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‘‘(5) The budget estimate for that organization 
for the next five fiscal years after the fiscal year for 
which the budget is submitted. 
‘‘(c) DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE POW/MIA AC-
COUNTING AND RECOVERY ORGANIZATIONS.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘Department of Defense POW/MIA ac-
counting and recovery organization’ means any of the fol-
lowing (and any successor organization): 
‘‘(1) The Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Per-
sonnel Office (DPMO). 
‘‘(2) The Joint POW/MIA Accounting Com-
mand (JPAC). 
‘‘(3) The Armed Forces DNA Identification 
Laboratory (AFDIL). 
‘‘(4) The Life Sciences Equipment Laboratory 
(LSEL) of the Air Force. 
‘‘(5) Any other element of the Department of 
Defense the mission of which (as designated by the 
Secretary of Defense) involves the accounting for 
and recovery of members of the armed forces who 
are missing in action or prisoners of war or who are 
unaccounted for. 
‘‘(d) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘budget’, with respect to a fiscal 
year, means the budget for that fiscal year that is
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submitted to Congress by the President under sec-
tion 1105(a) of title 31. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘defense budget materials’, with 
respect to a fiscal year, means the materials sub-
mitted to Congress by the Secretary of Defense in 
support of the budget for that fiscal year.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item:
‘‘234. POW/MIA activities: display of budget information.’’.
Subtitle 
H—Assistance 
to 
Local 
Educational Agencies for De-
fense Dependents Education 
SEC. 571. CONTINUATION OF AUTHORITY TO ASSIST LOCAL 
EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES THAT BENEFIT DE-
PENDENTS OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
FORCES AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CI-
VILIAN EMPLOYEES. 
(a) ASSISTANCE TO SCHOOLS WITH SIGNIFICANT 
NUMBERS OF MILITARY DEPENDENT STUDENTS.—Of the 
amount authorized to be appropriated pursuant to section 
301(5) for operation and maintenance for Defense-wide 
activities, $50,000,000 shall be available only for the pur-
pose of providing assistance to local educational agencies 
under subsection (a) of section 572 of the National De-
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fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 
109–163; 119 Stat. 3271; 20 U.S.C. 7703b). 
(b) ASSISTANCE TO SCHOOLS WITH ENROLLMENT 
CHANGES DUE TO BASE CLOSURES, FORCE STRUCTURE 
CHANGES, OR FORCE RELOCATIONS.—Of the amount au-
thorized to be appropriated pursuant to section 301(5) for 
operation and maintenance for Defense-wide activities, 
$15,000,000 shall be available only for the purpose of pro-
viding assistance to local educational agencies under sub-
section (b) of such section 572. 
(c) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 8013(9) of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7713(9)). 
SEC. 572. ENROLLMENT IN DEFENSE DEPENDENTS’ EDU-
CATION SYSTEM OF DEPENDENTS OF FOR-
EIGN MILITARY MEMBERS ASSIGNED TO SU-
PREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED POWERS, 
EUROPE. 
Section 1404A of the Defense Dependents’ Education 
Act of 1978 (20 U.S.C. 923a) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking ‘‘of the children’’ and in-
serting ‘‘of—
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‘‘(1) the children’’; 
(B) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) the children of a foreign military member 
assigned to the Supreme Headquarters Allied Pow-
ers, Europe, but only in a school of the defense de-
pendents’ education system in Mons, Belgium.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(c) SPECIAL RULES REGARDING ENROLLMENT OF 
DEPENDENTS
OF FOREIGN MILITARY MEMBERS AS-
SIGNED TO SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED POWERS, 
EUROPE.—(1) In the regulations required by subsection 
(a), the Secretary shall prescribe a methodology based on 
the estimated total number of dependents of sponsors 
under section 1414(2) enrolled in schools of the defense 
dependents’ education system in Mons, Belgium, to deter-
mine the number of children described in paragraph (2) 
of subsection (a) who will be authorized to enroll under 
such subsection. 
