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(c) SUPERVISION.—Subsection (e)(2) of such section 
is amended by striking ‘‘the Iraq Relief and Reconstruc-
tion Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘amounts appropriated or other-
wise made available for the reconstruction of Iraq’’. 
(d) DUTIES.—Subsection (f)(1) of such section is 
amended by striking ‘‘to the Iraq Relief and Reconstruc-
tion Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘for the reconstruction of Iraq’’. 
(e) PERSONNEL, FACILITIES, AND
OTHER
RE-
SOURCES.—Subsection (h) of such section is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘pay 
rates’’ the following: ‘‘, and may exercise the au-
thorities of subsections (b) through (i) of section 
3161 of title 5, United States Code (without regard 
to subsection (a) of such section)’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘my enter’’ 
and inserting ‘‘may enter’’. 
(f) REPORTS.—Subsection (i) of such section is 
amended by striking ‘‘to the Iraq Relief and Reconstruc-
tion Fund’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘for the 
reconstruction of Iraq’’. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—Subsection (m) of such section is 
amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘APPROPRIATE 
COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DEFINED’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘DEFINITIONS’’;
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(2) by striking ‘‘In this section, the term’’ and 
inserting the following: ‘‘In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term’’; 
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; 
(4) in paragraph (1)(B) (as redesignated by 
paragraph (3) of this subsection), by striking ‘‘and 
International Relations’’ and inserting ‘‘Foreign Af-
fairs, and Oversight and Government Reform’’; 
(5) by striking the period at the end and insert-
ing ‘‘; and’’; and 
(6) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) the term ‘amounts appropriated or other-
wise made available for the reconstruction of Iraq’ 
means amounts appropriated or otherwise made 
available for any fiscal year— 
‘‘(A) to the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction 
Fund, the Iraq Security Forces Fund, and the 
Commanders’ Emergency Response Program 
authorized under section 1202 of the National 
Defense Authorization for Fiscal Year 2006 
(Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3455–3456); 
or 
‘‘(B) for assistance for the reconstruction 
of Iraq under—
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‘‘(i) the Economic Support Fund au-
thorized under chapter 4 of part II of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2346 et seq.); 
‘‘(ii) the International Narcotics Con-
trol and Law Enforcement account author-
ized under section 481 of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291); or 
‘‘(iii) any other provision of law.’’. 
(h) TERMINATION DATE.—Subsection (o) of such 
section is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) The Office of the Inspector General shall termi-
nate 180 days after the date on which amounts appro-
priated or otherwise made available for the reconstruction 
of Iraq that are unexpended are less than $250,000,000.’’; 
and 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘funds deemed to be’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘to the Iraq Relief and Re-
construction Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘for the re-
construction of Iraq’’.
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SEC. 1222. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
CERTAIN PURPOSES RELATING TO IRAQ. 
No funds appropriated pursuant to an authorization 
of appropriations in this Act may be obligated or expended 
for a purpose as follows: 
(1) To establish any military installation or 
base for the purpose of providing for the permanent 
stationing of United States Armed Forces in Iraq. 
(2) To exercise United States control of the oil 
resources of Iraq. 
SEC. 1223. REPORT ON UNITED STATES POLICY AND MILI-
TARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ. 
(a) REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subsection (c) of section 
1227 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 
3465; 50 U.S.C. 1541 note) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Iraq.’’ 
and inserting the following: ‘‘Iraq, including— 
‘‘(A) enacting a broadly-accepted hydro-
carbon law that equitably shares revenue among 
all Iraqis; 
‘‘(B) adopting laws necessary for the con-
duct of provincial and local elections, taking 
steps to implement such laws, and setting a
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schedule to conduct provincial and local elec-
tions; 
‘‘(C) reforming current laws governing the 
de-Baathification process in a manner that en-
courages national reconciliation; 
‘‘(D) amending the Constitution of Iraq in 
a manner that encourages national reconcili-
ation; 
‘‘(E) allocating and beginning expenditure 
of $10 billion in Iraqi revenues for reconstruc-
tion projects, including delivery of essential 
services, and implementing such reconstruction 
projects on an equitable basis; and 
‘‘(F) making significant efforts to plan and 
implement disarmament, demobilization, and re-
integration programs relating to Iraqi mili-
tias.’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (3) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(3) A detailed description of the Joint Cam-
paign Plan, or any subsequent revisions, updates, or 
documents that replace or supersede the Joint Cam-
paign Plan, including goals, phases, or other mile-
stones contained in the Joint Campaign Plan. Spe-
cifically, the description shall include the following:
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‘‘(A) An explanation of conditions required 
to move through phases of the Joint Campaign 
Plan, in particular those conditions that must 
be met in order to provide for the transition of 
additional security responsibility to the Iraqi 
Security Forces, and the measurements used to 
determine progress. 
‘‘(B) An assessment of which conditions in 
the Joint Campaign Plan have been achieved 
and which conditions have not been achieved. 
The assessment of those conditions that have 
not been achieved shall include a discussion of 
the factors that have precluded progress. 
‘‘(C) A description of any companion or 
equivalent plan of the Government of Iraq used 
to measure progress for Iraqi Security Forces 
undertaking joint operations with Coalition 
Forces.’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) An assessment of the levels of United 
States Armed Forces required in Iraq for the six- 
month period following the date of the report, the 
missions to be undertaken by the Armed Forces in 
Iraq for such period, and the incremental costs or
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savings of any proposed changes to such levels or 
missions. 
‘‘(8) A description of the range of conditions 
that could prompt changes to the levels of United 
States Armed Forces required in Iraq for the six- 
month period following the date of the report or the 
missions to be undertaken by the Armed Forces in 
Iraq for such period, including the status of plan-
ning for such changes to the levels or missions of the 
Armed Forces in Iraq.’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to each re-
port required to be submitted to Congress under sec-
tion 1227(c) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2006 on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(b) CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFINGS REQUIRED.—Such 
section is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFINGS REQUIRED.—Not 
later than 30 days after the submission of the first report 
under subsection (c) on or after the date of the enactment 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2008, the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the 
Joint Chiefs of Staff shall meet with the congressional de-
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fense committees to brief such committees on the matters 
described in paragraphs (7) and (8) of subsection (c) con-
tained in the report. Not later than 30 days after the sub-
mission of each subsequent report under subsection (c), 
appropriate senior officials of the Department of Defense 
shall meet with the congressional defense committees to 
brief such committees on the matters described in para-
graphs (7) and (8) of subsection (c) contained in the re-
port.’’. 
SEC. 1224. REPORT ON A COMPREHENSIVE SET OF PER-
FORMANCE INDICATORS AND MEASURES FOR 
PROGRESS TOWARD MILITARY AND POLIT-
ICAL STABILITY IN IRAQ. 
(a) REPORT.—Section 9010(c) of the Department of 
Defense Appropriations Act, 2007 (division A of Public 
Law 109–289; 120 Stat. 1307) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(B)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and trends’’ and inserting 
‘‘trends’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end before the period 
the following: ‘‘, and progress made in the tran-
sition of responsibility for the security of Iraqi 
provinces to the Iraqi Security Forces under the 
Provincial Iraqi Control (PIC) process’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)—
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(A) in subparagraph (C)(i), by adding at 
the end before the semicolon the following: ‘‘, 
without any support from Coalition Forces’’; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) 
through (J) as subparagraphs (F) through (L), 
respectively; 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (C) 
the following: 
‘‘(D) The amount and type of support pro-
vided by Coalition Forces to the Iraqi Security 
Forces at each level of operational readiness. 
‘‘(E) The number of Iraqi battalions in the 
Iraqi Army currently conducting operations and 
the type of operations being conducted.’’; 
(D) by redesignating subparagraphs (H) 
through (L) (as redesignated by subparagraph 
(B) of this paragraph) as subparagraphs (I) 
through (M), respectively; 
(E) by inserting after subparagraph (G) 
(as redesignated by subparagraph (B) of this 
paragraph) the following: 
‘‘(H) The level and effectiveness of the 
Iraqi Security Forces under the Ministry of De-
fense in provinces where the United States has 
formally transferred responsibility for the secu-
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rity of the province to the Iraqi Security Forces 
under the Provincial Iraqi Control (PIC) proc-
ess.’’; and 
(F) in subparagraph (I) (as redesignated 
by subparagraphs (B) and (D) of this para-
graph)— 
(i) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(ii) in clause (v), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(vi) the level and effectiveness of the 
Iraqi Police and other Ministry of Interior 
Forces in provinces where the United 
States has formally transferred responsi-
bility for the security of the province to the 
Iraqi Security Forces under the Provincial 
Iraqi Control (PIC) process.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to each report re-
quired to be submitted to Congress under section 9010 
of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2007 
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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SEC. 1225. REPORT ON SUPPORT FROM IRAN FOR ATTACKS 
AGAINST COALITION FORCES IN IRAQ. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 
days thereafter, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination 
with the Director of National Intelligence, shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report describing 
and assessing in detail— 
(1) any support or direction provided to anti-co-
alition forces in Iraq by the Government of Iran or 
its agents; 
(2) the strategy and ambitions in Iraq of the 
Government of Iran; and 
(3) any strategy or efforts by the United States 
Government to counter the activities of agents of the 
Government of Iran in Iraq. 
(b) FORM.—Each report required under subsection 
(a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, to the max-
imum extent practicable, but may contain a classified 
annex, if necessary. 
(c) TERMINATION.—The requirement to submit re-
ports under subsection (a) shall terminate on the date on 
which the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the 
Director of National Intelligence, submits to the congres-
sional defense committees a certification in writing that 
the Government of Iran has ceased to provide military
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gions, consistent with the wishes of the Iraqi people 
and their elected leaders, the United States should 
actively support such a political settlement in Iraq; 
(3) the active support referred to in paragraph 
(2) should include— 
(A) calling on the international community, 
including countries with troops in Iraq, the per-
manent 5 members of the United Nations Secu-
rity Council, members of the Gulf Cooperation 
Council, and Iraq’s neighbors— 
(i) to support an Iraqi political settle-
ment based on federalism; 
(ii) to acknowledge the sovereignty 
and territorial integrity of Iraq; and 
(iii) to fulfill commitments for the ur-
gent delivery of significant assistance and 
debt relief to Iraq, especially those made 
by the member states of the Gulf Coopera-
tion Council; and 
(B) convening a conference for Iraqis to 
reach an agreement on a comprehensive polit-
ical settlement based on the federalism law ap-
proved by the Iraqi Parliament on October 11, 
2006;
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(4) the United States should urge the Govern-
ment of Iraq to quickly agree upon and implement 
a law providing for the equitable distribution of oil 
revenues, which is a critical component of a com-
prehensive political settlement in Iraq, including a 
potential settlement based upon federalism; 
(5) the steps described in paragraphs (2), (3), 
and (4) could lead to an Iraq that is stable, not a 
haven for terrorists, and not a threat to its neigh-
bors; 
(6) in pursuit of a political settlement in Iraq, 
whether based on federalism or not, the United 
States should call on Iraq’s neighbors to pledge not 
to militarily intervene in or destabilize Iraq; and 
(7) nothing in this Act should be construed in 
any way to infringe on the sovereign rights of the 
nation of Iraq or to imply that the United States 
wishes to impose a political settlement in Iraq based 
on federalism if such a political settlement is con-
trary to the wishes of the Iraqi people.
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SEC. 1228. TRACKING AND MONITORING OF DEFENSE ARTI-
CLES PROVIDED TO THE GOVERNMENT OF 
IRAQ AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS 
IN IRAQ. 
(a) EXPORT AND TRANSFER CONTROL POLICY.— 
The President shall implement a policy to control the ex-
port and transfer of defense articles into Iraq, including 
implementation of the registration and monitoring system 
under subsection (c). 
(b) REQUIREMENT TO IMPLEMENT CONTROL SYS-
TEM.—No defense articles may be provided to the Govern-
ment of Iraq or any other group, organization, citizen, or 
resident of Iraq until the President certifies to the speci-
fied congressional committees that a registration and mon-
itoring system meeting the requirements set forth in sub-
section (c) has been established. 
(c) REGISTRATION AND MONITORING SYSTEM.—The 
registration and monitoring system required under this 
subsection shall include— 
(1) the registration of the serial numbers of all 
small arms to be provided to the Government of Iraq 
or to other groups, organizations, citizens, or resi-
dents of Iraq; 
(2) a program of end-use monitoring of all le-
thal defense articles provided to such entities or in-
dividuals; and
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(3) a detailed record of the origin, shipping, 
and distribution of all defense articles transferred 
under the Iraq Security Forces Fund or any other 
security assistance program to such entities or indi-
viduals. 
(d) REVIEW; EXEMPTION.— 
(1) REVIEW.—The President shall periodically 
review the items subject to the registration and mon-
itoring requirements under subsection (c) to deter-
mine what items, if any, should no longer be subject 
to such registration and monitoring requirements. 
The President shall transmit to the specified con-
gressional committees the results of each review con-
ducted under this paragraph. 
(2) EXEMPTION.—The President may exempt 
an item from the registration and monitoring re-
quirements under subsection (c) beginning on the 
date that is 30 days after the date on which the 
President provides notice of the proposed exemption 
to the specified congressional committees in accord-
ance with the procedures applicable to reprogram-
ming notifications under section 634A(a) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2394–1(a)). 
Such notice shall describe any controls to be im-
posed on such item under any other provision of law.
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(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) DEFENSE ARTICLE.—The term ‘‘defense ar-
ticle’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
644(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2403(d)). 
(2) SMALL
ARMS.—The term ‘‘small arms’’ 
means— 
(A) handguns; 
(B) shoulder-fired weapons; 
(C) light automatic weapons up to and in-
cluding .50 caliber machine guns; 
(D) recoilless rifles up to and including 
106mm; 
(E) mortars up to and including 81mm; 
(F) rocket launchers, man-portable; 
(G) grenade launchers, rifle and shoulder 
fired; and 
(H) individually-operated weapons which 
are portable or can be fired without special 
mounts or firing devices and which have poten-
tial use in civil disturbances and are vulnerable 
to theft. 
(3) 
SPECIFIED
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘specified congressional commit-
tees’’ means—
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(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
the Committee on Armed Services of the House 
of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 
the Committee on Armed Services, and the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs of the Senate. 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), this section shall take effect 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—The President may delay the 
effective date of this section by an additional period 
of up to 90 days if the President certifies in writing 
to the specified congressional committees for such 
additional period that it is in the vital interest of the 
United States to do so and includes in the certifi-
cation a description of such vital interest. 
SEC. 1229. SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR AFGHANI-
STAN RECONSTRUCTION. 
(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are as 
follows: 
(1) To provide for the independent and objec-
tive conduct and supervision of audits and investiga-
tions relating to the programs and operations funded
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with amounts appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able for the reconstruction of Afghanistan. 
(2) To provide for the independent and objec-
tive leadership and coordination of, and rec-
ommendations on, policies designed to— 
(A) promote economy efficiency, and effec-
tiveness in the administration of the programs 
and operations described in paragraph (1); and 
(B) prevent and detect waste, fraud, and 
abuse in such programs and operations. 
(3) To provide for an independent and objective 
means of keeping the Secretary of State and the 
Secretary of Defense fully and currently informed 
about problems and deficiencies relating to the ad-
ministration of such programs and operations and 
the necessity for and progress on corrective action. 
(b) OFFICE
OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.—There is 
hereby established the Office of the Special Inspector Gen-
eral for Afghanistan Reconstruction to carry out the pur-
poses of subsection (a). 
(c) APPOINTMENT
OF INSPECTOR GENERAL; RE-
MOVAL.— 
(1) APPOINTMENT.—The head of the Office of 
the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Re-
construction is the Special Inspector General for Af-
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Inspector General shall report directly 
to, and be under the general supervision of, the Sec-
retary of State and the Secretary of Defense. 
(2) INDEPENDENCE TO CONDUCT INVESTIGA-
TIONS AND AUDITS.—No officer of the Department 
of Defense, the Department of State, or the United 
States Agency for International Development shall 
prevent or prohibit the Inspector General from initi-
ating, carrying out, or completing any audit or in-
vestigation related to amounts appropriated or oth-
erwise made available for the reconstruction of Af-
ghanistan or from issuing any subpoena during the 
course of any such audit or investigation. 
(f) DUTIES.— 
(1) OVERSIGHT
OF
AFGHANISTAN
RECON-
STRUCTION.—It shall be the duty of the Inspector 
General to conduct, supervise, and coordinate audits 
and investigations of the treatment, handling, and 
expenditure of amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made available for the reconstruction of Afghani-
stan, and of the programs, operations, and contracts 
carried out utilizing such funds, including— 
(A) the oversight and accounting of the ob-
ligation and expenditure of such funds;
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(B) the monitoring and review of recon-
struction activities funded by such funds; 
(C) the monitoring and review of contracts 
funded by such funds; 
(D) the monitoring and review of the 
transfer of such funds and associated informa-
tion between and among departments, agencies, 
and entities of the United States and private 
and nongovernmental entities; 
(E) the maintenance of records on the use 
of such funds to facilitate future audits and in-
vestigations of the use of such fund; 
(F) the monitoring and review of the effec-
tiveness of United States coordination with the 
Government of Afghanistan and other donor 
countries in the implementation of the Afghani-
stan Compact and the Afghanistan National 
Development Strategy; and 
(G) the investigation of overpayments such 
as duplicate payments or duplicate billing and 
any potential unethical or illegal actions of Fed-
eral employees, contractors, or affiliated entities 
and the referral of such reports, as necessary, 
to the Department of Justice to ensure further
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investigations, prosecutions, recovery of further 
funds, or other remedies. 
(2) OTHER DUTIES RELATED TO OVERSIGHT.— 
The Inspector General shall establish, maintain, and 
oversee such systems, procedures, and controls as 
the Inspector General considers appropriate to dis-
charge the duties under paragraph (1). 
(3) DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER IN-
SPECTOR GENERAL ACT OF 1978.—In addition to the 
duties specified in paragraphs (1) and (2), the In-
spector General shall also have the duties and re-
sponsibilities of inspectors general under the Inspec-
tor General Act of 1978. 
(4) COORDINATION OF EFFORTS.—In carrying 
out the duties, responsibilities, and authorities of the 
Inspector General under this section, the Inspector 
General shall coordinate with, and receive the co-
operation of each of the following: 
(A) The Inspector General of the Depart-
ment of Defense. 
(B) The Inspector General of the Depart-
ment of State. 
(C) The Inspector General of the United 
States Agency for International Development. 
(g) POWERS AND AUTHORITIES.—
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(1) AUTHORITIES UNDER INSPECTOR GENERAL 
ACT OF 1978.—In carrying out the duties specified in 
subsection (f), the Inspector General shall have the 
authorities provided in section 6 of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, including the authorities under 
subsection (e) of such section. 
(2) AUDIT STANDARDS.—The Inspector General 
shall carry out the duties specified in subsection 
(f)(1) in accordance with section 4(b)(1) of the In-
spector General Act of 1978. 
(h) PERSONNEL, FACILITIES, AND
OTHER
RE-
SOURCES.— 
(1) PERSONNEL.—The Inspector General may 
select, appoint, and employ such officers and em-
ployees as may be necessary for carrying out the du-
ties of the Inspector General, subject to the provi-
sions of title 5, United States Code, governing ap-
pointments in the competitive service, and the provi-
sions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 
of such title, relating to classification and General 
Schedule pay rates. 
(2) EMPLOYMENT OF EXPERTS AND CONSULT-
ANTS.—The Inspector General may obtain services 
as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code, at daily rates not to exceed the equiva-
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lent rate prescribed for grade GS–15 of the General 
Schedule by section 5332 of such title. 
(3) CONTRACTING AUTHORITY.—To the extent 
and in such amounts as may be provided in advance 
by appropriations Acts, the Inspector General may 
enter into contracts and other arrangements for au-
dits, studies, analyses, and other services with public 
agencies and with private persons, and make such 
payments as may be necessary to carry out the du-
ties of the Inspector General. 
(4) RESOURCES.—The Secretary of State or the 
Secretary of Defense, as appropriate, shall provide 
the Inspector General with appropriate and adequate 
office space at appropriate locations of the Depart-
ment of State or the Department of Defense, as the 
case may be, in Afghanistan, together with such 
equipment, office supplies, and communications fa-
cilities and services as may be necessary for the op-
eration of such offices, and shall provide necessary 
maintenance services for such offices and the equip-
ment and facilities located therein. 
(5) ASSISTANCE FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Upon request of the In-
spector General for information or assistance 
from any department, agency, or other entity of
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the Federal Government, the head of such enti-
ty shall, insofar as is practicable and not in 
contravention of any existing law, furnish such 
information or assistance to the Inspector Gen-
eral, or an authorized designee. 
