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(4) the Secretary of Defense should develop a 
plan to increase the use of emerging technologies in 
autonomous systems, the commercial gaming sector, 
and artificial intelligence for training exercises for 
members of the Armed Forces to increase training ef-
fectiveness and reduce costs. 
TITLE III—OPERATION AND 
MAINTENANCE 
Subtitle A—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FUNDING. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2013 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 
activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for ex-
penses, not otherwise provided for, for operation and main-
tenance, as specified in the funding table in section 4301. 
Subtitle B—Energy and 
Environmental Provisions 
SEC. 311. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE GUIDANCE ON ENVI-
RONMENTAL EXPOSURES AT MILITARY IN-
STALLATIONS. 
(a) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
issue to the appropriate military departments and other de-
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fense agencies written guidance on environmental exposures 
at military installations. The guidance shall— 
(1) set forth criteria for when and under what 
circumstances public health assessments by the Agen-
cy for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry shall be 
requested in connection with environmental contami-
nation at military installations, including past inci-
dents of environmental contamination; 
(2) establish procedures for tracking and docu-
menting the status and nature of responses to the 
findings and recommendations of the public health as-
sessments of the Agency of Toxic Substances and Dis-
ease Registry that involve contamination at military 
installations; and 
(3) prescribe appropriate actions with respect to 
the identification of military and civilian individuals 
who may have been exposed to contamination while 
living or working on military installations. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after issuing the 
guidance required under subsection (a), the Secretary of De-
fense shall transmit a copy of the guidance to the congres-
sional defense committees. 
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SEC. 312. FUNDING OF AGREEMENTS UNDER THE SIKES 
ACT. 
Section 103a of the Sikes Act (16 U.S.C. 670c–1) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘Funds’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) In the case of a cooperative agreement under sub-
section (a)(2), such funds— 
‘‘(A) may be paid in a lump sum and include 
an amount intended to cover the future costs of the 
natural resource maintenance and improvement ac-
tivities provided for under the agreement; and 
‘‘(B) may be placed by the recipient in an inter-
est-bearing account, and any interest shall be applied 
for the same purposes as the principal.’’; and 
(2) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS; AGREEMENT UNDER 
OTHER LAWS.—(1) Cooperative agreements and inter-
agency agreements entered into under this section shall be 
subject to the availability of funds. 
‘‘(2) Notwithstanding chapter 63 of title 31, a coopera-
tive agreement under this section may be used to acquire 
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property or services for the direct benefit or use of the 
United States Government.’’. 
SEC. 313. REPORT ON PROPERTY DISPOSALS AND ADDI-
TIONAL AUTHORITIES TO ASSIST LOCAL COM-
MUNITIES AROUND CLOSED MILITARY IN-
STALLATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re-
port on the disposition of any not yet completed closure of 
an active duty military installation since 1988 in the 
United States that was not subject to the property disposal 
provisions contained in the Defense Base Closure and Re-
alignment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 
101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note). 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall include the following: 
(1) The status of property described in subsection 
(a) that is yet to be disposed of. 
(2) An assessment of the environmental condi-
tions of, and plans and costs for environmental reme-
diation for, each such property. 
(3) The anticipated schedule for the completion 
of the disposal of each such property. 
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(4) An estimate of the costs, and a description 
of additional potential future financial liability or 
other impacts on the Department of Defense, if the 
authorities provided by Congress for military instal-
lations closed under defense base closure and realign-
ment (BRAC) are extended to military installations 
closed outside the defense base closure and realign-
ment process and for which property has yet to be 
disposed. 
(5) Such recommendations as the Secretary con-
siders appropriate for additional authorities to assist 
the Department in expediting the disposal of property 
at closed military installations in order to facilitate 
economic redevelopment for local communities. 
(c) MILITARY INSTALLATION DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘military installation’’ means a base, camp, 
post, station, yard, center, homeport facility for any ship, 
or other activity under the jurisdiction of the Department 
of Defense, which is located within any of the several States, 
the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth 
of the Northern Mariana Islands, or Guam. 
