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portation by aircraft (unless otherwise directed by the 
next-of-kin) shall be made by military aircraft or 
military-contracted aircraft to the military airfield 
that is closest to the escorted remains destination. In 
the case of any such flight, the exclusive mission of the 
flight shall be the transportation of those remains. 
(2) ESCORTED REMAINS DESTINATION.—In this 
subsection, the term ‘‘escorted remains destination’’ 
means the place to which remains are to be trans-
ported pursuant to section 1482(a)(8) of title 10, 
United States Code. 
(d) HONOR GUARD ESCORT.—In a case of the trans-
portation of remains covered by subsection (a), there shall 
be a military escort (in addition to the escort under sub-
section (b)) that either travels with the remains from Dover 
Air Force Base or meets the remains at the place to which 
transportation by air (or by rail or motor vehicle, if appli-
cable) is made. Such escort shall be of sufficient number 
to transfer the casket containing the remains from the air-
craft (or other means of transportation to that place) to 
a hearse for local transportation. Such escort shall remain 
with the remains until the remains are delivered to the 
next-of-kin. Such escort shall consist of members of the 
Armed Forces on active duty or in the Ready Reserve. 
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SEC. 564. ANNUAL BUDGET DISPLAY OF FUNDS FOR POW/ 
MIA ACTIVITIES OF DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE. 
(a) CONSOLIDATED BUDGET JUSTIFICATION.—Chap-
ter 9 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 234. POW/MIA activities: display of budget informa-
tion 
‘‘(a) SUBMISSION WITH ANNUAL BUDGET JUSTIFICA-
TION DOCUMENTS.—The Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to Congress, as a part of the defense budget materials for 
a fiscal year, a consolidated budget justification display, 
in classified and unclassified form, that covers all programs 
and activities of Department of Defense POW/MIA account-
ing and recovery organizations. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS
FOR BUDGET DISPLAY.—The 
budget display under subsection (a) for a fiscal year shall 
include the following for each such organization: 
‘‘(1) The amount, by appropriation and func-
tional area, originally requested by that organization 
for that fiscal year, with the supporting narrative de-
scribing the rationale for the requested funding level. 
‘‘(2) A summary of actual or estimated expendi-
tures by that organization for the fiscal year during 
which the budget is submitted and for the fiscal year 
preceding that year. 
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‘‘(3) The amount in the budget for that organiza-
tion. 
‘‘(4) A detailed explanation of any inconsist-
encies between the amount originally requested by the 
organization (shown pursuant to paragraph (1)) and 
the amount in the budget for that organization 
(shown pursuant to paragraph (3)). 
‘‘(5) The budget estimate for that organization 
for the next five fiscal years after the fiscal year for 
which the budget is submitted. 
‘‘(c) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE POW/MIA ACCOUNT-
ING AND RECOVERY ORGANIZATIONS.—In this section, the 
term ‘Department of Defense POW/MIA accounting and re-
covery organization’ means any of the following (and any 
successor organization): 
‘‘(1) The Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Per-
sonnel Office (DPMO). 
‘‘(2) The Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command 
(JPAC). 
‘‘(3) The Armed Forces DNA Identification Lab-
oratory (AFDIL). 
‘‘(4) The Life Sciences Equipment Laboratory 
(LSEL) of the Air Force. 
‘‘(5) Any other element of the Department of De-
fense the mission of which (as designated by the Sec-
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retary of Defense) involves the accounting for and re-
covery of members of the armed forces who are miss-
ing in action or prisoners of war or who are unac-
counted for. 
‘‘(d) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘budget’, with respect to a fiscal 
year, means the budget for that fiscal year that is 
submitted to Congress by the President under section 
1105(a) of title 31. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘defense budget materials’, with 
respect to a fiscal year, means the materials sub-
mitted to Congress by the Secretary of Defense in sup-
port of the budget for that fiscal year.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the 
end the following new item: 
‘‘234. POW/MIA activities: display of budget information.’’. 
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Subtitle 
H—Assistance 
to 
Local 
Educational Agencies for De-
fense Dependents Education 
SEC. 571. CONTINUATION OF AUTHORITY TO ASSIST LOCAL 
EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES THAT BENEFIT DE-
PENDENTS OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
FORCES AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CI-
VILIAN EMPLOYEES. 
(a) ASSISTANCE
TO SCHOOLS WITH SIGNIFICANT 
NUMBERS OF MILITARY DEPENDENT STUDENTS.—Of the 
amount authorized to be appropriated pursuant to section 
301(5) for operation and maintenance for Defense-wide ac-
tivities, $50,000,000 shall be available only for the purpose 
of providing assistance to local educational agencies under 
subsection (a) of section 572 of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119 
Stat. 3271; 20 U.S.C. 7703b). 
