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made under reserve affiliation agreements entered into dur-
ing such fiscal year. 
SERVICEMEMBERS’ GROUP LIFE INSURANCE 
SEC. 1111. SERVICEMEMBERS’ GROUP LIFE INSUR-
ANCE ENHANCEMENTS. (a) INCREASED MAXIMUM AMOUNT 
UNDER SERVICEMEMBERS’ GROUP LIFE INSURANCE.—Sec-
tion 1967 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(3)(A), by striking clause (i) 
and inserting the following new clause: 
‘‘(i) In the case of a member— 
‘‘(I) $400,000 or such lesser amount as the 
member may elect; 
‘‘(II) in the case of a member covered by 
subsection (e), the amount provided for or elected 
by the member under subclause (I) plus the addi-
tional amount of insurance provided for the 
member by subsection (e); or 
‘‘(III) in the case of a member covered by 
subsection (e) who has made an election under 
paragraph (2)(A) not to be insured under this 
subchapter, the amount of insurance provided for 
the member by subsection (e).’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘$250,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$400,000’’. 
(b) ADDITIONAL AMOUNT FOR MEMBERS SERVING IN 
CERTAIN AREAS OR OPERATIONS.—
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(1) INCREASED AMOUNT.—Section 1967 of such 
title is further amended— 
(A) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-
section (f); and 
(B) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing new subsection (e): 
‘‘(e)(1) A member covered by this subsection is any 
member as follows: 
‘‘(A) Any member who dies as a result of one or 
more wounds, injuries, or illnesses incurred while 
serving in an operation or area that the Secretary 
designates, in writing, as a combat operation or a 
zone of combat, respectively, for purposes of this sub-
section. 
‘‘(B) Any member who formerly served in an op-
eration or area so designated and whose death is de-
termined (under regulations prescribed by the Sec-
retary of Defense) to be the direct result of injury or 
illness incurred or aggravated while so serving. 
‘‘(2) The additional amount of insurance under this 
subchapter that is provided for a member by this subsection 
is $150,000, except that in a case in which the amount pro-
vided for or elected by the member under subclause (I) of 
subsection (a)(3)(A) exceeds $250,000, the additional 
amount of insurance under this subchapter that is provided
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for the member by this subsection shall be reduced to such 
amount as is necessary to comply with the limitation in 
paragraph (3). 
‘‘(3) The total amount of insurance payable for a mem-
ber under this subchapter may not exceed $400,000. 
‘‘(4) While a member is serving in an operation or 
area designated as described in paragraph (1), the cost of 
insurance of the member under this subchapter that is at-
tributable to $150,000 of insurance coverage shall be con-
tributed as provided in section 1969(b)(2) of this title and 
may not be deducted or withheld from the member’s pay.’’. 
(2) FUNDING.—Section 1969(b) of such title is 
amended— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(b)’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) For each month for which a member insured 
under this subchapter is serving in an operation or area 
designated as described by paragraph (1)(A) of section 
1967(e) of this title, there shall be contributed from the ap-
propriation made for active duty pay of the uniformed serv-
ice concerned an amount determined by the Secretary and 
certified to the Secretary concerned to be the cost of 
Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance which is traceable
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to the cost of providing insurance for the member under 
section 1967 of this title in the amount of $150,000.’’. 
(c) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
1967(a)(2)(A) of such title is amended by inserting before 
the period at the end the following: ‘‘, except for insurance 
provided under paragraph (3)(A)(i)(III)’’. 
(d) COORDINATION WITH VGLI.—Section 1977(a) of 
such title is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘$250,000’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘$400,000’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end of paragraph (1) the 
following new sentence: ‘‘Any additional amount of 
insurance provided a member under section 1967(e) 
of this title may not be treated as an amount for 
which Veterans’ Group Life Insurance shall be issued 
under this section.’’. 
(e) REQUIREMENTS REGARDING ELECTIONS OF MEM-
BERS
TO REDUCE
OR DECLINE INSURANCE.—Section 
1967(a) of such title is further amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) Pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Sec-
retary of Defense, notice of an election of a member not to 
be insured under this subchapter, or to be insured under 
this subchapter in an amount less than the maximum
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amount provided under paragraph (3)(A)(i)(I), shall be 
provided to the spouse of the member.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 
striking ‘‘and (C)’’ and inserting ‘‘, (C), and 
(D)’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraphs: 
‘‘(D) A member with a spouse may not elect not to 
be insured under this subchapter, or to be insured under 
this subchapter in an amount less than the maximum 
amount provided under subparagraph (A)(i)(I), without the 
written consent of the spouse.’’. 
