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who will receive the payment under subsection (a) 
shall be determined as provided in such section.’’. 
(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: 
‘‘911. Special payment to members of the armed forces and civilian employees 
of the Department of Defense killed or wounded in attacks di-
rected at members or employees outside of combat zone.’’. 
(3) RETROACTIVE APPLICATION.—Section 911 
of title 37, United States Code, as added by para-
graph (1), shall apply to any attack described in 
subsection (b) of such section occurring on or after 
November 6, 2009. 
(c) PURPLE HEART.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall not be construed to pro-
hibit, authorize, or require the award of the Purple Heart 
to any member of the Armed Forces. 
Subtitle C—Travel and 
Transportation Allowances 
SEC. 631. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE TRAVEL 
AND TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCES FOR 
INACTIVE DUTY TRAINING OUTSIDE OF NOR-
MAL COMMUTING DISTANCES. 
Section 408a(e) of title 37, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2010’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2011’’.
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SEC. 632. TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCES 
FOR ATTENDANCE OF DESIGNATED PERSONS 
AT 
YELLOW 
RIBBON 
REINTEGRATION 
EVENTS. 
(a) PAYMENT OF TRAVEL COSTS AUTHORIZED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 7 of title 37, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 
411k the following new section: 
‘‘§ 411l. Travel and transportation allowances: attend-
ance of designated persons at Yellow Rib-
bon Reintegration events 
‘‘(a) ALLOWANCE TO FACILITATE ATTENDANCE.— 
Under uniform regulations prescribed by the Secretaries 
concerned, travel and transportation described in sub-
section (c) may be provided for a person designated pursu-
ant to subsection (b) to attend an event conducted under 
the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program established pur-
suant to section 582 of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 10 
U.S.C. 10101 note) if the Secretary concerned determines 
that the presence of the person may contribute to the pur-
poses of the event. 
‘‘(b) COVERED PERSONS.—A member of the uni-
formed services who is eligible to attend a Yellow Ribbon 
Reintegration Program event may designate one or more 
persons, including another member of the uniformed serv-
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ices, for purposes of receiving travel and transportation 
described in subsection (c) to attend a Yellow Ribbon Re-
integration Program event. The designation of a person 
for purposes of this section may be changed at any time. 
‘‘(c) 
AUTHORIZED
TRAVEL
AND
TRANSPOR-
TATION.—(1) The transportation authorized by subsection 
(a) for a person designated under subsection (b) is round- 
trip transportation between the home or place of business 
of the person and the location of the Yellow Ribbon Re-
integration Program event. 
‘‘(2) In addition to the transportation authorized by 
subsection (a), the Secretary concerned 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 this title. 
‘‘(3) The transportation 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 
Secretaries concerned. 
‘‘(C) Reimbursement for the commercial cost of 
transportation.
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‘‘(4) An allowance payable under this subsection may 
be paid in advance. 
‘‘(5) Reimbursement payable under this subsection 
may not exceed the cost of Government-procured commer-
cial round-trip air travel.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 
by inserting after the item related to section 411k 
the following new item: 
‘‘411l. Travel and transportation allowances: attendance of designated persons 
at Yellow Ribbon Reintegration events.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—No reimbursement may be pro-
vided under section 411l of title 37, United States Code, 
as added by subsection (a), for travel and transportation 
costs incurred before September 30, 2010. 
SEC. 633. MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT FOR USE OF PRI-
VATELY OWNED VEHICLES. 
(a) USE OF SINGLE STANDARD MILEAGE RATE ES-
TABLISHED
BY IRS.—Section 5704(a)(1) of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘shall not ex-
ceed’’ and inserting ‘‘shall be equal to’’. 