(B) REPORTING
OF
REFUSED
ASSIST-
ANCE.—Whenever information or assistance re-
quested by the Inspector General is, in the 
judgment of the Inspector General, unreason-
ably refused or not provided, the Inspector Gen-
eral shall report the circumstances to the Sec-
retary of State or the Secretary of Defense, as 
appropriate, and to the appropriate congres-
sional committees without delay. 
(6) USE
OF
PERSONNEL, FACILITIES, AND 
OTHER RESOURCES OF THE OFFICE OF THE SPE-
CIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR IRAQ RECONSTRUC-
TION.—Upon the request of the Inspector General, 
the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruc-
tion— 
(A) may detail, on a reimbursable basis, 
any of the personnel of the Office of the Special 
Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction to 
the Office of the Inspector General for Afghani-
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stan Reconstruction for the purpose of carrying 
out this section; and 
(B) may provide, on a reimbursable basis, 
any of the facilities or other resources of the 
Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq 
Reconstruction to the Office of the Inspector 
General for Afghanistan Reconstruction for the 
purpose of carrying out this section. 
(i) REPORTS.— 
(1) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—Not later than 30 
days after the end of each fiscal-year quarter, the 
Inspector General shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report summarizing, for 
the period of that quarter and, to the extent pos-
sible, the period from the end of such quarter to the 
time of the submission of the report, the activities 
during such period of the Inspector General and the 
activities under programs and operations funded 
with amounts appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able for the reconstruction of Afghanistan. Each re-
port shall include, for the period covered by such re-
port, a detailed statement of all obligations, expendi-
tures, and revenues associated with reconstruction 
and rehabilitation activities in Afghanistan, includ-
ing the following:
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(A) Obligations and expenditures of appro-
priated funds. 
(B) A project-by-project and program-by- 
program accounting of the costs incurred to 
date for the reconstruction of Afghanistan, to-
gether with the estimate of the Department of 
Defense, the Department of State, and the 
United States Agency for International Devel-
opment, as applicable, of the costs to complete 
each project and each program. 
(C) Revenues attributable to or consisting 
of funds provided by foreign nations or inter-
national organizations to programs and projects 
funded by any department or agency of the 
United States Government, and any obligations 
or expenditures of such revenues. 
(D) Revenues attributable to or consisting 
of foreign assets seized or frozen that con-
tribute to programs and projects funded by any 
department or agency of the United States Gov-
ernment, and any obligations or expenditures of 
such revenues. 
(E) Operating expenses of agencies or enti-
ties receiving amounts appropriated or other-
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wise made available for the reconstruction of 
Afghanistan. 
(F) In the case of any contract, grant, 
agreement, or other funding mechanism de-
scribed in paragraph (2)— 
(i) the amount of the contract, grant, 
agreement, or other funding mechanism; 
(ii) a brief discussion of the scope of 
the contract, grant, agreement, or other 
funding mechanism; 
(iii) a discussion of how the depart-
ment or agency of the United States Gov-
ernment involved in the contract, grant, 
agreement, or other funding mechanism 
identified, and solicited offers from, poten-
tial individuals or entities to perform the 
contract, grant, agreement, or other fund-
ing mechanism, together with a list of the 
potential individuals or entities that were 
issued solicitations for the offers; and 
(iv) the justification and approval doc-
uments on which was based the determina-
tion to use procedures other than proce-
dures that provide for full and open com-
petition.
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(2) COVERED
CONTRACTS, GRANTS, AGREE-
MENTS, AND FUNDING MECHANISMS.—A contract, 
grant, agreement, or other funding mechanism de-
scribed in this paragraph is any major contract, 
grant, agreement, or other funding mechanism that 
is entered into by any department or agency of the 
United States Government that involves the use of 
amounts appropriated or otherwise made available 
for the reconstruction of Afghanistan with any pub-
lic or private sector entity for any of the following 
purposes: 
(A) To build or rebuild physical infrastruc-
ture of Afghanistan. 
(B) To establish or reestablish a political 
or societal institution of Afghanistan. 
(C) To provide products or services to the 
people of Afghanistan. 
(3) 
PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY.—The 
Inspector 
General shall publish on a publically-available Inter-
net website each report under paragraph (1) of this 
subsection in English and other languages that the 
Inspector General determines are widely used and 
understood in Afghanistan. 
(4) FORM.—Each report required under this 
subsection shall be submitted in unclassified form,
961 
but may include a classified annex if the Inspector 
General considers it necessary. 
(5) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
subsection shall be construed to authorize the public 
disclosure of information that is— 
(A) specifically prohibited from disclosure 
by any other provision of law; 
(B) specifically required by Executive order 
to be protected from disclosure in the interest 
of national defense or national security or in 
the conduct of foreign affairs; or 
(C) a part of an ongoing criminal inves-
tigation. 
(j) REPORT COORDINATION.— 
(1) SUBMISSION
TO
SECRETARIES
OF
STATE 
AND DEFENSE.—The Inspector General shall also 
submit each report required under subsection (i) to 
the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense. 
(2) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 
30 days after receipt of a report under paragraph 
(1), the Secretary of State or the Secretary of De-
fense may submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees any comments on the matters covered by 
the report as the Secretary of State or the Secretary 
of Defense, as the case may be, considers appro-
962 
priate. Any comments on the matters covered by the 
report shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 
may include a classified annex if the Secretary of 
State or the Secretary of Defense, as the case may 
be, considers it necessary. 
(k) TRANSPARENCY.— 
(1) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after 
submission to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees of a report under subsection (i), the Secretary 
of State and the Secretary of Defense shall jointly 
make copies of the report available to the public 
upon request, and at a reasonable cost. 
(2) COMMENTS ON MATTERS COVERED BY RE-
PORT.—Not later than 60 days after submission to 
the appropriate congressional committees under sub-
section (j)(2) of comments on a report under sub-
section (i), the Secretary of State and the Secretary 
of Defense shall jointly make copies of the comments 
available to the public upon request, and at a rea-
sonable cost. 
(l) WAIVER.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—The President may waive the 
requirement under paragraph (1) or (2) of sub-
section (k) with respect to availability to the public 
of any element in a report under subsection (i), or
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any comment under subsection (j)(2), if the Presi-
dent determines that the waiver is justified for na-
tional security reasons. 
(2) NOTICE OF WAIVER.—The President shall 
publish a notice of each waiver made under this sub-
section in the Federal Register no later than the 
date on which a report required under subsection (i), 
or any comment under subsection (j)(2), is sub-
mitted to the appropriate congressional committees. 
The report and comments shall specify whether 
waivers under this subsection were made and with 
respect to which elements in the report or which 
comments, as appropriate. 
(m) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) AMOUNTS
APPROPRIATED
OR
OTHERWISE 
MADE
AVAILABLE
FOR
THE
RECONSTRUCTION
OF 
AFGHANISTAN.—The term ‘‘amounts appropriated 
or otherwise made available for the reconstruction of 
Afghanistan’’ means— 
(A) amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made available for any fiscal year— 
(i) to the Afghanistan Security Forces 
Fund; or 
(ii) to the program to assist the peo-
ple of Afghanistan established under sub-
964 
section (a)(2) of section 1202 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization for Fiscal 
Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119 
Stat. 3455–3456); and 
(B) amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made available for any fiscal year for the recon-
struction of Afghanistan under— 
(i) the Economic Support Fund; 
(ii) the International Narcotics Con-
trol and Law Enforcement account; or 
(iii) any other provision of law. 
(2) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committees on Appropriations, 
Armed Services, and Foreign Relations of the 
Senate; and 
(B) the Committees on Appropriations, 
Armed Services, and Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives. 
(n) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 to 
carry out this section.
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(2) OFFSET.—The amount authorized to be ap-
propriated by section 1513 for the Afghanistan Se-
curity 
Forces 
Fund 
is 
hereby 
reduced 
by 
$20,000,000. 
(o) TERMINATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Office of the Special In-
spector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction shall 
terminate 180 days after the date on which amounts 
appropriated or otherwise made available for the re-
construction of Afghanistan that are unexpended are 
less than $250,000,000. 
(2) FINAL
REPORT.—The Inspector General 
shall, prior to the termination of the Office of the 
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Recon-
struction under paragraph (1), prepare and submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a final 
forensic audit report on programs and operations 
funded with amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made available for the reconstruction of Afghani-
stan. 
SEC. 1230. REPORT ON PROGRESS TOWARD SECURITY AND 
STABILITY IN AFGHANISTAN. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 
days thereafter through the end of fiscal year 2010, the
966 
President, acting through the Secretary of Defense, shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re-
port on progress toward security and stability in Afghani-
stan. 
(b) COORDINATION.—The report required under sub-
section (a) shall be prepared in coordination with the Sec-
retary of State, the Director of National Intelligence, the 
Attorney General, the Administrator of the Drug Enforce-
ment Administration, the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development, the Sec-
retary of Agriculture, and the head of any other depart-
ment or agency of the Government of the United States 
involved with activities relating to security and stability 
in Afghanistan. 
(c) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED: STRATEGIC DIREC-
TION OF UNITED STATES ACTIVITIES RELATING TO SE-
CURITY AND STABILITY IN AFGHANISTAN.—The report 
required under subsection (a) shall include a description 
of a comprehensive strategy of the United States for secu-
rity and stability in Afghanistan. The description of such 
strategy shall consist of a general overview and a separate 
detailed section for each of the following: 
(1) NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION 
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE FORCE.—A 
description of the following:
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(A) Efforts of the United States to work 
with countries participating in the North Atlan-
tic Treaty Organization (NATO) International 
Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghani-
stan (hereafter in this section referred to as 
‘‘NATO ISAF countries’’). 
(B) Any actions by the United States to 
achieve the following goals relating to strength-
ening the NATO ISAF, and the results of such 
actions: 
(i) Encourage NATO ISAF countries 
to fulfill commitments to the NATO ISAF 
mission in Afghanistan, and ensure ade-
quate contributions to efforts to build the 
capacity of the Afghanistan National Secu-
rity Forces (ANSF), counter-narcotics ef-
forts, and reconstruction and development 
activities in Afghanistan. 
(ii) Remove national caveats on the 
use of forces deployed as part of the 
NATO ISAF. 
(iii) Reduce the number of civilian 
casualties resulting from military oper-
ations of NATO ISAF countries and miti-
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gate the impact of such casualties on the 
Afghan people. 
(2) 
AFGHANISTAN
NATIONAL
SECURITY 
FORCES.—A description of the following: 
(A) A comprehensive and effective long- 
term strategy and budget, with defined objec-
tives, for activities relating to strengthening the 
resources, capabilities, and effectiveness of the 
Afghanistan National Army (ANA) and the Af-
ghanistan National Police (ANP) of the ANSF, 
with the goal of ensuring that a strong and 
fully-capable ANSF is able to independently 
and effectively conduct operations and maintain 
security and stability in Afghanistan. 
(B) Any actions by the United States to 
achieve the following goals relating to building 
the capacity of the ANSF, and the results of 
such actions: 
(i) Improve coordination with all rel-
evant departments and agencies of the 
Government of the United States, as well 
as NATO ISAF countries and other inter-
national partners.
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(ii) Improve ANSF recruitment and 
retention, including through improved vet-
ting and salaries for the ANSF. 
(iii) Increase and improve ANSF 
training and mentoring. 
(iv) Strengthen the partnership be-
tween the Government of the United 
States and the Government of Afghani-
stan. 
(3) PROVINCIAL RECONSTRUCTION TEAMS AND 
OTHER
RECONSTRUCTION
AND
DEVELOPMENT
AC-
TIVITIES.—A description of the following: 
(A) A comprehensive and effective long- 
term strategy and budget, with defined objec-
tives, for reconstruction and development in Af-
ghanistan, including a long-term strategy with 
a mission and objectives for each United States- 
led Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in 
Afghanistan. 
(B) Any actions by the United States to 
achieve the following goals with respect to re-
construction and development in Afghanistan, 
and the results of such actions: 
(i) Improve coordination with all rel-
evant departments and agencies of the
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Government of the United States, as well 
as NATO ISAF countries and other inter-
national partners. 
(ii) Clarify the chain of command, and 
operations plans for United States-led 
PRTs that are appropriate to meet the 
needs of the relevant local communities. 
(iii) 
Promote 
coordination 
among 
PRTs. 
(iv) Ensure that each PRT is ade-
quately staffed, particularly with civilian 
specialists, and that such staff receive ap-
propriate training. 
(v) Expand the ability of the Afghan 
people to assume greater responsibility for 
their own reconstruction and development 
projects. 
(vi) Strengthen the partnership be-
tween the Government of the United 
States and the Government of Afghani-
stan. 
(vii) Ensure proper reconstruction and 
development oversight activities, including 
implementation, where appropriate, of rec-
ommendations of any United States in-
971 
spectors general, including the Special In-
spector General for Afghanistan Recon-
struction appointed pursuant to section 
1229. 
(4) COUNTER-NARCOTICS
ACTIVITIES.—A de-
scription of the following: 
(A) A comprehensive and effective long- 
term strategy and budget, with defined objec-
tives, for the activities of the Department of 
Defense relating to counter-narcotics efforts in 
Afghanistan, including— 
(i) roles and missions of the Depart-
ment of Defense within the overall counter- 
narcotics strategy for Afghanistan of the 
Government of the United States, includ-
ing a statement of priorities; 
(ii) a detailed, comprehensive, and ef-
fective strategy with defined one-year, 
three-year, and five-year objectives and a 
description of the accompanying allocation 
of resources of the Department of Defense 
to accomplish such objectives; 
(iii) in furtherance of the strategy de-
scribed in clause (i), actions that the De-
972 
partment of Defense is taking and has 
planned to take to— 
(I) improve coordination within 
the Department of Defense and with 
all relevant departments and agencies 
of the Government of the United 
States; 
(II) strengthen significantly the 
Afghanistan 
National 
Counter-nar-
cotics Police; 
(III) build the capacity of local 
and provincial governments of Af-
ghanistan and the national Govern-
ment of Afghanistan to assume great-
er responsibility for counter-narcotics- 
related activities, including interdic-
tion; and 
(IV) improve counter-narcotics- 
related intelligence capabilities and 
tactical use of such capabilities by the 
Department of Defense and other ap-
propriate departments and agencies of 
the Government of the United States; 
and
973 
(iv) the impact, if any, including the 
disadvantages and advantages, if any, on 
the primary counter-terrorism mission of 
the United States military of providing en-
hanced logistical support to departments 
and agencies of the Government of the 
United States and counter-narcotics part-
ners of the United States in their interdic-
tion efforts, including apprehending or 
eliminating major drug traffickers in Af-
ghanistan. 
(B) The counter-narcotics roles and mis-
sions assumed by the local and provincial gov-
ernments of Afghanistan and the national Gov-
ernment of Afghanistan, appropriate depart-
ments and agencies of the Government of the 
United States (other than the Department of 
Defense), the NATO ISAF, and the govern-
ments of other countries. 
(C) The plan and efforts to coordinate the 
counter-narcotics strategy and activities of the 
Department of Defense with the counter-nar-
cotics strategy and activities of the Government 
of Afghanistan, the NATO-led interdiction and 
security forces, other appropriate countries, and
974 
other counter-narcotics partners of the United 
States, and the results of such efforts. 
(D) The progress made by the govern-
ments, organizations, and entities specified in 
subparagraph (B) in executing designated roles 
and missions, and in coordinating and imple-
menting counternarcotics plans and activities, 
and based on the results of this progress wheth-
er, and to what extent, roles and missions for 
the Department of Defense should be altered in 
the future, or should remain unaltered. 
(5) PUBLIC CORRUPTION AND RULE OF LAW.— 
A description of any actions, and the results of such 
actions, to help the Government of Afghanistan fight 
public corruption and strengthen governance and the 
rule of law at the local, provincial, and national lev-
els. 
(6) REGIONAL
CONSIDERATIONS.—A descrip-
tion of any actions and the results of such actions 
to increase cooperation with countries geographically 
located around Afghanistan’s border, with a par-
ticular focus on improving security and stability in 
the Afghanistan-Pakistan border areas. 
(d) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED: PERFORMANCE IN-
DICATORS AND MEASURES OF PROGRESS TOWARD SUS-
975 
TAINABLE LONG-TERM SECURITY AND STABILITY IN AF-
GHANISTAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The report required under 
subsection (a) shall set forth a comprehensive set of 
performance indicators and measures of progress to-
ward sustainable long-term security and stability in 
Afghanistan, as specified in paragraph (2), and shall 
include performance standards and progress goals, 
together with a notional timetable for achieving such 
goals. 
(2) PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND MEASURES 
OF PROGRESS SPECIFIED.—The performance indica-
tors and measures of progress specified in this para-
graph shall include, at a minimum, the following: 
(A) With respect to the NATO ISAF, an 
assessment of unfulfilled NATO ISAF mission 
requirements and contributions from individual 
NATO ISAF countries, including levels of 
troops and equipment, the effect of contribu-
tions on operations, and unfulfilled commit-
ments. 
(B) An assessment of military operations 
of the NATO ISAF, including of NATO ISAF 
countries, and an assessment of separate mili-
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forcement activities at the local, provincial, and 
national levels and the effectiveness of such ac-
tivities. 
(e) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified annex, if necessary. 
(f) CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFINGS.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall supplement the report required under sub-
section (a) with regular briefings to the appropriate con-
gressional committees on the subject matter of the report. 
(g) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con-
gressional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; 
and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
SEC. 1231. UNITED STATES PLAN FOR SUSTAINING THE AF-
GHANISTAN NATIONAL SECURITY FORCES. 
(a) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually there-
after through the end of fiscal year 2010, the Secretary
981 
of Defense shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report on a long-term detailed plan for sus-
taining the Afghanistan National Army (ANA) and the 
Afghanistan National Police (ANP) of the Afghanistan 
National Security Forces (ANSF), with the objective of 
ensuring that a strong and fully-capable ANSF will be 
able to independently and effectively conduct operations 
and maintain long-term security and stability in Afghani-
stan. 
(b) COORDINATION.—The report required under sub-
section (a) shall be prepared in coordination with the Sec-
retary of State. 
(c) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report re-
quired under subsection (a) shall include a description of 
the following matters relating to the plan for sustaining 
the ANSF: 
(1) A comprehensive and effective long-term 
strategy and budget, with defined objectives. 
(2) A mechanism for tracking funding, equip-
ment, training, and services provided for the ANSF 
by the United States, countries participating in the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Inter-
national Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Af-
ghanistan (hereafter in this section referred to as
982 
‘‘NATO ISAF countries’’), and other coalition forces 
that are not part of the NATO ISAF. 
(3) Any actions to assist the Government of Af-
ghanistan achieve the following goals, and the re-
sults of such actions: 
(A) Build and sustain effective Afghan se-
curity institutions with fully-capable leadership 
and staff, including a reformed Ministry of In-
terior, a fully-established Ministry of Defense, 
and logistics, intelligence, medical, and recruit-
ing units (hereafter in this section referred to 
as ‘‘ANSF-sustaining institutions’’). 
(B) Train and equip fully-capable ANSF 
that are capable of conducting operations inde-
pendently and in sufficient numbers. 
(C) Establish strong ANSF-readiness as-
sessment tools and metrics. 
(D) Build and sustain strong, professional 
ANSF officers at the junior-, mid-, and senior- 
levels. 
(E) Develop strong ANSF communication 
and control between central command and re-
gions, provinces, and districts. 
(F) Establish a robust mentoring and ad-
vising program, and a strong professional mili-
983 
tary training and education program, for all 
ANSF officials. 
(G) Establish effective merit-based salary, 
rank, promotion, and incentive structures for 
the ANSF. 
(H) Develop mechanisms for incorporating 
lessons learned and best practices into ANSF 
operations. 
(I) Establish an ANSF personnel account-
ability system with effective internal discipline 
procedures and mechanisms, and a system for 
addressing ANSF personnel complaints. 
(J) Ensure effective ANSF oversight 
mechanisms, including a strong record-keeping 
system to track ANSF equipment and per-
sonnel. 
(4) Coordination with all relevant departments 
and agencies of the Government of the United 
States, as well as NATO ISAF countries and other 
international partners, including on— 
(A) funding; 
(B) reform and establishment of ANSF- 
sustaining institutions; and 
(C) efforts to ensure that progress on sus-
taining the ANSF is reinforced with progress in
984 
other pillars of the Afghan security sector, par-
ticularly progress on building an effective judi-
ciary, curbing production and trafficking of il-
licit narcotics, and demobilizing, disarming, and 
reintegrating militia fighters. 