(f) REQUIREMENT REGARDING REDESIGNATION
OF 
BENEFICIARIES.—Section 1970 of such title is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(j) A member with a spouse may not modify the bene-
ficiary or beneficiaries designated by the member under 
subsection (a) without the written consent of the spouse.’’. 
(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall take effect on the first day 
of the first month that begins more than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
(h) TERMINATION.—The amendments made by this 
section shall terminate on September 30, 2005. Effective on
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October 1, 2005, the provisions of sections 1967, 1969, 1970, 
and 1977 of title 38, United States Code, as in effect on 
the date before the date of the enactment of this Act shall 
be revived. 
DEATH GRATUITY 
SEC. 1112. DEATH GRATUITY ENHANCEMENTS. (a) 
DEATHS FROM COMBAT-RELATED CAUSES OR CAUSES IN-
CURRED IN DESIGNATED OPERATIONS OR AREAS.— 
(1) AMOUNT.—Section 1478 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘, except 
as provided in subsection (c)’’ after ‘‘$12,000’’; 
(B) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (d); and 
(C) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsection (c): 
‘‘(c) The death gratuity payable under sections 1475 
through 1477 of this title is $100,000 (as adjusted under 
subsection (d)) in the case of a death resulting from wounds, 
injuries, or illnesses that are— 
‘‘(1) incurred as described in section 1413a(e)(2) 
of this title; or 
‘‘(2) incurred in an operation or area designated 
as a combat operation or a combat zone, respectively, 
by 
the 
Secretary 
of 
Defense 
under 
section 
1967(e)(1)(A) of title 38.’’.
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(2) INCREASES CONSISTENT WITH INCREASES IN 
RATES OF BASIC PAY.—Subsection (d) of such section, 
as redesignated by paragraph (1)(B), is further 
amended by striking ‘‘amount of the death gratuity in 
effect under subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘amounts 
of the death gratuities in effect under subsections (a) 
and (c)’’. 
(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (a) 
of such section, as amended by paragraph (1), is fur-
ther amended by striking ‘‘(as adjusted under sub-
section (c))’’ and inserting ‘‘(as adjusted under sub-
section (d))’’. 
(4) EFFECTIVE DATE; TERMINATION.— 
(A) The amendments made by this sub-
section shall take effect on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(B) The amendments made by this sub-
section shall terminate on September 30, 2005. 
Effective as of October 1, 2005, the provisions of 
section 1478 of title 10, United States Code, as 
in effect on the date before the date of the enact-
ment of this Act shall be revived. 
(b) ADDITIONAL GRATUITY FOR DEATHS BEFORE EF-
FECTIVE DATE.—
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(1) REQUIREMENT
TO
PAY
ADDITIONAL
GRA-
TUITY.— 
(A) In the case of a member of the Armed 
Forces described in subparagraph (B), the Sec-
retary of the military department concerned 
shall pay a death gratuity in accordance with 
this subsection that is in addition to the death 
gratuity payable in the case of such death under 
sections 1475 through 1477 of title 10, United 
States Code. 
(B) The requirements of this subsection 
apply in the case of a member of the Armed 
Forces who died before the date of the enactment 
of this Act as a direct result of one or more 
wounds, injuries, or illnesses that— 
(i) were incurred in the theater of op-
erations of Operation Enduring Freedom or 
Operation Iraqi Freedom; or 
(ii) were incurred as described in sec-
tion 1413a(e)(2) of title 10, United States 
Code, on or after October 7, 2001. 
(2) AMOUNT.—The amount of the additional 
death gratuity is $238,000. 
(3) BENEFICIARIES.—The beneficiary or bene-
ficiaries who are entitled under section 1477 of title
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10, United States Code, to receive payment of the reg-
ular military death gratuity in the case of the death 
of a member referred to in paragraph (2) shall be en-
titled to receive the additional death gratuity payable 
in such case. If there are two or more such bene-
ficiaries, the portion of the total amount of the addi-
tional death gratuity payable to a beneficiary in such 
case shall be the amount that bears the same ratio to 
the total amount of the additional death gratuity 
under paragraph (2) as the amount of the share of the 
regular military death gratuity payable to that bene-
ficiary bears to the total amount of the regular mili-
tary death gratuity payable to all such beneficiaries 
in such case. 
(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) The term ‘‘additional death gratuity’’ 
means the death gratuity provided under para-
graph (1). 
(B) The term ‘‘regular military death gra-
tuity’’, means a death gratuity payable under 
sections 1475 through 1477 of title 10 United 
States Code. 
INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES AUTHORIZATION 
SEC. 1113. Funds appropriated in this Act, or made 
available by the transfer of funds in or pursuant to this 
Act, for intelligence activities are deemed to be specifically
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authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of 
the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414). 