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Subtitle C—Logistics and 
Sustainment 
SEC. 321. REPEAL OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO 
DEPOT-LEVEL MAINTENANCE. 
(a) REPEAL.— 
(1) Section 2460 of title 10, United States Code 
(as amended by section 321 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 
112–81)), is repealed. 
(2) Section 2464 of title 10, United States Code 
(as amended by section 327 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012), is repealed. 
(b) REVIVAL OF SUPERSEDED PROVISIONS.— 
(1) The provisions of section 2460 of title 10, 
United States Code, as in effect on December 30, 2011 
(the day before the date of the enactment of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2012), are hereby revived. 
(2)(A) The provisions of section 2464 of 10, 
United States Code, as in effect on that date, are 
hereby revived. 
(B) The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 146 of such title is amended by striking the 
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SEC. 322. EXPANSION AND REAUTHORIZATION OF MULTI- 
TRADES DEMONSTRATION PROJECT. 
(a) EXPANSION.—Section 338 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (10 U.S.C. 5013 
note) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(a) DEMONSTRATION PROJECT AUTHORIZED.—In 
accordance with section 4703 of title 5, United States Code, 
the Secretary of a military department may carry out a 
demonstration project at facilities described in subsection 
(b) under which workers who are certified at the journey 
level as able to perform multiple trades shall be promoted 
by one grade level.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Logistics Cen-
ter, Navy Fleet Readiness Center,’’ and inserting ‘‘Lo-
gistics Complex, Navy Fleet Readiness Center, Navy 
shipyard, Marine Corps Logistics Base,’’. 
(b) REAUTHORIZATION.—Such section is further 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘2013’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2018’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘2014’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2019’’. 
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SEC. 323. RATING CHAINS FOR SYSTEM PROGRAM MAN-
AGERS. 
The Secretary of the Air Force, in managing system 
program management responsibilities for sustainment pro-
grams not assigned to a program executive officer or a di-
rect reporting program manager, shall comply with the De-
partment of Defense Instructions regarding assignment of 
program responsibility. 
Subtitle D—Reports 
SEC. 331. ANNUAL REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
LONG-TERM CORROSION STRATEGY. 
Section 2228(e) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘, 
including available validated data on return on 
investment for completed corrosion projects and 
activities’’ after ‘‘the strategy’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘For 
the fiscal year covered by the report and the pre-
ceding fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘For the pre-
ceding fiscal year covered by the report’’; and 
(C) by inserting at the end the following 
new subparagraph: 
‘‘(F) For the preceding fiscal year covered by the 
report, a breakdown of the amount of funds used for 
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military corrosion projects, the Technical Corrosion 
Collaboration pilot program, and other corrosion-re-
lated activities.’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (2). 
SEC. 332. MODIFIED DEADLINE FOR COMPTROLLER GEN-
ERAL 
REVIEW 
OF 
ANNUAL 
REPORT 
ON 
PREPOSITIONED MATERIEL AND EQUIPMENT. 
Section 2229a(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘By not later than 120 days after the 
date on which a report is submitted under subsection (a), 
the Comptroller General shall review the report’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘The Comptroller General shall review the report sub-
mitted under subsection (a)’’. 
Subtitle E—Other Matters 
SEC. 341. SAVINGS TO BE ACHIEVED IN CIVILIAN WORK-
FORCE AND CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEE WORK-
FORCE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) REQUIRED SAVINGS.—Commencing not later than 
90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall begin the implementation of an effi-
ciencies plan for the civilian workforce and the service con-
tractor workforce of the Department of Defense which shall 
achieve savings in the funding for each such workforce over 
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the period from fiscal year 2012 through fiscal year 2017 
that are not less, as a percentage of such funding, than the 
savings in funding for military personnel achieved by the 
planned reduction in military end strengths over the same 
period of time. 