(d) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con-
gressional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; 
and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
SEC. 1232. REPORT ON ENHANCING SECURITY AND STA-
BILITY IN THE REGION ALONG THE BORDER 
OF AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 31, 
2008, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with 
the Secretary of State, shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report on enhanc-
ing security and stability in the region along the bor-
der of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
985 
(2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report 
required under paragraph (1) shall include the fol-
lowing: 
(A) A detailed description of the efforts by 
the Government of Pakistan to achieve the fol-
lowing objectives: 
(i) Eliminate safe havens for Taliban, 
Al Qaeda, and other violent extremist 
forces on the national territory of Paki-
stan. 
(ii) Prevent the movement of such 
forces across the border of Pakistan into 
Afghanistan to engage in insurgent or ter-
rorist activities. 
(B) An assessment of the Secretary of De-
fense as to whether Pakistan is making sub-
stantial and sustained efforts to achieve the ob-
jectives specified in subparagraph (A). 
(3) FORM.—The report required under para-
graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, 
but may include a classified annex. 
(4) LIMITATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary of De-
fense does not submit the report required under 
paragraph (1) by March 31, 2008, then after
986 
such date the Government of Pakistan may not 
be reimbursed under the authority of any provi-
sion of law described in subparagraph (B) for 
logistical, military, or other support provided by 
Pakistan to the United States until the Sec-
retary submits to the appropriate congressional 
committees the report required by such para-
graph. 
(B) PROVISIONS OF LAW.—The provisions 
of law referred to in subparagraph (A) are the 
following: 
(i) Section 1233. 
(ii) Any other provision of law under 
which payments are authorized to reim-
burse 
key 
cooperating 
nations 
for 
logistical, military, or other support pro-
vided by that nation to or in connection 
with United States military operations. 
(5) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘ap-
propriate congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Appropriations, and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and
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(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Appropriations, and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
(b) NOTIFICATION RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE COALITION SUPPORT FUNDS FOR PAKISTAN.— 
(1) NOTIFICATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not less than 15 days 
before making any reimbursement to the Gov-
ernment of Pakistan under the authority of any 
provision of law described in subparagraph (B) 
for logistical, military, or other support pro-
vided by Pakistan to the United States, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the con-
gressional defense committees a written notifi-
cation that contains a detailed description of 
such logistical, military, or other support. 
(B) PROVISIONS OF LAW.—The provisions 
of law referred to in subparagraph (A) are the 
following: 
(i) Section 1233. 
(ii) Any other provision of law under 
which payments are authorized to reim-
burse 
key 
cooperating 
nations 
for 
logistical, military, or other support pro-
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vided by that nation to or in connection 
with United States military operations. 
(2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—Each notifi-
cation required under paragraph (1) shall include an 
itemized description of the following support pro-
vided by Pakistan to the United States for which the 
United States will provide reimbursement: 
(A) Logistic support, supplies, and serv-
ices, as such term is defined in section 2350(1) 
of title 10, United States Code. 
(B) Military support. 
(C) Any other support or services. 
(3) FORM.—Each notification required under 
paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 
form, but may include a classified annex. 
(4) RELATIONSHIP
TO
OTHER
NOTIFICATION 
REQUIREMENTS.—Each notification required under 
paragraph (1) shall be in addition to any notification 
requirements under any provision of law described in 
subparagraph (B) of such paragraph. 
(5) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The requirement to 
submit notifications under paragraph (1) shall apply 
with respect to reimbursements to the Government 
of Pakistan for logistical, military, or other support 
provided by Pakistan to the United States during
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the period beginning on February 1, 2008, and end-
ing on September 30, 2009. 
SEC. 1233. REIMBURSEMENT OF CERTAIN COALITION NA-
TIONS FOR SUPPORT PROVIDED TO UNITED 
STATES MILITARY OPERATIONS. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—From funds made available for the 
Department of Defense by section 1508 for operation and 
maintenance, Defense-wide activities, the Secretary of De-
fense may reimburse any key cooperating nation for 
logistical and military support provided by that nation to 
or in connection with United States military operations 
in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Free-
dom. 
(b) AMOUNTS OF REIMBURSEMENT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Reimbursement authorized 
by subsection (a) may be made in such amounts as 
the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of 
the Secretary of State and in consultation with the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 
may determine, based on documentation determined 
by the Secretary of Defense to adequately account 
for the support provided. 
(2) STANDARDS.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall prescribe standards for determining
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the kinds of logistical and military support to the 
United States that shall be considered reimbursable 
under the authority in subsection (a). Such stand-
ards may not take effect until 15 days after the date 
on which the Secretary submits to the congressional 
defense committees a report setting forth such 
standards. 
(c) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) 
LIMITATION
ON
AMOUNT.—The 
total 
amount of reimbursements made under the authority 
in subsection (a) during fiscal year 2008 may not 
exceed $1,200,000,000. 
(2) PROHIBITION
ON
CONTRACTUAL
OBLIGA-
TIONS TO MAKE PAYMENTS.—The Secretary of De-
fense may not enter into any contractual obligation 
to make a reimbursement under the authority in 
subsection (a). 
(d) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall— 
(1) notify the congressional defense committees 
not less than 15 days before making any reimburse-
ment under the authority in subsection (a); and 
(2) submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees on a quarterly basis a report on any reimburse-
991 
ments made under the authority in subsection (a) 
during such quarter. 
SEC. 1234. LOGISTICAL SUPPORT FOR COALITION FORCES 
SUPPORTING OPERATIONS IN IRAQ AND AF-
GHANISTAN. 
(a) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR LOGISTICAL SUP-
PORT.—Subject to the provisions of this section, amounts 
available to the Department of Defense for fiscal year 
2008 for operation and maintenance may be used to pro-
vide supplies, services, transportation (including airlift 
and sealift), and other logistical support to coalition forces 
supporting United States military and stabilization oper-
ations in Iraq and Afghanistan. 
(b) REQUIRED
DETERMINATION.—The Secretary 
may provide logistical support under the authority in sub-
section (a) only if the Secretary determines that the coali-
tion forces to be provided the logistical support— 
(1) are essential to the success of a United 
States military or stabilization operation; and 
(2) would not be able to participate in such op-
eration without the provision of the logistical sup-
port. 
(c) 
COORDINATION
WITH
EXPORT
CONTROL 
LAWS.—Logistical support may be provided under the au-
thority in subsection (a) only in accordance with applicable
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provisions of the Arms Export Control Act and other ex-
port control laws of the United States. 
(d) LIMITATION ON VALUE.—The total amount of 
logistical support provided under the authority in sub-
section (a) in fiscal year 2008 may not exceed 
$400,000,000. 
(e) QUARTERLY REPORTS.— 
(1) REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later than 15 
days after the end of each fiscal-year quarter of fis-
cal year 2008, the Secretary shall submit to the con-
gressional defense committees a report on the provi-
sion of logistical support under the authority in sub-
section (a) during such fiscal-year quarter. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—Each report under paragraph 
(1) shall include, for the fiscal-year quarter covered 
by such report, the following: 
(A) Each nation provided logistical support 
under the authority in subsection (a). 
(B) For each such nation, a description of 
the type and value of logistical support so pro-
vided. 
Subtitle C—Iraq Refugee Crisis 
SEC. 1241. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Refugee Crisis in 
Iraq Act of 2007’’.
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(c) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
shall submit to the committees specified in subsection (b) 
a report that— 
(1) describes the Secretary of State’s plans to 
establish the processing mechanisms required under 
subsection (a); 
(2) contains an assessment of in-country proc-
essing that makes use of videoconferencing; and 
(3) describes the Secretary of State’s diplomatic 
efforts to improve issuance of exit permits to Iraqis 
who have been provided special immigrant status 
under section 1244 and Iraqi refugees under section 
1243. 
SEC. 1243. UNITED STATES REFUGEE PROGRAM PROC-
ESSING PRIORITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Refugees of special humanitarian 
concern eligible for Priority 2 processing under the refugee 
resettlement priority system who may apply directly to the 
United States Admission Program shall include— 
(1) Iraqis who were or are employed by the 
United States Government, in Iraq;
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(2) Iraqis who establish to the satisfaction of 
the Secretary of State that they are or were em-
ployed in Iraq by— 
(A) a media or nongovernmental organiza-
tion headquartered in the United States; or 
(B) an organization or entity closely asso-
ciated with the United States mission in Iraq 
that has received United States Government 
funding through an official and documented 
contract, award, grant, or cooperative agree-
ment; and 
(3) spouses, children, and parents whether or 
not accompanying or following to join, and sons, 
daughters, and siblings of aliens described in para-
graph (1), paragraph (2), or section 1244(b)(1); and 
(4) Iraqis who are members of a religious or 
minority community, have been identified by the 
Secretary of State, or the designee of the Secretary, 
as a persecuted group, and have close family mem-
bers (as described in section 201(b)(2)(A)(i) or 
203(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1151(b)(2)(A)(i) and 1153(a))) in the United 
States. 
(b) 
IDENTIFICATION
OF
OTHER
PERSECUTED 
GROUPS.—The Secretary of State, or the designee of the
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Secretary, is authorized to identify other Priority 2 groups 
of Iraqis, including vulnerable populations. 
(c) INELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS AND ENTITIES.— 
Organizations and entities described in subsection (a)(2) 
shall not include any that appear on the Department of 
the Treasury’s list of Specially Designated Nationals or 
any entity specifically excluded by the Secretary of Home-
land Security, after consultation with the Secretary of 
State and the heads of relevant elements of the intelligence 
community (as defined in section 3(4) of the National Se-
curity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)). 
(d) APPLICABILITY
OF OTHER REQUIREMENTS.— 
Aliens under this section who qualify for Priority 2 proc-
essing under the refugee resettlement priority system shall 
satisfy the requirements of section 207 of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157) for admission to the 
United States. 
(e) NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS.—In determining the 
number of Iraqi refugees who should be resettled in the 
United States under paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of sub-
section (a) and subsection (b) of section 207 of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157), the Presi-
dent shall consult with the heads of nongovernmental or-
ganizations that have a presence in Iraq or experience in 
assessing the problems faced by Iraqi refugees.
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(f) ELIGIBILITY FOR ADMISSION AS REFUGEE.—No 
alien shall be denied the opportunity to apply for admis-
sion under this section solely because such alien qualifies 
as an immediate relative or is eligible for any other immi-
grant classification. 
SEC. 1244. SPECIAL IMMIGRANT STATUS FOR CERTAIN 
IRAQIS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (c), the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, or, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Secretary of State in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Homeland Security, may pro-
vide an alien described in subsection (b) with the status 
of a special immigrant under section 101(a)(27) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)), if 
the alien— 
(1) or an agent acting on behalf of the alien, 
submits a petition for classification under section 
203(b)(4) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(4)); 
(2) is otherwise eligible to receive an immigrant 
visa; 
(3) is otherwise admissible to the United States 
for permanent residence (excluding the grounds for 
inadmissibility specified in section 212(a)(4) of such 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(4)); and
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(4) cleared a background check and appropriate 
screening, as determined by the Secretary of Home-
land Security. 
(b) ALIENS DESCRIBED.— 
(1) PRINCIPAL ALIENS.—An alien is described 
in this subsection if the alien— 
(A) is a citizen or national of Iraq; 
(B) was or is employed by or on behalf of 
the United States Government in Iraq, on or 
after March 20, 2003, for not less than one 
year; 
(C) provided faithful and valuable service 
to the United States Government, which is doc-
umented in a positive recommendation or eval-
uation, subject to paragraph (4), from the em-
ployee’s senior supervisor or the person cur-
rently occupying that position, or a more senior 
person, if the employee’s senior supervisor has 
left the employer or has left Iraq; and 
(D) has experienced or is experiencing an 
ongoing serious threat as a consequence of the 
alien’s employment by the United States Gov-
ernment. 
(2) SPOUSES AND CHILDREN.—An alien is de-
scribed in this subsection if the alien—
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(A) is the spouse or child of a principal 
alien described in paragraph (1); and 
(B) is accompanying or following to join 
the principal alien in the United States. 
(3) TREATMENT
OF
SURVIVING
SPOUSE
OR 
CHILD.—An alien is described in subsection (b) if 
the alien— 
(A) was the spouse or child of a principal 
alien described in paragraph (1) who had a pe-
tition for classification approved pursuant to 
this section or section 1059 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 
(Public Law 109–163; 8 U.S.C. 1101 note), 
which included the alien as an accompanying 
spouse or child; and 
(B) due to the death of the principal 
alien— 
(i) such petition was revoked or termi-
nated (or otherwise rendered null); and 
(ii) such petition would have been ap-
proved if the principal alien had survived. 
(4) APPROVAL
BY
CHIEF
OF
MISSION
RE-
QUIRED.—A recommendation or evaluation required 
under paragraph (1)(C) shall be accompanied by ap-
proval from the Chief of Mission, or the designee of
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the Chief of Mission, who shall conduct a risk as-
sessment of the alien and an independent review of 
records maintained by the United States Govern-
ment or hiring organization or entity to confirm em-
ployment and faithful and valuable service to the 
United States Government prior to approval of a pe-
tition under this section. 
(c) NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The total number of prin-
cipal aliens who may be provided special immigrant 
status under this section may not exceed 5,000 per 
year for each of the five fiscal years beginning after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) EXCLUSION
FROM
NUMERICAL
LIMITA-
TIONS.—Aliens provided special immigrant status 
under this section shall not be counted against any 
numerical limitation under sections 201(d), 202(a), 
or 203(b)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1151(d), 1152(a), and 1153(b)(4)). 
(3) CARRY FORWARD.— 
(A) FISCAL YEARS ONE THROUGH FOUR.— 
If the numerical limitation specified in para-
graph (1) is not reached during a given fiscal 
year referred to in such paragraph (with re-
spect to fiscal years one through four), the nu-
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merical limitation specified in such paragraph 
for the following fiscal year shall be increased 
by a number equal to the difference between— 
(i) the numerical limitation specified 
in paragraph (1) for the given fiscal year; 
and 
(ii) the number of principal aliens pro-
vided special immigrant status under this 
section during the given fiscal year. 
(B) FISCAL YEARS FIVE AND SIX.—If the 
numerical limitation specified in paragraph (1) 
is not reached in the fifth fiscal year beginning 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
total number of principal aliens who may be 
provided special immigrant status under this 
section for the sixth fiscal year beginning after 
such date shall be equal to the difference be-
tween— 
(i) the numerical limitation specified 
in paragraph (1) for the fifth fiscal year; 
and 
(ii) the number of principal aliens pro-
vided such status under this section during 
the fifth fiscal year.
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(d) VISA AND PASSPORT ISSUANCE AND FEES.—Nei-
ther the Secretary of State nor the Secretary of Homeland 
Security may charge an alien described in subsection (b) 
any fee in connection with an application for, or issuance 
of, a special immigrant visa. The Secretary of State shall 
make a reasonable effort to ensure that aliens described 
in this section who are issued special immigrant visas are 
provided with the appropriate series Iraqi passport nec-
essary to enter the United States. 
(e) PROTECTION
OF ALIENS.—The Secretary of 
State, in consultation with the heads of other relevant 
Federal agencies, shall make a reasonable effort to provide 
an alien described in this section who is applying for a 
special immigrant visa with protection or the immediate 
removal from Iraq, if possible, of such alien if the Sec-
retary determines after consultation that such alien is in 
imminent danger. 
(f) ELIGIBILITY
FOR ADMISSION UNDER OTHER 
CLASSIFICATION.—No alien shall be denied the oppor-
tunity to apply for admission under this section solely be-
cause such alien qualifies as an immediate relative or is 
eligible for any other immigrant classification. 
(g) RESETTLEMENT SUPPORT.—Iraqi aliens granted 
special immigrant status described in section 101(a)(27) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
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1101(a)(27)) shall be eligible for resettlement assistance, 
entitlement programs, and other benefits available to refu-
gees admitted under section 207 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 
1157) for a period not to exceed eight months. 
(h) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion may be construed to affect the authority of the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security under section 1059 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006. 
SEC. 1245. SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR IRAQI REFUGEES 
AND INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS. 
(a) DESIGNATION IN IRAQ.—The Secretary of State 
shall designate in the embassy of the United States in 
Baghdad, Iraq, a Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugees 
and Internally Displaced Persons (referred to in this sec-
tion as the ‘‘Senior Coordinator’’). 
(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Senior Coordinator 
shall be responsible for the oversight of processing for the 
resettlement in the United States of refugees of special 
humanitarian concern, special immigrant visa programs in 
Iraq, and the development and implementation of other 
appropriate policies and programs concerning Iraqi refu-
gees and internally displaced persons. The Senior Coordi-
nator shall have the authority to refer persons to the 
United States refugee resettlement program.
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(c) DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL SENIOR COORDI-
NATORS.—The Secretary of State shall designate in the 
embassies of the United States in Cairo, Egypt, Amman, 
Jordan, Damascus, Syria, and Beirut, Lebanon, a Senior 
Coordinator to oversee resettlement in the United States 
of refugees of special humanitarian concern in those coun-
tries to ensure their applications to the United States ref-
ugee resettlement program are processed in an orderly 
manner and without delay. 
SEC. 1246. COUNTRIES WITH SIGNIFICANT POPULATIONS 
OF IRAQI REFUGEES. 
With respect to each country with a significant popu-
lation of Iraqi refugees, including Iraq, Jordan, Egypt, 
Syria, Turkey, and Lebanon, the Secretary of State 
shall— 
(1) as appropriate, consult with the appropriate 
government officials of such countries and other 
countries and the United Nations High Commis-
sioner for Refugees regarding resettlement of the 
most vulnerable members of such refugee popu-
lations; and 
(2) as appropriate, except where otherwise pro-
hibited by the laws of the United States, develop 
mechanisms in and provide assistance to countries 
with a significant population of Iraqi refugees to en-
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sure the well-being and safety of such populations in 
their host environments. 
SEC. 1247. MOTION TO REOPEN DENIAL OR TERMINATION 
OF ASYLUM. 
An alien who applied for asylum or withholding of 
removal and whose claim was denied on or after March 
1, 2003, by an asylum officer or an immigration judge 
solely, or in part, on the basis of changed country condi-
tions may, notwithstanding any other provision of law, file 
a motion to reopen such claim in accordance with subpara-
graphs (A) and (B) of section 240(c)(7) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229a(c)(7)) not later 
than six months after the date of the enactment of the 
Refugee Crisis in Iraq Act if the alien— 
(1) is a citizen or national of Iraq; and 
(2) has remained in the United States since the 
date of such denial. 
SEC. 1248. REPORTS. 
(a) SECRETARY
OF HOMELAND SECURITY.—Not 
later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit 
to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-
resentatives, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives, the Committee on the Judiciary 
of the Senate, and the Committee on Foreign Relations
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of the Senate a report containing plans to expedite the 
processing of Iraqi refugees for resettlement, including in-
formation relating to— 
(1) expediting the processing of Iraqi refugees 
for resettlement, including through temporary ex-
pansion of the Refugee Corps of United States Citi-
zenship and Immigration Services; 
(2) increasing the number of personnel of the 
Department of Homeland Security devoted to ref-
ugee processing in Iraq, Jordan, Egypt, Syria, Tur-
key, and Lebanon; 
(3) enhancing existing systems for conducting 
background and security checks of persons applying 
for special immigrant status and of persons consid-
ered Priority 2 refugees of special humanitarian con-
cern under the refugee resettlement priority system, 
which enhancements shall support immigration secu-
rity and provide for the orderly processing of such 
applications without delay; and 
(4) the projections of the Secretary, per country 
and per month, for the number of refugee interviews 
that will be conducted in fiscal year 2008 and fiscal 
year 2009. 
(b) PRESIDENT.—Not later than 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter
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through 2013, the President shall submit to Congress an 
unclassified report, with a classified annex if necessary, 
which includes— 
(1) an assessment of the financial, security, and 
personnel considerations and resources necessary to 
carry out the provisions of this subtitle; 
(2) the number of aliens described in section 
1243(a)(1); 
(3) the number of such aliens who have applied 
for special immigrant visas; 
(4) the date of such applications; and 
(5) in the case of applications pending for 
longer than six months, the reasons that such visas 
have not been expeditiously processed. 
(c) REPORT ON IRAQI CITIZENS AND NATIONALS EM-
PLOYED BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT OR FED-
ERAL CONTRACTORS IN IRAQ.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense, the Secretary of State, the Ad-
ministrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, the Secretary of the Treas-
ury, and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall— 
(A) review internal records and databases 
of their respective agencies for information that
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can be used to verify employment of Iraqi na-
tionals by the United States Government; and 
(B) request from each prime contractor or 
grantee that has performed work in Iraq since 
March 20, 2003, under a contract, grant, or co-
operative agreement with their respective agen-
cies that is valued in excess of $25,000 infor-
mation that can be used to verify the employ-
ment of Iraqi nationals by such contractor or 
grantee. 
(2) INFORMATION
REQUIRED.—To the extent 
data is available, the information referred to in 
paragraph (1) shall include the name and dates of 
employment of, biometric data for, and other data 
that can be used to verify the employment of each 
Iraqi citizen or national who has performed work in 
Iraq since March 20, 2003, under a contract, grant, 
or cooperative agreement with an executive agency. 