PROHIBITION OF NEW START PROGRAMS 
SEC. 1114. (a) None of the funds provided in this chap-
ter may be used to finance programs or activities denied 
by Congress in fiscal year 2005 appropriations to the De-
partment of Defense or to initiate a procurement or re-
search, development, test and evaluation new start program 
without prior notification to the congressional defense com-
mittees. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the 
Department of the Army may use funds made available in 
this Act under the heading, ‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, 
Army’’ to procure ammunition and accessories therefor that 
have a standard-type classification, under Army regula-
tions pertaining to the acceptability of materiel for use, and 
that are the same as other ammunition and accessories 
therefor that have been procured with funds made available 
under such heading in past appropriations Acts for the De-
partment of Defense, only for 25 mm high explosive rounds 
for M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicles, 120 mm multi-purpose 
anti-tank and obstacle reduction rounds for M1 Abrams 
tanks, L410 aircraft countermeasure flares, 81 mm mortar 
red phosphorous smoke rounds, MD73 impulse cartridge for 
aircraft flares, and 20 mm high explosive rounds for C– 
RAM, whose stocks have been depleted and must be replen-
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ished for continuing operations of the Department of the 
Army. 
CHEMICAL WEAPONS DEMILITARIZATION 
SEC. 1115. (a)(1) Notwithstanding section 917 of Pub-
lic Law 97–86, as amended, of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available by the Department of Defense Ap-
propriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–287), the Military 
Construction Appropriations and Emergency Hurricane 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108– 
324), and other Acts for the purpose of the destruction of 
the United States stockpile of lethal chemical agents and 
munitions at Blue Grass Army Depot, Kentucky, and Pueb-
lo Chemical Depot, Colorado, that had not been obligated 
as of March 15, 2005, shall remain available for obligation 
solely for such purpose and shall be made available not later 
than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act 
to the Program Manager for Assembled Chemical Weapons 
Alternatives for activities related to such purpose at Blue 
Grass Army Depot, Kentucky, and Pueblo Chemical Depot, 
Colorado. 
(2) The amount of funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by the Department of Defense Appropria-
tions Act, 2005, the Military Construction Appropriations 
and Emergency Hurricane Supplemental Appropriations 
Act, 2005, and other Acts for the purpose of the destruction 
of the United States stockpile of lethal chemical agents and
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munitions at Blue Grass Army Depot, Kentucky, and Pueb-
lo Chemical Depot, Colorado, that had not been obligated 
or expended as of March 15, 2005, is $372,280,000. 
(3) Of the funds made available to the Program Man-
ager under paragraph (1), not less than $100,000,000 shall 
be obligated by the Program Manager not later than 120 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(b)(1) Notwithstanding section 917 of Public Law 97– 
86, as amended, none of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by the Department of Defense Appro-
priations Act, 2005, the Military Construction Appropria-
tions and Emergency Hurricane Supplemental Appropria-
tions Act, 2005, and other Acts for the purpose of the de-
struction of the United States stockpile of lethal chemical 
agents and munitions at Blue Grass Army Depot, Ken-
tucky, and Pueblo Chemical Depot, Colorado, may be 
deobligated, transferred, or reprogrammed out of the Assem-
bled Chemical Weapons Alternatives Program. 
(2) The amount appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able by the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 
2005, the Military Construction Appropriations and Emer-
gency Hurricane Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2005, 
and other Acts for the purpose of the destruction of the 
United States stockpile of lethal chemical agents and muni-
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tions at Blue Grass Army Depot, Kentucky, and Pueblo 
Chemical Depot, Colorado, is $813,440,000. 
(c) No funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
to the Secretary of Defense under this Act or any other Act 
may be obligated or expended to finance directly or indi-
rectly any study related to the transportation of chemical 
weapons across State lines. 
PHILADELPHIA REGIONAL PORT AUTHORITY 
SEC. 1116. Section 115 of division H of Public Law 
108–199 is amended by striking all after ‘‘made available’’ 
and substituting ‘‘, notwithstanding section 2218(c)(1) of 
title 10, United States Code, for a grant to Philadelphia 
Regional Port Authority, to be used solely for the purpose 
of construction, by and for a Philadelphia-based company 
established to operate high-speed, advanced-design vessels 
for the transport of high-value, time-sensitive cargoes in the 
foreign commerce of the United States, of a marine cargo 
terminal and IT network for high-speed commercial vessels 
that is capable of supporting military sealift require-
ments.’’. 
CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 1117. Notwithstanding any other provision of the 
law, to facilitate the continuity of Government, during fis-
cal year 2005, no more than 11 officers and employees of 
the Executive Office of the President may be transported