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(2) after such consultation, notifies those com-
mittees in writing of the proposed transfer not less 
than five days before the transfer is made. 
SEC. 1514. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. 
Funds in this title shall be made available for obliga-
tion to the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and De-
fense-wide components by the end of the second quarter of 
fiscal year 2006. 
Subtitle B—Personnel Provisions 
SEC. 1521. INCREASE IN ACTIVE ARMY AND MARINE CORPS 
STRENGTH LEVELS. 
(a) AUTHORIZED END STRENGTHS.—The end strength 
level authorized for fiscal year 2006 under section 401— 
(1) for the Army is hereby increased by 30,000; 
and 
(2) for the Marine Corps is hereby increased by 
4,000. 
(b) STATUTORY MINIMUM ACTIVE STRENGTH LEV-
ELS.— 
(1) ARMY.—The minimum strength for the Army 
under section 691(b) of title 10, United States Code 
(notwithstanding the number specified in paragraph 
(1) of that section) for the period beginning on Octo-
ber 1, 2005, and ending on September 30, 2006, shall
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be the number specified in section 401(1) of this Act, 
increased by 30,000. 
(2) MARINE CORPS.—The minimum strength for 
the Marine Corps under section 691(b) of title 10, 
United States Code (notwithstanding the number 
specified in paragraph (3) of that section) for the pe-
riod beginning on October 1, 2005, and ending on 
September 30, 2006, shall be the number specified in 
section 401(3) of this Act, increased by 4,000. 
(c) LIMITATION.—The authorized strengths for the 
Army and Marine Corps provided in subsection (a) for ac-
tive duty personnel for fiscal year 2006 are subject to the 
condition that costs of active-duty personnel of the Army 
and the Marine Corps for that fiscal year in excess of 
482,400 and 175,000, respectively, shall be paid out of 
funds appropriated for that fiscal year for a contingent 
emergency reserve fund or as an emergency supplemental 
appropriation. 
SEC. 1522. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY FOR INCREASES OF 
ARMY AND MARINE CORPS ACTIVE DUTY END 
STRENGTHS 
FOR 
FISCAL 
YEARS 
2007 
THROUGH 2009. 
Effective October 1, 2006, the text of section 403 of the 
Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for
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Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108–375; 118 Stat. 1863) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(1) ARMY.—For each of fiscal years 2007, 2008, 
and 2009, the Secretary of Defense may, as the Sec-
retary determines necessary for the purposes specified 
in paragraph (3), establish the active-duty end 
strength for the Army at a number greater than the 
number otherwise authorized by law up to the number 
equal to the fiscal-year 2006 baseline plus 20,000. 
‘‘(2) MARINE CORPS.—For each of fiscal years 
2007, 2008, and 2009, the Secretary of Defense may, 
as the Secretary determines necessary for the purposes 
specified in paragraph (3), establish the active-duty 
end strength for the Marine Corps at a number great-
er than the number otherwise authorized by law up 
to the number equal to the fiscal-year 2006 baseline 
plus 5,000. 
‘‘(3) PURPOSE OF INCREASES.—The purposes for 
which increases may be made in Army and Marine 
Corps active duty end strengths under paragraphs (1) 
and (2) are— 
‘‘(A) to support operational missions; and 
‘‘(B) to achieve transformational reorga-
nization objectives, including objectives for in-
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creased numbers of combat brigades and battal-
ions, increased unit manning, force stabilization 
and shaping, and rebalancing of the active and 
reserve component forces. 
‘‘(4) FISCAL-YEAR 2006 BASELINE.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘fiscal-year 2006 baseline’, with re-
spect to the Army and Marine Corps, means the ac-
tive-duty end strength authorized for those services in 
section 1521 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2006. 
‘‘(5) ACTIVE-DUTY END STRENGTH.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘active-duty end strength’ means the 
strength for active-duty personnel of one the Armed 
Forces as of the last day of a fiscal year. 
‘‘(b) RELATIONSHIP TO PRESIDENTIAL WAIVER AU-
THORITY.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to 
limit the President’s authority under section 123a of title 
10, United States Code, to waive any statutory end strength 
in a time of war or national emergency. 
‘‘(c) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER VARIANCE AUTHOR-
ITY.—The authority under subsection (a) is in addition to 
the authority to vary authorized end strengths that is pro-
vided in subsections (e) and (f) of section 115 of title 10, 
United States Code. 
‘‘(d) BUDGET TREATMENT.—
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‘‘(1) FISCAL YEAR 2007 BUDGET.—The budget for 
the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2007 as sub-
mitted to Congress shall comply, with respect to fund-
ing, with subsections (c) and (d) of section 691 of title 
10, United States Code. 
