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fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Pub-
lic Law 111–383; 10 U.S.C. 1561 note).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item: 
‘‘1568. Sexual assault prevention and response: Sexual Assault Response Coordi-
nators and Victim Advocates.’’. 
SEC. 583. SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS ACCESS TO LEGAL 
COUNSEL AND SERVICES OF SEXUAL AS-
SAULT RESPONSE COORDINATORS AND SEX-
UAL ASSAULT VICTIM ADVOCATES. 
(a) ACCESS.—Chapter 53 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting after section 1044d the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 1044e. Victims of sexual assault: access to legal as-
sistance and services of Sexual Assault 
Response Coordinators and Sexual As-
sault Victim Advocates 
‘‘(a) AVAILABILITY OF LEGAL ASSISTANCE AND VIC-
TIM ADVOCATE SERVICES.— 
‘‘(1) MEMBERS.—A member of the armed 
forces or a dependent of a member of the armed 
forces who is the victim of a sexual assault is enti-
tled to— 
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‘‘(A) legal assistance provided by a mili-
tary legal assistance counsel certified as com-
petent to provide such assistance; 
‘‘(B) assistance provided by a qualified 
Sexual Assault Response Coordinator; and 
‘‘(C) assistance provided by a qualified 
Sexual Assault Victim Advocate. 
‘‘(2) DEPENDENTS.—To the extent practicable, 
the Secretary of a military department shall make 
the assistance described in paragraph (1) available 
to dependent of a member of the armed forces who 
is the victim of a sexual assault and resides on or 
in the vicinity of a military installation. The Sec-
retary concerned shall define the term ‘vicinity’ for 
purposes of this paragraph. 
‘‘(3) NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF ASSISTANCE; 
OPT OUT.—The member or dependent shall be in-
formed of the availability of assistance under this 
subsection as soon as the member or dependent 
seeks assistance from a Sexual Assault Response Co-
ordinator or any other responsible member of the 
armed forces or Department of Defense civilian em-
ployee. The victim shall also be informed that the 
legal assistance and services of a Sexual Assault Re-
sponse Coordinator and Sexual Assault Victim Advo-
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cate are optional and these services may be declined, 
in whole or in part, at any time. 
‘‘(4) NATURE OF REPORTING IMMATERIAL.—In 
the case of a member of the armed forces, access to 
legal assistance and the services of Sexual Assault 
Response Coordinators and Sexual Assault Victim 
Advocates are available regardless of whether the 
member elects unrestricted or restricted (confiden-
tial) reporting of the sexual assault. 
‘‘(b) RESTRICTED REPORTING OPTION.— 
‘‘(1) AVAILABILITY
OF
RESTRICTED
REPORT-
ING.—A member of the armed forces who is the vic-
tim of a sexual assault may confidentially disclose 
the details of the assault to an individual specified 
in paragraph (2) and receive medical treatment, 
legal assistance, or counseling, without triggering an 
official investigation of the allegations. 
‘‘(2) PERSONS COVERED BY RESTRICTED RE-
PORTING.—Individuals covered by paragraph (1) are 
the following: 
‘‘(A) Military legal assistance counsel. 
‘‘(B) Sexual Assault Response Coordi-
nator. 
‘‘(C) Sexual Assault Victim Advocate. 
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‘‘(D) Personnel staffing the DOD Safe 
Helpline or successor operation. 
‘‘(E) Healthcare personnel. 
‘‘(F) Chaplain. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘sexual assault’ includes any of 
the offenses covered by section 920 of this title (arti-
cle 120). 
‘‘(2) The term ‘military legal assistance counsel’ 
means a judge advocate who— 
‘‘(A) is a graduate of an accredited law 
school or is a member of the bar of a Federal 
court or of the highest court of a State; and 
‘‘(B) is certified as competent to provide 
legal assistance by the Judge Advocate General 
of the armed force of which the judge advocate 
is a member.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 1044d the following new 
item: 
‘‘1044e. Victims of sexual assault: access to legal assistance and services of Sex-
ual Assault Response Coordinators and Sexual Assault Victim 
Advocates.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT REGARDING PROVI-
SION
OF LEGAL COUNSEL.—Section 1044(d)(3)(B) of 
such title is amended by striking ‘‘sections 1044a, 1044b, 
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1044c, and 1044d’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 1044a through 
1044e’’. 
SEC. 584. PRIVILEGE IN CASES ARISING UNDER UNIFORM 
CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE AGAINST DIS-
CLOSURE OF COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN 
SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS AND SEXUAL AS-
SAULT RESPONSE COORDINATORS, VICTIM 
ADVOCATES, AND CERTAIN OTHER PERSONS. 
(a) PRIVILEGE ESTABLISHED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter XI of chapter 47 
of title 10, United States Code (the Uniform Code 
of Military Justice), is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 940a. Art. 140a. Privilege against disclosure of cer-
tain communications with Sexual Assault 
Response 
Coordinators, 
Victim 
Advo-
cates, and certain other persons 
‘‘(a) PRIVILEGE AGAINST DISCLOSURE.—Commu-
nications between a person who is the victim of a sexual 
assault or other offense covered by section 920 of this title 
(article 120) and a person specified in subsection (b) and 
the records relating to such communications are not sub-
ject to discovery and may not be admitted into evidence 
in any case arising under this chapter. 
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‘‘(b) PERSONS COVERED BY PRIVILEGE.—The privi-
lege granted by subsection (a) applies to— 
‘‘(1) a Sexual Assault Response Coordinator; 
‘‘(2) a Sexual Assault Victim Advocate; and 
‘‘(3) personnel staffing the DOD Safe Helpline 
or successor operation. 
‘‘(c) CONSENT EXCEPTION.—The victim of a sexual 
assault may consent to the disclosure of any communica-
tion or record referred to in subsection (a) regarding the 
victim. 
‘‘(d) RELATION
TO OTHER PRIVILEGES AGAINST 
DISCLOSURE.—The privilege granted by subsection (a) in 
cases arising under this chapter is in addition to any other 
privilege against disclosure that may exist with regard to 
communications between a victim of a sexual assault and 
another person.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 1034a 
the following new item: 
‘‘940a. Art. 140a. Privilege against disclosure of certain communications with 
Sexual Assault Victim Advocates, Victim Advocates, and cer-
tain other persons.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—Section 940a of title 10, United 
States Code, as added by subsection (a), applies to com-
munications and records described in such section whether 
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‘‘(1) Department of Defense Form 2910, re-
garding the victim reporting preference statement, 
or any successor document. 
‘‘(2) Department of Defense Form 2911, re-
garding the forensic medical report prepared in the 
case of a sexual assault examination, or any suc-
cessor document. 
‘‘(3) Medical records. 
‘‘(4) Investigative reports prepared in connec-
tion with a sexual assault. 
‘‘(5) Such other information and reports as the 
Secretary of Defense considers appropriate. 
‘‘(c) VICTIM ACCESS.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall ensure that the victim of the sexual assault for which 
the records described in subsection (b) are prepared has 
permanent access to the records. 
‘‘(d) PROTECTION OF RESTRICTED REPORTING OP-
TION.—The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that any 
recordkeeping system used to maintain records described 
in subsection (b) does not jeopardize the confidentiality 
of the restricted reporting option available to a victim of 
a sexual assault.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 
by adding at the end the following new item: 
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‘‘993. Maintenance of medical, investigative, and other records prepared in con-
nection with sexual assaults.’’. 
(b) COPY OF RECORD OF COURT-MARTIAL TO VICTIM 
OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.—Section 854 of title 10, United 
States Code (article 54 of the Uniform Code of Military 
Justice), is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(e) In the case of a general or special court-martial 
involving a sexual assault or other offense covered by sec-
tion 920 of this title (article 120), a copy of the prepared 
record of the proceedings of the court-martial shall be 
given to the victim of the offence if the victim testified 
during the proceedings. The record of the proceedings 
shall be provided without charge and as soon as the record 
is authenticated. The victim shall be notified of the oppor-
tunity to receive the record of the proceedings.’’. 
SEC. 586. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION AND PRIORITY FOR 
APPLICATION FOR CONSIDERATION OF A 
PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION OR UNIT 
TRANSFER BASED ON HUMANITARIAN CONDI-
TIONS FOR VICTIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 39 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 672 the 
following new section: 
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‘‘§ 673. Consideration of application for permanent 
change of station or unit transfer for 
members on active duty who are the vic-
tim of a sexual assault 
‘‘(a) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION
AND PRIORITY 
FOR APPROVAL.—To the maximum extent practicable, the 
Secretary concerned shall provide for the expedited consid-
eration and approval of an application for consideration 
of a permanent change of station or unit transfer sub-
mitted by a member of the armed forces serving on active 
duty who was a victim of a sexual assault or other offense 
covered by section 920 of this title (article 120) so as to 
reduce the possibility of retaliation against the member 
for reporting the sexual assault. 
‘‘(b) REGULATIONS.—The Secretaries of the military 
departments shall issue regulations to carry out this sec-
tion, within guidelines provided by the Secretary of De-
fense.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 672 the following new 
item: 
‘‘673. Consideration of application for permanent change of station or unit 
transfer for members on active duty who are the victim of a 
sexual assault.’’. 
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SEC. 587. TRAINING AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR SEX-
UAL ASSAULT PREVENTION AND RESPONSE 
PROGRAM. 
Subtitle A of title XVI of the Ike Skelton National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public 
Law 111–383; 10 U.S.C. 1561 note) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 1615. IMPROVED TRAINING AND EDUCATION PRO-
GRAMS. 
‘‘(a) SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION AND RESPONSE 
TRAINING AND EDUCATION.— 
‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT
OF
CURRICULUM.—Not 
later than one year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of each military depart-
ment shall develop a curriculum to provide sexual 
assault prevention and response training and edu-
cation for members of the Armed Forces under the 
jurisdiction of the Secretary and civilian employees 
of the military department to strengthen individual 
knowledge, skills, and capacity to prevent and re-
spond to sexual assault. In developing the cur-
riculum, the Secretary shall work with experts out-
side of the Department of Defense who are experts 
sexual assault prevention and response training. 
‘‘(2) SCOPE OF TRAINING AND EDUCATION.— 
The sexual assault prevention and response training 
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and education shall encompass initial entry and ac-
cession programs, annual refresher training, profes-
sional military education, peer education, and spe-
cialized leadership training. Training shall be tai-
lored for specific leadership levels and local area re-
quirements. 
‘‘(3) CONSISTENT TRAINING.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall ensure that the sexual assault preven-
tion and response training provided to members of 
the Armed Forces and Department of Defense civil-
ian employees is consistent throughout the military 
departments. 
‘‘(b) INCLUSION IN PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDU-
CATION.—The Secretary of Defense shall provide for the 
inclusion of a sexual assault prevention and response 
training module at each level of professional military edu-
cation. The training shall be tailored to the new respon-
sibilities and leadership requirements of members of the 
Armed Forces as they are promoted. 
‘‘(c) INCLUSION IN FIRST RESPONDER TRAINING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall direct that managers of specialty skills associ-
ated with first responders described in paragraph 
(2) integrate sexual assault response training in ini-
tial and recurring training courses. 
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‘‘(2) COVERED FIRST RESPONDERS.—First re-
sponders referred to in paragraph (1) include fire-
fighters, emergency medical technicians, law enforce-
ment 
officers, 
military 
criminal 
investigators, 
healthcare personnel, judge advocates, and chap-
lains. 
‘‘(d) MERIT-BASED OR COMPETITIVE DECISIONS.— 
A decision to commit, obligate, or expend funds with or 
to a specific entity to assist with the development or imple-
mentation of sexual assault prevention and response train-
ing and education under this section shall— 
‘‘(1) be based on merit-based selection proce-
dures in accordance with the requirements of sec-
tions 2304(k) and 2374 of this title or on competi-
tive procedures; and 
‘‘(2) comply with other applicable provisions of 
law.’’. 
Subtitle J—Other Matters 
SEC. 591. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND SERV-
ICES FOR CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS AND AC-
TIVITIES 
OUTSIDE 
DEPARTMENT 
OF 
DE-
FENSE. 
Section 2012 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
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‘‘(k) LIMITATION
ON
ANNUAL
OBLIGATION
OF 
FUNDS.—Not more than $20,000,000 may be obligated 
during fiscal year 2012 or any fiscal year thereafter to 
provide support and services to non-Department of De-
fense organizations and activities under this section.’’. 
SEC. 592. DISPLAY OF STATE, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AND 
TERRITORIAL FLAGS BY ARMED FORCES. 
(a) DISPLAY REQUIRED.—Section 2249b of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended—by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) DISPLAY OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND TER-
RITORIAL FLAGS BY ARMED FORCES.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall ensure that whenever the official flags of 
all 50 States are displayed by the armed forces, such dis-
play shall include the flags of the District of Columbia, 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, United States Virgin Is-
lands, Guam, American Samoa, and Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of such 
section is amended by striking the colon and all that 
follows. 
(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 134 of such title is 
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amended by striking the item relating to section 
2249b and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘2249b. Display of State flags.’’. 