(3) EXECUTIVE
AGENCY
DEFINED.—In this 
subsection, the term ‘‘executive agency’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 4(1) of the Office 
of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 
403(1)). 
(d) REPORT ON ESTABLISHMENT OF DATABASE.— 
Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment
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of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with 
the Secretary of State, the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development, the Sec-
retary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, shall submit to Congress a report examining the 
options for establishing a unified, classified database of 
information related to contracts, grants, or cooperative 
agreements entered into by executive agencies for the per-
formance of work in Iraq since March 20, 2003, including 
the information described and collected under subsection 
(c), to be used by relevant Federal departments and agen-
cies to adjudicate refugee, asylum, special immigrant visa, 
and other immigration claims and applications. 
(e) NONCOMPLIANCE REPORT.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi-
dent shall submit a report to Congress that describes— 
(1) the inability or unwillingness of any con-
tractor or grantee to provide the information re-
quested under subsection (c)(1)(B); and 
(2) the reasons for failing to provide such infor-
mation. 
SEC. 1249. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out this subtitle.
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Subtitle D—Other Authorities and 
Limitations 
SEC. 1251. COOPERATIVE OPPORTUNITIES DOCUMENTS 
UNDER COOPERATIVE RESEARCH AND DE-
VELOPMENT AGREEMENTS WITH NATO OR-
GANIZATIONS 
AND 
OTHER 
ALLIED 
AND 
FRIENDLY FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 
Section 2350a(e) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(A)’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘an arms cooperation op-
portunities document’’ and inserting ‘‘a cooper-
ative opportunities document before the first 
milestone or decision point’’; and 
(C) by striking subparagraph (B); and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘An arms co-
operation opportunities document’’ and inserting ‘‘A 
cooperative opportunities document’’.
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SEC. 1252. EXTENSION AND EXPANSION OF TEMPORARY 
AUTHORITY 
TO 
USE 
ACQUISITION 
AND 
CROSS-SERVICING AGREEMENTS TO LEND 
MILITARY EQUIPMENT FOR PERSONNEL PRO-
TECTION AND SURVIVABILITY. 
(a) EXPANSION TO NATIONS ENGAGED IN CERTAIN 
PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS.—Subsection (a) of section 
1202 of the John Warner National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 
2412) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or partici-
pating in combined operations with the United 
States as part of a peacekeeping operation under the 
Charter of the United Nations or another inter-
national agreement’’ after ‘‘Iraq or Afghanistan’’; 
and 
(2) in paragraph (3) by inserting ‘‘, or in a 
peacekeeping operation described in paragraph (1), 
as applicable,’’ after ‘‘Iraq or Afghanistan’’. 
(b) ONE-YEAR EXTENSION.—Subsection (e) of such 
section is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2008’’ and 
inserting ‘‘September 30, 2009’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading of 
such section is amended by striking ‘‘FOREIGN FORCES 
IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN’’ and inserting ‘‘CERTAIN 
FOREIGN FORCES’’.
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SEC. 1253. ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDS FROM THE GOVERN-
MENT OF PALAU FOR COSTS OF UNITED 
STATES MILITARY CIVIC ACTION TEAM IN 
PALAU. 
Section 104(a) of Public Law 99–658 (48 U.S.C. 
1933(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘In recognition’’ and inserting 
‘‘(1) In recognition’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) For expenditures that the Department of De-
fense makes pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary of 
Defense may accept up to the amount of $250,000 in an-
nual funds from the Government of Palau as specified in 
paragraph (1). Funds accepted by the Secretary from the 
Government of Palau under this paragraph shall be cred-
ited to and merged with appropriations available to the 
Department of Defense and shall be used to defray ex-
penditures attendant to the operation of the United States 
military Civic Action Team in Palau. Funds so credited 
and merged shall be available for the same time period 
as the appropriations to which the funds are credited and 
merged.’’. 
SEC. 1254. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT RELATING TO NORTH 
KOREA. 
Section 1211 of the John Warner National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–
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364; 120 Stat. 2420) is amended by striking subsection 
(a). 
SEC. 1255. JUSTICE FOR OSAMA BIN LADEN AND OTHER 
LEADERS OF AL QAEDA. 
(a) ENHANCED REWARD FOR CAPTURE OF OSAMA 
BIN LADEN.—Section 36(e)(1) of the State Department 
Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708(e)(1)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: 
‘‘The Secretary shall authorize a reward of $50,000,000 
for the capture or death or information leading to the cap-
ture or death of Osama bin Laden.’’. 
(b) STATUS OF EFFORTS TO BRING OSAMA BIN 
LADEN AND OTHER LEADERS OF AL QAEDA TO JUS-
TICE.— 
(1) REPORT
REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense 
shall, in coordination with the Director of National 
Intelligence, jointly submit to Congress a report on 
the progress made in bringing Osama bin Laden and 
other leaders of al Qaeda to justice. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required under 
paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) An assessment of the likely current lo-
cation of terrorist leaders, including Osama bin
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Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri, and other key lead-
ers of al Qaeda. 
(B) A description of ongoing efforts to 
bring to justice such terrorist leaders, particu-
larly those who have been directly implicated in 
attacks in the United States and its embassies. 
(C) An assessment of whether the govern-
ment of each country assessed as a likely loca-
tion of top leaders of al Qaeda has fully cooper-
ated in efforts to bring those leaders to justice. 
(D) A description of diplomatic efforts cur-
rently being made to improve the cooperation of 
the governments described in subparagraph (C). 
(E) A description of the current status of 
the top leadership of al Qaeda and the strategy 
for locating them and bringing them to justice. 
(F) An assessment of whether al Qaeda re-
mains the terrorist organization that poses the 
greatest threat to United States interests, in-
cluding the greatest threat to the territorial 
United States. 
(3) UPDATE OF REPORT.—Not later than one 
year after the submission of the report required 
under paragraph (1), the Secretary of State and the 
Secretary of Defense shall, in coordination with the
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Director of National Intelligence, jointly submit to 
Congress an update of the report required under 
paragraph (1). 
(4) FORM.—The report required under para-
graph (1) and the update of the report required 
under paragraph (3) shall be submitted in unclassi-
fied form, but may contain a classified annex, if nec-
essary. 
SEC. 1256. EXTENSION OF COUNTERPROLIFERATION PRO-
GRAM REVIEW COMMITTEE. 
(a) MEMBERS.—Section 1605 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (22 U.S.C. 
2751 note) is amended in subsection (a)(1)— 
(1) in subparagraph (C) by striking ‘‘Director 
of Central Intelligence’’ and inserting ‘‘Director of 
National Intelligence’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) The Secretary of State. 
‘‘(F) The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity.’’. 
(b) ACCESS TO INFORMATION.—Subsection (d) of 
such section is amended by inserting after ‘‘Department 
of Energy,’’ the following: ‘‘the Department of State, the 
Department of Homeland Security,’’.
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(c) TERMINATION.—Subsection (f) of such section is 
amended by striking ‘‘2008’’ and inserting ‘‘2013’’. 
(d) SUBMISSION OF REPORT.—Section 1503 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 
(22 U.S.C. 2751 note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘ANNUAL’’ and inserting 
‘‘BIENNIAL’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘each year’’ and inserting 
‘‘each odd-numbered year’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(5)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘fiscal year preceding’’ and 
inserting ‘‘two fiscal years preceding’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘preceding fiscal year’’ and 
inserting ‘‘preceding fiscal years’’. 
SEC. 1257. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE WESTERN HEMI-
SPHERE 
INSTITUTE 
FOR 
SECURITY 
CO-
OPERATION. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the education and training facility of the 
Department of Defense known as the Western 
Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation has 
the mission of providing professional education and 
training to eligible military personnel, law enforce-
ment officials, and civilians of nations of the West-
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ern Hemisphere that support the democratic prin-
ciples set forth in the Inter-American Democratic 
Charter of the Organization of American States, 
while fostering mutual knowledge, transparency, 
confidence, and cooperation among the participating 
nations and promoting democratic values and re-
spect for human rights; and 
(2) therefore, the Institute is an invaluable edu-
cation and training facility which the Department of 
Defense should continue to utilize in order to help 
foster a spirit of partnership and interoperability 
among the United States military and the militaries 
of participating nations. 
SEC. 1258. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON IRAN. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the manner in which the United States 
transitions and structures its military presence in 
Iraq will have critical long-term consequences for the 
future of the Persian Gulf and the Middle East, in 
particular with regard to the ability of the Govern-
ment of Iran to pose a threat to the security of the 
region, the prospects for democracy for the people of 
the region, and the health of the global economy; 
(2) it is in the national interest of the United 
States that the Government of Iran should not use
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extremists in Iraq to subvert or co-opt the institu-
tions of the legitimate Government of Iraq; 
(3) the United States should designate Iran’s 
Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as a foreign 
terrorist organization under section 219 of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189) and 
place the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps on the 
list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists, as es-
tablished under the International Emergency Eco-
nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) and ini-
tiated under Executive Order 13224 (September 23, 
2001); and 
(4) the United States should act with all pos-
sible expediency to complete the listing of those enti-
ties targeted under United Nations Security Council 
Resolutions 1737 and 1747, adopted unanimously on 
December 23, 2006, and March 24, 2007, respec-
tively. 
Subtitle E—Reports 
SEC. 1261. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF UPDATE ON REPORT 
ON CLAIMS RELATING TO THE BOMBING OF 
THE LABELLE DISCOTHEQUE. 
Section 1225 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 
3465) is amended—
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(1) in subsection (b)(2)— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘UPDATE’’ 
and inserting ‘‘UPDATES’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘and not later than two 
years after enactment of this Act,’’ after ‘‘Not 
later than one year after enactment of this 
Act,’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘Committee on 
International Relations’’ and inserting ‘‘Committee 
on Foreign Affairs’’. 
SEC. 1262. REPORT ON UNITED STATES POLICY TOWARD 
DARFUR, SUDAN. 
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense and the Secretary of State shall 
jointly submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a report on the policy of the United States 
to address the crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan, 
eastern Chad, and north-eastern Central African Re-
public, and on the contributions of the Department 
of Defense and the Department of State to the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the 
United Nations, and the African Union in support of
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the current African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) 
or any covered United Nations mission. 
(2) UPDATE OF REPORT.—Not later than 180 
days after the submission of the report required 
under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Defense and 
the Secretary of State shall jointly submit to the ap-
propriate congressional committees an update of the 
report. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under sub-
section (a) shall include the following: 
(1) An assessment of the extent to which the 
Government of Sudan is in compliance with its obli-
gations under international law and as a member of 
the United Nations, including under United Nations 
Security Council Resolutions 1591 (2005), 1706 
(2006), 1769 (2007), and 1784 (2007) and a de-
scription of any violations of such obligations, in-
cluding violations relating to the denial of or delay 
in facilitating access by AMIS and United Nations 
peacekeeping forces to conflict areas, failure to im-
plement responsibilities to demobilize and disarm the 
Janjaweed militias, obstruction of the voluntary safe 
return of internally displaced persons and refugees, 
and degradation of security of and access to humani-
tarian supply routes.
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(2) An assessment of the role played by rebel 
forces in contributing to violence being carried out 
against civilians and humanitarian organizations and 
of the impact of such activities on international ef-
forts to create conditions of peace and security on 
the ground. 
(3) A comprehensive explanation of the policy 
of the United States to address the crisis in the 
Darfur region, including the activities undertaken by 
the Department of Defense and the Department of 
State in support of that policy. 
(4) A comprehensive assessment of the poten-
tial impact of a no-fly zone for the Darfur region, 
including an assessment of the impact of such a no- 
fly zone on humanitarian efforts in Darfur and the 
region and a plan to minimize any negative impact 
on such humanitarian efforts during the implemen-
tation of such a no-fly zone. 
(5) A description of contributions made by the 
Department of Defense and the Department of State 
in support of NATO assistance to AMIS and any 
covered United Nations mission. 
(6) An assessment of the extent to which addi-
tional United States Government resources are nec-
1022 
essary to meet its obligations to AMIS and any cov-
ered United Nations mission. 
(7) An assessment of the force size and com-
position of an international effort estimated to be 
necessary to provide protection to civilian popu-
lations currently displaced in the Darfur region, as 
well as the force size and composition of an inter-
national effort estimated to be necessary to provide 
broader stability within that region. 
(8) An examination of the current capacity of 
the existing airfield in Abeche, Chad, including the 
scope of its current use by the international commu-
nity in response to the crisis in the Darfur region. 
(9) An analysis of the upgrades, and their asso-
ciated costs, necessary to enable the airfield in 
Abeche, Chad, to be improved to be fully capable of 
accommodating a humanitarian, peacekeeping, or 
other force deployment of the size foreseen by 
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1769 
calling for a United Nations deployment to Chad 
and a hybrid force of the United Nations and Afri-
can Union operating under Chapter VII of the 
United Nations Charter for Sudan. 
(c) FORM AND AVAILABILITY OF REPORTS.—
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(1) FORM.—The report and update of the re-
port required under subsection (a) shall be sub-
mitted in an unclassified form, but may include a 
classified annex. 
(2) AVAILABILITY.—The unclassified portion of 
the report and update of the report required under 
subsection (a) shall be made available to the public. 
(d) REPEAL
OF SUPERSEDED REPORT REQUIRE-
MENT.—Section 1227 of the John Warner National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 
109–364; 120 Stat. 2426) is repealed. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen-
ate; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
of Representatives. 
(2) COVERED UNITED NATIONS MISSION.—The 
term ‘‘covered United Nations mission’’ means any 
United Nations-African Union hybrid peacekeeping 
operation in the Darfur region of Sudan, and any
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United Nations peacekeeping operation in the 
Darfur region, eastern Chad, or northern Central 
African Republic, that is deployed on or after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 1263. INCLUSION OF INFORMATION ON ASYMMETRIC 
CAPABILITIES IN ANNUAL REPORT ON MILI-
TARY POWER OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF 
CHINA. 
Section 1202(b) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (Public Law 106–65; 10 
U.S.C. 113 note) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(9) Developments in China’s asymmetric capa-
bilities, including efforts to acquire, develop, and de-
ploy cyberwarfare capabilities.’’. 
SEC. 1264. REPORT ON APPLICATION OF THE UNIFORM 
CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE TO CIVILIANS 
ACCOMPANYING THE ARMED FORCES DUR-
ING A TIME OF DECLARED WAR OR CONTIN-
GENCY OPERATION. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Serv-
ices of the Senate and the House of Representatives a re-
port on the status of implementing paragraph (10) of sec-
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tion 802(a) of title 10, United States Code (article 2(a) 
of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), as amended by 
section 552 of the John Warner National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364), 
related to the application of chapter 47 of such title (the 
Uniform Code of Military Justice) to persons serving with 
or accompanying an armed force in the field during a time 
of declared war or contingency operation. 
(b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report required by 
subsection (a) shall include each of the following: 
(1) A discussion of how the Secretary has re-
solved issues related to establishing jurisdiction 
under such chapter over persons referred to in para-
graph (10) of section 802(a) of title 10, United 
States Code (article 2(a) of the Uniform Code of 
Military Justice), specifically with respect to persons 
under contract with the Department of Defense or 
with other Federal agencies. 
(2) An identification of any outstanding issues 
that remain to be resolved with respect to imple-
menting such paragraph and a timetable for resolv-
ing such issues. 
(3) A description of key implementing steps 
that have been taken or remain to be taken to assert
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jurisdiction under chapter 47 of such title over such 
persons. 
(4) An explanation of the Secretary’s approach 
to identifying factors that commanders should con-
sider in determining whether to seek prosecution of 
such a person under such chapter or under chapter 
212 of title 18, United States Code. 
SEC. 1265. REPORT ON FAMILY REUNIONS BETWEEN 
UNITED STATES CITIZENS AND THEIR REL-
ATIVES IN NORTH KOREA. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 
shall transmit to Congress a report on family reunions be-
tween United States citizens and their relatives in the 
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) 
shall include the following: 
(1) A description of the efforts, if any, of the 
United States Government to facilitate family re-
unions between United States citizens and their rel-
atives in North Korea, including the following: 
(A) Discussing with North Korea family 
reunions between United States citizens and 
their relatives in North Korea.
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(B) Planning, in the event of a normaliza-
tion of relations between the United States and 
North Korea, for the appropriate role of the 
United States embassy in Pyongyang, North 
Korea, in facilitating family reunions between 
United States citizens and their relatives in 
North Korea. 
(2) A description of additional efforts, if any, of 
the United States Government to facilitate family re-
unions between United States citizens and their rel-
atives in North Korea that the President considers 
to be desirable and feasible. 
SEC. 1266. REPORTS ON PREVENTION OF MASS ATROC-
ITIES. 
(a) DEPARTMENT OF STATE REPORT.— 
(1) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of State shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees, the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions of the Senate, and the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs of the House of Representatives a report as-
sessing the capability of the Department of State to 
provide training and guidance to the command of an 
international intervention force that seeks to prevent 
mass atrocities.
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(2) CONTENT.—The report required under 
paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) An evaluation of any doctrine currently 
used by the Secretary of State to prepare for 
the training and guidance of the command of 
an international intervention force. 
(B) An assessment of the role played by 
the United States in developing the ‘‘responsi-
bility to protect’’ doctrine described in para-
graphs 138 through 140 of the outcome docu-
ment of the High-level Plenary Meeting of the 
General Assembly adopted by the United Na-
tions in September 2005, and an update on ac-
tions taken by the United States Mission to the 
United Nations to discuss, promote, and imple-
ment such doctrine. 
(C) An assessment of the potential capa-
bility of the Department of State and other 
Federal departments and agencies to support 
the development of new doctrines for the train-
ing and guidance of an international interven-
tion force in keeping with the ‘‘responsibility to 
protect’’ doctrine. 
(D) Recommendations as to the steps nec-
essary to allow the Secretary of State to provide
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more effective training and guidance to an 
international intervention force. 
(b) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REPORT.— 
(1) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees, the Committee on For-
eign Relations of the Senate, and the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a 
report assessing the capability of the Department of 
Defense to provide training and guidance to the 
command of an international intervention force that 
seeks to prevent mass atrocities. 
(2) CONTENT.—The report required under 
paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) An evaluation of any doctrine currently 
used by the Secretary of Defense to prepare for 
the training and guidance of the command of 
an international intervention force. 
(B) An assessment of the potential capa-
bility of the Department of Defense and other 
Federal departments and agencies to support 
the development of new doctrines for the train-
ing and guidance of an international interven-
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tion force in keeping with the ‘‘responsibility to 
protect’’ doctrine. 
(C) Recommendations as to the steps nec-
essary to allow the Secretary of Defense to pro-
vide more effective training and guidance to an 
international intervention force. 
(D) A summary of any assessments or 
studies of the Department of Defense or other 
Federal departments or agencies relating to 
‘‘Operation Artemis’’, the 2004 French military 
deployment and intervention in the eastern re-
gion of the Democratic Republic of Congo to 
protect civilians from local warring factions. 
(c) INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION FORCE.—For 
the purposes of this section, ‘‘international intervention 
force’’ means a military force that— 
(1) is authorized by the United Nations; and 
(2) has a mission that is narrowly focused on 
the protection of civilian life and the prevention of 
mass atrocities such as genocide. 
SEC. 1267. REPORT ON THREATS TO THE UNITED STATES 
FROM UNGOVERNED AREAS. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense and the Secretary of State, in coordination
1031 
with the Director of National Intelligence, shall jointly 
submit to the specified congressional committees a report 
on the threats posed to the United States from ungoverned 
areas, including the threats to the United States from ter-
rorist groups and individuals located in such areas who 
direct their activities against the national security inter-
ests of the United States and its allies. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under sub-
section (a) shall include the following: 
(1) A description of those areas the United 
States Government considers ungoverned, includ-
ing— 
(A) a description of the geo-political and 
cultural influences exerted within such areas 
and by whom; 
(B) a description of the economic condi-
tions and prospects and the major social dy-
namics of such areas; and 
(C) a description of the United States Gov-
ernment’s relationships with entities located in 
such areas, including with relevant national or 
other governments and relevant tribal or other 
groups. 
(2) A description of the capabilities required by 
the United States Government to support United
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(3) For nuclear weapons transportation security 
in Russia, $37,700,000. 
(4) For weapons of mass destruction prolifera-
tion prevention in the states of the former Soviet 
Union, $47,986,000. 
(5) For biological weapons proliferation preven-
tion in the former Soviet Union, $158,489,000. 
(6) 
For 
chemical 
weapons 
destruction, 
$6,000,000. 
(7) 
For 
defense 
and 
military 
contacts, 
$8,000,000. 