‘‘(2) OTHER INCREASES.—If the Secretary of De-
fense plans to increase the Army or Marine Corps ac-
tive duty end strength for a fiscal year under sub-
section (a), then the budget for the Department of De-
fense for that fiscal year as submitted to Congress 
shall include the amounts necessary for funding that 
active duty end strength in excess of the fiscal year 
2006 active duty end strength authorized for that 
service under section 401 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006.’’. 
SEC. 1523. MILITARY DEATH GRATUITY ENHANCEMENT. 
(a) INCREASE IN AMOUNT.—Section 1478 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as 
subsections (c) and (e), respectively; 
(2) by designating the second sentence of sub-
section (a) as subsection (b) and by striking therein 
‘‘this purpose’’ and inserting ‘‘the purpose of sub-
section (a)’’;
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(3) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘title shall be 
$12,000 (as adjusted under subsection (c)).’’ and in-
serting the following: ‘‘title— 
‘‘(1) except as provided in paragraph (2), shall 
be $12,000 (as adjusted under subsection (e)); and 
‘‘(2) in the case of a death described in sub-
section (d), shall be $100,000.’’; 
(4) by inserting after subsection (c), as redesig-
nated by paragraph (1), the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) A death referred to in subsection (a)(2) is a death 
resulting from wounds, injuries, or illnesses that are— 
‘‘(1) incurred as described in section 1413a(e)(2) 
of this title; or 
‘‘(2) incurred in an operation designated by the 
Secretary of Defense as a combat operation or in an 
area designated by the Secretary as a combat zone.’’; 
and 
(5) in subsection (e), as redesignated by para-
graph (1), by striking ‘‘subsection (a)’’ and inserting 
‘‘subsection (a)(1)’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2005, immediately 
after the provisions of the second sentence of section 
1013(e)(2) of division A of the Emergency Supplemental
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Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, 
and Tsunami Relief, 2005 (Public Law 109–13). 
SEC. 1524. PERMANENT PROHIBITION AGAINST REQUIRING 
CERTAIN INJURED MEMBERS TO PAY FOR 
MEALS PROVIDED BY MILITARY TREATMENT 
FACILITIES. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Section 402 of title 37, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection 
(i); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (g) the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(h) NO PAYMENT FOR MEALS RECEIVED AT MILI-
TARY TREATMENT FACILITIES.—(1) A member of the armed 
forces who is undergoing medical recuperation or therapy, 
or is otherwise in the status of continuous care, including 
outpatient care, at a military treatment facility for an in-
jury, illness, or disease described in paragraph (2) shall not 
be required to pay, during any month in which the member 
is entitled to a basic allowance for subsistence under this 
section, any charge for meals provided to the member by 
the military treatment facility. 
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) applies with respect to an injury, 
illness, or disease incurred or aggravated by a member 
while the member was serving on active duty—
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‘‘(A) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom or 
Operation Enduring Freedom; or 
‘‘(B) in any other operation designated by the 
Secretary of Defense as a combat operation or in an 
area designated by the Secretary as a combat zone.’’. 
(b) REPEAL
OF TEMPORARY AUTHORITY.—Section 
1023 of division A of the Emergency Supplemental Appro-
priations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and 
Tsunami Relief, 2005 (Public Law 109–13), is repealed. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall take effect on the earlier of the following: 
(1) The date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) September 30, 2005. 
SEC. 1525. PERMANENT AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE TRAVEL 
AND TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCES FOR 
DEPENDENTS TO VISIT HOSPITALIZED MEM-
BERS INJURED IN COMBAT OPERATION OR 
COMBAT ZONE. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO CONTINUE ALLOWANCE.—Effective 
as of September 30, 2005, section 1026 of division A of the 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, 
the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005 (Pub-
lic Law 109–13), is amended by striking subsections (d) 
and (e).
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(b) CODIFICATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENT.— 
Section 411h of title 37, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) If the amount of travel and transportation allow-
ances provided in a fiscal year under clause (ii) of sub-
section (a)(2)(B) exceeds $20,000,000, the Secretary of De-
fense shall submit to Congress a report specifying the total 
amount of travel and transportation allowances provided 
under such clause in such fiscal year.’’. 
(c) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Subsection 
(a)(2)(B)(ii) of such section, as added by section 1026 of 
division A of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations 
Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami 
Relief, 2005 (Public Law 109–13), is amended by striking 
‘‘under section 1967(c)(1)(A) of title 38’’. 
SEC. 1526. PERMANENT INCREASE IN LENGTH OF TIME DE-
PENDENTS OF CERTAIN DECEASED MEMBERS 
MAY CONTINUE TO OCCUPY MILITARY FAMILY 
HOUSING OR RECEIVE BASIC ALLOWANCE 
FOR HOUSING. 