(b) PRESCRIPTION OF MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT 
RATES.—Section 5707(b) of such title is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking subparagraph 
(A) and inserting the following new subparagraph:
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‘‘(A) The Administrator of General Services 
shall conduct periodic investigations of the cost of 
travel and the operation of privately owned airplanes 
and privately owned motorcycles by employees while 
engaged on official business, and shall report the re-
sults of such investigations to Congress at least once 
a year.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking clause (i) 
and inserting the following new clause: 
‘‘(i) shall prescribe a mileage reimburse-
ment rate for privately owned automobiles 
which equals, as provided in section 5704(a)(1) 
of this title, the single standard mileage rate es-
tablished by the Internal Revenue Service, 
and’’. 
Subtitle D—Retired Pay and 
Survivor Benefits 
SEC. 641. ELIMINATION OF CAP ON RETIRED PAY MULTI-
PLIER FOR MEMBERS WITH GREATER THAN 
30 YEARS OF SERVICE WHO RETIRE FOR DIS-
ABILITY. 
(a) COMPUTATION OF RETIRED PAY.—The table in 
section 1401(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed—
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(1) in the column designated ‘‘Column 2’’, by 
inserting ‘‘, not to exceed 75%,’’ after ‘‘percentage 
of disability’’ both places it appears; and 
(2) by striking column 4. 
(b) RECOMPUTATION OF RETIRED OR RETAINER PAY 
TO REFLECT LATER ACTIVE DUTY OF MEMBERS WHO 
FIRST
BECAME
MEMBERS
BEFORE
SEPTEMBER
8, 
1980.—The table in section 1402(d) of such title is 
amended— 
(1) in the column designated ‘‘Column 2’’, by 
inserting ‘‘, not to exceed 75%,’’ after ‘‘percentage 
of disability’’; and 
(2) by striking column 4. 
(c) RECOMPUTATION OF RETIRED OR RETAINER PAY 
TO REFLECT LATER ACTIVE DUTY OF MEMBERS WHO 
FIRST BECAME MEMBERS AFTER SEPTEMBER 7, 1980.— 
The table in section 1402a(d) of such title is amended— 
(1) in the column designated ‘‘Column 2’’, by 
inserting ‘‘, not to exceed 75 percent,’’ after ‘‘per-
centage of disability’’; and 
(2) by striking column 4. 
(d) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.—The tables in 
sections 1401(a), 1402(d), and 1402a(d) of title 10, 
United States Code, as in effect on the day before the date 
of the enactment of this Act, shall continue to apply to
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the computation or recomputation of retired or retainer 
pay for persons who first became entitled to retired or re-
tainer pay under subtitle A of such title on or before the 
date of the enactment of this Act. The amendments made 
by this section shall apply only with respect to persons 
who first become entitled to retired or retainer pay under 
such subtitle after that date. 
SEC. 642. EQUITY IN COMPUTATION OF DISABILITY RE-
TIRED PAY FOR RESERVE COMPONENT MEM-
BERS WOUNDED IN ACTION. 
Section 1208(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: 
‘‘However, in the case of such a member who is retired 
under this chapter, or whose name is placed on the tem-
porary disability retired list under this chapter, because 
of a disability incurred after the date of the enactment 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2011, for which the member is awarded the Purple Heart, 
the member shall be credited, for the purposes of this 
chapter, with the number of years of service that would 
be counted if computing the member’s years of service 
under section 12732 of this title.’’.
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SEC. 643. ELIMINATION OF THE AGE REQUIREMENT FOR 
HEALTH CARE BENEFITS FOR NON-REGULAR 
SERVICE RETIREES. 
Section 1074(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(1)’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (2). 
SEC. 644. CLARIFICATION OF EFFECT OF ORDERING RE-
SERVE COMPONENT MEMBER TO ACTIVE 
DUTY TO RECEIVE AUTHORIZED MEDICAL 
CARE ON REDUCING ELIGIBILITY AGE FOR 
RECEIPT OF NON-REGULAR SERVICE RE-
TIRED PAY. 
Section 12731(f)(2)(B) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
‘‘(iii) If a member described in subparagraph (A) is 
wounded or otherwise injured or becomes ill while serving 
on active duty pursuant to a call or order to active duty 
under a provision of law referred to in the first sentence 
of clause (i) or in clause (ii), and the member is then or-
dered to active duty under section 12301(h)(1) of this title 
to receive medical care for the wound injury, or illness, 
each day of active duty under that order for medical care 
shall be treated as a continuation of the original call or
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order to active duty for purposes of reducing the eligibility 
age of the member under this paragraph.’’. 