(b) EXCLUSIONS.—The funding reduction required by 
subsection (a) shall not include funding for the following: 
(1) Civilian personnel expenses for personnel as 
follows: 
(A) Personnel in Mission Critical Occupa-
tions, as defined by the Civilian Human Capital 
Strategic Plan of the Department of Defense and 
the Acquisition Workforce Plan of the Depart-
ment of Defense. 
(B) Personnel employed at facilities pro-
viding core logistics capabilities pursuant to sec-
tion 2464 of title 10, United States Code. 
(C) Personnel in the Offices of the Inspec-
tors General of the Department of Defense. 
(2) Service contractor expenses for personnel as 
follows: 
(A) Personnel performing maintenance and 
repair of military equipment. 
(B) Personnel providing medical services. 
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(C) Personnel performing financial audit 
services. 
(3) Personnel expenses for personnel in the civil-
ian personnel or service contractor workforce per-
forming such other critical functions as may be iden-
tified by the Secretary as requiring exemption in the 
interest of the national defense. 
(c) REPORTS.— 
(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a report including a comprehensive descrip-
tion of the plan required by subsection (a). 
(2) STATUS REPORTS.—Not later than 60 days 
after the end of each fiscal year from fiscal year 2013 
through fiscal year 2017, the Secretary shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report de-
scribing the implementation of the plan during the 
prior fiscal year. Each such report shall include a di-
rect comparison of the savings achieved under the 
plan to the savings achieved in the same fiscal year 
through reductions in military end strengths. In any 
case in which savings fall short of the annual target, 
the report shall include an explanation of the reasons 
for such shortfall. 
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(3) EXEMPTIONS.—Each report under para-
graphs (1) and (2) shall specifically identify any ex-
emption granted by the Secretary under subsection 
(b)(3) in the period of time covered by the report. 
(d) LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS OF FUNCTIONS.—The 
Secretary shall ensure that the savings required by this sec-
tion are not achieved through unjustified transfers of func-
tions between or among the military, civilian, and service 
contractor workforces of the Department of Defense. 
(e) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that an amount equal to 30 percent of the amount of the 
reductions in appropriated funds attributable to reduced 
budgets for the civilian and service contractor workforces 
of the Department by reason of the plan required by sub-
section (a) should be made available for costs of assisting 
military personnel separated from the Armed Forces in the 
transition from military service. 
(f) SERVICE CONTRACTOR WORKFORCE DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘service contractor workforce’’ means 
contractor employees performing contract services, as de-
fined in section 2330(c)(2) of title 10, United States Code, 
other than contract services that are funded out of amounts 
available for overseas contingency operations. 
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SEC. 342. NATO SPECIAL OPERATIONS HEADQUARTERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 138 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section: 
‘‘§ 2350n. NATO Special Operations Headquarters 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—Of the amounts authorized to 
be appropriated for fiscal year 2013 and for subsequent fis-
cal years for the Department of Defense for operation and 
maintenance, up to $50,000,000 may be used for a fiscal 
year for the purposes set forth in subsection (b) for support 
of operations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
(NATO) Special Operations Headquarters. 
‘‘(b) PURPOSES.—The Secretary of Defense may pro-
vide funds for the NATO Special Operations Head-
quarters— 
‘‘(1) to improve coordination and cooperation be-
tween the special operations forces of NATO member 
countries; 
‘‘(2) to facilitate joint operations by special oper-
ations forces of NATO member countries; 
‘‘(3) to support command, control, and commu-
nications capabilities peculiar to special operations 
forces of NATO member countries; 
‘‘(4) to promote special operations forces intel-
ligence and informational requirements within the 
NATO structure; and 
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‘‘(5) to promote interoperability through the de-
velopment of common equipment standards, tactics, 
techniques, and procedures, and through execution of 
multinational education and training programs. 
‘‘(c) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than April 1 of each 
year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report regarding Department 
of Defense support for the NATO Special Operations Head-
quarters. Each report shall include the following: 
‘‘(1) The total amount of funding provided to the 
NATO Special Operations Headquarters. 