‘‘(2) If the number of children described in paragraph 
(2) of subsection (a) who seek enrollment in schools of 
the defense dependents’ education system in Mons, Bel-
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gium, exceeds the number authorized by the Secretary 
under paragraph (1), the Secretary may enroll the addi-
tional children on a space-available, tuition-free basis not-
withstanding section 1404(d)(2).’’. 
Subtitle I—Postal Benefits 
SEC. 575. POSTAL BENEFITS PROGRAM FOR MEMBERS OF 
THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in con-
sultation with the United States Postal Service, shall pro-
vide for a program under which postal benefits shall be 
provided to qualified individuals in accordance with this 
subtitle. 
(b) QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL.—For purposes of this 
subtitle, the term ‘‘qualified individual’’ means an indi-
vidual—
(1) who is a member of the Armed Forces on 
active duty (as defined in section 101 of title 10, 
United States Code); and 
(2) who is—
(A) serving in Iraq or Afghanistan; or 
(B) hospitalized at a facility under the ju-
risdiction of the Armed Forces as a result of a 
disease or injury incurred as a result of service 
in Iraq or Afghanistan. 
(c) POSTAL BENEFITS DESCRIBED.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The postal benefits provided 
under this subtitle shall consist of such coupons or 
other similar evidence of credit (whether in printed, 
electronic, or other format, and hereinafter in this 
subtitle referred to as ‘‘vouchers’’) as the Secretary 
of Defense (in consultation with the Postal Service) 
shall determine, entitling the bearer or user to make 
qualified mailings free of postage. 
(2) QUALIFIED MAILING.—For purposes of this 
subtitle, the term ‘‘qualified mailing’’ means the 
mailing of any mail matter which—
(A) is described in subparagraph (A), (B), 
(C), or (D) of paragraph (3); 
(B) is sent from within an area served by 
a United States post office; and 
(C) is addressed to a qualified individual. 
(3) MAIL MATTER DESCRIBED.—The mail mat-
ter described in this paragraph is—
(A) any letter mail not exceeding 13 
ounces in weight and having the character of 
personal correspondence; 
(B) any sound- or video-recorded commu-
nications not exceeding 15 pounds in weight 
and having the character of personal cor-
respondence;
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(C) any ground parcel not exceeding 15 
pounds in weight; and 
(D) any bound printed matter not exceed-
ing 15 pounds in weight. 
(4) LIMITATIONS.—
(A) NUMBER.—An individual shall be eligi-
ble for one voucher for each month in which 
such individual is a qualified individual. 
(B) USE.—Any such voucher may not be 
used—
(i) for more than a single qualified 
mailing; or 
(ii) after the earlier of—
(I) the expiration date of such 
voucher, as designated by the Sec-
retary of Defense; or 
(II) the last day of the one-year 
period referred to in section 577. 
(5) 
COORDINATION
RULE.—Postal 
benefits 
under this subtitle shall be in addition to, and not 
in lieu of, any reduced rates of postage or other 
similar benefits which might otherwise be available 
by or under law, including any rates of postage re-
sulting from the application of section 3401(b) of 
title 39, United States Code.
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(d) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
(in consultation with the Postal Service) shall prescribe 
any regulations necessary to carry out this subtitle, includ-
ing—
(1) procedures by which vouchers will be pro-
vided or made available (including measures to allow 
vouchers to reach, in a timely manner, the persons 
selected by qualified individuals to use the vouchers); 
and 
(2) procedures to ensure that the number of 
vouchers provided or made available with respect to 
any qualified individual complies with subsection 
(c)(4)(A). 
SEC. 576. FUNDING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Funding for the expenses in-
curred by the Department of Defense for any fiscal year 
in providing postal benefits under this subtitle shall be 
paid out of funds authorized to be appropriated for that 
fiscal year for a contingent emergency reserve fund or as 
an emergency supplemental appropriations. 