SEC. 645. SPECIAL SURVIVOR INDEMNITY ALLOWANCE FOR 
RECIPIENTS 
OF 
PRE-SURVIVOR 
BENEFIT 
PLAN ANNUITY AFFECTED BY REQUIRED 
OFFSET FOR DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY 
COMPENSATION. 
Section 644 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105–85; 10 U.S.C. 
1448 note) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), and 
(e) as subsections (d), (e), and (f), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(c) SPECIAL SURVIVOR INDEMNITY ALLOWANCE.— 
(1) The Secretary concerned shall pay a monthly special 
survivor indemnity allowance under this subsection to a 
qualified surviving spouse described in subsection (a) if— 
‘‘(A) the surviving spouse is entitled to depend-
ency and indemnity compensation under section 
1311(a) of title 38, United States Code; and 
‘‘(B) the amount of the annuity to which the 
surviving spouse is entitled under subsection (b) is 
affected by paragraph (2)(A) of such subsection.
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‘‘(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the amount of the spe-
cial survivor indemnity allowance paid to surviving spouse 
under paragraph (1) for a month shall be equal to— 
‘‘(A) for months during fiscal year 2009, $50; 
‘‘(B) for months during fiscal year 2010, $60; 
‘‘(C) for months during fiscal year 2011, $70; 
‘‘(D) for months during fiscal year 2012, $80; 
‘‘(E) for months during fiscal year 2013, $90; 
‘‘(F) for months during fiscal year 2014, $150; 
‘‘(G) for months during fiscal year 2015, $200; 
‘‘(H) for months during fiscal year 2016, $275; 
and 
‘‘(I) for months during fiscal year 2017, $310. 
‘‘(3) The amount of the special survivor indemnity 
allowance paid to an eligible survivor under paragraph (1) 
for any month may not exceed the amount of the annuity 
for that month that is subject to offset under subsection 
(b)(2)(A). 
‘‘(4) A special survivor indemnity allowance paid 
under paragraph (1) does not constitute an annuity, and 
amounts so paid are not subject to adjustment under any 
other provision of law. 
‘‘(5) The special survivor indemnity allowance shall 
be paid under paragraph (1) from amounts in the Depart-
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ment of Defense Military Retirement Fund established 
under section 1461 of title 10, United States Code. 
‘‘(6) Subject to paragraph (7), this subsection shall 
only apply with respect to the month that began on Octo-
ber 1, 2008, and subsequent months through the month 
ending on September 30, 2017. As soon as practicable 
after the date of the enactment of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011, the Secretary 
concerned shall pay, in a lump sum, the total amount of 
the special survivor indemnity allowances due under para-
graph (1) to a qualified surviving spouse for months since 
October 1, 2008, through the month in which the first 
allowance is paid under paragraph (1) to the qualified sur-
viving spouse. 
‘‘(7) Effective on October 1, 2017, the authority pro-
vided by this subsection shall terminate. No special sur-
vivor indemnity allowance may be paid to any person by 
reason of this subsection for any period before October 
1, 2008, or beginning on or after October 1, 2017.’’. 
SEC. 646. PAYMENT DATE FOR RETIRED AND RETAINER 
PAY. 
(a) SETTING PAYMENT DATE.—Section 1412 of title 
10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Amounts’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) 
ROUNDING.—Amounts’’; and
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(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(b) PAYMENT DATE.—Amounts of retired pay and 
retainer pay due a retired member of the uniformed serv-
ices shall be paid on the first day of each month beginning 
after the month in which the right to such pay accrues.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of such 
section is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 1412. Administrative provisions’’. 