‘‘(2) A summary of the activities funded with 
such support. 
‘‘(3) Other contributions, financial or in kind, 
provided in support of the NATO Special Operations 
Headquarters by other NATO member countries.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 2350m the following new item: 
‘‘2350n. NATO Special Operations Headquarters.’’. 
SEC. 343. REPEAL OF REDUNDANT AUTHORITY TO ENSURE 
INTEROPERABILITY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT 
AND EMERGENCY RESPONDER TRAINING. 
Section 372 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’; and 
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(2) by striking subsection (b). 
SEC. 344. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON NAVY FLEET RE-
QUIREMENTS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) The Secretary of the Navy, in supporting the 
operational requirements of the combatant commands, 
should maintain in the operational capability of and 
perform the necessary maintenance on each cruiser 
and dock landing ship belonging to the Navy; 
(2) for retirements of ships owned by the Navy 
prior to their projected end of service life, the Chief 
of Naval Operations must explain to the Congres-
sional Defense Committees how the retention of each 
ship would degrade the overall readiness of the fleet 
and endanger United States National Security and 
the objectives of the combatant commanders; and 
(3) revitalizing the Navy’s 30-year shipbuilding 
plan should be a national priority, and a commensu-
rate amount of increased funding should be provided 
to the Navy in the Future Years Defense Program to 
help close the gap between requirements and the cur-
rent size of the fleet. 
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TITLE IV—MILITARY PERSONNEL 
AUTHORIZATIONS 
Subtitle A—Active Forces 
SEC. 401. END STRENGTHS FOR ACTIVE FORCES. 
The Armed Forces are authorized strengths for active 
duty personnel as of September 30, 2013, as follows: 
(1) The Army, 552,100. 
(2) The Navy, 322,700. 
(3) The Marine Corps, 197,300. 
(4) The Air Force, 329,597. 
SEC. 402. ADDITIONAL MARINE CORPS PERSONNEL FOR 
THE MARINE CORPS SECURITY GUARD PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
develop and implement a plan which shall increase 
the number of Marine Corps personnel assigned to the 
Marine Corps Embassy Security Group at Quantico, 
Virginia, and Marine Security Group Regional Com-
mands and Marine Security Group detachments at 
United States missions around the world by up to 
1,000 Marines during fiscal years 2014 through 2017. 
(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the increase 
under paragraph (1) shall be to provide the end 
strength and resources necessary to support an in-
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crease in Marine Corps security at United States con-
sulates and embassies throughout the world, and in 
particular at locations identified by the Secretary of 
State as in need of increased security in light of 
threats to United States personnel and property by 
terrorists. 
(b) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
develop and implement the plan required by subsection (a) 
in consultation with the Secretary of State pursuant to the 
responsibility of the Secretary of State for diplomatic secu-
rity under section 103 of the Diplomatic Security Act (22 
U.S.C. 4802), and in accordance with any current memo-
randum of understanding between the Department of State 
and the Marine Corps on the operational and administra-
tive supervision of the Marine Corps Security Guard Pro-
gram. 
(c) FUNDING.— 
(1) BUDGET
REQUESTS.—The budget of the 
President for each fiscal year after fiscal year 2013, 
as submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105(a) 
of title 31, United States Code, shall set forth as sepa-
rate line elements, under the amounts requested for 
such fiscal year for each of procurement, operation 
and maintenance, and military personnel to fully 
fund each of the following: 
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(A) The Marine Corps. 
(B) The Marine Corps Security Guard Pro-
gram, including for the additional personnel 
under the Marine Corps Security Guard Pro-
gram as result of the plan required by subsection 
(a). 