SEC. 593. MILITARY ADAPTIVE SPORTS PROGRAM. 
(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—Chapter 152 of title 
10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after sec-
tion 2564 the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2564a. Provision of assistance for adaptive sports 
programs for members of the armed 
forces 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of De-
fense may establish a military adaptive sports program to 
support the provision of adaptive sports programming for 
members of the armed forces who are eligible to partici-
pate in adaptive sports because of an injury or wound in-
curred in the line of duty in the armed forces. 
‘‘(b) PROVISION
OF ASSISTANCE; PURPOSE.—(1) 
Under such criteria as the Secretary of Defense may es-
tablish under the military adaptive sports program, the 
Secretary may award grants to, or enter into contracts 
and cooperative agreements with, entities for the purpose 
of planning, developing, managing, and implementing 
adaptive sports programming for members described in 
subsection (a). 
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‘‘(2) The Secretary of Defense shall use competitive 
procedures to award any grant or to enter into any con-
tract or cooperative agreement under this subsection. 
‘‘(c) USE
OF
ASSISTANCE.—Assistance provided 
under the military adaptive sports program shall be 
used— 
‘‘(1) for the purposes specified in subsection 
(b); and 
‘‘(2) for such related activities and expenses as 
the Secretary of Defense may authorize.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 717 the following new 
item: 
‘‘2564a. Provision of assistance for adaptive sports programs for members of the 
armed forces.’’. 
SEC. 594. WOUNDED WARRIOR CAREERS PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—During fiscal 
years 2012 through 2016, the Secretary of Defense shall 
carry out a career-development services program with the 
Education and Employment Initiative for severely wound-
ed warriors of the Armed Forces, and their spouses, if ap-
propriate. 
(b) ELEMENTS OF PROGRAM.—The program shall in-
clude at a minimum the following: 
(1) Exploring career options. 
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(2) Obtaining education, skill, aptitude, and in-
terest assessments. 
(3) Developing veteran-centered career plans. 
(4) Preparing resumes and education/training 
applications. 
(5) Acquiring additional education and training, 
including internships and mentorship programs. 
(6) Engaging with prospective employers and 
educators when appropriate. 
(7) Entering into various kinds of occupations 
(whether full-time, part-time, paid, or volunteer, or 
self-employment as entrepreneurs or otherwise). 
(8) Advancing in jobs and careers after initial 
employment. 
(9) Identifying and resolving obstacles through 
coordination with the military departments, other 
departments and agencies of the Federal Govern-
ment, State and local governments, and other appro-
priate service and benefits providers. 
(c) PLACEMENT REQUIREMENT.—Services under the 
program shall be co-located at the largest geographic con-
centrations of wounded warriors in accordance with the 
Education and Employment Initiative’s goal of estab-
lishing as many as 20 locations that can support 
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transitioning wounded warriors seeking post-service edu-
cation and employment. 
(d) COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS.—No later than one 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees plans for a cost-benefit analysis of the results 
of the services provided to substantiate effective practices. 
(e) INFORMATION SHARING.—Lessons learned, in-
cluding relevant data and best practices derived from the 
program, shall be shared with relevant Federal agencies 
that also provide transition services and support to dis-
abled veterans or wounded warriors. 
(f) NEW BUDGET ITEM RELATING TO THE PRO-
GRAM.— 
(1) ADDITIONAL
DISCRETIONARY
BUDGETARY 
AUTHORITY.—In the budget submitted to Congress 
under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, 
for fiscal year 2012, the President requested 
$2,201,964,000 for Defense-wide Operation and 
Maintenance Administrative and Service-wide Activi-
ties. Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated 
by section 301, as specified in the corresponding 
funding table in division D, the Secretary of Defense 
shall obligate an additional $1,000,000 for the pro-
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gram under this section in furtherance of national 
security objectives. 
(2) MERIT-BASED
OR
COMPETITIVE
DECI-
SIONS.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), a decision 
to commit, obligate, or expend funds referred to in 
the second sentence of paragraph (1) with or to a 
specific entity shall— 
(A) be based on merit-based selection pro-
cedures in accordance with the requirements of 
sections 2304(k) and 2374 of title 10, United 
States Code, or on competitive procedures; and 
(B) comply with other applicable provisions 
of law. 
SEC. 595. COMPTROLLER GENERAL STUDY OF MILITARY 
NECESSITY OF SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM 
AND ALTERNATIVES. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Comptroller General of 
the United States shall conduct a study— 
(1) to assess the criticality of the Selective 
Service System to the Department of Defense in 
meeting future military manpower requirements that 
are in excess of the ability of the all-volunteer force; 
and 
(2) to determine the fiscal and national security 
impacts of— 
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(A) disestablishing the Selective Service 
System; 
(B) putting the Selective Service System 
into a deep standby mode, defined as retaining 
only personnel sufficient to conduct registration 
and maintain the registration database; and 
(C) requiring the Department of Defense, 
or other Federal department, upon disestablish-
ment of the Selective Service System and repeal 
of registration requirements, to assume respon-
sibility for securing the Selective Service Sys-
tem registration data bases, and keeping them 
updated. 
(b) ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR EACH OP-
TION.—As part of considering the impacts of disestablish-
ment of the Selective Service System, putting it into a 
deep standby mode, or transferring responsibilities as de-
scribed in subsection (a)(2)(C), the Comptroller General 
shall provide for each option— 
(1) an estimate of the annual cost or savings of 
each option to the Federal government; and 
(2) the feasibility, cost, and time required for 
each option— 
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(A) to reestablish the capability to meet 
the Selective Service System mission, as it ex-
isted before disestablishment; and 
(B) to provide the Department of Defense 
the required number of conscripts for training, 
should conscription be authorized by Congress. 
(c) SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING REG-
ISTRATION.—The study shall also include an assessment 
of the feasibility, cost, and time required to meet registra-
tion requirements by— 
(1) using existing Federal and State govern-
ment institutions as an alternative to Selective Serv-
ice registration to maintain an accurate, comprehen-
sive database of Americans who, according to exist-
ing Selective Service System registration require-
ments, would be subject to conscription should con-
scription be authorized; and 
(2) integrating various alternative registration 
databases for use in connection with conscription 
and provide a means to keep updated and accurate 
the Selective Service System database under each of 
the options described in subsection (a)(2). 
(d) SUBMISSION
OF
RESULTS.—Not later than 
March 31, 2012, the Comptroller General shall submit the 
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House 
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of Representatives a report containing the results of the 
study. 
SEC. 596. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING PLAYING OF 
BUGLE CALL COMMONLY KNOWN AS ‘‘TAPS’’ 
AT MILITARY FUNERALS, MEMORIAL SERV-
ICES, AND WREATH LAYING CEREMONIES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) The bugle call commonly known as ‘‘Taps’’ 
is known throughout the United States as part of 
the military honors accorded at funerals, memorial 
services, and wreath ceremonies held for members of 
the uniformed services and veterans. 
(2) In July 1862, following the Seven Days 
Battles, Union General Daniel Butterfield and bu-
gler Oliver Willcox Norton created ‘‘Taps’’ at Berk-
ley Plantation, Virginia, as a way to signal the end 
of daily military activities. 
(3) ‘‘Taps’’ is now established by the uniformed 
services as the last call of the day and is sounded 
at the completion of a military funeral. 
(4) ‘‘Taps’’ has become the signature, solemn 
musical farewell for members of the uniformed serv-
ices and veterans who have faithfully served the 
United States during times of war and peace. 
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(5) Over its almost 150 years of use, ‘‘Taps’’ 
has been woven into the historical fabric of the 
United States. 
(6) When sounded, ‘‘Taps’’ summons emotions 
of loss, pride, honor, and respect and encourages 
Americans to remember patriots who served the 
United States with honor and valor. 
(7) The 150th anniversary of the writing of 
‘‘Taps’’ will be observed with events culminating in 
June 2012 with a rededication of the Taps Monu-
ment at Berkley Plantation, Virginia. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that at a military funeral, memorial service, or 
wreath laying, the bugle call commonly known as ‘‘Taps’’, 
consisting of 24 notes sounded on a bugle or trumpet, 
should be sounded by a live solo bugler or trumpeter when 
such arrangements are possible. 
SEC. 597. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING SUPPORT FOR 
YELLOW RIBBON DAY. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) The hopes and prayers of the American peo-
ple for the safe return of members of the Armed 
Forces serving overseas are demonstrated through 
the proud display of yellow ribbons. 
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(2) The designation of a ‘‘Yellow Ribbon Day’’ 
would serve as an additional reminder for all Ameri-
cans of the continued sacrifice of members of the 
Armed Forces. 
(3) Yellow Ribbon Day would also recognize the 
history and meaning of the Yellow Ribbon as the 
symbol of support for members of the Armed 
Forces. 
(4) Yellow Ribbon Day would also signify a 
tribute and remembrance to all Prisoners of War 
and a fervent hope for the safe return and full ac-
counting of all members of the Armed Forces who 
are Missing in Action. 
(5) April 9th would be an appropriate day to 
designate as Yellow Ribbon Day as it was on April 
9, 2004, that Staff Sergeant Matt Maupin became 
the first Prisoner of War of Operation Iraqi Free-
dom. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—Congress supports the 
goals and ideals of Yellow Ribbon Day in honor of mem-
bers of the Armed Forces who are serving overseas apart 
from their families and loved ones. 
SEC. 598. POSTAL BENEFITS PROGRAM. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Supply Our Soldiers Act of 2011’’. 
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(b) POSTAL BENEFITS PROGRAM FOR MEMBERS OF 
THE ARMED FORCES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in 
consultation with the United States Postal Service, 
shall provide for a program under which postal bene-
fits shall be provided to qualified individuals in ac-
cordance with succeeding provisions of this section. 
(2) QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL.—For purposes of 
this section, the term ‘‘qualified individual’’ means 
an individual who is— 
(A) a member of the Armed Forces of the 
United States on active duty (as defined in sec-
tion 101 of title 10, United States Code); and 
(B)(i) serving in Iraq or Afghanistan; or 
(ii) hospitalized at a facility under the ju-
risdiction of the Armed Forces of the United 
States as a result of a disease or injury in-
curred as a result of service in Iraq or Afghani-
stan. 
(3) POSTAL BENEFITS DESCRIBED.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The postal benefits 
provided under this section shall consist of such 
coupons or other similar evidence of credit 
(whether in printed, electronic, or other format, 
and hereinafter in this section referred to as 
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‘‘vouchers’’) as the Secretary of Defense (in 
consultation with the Postal Service) shall de-
termine, entitling the bearer or user to make 
qualified mailings free of postage. 
(B) QUALIFIED
MAILING.—For purposes 
of this section, the term ‘‘qualified mailing’’ 
means the mailing of a single mail piece 
which— 
(i) is described in clause (i) or (ii) of 
subparagraph (C); 
(ii) is sent from within an area served 
by a United States post office; and 
(iii) is addressed to a qualified indi-
vidual. 
(C) MAIL DESCRIBED.—Mail described in 
this subparagraph is— 
(i) any first-class mail (including any 
sound- or video-recorded communication) 
not exceeding 13 ounces in weight and 
having the character of personal cor-
respondence; and 
(ii) parcel post not exceeding 15 
pounds in weight. 
(D) LIMITATIONS.— 
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(i) NUMBER.—An individual shall be 
eligible for one voucher for each two-month 
period in which such individual is a quali-
fied individual. 
(ii) USE.—Any such voucher may not 
be used— 
(I) for more than a single quali-
fied mailing; or 
(II) after the expiration date of 
such voucher, as designated by the 
Secretary of Defense. 
(E) COORDINATION RULE.—Postal benefits 
under this section 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 resulting from the application of sec-
tion 3401(b) of title 39, United States Code. 
(4) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date of the enactment of this section, the 
Secretary of Defense (in consultation with the Postal 
Service) shall prescribe any regulations necessary to 
carry out this section, including— 
(A) procedures by which vouchers will be 
provided or made available in timely manner to 
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persons duly identified by qualified individuals 
to receive those vouchers; and 
(B) procedures to ensure that the number 
of vouchers provided or made available with re-
spect to any qualified individual complies with 
paragraph (3)(D)(i). 
(c) FUNDING.— 
(1) FUNDING INCREASE AND OFFSETTING RE-
DUCTION.—Notwithstanding the amounts set forth 
in the funding tables in division D, to carry out this 
section during fiscal year 2012— 
(A) the amount authorized to be appro-
priated in section 301 for operation and main-
tenance, Defense-wide, as specified in the cor-
responding funding table in division D, is here-
by increased by $12,000,000, with the amount 
of the increase allocated to the Office of the 
Secretary of Defense, as set forth in the table 
under section 4301, to carry out this section; 
and 
(B) the amount authorized to be appro-
priated in section 101 for other procurement, 
Army, as specified in the corresponding funding 
table of division D, is hereby reduced by 
$12,000,000 with the amount of the reduction 
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to be derived from the Joint Tactical Radio 
System, Ground Mobile Radio Program under 
Line 039 Joint Tactical Radio System as set 
forth in the table under section 4101. 