(8) For new Cooperative Threat Reduction ini-
tiatives that are outside the former Soviet Union, 
$10,000,000. 
(9) For activities designated as Other Assess-
ments/Administrative Support, $19,348,000. 
(b) REPORT ON OBLIGATION OR EXPENDITURE OF 
FUNDS FOR OTHER PURPOSES.—No fiscal year 2008 Co-
operative Threat Reduction funds may be obligated or ex-
pended for a purpose other than a purpose listed in para-
graphs (1) through (9) of subsection (a) until 30 days 
after the date that the Secretary of Defense submits to 
Congress a report on the purpose for which the funds will 
be obligated or expended and the amount of funds to be 
obligated or expended. Nothing in the preceding sentence
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shall be construed as authorizing the obligation or expend-
iture of fiscal year 2008 Cooperative Threat Reduction 
funds for a purpose for which the obligation or expendi-
ture of such funds is specifically prohibited under this title 
or any other provision of law. 
(c) LIMITED AUTHORITY TO VARY INDIVIDUAL 
AMOUNTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), in 
any case in which the Secretary of Defense deter-
mines that it is necessary to do so in the national 
interest, the Secretary may obligate amounts appro-
priated for fiscal year 2008 for a purpose listed in 
paragraphs (1) through (9) of subsection (a) in ex-
cess of the specific amount authorized for that pur-
pose. 
(2) NOTICE-AND-WAIT REQUIRED.—An obliga-
tion of funds for a purpose stated in paragraphs (1) 
through (9) of subsection (a) in excess of the specific 
amount authorized for such purpose may be made 
using the authority provided in paragraph (1) only 
after— 
(A) the Secretary submits to Congress no-
tification of the intent to do so together with a 
complete discussion of the justification for 
doing so; and
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(B) 15 days have elapsed following the 
date of the notification. 
SEC. 1303. SPECIFICATION OF COOPERATIVE THREAT RE-
DUCTION PROGRAMS IN STATES OUTSIDE 
THE FORMER SOVIET UNION. 
Section 1501 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (50 U.S.C. 2362 note) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘subsection 
(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (b) and (c)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(c) SPECIFIED
PROGRAMS
WITH
RESPECT
TO 
STATES OUTSIDE THE FORMER SOVIET UNION.—The 
programs referred to in subsection (a) are the following 
programs with respect to states that are not states of the 
former Soviet Union: 
‘‘(1) Programs to facilitate the elimination, and 
the safe and secure transportation and storage, of 
chemical or biological weapons, weapons components, 
weapons-related materials, and their delivery vehi-
cles. 
‘‘(2) Programs to facilitate safe and secure 
transportation and storage of nuclear weapons, 
weapons components, and their delivery vehicles.
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‘‘(3) Programs to prevent the proliferation of 
nuclear and chemical weapons, weapons components, 
and weapons-related military technology and exper-
tise. 
‘‘(4) Programs to prevent the proliferation of 
biological weapons, weapons components, and weap-
ons-related military technology and expertise, which 
may include activities that facilitate detection and 
reporting of highly pathogenic diseases or other dis-
eases that are associated with or that could be uti-
lized as an early warning mechanism for disease out-
breaks that could impact the Armed Forces of the 
United States or allies of the United States. 
‘‘(5) Programs to expand military-to-military 
and defense contacts.’’. 
SEC. 1304. REPEAL OF RESTRICTIONS ON ASSISTANCE TO 
STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION FOR 
COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) SOVIET NUCLEAR THREAT REDUCTION ACT 
OF 1991.—The Soviet Nuclear Threat Reduction Act 
of 1991 (title II of Public Law 102–228; 22 U.S.C. 
2551 note) is amended— 
(A) by striking section 211; and
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(B) in section 212, by striking ‘‘, con-
sistent with the findings stated in section 
211,’’. 
(2) COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACT OF 
1993.—Section 1203 of the Cooperative Threat Re-
duction Act of 1993 (22 U.S.C. 5952) is amended 
by striking subsection (d). 
(3) RUSSIAN
CHEMICAL
WEAPONS
DESTRUC-
TION FACILITIES.—Section 1305 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (Pub-
lic Law 106–65; 22 U.S.C. 5952 note) is repealed. 
(4) CONFORMING
REPEAL.—Section 1303 of 
the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108–375; 
22 U.S.C. 5952 note) is repealed. 
(b) INAPPLICABILITY OF OTHER RESTRICTIONS.— 
Section 502 of the Freedom for Russia and Emerging 
Eurasian Democracies and Open Markets Support Act of 
1992 (22 U.S.C. 5852) shall not apply to any Cooperative 
Threat Reduction program. 
SEC. 1305. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO USE COOPER-
ATIVE THREAT REDUCTION FUNDS OUTSIDE 
THE FORMER SOVIET UNION. 
Section 1308 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (22 U.S.C. 5963) is amended—
1040 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Subject to’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘the following:’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Subject to the provisions of this section, the 
Secretary of Defense may obligate and expend Coop-
erative Threat Reduction funds for a fiscal year, and 
any Cooperative Threat Reduction funds for a fiscal 
year before such fiscal year that remain available for 
obligation, for a proliferation threat reduction 
project or activity outside the states of the former 
Soviet Union if the Secretary of Defense, with the 
concurrence of the Secretary of State, determines 
each of the following:’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (c) and redesignating 
subsections (d) and (e) as (c) and (d), respectively; 
and 
(3) by amending subsection (c) (as so redesig-
nated) to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) The Secretary of Defense may not obligate 
funds for a project or activity under the authority in 
subsection (a) of this section until the Secretary of 
Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of 
State, makes each determination specified in that 
subsection with respect to such project or activity.
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‘‘(2) Not later than 10 days after obligating 
funds under the authority in subsection (a) of this 
section for a project or activity, the Secretary of De-
fense and the Secretary of State shall notify Con-
gress in writing of the determinations made under 
paragraph (1) with respect to such project or activ-
ity, together with— 
‘‘(A) a justification for such determina-
tions; and 
‘‘(B) a description of the scope and dura-
tion of such project or activity.’’. 
SEC. 1306. NEW INITIATIVES FOR THE COOPERATIVE 
THREAT REDUCTION PROGRAM. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the Department of Defense Cooperative 
Threat Reduction (CTR) Program should be 
strengthened and expanded, in part by developing 
new CTR initiatives; 
(2) such new initiatives should— 
(A) be well-coordinated with the Depart-
ment of Energy, the Department of State, and 
any other relevant United States Government 
agency or department;
1042 
(B) include appropriate transparency and 
accountability mechanisms, and legal frame-
works and agreements between the United 
States and CTR partner countries; 
(C) reflect engagement with non-govern-
mental experts on possible new options for the 
CTR Program; 
(D) include work with the Russian Federa-
tion and other countries to establish strong 
CTR partnerships that, among other things— 
(i) increase the role of scientists and 
government officials of CTR partner coun-
tries in designing CTR programs and 
projects; and 
(ii) increase financial contributions 
and additional commitments to CTR pro-
grams and projects from Russia and other 
partner countries, as appropriate, as evi-
dence that the programs and projects re-
flect national priorities and will be sustain-
able; 
(E) include broader international coopera-
tion and partnerships, and increased inter-
national contributions;
1043 
(F) incorporate a strong focus on national 
programs and sustainability, which includes ac-
tions to address concerns raised and rec-
ommendations made by the Government Ac-
countability Office, in its report of February 
2007 titled ‘‘Progress Made in Improving Secu-
rity at Russian Nuclear Sites, but the Long- 
Term Sustainability of U.S. Funded Security 
Upgrades is Uncertain’’, which pertain to the 
Department of Defense; 
(G) continue to focus on the development 
of CTR programs and projects that secure nu-
clear weapons; secure and eliminate chemical 
and biological weapons and weapons-related 
materials; and eliminate nuclear, chemical, and 
biological weapons-related delivery vehicles and 
infrastructure at the source; and 
(H) include efforts to develop new CTR 
programs and projects in Russia and the former 
Soviet Union, and in countries and regions out-
side the former Soviet Union, as appropriate 
and in the interest of United States national se-
curity; and 
(3) such new initiatives could include—
1044 
(A) programs and projects in Asia and the 
Middle East; and 
(B) 
activities 
relating 
to 
the 
denuclearization of the Democratic People’s Re-
public of Korea. 
(b) NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES STUDY.— 
(1) STUDY.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense shall enter into an arrangement with the 
National Academy of Sciences under which the 
Academy shall carry out a study to analyze options 
for strengthening and expanding the CTR Program. 
(2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED IN STUDY.— 
The Secretary shall provide for the study under 
paragraph (1) to include— 
(A) an assessment of new CTR initiatives 
described in subsection (a); and 
(B) an identification of options and rec-
ommendations for strengthening and expanding 
the CTR Program. 
(3) SUBMISSION
OF
NATIONAL
ACADEMY
OF 
SCIENCES
REPORT.—The National Academy of 
Sciences shall submit to Congress a report on the 
study under this subsection at the same time that
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such report is submitted to the Secretary of Defense 
pursuant to subsection (c). 
(c) SECRETARY OF DEFENSE REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
receipt of the report under subsection (b), the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report 
on new CTR initiatives. The report shall include— 
(A) a summary of the results of the study 
carried out under subsection (b); 
(B) an assessment by the Secretary of the 
study; and 
(C) a statement of the actions, if any, to 
be undertaken by the Secretary to implement 
any recommendations in the study. 
(2) FORM.—The report shall be in unclassified 
form but may include a classified annex if necessary. 
(d) FUNDING.—Of the amounts appropriated pursu-
ant to the authorization of appropriations in section 
301(19) or otherwise made available for Cooperative 
Threat Reduction programs for fiscal year 2008, not more 
than $1,000,000 shall be obligated or expended to carry 
out this section.
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SEC. 1307. REPORT RELATING TO CHEMICAL WEAPONS DE-
STRUCTION AT SHCHUCH’YE, RUSSIA. 
(a) 
DEFINITION.—In 
this 
section, 
the 
terms 
‘‘Shchuch’ye project’’ and ‘‘project’’ mean the Cooperative 
Threat Reduction Program chemical weapons destruction 
project located in the area of Shchuch’ye in the Russian 
Federation. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a report on the Shchuch’ye project. The report 
shall include— 
(1) a current and detailed cost estimate for 
completion of the project, to include costs that will 
be borne by the United States and Russia, respec-
tively; and 
(2) a specific strategic and operating plan for 
completion of the project, which includes— 
(A) the Department’s plans to ensure ro-
bust project management and oversight, includ-
ing management and oversight with respect to 
the performance of any contractors; 
(B) project quality assurance and sustain-
ability measures; 
(C) metrics for measuring project progress 
with a timetable for achieving goals, including
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initial systems integration and start-up testing; 
and 
(D) a projected project completion date. 
SEC. 1308. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES STUDY OF 
PREVENTION OF PROLIFERATION OF BIO-
LOGICAL WEAPONS. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense shall enter into an arrangement with the National 
Academy of Sciences under which the Academy shall carry 
out a study to identify areas for cooperation with states 
other than states of the former Soviet Union under the 
Cooperative Threat Reduction Program of the Depart-
ment of Defense in the prevention of proliferation of bio-
logical weapons. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED IN STUDY.—The 
Secretary shall provide for the study under subsection (a) 
to include the following: 
(1) An assessment of the capabilities and ca-
pacity of governments of developing countries to 
control the containment and use of dual-use tech-
nologies of potential interest to terrorist organiza-
tions or individuals with hostile intentions. 
(2) An assessment of the approaches to cooper-
ative threat reduction used by the states of the
1048 
former Soviet Union that are of special relevance in 
preventing the proliferation of biological weapons in 
other areas of the world. 
(3) A brief review of programs of the United 
States Government and other governments, inter-
national organizations, foundations, and other pri-
vate sector entities that may contribute to the pre-
vention of the proliferation of biological weapons. 
(4) Recommendations on steps for integrating 
activities of the Cooperative Threat Reduction Pro-
gram relating to biological weapons proliferation pre-
vention with activities of other departments and 
agencies of the United States, as appropriate, in 
states outside of the former Soviet Union. 
(c) SUBMISSION
OF
NATIONAL
ACADEMY
OF 
SCIENCES REPORT.—The National Academy of Sciences 
shall submit to Congress a report on the study under sub-
section (a) at the same time that such report is submitted 
to the Secretary of Defense pursuant to subsection (d). 
(d) SECRETARY OF DEFENSE REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
receipt of the report required by subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report on 
the study carried out under subsection (a).
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(2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report 
under paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) A summary of the results of the study 
carried out under subsection (a). 
(B) An assessment by the Secretary of the 
study. 
(C) A statement of the actions, if any, to 
be undertaken by the Secretary to implement 
any recommendations in the study. 
(3) FORM.—The report under paragraph (1) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in-
clude a classified annex. 
(e) FUNDING.—Of the amounts appropriated pursu-
ant to the authorization of appropriations in section 
301(19) or otherwise made available for Cooperative 
Threat Reduction programs for fiscal year 2008, not more 
than $1,000,000 may be obligated or expended to carry 
out this section. 
TITLE XIV—OTHER 
AUTHORIZATIONS 
Subtitle A—Military Programs 
Sec. 1401. Working capital funds. 
Sec. 1402. National Defense Sealift Fund. 
Sec. 1403. Defense Health Program. 
Sec. 1404. Chemical agents and munitions destruction, Defense. 
Sec. 1405. Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide. 
Sec. 1406. Defense Inspector General. 
Subtitle B—National Defense Stockpile 
Sec. 1411. Authorized uses of National Defense Stockpile funds.
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Sec. 1412. Revisions to required receipt objectives for previously authorized dis-
posals from the National Defense Stockpile. 
Sec. 1413. Disposal of ferromanganese. 
Sec. 1414. Disposal of chrome metal. 
Subtitle C—Armed Forces Retirement Home 
Sec. 1421. Authorization of appropriations for Armed Forces Retirement 
Home. 
Sec. 1422. Administration and oversight of the Armed Forces Retirement 
Home. 
Subtitle A—Military Programs 
SEC. 1401. WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2008 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 
activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for 
providing capital for working capital and revolving funds 
in amounts as follows: 
(1) For the Defense Working Capital Funds, 
$102,446,000. 
(2) For the Defense Working Capital Fund, 
Defense Commissary, $1,250,300,000. 
SEC. 1402. NATIONAL DEFENSE SEALIFT FUND. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2008 for the National Defense Sealift Fund 
in the amount of $1,349,094,000. 
SEC. 1403. DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2008 for ex-
penses, not otherwise provided for, for the Defense Health 
Program, in the amount of $23,080,384,000, of which—
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(1) $22,583,641,000 is for Operation and 
Maintenance; 
(2) $134,482,000 is for Research, Development, 
Test, and Evaluation; and 
(3) $362,261,000 is for Procurement. 
SEC. 1404. CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUC-
TION, DEFENSE. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds 
are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Depart-
ment of Defense for fiscal year 2008 for expenses, not oth-
erwise provided for, for Chemical Agents and Munitions 
Destruction, Defense, in the amount of $1,512,724,000, 
of which— 
(1) $1,181,500,000 is for Operation and Main-
tenance; 
(2) $312,800,000 is for Research, Development, 
Test, and Evaluation; and 
(3) $18,424,000 is for Procurement. 
(b) USE.—Amounts authorized to be appropriated 
under subsection (a) are authorized for— 
(1) the destruction of lethal chemical agents 
and munitions in accordance with section 1412 of 
the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 
(50 U.S.C. 1521); and
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(2) the destruction of chemical warfare materiel 
of the United States that is not covered by section 
1412 of such Act. 
SEC. 1405. DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG AC-
TIVITIES, DEFENSE-WIDE. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2008 for ex-
penses, not otherwise provided for, for Drug Interdiction 
and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide, in the amount 
of $938,022,000. 
SEC. 1406. DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2008 for ex-
penses, not otherwise provided for, for the Office of the 
Inspector General of the Department of Defense, in the 
amount of $225,995,000, of which— 
(1) $224,995,000 is for Operation and Mainte-
nance; and 
(2) $1,000,000 is for Procurement. 
Subtitle B—National Defense 
Stockpile 
SEC. 1411. AUTHORIZED USES OF NATIONAL DEFENSE 
STOCKPILE FUNDS. 
(a) OBLIGATION OF STOCKPILE FUNDS.—During fis-
cal year 2008, the National Defense Stockpile Manager
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may obligate up to $44,825,000 of the funds in the Na-
tional Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund established 
under subsection (a) of section 9 of the Strategic and Crit-
ical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98h) for the 
authorized uses of such funds under subsection (b)(2) of 
such section, including the disposal of hazardous materials 
that are environmentally sensitive. 
(b) ADDITIONAL OBLIGATIONS.—The National De-
fense Stockpile Manager may obligate amounts in excess 
of the amount specified in subsection (a) if the National 
Defense Stockpile Manager notifies Congress that extraor-
dinary or emergency conditions necessitate the additional 
obligations. The National Defense Stockpile Manager may 
make the additional obligations described in the notifica-
tion after the end of the 45-day period beginning on the 
date on which Congress receives the notification. 
(c) LIMITATIONS.—The authorities provided by this 
section shall be subject to such limitations as may be pro-
vided in appropriations Acts. 
SEC. 1412. REVISIONS TO REQUIRED RECEIPT OBJECTIVES 
FOR PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED DISPOSALS 
FROM THE NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE. 
(a) FISCAL YEAR 2000 DISPOSAL AUTHORITY.—Sec-
tion 3402(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2000 (50 U.S.C. 98d note), as amended
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by section 3302 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108–136; 117 Stat. 
1788) and section 3302 of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 
119 Stat. 3545), is amended by striking ‘‘$600,000,000 
before’’ in paragraph (5) and inserting ‘‘$710,000,000 
by’’. 
(b) FISCAL YEAR 1999 DISPOSAL AUTHORITY.—Sec-
tion 3303(a) of the Strom Thurmond National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105– 
261; 50 U.S.C. 98d note), as amended by section 3302 
of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization 
Act for Year 2005 (Public Law 108–375; 118 Stat. 2193), 
section 3302 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 
3545), and section 3302(a) of the John Warner National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public 
Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2513), is amended by striking 
‘‘$1,016,000,000 by the end of fiscal year 2014’’ in para-
graph (7) and inserting ‘‘$1,066,000,000 by the end of 
fiscal year 2015’’. 
SEC. 1413. DISPOSAL OF FERROMANGANESE. 
(a) DISPOSAL AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of De-
fense may dispose of up to 50,000 tons of ferromanganese
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from the National Defense Stockpile during fiscal year 
2008. 
(b) CONTINGENT AUTHORITY FOR ADDITIONAL DIS-
POSAL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary of Defense 
enters into a contract for the disposal of the total 
quantity of ferromanganese authorized for disposal 
by subsection (a) before September 30, 2008, the 
Secretary of Defense may dispose of up to an addi-
tional 25,000 tons of ferromanganese from the Na-
tional Defense Stockpile before that date. 
(2) ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.—If the Secretary 
enters into a contract for the disposal of the total 
quantity of additional ferromanganese authorized for 
disposal by paragraph (1) before September 30, 
2008, the Secretary may dispose of up to an addi-
tional 25,000 tons of ferromanganese from the Na-
tional Defense Stockpile before that date. 
(c) CERTIFICATION.—The Secretary of Defense may 
dispose of ferromanganese under the authority of para-
graph (1) or (2) of subsection (b) only if the Secretary 
submits to the Committee on Armed Services of the Sen-
ate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House 
of Representatives, written certification that—
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(1) 
the 
disposal 
of 
the 
additional 
ferromanganese from the National Defense Stockpile 
under such paragraph is in the interest of national 
defense; 
(2) 
the 
disposal 
of 
the 
additional 
ferromanganese under such paragraph will not cause 
disruption to the usual markets of producers and 
processors of ferromanganese in the United States; 
and 
(3) 
the 
disposal 
of 
the 
additional 
ferromanganese under such paragraph is consistent 
with the requirements and purpose of the National 
Defense Stockpile. 
(d) NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘National Defense Stockpile’’ means 
the stockpile provided for in section 4 of the Strategic and 
Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98c). 
SEC. 1414. DISPOSAL OF CHROME METAL. 
(a) DISPOSAL AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of De-
fense may dispose of up to 500 short tons of chrome metal 
from the National Defense Stockpile during fiscal year 
2008. 
(b) CONTINGENT AUTHORITY FOR ADDITIONAL DIS-
POSAL.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary of Defense 
completes the disposal of the total quantity of 
chrome metal authorized for disposal by subsection 
(a) before September 30, 2008, the Secretary of De-
fense may dispose of up to an additional 250 short 
tons of chrome metal from the National Defense 
Stockpile before that date. 