(2) PRESERVATION
OF
FUNDING
FOR
USMC 
UNDER
NATIONAL
MILITARY
STRATEGY.—In deter-
mining the amounts to be requested for a fiscal year 
for the Marine Corps Security Guard Program and 
for additional personnel under the Marine Corps Se-
curity Guard Program under paragraph (1), the 
President shall ensure that amounts requested for the 
Marine Corps for that fiscal year do not degrade the 
readiness of the Marine Corps to fulfill the require-
ments of the National Military Strategy. 
(d) REPORTS.— 
(1) REPORTS ON PROGRAM.—Not later than Oc-
tober 1, 2014, and annually thereafter through Octo-
ber 1, 2017, the Secretary of Defense shall, in coordi-
nation with the Secretary of State, submit to Con-
gress a report on the Marine Corps Security Guard 
Program. Each report shall include the following: 
(A) A description of the expanded security 
support provided by Marine Corps Security 
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Guards to the Department of State during the 
fiscal year ending on the date of such report, in-
cluding— 
(i) any increased internal security pro-
vided at United States embassies and con-
sulates throughout the world; 
(ii) any increased support for emer-
gency action planning, training, and advis-
ing of host nation security forces; and 
(iii) any expansion of intelligence col-
lection activities. 
(B) A description of the current status of 
Marine Corps personnel assigned to the Program 
as a result of the plan required by subsection (a). 
(C) A description of the Department of De-
fense resources required in the fiscal year ending 
on the date of such report to support the Marine 
Corps Security Guard program, including total 
end strength and key supporting programs that 
enable both its current and expanded mission 
during such fiscal year. 
(D) A reassessment of the mission of the 
Program, as well as procedural rules of engage-
ment under the Program, in light of current and 
emerging threats to United States diplomatic 
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personnel, and a description and assessment of 
options to improve the Program to respond to 
such threats. 
(E) An assessment of the feasibility and ad-
visability of authorizing, funding, and admin-
istering the Program as a separate program 
within the Marine Corps, and if such actions are 
determined to be feasible and advisable, rec-
ommendations for legislative and administrative 
actions to provide for authorizing, funding, and 
administering the Program as a separate pro-
gram within the Marine Corps. 
(2) REPORT ON CHANGES IN SCOPE OF PROGRAM 
IN RESPONSE TO CHANGING THREATS.—If the Presi-
dent determines that a modification (whether an in-
crease or a decrease) in the scope of the Marine Corps 
Security Guard Program is necessary or advisable in 
light of any change in the nature of threats to United 
States embassies, consulates and other diplomatic fa-
cilities abroad, the President shall— 
(A) notify Congress of such modification 
and the change in the nature of threats prompt-
ing such modification; and 
(B) take such modification into account in 
requesting an end strength and funds for the 
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Program for any fiscal year in which such modi-
fication is in effect. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Forces 
SEC. 411. END STRENGTHS FOR SELECTED RESERVE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Armed Forces are authorized 
strengths for Selected Reserve personnel of the reserve com-
ponents as of September 30, 2013, as follows: 
(1) The Army National Guard of the United 
States, 358,200. 
(2) The Army Reserve, 205,000. 
(3) The Navy Reserve, 62,500. 
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 39,600. 
(5) The Air National Guard of the United 
States, 106,435. 
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 72,428. 
(7) The Coast Guard Reserve, 9,000. 
(b) END STRENGTH REDUCTIONS.—The end strengths 
prescribed by subsection (a) for the Selected Reserve of any 
reserve component shall be proportionately reduced by— 
(1) the total authorized strength of units orga-
nized to serve as units of the Selected Reserve of such 
component which are on active duty (other than for 
training) at the end of the fiscal year; and 
(2) the total number of individual members not 
in units organized to serve as units of the Selected 
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Reserve of such component who are on active duty 
(other than for training or for unsatisfactory partici-
pation in training) without their consent at the end 
of the fiscal year. 
(c) END STRENGTH INCREASES.—Whenever units or 
individual members of the Selected Reserve of any reserve 
component are released from active duty during any fiscal 
year, the end strength prescribed for such fiscal year for 
the Selected Reserve of such reserve component shall be in-
creased proportionately by the total authorized strengths of 
such units and by the total number of such individual mem-
bers. 