(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 71 of such title is 
amended by striking the item relating to section 
1412 and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘1412. Administrative provisions.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (b) of section 
1412 of title 10, United States Code, as added by sub-
section (a), shall apply beginning with the first month that 
begins more than 30 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 647. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING AGE AND 
SERVICE REQUIREMENTS FOR RETIRED PAY 
FOR NON-REGULAR SERVICE. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the amendments made to section 12731 of 
title 10, United States Code, by section 647 of the
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2008 (Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 160) were in-
tended to reduce the minimum age at which mem-
bers of a reserve component of the Armed Forces 
would begin receiving retired pay according to time 
spent deployed, by three months for every 90-day pe-
riod spent on active duty over the course of a career, 
rather than limiting qualifying time to such periods 
wholly served within the same fiscal year, as inter-
preted by the Department of Defense; and 
(2) steps should be taken to correct this erro-
neous interpretation by the Department of Defense 
in order to ensure reserve component members re-
ceive the full retirement benefits intended to be pro-
vided by such section 12731. 
Subtitle E—Commissary and Non-
appropriated Fund Instrumen-
tality Benefits and Operations 
SEC. 651. SHARED CONSTRUCTION COSTS FOR SHOPPING 
MALLS OR SIMILAR FACILITIES CONTAINING 
A COMMISSARY STORE AND ONE OR MORE 
NONAPPROPRIATED 
FUND 
INSTRUMEN-
TALITY ACTIVITIES. 
Section 2484(h)(2) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended—
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(1) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as sub-
paragraph (C) and, in such subparagraph, by strik-
ing ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’ and inserting ‘‘this para-
graph’’; 
(2) in the first sentence of subparagraph (A), 
by inserting ‘‘the Defense Commissary Agency or’’ 
after ‘‘may authorize’’; 
(3) by designating the second sentence of sub-
paragraph (A) as subparagraph (B) and, in such 
subparagraph, by striking ‘‘The Secretary may’’ and 
inserting the following: ‘‘If the construction contract 
is entered into by a nonappropriated fund instru-
mentality, the Secretary of Defense may’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end of subparagraph (B), 
as designated by paragraph (3), the following new 
sentence: ‘‘If the construction contract is entered 
into by the Defense Commissary Agency, the Sec-
retary may authorize the Defense Commissary Agen-
cy accept reimbursement from a nonappropriated 
fund instrumentality for the portion of the cost of 
the contract that is attributable to construction for 
nonappropriated fund instrumentality activities.’’.
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SEC. 652. ADDITION OF DEFINITION OF MORALE, WELFARE, 
AND 
RECREATION 
TELEPHONE 
SERVICES 
FOR USE IN CONTRACTS TO PROVIDE SUCH 
SERVICES FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL SERV-
ING IN COMBAT ZONES. 
Section 885 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 
265; 10 U.S.C. 2304 note) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) MORALE, WELFARE, AND RECREATION TELE-
PHONE SERVICES DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘morale, welfare, and recreation telephone services’ means 
unofficial telephone calling center services supporting call-
ing centers provided by the Army and Air Force Exchange 
Service, Navy Exchange Service Command, Marine Corps 
exchanges, or any other nonappropriated fund instrumen-
tality of the United States under the jurisdiction of the 
Armed Forces which is conducted for the comfort, pleas-
ure, contentment, or physical or mental improvement of 
members of the Armed Forces.’’. 
SEC. 653. FEASIBILITY STUDY ON ESTABLISHMENT OF 
FULL EXCHANGE STORE IN THE NORTHERN 
MARIANA ISLANDS. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of replac-
ing the ‘‘Shoppette’’ of the Army and Air Force Exchange
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Service in the Northern Mariana Islands with a full-serv-
ice exchange store. In conducting the study, the Secretary 
shall consider the welfare of members of the Armed Forces 
serving in the Northern Mariana Islands and dependents 
of members residing in the Northern Mariana Islands. 
(b) SUBMISSION OF RESULTS.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report con-
taining the results of the study conducted under sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 654. CONTINUED OPERATION OF COMMISSARY AND 
EXCHANGE STORES SERVING BRUNSWICK 
NAVAL AIR STATION, MAINE. 
