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(6) The impact of the large increase in responsibilities 
for the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations 
and Low Intensity Conflict and Interdependent Capabilities 
under the reorganization on the ability of the Assistant Sec-
retary to carry out the principal duties of the Assistant Sec-
retary under law. 
(7) The possible decrease in attention given to special oper-
ations issues resulting from the increase in responsibilities 
for the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations 
and Low Intensity Conflict and Interdependent Capabilities, 
including responsibility under the reorganization for each of 
the following: 
(A) Strategic capabilities. 
(B) Forces transformation. 
(C) Major budget programs. 
(8) The possible diffusion of attention from counter-
narcotics, 
counterproliferation, 
and 
global 
threat 
issues 
resulting from the merging of those responsibilities under a 
single Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counter-
narcotics, Counterproliferation, and Global Threats. 
(9) The impact of the reorganization on counternarcotics 
program execution. 
(10) The unique placement under the reorganization of 
both functional and regional issue responsibilities under the 
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and 
Americas’ Security Affairs. 
(11) The differentiation between the responsibilities of the 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Partnership Strategy 
and the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Coalition 
Affairs and the relationship between such officials. 
SEC. 958. REPORT ON FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 240 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter until the date 
referred to in subsection (d), the Secretary of Defense, in conjunction 
with the Secretary of each military department, shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report on the foreign lan-
guage proficiency of the personnel of the Department of Defense. 
(b) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted under subsection (a) 
shall include— 
(1) the number of positions, identified by each foreign lan-
guage and dialect, for each military department and Defense 
Agency concerned that— 
(A) require proficiency in that foreign language or dia-
lect for the year in which the submission of the report 
is required; 
(B) are anticipated to require proficiency in that foreign 
language or dialect for each of the five years following 
the date of the submission of the report; and 
(C) are authorized in the future-years defense plan 
to be maintained for proficiency in a foreign language or 
dialect; 
(2) the number of personnel for each military department 
and Defense Agency, identified by each foreign language and 
dialect, that are serving in a position that requires proficiency 
in the foreign language or dialect— 
(A) to perform the primary duty of the position; and
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(B) that meet the required level of proficiency of the 
Interagency Language Roundtable; 
(3) the number of personnel for each military department 
and Defense Agency, identified by each foreign language and 
dialect, that are recruited or hired as accessions to serve in 
a position that requires proficiency in the foreign language 
or dialect; 
(4) the number of personnel for each military department 
and Defense Agency, identified by each foreign language and 
dialect, that served in a position that requires proficiency in 
the foreign language or dialect and discontinued service during 
the preceding calendar year; 
(5) the number of positions that require proficiency in 
a foreign language or dialect that are fulfilled by contractors; 
(6) the percentage of work requiring linguistic skills that 
is fulfilled by personnel of the intelligence community (as 
defined in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 
(50 U.S.C. 401a(4))); and 
(7) an assessment of the foreign language capacity and 
capabilities of each military department and Defense Agency 
and of the Department of Defense as a whole. 
(c) NON-MILITARY PERSONNEL.—Except as provided in para-
graphs (6) and (7) of subsection (b), a report submitted under 
subsection (a) shall cover only members of the Armed Forces on 
active duty and reserve duty assigned to the military departments 
concerned or to the Department of Defense. 
(d) TERMINATION
OF REQUIREMENT.—The duty to submit a 
report under subsection (a) shall terminate on December 31, 2013. 
TITLE X—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Financial Matters 
Sec. 1001. General transfer authority. 
Sec. 1002. United States contribution to NATO common-funded budgets in fiscal 
year 2008. 
Sec. 1003. Authorization of additional emergency supplemental appropriations for 
fiscal year 2007. 
Sec. 1004. Modification of fiscal year 2007 general transfer authority. 
Sec. 1005. Financial management transformation initiative for the Defense Agen-
cies. 
Sec. 1006. Repeal of requirement for two-year budget cycle for the Department of 
Defense. 
Subtitle B—Policy Relating to Vessels and Shipyards 
Sec. 1011. Limitation on leasing of vessels. 