(2) TRANSFERS TO POSTAL SERVICE.— 
(A) BASED ON ESTIMATES.—The Depart-
ment of Defense shall transfer to the Postal 
Service, out of any amount so appropriated and 
in advance of each calendar quarter for fiscal 
year 2012 beginning on or after January 1, 
2012, and during which postal benefits under 
this section may be used, an amount equal to 
the amount of postal benefits that the Depart-
ment of Defense estimates will be used during 
such quarter, reduced or increased (as the case 
may be) by any amounts by which the Depart-
ment finds that a determination under this sub-
section for a prior quarter was greater than or 
less than the amount finally determined for 
such quarter. 
(B) BASED ON FINAL DETERMINATION.— 
A final determination of the amount necessary 
to correct any previous determination under 
this subsection, and any transfer of amounts 
between the Postal Service and the Department 
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of Defense based on that final determination, 
shall be made not later than six months after 
the end of fiscal year 2012. 
(3) CONSULTATION REQUIRED.—All estimates 
and determinations under this subsection of the 
amount of postal benefits under this section used in 
any period shall be made by the Department of De-
fense in consultation with the Postal Service. 
(d) DURATION.—The postal benefits under this sec-
tion shall apply with respect to mail matter sent during 
the period beginning on October 1, 2011, and ending on 
September 30, 2012. 
SEC. 599A. PROHIBITION ON THE UNAUTHORIZED USE OF 
NAMES AND IMAGES OF MEMBERS OF THE 
ARMED FORCES. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Chapter 49 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 988. Unauthorized use of names and images of 
members of the armed forces 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—Except with the permission of 
the individual or individuals designated under subsection 
(d), no person may knowingly use the name or image of 
a protected individual in connection with any merchandise, 
retail product, impersonation, solicitation, or commercial 
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activity in a manner reasonably calculated to connect the 
protected individual with that individual’s service in the 
armed forces. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORITY TO ENJOIN VIOLATIONS.—When-
ever it appears to the Attorney General that any person 
is engaged or is about to engage in an act or practice 
which constitutes or will constitute conduct prohibited by 
subsection (a), the Attorney General may initiate a civil 
proceeding in a district court of the United States to en-
join such act or practice. Such court shall proceed as soon 
as practicable to the hearing and determination of such 
action and may, at any time before final determination, 
enter such restraining orders or prohibitions, or take such 
other actions as is warranted, to prevent injury to the 
United States or to any person or class of persons for 
whose protection the action is brought. 
‘‘(c) PROTECTED INDIVIDUAL.—For purposes of this 
section, a protected individual is any person who— 
‘‘(1) is a member of the armed forces; or 
‘‘(2) was a member of the armed forces at any 
time after April 5, 1917, and, if not living, has a 
surviving spouse, child, parent, grandparent, or sib-
ling. 
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‘‘(d) DESIGNATED INDIVIDUAL OR INDIVIDUALS.— 
(1) The individual or individuals designated under this 
subsection, with respect to a protected individual— 
‘‘(A) is the protected individual, if living; and 
‘‘(B) otherwise is the living survivor or sur-
vivors of the protected individual highest on the fol-
lowing list: 
‘‘(i) The surviving spouse. 
‘‘(ii) The children. 
‘‘(iii) The parents. 
‘‘(iv) The grandparents. 
‘‘(v) The siblings. 
‘‘(2) In the case of a protected individual for whom 
more than one individual is designated under clause (ii), 
(iii), (iv), or (v) of paragraph (1)(B), the prohibition under 
subsection (a) shall apply unless permission is obtained 
from each designated individual.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item: 
‘‘988. Unauthorized use of names and images of members of the armed forces.’’. 
SEC. 599B. REVIEW REGARDING AWARD OF MEDAL OF 
HONOR TO JEWISH AMERICAN WORLD WAR I 
VETERANS. 
(a) REVIEW REQUIRED.—The Secretary of the Army 
and the Secretary of the Navy shall review the service 
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records of each Jewish American World War I veteran de-
scribed in subsection (b) to determine whether that vet-
eran should be posthumously awarded the Medal of 
Honor. 
(b) COVERED JEWISH AMERICAN WAR VETERANS.— 
The Jewish American World War I veterans whose service 
records are to be reviewed under subsection (a) are the 
following: 
(1) Any Jewish American World War I veteran 
who was previously awarded the Distinguished Serv-
ice Cross, the Navy Cross, or other military decora-
tion for service during World War I. 
(2) Any other Jewish American World War I 
veteran whose name is submitted to the Secretary 
concerned for such purpose by the Jewish War Vet-
erans of the United States of America before the 
end of the one-year period beginning on the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(c) CONSULTATIONS.—In carrying out the review 
under subsection (a), the Secretary concerned shall con-
sult with the Jewish War Veterans of the United States 
of America and with such other veterans service organiza-
tions as the Secretary considers appropriate. 
(d) RECOMMENDATION BASED ON REVIEW.—If the 
Secretary concerned determines, based upon the review 
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under subsection (a) of the service records of any Jewish 
American World War I veteran, that the award of the 
Medal of Honor to that veteran is warranted, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the President a recommendation 
that the President award the Medal of Honor post-
humously to that veteran. 
(e) AUTHORITY TO AWARD MEDAL OF HONOR.—A 
Medal of Honor may be awarded posthumously to a Jew-
ish American World War I veteran in accordance with a 
recommendation of the Secretary concerned under sub-
section (a). 
(f) WAIVER OF TIME LIMITATIONS.—An award of 
the Medal of Honor may be made under subsection (e) 
without regard to— 
(1) section 3744, 6248, or 8744 of title 10, 
United States Code; and 
(2) any regulation or other administrative re-
striction on— 
(A) the time for awarding the Medal of 
Honor; or 
(B) the awarding of the Medal of Honor 
for service for which a Distinguished Service 
Cross, Navy Cross, or other military decoration 
has been awarded. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) The term ‘‘Jewish American World War I 
veteran’’ means any person who served in the Armed 
Forces during World War I and identified himself or 
herself as Jewish on his or her military personnel 
records. 
(2) The term ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ means— 
(A) the Secretary of the Army, in the case 
of the Army; and 
(B) the Secretary of the Navy, in the case 
of the Navy and the Marine Corps. 
(3) The term ‘‘World War I’’ means the period 
beginning on April 6, 1917, and ending on Novem-
ber 11, 1918. 
SEC. 599C. LIMITATION ON MILITARY MUSICAL UNITS. 
Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization 
of appropriations in this Act for military musical units (as 
defined in section 974 of title 10, United States Code) 
may not exceed $200,000,000. 
SEC. 599D. AUTHORIZATION AND REQUEST FOR AWARD OF 
MEDAL OF HONOR TO EMIL KAPAUN FOR 
ACTS OF VALOR DURING THE KOREAN WAR. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—Notwithstanding the time lim-
itations specified in section 3744 of title 10, United States 
Code, or any other time limitation with respect to the 
awarding of certain medals to persons who served in the 
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Armed Forces, the President is authorized and requested 
to award the Medal of Honor posthumously under section 
3741 of such title to Emil Kapaun for the acts of valor 
during the Korean War described in subsection (b). 
(b) ACTS OF VALOR DESCRIBED.—The acts of valor 
referred to in subsection (a) are the actions of then Cap-
tain Emil Kapaun as a member of the 8th Cavalry Regi-
ment during the Battle of Unsan on November 1 and 2, 
1950, and while a prisoner of war until his death on May 
23, 1951, during the Korean War. 
TITLE VI—COMPENSATION AND 
OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS 
Subtitle A—Pay and Allowances 
SEC. 601. FISCAL YEAR 2012 INCREASE IN MILITARY BASIC 
PAY. 
(a) WAIVER OF SECTION 1009 ADJUSTMENT.—The 
adjustment to become effective during fiscal year 2012 re-
quired by section 1009 of title 37, United States Code, 
in the rates of monthly basic pay authorized members of 
the uniformed services shall not be made. 
(b) INCREASE IN BASIC PAY.—Effective on January 
1, 2012, the rates of monthly basic pay for members of 
the uniformed services are increased by 1.6 percent. 
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SEC. 602. RESUMPTION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE TEM-
PORARY INCREASE IN RATES OF BASIC AL-
LOWANCE FOR HOUSING UNDER CERTAIN 
CIRCUMSTANCES. 
Effective October 1, 2011, section 403(b)(7)(E) of 
title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘De-
cember 31, 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2012’’. 
SEC. 603. LODGING ACCOMMODATIONS FOR MEMBERS AS-
SIGNED TO DUTY IN CONNECTION WITH COM-
MISSIONING OR FITTING OUT OF A SHIP. 
(a) EXTENSION TO PRECOMMISSIONING UNIT SAIL-
ORS.—Subsection (a) of section 7572 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘or assigned to duty in connec-
tion with commissioning or fitting out of a ship’’ 
after ‘‘sea duty’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘, because the ship is under 
construction and is not yet habitable,’’ after ‘‘be-
cause of repairs,’’. 
(b) EXTENSION
TO ENLISTED MEMBERS.—Sub-
section (d) of such section is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘After the expiration of the 
authority provided in subsection (b), an officer’’ 
and inserting ‘‘A member’’; 
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(B) by striking ‘‘officer’s quarters’’ and in-
serting ‘‘member’s quarters’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘obtaining quarters’’ and 
inserting ‘‘obtaining housing’’; and 
(D) by striking ‘‘the officer’’ and inserting 
‘‘the member’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘an officer’’ both places it 
appears and inserting ‘‘a member’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘quarters’’ and inserting 
‘‘housing’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘officer’s grade’’ and in-
serting ‘‘member’s grade’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘an officer’’ and inserting 
‘‘a member’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘quarters’’ and inserting 
‘‘housing’’. 
(c) SHIPYARDS AFFECTED BY BRAC 2005.—Such 
section is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(e)(1) The Secretary may reimburse a member of 
the naval service assigned to duty in connection with com-
missioning or fitting out of a ship in Pascagoula, Mis-
sissippi, or Bath, Maine, who is deprived of quarters on 
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board a ship because the ship is under construction and 
is not yet habitable, or because of other conditions that 
make the member’s quarters uninhabitable, for expenses 
incurred in obtaining housing, but only when the Navy is 
unable to furnish the member with lodging accommoda-
tions under subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) The total amount that a member may be reim-
bursed under this subsection may not exceed an amount 
equal to the basic allowance for housing of a member with-
out dependents of that member’s grade. 
‘‘(3) A member without dependents, or a member who 
resides with dependents while assigned to duty in connec-
tion with commissioning or fitting out of a ship at one 
of the locations specified in paragraph (1), may not be 
reimbursed under this subsection. 
‘‘(4) The Secretary may prescribe regulations to 
carry out this subsection.’’. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of such 
section is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘§ 7572. Quarters: accommodations in place for mem-
bers on sea duty or assigned to duty in 
connection with commissioning or fitting 
out of a ship’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 649 of such title 
is amended by striking the item relating to section 
7572 and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘7572. Quarters: accommodations in place for members on sea duty or assigned 
to duty in connection with commissioning or fitting out of a 
ship.’’. 
Subtitle B—Bonuses and Special 
and Incentive Pays 
SEC. 611. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF CERTAIN BONUS AND 
SPECIAL PAY AUTHORITIES FOR RESERVE 
FORCES. 
The following sections of title 37, United States 
Code, are amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2011’’ and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2012’’: 
(1) Section 308b(g), relating to Selected Re-
serve reenlistment bonus. 
(2) Section 308c(i), relating to Selected Reserve 
affiliation or enlistment bonus. 
(3) Section 308d(c), relating to special pay for 
enlisted members assigned to certain high-priority 
units. 
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(4) Section 308g(f)(2), relating to Ready Re-
serve enlistment bonus for persons without prior 
service. 
(5) Section 308h(e), relating to Ready Reserve 
enlistment and reenlistment bonus for persons with 
prior service. 
(6) Section 308i(f), relating to Selected Reserve 
enlistment and reenlistment bonus for persons with 
prior service. 
(7) Section 910(g), relating to income replace-
ment payments for reserve component members ex-
periencing extended and frequent mobilization for 
active duty service. 
SEC. 612. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF CERTAIN BONUS AND 
SPECIAL PAY AUTHORITIES FOR HEALTH 
CARE PROFESSIONALS. 
(a) TITLE 10 AUTHORITIES.—The following sections 
of title 10, United States Code, are amended by striking 
‘‘December 31, 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 
2012’’: 
(1) Section 2130a(a)(1), relating to nurse offi-
cer candidate accession program. 
(2) Section 16302(d), relating to repayment of 
education loans for certain health professionals who 
serve in the Selected Reserve. 
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(3) Section 308(g), relating to reenlistment 
bonus for active members. 
(4) Section 309(e), relating to enlistment 
bonus. 
(5) Section 324(g), relating to accession bonus 
for new officers in critical skills. 
(6) Section 326(g), relating to incentive bonus 
for conversion to military occupational specialty to 
ease personnel shortage. 