SEC. 412. END STRENGTHS FOR RESERVES ON ACTIVE 
DUTY IN SUPPORT OF THE RESERVES. 
Within the end strengths prescribed in section 411(a), 
the reserve components of the Armed Forces are authorized, 
as of September 30, 2013, the following number of Reserves 
to be serving on full-time active duty or full-time duty, in 
the case of members of the National Guard, for the purpose 
of organizing, administering, recruiting, instructing, or 
training the reserve components: 
(1) The Army National Guard of the United 
States, 32,060. 
(2) The Army Reserve, 16,277. 
(3) The Navy Reserve, 10,114. 
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(A) For the Army National Guard of the 
United States, 1,600. 
(B) For the Air National Guard of the 
United States, 350. 
(2) ARMY RESERVE.—The number of non-dual 
status technicians employed by the Army Reserve as 
of September 30, 2013, may not exceed 595. 
(3) AIR FORCE RESERVE.—The number of non- 
dual status technicians employed by the Air Force 
Reserve as of September 30, 2013, may not exceed 90. 
(b) NON-DUAL STATUS TECHNICIANS DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘non-dual status technician’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 10217(a) of title 10, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 415. MAXIMUM NUMBER OF RESERVE PERSONNEL AU-
THORIZED TO BE ON ACTIVE DUTY FOR 
OPERATIONAL SUPPORT. 
During fiscal year 2013, the maximum number of 
members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who 
may be serving at any time on full-time operational sup-
port duty under section 115(b) of title 10, United States 
Code, is the following: 
(1) The Army National Guard of the United 
States, 17,000. 
(2) The Army Reserve, 13,000. 
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(3) The Navy Reserve, 6,200. 
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 3,000. 
(5) The Air National Guard of the United 
States, 16,000. 
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 14,000. 
Subtitle C—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 421. MILITARY PERSONNEL. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are 
hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2013 
for the use of the Armed Forces and other activities and 
agencies of the Department of Defense for expenses, not oth-
erwise provided for, for military personnel, as specified in 
the funding table in section 4401. 
(b) CONSTRUCTION OF AUTHORIZATION.—The author-
ization of appropriations in subsection (a) supersedes any 
other authorization of appropriations (definite or indefi-
nite) for such purpose for fiscal year 2013. 
TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL 
POLICY 
Subtitle A—Officer Policy 
SEC. 501. EXTENSION OF RELAXATION OF LIMITATION ON 
SELECTIVE EARLY DISCHARGES. 
Section 638a(d)(2) of title 10 United States Code, is 
amended in subparagraphs (A) and (B) by striking ‘‘except 
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that during the period beginning on October 1, 2006, and 
ending on December 31, 2012,’’ and inserting ‘‘except that 
through December 31, 2018,’’. 
SEC. 502. EXCEPTION TO 30-YEAR RETIREMENT FOR REG-
ULAR NAVY WARRANT OFFICERS IN THE 
GRADE OF CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER, W–5. 
(a) EXCEPTION
TO STATUTORY 30-YEAR RETIRE-
MENT.—Paragraph (1) of section 1305(a) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘or a regular Navy warrant of-
ficer in the grade of chief warrant officer, W–5, ex-
empted under paragraph (3)’’ after ‘‘Army warrant 
officer’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the officer’’. 
(b) MODIFICATION OF STATUTORY RETIREMENT FROM 
30 TO 33 YEARS.—Such section is further amended by add-
ing at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) In the case of a regular Navy warrant officer in 
the grade of chief warrant officer, W–5, the officer shall be 
retired 60 days after the date on which the officer completes 
33 years of total active service.’’. 
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SEC. 503. MODIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF JOINT DUTY 
ASSIGNMENT TO INCLUDE ALL INSTRUCTOR 
ASSIGNMENTS FOR JOINT TRAINING AND 
EDUCATION. 
