
SEC. 1201. EXTENSION OF HUMANITARIAN AND CIVIC AS-
SISTANCE PROVIDED TO HOST NATIONS IN 
CONJUNCTION WITH MILITARY OPERATIONS. 
(a) LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE FOR 
CLEARANCE OF LANDMINES, ETC.—Subsection (c)(3) of 
section 401 of title 10, United States Code is amended 
by striking ‘‘$5,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$10,000,000’’. 
(b) EXTENSION AND CLARIFICATION OF TYPES OF 
HEALTH CARE AUTHORIZED.—Subsection (e)(1) of such 
section is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘surgical,’’ before ‘‘dental,’’ 
both places it appears; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘, including education, train-
ing, and technical assistance related to the care pro-
vided’’ before the period at the end.
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SEC. 1202. COMMANDERS’ EMERGENCY RESPONSE PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) FISCAL YEAR 2006 AUTHORITY.—During fiscal 
year 2006, from funds made available to the Department 
of Defense for operation and maintenance pursuant to 
title XV, not to exceed $500,000,000 may be used by the 
Secretary of Defense to provide funds— 
(1) for the Commanders’ Emergency Response 
Program established by the Administrator of the Co-
alition Provisional Authority for the purpose of ena-
bling United States military commanders in Iraq to 
respond to urgent humanitarian relief and recon-
struction requirements within their areas of respon-
sibility by carrying out programs that will imme-
diately assist the Iraqi people; and 
(2) for a similar program to assist the people 
of Afghanistan. 
(b) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—Not later than 15 days 
after the end of each fiscal-year quarter, the Secretary of 
Defense shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees a report regarding the source of funds and the alloca-
tion and use of funds during that quarter that were made 
available pursuant to the authority provided in this section 
or under any other provision of law for the purposes stated 
in subsection (a).
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(c) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—Funds author-
ized for the Commanders’ Emergency Response Program 
by this section may not be used to provide goods, services, 
or funds to national armies, national guard forces, border 
security forces, civil defense forces, infrastructure protec-
tion forces, highway patrol units, police, special police, or 
intelligence or other security forces. 
(d) SECRETARY OF DEFENSE GUIDANCE.—Not later 
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Defense shall issue to the commander of 
the United States Central Command detailed guidance 
concerning the types of activities for which United States 
military commanders in Iraq may use funds under the 
Commanders’ Emergency Response Program to respond 
to urgent relief and reconstruction requirements and the 
terms under which such funds may be expended. The Sec-
retary shall simultaneously provide a copy of that guid-
ance to the congressional defense committees. 
SEC. 1203. MILITARY EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGES BETWEEN 
SENIOR OFFICERS AND OFFICIALS OF THE 
UNITED STATES AND TAIWAN. 
(a) DEFENSE EXCHANGES.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall undertake a program of senior military officer 
and senior official exchanges with Taiwan designed to im-