(7) Section 327(h), relating to incentive bonus 
for transfer between armed forces. 
(8) Section 330(f), relating to accession bonus 
for officer candidates. 
SEC. 616. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES RELAT-
ING TO PAYMENT OF REFERRAL BONUSES. 
The following sections of title 10, United States 
Code, are amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2011’’ and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2012’’: 
(1) Section 1030(i), relating to health profes-
sions referral bonus. 
(2) Section 3252(h), relating to Army referral 
bonus. 
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Subtitle C—Travel and Transpor-
tation Allowances Generally 
SEC. 621. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO REIM-
BURSE TRAVEL EXPENSES FOR INACTIVE- 
DUTY TRAINING OUTSIDE OF NORMAL COM-
MUTING DISTANCE. 
Section 408a(e) of title 37, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2011’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2012’’. 
SEC. 622. MANDATORY PROVISION OF TRAVEL AND TRANS-
PORTATION ALLOWANCES FOR NON-MEDICAL 
ATTENDANTS 
FOR 
SERIOUSLY 
ILL 
AND 
WOUNDED 
MEMBERS 
OF 
THE 
ARMED 
FORCES. 
Section 411k of title 37, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘may’’ and in-
serting ‘‘shall’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d)(3), by striking ‘‘may’’ and 
inserting ‘‘shall’’. 
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SEC. 623. INCLUSION OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES 
ASSIGNED 
TO 
EGYPT 
MULTI-NATIONAL 
FORCE AND OBSERVERS MISSION IN UNITED 
STATES CENTRAL COMMAND REST AND RE-
CUPERATION ABSENCE PROGRAM. 
(a) INCLUSION OF MNFOM MEMBERS.—Subsection 
(b) of section 705a of title 10, United States Code, as 
added by section 532 of the Ike Skelton National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111– 
383; 124 Stat. 4216), is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE MEMBERS.—Subject to such other 
criteria as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe in the 
regulations required by subsection (a), the following mem-
bers of the armed forces are eligible for selection to receive 
the benefits described in subsection (c): 
‘‘(1) A member who is assigned or deployed for 
at least 270 days in an area or location— 
‘‘(A) that is designated by the President as 
a combat zone; and 
‘‘(B) in which hardship duty pay is author-
ized to be paid under section 305 of title 37. 
‘‘(2) A member who is assigned to duty for at 
least 270 days as a participant in the Egypt Multi- 
National Force and Observers Mission.’’. 
(b) 
FUNDING
SOURCE.—Notwithstanding 
the 
amounts set forth in the funding table in section 4501, 
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the Secretary of Defense may transfer up to $4,000,000 
from the Mission Force Enhancement Transfer Fund es-
tablished by section 1433 to another account of the De-
partment of Defense to mitigate unfunded requirements 
for fiscal year 2012 incurred as a result of the amendment 
made by subsection (a). 
(c) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set forth 
in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized 
to be appropriated in section 101 for other procurement, 
Army, as specified in the corresponding funding table in 
division D, is hereby reduced by $5,000,000, with the 
amount of the reduction to be derived from Joint Tactical 
Radio System Maritime-Fixed radios under Line 039 
Joint Tactical Radio System as set forth in the table 
under section 4101. 
Subtitle D—Consolidation and Re-
form of Travel and Transpor-
tation Authorities 
SEC. 631. PURPOSE. 
It is the purpose of this subtitle to establish general 
travel and transportation provisions for members of the 
uniformed services and other travelers authorized to travel 
under official conditions. Recognizing the complexities and 
the changing nature of travel, the amendments made by 
this subtitle and the 10-year transition period provided by 
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section 636 provide the Secretary of Defense and the Sec-
retaries concerned (as defined in section 101(5) of title 
37, United States Code) with the authority to prescribe 
and implement travel and transportation policy that is 
simple, efficient, relevant, and flexible and that meets mis-
sion needs and the needs of members of the uniformed 
services. 
SEC. 632. CONSOLIDATION AND REFORM OF TRAVEL AND 
TRANSPORTATION 
AUTHORITIES 
OF 
THE 
UNIFORMED SERVICES. 
Title 37, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
after chapter 7 the following new chapter: 
‘‘CHAPTER 8—TRAVEL AND 
TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCES 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER I—TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION—NEW LAW 
‘‘Sec. 
‘‘451. Definitions. 
‘‘452. Allowable travel and transportation: general authorities. 
‘‘453. Allowable travel and transportation: specific authorities. 
‘‘454. Travel and transportation pilot programs. 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER II—ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
‘‘Sec. 
‘‘461. Relationship to other travel and transportation authorities. 
‘‘462. Travel and transportation expenses paid to members that are unauthor-
ized or in excess of authorized amounts: requirement for repay-
ment. 
‘‘463. Regulations. 
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‘‘SUBCHAPTER I—TRAVEL AND 
TRANSPORTATION—NEW LAW 
‘‘§ 451. Definitions 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS RELATING TO PERSONS.—In this 
subchapter and subchapter II: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘administering Secretary’ or ‘ad-
ministering Secretaries’ means the following: 
‘‘(A) The Secretary of Defense, with re-
spect to the armed forces (including the Coast 
Guard when it is operating as a service in the 
Navy). 
‘‘(B) The Secretary of Homeland Security, 
with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not 
operating as a service in the Navy. 
‘‘(C) The Secretary of Commerce, with re-
spect to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration. 
‘‘(D) The Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, with respect to the Public Health 
Service. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘authorized traveler’ means a 
person who is authorized travel and transportation 
allowances when performing official travel ordered or 
authorized by the administering Secretary. Such 
term includes the following: 
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‘‘(C) A parent, as defined in section 
401(b)(2) of this title. 
‘‘(D) A sibling of the member. 
‘‘(E) A former spouse of the member. 
‘‘(F) Any person not covered by subpara-
graphs (A) through (E) who is in a category 
specified in regulations under section 463 of 
this title as having an association, connection, 
or affiliation with a member of the uniformed 
services or the family of such a member. 
‘‘(G) Any person not covered by subpara-
graphs (A) through (F) who is determined by 
the administering Secretary under regulations 
prescribed under section 463 of this title as 
warranting the status of being a family member 
for purposes of a particular travel incident. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS
RELATING
TO
TRAVEL
AND 
TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCES.—In this subchapter and 
subchapter II: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘official travel’ means the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) Military duty or official business per-
formed by an authorized traveler away from a 
duty assignment location or other authorized lo-
cation. 
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‘‘(B) Travel performed by an authorized 
traveler ordered to relocate from a permanent 
duty station to another permanent duty station. 
‘‘(C) Travel performed by an authorized 
traveler ordered to the first permanent duty 
station, or separated or retired from uniformed 
service. 
‘‘(D) Local travel in or around the tem-
porary duty or permanent duty station. 
‘‘(E) Other travel as authorized or ordered 
by the administering Secretary. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘actual and necessary expenses’ 
means expenses incurred in fact by a traveler as a 
reasonable consequence of official travel. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘travel allowances’ means the 
daily lodging, meals, and other related expenses, in-
cluding relocation expenses, incurred by an author-
ized traveler while on official travel. 
‘‘(4) The term ‘transportation allowances’ 
means the costs of temporarily or permanently mov-
ing an authorized traveler, the personal property of 
an authorized traveler, or a combination thereof. 
‘‘(5) The term ‘transportation-, lodging-, or 
meals-in-kind’ means transportation, lodging, or 
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meals provided by the Government without cost to 
the traveler. 
‘‘(6) The term ‘miscellaneous expenses’ mean 
authorized expenses incurred in addition to author-
ized allowances during the performance of official 
travel. 
‘‘(7) The term ‘personal property’, with respect 
to transportation allowances, includes baggage, fur-
niture, and other household items, clothing, privately 
owned vehicles, house trailers, mobile homes, and 
any other personal item that would not otherwise be 
prohibited by any other provision or law, or regula-
tion prescribed under section 463 of this title. 
‘‘(8) The term ‘relocation allowances’ means the 
costs associated with relocating a member of the 
uniformed services or other authorized traveler be-
tween an old and new temporary or permanent duty 
assignment location or other authorized location. 
‘‘(9) The term ‘dislocation allowances’ means 
the costs associated with relocation of the household 
of a member of the uniformed services or other au-
thorized traveler in relation to a change in the mem-
ber’s permanent duty assignment location ordered 
for the convenience of the Government or incident to 
an evacuation. 
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‘‘(10) The term ‘per diem’ means an amount 
established as a daily rate that is paid to an author-
ized traveler to cover lodging, meals, and other re-
lated travel expenses pursuant to regulations. 
‘‘§ 452. Allowable travel and transportation: general 
authorities 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise prohibited 
by law, a member of the uniformed services or other au-
thorized traveler— 
‘‘(1) shall be provided transportation-, lodging, 
or meals-in-kind, or actual and necessary travel and 
transportation expenses for, or in connection with, 
official travel; or 
‘‘(2) may be provided transportation and travel 
allowances under other circumstances as specified in 
regulations prescribed under section 463 of this title. 
‘‘(b) SPECIFIC
CIRCUMSTANCES.—The authority 
under subsection (a) includes travel under or in connection 
with, but not limited to, the following circumstances, to 
the extent specified in regulations prescribed under section 
463 of this title: 
‘‘(1) Temporary duty that requires en route 
travel between a permanent duty assignment loca-
tion and another authorized temporary duty loca-
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tion, and travel in or around the temporary duty lo-
cation. 
‘‘(2) Permanent change of station that requires 
en route travel between an old and new temporary 
or permanent duty assignment location or other au-
thorized location. 
‘‘(3) Temporary duty or assignment relocation 
related to a consecutive overseas tour or in-place- 
consecutive overseas tour. 
‘‘(4) Recruiting duties for the armed forces. 
‘‘(5) Assignment or detail to another Govern-
ment agency or department. 
‘‘(6) Rest and recuperative leave. 
‘‘(7) Convalescent leave. 
‘‘(8) Reenlistment leave. 
‘‘(9) Reserve component inactive-duty training 
performed outside the normal commuting distance of 
the member’s permanent residence. 
‘‘(10) Ready Reserve muster duty. 
‘‘(11) Unusual, extraordinary, hardship, or 
emergency circumstances. 
‘‘(12) Missing status, as determined by the Sec-
retary concerned under chapter 10 of this title. 
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‘‘(13) Attendance at or participation in inter-
national sports competitions described under section 
717 of title 10. 
‘‘(c) MATTERS INCLUDED.—Travel and transpor-
tation allowances which may be provided under subsection 
(a) include the following: 
‘‘(1) Allowances for transportation, lodging, and 
meals. 
‘‘(2) Dislocation or relocation allowance paid in 
connection with a change in a member’s temporary 
or permanent duty assignment location. 
‘‘(3) Other related miscellaneous expenses. 
‘‘(d) MODE OF PROVIDING TRAVEL AND TRANSPOR-
TATION ALLOWANCES.—Any authorized travel and trans-
portation may be provided— 
‘‘(1) as an actual expense; 
‘‘(2) as an authorized allowance; 
‘‘(3) in-kind; or 
‘‘(4) using a combination of the authorities 
under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3). 
‘‘(e) TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCES 
WHEN TRAVEL ORDERS ARE MODIFIED, ETC.—A mem-
ber of a uniformed service or other authorized person 
whose travel and transportation order or authorization is 
canceled, revoked, or modified may be allowed actual and 
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necessary expenses or travel and transportation allow-
ances. 
‘‘(f) ADVANCE PAYMENTS.—A member of the uni-
formed services or other authorized person may be allowed 
advance payments for authorized travel and transpor-
tation allowances. 
‘‘(g) RESPONSIBILITY
FOR
UNAUTHORIZED
EX-
PENSES.—Any unauthorized travel or transportation ex-
pense is not the responsibility of the United States. 
‘‘(h) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER AUTHORITIES.—The 
administering Secretary may not provide payment under 
this section for an expense for which payment may be pro-
vided from any other appropriate Government or non-Gov-
ernment entity. 
‘‘§ 453. Allowable travel and transportation: specific 
authorities 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any other author-
ity for the provision of travel and transportation allow-
ances, the administering Secretaries may provide travel 
expenses and transportation expenses under this sub-
chapter in accordance with this section: 
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZED
ABSENCE
FROM
TEMPORARY 
DUTY LOCATION.—A member of a uniformed service or 
other authorized traveler may be allowed travel expenses 
and transportation allowances incurred at a temporary 
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duty location during an authorized absence from that loca-
tion. 
‘‘(c) MOVEMENT OF PERSONAL PROPERTY.— 
‘‘(1) A member of a uniformed service or other 
authorized person may be allowed moving expenses 
and transportation allowances associated with the 
movement of personal property and household goods, 
including such expenses when associated with a self- 
move. 
‘‘(2) The authority in paragraph (1) includes 
the movement and temporary and non-temporary 
storage of personal property, household goods, and 
privately-owned vehicles in connection with the tem-
porary or permanent move between authorized loca-
tions. 