(b) ASSISTANCE
TO SCHOOLS WITH ENROLLMENT 
CHANGES DUE TO BASE CLOSURES, FORCE STRUCTURE 
CHANGES, OR FORCE RELOCATIONS.—Of the amount au-
thorized to be appropriated pursuant to section 301(5) for 
operation and maintenance for Defense-wide activities, 
$15,000,000 shall be available only for the purpose of pro-
viding assistance to local educational agencies under sub-
section (b) of such section 572. 
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(c) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the mean-
ing given that term in section 8013(9) of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7713(9)). 
SEC. 572. ENROLLMENT IN DEFENSE DEPENDENTS’ EDU-
CATION SYSTEM OF DEPENDENTS OF FOR-
EIGN MILITARY MEMBERS ASSIGNED TO SU-
PREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED POWERS, EU-
ROPE. 
Section 1404A of the Defense Dependents’ Education 
Act of 1978 (20 U.S.C. 923a) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘of the children’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘of— 
‘‘(1) the children’’; 
(B) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) the children of a foreign military member 
assigned to the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, 
Europe, but only in a school of the defense depend-
ents’ education system in Mons, Belgium.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
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‘‘(c) SPECIAL RULES REGARDING ENROLLMENT OF 
DEPENDENTS OF FOREIGN MILITARY MEMBERS ASSIGNED 
TO
SUPREME
HEADQUARTERS
ALLIED
POWERS, EU-
ROPE.—(1) In the regulations required by subsection (a), 
the Secretary shall prescribe a methodology based on the 
estimated total number of dependents of sponsors under sec-
tion 1414(2) enrolled in schools of the defense dependents’ 
education system in Mons, Belgium, to determine the num-
ber of children described in paragraph (2) of subsection (a) 
who will be authorized to enroll under such subsection. 
‘‘(2) If the number of children described in paragraph 
(2) of subsection (a) who seek enrollment in schools of the 
defense dependents’ education system in Mons, Belgium, ex-
ceeds the number authorized by the Secretary under para-
graph (1), the Secretary may enroll the additional children 
on a space-available, tuition-free basis notwithstanding sec-
tion 1404(d)(2).’’. 
Subtitle I—Postal Benefits 
SEC. 575. POSTAL BENEFITS PROGRAM FOR MEMBERS OF 
THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in con-
sultation with the United States Postal Service, shall pro-
vide for a program under which postal benefits shall be pro-
vided to qualified individuals in accordance with this sub-
title. 
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(b) QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL.—For purposes of this sub-
title, the term ‘‘qualified individual’’ means an indi-
vidual— 
(1) who is a member of the Armed Forces on ac-
tive duty (as defined in section 101 of title 10, United 
States Code); and 
(2) who is— 
(A) serving in Iraq or Afghanistan; or 
(B) hospitalized at a facility under the ju-
risdiction of the Armed Forces as a result of a 
disease or injury incurred as a result of service 
in Iraq or Afghanistan. 
(c) POSTAL BENEFITS DESCRIBED.— 
(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 quali-
fied mailings free of postage. 
(2) QUALIFIED MAILING.—For purposes of this 
subtitle, the term ‘‘qualified mailing’’ means the mail-
ing of any mail matter which— 
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(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 matter 
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 correspondence; 
(C) any ground parcel not exceeding 15 
pounds in weight; and 
(D) any bound printed matter not exceeding 
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 
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(ii) after the earlier of— 
(I) the expiration date of such 
voucher, as designated by the Secretary 
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 bene-
fits which might otherwise be available by or under 
law, including any rates of postage resulting from the 
application of section 3401(b) of title 39, United 
States Code. 
(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, including— 
(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 se-
lected by qualified individuals to use the vouchers); 
and 
(2) procedures to ensure that the number of 
vouchers provided or made available with respect to 
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any qualified individual complies with subsection 
(c)(4)(A). 
SEC. 576. FUNDING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Funding for the expenses incurred 
by the Department of Defense for any fiscal year in pro-
viding 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 cal-
endar quarter during which postal benefits under this 
subtitle may be used, an amount equal to the amount 
of postal benefits that the Secretary of Defense esti-
mates will be used during such quarter, reduced or 
increased (as the case may be) by any amounts by 
which the Secretary finds that a determination under 
this subtitle for a prior quarter was greater than or 
less than the amount finally determined for such 
quarter. 
(2) BASED ON FINAL DETERMINATION.—A final 
determination of the amount necessary to correct any 
previous determination under this section, and any 
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