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ARMY AND MARINE CORPS.—(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate 
makes the following findings: 
(1) A long-term increase in the personnel end 
strengths for active duty personnel of the Army and 
the Marine Corps is necessary in order to carry out 
the current missions of the Army and the Marine 
Corps and to relieve current strains on Army and 
Marine Corps forces. 
(2) The cost of the increase in such end strengths 
is foreseeable and should be included in the annual 
budget of the President for each fiscal year, as sub-
mitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 
31, United States Code, in order to provide a full and 
honest accounting to the American people of the per-
sonnel costs of the Army and the Marine Corps. 
(3) The inclusion in the annual budget of the 
President for each fiscal year of the costs of an in-
crease in such end strengths will permit the Army 
and Marine Corps to plan for and accommodate the 
additional troops contemplated by such increased end 
strengths without reducing other important programs. 
(b) SENSE OF SENATE.—It is the sense of the Senate 
that the additional amounts to be required for increases in 
the personnel end strengths for active duty personnel of the 
Army and the Marine Corps for fiscal year 2006 should
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be transferred from amounts appropriated by title IX for 
the Military Personnel, Army, Military Personnel, Marine 
Corps, Operation and Maintenance, Army, and Operation 
and Maintenance, Marine Corps, and Operation and Main-
tenance, Defense-Wide, accounts to the amounts appro-
priated for the applicable accounts in titles I and II. 
SEC. 8166. Of the amount appropriated by title III 
under the heading ‘‘OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE’’, 
up to $3,000,000 may be made available for the Laser 
Marksmanship Training System. 
SEC. 8167. Of the amount appropriated by title IV 
under the heading ‘‘RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND 
EVALUATION, ARMY’’, up to $5,000,000 may be used for Me-
dium Tactical Vehicle Modifications. 
SEC. 8168. Section 8013 of the Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 1994 (Public Law 103–139; 107 Stat. 
1440) is amended by striking ‘‘the report to the President 
from the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commis-
sion, July 1991’’ and inserting ‘‘the reports to the President 
from the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commis-
sion, July 1991 and July 1993’’. 
SEC. 8169. Of the amount appropriated by title IV 
under the heading ‘‘RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND 
EVALUATION, ARMY’’, up to $1,000,000 may be used for In-
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tegrated Starter/Alternator for Up-Armored High Mobility 
Multi-Wheeled Vehicles. 
SEC. 8170. AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNT.—Of the amount 
appropriated by title II under the heading ‘‘OPERATION 
AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE’’, up to $60,000,000 
may be made available as follows: 
(A) Up to $50,000,000 may be made avail-
able for childcare services for families of members 
of the Armed Forces. 
(B) Up to $10,000,000 may be made avail-
able for family assistance centers that primarily 
serve members of the Armed Forces and their 
families. 
(b) NATIONAL GUARD COUNTERDRUG SUPPORT AC-
TIVITIES.— 
(1) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNT.—Of the amount 
appropriated by title VI under the heading ‘‘DRUG 
INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES’’, up 
to $40,000,000 may be available for the purpose of 
National Guard counterdrug support activities. 
(2) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—The amount 
available under paragraph (2) for the purpose speci-
fied in that paragraph is in addition to any other 
amounts available under title VI for that purpose.
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SEC. 8171. Of the amount appropriated by title II 
under the heading ‘‘OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DE-
FENSE-WIDE’’, up to $2,000,000 may be available for the 
establishment, in consultation with the Reach Out and 
Read National Center, of a pilot project on pediatric early 
literacy on military installations. 
SEC. 8172. INCREASE IN RATE OF BASIC PAY OF THE 
ENLISTED MEMBER SERVING AS THE SENIOR ENLISTED 
ADVISOR FOR THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF 
STAFF.—(a) INCREASE.—Footnote 2 to the table on En-
listed Members in section 601(b) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108– 
136; 37 U.S.C. 1009 note) is amended by striking ‘‘or Mas-
ter Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard’’ and inserting 
‘‘Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard, or Senior 
Enlisted Advisor for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 
Staff’’. 
(b) PERSONAL MONEY ALLOWANCE.— 
(1) ENTITLEMENT.—Section 414(c) of title 37, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘or the 
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast 
Guard, or the Senior Enlisted Advisor for the Chair-
man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff’’.
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(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
paragraph (1) shall take effect on April 1, 2005. 
SEC. 8173. SUPPORT FOR YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS.— 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Support 
Our Scouts Act of 2005’’. 
(b) SUPPORT FOR YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS.— 
(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 
(A) the term ‘‘Federal agency’’ means each 
department, agency, instrumentality, or other 
entity of the United States Government; and 
(B) the term ‘‘youth organization’’— 
(i) means any organization that is des-
ignated by the President as an organization 
that is primarily intended to— 
(I) serve individuals under the 
age of 21 years; 
(II) provide training in citizen-
ship, leadership, physical fitness, serv-
ice to community, and teamwork; and 
(III) promote the development of 
character and ethical and moral val-
ues; and 
(ii) shall include— 
(I) the Boy Scouts of America;
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(II) the Girl Scouts of the United 
States of America; 
(III) the Boys Clubs of America; 
(IV) the Girls Clubs of America; 
(V) the Young Men’s Christian 
Association; 
(VI) the Young Women’s Chris-
tian Association; 
(VII) the Civil Air Patrol; 
(VIII) the United States Olympic 
Committee; 
(IX) the Special Olympics; 
(X) Campfire USA; 
(XI) the Young Marines; 
(XII) the Naval Sea Cadets Corps; 
(XIII) 4–H Clubs; 
(XIV) the Police Athletic League; 
(XV) Big Brothers—Big Sisters of 
America; and 
(XVI) 
National 
Guard 
Youth 
Challenge. 
(2) IN GENERAL.— 
(A) 
SUPPORT
FOR
YOUTH
ORGANIZA-
TIONS.—