(2) ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.—If the Secretary 
completes the disposal of the total quantity of addi-
tional chrome metal authorized for disposal by para-
graph (1) before September 30, 2008, the Secretary 
may dispose of up to an additional 250 short tons 
of chrome metal from the National Defense Stock-
pile before that date. 
(c) CERTIFICATION.—The Secretary of Defense may 
dispose of chrome metal under the authority of paragraph 
(1) or (2) of subsection (b) only if the Secretary submits 
to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and 
the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives, not later than 30 days before the commence-
ment of disposal under the applicable paragraph, written 
certification that— 
(1) the disposal of the additional chrome metal 
from the National Defense Stockpile is in the inter-
est of national defense;
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(2) the disposal of the additional chrome metal 
will not cause disruption to the usual markets of 
producers and processors of chrome metal in the 
United States; and 
(3) the disposal of the additional chrome metal 
is consistent with the requirements and purpose of 
the National Defense Stockpile. 
(d) NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘National Defense Stockpile’’ means 
the stockpile provided for in section 4 of the Strategic and 
Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98c). 
Subtitle C—Armed Forces 
Retirement Home 
SEC. 1421. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 
ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME. 
There is authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2008 from the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust 
Fund the sum of $61,624,000 for the operation of the 
Armed Forces Retirement Home. 
SEC. 1422. ADMINISTRATION AND OVERSIGHT OF THE 
ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME. 
(a) ROLE
OF SECRETARY
OF DEFENSE.—Section 
1511 of the Armed Forces Retirement Home Act of 1991 
(24 U.S.C. 411) is amended—
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(1) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) The administration of the Retirement Home (in-
cluding administration for the provision of health care and 
medical care for residents) shall remain under the direct 
authority, control, and administration of the Secretary of 
Defense.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (h), by adding at the end the 
following new sentence: ‘‘The annual report shall in-
clude an assessment of all aspects of each facility of 
the Retirement Home, including the quality of care 
at the facility.’’. 
(b) ACCREDITATION.—Subsection (g) of section 1511 
of the Armed Forces Retirement Home Act of 1991 (24 
U.S.C. 411) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(g) ACCREDITATION.—The Chief Operating Officer 
shall secure and maintain accreditation by a nationally 
recognized civilian accrediting organization for each aspect 
of each facility of the Retirement Home, including medical 
and dental care, pharmacy, independent living, and as-
sisted living and nursing care.’’. 
(c) SPECTRUM OF CARE.—Section 1513(b) of the 
Armed Forces Retirement Home Act of 1991 (24 U.S.C. 
413(b)) is amended by inserting after the first sentence 
the following new sentence: ‘‘The services provided resi-
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dents of the Retirement Home shall include appropriate 
nonacute medical and dental services, pharmaceutical 
services, and transportation of residents, which shall be 
provided at no cost to residents.’’. 
(d) SENIOR MEDICAL ADVISOR FOR RETIREMENT 
HOME.— 
(1) DESIGNATION
AND
DUTIES
OF
SENIOR 
MEDICAL ADVISOR.—The Armed Forces Retirement 
Home Act of 1991 is amended by inserting after 
section 1513 (24 U.S.C. 413) the following new sec-
tion: 
‘‘SEC. 1513A. IMPROVED HEALTH CARE 
OVERSIGHT OF RETIREMENT HOME. 
‘‘(a) DESIGNATION OF SENIOR MEDICAL ADVISOR.— 
(1) The Secretary of Defense shall designate the Deputy 
Director of the TRICARE Management Activity to serve 
as the Senior Medical Advisor for the Retirement Home. 
‘‘(2) The Deputy Director of the TRICARE Manage-
ment Activity shall serve as Senior Medical Advisor for 
the Retirement Home in addition to performing all other 
duties and responsibilities assigned to the Deputy Director 
of the TRICARE Management Activity at the time of the 
designation under paragraph (1) or afterward. 
‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—(1) The Senior Medical 
Advisor shall provide advice to the Secretary of Defense,
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the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readi-
ness, and the Chief Operating Officer regarding the direc-
tion and oversight of the provision of medical, preventive 
mental health, and dental care services at each facility of 
the Retirement Home. 
‘‘(2) The Senior Medical Advisor shall also provide 
advice to the Local Board for a facility of the Retirement 
Home regarding all medical and medical administrative 
matters of the facility. 
‘‘(c) DUTIES.—In carrying out the responsibilities set 
forth in subsection (b), the Senior Medical Advisor shall 
perform the following duties: 
‘‘(1) Ensure the timely availability to residents 
of the Retirement Home, at locations other than the 
Retirement Home, of such acute medical, mental 
health, and dental care as such resident may require 
that is not available at the applicable facility of the 
Retirement Home. 
‘‘(2) Ensure compliance by the facilities of the 
Retirement Home with accreditation standards, ap-
plicable health care standards of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, or any other applicable health care 
standards and requirements (including requirements 
identified in applicable reports of the Inspector Gen-
eral of the Department of Defense).
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‘‘(3) Periodically visit and inspect the medical 
facilities and medical operations of each facility of 
the Retirement Home. 
‘‘(4) Periodically examine and audit the medical 
records and administration of the Retirement Home. 
‘‘(5) Consult with the Local Board for each fa-
cility of the Retirement Home not less frequently 
than once each year. 
‘‘(d) ADVISORY BODIES.—In carrying out the respon-
sibilities set forth in subsection (b) and the duties set forth 
in subsection (c), the Senior Medical Advisor may estab-
lish and seek the advice of such advisory bodies as the 
Senior Medical Advisor considers appropriate.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents in section 1501(b) of the Armed Forces Retire-
ment Home Act of 1991 (24 U.S.C. 401 note) is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 1513 the following new item: 
‘‘1513A. Improved health care oversight of Retirement Home.’’. 
(e) LOCAL BOARDS OF TRUSTEES.— 
(1) DUTIES.—Subsection (b) of section 1516 of 
the Armed Forces Retirement Home Act of 1991 
(24 U.S.C. 416) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) DUTIES.—(1) The Local Board for a facility 
shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Director of the 
facility and to the Chief Operating Officer.
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‘‘(2) The Local Board for a facility shall provide to 
the Chief Operating Officer and the Director of the facility 
such guidance and recommendations on the administra-
tion of the facility as the Local Board considers appro-
priate. 
‘‘(3) Not less often than annually, the Local Board 
for a facility shall provide to the Under Secretary of De-
fense for Personnel and Readiness an assessment of all 
aspects of the facility, including the quality of care at the 
facility.’’. 
(2) COMPOSITION.—Subparagraph (K) of sub-
section (c) of such section is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(K) One senior representative of one of the 
chief personnel officers of the Armed Forces, who 
shall be a commissioned officer of the Armed Forces 
serving on active duty in the grade of brigadier gen-
eral, or in the case of the Navy or Coast Guard, rear 
admiral (lower half).’’. 
(f) INSPECTION OF RETIREMENT HOME.—Section 
1518 of the Armed Forces Retirement Home Act of 1991 
(24 U.S.C. 418) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 1518. INSPECTION OF RETIREMENT HOME. 
‘‘(a) DUTY OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE.—The Inspector General of the
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Department of Defense shall have the duty to inspect the 
Retirement Home. 
‘‘(b) INSPECTIONS BY INSPECTOR GENERAL.—(1) In 
any year in which a facility of the Retirement Home is 
not inspected by a nationally recognized civilian accred-
iting organization, the Inspector General of the Depart-
ment of Defense shall perform a comprehensive inspection 
of all aspects of that facility, including independent living, 
assisted living, medical and dental care, pharmacy, finan-
cial and contracting records, and any aspect of either facil-
ity on which the Local Board for the facility or the resi-
dent advisory committee or council of the facility rec-
ommends inspection. 
‘‘(2) The Inspector General shall be assisted in in-
spections under this subsection by a medical inspector 
general of a military department designated for purposes 
of this subsection by the Secretary of Defense. 
‘‘(3) In conducting the inspection of a facility of the 
Retirement Home under this subsection, the Inspector 
General shall solicit concerns, observations, and rec-
ommendations from the Local Board for the facility, the 
resident advisory committee or council of the facility, and 
the residents of the facility. Any concerns, observations, 
and recommendations solicited from residents shall be so-
licited on a not-for-attribution basis.
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‘‘(4) The Chief Operating Officer and the Director 
of each facility of the Retirement Home shall make all 
staff, other personnel, and records of each facility avail-
able to the Inspector General in a timely manner for pur-
poses of inspections under this subsection. 
‘‘(c) REPORTS ON INSPECTIONS BY INSPECTOR GEN-
ERAL.—(1) The Inspector General shall prepare a report 
describing the results of each inspection conducted of a 
facility of the Retirement Home under subsection (b), and 
include in the report such recommendations as the Inspec-
tor General considers appropriate in light of the inspec-
tion. Not later than 45 days after completing the inspec-
tion of the facility, the Inspector General shall submit the 
report to Congress and the Secretary of Defense, the 
Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, 
the Chief Operating Officer, the Director of the facility, 
the Senior Medical Advisor, and the Local Board for the 
facility. 
‘‘(2) Not later than 45 days after receiving a report 
of the Inspector General under paragraph (1), the Direc-
tor of the facility concerned shall submit to the Secretary 
of Defense, the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel 
and Readiness, the Chief Operating Officer, and the Local 
Board for the facility, and to Congress, a plan to address
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the recommendations and other matters set forth in the 
report. 
‘‘(d) ADDITIONAL INSPECTIONS.—(1) The Chief Op-
erating Officer shall request the inspection of each facility 
of the Retirement Home by a nationally recognized civilian 
accrediting organization in accordance with section 
1511(g). 
‘‘(2) The Chief Operating Officer and the Director 
of a facility being inspected under this subsection shall 
make all staff, other personnel, and records of the facility 
available to the civilian accrediting organization in a time-
ly manner for purposes of inspections under this sub-
section. 
‘‘(e) REPORTS ON ADDITIONAL INSPECTIONS.—(1) 
Not later than 45 days after receiving a report of an in-
spection from the civilian accrediting organization under 
subsection (d), the Director of the facility concerned shall 
submit to the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel 
and Readiness, the Chief Operating Officer, and the Local 
Board for the facility a report containing— 
‘‘(A) the results of the inspection; and 
‘‘(B) a plan to address any recommendations 
and other matters set forth in the report.
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‘‘(2) Not later than 45 days after receiving a report 
and plan under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit the report and plan to Congress.’’. 
(g) ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME TRUST 
FUND.—Section 1519 of the Armed Forces Retirement 
Home Act of 1991 (24 U.S.C. 419) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—The Chief Fi-
nancial Officer of the Armed Forces Retirement Home 
shall comply with the reporting requirements of sub-
chapter II of chapter 35 of title 31, United States Code.’’. 
TITLE XV—AUTHORIZATION OF 
ADDITIONAL 
APPROPRIA-
TIONS FOR OPERATION IRAQI 
FREEDOM 
AND 
OPERATION 
ENDURING FREEDOM 
Sec. 1501. Purpose. 
Sec. 1502. Army procurement. 
Sec. 1503. Navy and Marine Corps procurement. 
Sec. 1504. Air Force procurement. 
Sec. 1505. Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund. 
Sec. 1506. Defense-wide activities procurement. 
Sec. 1507. Research, development, test, and evaluation. 
Sec. 1508. Operation and maintenance. 
Sec. 1509. Working capital funds. 
Sec. 1510. Other Department of Defense programs. 
Sec. 1511. Iraq Freedom Fund. 
Sec. 1512. Iraq Security Forces Fund. 
Sec. 1513. Afghanistan Security Forces Fund. 
Sec. 1514. Military personnel. 
Sec. 1515. Strategic Readiness Fund. 
Sec. 1516. Treatment as additional authorizations. 
Sec. 1517. Special transfer authority.
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SEC. 1501. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this title is to authorize appropria-
tions for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2008 
to provide additional funds for Operation Iraqi Freedom 
and Operation Enduring Freedom. 
SEC. 1502. ARMY PROCUREMENT. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2008 for procurement accounts for the Army 
in amounts as follows: 
(1) For aircraft procurement, $2,086,864,000. 
(2) 
For 
ammunition 
procurement, 
$513,600,000. 
(3) For weapons and tracked combat vehicles 
procurement, $7,289,697,000. 
(4) For missile procurement, $641,764,000. 
(5) For other procurement, $32,478,568,000. 
SEC. 1503. NAVY AND MARINE CORPS PROCUREMENT. 
(a) NAVY.—Funds are hereby authorized to be appro-
priated for fiscal year 2008 for procurement accounts for 
the Navy in amounts as follows: 
(1) For aircraft procurement, $3,908,458,000. 
(2) For weapons procurement, $318,281,000. 
(3) For other procurement, $1,870,597,000. 
(b) MARINE CORPS.—Funds are hereby authorized to 
be appropriated for fiscal year 2008 for the procurement
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account for the Marine Corps in the amount of 
$5,519,740,000. 
(c) NAVY AND MARINE CORPS AMMUNITION.—Funds 
are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2008 for the procurement account for ammunition for the 
Navy and the Marine Corps in the amount of 
$609,890,000. 
SEC. 1504. AIR FORCE PROCUREMENT. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2008 for procurement accounts for the Air 
Force in amounts as follows: 
(1) For aircraft procurement, $5,828,239,000. 
(2) 
For 
ammunition 
procurement, 
$104,405,000. 
(3) For missile procurement, $1,800,000. 
(4) For other procurement, $4,528,126,000. 
SEC. 1505. JOINT IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE DEFEAT 
FUND. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds 
are hereby authorized for fiscal year 2008 for the Joint 
Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund in the amount 
of $4,541,000,000. 
(b) USE AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Subsections 
(b) and (c) of section 1514 of the John Warner National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public
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(4) 
For 
Defense-wide 
activities, 
$1,320,088,000. 
SEC. 1508. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2008 for the use of the Armed Forces for ex-
penses, not otherwise provided for, for operation and 
maintenance, in amounts as follows: 
(1) For the Army, $54,929,551,000. 
(2) For the Navy, $6,249,793,000. 
(3) For the Marine Corps, $4,674,688,000. 
(4) For the Air Force, $10,798,473,000. 
(5) 
For 
Defense-wide 
activities, 
$6,424,085,000. 
(6) For the Army Reserve, $196,694,000. 
(7) For the Navy Reserve, $83,407,000. 
(8) 
For 
the 
Marine 
Corps 
Reserve, 
$68,193,000. 
(9) 
For 
the 
Army 
National 
Guard, 
$757,008,000. 
(10) For the Air Force Reserve, $24,266,000. 
(11) 
For 
the 
Air 
National 
Guard, 
$103,267,000. 
SEC. 1509. WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2008 for the use of the Armed Forces and other
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activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for 
providing capital for working capital and revolving funds 
in amounts as follows: 
(1) For the Defense Working Capital Funds, 
$1,957,675,000. 
(2) For the National Defense Sealift Fund, 
$5,110,000. 
SEC. 1510. OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS. 
(a) DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM.—Funds are here-
by authorized to be appropriated for the Department of 
Defense for fiscal year 2008 for expenses, not otherwise 
provided for, for the Defense Health Program in the 
amount of $1,137,442,000 for operation and maintenance. 
(b) DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG AC-
TIVITIES, DEFENSE-WIDE.—Funds are hereby authorized 
to be appropriated for the Department of Defense for fis-
cal year 2008 for expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense- 
wide in the amount of $257,618,000. 
(c) DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL.—Funds are 
hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Department 
of Defense for fiscal year 2008 for expenses, not otherwise 
provided for, for the Office of the Inspector General of 
the Department of Defense in the amount of $4,394,000 
for operation and maintenance.
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SEC. 1511. IRAQ FREEDOM FUND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Funds are hereby authorized to 
be appropriated for fiscal year 2008 for the Iraq Freedom 
Fund in the amount of $207,500,000. 
(b) TRANSFER.— 
(1) TRANSFER AUTHORIZED.—Subject to para-
graph (2), amounts authorized to be appropriated by 
subsection (a) may be transferred from the Iraq 
Freedom Fund to any accounts as follows: 
(A) Operation and maintenance accounts 
of the Armed Forces. 
(B) Military personnel accounts. 
(C) Research, development, test, and eval-
uation accounts of the Department of Defense. 
(D) Procurement accounts of the Depart-
ment of Defense. 
(E) Accounts providing funding for classi-
fied programs. 
(F) The operating expenses account of the 
Coast Guard. 
(2) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—A transfer may not 
be made under the authority in paragraph (1) until 
five days after the date on which the Secretary of 
Defense notifies the congressional defense commit-
tees in writing of the transfer.
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(3) TREATMENT OF TRANSFERRED FUNDS.— 
Amounts transferred to an account under the au-
thority in paragraph (1) shall be merged with 
amounts in such account and shall be made available 
for the same purposes, and subject to the same con-
ditions and limitations, as amounts in such account. 
(4) EFFECT ON AUTHORIZATION AMOUNTS.—A 
transfer of an amount to an account under the au-
thority in paragraph (1) shall be deemed to increase 
the amount authorized for such account by an 
amount equal to the amount transferred. 
SEC. 1512. IRAQ SECURITY FORCES FUND. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds 
are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2008 for the Iraq Security Forces Fund in the amount 
of $3,000,000,000. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Funds appropriated pursu-
ant to subsection (a) shall be available to the Sec-
retary of Defense for the purpose of allowing the 
Commander, Multi-National Security Transition 
Command–Iraq, to provide assistance to the security 
forces of Iraq. 
(2) TYPES OF ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.—As-
sistance provided under this section may include the
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provision of equipment, supplies, services, training, 
facility and infrastructure repair, renovation, con-
struction, and funding. 
(3) SECRETARY OF STATE CONCURRENCE.—As-
sistance may be provided under this section only 
with the concurrence of the Secretary of State. 
(c) AUTHORITY IN ADDITION TO OTHER AUTHORI-
TIES.—The authority to provide assistance under this sec-
tion is in addition to any other authority to provide assist-
ance to foreign nations. 
(d) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.— 
(1) 
TRANSFERS
AUTHORIZED.—Subject 
to 
paragraph (2), amounts authorized to be appro-
priated by subsection (a) may be transferred from 
the Iraq Security Forces Fund to any of the fol-
lowing accounts and funds of the Department of De-
fense to accomplish the purposes provided in sub-
section (b): 
(A) Military personnel accounts. 
(B) Operation and maintenance accounts. 
(C) Procurement accounts. 
(D) Research, development, test, and eval-
uation accounts. 
(E) Defense working capital funds.
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(F) Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and 
Civic Aid account. 
(2) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY.—The transfer au-
thority provided by paragraph (1) is in addition to 
any other transfer authority available to the Depart-
ment of Defense. 
(3) TRANSFERS BACK TO THE FUND.—Upon 
determination that all or part of the funds trans-
ferred from the Iraq Security Forces Fund under 
paragraph (1) are not necessary for the purpose pro-
vided, such funds may be transferred back to the 
Iraq Security Forces Fund. 
(4) EFFECT ON AUTHORIZATION AMOUNTS.—A 
transfer of an amount to an account under the au-
thority in paragraph (1) shall be deemed to increase 
the amount authorized for such account by an 
amount equal to the amount transferred. 
(e) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—Funds may not be obli-
gated from the Iraq Security Forces Fund, or transferred 
under the authority provided in subsection (d)(1), until 
five days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense 
notifies the congressional defense committees in writing 
of the details of the proposed obligation or transfer. 
(f) CONTRIBUTIONS.—
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(1) AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT CONTRIBUTIONS.— 
Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of Defense 
may accept contributions of amounts to the Iraq Se-
curity Forces Fund for the purposes provided in 
subsection (b) from any person, foreign government, 
or international organization. Any amounts so ac-
cepted shall be credited to the Iraq Security Forces 
Fund. 
(2) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may not ac-
cept a contribution under this subsection if the ac-
ceptance of the contribution would compromise or 
appear to compromise the integrity of any program 
of the Department of Defense. 
(3) USE.—Amounts accepted under this sub-
section shall be available for assistance authorized 
by subsection (b), including transfer under sub-
section (d) for that purpose. 
(4) NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary shall notify 
the congressional defense committees, the Committee 
on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives, in writing, upon the acceptance, and 
upon the transfer under subsection (d), of any con-
tribution under this subsection. Such notice shall
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specify the source and amount of any amount so ac-
cepted and the use of any amount so accepted. 
(g) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—Not later than 30 days 
after the end of each fiscal-year quarter, the Secretary of 
Defense shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees a report summarizing the details of any obligation 
or transfer of funds from the Iraq Security Forces Fund 
during such fiscal-year quarter. 
(h) DURATION OF AUTHORITY.—Amounts authorized 
to be appropriated or contributed to the Iraq Security 
Forces Fund during fiscal year 2008 are available for obli-
gation or transfer from the Iraq Security Forces Fund in 
accordance with this section until September 30, 2009. 
