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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.’’.