Section 668(b)(1)(B) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘assignments for joint’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘Phase II’’ and inserting ‘‘student assign-
ments for joint training and education’’. 
SEC. 504. SENSE OF SENATE ON INCLUSION OF ASSIGN-
MENTS AS ACADEMIC INSTRUCTOR AT THE 
MILITARY SERVICE ACADEMIES AS JOINT 
DUTY ASSIGNMENTS. 
It is the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of De-
fense should include assignments in which military officers 
are assigned as instructors responsible for preparing and 
presenting academic courses on the faculty of the United 
States Military Academy, the United States Naval Acad-
emy, or the United States Air Force Academy as joint duty 
assignments. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Component 
Management 
SEC. 511. AUTHORITY FOR APPOINTMENT OF PERSONS 
WHO ARE LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENTS 
AS OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD. 
Section 313(b)(1) of title 32, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting ‘‘or an alien lawfully admitted for 
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permanent residence (as that term is defined in section 
101(a)(20) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C.1101(a)(20))’’ before the semicolon. 
SEC. 512. RESERVE COMPONENT SUICIDE PREVENTION 
AND RESILIENCE PROGRAM. 
(a) CODIFICATION, TRANSFER
OF RESPONSIBILITY, 
AND EXTENSION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 1007 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 10219. Suicide prevention and resilience program 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall carry out a program to provide members of the 
National Guard and Reserves and their families with train-
ing in suicide prevention, resilience, and community heal-
ing and response to suicide. 
‘‘(b) SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING.—Under the 
program, the Secretary shall provide members of the Na-
tional Guard and Reserves with training in suicide preven-
tion. Such training may include— 
‘‘(1) describing the warning signs for suicide and 
teaching effective strategies for prevention and inter-
vention; 
‘‘(2) examining the influence of military culture 
on risk and protective factors for suicide; and 
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‘‘(3) engaging in interactive case scenarios and 
role plays to practice effective intervention strategies. 
‘‘(c) COMMUNITY RESPONSE TRAINING.—Under the 
program, the Secretary shall provide the families and com-
munities of members of the National Guard and Reserves 
with training in responses to suicide that promote indi-
vidual and community healing. Such training may in-
clude— 
‘‘(1) enhancing collaboration among community 
members and local service providers to create an inte-
grated, coordinated community response to suicide; 
‘‘(2) communicating best practices for preventing 
suicide, including safe messaging, appropriate memo-
rial services, and media guidelines; 
‘‘(3) addressing the impact of suicide on the 
military and the larger community, and the increased 
risk that can result; and 
‘‘(4) managing resources to assist key commu-
nity and military service providers in helping the 
families, friends, and fellow servicemembers of a sui-
cide victim through the processes of grieving and heal-
ing. 
‘‘(d) COMMUNITY TRAINING ASSISTANCE.—The pro-
gram shall include the provision of assistance with such 
training to the local communities of those servicemembers 
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and families, to be provided in coordination with local com-
munity programs. 
‘‘(e) COLLABORATION.—In carrying out the program, 
the Secretary shall collect and analyze ‘lessons learned’ and 
suggestions from State National Guard and Reserve organi-
zations with existing or developing suicide prevention and 
community response programs. 
‘‘(f) TERMINATION.—The program under this section 
shall terminate on October 1, 2015.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 1007 of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘10219. Suicide prevention and resilience program.’’. 
(b) REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED PROVISION.—Subsection 
(i) of section 582 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2008 (10 U.S.C. 10101 note) is repealed. 
SEC. 513. REPORT ON MECHANISMS TO EASE THE RE-
INTEGRATION INTO CIVILIAN LIFE OF MEM-
BERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD AND THE RE-
SERVES FOLLOWING A DEPLOYMENT ON AC-
TIVE DUTY. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
conduct a study of the adequacy of mechanisms for the re-
integration into civilian life of members of the National 
Guard and the Reserves following a deployment on active 
duty in the Armed Forces, including whether permitting 
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such members to remain on active duty for a limited period 
after such deployment (often referred to as a ‘‘soft landing’’) 
is feasible and advisable for facilitating and easing that re-
integration. 