The Secretary of Defense shall provide for the contin-
ued operation of each commissary or exchange store serv-
ing Brunswick Naval Air Station, Maine, through Sep-
tember 30, 2011, and may not take any action to reduce 
or to terminate the sale of goods at such stores during 
fiscal year 2011.
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Subtitle F—Alternative Career 
Track Pilot Program 
SEC. 661. PILOT PROGRAM TO EVALUATE ALTERNATIVE 
CAREER TRACK FOR COMMISSIONED OFFI-
CERS TO FACILITATE AN INCREASED COM-
MITMENT TO ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL 
EDUCATION AND CAREER-BROADENING AS-
SIGNMENTS. 
(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—Chapter 39 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 
672 the following new section: 
‘‘§ 673. Alternative career track for commissioned of-
ficers pilot program 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—(1) Under regulations 
prescribed pursuant to subsection (g) and approved by the 
Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of a military depart-
ment may establish a pilot program for an armed force 
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary under which an eli-
gible commissioned officer, while on active duty— 
‘‘(A) participates in a separate career track 
characterized by expanded career opportunities ex-
tending over a longer career; 
‘‘(B) agrees to an additional active duty service 
obligation of at least five years to be served concur-
rently with other active duty service obligations; and
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‘‘(C) would be required to accept further active 
duty service obligations, as determined by the Sec-
retary, to be served concurrently with other active 
duty service obligations, including the active duty 
service obligation accepted under subparagraph (B), 
in connection with the officer’s entry into education 
programs, selection for career broadening assign-
ments, acceptance of additional special and incentive 
pays, or selection for promotion. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary of the military department con-
cerned may waive an active duty service obligation accept-
ed under subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (1) to 
facilitate the separation or retirement of a participant in 
the program. 
‘‘(3) The program shall be known as the ‘Alternative 
Career Track Pilot Program’ (in this section referred to 
as the ‘program’). 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE OFFICERS.—Commissioned officers 
with between 13 and 18 years of service are eligible to 
volunteer to participate in the program. 
‘‘(c) NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS.—No more than 50 
officers of each armed force may be selected per year to 
participate in the program. 
‘‘(d) ALTERNATIVE CAREER ELEMENTS
OF PRO-
GRAM.—(1) The Secretaries of the military departments
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may establish separate basic pay and special and incentive 
pay and promotion systems unique to the officers partici-
pating in the program, without regard to the requirements 
of this title, title 37, or administrative year group cohort 
designation. 
‘‘(2) The Secretaries of the military departments may 
establish separation and retirement policies for officers 
participating in the program without regard to grade and 
years of service requirements established under this title. 
‘‘(3) Participants serving in a grade below brigadier 
general or rear admiral (lower half) may serve in the grade 
without regard to the limits on the number of officers in 
the grade established under this title. 
‘‘(e) TREATMENT OF GENERAL AND FLAG OFFICER 
PARTICIPANTS.—(1) A participant serving in a grade 
above colonel, or captain in the Navy, but below lieutenant 
general or vice admiral, shall be— 
‘‘(A) counted for purposes of general officer 
and flag officer limits on grade and the total number 
serving as general officers and flag officers, if the 
participant is serving in a position requiring the as-
signment of a military officer; but 
‘‘(B) excluded from limits on grade and the 
total number serving as general officers and flag of-
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ficers, if the participant is serving in a position not 
typically occupied by a military officer. 
‘‘(2) A participant serving in the grade of lieutenant 
general, vice admiral, general, or admiral shall be counted 
for purposes of general officer and flag officer limits on 
grade and the total number serving as general officers and 
flag officers. 
‘‘(f) RETURN
TO STANDARD CAREER PATH; EF-
FECT.—(1) The Secretaries of the military departments 
retain the authority to involuntarily return an officer to 
the standard career path. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary of the military department con-
cerned may return an officer to the standard career path 
at the request of the officer. 
‘‘(3) If the program is terminated pursuant to para-
graph (4) or (5) of subsection (i), officers participating 
in the program at the time of the termination shall be 
returned to the standard career path with appropriate ad-
justments to their administrative record to ensure they are 
not penalized for participating in the pilot program. 