Effective as of September 30, 2005, section 1022 of di-
vision A of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations 
Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami 
Relief, 2005 (Public Law 109–13), is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(a)’’; and
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(2) by striking subsection (b). 
SEC. 1527. AVAILABILITY OF SPECIAL PAY FOR MEMBERS 
DURING REHABILITATION FROM COMBAT-RE-
LATED INJURIES. 
(a) SPECIAL PAY AUTHORIZED.—Chapter 5 of title 37, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section: 
‘‘§ 327. Combat-related injury rehabilitation pay 
‘‘(a) SPECIAL PAY AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary con-
cerned may pay monthly special pay under this section to 
a member of the armed forces who incurs a combat-related 
injury in a combat operation or combat zone designated 
by the Secretary of Defense and is evacuated from the the-
ater of the combat operation or from the combat zone for 
medical treatment. 
‘‘(b) COMMENCEMENT OF PAYMENT.—Subject to sub-
section (c), the special pay authorized by subsection (a) 
may be paid to a member described in such subsection for 
any month beginning after the date on which the member 
was evacuated from the theater of the combat operation or 
the combat zone in which the member incurred the combat- 
related injury. 
‘‘(c) TERMINATION OF PAYMENTS.—The payment of 
special pay to a member under subsection (a) shall termi-
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nate at the end of the first month during which any of the 
following occurs: 
‘‘(1) The member is paid a benefit under the 
traumatic 
injury 
protection 
rider 
of 
the 
Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance Program 
issued under section 1980A of title 38. 
‘‘(2) The member is no longer hospitalized in a 
military treatment facility or a facility under the 
auspices of the military health care system. 
‘‘(d) AMOUNT OF SPECIAL PAY.—The monthly amount 
of special pay paid to a member under this section shall 
be equal to $430. 
‘‘(e) RELATIONSHIP
TO OTHER PAY
AND ALLOW-
ANCES.—Special pay paid to a member under this section 
is in addition to any other pay and allowances to which 
the member is entitled or authorized to receive. 
‘‘(f) COMBAT-RELATED DISABILITY.—In this section, 
the term ‘combat-related injury’, with respect to a member, 
means a wound, injury, or illness that is incurred (as deter-
mined using the criteria prescribed by the Secretary of De-
fense under section 1413a(e)(2) of title 10) by the member— 
‘‘(1) as a direct result of armed conflict; 
‘‘(2) while engaged in hazardous service; 
‘‘(3) in the performance of duty under conditions 
simulating war; or
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‘‘(4) through an instrumentality of war.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 5 of such title is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new item: 
‘‘327. Combat-related injury rehabilitation pay.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The Secretary of a military 
department may provide special pay under section 327 of 
title 37, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), 
for months beginning on or after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. A member of the Armed Forces who incurred 
a combat-related injury, as defined in subsection (f) of such 
section, before the date of the enactment of this Act may 
receive such pay for months beginning on or after that date 
so long as the member continues to satisfy the eligibility 
criteria specified in such section. 
SEC. 1528. ALLOWANCE TO COVER MONTHLY DEDUCTION 
FROM BASIC PAY FOR SERVICEMEMBERS’ 
GROUP LIFE INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR 
MEMBERS SERVING IN OPERATION ENDUR-
ING FREEDOM OR OPERATION IRAQI FREE-
DOM. 
(a) ALLOWANCE
TO COVER SGLI DEDUCTIONS.— 
Chapter 7 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new section:
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‘‘§ 437. Allowance to cover monthly premium for 
Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance: 
members serving in Operation Enduring 
Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom 
‘‘(a) REIMBURSEMENT FOR PREMIUM DEDUCTION.— 
In the case of a member of the armed forces who has ob-
tained insurance coverage for the member under the 
Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance program under sub-
chapter III of chapter 19 of title 38 and who serves in the 
theater of operations for Operation Enduring Freedom or 
Operation Iraqi Freedom at any time during a month, the 
Secretary concerned shall pay the member an allowance 
under this section for that month in an amount equal to 
the lesser of the following: 
‘‘(1) The amount of the deduction actually made 
for that month from the basic pay of the member for 
the amount of Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance 
coverage obtained by the member under section 1967 
of title 38. 
‘‘(2) The amount of the deduction otherwise 
made under subsection (a)(1) of section 1969 of title 
38 for members who have in effect for themselves the 
maximum amount of coverage under section 1967(a) 
of title 38. 
‘‘(b) NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF ALLOWANCE.—To 
the maximum extent practicable, in advance of the deploy-