‘‘(3) For movement of household goods, the ad-
ministering Secretaries shall prescribe weight allow-
ances in regulations under section 463 of this title. 
The prescribed weight allowances may not exceed 
18,000 pounds (including packing, crating, and 
household goods in temporary storage), except that 
the administering Secretary may authorize addi-
tional weight allowances as necessary. 
‘‘(4) The administering Secretary may prescribe 
the terms, rates, and conditions that authorize a 
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member of the uniformed services to ship or store a 
privately owned vehicle. 
‘‘(5) No carrier, port agent, warehouseman, 
freight forwarder, or other person involved in the 
transportation of property may have any lien on, or 
hold, impound, or otherwise interfere with, the move-
ment of baggage and household goods being trans-
ported under this section. 
‘‘(d) UNUSUAL OR EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES.— 
A member of the uniformed services or other authorized 
person may be provided travel and transportation allow-
ances under this section for unusual, extraordinary, hard-
ship, or emergency circumstances, including under cir-
cumstances warranting evacuation from a permanent duty 
assignment location. 
‘‘(e) PARTICULAR SEPARATION PROVISIONS.—The 
administering Secretary may provide travel and transpor-
tation in kind for the following persons in accordance with 
regulations prescribed under section 463 of this title: 
‘‘(1) A member who is retired, or is placed on 
the temporary disability retired list, under chapter 
61 of title 10. 
‘‘(2) A member who is retired with pay under 
any other law or who, immediately following at least 
eight years of continuous active duty with no single 
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break therein of more than 90 days, is discharged 
with separation pay or is involuntarily released from 
active duty with separation pay or readjustment pay. 
‘‘(3) A member who is discharged under section 
1173 of title 10. 
‘‘(f) ATTENDANCE AT MEMORIAL CEREMONIES AND 
SERVICES.—A family member or member of the uni-
formed services who attends a deceased member’s repatri-
ation, burial, or memorial ceremony or service may be pro-
vided travel and transportation allowances to the extent 
provided in regulations prescribed under section 463 of 
this title. 
‘‘§ 454. Travel and transportation pilot programs 
‘‘(a) PILOT PROGRAMS.—Except as otherwise prohib-
ited by law, the Secretary of Defense may conduct pilot 
programs to evaluate alternative travel and transportation 
programs, policies, and processes for Department of De-
fense authorized travelers. Such pilot programs shall be 
conducted so as to evaluate one or more of the following: 
‘‘(1) Alternative methods for performing and 
reimbursing travel. 
‘‘(2) Means for limiting the need for travel. 
‘‘(3) Means for reducing the environmental im-
pact of travel. 
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‘‘(b) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—Subject to subsection 
(c), the administering Secretary may waive any otherwise 
applicable provision of law to the extent determined nec-
essary by the Secretary for the purposes of carrying out 
a pilot program under subsection (a). 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—The authority to carry out a pro-
gram under subsection (a) is subject to the availability of 
appropriated funds. 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER II—ADMINISTRATIVE 
PROVISIONS 
‘‘§ 461. Relationship to other travel and transpor-
tation authorities 
‘‘A member of a uniformed service or other author-
ized traveler may not be paid travel and transportation 
allowances or receive travel and transportation-in-kind, or 
a combination thereof, under both subchapter I and sub-
chapter III for Government official travel and transpor-
tation performed under a single or related travel and 
transportation order or authorization by the administering 
Secretary. 
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‘‘§ 462. Travel and transportation expenses paid to 
members that are unauthorized or in ex-
cess of authorized amounts: requirement 
for repayment 
‘‘(a) REPAYMENT REQUIRED.—Except as provided in 
subsection (b), a member of the uniformed services or 
other person who is paid travel and transportation allow-
ances under subchapter I shall repay to the United States 
any amount of such payment that is determined to be un-
authorized or in excess of the applicable authorized 
amount. 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—The regulations prescribed to ad-
minister this subchapter shall specify procedures for deter-
mining the circumstances under which a repayment excep-
tion may be granted. 
‘‘(c) EFFECT OF BANKRUPTCY.—An obligation to 
repay the United States under this section is, for all pur-
poses, a debt owed the United States. A discharge in bank-
ruptcy under title 11 does not discharge a person from 
such debt if the discharge order is entered less than five 
years after the date on which the debt was incurred. 
‘‘§ 463. Regulations 
‘‘This subchapter and subchapter I shall be adminis-
tered under terms, rates, conditions, and regulations pre-
scribed by the Secretary of Defense in consultation with 
the other administering Secretaries for members of the 
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uniformed services. Such regulations shall be uniform for 
the Department of Defense and shall be apply as uni-
formly as practicable to the uniformed services under the 
jurisdiction of the other administering Secretaries.’’. 
SEC. 633. OLD-LAW TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION AU-
THORITIES TRANSITION EXPIRATION DATE 
AND TRANSFER OF CURRENT SECTIONS. 
(a) CREATION OF SUBCHAPTER III AND TRANSITION 
EXPIRATION DATE.—Chapter 8 of title 37, United States 
Code, as added by section 632, is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subchapter: 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER III—TRAVEL AND 
TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES—OLD LAW 
‘‘§ 471. Travel authorities transition expiration date 
‘‘In this subchapter, the term ‘travel authorities tran-
sition expiration date’ means the last day of the 10-year 
period beginning on the first day of the first month begin-
ning after the date of the enactment of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012. 
‘‘§ 472. Definitions and other incorporated provisions 
of chapter 7 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—The definitions contained in 
section 401 of this title apply to this subchapter. 
‘‘(b) OTHER PROVISIONS.—Sections 421 and 423 of 
this title apply to this subchapter.’’. 
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(b) TRANSFER OF SECTIONS.— 
(1) TRANSFER TO SUBCHAPTER I.—Section 412 
of title 37, United States Code, is transferred to 
chapter 8 of such title, as added by section 632, in-
serted after section 454, and redesignated as section 
455. 
(2) TRANSFER OF CURRENT CHAPTER 7 AU-
THORITIES
TO
SUBCHAPTER
III.—Sections 404, 
404a, 404b, 405, 405a, 406, 406a, 406b, 406c, 407, 
408, 408a (as amended by section 621 of this Act), 
409, 410, 411, 411a through 411k, 428 through 
432, 434, and 435 of title 37, United States Code, 
are transferred (in that order) to chapter 8 of such 
title, as added by section 632 and amended by sub-
section (a), inserted after section 472, and redesig-
nated as follows: 
Original section: 
Redesignated section: 
404 .......................................................
474 
404a .....................................................
474a 
404b .....................................................
474b 
405 .......................................................
475 
405a .....................................................
475a 
406 .......................................................
476 
406a .....................................................
476a 
406b .....................................................
476b 
406c ......................................................
476c 
407 .......................................................
477 
408 .......................................................
478 
408a .....................................................
478a 
409 .......................................................
479 
410 .......................................................
480 
411 .......................................................
481 
411a .....................................................
481a 
411b .....................................................
481b 
411c ......................................................
481c 
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Original section: 
Redesignated section: 
411d .....................................................
481d 
411e ......................................................
481e 
411f ......................................................
481f 
411g .....................................................
481g 
411h .....................................................
481h 
411i ......................................................
481i 
411j ......................................................
481j 
411k .....................................................
481k 
428 .......................................................
488 
429 .......................................................
489 
430 .......................................................
490 
430 .......................................................
491 
432 .......................................................
492 
434 .......................................................
494 
435 .......................................................
495 
(3) TRANSFER OF SECTION 554.—Section 554 
of title 37, United States Code, is transferred to 
chapter 8 of such title, as added by section 632 and 
amended by subsection (a), inserted after section 
481k (as transferred and redesignated by paragraph 
(2)), and redesignated as section 484. 
SEC. 634. ADDITION OF SUNSET PROVISION TO OLD-LAW 
TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION AUTHORI-
TIES. 
Provisions of subchapter III of chapter 8 of title 37, 
United States Code, as transferred and redesignated by 
section 633(b), are amended as follows: 
(1) Section 474 is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(h) TERMINATION.—No travel and transportation 
allowance or reimbursement may be provided under this 
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section for travel that begins after the travel authorities 
transition expiration date.’’. 
(2) Section 474a is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) TERMINATION.—No payment or reimbursement 
may be provided under this section with respect to a 
change of permanent station for which orders are issued 
after the travel authorities transition expiration date.’’. 
(3) Section 474b is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) TERMINATION.—No payment or reimbursement 
may be provided under this section with respect to an au-
thorized absence that begins after the travel authorities 
transition expiration date.’’. 
(4) Section 475 is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) TERMINATION.—During and after the travel au-
thorities expiration date, no per diem may be paid under 
this section for any period.’’. 
(5) Section 475a is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) TERMINATION.—During and after the travel au-
thorities expiration date, no allowance under subsection 
(a) or transportation or reimbursement under subsection 
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(b) may be provided with respect to an authority or order 
to depart.’’. 
(6) Section 476 is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(n) TERMINATION.—No transportation, reimburse-
ment, allowance, or per diem may be provided under this 
section— 
‘‘(1) with respect to a change of temporary or 
permanent station for which orders are issued after 
the travel authorities transition expiration date; or 
‘‘(2) in a case covered by this section when such 
orders are not issued, with respect to a movement of 
baggage or household effects that begins after such 
date.’’. 
(7) Section 476b is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) TERMINATION.—No transportation or allowance 
may be provided under this section for travel that begins 
after the travel authorities transition expiration date.’’. 
(8) Section 476c is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) TERMINATION.—No transportation or allowance 
may be provided under this section for travel that begins 
after the travel authorities transition expiration date.’’. 
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(9) Section 477 is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(i) TERMINATION.—No dislocation allowance may 
be paid under this section for a move that begins after 
the travel authorities transition expiration date.’’. 
(10) Section 478 is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) TERMINATION.—No travel and transportation 
allowance, payment, or reimbursement may be provided 
under this section for travel that begins after the travel 
authorities transition expiration date.’’. 
(11) Section 479 is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) TERMINATION.—No transportation of a house 
trailer or mobile home, or storage or payment in connec-
tion therewith, may be provided under this section for 
transportation that begins after the travel authorities 
transition expiration date.’’. 
(12) Section 481 is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) TERMINATION.—The regulations prescribed 
under this section shall cease to be in effect as of the trav-
el authorities transition expiration date.’’. 
(13) Section 481a is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
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‘‘(c) TERMINATION.—No travel and transportation 
allowance may be provided under this section for travel 
that is authorized after the travel authorities transition 
expiration date.’’. 
(14) Section 481b is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(h) TERMINATION.—No travel and transportation 
allowance may be provided under this section for travel 
that is authorized after the travel authorities transition 
expiration date.’’. 
(15) Section 481c is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) TERMINATION.—No transportation may be pro-
vided under this section after the travel authorities transi-
tion expiration date, and no payment may be made under 
this section for transportation that begins after that 
date.’’. 
(16) Section 481d is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) TERMINATION.—No transportation may be pro-
vided under this section after the travel authorities transi-
tion expiration date.’’. 
(17) Section 481e is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
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‘‘(c) TERMINATION.—No travel and transportation 
allowance or reimbursement may be provided under this 
section for travel that begins after the travel authorities 
transition expiration date.’’. 
(18) Section 481f is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(h) TERMINATION.—No travel and transportation 
allowance or reimbursement may be provided under this 
section for travel that begins after the travel authorities 
transition expiration date.’’. 
(19) Section 481h is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) TERMINATION.—No transportation, allowance, 
reimbursement, or per diem may be provided under this 
section for travel that begins after the travel authorities 
transition expiration date.’’. 
(20) Section 481i is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) TERMINATION.—No reimbursement may be pro-
vided under this section for expenses incurred after the 
travel authorities transition expiration date.’’. 
(21) Section 481j is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) TERMINATION.—No transportation, allowance, 
reimbursement, or per diem may be provided under this 
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section for travel that begins after the travel authorities 
transition expiration date.’’. 
(22) Section 481k is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) TERMINATION.—No transportation, allowance, 
or reimbursement may be provided under this section for 
travel that begins after the travel authorities transition ex-
piration date.’’. 
(23) Section 484 is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(k) TERMINATION.—No transportation, allowance, 
or reimbursement may be provided under this section for 
a move that begins after the travel authorities transition 
expiration date.’’. 
(24) Section 488 is amended— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—’’ be-
fore ‘‘In addition’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(b) TERMINATION.—No reimbursement may be pro-
vided under this section for expenses incurred after the 
travel authorities transition expiration date.’’. 
(25) Section 489 is amended— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—’’ be-
fore ‘‘In addition’’; and 
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(B) by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(e) TERMINATION.—No transportation or allowance 
may be provided under this section for travel that begins 
after the travel authorities transition expiration date.’’. 
(26) Section 490 is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(g) TERMINATION.—No transportation, allowance, 
reimbursement, or per diem may be provided under this 
section for travel that begins after the travel authorities 
transition expiration date.’’. 
(27) Section 492 is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) TERMINATION.—No transportation or allowance 
may be provided under this section for travel that begins 
after the travel authorities transition expiration date.’’. 