SEC. 1513. AFGHANISTAN SECURITY FORCES FUND. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds 
are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2008 for the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund in the 
amount of $2,700,000,000. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Funds authorized to be ap-
propriated by subsection (a) shall be available to the 
Secretary of Defense to provide assistance to the se-
curity forces of Afghanistan. 
(2) TYPES OF ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.—As-
sistance provided under this section may include the
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provision of equipment, supplies, services, training, 
facility and infrastructure repair, renovation, con-
struction, and funds. 
(3) SECRETARY OF STATE CONCURRENCE.—As-
sistance may be provided under this section only 
with the concurrence of the Secretary of State. 
(c) AUTHORITY IN ADDITION TO OTHER AUTHORI-
TIES.—The authority to provide assistance under this sec-
tion is in addition to any other authority to provide assist-
ance to foreign nations. 
(d) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.— 
(1) 
TRANSFERS
AUTHORIZED.—Subject 
to 
paragraph (2), amounts authorized to be appro-
priated by subsection (a) may be transferred from 
the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund to any of the 
following accounts and funds of the Department of 
Defense to accomplish the purposes provided in sub-
section (b): 
(A) Military personnel accounts. 
(B) Operation and maintenance accounts. 
(C) Procurement accounts. 
(D) Research, development, test, and eval-
uation accounts. 
(E) Defense working capital funds.
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(F) Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and 
Civic Aid. 
(2) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY.—The transfer au-
thority provided by paragraph (1) is in addition to 
any other transfer authority available to the Depart-
ment of Defense. 
(3) TRANSFERS BACK TO FUND.—Upon a de-
termination that all or part of the funds transferred 
from the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund under 
paragraph (1) are not necessary for the purpose for 
which transferred, such funds may be transferred 
back to the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund. 
(4) EFFECT ON AUTHORIZATION AMOUNTS.—A 
transfer of an amount to an account under the au-
thority in paragraph (1) shall be deemed to increase 
the amount authorized for such account by an 
amount equal to the amount transferred. 
(e) PRIOR NOTICE TO CONGRESS OF OBLIGATION OR 
TRANSFER.—Funds may not be obligated from the Af-
ghanistan Security Forces Fund, or transferred under 
subsection (d)(1), until five days after the date on which 
the Secretary of Defense notifies the congressional defense 
committees in writing of the details of the proposed obliga-
tion or transfer. 
(f) CONTRIBUTIONS.—
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(1) AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT CONTRIBUTIONS.— 
Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of Defense 
may accept contributions of amounts to the Afghani-
stan Security Forces Fund for the purposes provided 
in subsection (b) from any person, foreign govern-
ment, or international organization. Any amounts so 
accepted shall be credited to the Afghanistan Secu-
rity Forces Fund. 
(2) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may not ac-
cept a contribution under this subsection if the ac-
ceptance of the contribution would compromise or 
appear to compromise the integrity of any program 
of the Department of Defense. 
(3) USE.—Amounts accepted under this sub-
section shall be available for assistance authorized 
by subsection (b), including transfer under sub-
section (d) for that purpose. 
(4) NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary shall notify 
the congressional defense committees, the Committee 
on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives, in writing, upon the acceptance, and 
upon the transfer under subsection (d), of any con-
tribution under this subsection. Such notice shall
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specify the source and amount of any amount so ac-
cepted and the use of any amount so accepted. 
(g) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—Not later than 30 days 
after the end of each fiscal-year quarter, the Secretary of 
Defense shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees a report summarizing the details of any obligation 
or transfer of funds from the Afghanistan Security Forces 
Fund during such fiscal-year quarter. 
(h) DURATION OF AUTHORITY.—Amounts authorized 
to be appropriated or contributed to the Afghanistan Secu-
rity Forces Fund during fiscal year 2008 are available for 
obligation or transfer from the Afghanistan Security 
Forces Fund in accordance with this section until Sep-
tember 30, 2009. 
SEC. 1514. MILITARY PERSONNEL. 
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the 
Department of Defense for military personnel accounts for 
fiscal year 2008 a total of $17,912,510,000. 
SEC. 1515. STRATEGIC READINESS FUND. 
There 
is 
authorized 
to 
be 
appropriated 
$1,000,000,000 to the Strategic Readiness Fund. 
SEC. 1516. TREATMENT AS ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATIONS. 
The amounts authorized to be appropriated by this 
title are in addition to amounts otherwise authorized to 
be appropriated by this Act.
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Sec. 1603. Consideration of gender-specific needs of recovering service members 
and veterans. 
Subtitle A—Policy on Improvements to Care, Management, and Transition of 
Recovering Service Members 
Sec. 1611. Comprehensive policy on improvements to care, management, and 
transition of recovering service members. 
Sec. 1612. Medical evaluations and physical disability evaluations of recovering 
service members. 
Sec. 1613. Return of recovering service members to active duty in the Armed 
Forces. 
Sec. 1614. Transition of recovering service members from care and treatment 
through the Department of Defense to care, treatment, and re-
habilitation through the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
Sec. 1615. Reports. 
Sec. 1616. Establishment of a wounded warrior resource center. 
Sec. 1617. Notification to Congress of hospitalization of combat wounded serv-
ice members. 
Sec. 1618. Comprehensive plan on prevention, diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, 
and rehabilitation of, and research on, traumatic brain injury, 
post-traumatic stress disorder, and other mental health condi-
tions in members of the Armed Forces. 
Subtitle B—Centers of Excellence in the Prevention, Diagnosis, Mitigation, 
Treatment, and Rehabilitation of Traumatic Brain Injury, Post-Traumatic 
Stress Disorder, and Eye Injuries 
Sec. 1621. Center of excellence in the prevention, diagnosis, mitigation, treat-
ment, and rehabilitation of traumatic brain injury. 
Sec. 1622. Center of excellence in prevention, diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, 
and rehabilitation of post-traumatic stress disorder and other 
mental health conditions. 
Sec. 1623. Center of excellence in prevention, diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, 
and rehabilitation of military eye injuries. 
Sec. 1624. Report on establishment of centers of excellence. 
Subtitle C—Health Care Matters 
Sec. 1631. Medical care and other benefits for members and former members 
of the Armed Forces with severe injuries or illnesses. 
Sec. 1632. Reimbursement of travel expenses of retired members with combat- 
related disabilities for follow-on specialty care, services, and 
supplies. 
Sec. 1633. Respite care and other extended care benefits for members of the 
uniformed services who incur a serious injury or illness on ac-
tive duty. 
Sec. 1634. Reports. 
Sec. 1635. Fully interoperable electronic personal health information for the 
Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs. 
Sec. 1636. Enhanced personnel authorities for the Department of Defense for 
health care professionals for care and treatment of wounded 
and injured members of the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 1637. Continuation of transitional health benefits for members of the 
Armed Forces pending resolution of service-related medical 
conditions.
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Subtitle D—Disability Matters 
Sec. 1641. Utilization of veterans’ presumption of sound condition in estab-
lishing eligibility of members of the Armed Forces for retire-
ment for disability. 
Sec. 1642. Requirements and limitations on Department of Defense determina-
tions of disability with respect to members of the Armed 
Forces. 
Sec. 1643. Review of separation of members of the Armed Forces separated 
from service with a disability rating of 20 percent disabled or 
less. 
Sec. 1644. Authorization of pilot programs to improve the disability evaluation 
system for members of the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 1645. Reports on Army action plan in response to deficiencies in the Army 
physical disability evaluation system. 
Sec. 1646. Enhancement of disability severance pay for members of the Armed 
Forces. 
Sec. 1647. Assessments of continuing utility and future role of temporary dis-
ability retired list. 
Sec. 1648. Standards for military medical treatment facilities, specialty medical 
care facilities, and military quarters housing patients and an-
nual report on such facilities. 
Sec. 1649. Reports on Army Medical Action Plan in response to deficiencies 
identified at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, District of Co-
lumbia. 
Sec. 1650. Required certifications in connection with closure of Walter Reed 
Army Medical Center, District of Columbia. 
Sec. 1651. Handbook for members of the Armed Forces on compensation and 
benefits available for serious injuries and illnesses. 
Subtitle E—Studies and Reports 
Sec. 1661. Study on physical and mental health and other readjustment needs 
of members and former members of the Armed Forces who de-
ployed in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring 
Freedom and their families. 
Sec. 1662. Access of recovering service members to adequate outpatient resi-
dential facilities. 
Sec. 1663. Study and report on support services for families of recovering serv-
ice members. 
Sec. 1664. Report on traumatic brain injury classifications. 
Sec. 1665. Evaluation of the Polytrauma Liaison Officer/Non-Commissioned 
Officer program. 
Subtitle F—Other Matters 
Sec. 1671. Prohibition on transfer of resources from medical care. 
Sec. 1672. Medical care for families of members of the Armed Forces recov-
ering from serious injuries or illnesses. 
Sec. 1673. Improvement of medical tracking system for members of the Armed 
Forces deployed overseas. 
Sec. 1674. Guaranteed funding for Walter Reed Army Medical Center, District 
of Columbia. 
Sec. 1675. Use of leave transfer program by wounded veterans who are Federal 
employees.
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Sec. 1676. Moratorium on conversion to contractor performance of Department 
of Defense functions at military medical facilities. 
SEC. 1601. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Wounded Warrior 
Act’’. 
SEC. 1602. GENERAL DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES
OF
CON-
GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’’ means— 
(A) the Committees on Armed Services, 
Veterans’ Affairs, and Appropriations of the 
Senate; and 
(B) the Committees on Armed Services, 
Veterans’ Affairs, and Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives. 
(2) BENEFITS DELIVERY AT DISCHARGE PRO-
GRAM.—The term ‘‘Benefits Delivery at Discharge 
Program’’ means a program administered jointly by 
the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs to provide information and assistance 
on available benefits and other transition assistance 
to members of the Armed Forces who are separating 
from the Armed Forces, including assistance to ob-
tain any disability benefits for which such members 
may be eligible.
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(3) DISABILITY
EVALUATION
SYSTEM.—The 
term ‘‘Disability Evaluation System’’ means the fol-
lowing: 
(A) A system or process of the Department 
of Defense for evaluating the nature and extent 
of disabilities affecting members of the Armed 
Forces that is operated by the Secretaries of 
the military departments and is comprised of 
medical evaluation boards, physical evaluation 
boards, counseling of members, and mecha-
nisms for the final disposition of disability eval-
uations by appropriate personnel. 
(B) A system or process of the Coast 
Guard for evaluating the nature and extent of 
disabilities affecting members of the Coast 
Guard that is operated by the Secretary of 
Homeland Security and is similar to the system 
or process of the Department of Defense de-
scribed in subparagraph (A). 
(4) ELIGIBLE FAMILY MEMBER.—The term ‘‘el-
igible family member’’, with respect to a recovering 
service member, means a family member (as defined 
in section 411 h(b) of title 37, United States Code) 
who is on invitational travel orders or serving as a 
non-medical attendee while caring for the recovering
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service member for more than 45 days during a one- 
year period. 
(5) MEDICAL CARE.—The term ‘‘medical care’’ 
includes mental health care. 
(6) OUTPATIENT
STATUS.—The term ‘‘out-
patient status’’, with respect to a recovering service 
member, means the status of a recovering service 
member assigned to— 
(A) a military medical treatment facility as 
an outpatient; or 
(B) a unit established for the purpose of 
providing command and control of members of 
the Armed Forces receiving medical care as 
outpatients. 
(7) RECOVERING SERVICE MEMBER.—The term 
‘‘recovering service member’’ means a member of the 
Armed Forces, including a member of the National 
Guard or a Reserve, who is undergoing medical 
treatment, recuperation, or therapy and is in an out-
patient status while recovering from a serious injury 
or illness related to the member’s military service. 
(8) SERIOUS INJURY OR ILLNESS.—The term 
‘‘serious injury or illness’’, in the case of a member 
of the Armed Forces, means an injury or illness in-
curred by the member in line of duty on active duty
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in the Armed Forces that may render the member 
medically unfit to perform the duties of the mem-
ber’s office, grade, rank, or rating. 
(9) 
TRICARE 
PROGRAM.—The 
term 
‘‘TRICARE program’’ has the meaning given that 
term in section 1072(7) of title 10, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 1603. CONSIDERATION OF GENDER-SPECIFIC NEEDS 
OF RECOVERING SERVICE MEMBERS AND 
VETERANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In developing and implementing 
the policy required by section 1611(a), and in otherwise 
carrying out any other provision of this title or any amend-
ment made by this title, the Secretary of Defense and the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall take into account and 
fully address any unique gender-specific needs of recov-
ering service members and veterans under such policy or 
other provision. 
(b) REPORTS.—In submitting any report required by 
this title or an amendment made by this title, the Sec-
retary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall, to the extent applicable, include a description of the 
manner in which the matters covered by such report ad-
dress the unique gender-specific needs of recovering serv-
ice members and veterans.
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Subtitle 
A—Policy 
on 
Improve-
ments to Care, Management, 
and Transition of Recovering 
Service Members 
SEC. 1611. COMPREHENSIVE POLICY ON IMPROVEMENTS 
TO CARE, MANAGEMENT, AND TRANSITION 
OF RECOVERING SERVICE MEMBERS. 
(a) COMPREHENSIVE POLICY REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than July 1, 2008, 
the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs shall, to the extent feasible, jointly de-
velop and implement a comprehensive policy on im-
provements to the care, management, and transition 
of recovering service members. 
(2) SCOPE OF POLICY.—The policy shall cover 
each of the following: 
(A) The care and management of recov-
ering service members. 
(B) The medical evaluation and disability 
evaluation of recovering service members. 
(C) The return of service members who 
have recovered to active duty when appropriate. 
(D) The transition of recovering service 
members from receipt of care and services 
through the Department of Defense to receipt
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of care and services through the Department of 
Veterans Affairs. 
(3) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of Defense 
and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall develop 
the policy in consultation with the heads of other ap-
propriate departments and agencies of the Federal 
Government and with appropriate non-governmental 
organizations having an expertise in matters relating 
to the policy. 
(4) UPDATE.—The Secretary of Defense and 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly update 
the policy on a periodic basis, but not less often than 
annually, in order to incorporate in the policy, as ap-
propriate, the following: 
(A) The results of the reviews required 
under subsections (b) and (c). 
(B) Best practices identified through pilot 
programs carried out under this title. 
(C) Improvements to matters under the 
policy otherwise identified and agreed upon by 
the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs. 
(b) REVIEW OF CURRENT POLICIES AND PROCE-
DURES.—
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(1) REVIEW REQUIRED.—In developing the pol-
icy required by subsection (a), the Secretary of De-
fense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall, to 
the extent necessary, jointly and separately conduct 
a review of all policies and procedures of the Depart-
ment of Defense and the Department of Veterans 
Affairs that apply to, or shall be covered by, the pol-
icy. 
(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the review shall 
be to identify the most effective and patient-oriented 
approaches to care and management of recovering 
service members for purposes of— 
(A) incorporating such approaches into the 
policy; and 
(B) extending such approaches, where ap-
plicable, to the care and management of other 
injured or ill members of the Armed Forces and 
veterans. 
(3) ELEMENTS.—In conducting the review, the 
Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall— 
(A) identify among the policies and proce-
dures described in paragraph (1) best practices 
in approaches to the care and management of 
recovering service members;
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(B) identify among such policies and pro-
cedures existing and potential shortfalls in the 
care and management of recovering service 
members (including care and management of 
recovering service members on the temporary 
disability retired list), and determine means of 
addressing any shortfalls so identified; 
(C) determine potential modifications of 
such policies and procedures in order to ensure 
consistency and uniformity, where appropriate, 
in the application of such policies and proce-
dures— 
(i) among the military departments; 
(ii) among the Veterans Integrated 
Services Networks (VISNs) of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs; and 
(iii) between the military departments 
and the Veterans Integrated Services Net-
works; and 
(D) develop recommendations for legisla-
tive and administrative action necessary to im-
plement the results of the review. 
(4) DEADLINE FOR COMPLETION.—The review 
shall be completed not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act.
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(c) CONSIDERATION OF EXISTING FINDINGS, REC-
OMMENDATIONS, AND PRACTICES.—In developing the pol-
icy required by subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense 
and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall take into ac-
count the following: 
(1) The findings and recommendations of appli-
cable studies, reviews, reports, and evaluations that 
address matters relating to the policy, including, but 
not limited, to the following: 
(A) The Independent Review Group on Re-
habilitative Care and Administrative Processes 
at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and Na-
tional Naval Medical Center, appointed by the 
Secretary of Defense. 
(B) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
Task Force on Returning Global War on Terror 
Heroes, appointed by the President. 
(C) The President’s Commission on Care 
for America’s Returning Wounded Warriors. 
(D) The Veterans’ Disability Benefits 
Commission established by title XV of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2004 (Public Law 108–136; 117 Stat. 
1676; 38 U.S.C. 1101 note).
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(E) The President’s Task Force to Im-
prove Health Care Delivery for Our Nation’s 
Veterans, of March 2003. 
(F) The Report of the Congressional Com-
mission on Servicemembers and Veterans Tran-
sition Assistance, of 1999, chaired by Anthony 
J. Principi. 
(G) The President’s Commission on Vet-
erans’ Pensions, of 1956, chaired by General 
Omar N. Bradley. 
(2) The experience and best practices of the 
Department of Defense and the military depart-
ments on matters relating to the policy. 
(3) The experience and best practices of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs on matters relating 
to the policy. 
(4) Such other matters as the Secretary of De-
fense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs consider 
appropriate. 
(d) TRAINING AND SKILLS OF HEALTH CARE PRO-
FESSIONALS, RECOVERY CARE COORDINATORS, MEDICAL 
CARE CASE MANAGERS, AND NON-MEDICAL CARE MAN-
AGERS FOR RECOVERING SERVICE MEMBERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The policy required by sub-
section (a) shall provide for uniform standards
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among the military departments for the training and 
skills of health care professionals, recovery care co-
ordinators, medical care case managers, and non- 
medical care managers for recovering service mem-
bers under subsection (e) in order to ensure that 
such personnel are able to— 
(A) detect early warning signs of post- 
traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), suicidal or 
homicidal thoughts or behaviors, and other be-
havioral health concerns among recovering serv-
ice members; and 
(B) promptly notify appropriate health 
care professionals following detection of such 
signs. 
(2) TRACKING
OF
NOTIFICATIONS.—In pro-
viding for uniform standards under paragraph (1), 
the policy shall include a mechanism or system to 
track the number of notifications made by recovery 
care coordinators, medical care case managers, and 
non-medical care managers to health care profes-
sionals under paragraph (1)(A) regarding early 
warning signs of post-traumatic stress disorder and 
suicide in recovering service members. 
(e) SERVICES
FOR RECOVERING SERVICE MEM-
BERS.—The policy required by subsection (a) shall provide
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for improvements as follows with respect to the care, man-
agement, and transition of recovering service members: 
(1) COMPREHENSIVE RECOVERY PLAN FOR RE-
COVERING
SERVICE
MEMBERS.—The policy shall 
provide for uniform standards and procedures for 
the development of a comprehensive recovery plan 
for each recovering service member that covers the 
full spectrum of care, management, transition, and 
rehabilitation of the service member during recovery. 
(2) RECOVERY CARE COORDINATORS FOR RE-
COVERING SERVICE MEMBERS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The policy shall provide 
for a uniform program for the assignment to 
recovering service members of recovery care co-
ordinators having the duties specified in sub-
paragraph (B). 
(B) DUTIES.—The duties under the pro-
gram of a recovery care coordinator for a recov-
ering service member shall include, but not be 
limited to, overseeing and assisting the service 
member in the service member’s course through 
the entire spectrum of care, management, tran-
sition, and rehabilitation services available from 
the Federal Government, including services pro-
vided by the Department of Defense, the De-
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partment of Veterans Affairs, the Department 
of Labor, and the Social Security Administra-
tion. 
(C) LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF SERVICE 
MEMBERS MANAGED BY COORDINATORS.—The 
maximum number of recovering service mem-
bers whose cases may be assigned to a recovery 
care coordinator under the program at any one 
time shall be such number as the policy shall 
specify, except that the Secretary of the mili-
tary department concerned may waive such lim-
itation with respect to a given coordinator for 
not more than 120 days in the event of unfore-
seen circumstances (as specified in the policy). 
(D) TRAINING.—The policy shall specify 
standard training requirements and curricula 
for recovery care coordinators under the pro-
gram, including a requirement for successful 
completion of the training program before a 
person may assume the duties of such a coordi-
nator. 
(E) RESOURCES.—The policy shall include 
mechanisms to ensure that recovery care coordi-
nators under the program have the resources
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necessary to expeditiously carry out the duties 
of such coordinators under the program. 