Sec. 1012. Policy relating to major combatant vessels of the strike forces of the 
United States Navy. 
Subtitle C—Counter-Drug Activities 
Sec. 1021. Extension of authority for joint task forces to provide support to law en-
forcement agencies conducting counter-terrorism activities. 
Sec. 1022. Expansion of authority to provide additional support for counter-drug ac-
tivities in certain foreign countries. 
Sec. 1023. Report on counternarcotics assistance for the Government of Haiti. 
Subtitle D—Miscellaneous Authorities and Limitations 
Sec. 1031. Provision of Air Force support and services to foreign military and state 
aircraft. 
Sec. 1032. Department of Defense participation in Strategic Airlift Capability Part-
nership. 
Sec. 1033. Improved authority to provide rewards for assistance in combating ter-
rorism.
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Sec. 1034. Support for non-Federal development and testing of material for chem-
ical agent defense. 
Sec. 1035. Prohibition on sale of F–14 fighter aircraft and related parts. 
Subtitle E—Reports 
Sec. 1041. Extension and modification of report relating to hardened and deeply 
buried targets. 
Sec. 1042. Report on joint modeling and simulation activities. 
Sec. 1043. Renewal of submittal of plans for prompt global strike capability. 
Sec. 1044. Report on workforce required to support the nuclear missions of the 
Navy and the Department of Energy. 
Sec. 1045. Comptroller General report on Defense Finance and Accounting Service 
response to Butterbaugh v. Department of Justice. 
Sec. 1046. Study on size and mix of airlift force. 
Sec. 1047. Report on feasibility of establishing a domestic military aviation national 
training center. 
Sec. 1048. Limited field user evaluations for combat helmet pad suspension sys-
tems. 
Sec. 1049. Study on national security interagency system. 
Sec. 1050. Report on solid rocket motor industrial base. 
Sec. 1051. Reports on establishment of a memorial for members of the Armed 
Forces who died in the air crash in Bakers Creek, Australia, and estab-
lishment of other memorials in Arlington National Cemetery. 
Subtitle F—Other Matters 
Sec. 1061. Reimbursement for National Guard support provided to Federal agen-
cies. 
Sec. 1062. Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United 
States. 
Sec. 1063. Technical and clerical amendments. 
Sec. 1064. Repeal of certification requirement. 
Sec. 1065. Maintenance of capability for space-based nuclear detection. 
Sec. 1066. Sense of Congress regarding detainees at Naval Station, Guantanamo 
Bay, Cuba. 
Sec. 1067. A report on transferring individuals detained at Naval Station, Guanta-
namo Bay, Cuba. 
Sec. 1068. Repeal of provisions in section 1076 of Public Law 109–364 relating to 
use of Armed Forces in major public emergencies. 
Sec. 1069. Standards required for entry to military installations in United States. 
Sec. 1070. Revised nuclear posture review. 
Sec. 1071. Termination of Commission on the Implementation of the New Strategic 
Posture of the United States. 
Sec. 1072. Security clearances; limitations. 
Sec. 1073. Improvements in the process for the issuance of security clearances. 
Sec. 1074. Protection of certain individuals. 
Sec. 1075. Modification of authorities on Commission to Assess the Threat to the 
United States from Electromagnetic Pulse Attack. 
Sec. 1076. Sense of Congress on Small Business Innovation Research Program. 
Sec. 1077. Revision of proficiency flying definition. 
Sec. 1078. Qualifications for public aircraft status of aircraft under contract with 
the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 1079. Communications with the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives. 
Sec. 1080. Retention of reimbursement for provision of reciprocal fire protection 
services. 
Sec. 1081. Pilot program on commercial fee-for-service air refueling support for the 
Air Force. 
Sec. 1082. Advisory panel on Department of Defense capabilities for support of civil 
authorities after certain incidents. 
Sec. 1083. Terrorism exception to immunity. 
Subtitle A—Financial Matters 
SEC. 1001. GENERAL TRANSFER AUTHORITY. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER AUTHORIZATIONS.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—Upon determination by the Secretary of 
Defense that such action is necessary in the national interest, 
the Secretary may transfer amounts of authorizations made