(28) Section 494 is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) TERMINATION.—No reimbursement may be pro-
vided under this section for expenses incurred after the 
travel authorities transition expiration date.’’. 
(29) Section 495 is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
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‘‘(c) TERMINATION.—No allowance may be paid 
under this section for any day after the travel authorities 
transition expiration date.’’. 
SEC. 635. TECHNICAL AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS. 
(a) CHAPTER HEADING.—The heading of chapter 7 
of title 37, United States Code, is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘CHAPTER 7—ALLOWANCES OTHER THAN 
TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION AL-
LOWANCES’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CHAPTERS.—The table of chapters 
preceding chapter 1 of such title is amended by striking 
the item relating to chapter 7 and inserting the following 
new items: 
‘‘7. Allowances Other Than Travel and Transportation Allowances ........
401
‘‘8. Travel and Transportation Allowances ...............................................
451’’. 
(c) TABLE OF SECTIONS.— 
(1) CHAPTER 7.—The table of sections at the 
beginning of chapter 7 of such title is amended by 
striking the items relating to sections 404 through 
412, 428 through 432, 434, and 435. 
(2) CHAPTER 8.—The table of sections at the 
beginning of chapter 8 of such title, as added by sec-
tion 632, is amended— 
(A) by inserting after the item relating to 
section 454 the following new item: 
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‘‘455. Appropriations for travel: may not be used for attendance at certain meet-
ings.’’; and 
(B) by inserting after the item relating to 
section 463 the following: 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER III—TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES—OLD LAW 
‘‘Sec. 
‘‘471. Travel authorities transition expiration date. 
‘‘472. Definitions and other incorporated provisions of chapter 7. 
‘‘474. Travel and transportation allowances: general. 
‘‘474a. Travel and transportation allowances: temporary lodging expenses. 
‘‘474b. Travel and transportation allowances: payment of lodging expenses at 
temporary duty location during authorized absence of member. 
‘‘475. Travel and transportation allowances: per diem while on duty outside the 
continental United States. 
‘‘475a. Travel and transportation allowances: departure allowances. 
‘‘476. Travel and transportation allowances: dependents; baggage and household 
effects. 
‘‘476a. Travel and transportation allowances: authorized for travel performed 
under orders that are canceled, revoked, or modified. 
‘‘476b. Travel and transportation allowances: members of the uniformed services 
attached to a ship overhauling or inactivating. 
‘‘476c. Travel and transportation allowances: members assigned to a vessel 
under construction. 
‘‘477. Travel and transportation allowances: dislocation allowance. 
‘‘478. Travel and transportation allowances: travel within limits of duty station. 
‘‘478a. Travel and transportation allowances: inactive duty training outside of 
the normal commuting distances. 
‘‘479. Travel and transportation allowances: house trailers and mobile homes. 
‘‘480. Travel and transportation allowances: miscellaneous categories. 
‘‘481. Travel and transportation allowances: administrative provisions. 
‘‘481a. Travel and transportation allowances: travel performed in connection 
with convalescent leave. 
‘‘481b. Travel and transportation allowances: travel performed in connection 
with leave between consecutive overseas tours. 
‘‘481c. Travel and transportation allowances: travel performed in connection 
with rest and recuperative leave from certain stations in for-
eign countries. 
‘‘481d. Travel and transportation allowances: transportation incident to personal 
emergencies for certain members and dependents. 
‘‘481e. Travel and transportation allowances: transportation incident to certain 
emergencies for members performing temporary duty. 
‘‘481f. Travel and transportation allowances: transportation for survivors of de-
ceased member to attend the member’s burial ceremonies. 
‘‘481g. Travel and transportation allowances: transportation incident to vol-
untary extensions of overseas tours of duty. 
‘‘481h. Travel and transportation allowances: transportation of family members 
incident to illness or injury of members. 
‘‘481i. Travel and transportation allowances: parking expenses. 
‘‘481j. Travel and transportation allowances: transportation of family members 
incident to the repatriation of members held captive. 
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‘‘481k. Travel and transportation allowances: non-medical attendants for mem-
bers determined to be very seriously or seriously wounded, ill, 
or injured. 
‘‘484. Travel and transportation: dependents of members in a missing status; 
household and personal effects; trailers; additional movements; 
motor vehicles; sale of bulky items; claims for proceeds; appro-
priation chargeable. 
‘‘488. Allowance for recruiting expenses. 
‘‘489. Travel and transportation allowances: minor dependent schooling. 
‘‘490. Travel and transportation: dependent children of members stationed over-
seas. 
‘‘491. Benefits for certain members assigned to the Defense Intelligence Agency. 
‘‘492. Travel and transportation: members escorting certain dependents. 
‘‘494. Subsistence reimbursement relating to escorts of foreign arms control in-
spection teams. 
‘‘495. Funeral honors duty: allowance.’’. 
(3) CHAPTER 10.—The table of sections at the 
beginning of chapter 10 of such title is amended by 
striking the item relating to section 554. 
(d) CROSS REFERENCES.— 
(1) DEFENSE LAWS.—Any section of title 10, 
32, or 37, United States Code, that includes a ref-
erence to a section of title 37 that is transferred and 
redesignated by section 633 is amended so as to con-
form the reference to the section number of the sec-
tion as so redesignated. 
(2) OTHER LAWS.—Any reference in a provision 
of law other than a section of title 10 or 37, United 
States Code, to a section of title 37 that is trans-
ferred and redesignated by section 633 is deemed to 
refer to the section as so redesignated. 
SEC. 636. TRANSITION PROVISIONS. 
(a) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall develop a plan to implement subchapters I and 
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II of chapter 8 of title 37, United States Code, as added 
by section 632, and to transition all of the travel and 
transportation programs for members of the uniformed 
services under chapter 7 of title 37, United States Code, 
solely to provisions of those subchapters by the end of the 
transition period. 
(b) AUTHORITY FOR MODIFICATIONS TO OLD LAW 
AUTHORITIES DURING TRANSITION PERIOD.—During the 
transition period, the Secretary of Defense and the Secre-
taries concerned (as defined in section 101(5) of title 37, 
United States Code), in using the authorities under sub-
chapter III of chapter 8 of title 37, United States Code, 
as added by section 633, may apply those authorities sub-
ject to the terms of such provisions and such modifications 
as the Secretary of Defense may include in the implemen-
tation plan required under subsection (a) or in any subse-
quent modification to that implementation plan. 
(c) COORDINATION.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
prepare the implementation plan under subsection (a) and 
any modification to that plan under subsection (b) in co-
ordination with— 
(1) the Secretary of Homeland Security, with 
respect to the Coast Guard; 
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(2) the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices, with respect to the commissioned corps of the 
Public Health Service; and 
(3) the Secretary of Commerce, with respect to 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-
tion. 
(d) TRANSITION PERIOD.—In this section, the term 
‘‘transition period’’ means the 10-year period beginning 
on the first day of the first month beginning after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
Subtitle E—Commissary and Non-
appropriated Fund Instrumen-
tality Benefits and Operations 
SEC. 641. EXPANSION OF USE OF UNIFORM FUNDING AU-
THORITY TO INCLUDE PERMANENT CHANGE 
OF STATION AND TEMPORARY DUTY LODG-
ING PROGRAMS OPERATED THROUGH NON-
APPROPRIATED FUND INSTRUMENTALITIES. 
(a) INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS.—Sub-
section (a) of section 2491 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Under regulations’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘(1) Under regulations’’; 
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(2) by striking ‘‘morale, welfare, and recreation 
programs’’ the first place it appears and inserting 
‘‘a program specified in paragraph (2)’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘morale, welfare, and recreation 
programs’’ the second place it appears and inserting 
‘‘such programs’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) This section applies with respect to the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) Morale, welfare, and recreation programs 
of the Department of Defense. 
‘‘(B) Permanent change of station and tem-
porary duty lodging programs conducted as supple-
mental mission programs of the Department of De-
fense.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such section is 
further amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘morale, wel-
fare, and recreation program’’ and inserting ‘‘pro-
gram specified in subsection (a)(2)’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘morale, 
welfare, and recreation programs within the Depart-
ment of Defense’’ and inserting ‘‘a program speci-
fied in subsection (a)(2)’’. 
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(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of such 
section is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 2491. Uniform funding and management of morale, 
welfare, and recreation programs and 
certain supplemental mission programs’’. 
(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of subchapter III of chapter 147 of 
such title is amended by striking the item relating 
to section 2491 and inserting the following new 
item: 
‘‘2491. Uniform funding and management of morale, welfare, and recreation 
programs and certain supplemental mission programs.’’. 
SEC. 
642. 
CONTRACTING 
AUTHORITY 
FOR 
NON-
APPROPRIATED FUND INSTRUMENTALITIES 
TO PROVIDE AND OBTAIN GOODS AND SERV-
ICES. 
(a) CLARIFICATION OF MULTI-YEAR AND PARTNER-
SHIP ISSUES.—Section 2492 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 2492. 
Nonappropriated 
fund 
instrumentalities: 
contracting authority to provide and ob-
tain goods and services 
‘‘(a) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—An agency or instru-
mentality of the Department of Defense that supports the 
operation of the exchange system, or the operation of a 
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morale, welfare, and recreation system, of the Department 
of Defense may enter into a single-year or multi-year con-
tract or other agreement to provide or obtain goods and 
services beneficial to the efficient management and oper-
ation of the exchange system or that morale, welfare, and 
recreation system with any of the following: 
‘‘(1) Another element of the Department of De-
fense. 
‘‘(2) Another Federal department, agency, or 
instrumentality. 
‘‘(3) A private-sector entity. 
‘‘(b) INCLUSION OF CERTAIN SERVICES.—Contracts 
and other agreements authorized by subsection (a) may 
include a contract or agreement to provide or obtain rec-
reational, educational, family support, or youth develop-
mental programs and services. 
‘‘(c) PARTNERSHIPS.—Contracts and other agree-
ments authorized by subsection (a) may include partner-
ships with private-sector entities that provide programs 
and services at no cost to the Government on military in-
stallations using Government facilities and other support 
resources.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of subchapter III of chapter 147 of such 
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title is amended by striking the item relating to section 
2492 and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘2492. Nonappropriated fund instrumentalities: contracting authority to provide 
and obtain goods and services.’’. 
SEC. 643. DESIGNATION OF FISHER HOUSE FOR THE FAMI-
LIES OF THE FALLEN AND MEDITATION PA-
VILION AT DOVER AIR FORCE BASE AS A 
FISHER HOUSE. 
Section 2493 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(h) TREATMENT OF FISHER HOUSE FOR THE FAMI-
LIES
OF
THE FALLEN
AND MEDITATION PAVILION, 
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE.—(1) The Fisher House for the 
Families of the Fallen and Meditation Pavilion at Dover 
Air Force Base, Delaware, is deemed to be a Fisher House 
for purposes of this section and any other law applicable 
to Fisher Houses and Fisher Suites. 
‘‘(2) The Fisher House for the Families of the Fallen 
and Meditation Pavilion at Dover Air Force Base shall 
be available for use by the following: 
‘‘(A) The primary next of kin of a member of 
the armed forces who dies while located or serving 
overseas. 
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‘‘(B) Other family members of the member eli-
gible for transportation under section 411f(e) of title 
37. 
‘‘(C) An escort of a family member described in 
subparagraph (A) or (B).’’. 
SEC. 644. DISCRETION OF THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY 
TO SELECT CATEGORIES OF MERCHANDISE 
TO BE SOLD BY SHIP STORES AFLOAT. 
Section 7604(c) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘shall’’ and inserting ‘‘may’’. 
SEC. 645. ACCESS OF MILITARY EXCHANGE STORES SYS-
TEM TO CREDIT AVAILABLE THROUGH FED-
ERAL FINANCING BANK. 
Section 2487 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(c) ACCESS
OF EXCHANGE STORES SYSTEM
TO 
FEDERAL FINANCING BANK.—To facilitate the provision 
of in-store credit to patrons of the exchange stores system 
while reducing the costs of providing such credit, the Army 
and Air Force Exchange Service, Navy Exchange Service 
Command, and Marine Corps exchanges may issue and 
sell their obligations to the Federal Financing Bank as 
provided in section 6 of the Federal Financing Bank Act 
of 1973 (12 U.S.C. 2285).’’. 
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SEC. 646. ENHANCED COMMISSARY STORES PILOT PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) AUTHORITY
TO
OPERATE
ENHANCED
COM-
MISSARY STORES.—Subchapter II of chapter 147 of title 
10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after sec-
tion 2488 the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2488a. Enhanced commissary stores 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO OPERATE.—The Defense Com-
missary Agency may operate an enhanced commissary 
store at a military installation designated for closure or 
adverse realignment under a base closure law. 
‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL CATEGORIES OF MERCHANDISE.— 
(1) In addition to selling items in the merchandise cat-
egories specified in subsection (b) of section 2484 of this 
title in the manner provided by such section, an enhanced 
commissary store also may sell items in the following cat-
egories as commissary merchandise: 
‘‘(A) Alcoholic beverages. 
‘‘(B) Tobacco products. 
‘‘(C) Items in such other merchandise cat-
egories (not covered by subsection (b) of section 
2484 of this title) as the Secretary of Defense may 
authorize. 
‘‘(2) Subsections (c) and (g) of section 2484 of this 
title shall not apply with regard to the selection, or method 
of sale, of merchandise in the categories specified in sub-
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paragraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) or in any other 
merchandise category authorized under subparagraph (C) 
of such paragraph for sale in, at, or by an enhanced com-
missary store. 
‘‘(c) SALES
PRICE
ESTABLISHMENT
AND
SUR-
CHARGE.—Subsections (d) and (e) of section 2484 of this 
title shall not apply to the pricing of merchandise in the 
categories specified in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of para-
graph (1) of subsection (b) or in any other merchandise 
category authorized under subparagraph (C) of such para-
graph for sale in, at, or by an enhanced commissary store. 
Instead, the Secretary of Defense shall determine appro-
priate prices for such merchandise sold in, at, or by an 
enhanced commissary store, except that prices for such 
merchandise shall be at least 10 percent below the average 
price of comparable merchandise sold in retail stores with-
in the geographic area of the enhanced commissary store. 
‘‘(d) RETENTION AND USE OF PORTION OF PRO-
CEEDS.—(1) The Secretary of Defense may retain 
amounts equal to the difference between— 
‘‘(A) the retail price of merchandise in the cat-
egories specified in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 
paragraph (1) of subsection (b) and in other mer-
chandise categories authorized under subparagraph 
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(C) of such paragraph for sale in, at, or by an en-
hanced commissary store; and 
‘‘(B) the invoice cost of such merchandise. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary of Defense shall use amounts re-
tained under paragraph (1) for an enhanced commissary 
store to help offset the operating costs of that enhanced 
commissary store. 
‘‘(e) SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION PROGRAMS.— 
On account of the types of merchandise authorized to be 
sold in an enhanced commissary store, the Secretary of 
Defense may use amounts retained under subsection 
(d)(1) for the enhanced commissary store to support sub-
stance abuse prevention programs for patrons of the store 
while ensuring that the store receives necessary operating 
funds. 
‘‘(f) DURATION OF AUTHORITY.—An enhanced com-
missary store may not be operated under the authority 
of this section before October 1, 2011, or after December 
31, 2013.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 2488 the following new 
item: 
‘‘2488a. Enhanced commissary stores.’’. 
(c) SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION PROGRAMS.— 
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(1) AVAILABILITY
OF
FUNDS.—The amounts 
authorized to be appropriated by section 301 for op-
eration and maintenance for Defense-wide activities, 
as specified in the corresponding funding table in 
section 4301, is increased by $1,000,000 to support 
substance abuse prevention programs for patrons of 
enhanced commissary stores. 
(2) FUNDING
REDUCTION.—Notwithstanding 
the amounts set forth in the funding tables in divi-
sion D, the amount authorized to be appropriated in 
section 201 for research, development, test, and 
evaluation, Army, as specified in the corresponding 
funding table in division D, is hereby reduced by 
$1,000,000, with the amount of the reduction to be 
derived from the Aerostat Joint Project Office as set 
forth in the table under section 4201. 
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Subtitle F—Disability, Retired Pay 
and Survivor Benefits 
SEC. 651. MONTHLY AMOUNT AND DURATION OF SPECIAL 
SURVIVOR INDEMNITY ALLOWANCE FOR WID-
OWS AND WIDOWERS OF DECEASED MEM-
BERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AFFECTED BY 
REQUIRED SURVIVOR BENEFIT PLAN ANNU-
ITY OFFSET FOR DEPENDENCY AND INDEM-
NITY COMPENSATION. 
(a) PAYMENT AMOUNT PER FISCAL YEAR.—Para-
graph (2) of section 1450(m) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (E), relating to fiscal year 
2013, by striking ‘‘$90’’ and inserting ‘‘$163’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (F), relating to fiscal year 
2014, by striking ‘‘$150’’ and inserting ‘‘$200’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (G), relating to fiscal year 
2015, by striking ‘‘$200’’ and inserting ‘‘$215’’; 
(4) in subparagraph (H), relating to fiscal year 
2016, by striking ‘‘$275; and’’ and inserting 
‘‘$282;’’; 
(5) in subparagraph (I), relating to fiscal year 
2017, by striking ‘‘$310.’’ and inserting ‘‘$314;’’; 
and 
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(6) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraphs: 
‘‘(J) for months during fiscal year 2018, 
$9; 
‘‘(K) for months during fiscal year 2019, 
$15; 
‘‘(L) for months during fiscal year 2020, 
$20; and 
‘‘(M) for months during fiscal year 2021, 
$27.’’. 
(b) DURATION.—Paragraph (6) of such section is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘September 30, 2017’’ and in-
serting ‘‘September 30, 2021’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘October 1, 2017’’ both places 
it appears and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2021’’. 
Subtitle G—Other Matters 
SEC. 661. REIMBURSEMENT OF AMERICAN NATIONAL RED 
CROSS FOR HUMANITARIAN SUPPORT AND 
OTHER SERVICES PROVIDED TO MEMBERS 
OF THE ARMED FORCES AND THEIR DEPEND-
ENTS. 
Section 2602 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
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‘‘(f) The Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of a 
military department may reimburse the American Na-
tional Red Cross for humanitarian support and other serv-
ices approved by the Secretary that are provided to mem-
bers of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps and 
their dependents. Such services may include identification 
and verification of family emergency circumstances and 
communications related to such circumstances.’’. 
SEC. 662. TREATMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
FORCES AND CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF THE 
DEPARTMENT 
OF 
DEFENSE 
WHO 
WERE 
KILLED OR WOUNDED IN THE NOVEMBER 5, 
2009, ATTACK AT FORT HOOD, TEXAS. 
(a) TREATMENT.—For purposes of all applicable 
Federal laws, regulations, and policies, a member of the 
Armed Forces or civilian employee of the Department of 
Defense who was killed or wounded in the attack that oc-
curred at Fort Hood, Texas, on November 5, 2009, shall 
be deemed as follows: 
(1) In the case of a member, to have been killed 
or wounded in a combat zone as the result of an act 
of an enemy of the United States. 
(2) In the case of a civilian employee of the De-
partment of Defense— 
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(A) to have been killed or wounded while 
serving with the Armed Forces in a contingency 
operation; and 
(B) to have been killed or wounded in a 
terrorist attack. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to 
a member of the Armed Forces whose death or wound as 
described in that subsection is the result of the willful mis-
conduct of the member. 
SEC. 663. REPORT ON INCENTIVES FOR RECRUITMENT AND 
RETENTION 
OF 
HEALTH 
CARE 
PROFES-
SIONALS FOR RESERVE COMPONENTS. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Surgeons General of the Army, Navy, 
and Air Force shall submit to Congress a report on their 
staffing needs for health care professionals in the active 
and reserve components of the Armed Forces. Such report 
shall— 
(1) identify the positions in most critical need 
for additional health care professionals, including— 
(A) the number of physicians needed; and 
(B) whether additional behavioral health 
professionals are needed to treat members of 
the Armed Forces for post traumatic stress dis-
order and traumatic brain injury; and 
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(2) recommend incentives for healthcare profes-
sionals with more than 20 years of clinical experi-
ence to join the active or reserve components, includ-
ing changes in age or length of service requirements 
to qualify for partial retired pay for non-regular 
service. 
TITLE VII—HEALTH CARE 
PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Improvements to 
Health Benefits 
SEC. 701. ANNUAL ENROLLMENT FEES FOR CERTAIN RE-
TIREES AND DEPENDENTS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) career members of the uniformed services 
and their families endure unique and extraordinary 
demands and make extraordinary sacrifices over the 
course of a 20- to 30-year career in protecting free-
dom for all Americans; and 
(2) those decades of sacrifice constitute a sig-
nificant pre-paid premium for health care during a 
career member’s retirement that is over and above 
what the member pays with money. 
(b) ANNUAL ENROLLMENT FEES.—Section 1097(e) 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary of Defense’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(1) The Secretary of Defense’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘A premium,’’ and inserting 
‘‘Except as provided by paragraph (2), a premium,’’; 
and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) Beginning October 1, 2012, the Secretary of De-
fense may only increase in any year the annual enrollment 
fees described in paragraph (1) by an amount equal to 
the percentage by which retired pay is increased under 
section 1401a of this title.’’. 
SEC. 702. PROVISION OF FOOD TO CERTAIN MEMBERS AND 
DEPENDENTS NOT RECEIVING INPATIENT 
CARE IN MILITARY MEDICAL TREATMENT FA-
CILITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 55 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1078a 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1078b. Provision of food to certain members and 
dependents not receiving inpatient care 
in military medical treatment facilities 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Under regulations prescribed 
by the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary may provide 
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food and beverages to an individual described in para-
graph (2) at no cost to the individual. 
‘‘(2) An individual described in this paragraph is the 
following: 
‘‘(A) A member of the uniformed services or de-
pendent— 
‘‘(i) who is receiving outpatient medical 
care at a military medical treatment facility; 
and 
‘‘(ii) whom the Secretary determines is un-
able to purchase food and beverages while at 
such facility by virtue of receiving such care. 
‘‘(B) A member of the uniformed services or de-
pendent who— 
‘‘(i) is a family member of an infant receiv-
ing inpatient medical care at a military medical 
treatment facility; and 
‘‘(ii) provides care to the infant while the 
infant receives such inpatient medical care. 
‘‘(C) A member of the uniformed services or de-
pendent whom the Secretary determines is under 
similar circumstances as a member or dependent de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) or (B). 
‘‘(b) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall ensure 
that regulations prescribed under this section are con-
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sistent with generally accepted practices in private medical 
treatment facilities.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 1078a the following new 
item: 
‘‘1078b. Provision of food to certain members and dependents not receiving in-
patient care in military medical treatment facilities.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the date that is 60 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 703. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SUPPORT FOR MEMBERS 
OF THE RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE 
ARMED FORCES. 
(a) 
MENTAL
HEALTH
ASSESSMENTS.—Section 
1074a of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (h) as sub-
section (i); 
(2) by inserting after subsection (g) the fol-
lowing new subsection (h): 
‘‘(h)(1) The Secretary of Defense shall provide to any 
member of the reserve components performing inactive- 
duty training during scheduled unit training assemblies 
access to mental health assessments with a licensed men-
tal health professional who shall be available for referrals 
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during duty hours on the premises of the principal duty 
location of the member’s unit. 
‘‘(2) Mental health services provided to a member 
under this subsection shall be at no cost to the member.’’; 
and 
(3) in subsection (i), as redesignated by para-
graph (1), by striking ‘‘medical and dental readi-
ness’’ and inserting ‘‘medical, dental, and behavioral 
health readiness’’. 
(b) BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SUPPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each member of a reserve 
component of the Armed Forces participating in an-
nual training or individual duty training shall have 
access, while so participating, to the behavioral 
health support programs for members of the reserve 
components described in paragraph (2). 
(2) 
BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH
SUPPORT
PRO-
GRAMS.—The behavioral health support programs 
for member of the reserve components described in 
this paragraph shall include one or any combination 
of the following: 
(A) Programs providing access to licensed 
mental health providers in armories, reserve 
centers, or other places for scheduled unit 
training assemblies. 
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(B) Programs providing training on suicide 
prevention and post-suicide response. 
(C) Psychological health programs. 
(D) Such other programs as the Secretary 
of Defense, in consultation with the Surgeon 
General for the National Guard of the State in 
which the members concerned reside, the Direc-
tor of Psychological Health of the State in 
which the members concerned reside, the De-
partment of Mental Health or the equivalent 
agency of the State in which the members con-
cerned reside, or the Director of the Psycho-
logical Health Program of the National Guard 
Bureau, considers appropriate. 
(3) STATE DEFINED.—In this subsection, the 
term ‘‘State’’ has the meaning given that term in 
section 10001 of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 704. TRANSITION ENROLLMENT OF UNIFORMED SERV-
ICES FAMILY HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE-ELI-
GIBLE RETIREES TO TRICARE FOR LIFE. 
Section 724(e) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104–201; 10 U.S.C. 
1073 note) is amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘If a covered beneficiary’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
if a covered beneficiary’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) After September 30, 2012, a covered beneficiary 
(other than a beneficiary under section 1079 of title 10, 
United States Code) who is also entitled to hospital insur-
ance benefits under part A of title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act due to age may not enroll in the managed 
care program of a designated provider unless the bene-
ficiary was enrolled in that program on September 30, 
2012.’’. 
SEC. 705. MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENTS FOR MEMBERS 
OF THE ARMED FORCES DEPLOYED IN SUP-
PORT OF A CONTINGENCY OPERATION. 