(F) SUPERVISION.—The policy shall speci-
fy requirements for the appropriate rank or 
grade, and appropriate occupation, for persons 
appointed to head and supervise recovery care 
coordinators. 
(3) MEDICAL CARE CASE MANAGERS FOR RE-
COVERING SERVICE MEMBERS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The policy shall provide 
for a uniform program among the military de-
partments for the assignment to recovering 
service members of medical care case managers 
having the duties specified in subparagraph 
(B). 
(B) DUTIES.—The duties under the pro-
gram of a medical care case manager for a re-
covering service member (or the service mem-
ber’s immediate family or other designee if the 
service member is incapable of making judg-
ments about personal medical care) shall in-
clude, at a minimum, the following: 
(i) Assisting in understanding the 
service member’s medical status during the
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care, recovery, and transition of the service 
member. 
(ii) Assisting in the receipt by the 
service member of prescribed medical care 
during the care, recovery, and transition of 
the service member. 
(iii) Conducting a periodic review of 
the medical status of the service member, 
which review shall be conducted, to the ex-
tent practicable, in person with the service 
member, or, whenever the conduct of the 
review in person is not practicable, with 
the medical care case manager submitting 
to the manager’s supervisor a written ex-
planation why the review in person was not 
practicable (if the Secretary of the military 
department concerned elects to require 
such written explanations for purposes of 
the program). 
(C) LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF SERVICE 
MEMBERS MANAGED BY MANAGERS.—The max-
imum number of recovering service members 
whose cases may be assigned to a medical care 
case manager under the program at any one 
time shall be such number as the policy shall
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specify, except that the Secretary of the mili-
tary department concerned may waive such lim-
itation with respect to a given manager for not 
more than 120 days in the event of unforeseen 
circumstances (as specified in the policy). 
(D) TRAINING.—The policy shall specify 
standard training requirements and curricula 
for medical care case managers under the pro-
gram, including a requirement for successful 
completion of the training program before a 
person may assume the duties of such a man-
ager. 
(E) RESOURCES.—The policy shall include 
mechanisms to ensure that medical care case 
managers under the program have the re-
sources necessary to expeditiously carry out the 
duties of such managers under the program. 
(F) SUPERVISION AT ARMED FORCES MED-
ICAL FACILITIES.—The policy shall specify re-
quirements for the appropriate rank or grade, 
and appropriate occupation, for persons ap-
pointed to head and supervise the medical care 
case managers at each medical facility of the 
Armed Forces. Persons so appointed may be 
appointed from the Army Medical Corps, Army
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Medical Service Corps, Army Nurse Corps, 
Navy Medical Corps, Navy Medical Service 
Corps, Navy Nurse Corps, Air Force Medical 
Service, or other corps or civilian health care 
professional, as applicable, at the discretion of 
the Secretary of Defense. 
(4) NON-MEDICAL
CARE
MANAGERS
FOR
RE-
COVERING SERVICE MEMBERS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The policy shall provide 
for a uniform program among the military de-
partments for the assignment to recovering 
service members of non-medical care managers 
having the duties specified in subparagraph 
(B). 
(B) DUTIES.—The duties under the pro-
gram of a non-medical care manager for a re-
covering service member shall include, at a min-
imum, the following: 
(i) Communicating with the service 
member and with the service member’s 
family or other individuals designated by 
the service member regarding non-medical 
matters that arise during the care, recov-
ery, and transition of the service member.
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(ii) Assisting with oversight of the 
service member’s welfare and quality of 
life. 
(iii) Assisting the service member in 
resolving problems involving financial, ad-
ministrative, personnel, transitional, and 
other matters that arise during the care, 
recovery, and transition of the service 
member. 
(C) DURATION
OF
DUTIES.—The policy 
shall provide that a non-medical care manager 
shall perform duties under the program for a 
recovering service member until the service 
member is returned to active duty or retired or 
separated from the Armed Forces. 
(D) LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF SERVICE 
MEMBERS MANAGED BY MANAGERS.—The max-
imum number of recovering service members 
whose cases may be assigned to a non-medical 
care manager under the program at any one 
time shall be such number as the policy shall 
specify, except that the Secretary of the mili-
tary department concerned may waive such lim-
itation with respect to a given manager for not
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more than 120 days in the event of unforeseen 
circumstances (as specified in the policy). 
(E) TRAINING.—The policy shall specify 
standard training requirements and curricula 
among the military departments for non-med-
ical care managers under the program, includ-
ing a requirement for successful completion of 
the training program before a person may as-
sume the duties of such a manager. 
(F) RESOURCES.—The policy shall include 
mechanisms to ensure that non-medical care 
managers under the program have the re-
sources necessary to expeditiously carry out the 
duties of such managers under the program. 
(G) SUPERVISION AT ARMED FORCES MED-
ICAL FACILITIES.—The policy shall specify re-
quirements for the appropriate rank and occu-
pational speciality for persons appointed to 
head and supervise the non-medical care man-
agers at each medical facility of the Armed 
Forces. 
(5) ACCESS OF RECOVERING SERVICE MEMBERS 
TO NON-URGENT HEALTH CARE FROM THE DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE OR OTHER PROVIDERS UNDER 
TRICARE.—
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(A) IN GENERAL.—The policy shall provide 
for appropriate minimum standards for access 
of recovering service members to non-urgent 
medical care and other health care services as 
follows: 
(i) In medical facilities of the Depart-
ment of Defense. 
(ii) Through the TRICARE program. 
(B) MAXIMUM WAITING TIMES FOR CER-
TAIN CARE.—The standards for access under 
subparagraph (A) shall include such standards 
on maximum waiting times of recovering service 
members as the policy shall specify for care 
that includes, but is not limited to, the fol-
lowing: 
(i) Follow-up care. 
(ii) Specialty care. 
(iii) Diagnostic referrals and studies. 
(iv) Surgery based on a physician’s 
determination of medical necessity. 
(C) WAIVER
BY
RECOVERING
SERVICE 
MEMBERS.—The policy shall permit any recov-
ering service member to waive a standard for 
access under this paragraph under such cir-
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cumstances and conditions as the policy shall 
specify. 
(6) ASSIGNMENT
OF
RECOVERING
SERVICE 
MEMBERS TO LOCATIONS OF CARE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The policy shall provide 
for uniform guidelines among the military de-
partments for the assignment of recovering 
service members to a location of care, including 
guidelines that provide for the assignment of re-
covering service members, when medically ap-
propriate, to care and residential facilities clos-
est to their duty station or home of record or 
the location of their designated care giver at the 
earliest possible time. 
(B) REASSIGNMENT FROM DEFICIENT FA-
CILITIES.—The policy shall provide for uniform 
guidelines and procedures among the military 
departments for the reassignment of recovering 
service members from a medical or medical-re-
lated support facility determined by the Sec-
retary of Defense to violate the standards re-
quired by section 1648 to another appropriate 
medical or medical-related support facility until 
the correction of violations of such standards at 
the medical or medical-related support facility
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from which such service members are reas-
signed. 
(7) TRANSPORTATION AND SUBSISTENCE FOR 
RECOVERING SERVICE MEMBERS.—The policy shall 
provide for uniform standards among the military 
departments on the availability of appropriate trans-
portation and subsistence for recovering service 
members to facilitate their obtaining needed medical 
care and services. 
(8) WORK AND DUTY ASSIGNMENTS FOR RE-
COVERING
SERVICE
MEMBERS.—The policy shall 
provide for uniform criteria among the military de-
partments for the assignment of recovering service 
members to work and duty assignments that are 
compatible with their medical conditions. 
(9) ACCESS OF RECOVERING SERVICE MEMBERS 
TO EDUCATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND 
REHABILITATION.—The policy shall provide for uni-
form standards among the military departments on 
the provision of educational and vocational training 
and rehabilitation opportunities for recovering serv-
ice members at the earliest possible point in their re-
covery. 
(10) TRACKING OF RECOVERING SERVICE MEM-
BERS.—The policy shall provide for uniform proce-
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dures among the military departments on tracking 
recovering service members to facilitate— 
(A) locating each recovering service mem-
ber; and 
(B) tracking medical care appointments of 
recovering service members to ensure timeliness 
and compliance of recovering service members 
with appointments, and other physical and eval-
uation timelines, and to provide any other infor-
mation needed to conduct oversight of the care, 
management, and transition of recovering serv-
ice members. 
(11) REFERRALS
OF
RECOVERING
SERVICE 
MEMBERS
TO
OTHER
CARE
AND
SERVICES
PRO-
VIDERS.—The policy shall provide for uniform poli-
cies, procedures, and criteria among the military de-
partments on the referral of recovering service mem-
bers to the Department of Veterans Affairs and 
other private and public entities (including univer-
sities and rehabilitation hospitals, centers, and clin-
ics) in order to secure the most appropriate care for 
recovering service members, which policies, proce-
dures, and criteria shall take into account, but not 
be limited to, the medical needs of recovering service
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members and the geographic location of available 
necessary recovery care services. 
(f) SERVICES FOR FAMILIES OF RECOVERING SERV-
ICE MEMBERS.—The policy required by subsection (a) 
shall provide for improvements as follows with respect to 
services for families of recovering service members: 
(1) SUPPORT FOR FAMILY MEMBERS OF RECOV-
ERING SERVICE MEMBERS.—The policy shall provide 
for uniform guidelines among the military depart-
ments on the provision by the military departments 
of support for family members of recovering service 
members who are not otherwise eligible for care 
under section 1672 in caring for such service mem-
bers during their recovery. 
(2) ADVICE AND TRAINING FOR FAMILY MEM-
BERS
OF
RECOVERING
SERVICE
MEMBERS.—The 
policy shall provide for uniform requirements and 
standards among the military departments on the 
provision by the military departments of advice and 
training, as appropriate, to family members of recov-
ering service members with respect to care for such 
service members during their recovery. 
(3) MEASUREMENT OF SATISFACTION OF FAM-
ILY MEMBERS OF RECOVERING SERVICE MEMBERS 
WITH QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES.—The
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policy shall provide for uniform procedures among 
the military departments on the measurement of the 
satisfaction of family members of recovering service 
members with the quality of health care services pro-
vided to such service members during their recovery. 
(4) JOB
PLACEMENT
SERVICES
FOR
FAMILY 
MEMBERS
OF
RECOVERING
SERVICE
MEMBERS.— 
The policy shall provide for procedures for applica-
tion by eligible family members during a one-year 
period for job placement services otherwise offered 
by the Department of Defense. 
(g) OUTREACH TO RECOVERING SERVICE MEMBERS 
AND THEIR FAMILIES ON COMPREHENSIVE POLICY.— 
The policy required by subsection (a) shall include proce-
dures and mechanisms to ensure that recovering service 
members and their families are fully informed of the poli-
cies required by this section, including policies on medical 
care for recovering service members, on the management 
and transition of recovering service members, and on the 
responsibilities of recovering service members and their 
family members throughout the continuum of care and 
services for recovering service members under this section. 
(h) APPLICABILITY OF COMPREHENSIVE POLICY TO 
RECOVERING SERVICE MEMBERS ON TEMPORARY DIS-
ABILITY RETIRED LIST.—Appropriate elements of the pol-
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icy required by this section shall apply to recovering serv-
ice members whose names are placed on the temporary 
disability retired list in such manner, and subject to such 
terms and conditions, as the Secretary of Defense shall 
prescribe in regulations for purposes of this subsection. 
SEC. 1612. MEDICAL EVALUATIONS AND PHYSICAL DIS-
ABILITY 
EVALUATIONS 
OF 
RECOVERING 
SERVICE MEMBERS. 
(a) MEDICAL EVALUATIONS OF RECOVERING SERV-
ICE MEMBERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than July 1, 2008, 
the Secretary of Defense shall develop a policy on 
improvements to the processes, procedures, and 
standards for the conduct by the military depart-
ments of medical evaluations of recovering service 
members. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The policy on improvements 
to processes, procedures, and standards required 
under this subsection shall include and address the 
following: 
(A) Processes for medical evaluations of 
recovering service members that— 
(i) apply uniformly throughout the 
military departments; and
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(ii) apply uniformly with respect to re-
covering service members who are members 
of the regular components of the Armed 
Forces and recovering service members 
who are members of the National Guard 
and Reserve. 
(B) Standard criteria and definitions for 
determining the achievement for recovering 
service members of the maximum medical ben-
efit from treatment and rehabilitation. 
(C) Standard timelines for each of the fol-
lowing: 
(i) Determinations of fitness for duty 
of recovering service members. 
(ii) Specialty care consultations for re-
covering service members. 
(iii) Preparation of medical documents 
for recovering service members. 
(iv) Appeals by recovering service 
members of medical evaluation determina-
tions, including determinations of fitness 
for duty. 
(D) Procedures for ensuring that— 
(i) upon request of a recovering serv-
ice member being considered by a medical
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evaluation board, a physician or other ap-
propriate health care professional who is 
independent of the medical evaluation 
board is assigned to the service member; 
and 
(ii) the physician or other health care 
professional assigned to a recovering serv-
ice member under clause (i)— 
(I) serves as an independent 
source for review of the findings and 
recommendations of the medical eval-
uation board; 
(II) provides the service member 
with advice and counsel regarding the 
findings and recommendations of the 
medical evaluation board; and 
(III) advises the service member 
on whether the findings of the medical 
evaluation board adequately reflect 
the complete spectrum of injuries and 
illness of the service member. 
(E) Standards for qualifications and train-
ing of medical evaluation board personnel, in-
cluding physicians, case workers, and physical 
disability evaluation board liaison officers, in
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conducting medical evaluations of recovering 
service members. 
(F) Standards for the maximum number of 
medical evaluation cases of recovering service 
members that are pending before a medical 
evaluation board at any one time, and require-
ments for the establishment of additional med-
ical evaluation boards in the event such number 
is exceeded. 
(G) Standards for information for recov-
ering service members, and their families, on 
the medical evaluation board process and the 
rights and responsibilities of recovering service 
members under that process, including a stand-
ard handbook on such information (which hand-
book shall also be available electronically). 
(b) PHYSICAL DISABILITY EVALUATIONS OF RECOV-
ERING SERVICE MEMBERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than July 1, 2008, 
the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs shall develop a policy on improvements 
to the processes, procedures, and standards for the 
conduct of physical disability evaluations of recov-
ering service members by the military departments 
and by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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(2) ELEMENTS.—The policy on improvements 
to processes, procedures, and standards required 
under this subsection shall include and address the 
following: 
(A) A clearly-defined process of the De-
partment of Defense and the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for disability determinations of 
recovering service members. 
(B) To the extent feasible, procedures to 
eliminate unacceptable discrepancies and im-
prove consistency among disability ratings as-
signed by the military departments and the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs, particularly in 
the disability evaluation of recovering service 
members, which procedures shall be subject to 
the following requirements and limitations: 
(i) Such procedures shall apply uni-
formly with respect to recovering service 
members who are members of the regular 
components of the Armed Forces and re-
covering service members who are members 
of the National Guard and Reserve. 
(ii) Under such procedures, each Sec-
retary of a military department shall, to 
the extent feasible, utilize the standard
1116 
schedule for rating disabilities in use by 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, in-
cluding any applicable interpretation of 
such schedule by the United States Court 
of Appeals for Veterans Claims, in making 
any determination of disability of a recov-
ering service member, except as otherwise 
authorized by section 1216a of title 10, 
United States Code (as added by section 
1642 of this Act). 
(C) Uniform timelines among the military 
departments for appeals of determinations of 
disability of recovering service members, includ-
ing timelines for presentation, consideration, 
and disposition of appeals. 
(D) Uniform standards among the military 
departments for qualifications and training of 
physical disability evaluation board personnel, 
including physical evaluation board liaison per-
sonnel, in conducting physical disability evalua-
tions of recovering service members. 
(E) Uniform standards among the military 
departments for the maximum number of phys-
ical disability evaluation cases of recovering 
service members that are pending before a
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physical disability evaluation board at any one 
time, and requirements for the establishment of 
additional physical disability evaluation boards 
in the event such number is exceeded. 
(F) Uniform standards and procedures 
among the military departments for the provi-
sion of legal counsel to recovering service mem-
bers while undergoing evaluation by a physical 
disability evaluation board. 
(G) Uniform standards among the military 
departments on the roles and responsibilities of 
non-medical 
care 
managers 
under 
section 
1611(e)(4) and judge advocates assigned to re-
covering service members undergoing evaluation 
by a physical disability board, and uniform 
standards on the maximum number of cases in-
volving such service members that are to be as-
signed to judge advocates at any one time. 
(c) ASSESSMENT OF CONSOLIDATION OF DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE AND DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF-
FAIRS DISABILITY EVALUATION SYSTEMS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense 
and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly 
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a 
report on the feasability and advisability of consoli-
1118 
dating the disability evaluation systems of the mili-
tary departments and the disability evaluation sys-
tem of the Department of Veterans Affairs into a 
single disability evaluation system. The report shall 
be submitted together with the report required by 
section 1611(a). 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para-
graph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) An assessment of the feasability and 
advisability of consolidating the disability eval-
uation systems described in paragraph (1) as 
specified in that paragraph. 
(B) If the consolidation of the systems is 
considered feasible and advisable— 
(i) recommendations for various op-
tions for consolidating the systems as spec-
ified in paragraph (1); and 
(ii) recommendations for mechanisms 
to evaluate and assess any progress made 
in consolidating the systems as specified in 
that paragraph. 
SEC. 1613. RETURN OF RECOVERING SERVICE MEMBERS TO 
ACTIVE DUTY IN THE ARMED FORCES. 
The Secretary of Defense shall establish standards 
for determinations by the military departments on the re-
1119 
turn of recovering service members to active duty in the 
Armed Forces. 
SEC. 1614. TRANSITION OF RECOVERING SERVICE MEM-
BERS 
FROM 
CARE 
AND 
TREATMENT 
THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
TO CARE, TREATMENT, AND REHABILITATION 
THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than July 1, 2008, the 
Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs shall jointly develop and implement processes, proce-
dures, and standards for the transition of recovering serv-
ice members from care and treatment through the Depart-
ment of Defense to care, treatment, and rehabilitation 
through the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The processes, procedures, and 
standards required under this section shall include the fol-
lowing: 
(1) Uniform, patient-focused procedures to en-
sure that the transition described in subsection (a) 
occurs without gaps in medical care and in the qual-
ity of medical care, benefits, and services. 
(2) Procedures for the identification and track-
ing of recovering service members during the transi-
tion, and for the coordination of care and treatment
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of recovering service members during the transition, 
including a system of cooperative case management 
of recovering service members by the Department of 
Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs 
during the transition. 
(3) Procedures for the notification of Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs liaison personnel of the 
commencement by recovering service members of the 
medical evaluation process and the physical dis-
ability evaluation process. 
(4) Procedures and timelines for the enrollment 
of recovering service members in applicable enroll-
ment or application systems of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs with respect to health care, dis-
ability, education, vocational rehabilitation, or other 
benefits. 
(5) Procedures to ensure the access of recov-
ering service members during the transition to voca-
tional, educational, and rehabilitation benefits avail-
able through the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
(6) Standards for the optimal location of De-
partment of Defense and Department of Veterans 
Affairs liaison and case management personnel at 
military medical treatment facilities, medical centers,
1121 
and other medical facilities of the Department of 
Defense. 
(7) Standards and procedures for integrated 
medical care and management of recovering service 
members during the transition, including procedures 
for the assignment of medical personnel of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs to Department of De-
fense facilities to participate in the needs assess-
ments of recovering service members before, during, 
and after their separation from military service. 
(8) Standards for the preparation of detailed 
plans for the transition of recovering service mem-
bers from care and treatment by the Department of 
Defense to care, treatment, and rehabilitation by the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, which plans shall— 
(A) be based on standardized elements 
with respect to care and treatment require-
ments and other applicable requirements; and 
(B) take into account the comprehensive 
recovery plan for the recovering service member 
concerned 
as 
developed 
under 
section 
1611(e)(1). 
(9) Procedures to ensure that each recovering 
service member who is being retired or separated 
under chapter 61 of title 10, United States Code, re-
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ceives a written transition plan, prior to the time of 
retirement or separation, that— 
(A) specifies the recommended schedule 
and milestones for the transition of the service 
member from military service; 
(B) provides for a coordinated transition of 
the service member from the Department of 
Defense disability evaluation system to the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs disability system; 
and 
(C) includes information and guidance de-
signed to assist the service member in under-
standing and meeting the schedule and mile-
stones specified under subparagraph (A) for the 
service member’s transition. 
(10) Procedures for the transmittal from the 
Department of Defense to the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs of records and any other required in-
formation on each recovering service member de-
scribed in paragraph (9), which procedures shall 
provide for the transmission from the Department of 
Defense to the Department of Veterans Affairs of 
records and information on the service member as 
follows: