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(1) IN GENERAL.—The postal benefits provided 
under this subtitle shall consist of such coupons or 
other similar evidence of credit (whether in printed, 
electronic, or other format, and hereinafter in this 
subtitle referred to as ‘‘vouchers’’) as the Secretary 
of Defense (in consultation with the Postal Service) 
shall determine, entitling the bearer or user to make 
qualified mailings free of postage. 
(2) QUALIFIED MAILING.—For purposes of this 
subtitle, the term ‘‘qualified mailing’’ means the 
mailing of any mail matter which— 
(A) is described in subparagraph (A), (B), 
(C), or (D) of paragraph (3); 
(B) is sent from within an area served by 
a United States post office; and 
(C) is addressed to a qualified individual. 
(3) MAIL MATTER DESCRIBED.—The mail mat-
ter described in this paragraph is— 
(A) any letter mail not exceeding 13 
ounces in weight and having the character of 
personal correspondence; 
(B) any sound- or video-recorded commu-
nications not exceeding 15 pounds in weight 
and having the character of personal cor-
respondence; 
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(C) any ground parcel not exceeding 15 
pounds in weight; and 
(D) any bound printed matter not exceed-
ing 15 pounds in weight. 
(4) LIMITATIONS.— 
(A) NUMBER.—An individual shall be eligi-
ble for one voucher for each month in which 
such individual is a qualified individual. 
(B) USE.—Any such voucher may not be 
used— 
(i) for more than a single qualified 
mailing; or 
(ii) after the earlier of— 
(I) the expiration date of such 
voucher, as designated by the Sec-
retary of Defense; or 
(II) the last day of the one-year 
period referred to in section 577. 
(5) 
COORDINATION
RULE.—Postal 
benefits 
under this subtitle shall be in addition to, and not 
in lieu of, any reduced rates of postage or other 
similar benefits which might otherwise be available 
by or under law, including any rates of postage re-
sulting from the application of section 3401(b) of 
title 39, United States Code. 
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(d) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
(in consultation with the Postal Service) shall prescribe 
any regulations necessary to carry out this subtitle, includ-
ing— 
(1) procedures by which vouchers will be pro-
vided or made available (including measures to allow 
vouchers to reach, in a timely manner, the persons 
selected by qualified individuals to use the vouchers); 
and 
(2) procedures to ensure that the number of 
vouchers provided or made available with respect to 
any qualified individual complies with subsection 
(c)(4)(A). 
SEC. 576. FUNDING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Funding for the expenses in-
curred by the Department of Defense for any fiscal year 
in providing postal benefits under this subtitle shall be 
paid out of funds authorized to be appropriated for that 
fiscal year for a contingent emergency reserve fund or as 
an emergency supplemental appropriations. 
(b) TRANSFERS TO POSTAL SERVICE.— 
(1) BASED ON ESTIMATES.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall transfer to the Postal Service, out of 
any amount so appropriated and in advance of each 
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calendar quarter during which postal benefits under 
this subtitle may be used, an amount equal to the 
amount of postal benefits that the Secretary of De-
fense estimates will be used during such quarter, re-
duced or increased (as the case may be) by any 
amounts by which the Secretary finds that a deter-
mination under this subtitle for a prior quarter was 
greater than or less than the amount finally deter-
mined for such quarter. 
(2) BASED
ON
FINAL
DETERMINATION.—A 
final determination of the amount necessary to cor-
rect any previous determination under this section, 
and any transfer of amounts between the Postal 
Service and the Department of Defense based on 
that final determination, shall be made not later 
than six months after the end of the one-year period 
referred to in section 577. 
(c) CONSULTATION REQUIRED.—All estimates and 
determinations under this section of the amount of postal 
benefits under this subtitle used in any period shall be 
made by the Secretary of Defense in consultation with the 
Postal Service. 
SEC. 577. DURATION. 
The postal benefits under this subtitle shall apply 
with respect to mail matter sent during the one-year pe-
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riod beginning on the date on which the regulations under 
section 575(d) take effect. 
Subtitle J—Other Matters 
SEC. 581. REDUCTION IN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AC-
CRUAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE MILITARY RETIREMENT FUND. 
(a) DETERMINATION OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE 
FUND.— 
(1) CALCULATION OF ANNUAL DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE CONTRIBUTION.—Subsection (b)(1) of sec-
tion 1465 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking 
‘‘to members of ’’ and all that follows and in-
serting ‘‘for active duty (other than the Coast 
Guard) and for full-time National Guard duty 
(other than full-time National Guard duty for 
training only), but excluding any duty that 
would be excluded for active-duty end strength 
purposes by section 115(i) of this title.’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B)(ii)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Ready Reserve’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Selected Reserve’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘Coast Guard and 
other than members on full-time National 
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Guard duty other than for training) who 
are’’ and inserting ‘‘Coast Guard) for serv-
ice’’. 
(2) QUADRENNIAL
ACTUARIAL
VALUATION.— 
Subsection (c)(1) of such section is amended — 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘for 
members of the armed forces’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘for training only)’’ and inserting 
‘‘for active duty (other than the Coast Guard) 
and for full-time National Guard duty (other 
than full-time National Guard duty for training 
only), but excluding any duty that would be ex-
cluded for active-duty end strength purposes by 
section 115(i) of this title’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Ready Reserve’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Selected Reserve’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘Coast Guard and 
other than members on full-time National 
Guard duty other than for training) who 
are’’ and inserting ‘‘Coast Guard) for serv-
ice’’. 
(b) PAYMENTS INTO THE FUND.—Section 1466(a) of 
such title is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘by mem-
bers’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘for active 
duty (other than the Coast Guard) and for full-time 
National Guard duty (other than full-time National 
Guard duty for training only), but excluding any 
duty that would be excluded for active-duty end 
strength purposes by section 115(i) of this title’’; 
and 
(2) in paragraph (2)(B)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Ready’’ and inserting 
‘‘Selected’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Coast Guard and other 
than members on full-time National Guard duty 
other than for training) who are’’ and inserting 
‘‘Coast Guard) for service’’. 
SEC. 582. DENTAL CORPS OF THE BUREAU OF MEDICINE 
AND SURGERY. 
(a) DELETION OF REFERENCES TO DENTAL DIVI-
SION.—Section 5138 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking the first sentence; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Dental Division’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Dental Corps’’ in the second sentence; 
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(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Dental Divi-
sion’’ and inserting ‘‘Dental Corps’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘so’’ in the first sentence; 
(B) by striking ‘‘, that all such’’ in the 
first sentence and all that follows through 
‘‘Dental Division’’; and 
(C) by striking the second sentence.; and 
(b) FUNCTIONS OF CHIEF OF DENTAL CORPS.—Sub-
section (d) of such section is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) The Chief of the Dental Corps shall serve as 
the advisor to the Surgeon General on all matters relating 
directly to dentistry, including professional standards and 
policies for dental practice.’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) The heading of such section is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘§ 5138. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: Dental 
Corps; Chief’’. 
(2) The item relating to section 5138 in the 
table of sections at the beginning of chapter 513 of 
such title is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘5138. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: Dental Corps; Chief.’’. 
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SEC. 583. PERMANENT AUTHORITY FOR PRESENTATION OF 
RECOGNITION 
ITEMS 
FOR 
RECRUITMENT 
AND RETENTION PURPOSES. 
Section 2261 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking subsection (d). 
SEC. 584. REPORT ON FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHMENT OF 
MILITARY 
ENTRANCE 
PROCESSING 
COM-
MAND STATION ON GUAM. 
(a) REVIEW.—The Secretary of Defense shall review 
the feasibility and cost effectiveness of establishing on 
Guam a station of the Military Entrance Processing Com-
mand to process new recruits for the Armed Forces who 
are drawn from the western Pacific region. For the pur-
poses of the review, the cost effectiveness of establishing 
such a facility on Guam shall be measured, in part, 
against the system in effect in early 2006 of using Hawaii 
and other locations for the processing of new recruits from 
Guam and other locations in the western Pacific region. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than June 1, 2007, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services 
of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of 
the House of Representatives a report providing the re-
sults of the study under subsection (a). 
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SEC. 585. PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO ADMINISTER ENLIST-
MENT AND APPOINTMENT OATHS. 
(a) ENLISTMENT OATH.—Section 502 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a) ENLISTMENT OATH.—’’ 
before ‘‘Each person enlisting’’; 
(2) by striking the last sentence; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) WHO MAY ADMINISTER.—The oath may be 
taken before the President, the Vice-President, the Sec-
retary of Defense, any commissioned officer, or any other 
person designated under regulations prescribed by the 
Secretary of Defense.’’. 
(b) OATHS GENERALLY.—Section 1031 of such title 
is amended by striking ‘‘Any commissioned officer of any 
component of an armed force, whether or not on active 
duty, may administer any oath’’ and inserting ‘‘The Presi-
dent, the Vice-President, the Secretary of Defense, any 
commissioned officer, and any other person designated 
under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense 
may administer any oath’’. 
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SEC. 586. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR PERIODIC DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE INSPECTOR GEN-
ERAL ASSESSMENTS OF VOTING ASSISTANCE 
COMPLIANCE AT MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. 
(a) REPEAL
OF DUPLICATIVE ASSESSMENT RE-
QUIREMENT.—Section 1566 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by striking subsection (d). 
(b) REPEAL OF EXPIRED PROVISION.—Subsection 
(g)(2) of such section is amended by striking the last sen-
tence. 
SEC. 587. PHYSICAL EVALUATION BOARDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS.—Chapter 61 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1222. Physical evaluation boards 
‘‘(a) RESPONSE TO APPLICATIONS AND APPEALS.— 
The Secretary of each military department shall ensure, 
in the case of any member of the armed forces appearing 
before a physical evaluation board under that Secretary’s 
supervision, that documents announcing a decision of the 
board in the case convey the findings and conclusions of 
the board in an orderly and itemized fashion with specific 
attention to each issue presented by the member in regard 
to that member’s case. The requirement under the pre-
ceding sentence applies to a case both during initial con-
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sideration and upon subsequent consideration due to ap-
peal by the member or other circumstance. 
‘‘(b) LIAISON OFFICER (PEBLO) REQUIREMENTS 
AND TRAINING.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall pre-
scribe regulations establishing — 
‘‘(A) a requirement for the Secretary of each 
military department to make available to members 
of the armed forces appearing before physical eval-
uation boards operated by that Secretary employees, 
designated as physical evaluation board liaison offi-
cers, to provide advice, counsel, and general informa-
tion to such members on the operation of physical 
evaluation boards operated by that Secretary; and 
‘‘(B) standards and guidelines concerning the 
training of such physical evaluation board liaison of-
ficers. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall assess compliance by the 
Secretary of each military department with physical eval-
uation board liaison officer requirements and training 
standards and guidelines at least once every three years. 
‘‘(c) STANDARDIZED STAFF TRAINING AND OPER-
ATIONS.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe 
regulations on standards and guidelines concerning the 
physical evaluation board operated by each of the Secre-
taries of the military departments with regard to— 
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