(a) MENTAL HEALTH EXAMINATIONS DURING A DE-
PLOYMENT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 55 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
section 1074l the following new section: 
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‘‘§ 1074m. Mental health assessments for members of 
the armed forces deployed in support of a 
contingency operation 
‘‘(a) MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENTS.—(1) The Sec-
retary of Defense shall provide a person-to-person mental 
health assessment for each member of the armed forces 
who is deployed in support of a contingency operation as 
follows: 
‘‘(A) Once during the period beginning 60 days 
before the date of the deployment. 
‘‘(B) Once during each 180-day period in which 
the member is so deployed. 
‘‘(C) Once during the period beginning 90 days 
after the date of redeployment from the contingency 
operation and ending 180 days after such redeploy-
ment date. 
‘‘(D) Subject to subsection (d), not later than 
once during each of— 
‘‘(i) the period beginning 180 days after 
the date of redeployment from the contingency 
operation and ending one year after such rede-
ployment date; 
‘‘(ii) the period beginning one year after 
such redeployment date and ending two years 
after such redeployment date; and 
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‘‘(iii) the period beginning two years after 
such redeployment date and ending three years 
after such redeployment date. 
‘‘(2) A mental health assessment is not required for 
a member of the armed forces under subparagraphs (C) 
and (D) of paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines 
that— 
‘‘(A) the member was not subjected or exposed 
to operational risk factors during deployment in the 
contingency operation concerned; or 
‘‘(B) providing such assessment to the member 
during the time periods under such subparagraphs 
would remove the member from forward deployment 
or put members or operational objectives at risk. 
‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the mental health 
assessments provided pursuant to this section shall be to 
identify post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain in-
jury, suicidal tendencies, and other behavioral health con-
ditions identified among members of the armed forces de-
scribed in subsection (a) in order to determine which such 
members are in need of additional care and treatment for 
such health conditions. 
‘‘(c) ELEMENTS.—(1) The mental health assessments 
provided pursuant to this section shall— 
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‘‘(A) be performed by personnel trained and 
certified to perform such assessments and may be 
performed— 
‘‘(i) by licensed mental health professionals 
if such professionals are available and the use 
of such professionals for the assessments would 
not impair the capacity of such professionals to 
perform higher priority tasks; and 
‘‘(ii) by personnel at private facilities in ac-
cordance with section 1074(c) of this title. 
‘‘(B) include a person-to-person dialogue be-
tween members of the armed forces described in sub-
section (a) and the professionals or personnel de-
scribed by paragraph (1), as applicable, on such 
matters as the Secretary shall specify in order that 
the assessments achieve the purpose specified in sub-
section (b) for such assessments; 
‘‘(C) be conducted in a private setting to foster 
trust and openness in discussing sensitive health 
concerns; 
‘‘(D) be provided in a consistent manner across 
the military departments; and 
‘‘(E) include a review of the health records of 
the member that are related to each previous deploy-
ment of the member or other relevant activities of 
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the member while serving in the armed forces, as de-
termined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary may treat periodic health assess-
ments and other person-to-person assessments that are 
provided to members of the armed forces, including exami-
nations under section 1074f, as meeting the requirements 
for mental health assessments required under this section 
if the Secretary determines that such assessments and 
person-to-person assessments meet the requirements for 
mental health assessments established by this section. 
‘‘(d) CESSATION
OF
ASSESSMENTS.—No mental 
health assessment is required to be provided to an indi-
vidual under subsection (a)(1)(D) after the individual’s 
discharge or release from the armed forces. 
‘‘(e) DIAGNOSES DURING DEPLOYMENT.—(1) In 
order to prevent suicide, self-harm, harm to others, and 
under-performance of members of the armed forces, the 
Secretary shall, with respect to a member described in 
paragraph (2)— 
‘‘(A) retire the member pursuant to section 
1201 of this title if such member is otherwise 
qualified for such retirement; or 
‘‘(B) redeploy such member from the con-
tingency operation to a location where the mem-
ber may receive appropriate medical treatment. 
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‘‘(2) A member described in this paragraph is a mem-
ber of the armed forces who, as a result of a mental health 
assessment conducted under subsection (a)(1)(B)— 
‘‘(A) is diagnosed with post-traumatic stress 
disorder, traumatic brain injury, suicidal tendencies, 
or other behavioral health condition; and 
‘‘(B) as part of such diagnosis, is determined 
to— 
‘‘(i) require care or monitoring that the 
Secretary determines cannot be provided while 
the member is deployed in support of a contin-
gency operation; 
‘‘(ii) be at risk of self-harm or harming 
other members of the armed forces; or 
‘‘(iii) be unable to perform duties assigned 
during such deployment. 
‘‘(f) SHARING OF INFORMATION.—(1) The Secretary 
of Defense shall share with the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs such information on members of the armed forces 
that is derived from confidential mental health assess-
ments, including mental health assessments provided pur-
suant to this section and health assessments and other 
person-to-person assessments provided before the date of 
the enactment of this section as the Secretary of Defense 
and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs jointly consider ap-
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propriate to ensure continuity of mental health care and 
treatment of members of the armed forces during the 
transition from health care and treatment provided by the 
Department of Defense to health care and treatment pro-
vided by the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
‘‘(2) Any sharing of information under paragraph (1) 
shall occur pursuant to a protocol jointly established by 
the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs for purposes of this subsection. Any such protocol 
shall be consistent with the following: 
‘‘(A) Applicable provisions of the Wounded 
Warrior Act (title XVI of Public Law 110–181; 10 
U.S.C. 1071 note), including section 1614 of that 
Act (122 Stat. 443; 10 U.S.C. 1071 note). 
‘‘(B) Section 1720F of title 38. 
‘‘(3) Before each mental health assessment is con-
ducted under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense 
shall ensure that the member of the armed forces is noti-
fied of the sharing of information with the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs under this subsection. 
‘‘(g) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense, in 
consultation with the other administering Secretaries, 
shall prescribe regulations for the administration of this 
section. 
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‘‘(h) REPORTS.—(1) Upon the issuance of the regula-
tions prescribed under subsection (g), the Secretary of De-
fense shall submit to Congress a report describing such 
regulations. 
‘‘(2)(A) Not later than 270 days after the date of 
the issuance of the regulations prescribed under sub-
section (g), the Secretary shall submit to Congress an ini-
tial report on the implementation of the regulations by the 
military departments. 
‘‘(B) Not later than two years after the date of the 
issuance of the regulations prescribed under subsection 
(g), the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on 
the implementation of the regulations by the military de-
partments. The report shall include an evidence-based as-
sessment of the effectiveness of the mental health assess-
ments provided pursuant to the regulations in achieving 
the purpose specified in subsection (b) for such assess-
ments.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 55 of such title is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 1074l the following new item: 
‘‘1074m. Mental health assessments for members of the armed forces deployed 
in support of a contingency operation.’’. 
(3) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall prescribe an interim final rule with respect to 
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the amendment made by paragraph (1), effective not 
later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(b) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 708 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 
(Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2376; 10 U.S.C. 1074f 
note) is repealed. 
SEC. 706. TRICARE STANDARD FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS OF 
THE INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE. 
(a) COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN IRR MEMBERS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 
1076e of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) ELIGIBILITY.—(1) Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the following individuals are eligible for health 
benefits under TRICARE Standard as provided in this 
section: 
‘‘(A) A member of the Retired Reserve of a re-
serve component of the armed forces who is qualified 
for a non-regular retirement at age 60 under chap-
ter 1223 of this title but has not attained the age 
of 60. 
‘‘(B) A member of the Individual Ready Re-
serve described in subsection 10144(b) of this title 
who served on active duty for an aggregate of not 
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less than one year beginning on or after September 
11, 2001. 
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to a member who 
is enrolled, or is eligible to enroll, in a health benefits plan 
under chapter 89 of title 5.’’. 
(2) TERMINATION.—Subsection (b) of such sec-
tion is amended— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘STANDARD’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘the member becoming’’ 
and inserting ‘‘a member described in sub-
section (a)(1)(A) becoming’’; and 
(C) by inserting before the period at the 
end the following: ‘‘or a member described in 
subsection (a)(1)(B) becoming eligible for 
TRICARE coverage under any other section of 
this chapter’’. 
(3) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of such 
section is amended by striking ‘‘who are quali-
fied for a non-regular retirement but are 
not yet age 60’’ and inserting ‘‘and Indi-
vidual Ready Reserve’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 55 of title 10, United States 
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Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 
1076e and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘1076e. TRICARE program: TRICARE Standard coverage for certain members 
of the Retired Reserve and Individual Ready Reserve.’’. 
(c) FUNDING INCREASE AND OFFSETTING REDUC-
TION.—Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the 
funding tables in division D— 
(1) the amount authorized to be appropriated in 
section 1406 for the Defense Health Program, as 
specified in the corresponding funding table in divi-
sion D, is hereby increased by $5,000,000, with the 
amount of the increase allocated to the Defense 
Health Program, as set forth in the table under sec-
tion 4501, to carry out the amendments made by 
this section; and 
(2) the amount authorized to be appropriated in 
section 101 for other procurement, Army, as speci-
fied in the corresponding funding table in division D, 
is hereby reduced by $5,000,000, with the amount 
of the reduction to be derived from Joint Tactical 
Radio System Maritime-Fixed radios under Line 
039 Joint Tactical Radio System as set forth in the 
table under section 4101. 
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Subtitle B—Health Care 
Administration 
SEC. 711. UNIFIED MEDICAL COMMAND. 
(a) UNIFIED COMBATANT COMMAND.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 6 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 
167a the following new section: 
‘‘§ 167b. Unified combatant command for medical op-
erations 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—With the advice and assist-
ance of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the 
President, through the Secretary of Defense, shall estab-
lish under section 161 of this title a unified command for 
medical operations (in this section referred to as the ‘uni-
fied medical command’). The principal function of the 
command is to provide medical services to the armed 
forces and other health care beneficiaries of the Depart-
ment of Defense as defined in chapter 55 of this title. 
‘‘(b) ASSIGNMENT OF FORCES.—In establishing the 
unified medical command under subsection (a), all active 
military medical treatment facilities, training organiza-
tions, and research entities of the armed forces shall be 
assigned to such unified command, unless otherwise di-
rected by the Secretary of Defense. 
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‘‘(c) GRADE OF COMMANDER.—The commander of 
the unified medical command shall hold the grade of gen-
eral or, in the case of an officer of the Navy, admiral while 
serving in that position, without vacating his permanent 
grade. The commander of such command shall be ap-
pointed to that grade by the President, by and with the 
advice and consent of the Senate, for service in that posi-
tion. The commander of such command shall be a member 
of a health profession described in paragraph (1), (2), (3), 
(4), (5), or (6) of section 335(j) of title 37. During the 
five-year period beginning on the date on which the Sec-
retary establishes the command under subsection (a), the 
commander of such command shall be exempt from the 
requirements of section 164(a)(1) of this title. 
‘‘(d) SUBORDINATE COMMANDS.—(1) The unified 
medical command shall have the following subordinate 
commands: 
‘‘(A) A command that includes all fixed military 
medical treatment facilities, including elements of 
the Department of Defense that are combined, oper-
ated jointly, or otherwise operated in such a manner 
that a medical facility of the Department of Defense 
is operating in or with a medical facility of another 
department or agency of the United States. 
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‘‘(B) A command that includes all medical 
training, education, and research and development 
activities that have previously been unified or com-
bined, including organizations that have been des-
ignated as a Department of Defense executive agent. 
‘‘(C) The Defense Health Agency established 
under subsection (f). 
‘‘(2) The commander of a subordinate command of 
the unified medical command shall hold the grade of lieu-
tenant general or, in the case of an officer of the Navy, 
vice admiral while serving in that position, without 
vacating his permanent grade. The commander of such a 
subordinate command shall be appointed to that grade by 
the President, by and with the advice and consent of the 
Senate, for service in that position. The commander of 
such a subordinate command shall also be required to be 
a surgeon general of one of the military departments. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORITY OF COMBATANT COMMANDER.—(1) 
In addition to the authority prescribed in section 164(c) 
of this title, the commander of the unified medical com-
mand shall be responsible for, and shall have the authority 
to conduct, all affairs of such command relating to medical 
operations activities. 
‘‘(2) The commander of such command shall be re-
sponsible for, and shall have the authority to conduct, the 
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following functions relating to medical operations activities 
(whether or not relating to the unified medical command): 
‘‘(A) Developing programs and doctrine. 
‘‘(B) Preparing and submitting to the Secretary 
of Defense program recommendations and budget 
proposals for the forces described in subsection (b) 
and for other forces assigned to the unified medical 
command. 
‘‘(C) Exercising authority, direction, and con-
trol over the expenditure of funds— 
‘‘(i) for forces assigned to the unified med-
ical command; 
‘‘(ii) for the forces described in subsection 
(b) assigned to unified combatant commands 
other than the unified medical command to the 
extent directed by the Secretary of Defense; 
and 
‘‘(iii) for military construction funds of the 
Defense Health Program. 
‘‘(D) Training assigned forces. 
‘‘(E) Conducting specialized courses of instruc-
tion for commissioned and noncommissioned officers. 
‘‘(F) Validating requirements. 
‘‘(G) Establishing priorities for requirements. 
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