‘‘(4) An officer returned to the standard career path 
under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) shall retain the grade, 
date-of-rank, and basic pay level earned while a partici-
pant in the program but shall revert to the special and 
incentive pay authorities established in title 37 upon the
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expiration of the agreement between the Secretary and the 
officer providing any special and incentive pays under the 
program. Subsequent increases in the officer’s rate of 
monthly basic pay shall conform to the annual percentage 
increases in basic pay rates provided in the basic pay 
table. 
‘‘(5) Services will adjust the participating officer’s co-
hort year group to the appropriate year to ensure the offi-
cer remains competitive for all promotions and command 
opportunities in their standard career path. 
‘‘(g) ANNUAL REPORT.—(1) The Secretaries of the 
military departments, in cooperation with the Secretary of 
Defense, shall submit to the Committees on Armed Serv-
ices of the Senate and House of Representatives an annual 
report containing the findings and recommendations of the 
Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the military 
departments concerning the progress of the program for 
each armed force. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary of a military department, with the 
consent of the Secretary of Defense, may include in the 
report for a year a recommendation that the program be 
made permanent for an armed force under the jurisdiction 
of that Secretary. 
‘‘(h) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of each military 
department shall prescribe regulations to carry out the
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program. The regulations shall be subject to the approval 
of the Secretary of Defense. 
‘‘(i) COMMENCEMENT; DURATION.—(1) Before au-
thorizing the commencement of the program for an armed 
force, the Secretary of the military department concerned, 
with the consent of the Secretary of Defense, shall submit 
to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 
House of Representatives a report containing the detailed 
program structure of the alternative career track, associ-
ated personnel and compensation policies, implementing 
instructions and regulations, and a summary of the spe-
cific provisions of this title and title 37 to be waived under 
the program. The authority to conduct the program for 
that armed force commences 120 days after the date of 
the submission of the report. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary of the military department con-
cerned, with the consent of the Secretary of Defense, may 
authorize revision of the program structure, associated 
personnel and compensation policies, implementing in-
structions and regulations, or laws waived, as submitted 
by the Secretary under paragraph (1). The Secretary of 
the military department concerned, with the consent of the 
Secretary of Defense, shall submit the proposed revisions 
to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and
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House of Representatives. The revisions shall take effect 
120 days after the date of their submission. 
‘‘(3) If the program for an armed force has not com-
menced before December 31, 2015, as provided in para-
graph (1), the authority to commence the program for 
that armed force terminates. 
‘‘(4) No officer may be accepted to participate in the 
program after December 31, 2026. 
‘‘(5) The Secretary of the military department con-
cerned, with the consent of the Secretary of Defense, may 
terminate the pilot program for an armed force before the 
date specified in paragraph (4). Not later than 90 days 
after terminating the pilot program, the Secretary of the 
military department concerned, in cooperation with the 
Secretary of Defense, shall submit to the Committees on 
Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representa-
tives a report containing the reasons for the termination.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 672 the following new 
item: 
‘‘673. Alternative career track for commissioned officers pilot program.’’.
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‘‘(B) a person who— 
‘‘(i) is placed in the legal custody of 
the member or former member as a result 
of an order of a court of competent juris-
diction in the United States (or possession 
of the United States) for a period of at 
least 12 consecutive months; 
‘‘(ii) has not attained the age of 26; 
‘‘(iii) is not eligible to enroll in an eli-
gible employer-sponsored plan (as defined 
in section 5000A(f)(2) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986); 
‘‘(iv) resides with the member or 
former member unless separated by the ne-
cessity of military service or to receive in-
stitutional care as a result of disability or 
incapacitation or under such other cir-
cumstances as the administering Secretary 
may by regulation prescribe; 
‘‘(v) is not otherwise a dependent of a 
member or a former member under any 
subparagraph of section 1072(2) of this 
title; and 
‘‘(vi) is not the child of a dependent 
who is described in subparagraph (D) or