(b) TRANSFERS TO POSTAL SERVICE.—
(1) BASED ON ESTIMATES.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall transfer to the Postal Service, out of 
any amount so appropriated and in advance of each
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calendar quarter during which postal benefits under 
this subtitle may be used, an amount equal to the 
amount of postal benefits that the Secretary of De-
fense estimates will be used during such quarter, re-
duced or increased (as the case may be) by any 
amounts by which the Secretary finds that a deter-
mination under this subtitle for a prior quarter was 
greater than or less than the amount finally deter-
mined for such quarter. 
(2) BASED
ON
FINAL
DETERMINATION.—A 
final determination of the amount necessary to cor-
rect any previous determination under this section, 
and any transfer of amounts between the Postal 
Service and the Department of Defense based on 
that final determination, shall be made not later 
than six months after the end of the one-year period 
referred to in section 577. 
(c) CONSULTATION REQUIRED.—All estimates and 
determinations under this section of the amount of postal 
benefits under this subtitle used in any period shall be 
made by the Secretary of Defense in consultation with the 
Postal Service. 
SEC. 577. DURATION. 
The postal benefits under this subtitle shall apply 
with respect to mail matter sent during the one-year pe-
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riod beginning on the date on which the regulations under 
section 575(d) take effect. 
Subtitle J—Other Matters 
SEC. 581. REDUCTION IN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AC-
CRUAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE MILITARY RETIREMENT FUND. 
(a) DETERMINATION OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE 
FUND.—
(1) CALCULATION OF ANNUAL DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE CONTRIBUTION.—Subsection (b)(1) of sec-
tion 1465 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed—
(A) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking 
‘‘to members of ’’ and all that follows and in-
serting ‘‘for active duty (other than the Coast 
Guard) and for full-time National Guard duty 
(other than full-time National Guard duty for 
training only), but excluding any duty that 
would be excluded for active-duty end strength 
purposes by section 115(i) of this title.’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B)(ii)—
(i) by striking ‘‘Ready Reserve’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Selected Reserve’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘Coast Guard and 
other than members on full-time National
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Guard duty other than for training) who 
are’’ and inserting ‘‘Coast Guard) for serv-
ice’’. 
(2) QUADRENNIAL
ACTUARIAL
VALUATION.—
Subsection (c)(1) of such section is amended —
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘for 
members of the armed forces’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘for training only)’’ and inserting 
‘‘for active duty (other than the Coast Guard) 
and for full-time National Guard duty (other 
than full-time National Guard duty for training 
only), but excluding any duty that would be ex-
cluded for active-duty end strength purposes by 
section 115(i) of this title’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B)—
(i) by striking ‘‘Ready Reserve’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Selected Reserve’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘Coast Guard and 
other than members on full-time National 
Guard duty other than for training) who 
are’’ and inserting ‘‘Coast Guard) for serv-
ice’’. 
(b) PAYMENTS INTO THE FUND.—Section 1466(a) of 
such title is amended—
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(1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘by mem-
bers’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘for active 
duty (other than the Coast Guard) and for full-time 
National Guard duty (other than full-time National 
Guard duty for training only), but excluding any 
duty that would be excluded for active-duty end 
strength purposes by section 115(i) of this title’’; 
and 
(2) in paragraph (2)(B)—
(A) by striking ‘‘Ready’’ and inserting 
‘‘Selected’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Coast Guard and other 
than members on full-time National Guard duty 
other than for training) who are’’ and inserting 
‘‘Coast Guard) for service’’. 
SEC. 582. DENTAL CORPS OF THE BUREAU OF MEDICINE 
AND SURGERY. 
(a) DELETION OF REFERENCES TO DENTAL DIVI-
SION.—Section 5138 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking the first sentence; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Dental Division’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Dental Corps’’ in the second sentence;