(b) ELEMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The study required by sub-
section (a) shall address the unique challenges mem-
bers of the National Guard and the Reserves face 
when reintegrating into civilian life following a de-
ployment on active duty in the Armed Forces and the 
adequacy of the policies, programs, and activities of 
the Department of Defense to assist such members in 
meeting such challenges. 
(2) PARTICULAR
ELEMENTS.—The study shall 
take into consideration the following: 
(A) Disparities in reintegration after de-
ployment between members of the regular compo-
nents of the Armed Forces and members of the 
reserve components of the Armed Forces, includ-
ing— 
(i) disparities in access to services, in-
cluding, but not limited to, health care, 
mental health counseling, job counseling, 
and family counseling; 
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(ii) disparities in amounts of com-
pensated time provided to take care of per-
sonal affairs; 
(iii) disparities in amounts of time re-
quired to properly access services and to 
take care of personal affairs, including trav-
el time; and 
(iv) disparities in costs of uncompen-
sated events or requirements, including, but 
not limited to, travel costs and legal fees. 
(B) Disparities in reintegration policies 
and practices among the various Armed Forces 
and between the regular and reserve components 
of the Armed Forces. 
(C) Disparities in the lengths of time of de-
ployment between the regular and reserve compo-
nents of the Armed Forces. 
(D) Applicable medical studies on re-
integration, including studies on the rest and re-
cuperation needed to appropriately recover from 
combat and training stress. 
(E) Other applicable studies on reintegra-
tion policies and practices, including the rec-
ommendations made by such studies. 
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(F) Appropriate recommendations for the 
elements of a program to assist members of the 
National Guard and the Reserves following a de-
ployment on active duty in the Armed Forces in 
reintegrating into civilian life, including means 
of ensuring that the program applies uniformly 
across the Armed Forces and between the regular 
components and reserve components of the Armed 
Forces. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report on the study 
required by subsection (a). The report shall set forth the 
results of the study, including the matters specified in sub-
section (b), and include such comments and recommenda-
tion in light of the study as the Secretary considers appro-
priate. 
Subtitle C—General Service 
Authorities 
SEC. 521. DIVERSITY IN THE ARMED FORCES AND RELATED 
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) PLAN TO ACHIEVE DIVERSITY IN THE ARMED 
FORCES.—The Secretary of Defense shall develop and im-
plement a plan to accurately measure the efforts of the De-
partment of Defense to achieve the goal of having a dynamic 
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and sustainable 20–30 year pipeline that yields a diverse 
officer and enlisted corps for the Armed Forces that reflects 
the population of the United States eligible to serve in the 
Armed Forces across all the Armed Forces, and all grades 
of each Armed Force, that is able to prevail in its wars, 
prevent and deter conflicts, defeat adversaries and succeed 
in a wide-range of contingencies, and preserve and enhance 
the all volunteer force. Any metric established pursuant to 
this subsection may not be used in a manner that under-
mines the merit-based processes of the Department of De-
fense, including such processes for accession, retention, and 
promotion. Such metrics may not be combined with the 
identification of specific quotas based upon diversity char-
acteristics. The Secretary shall continue to account for di-
versified language and cultural skills among the total force 
of the military. 
(b) METRICS TO MEASURE PROGRESS IN DEVELOPING 
AND IMPLEMENTING PLAN.—In developing and imple-
menting the plan under subsection (a), the Secretary of De-
fense shall develop a standard set of metrics and collection 
procedures that are uniform across the armed forces. The 
metrics required by this subsection shall be designed— 
(1) to accurately capture the inclusion and capa-
bility aspects of the armed forces broader diversity 
plans, including race, ethnic, and gender specific 
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groups, functional expertise, and diversified cultural 
and language skills so as to leverage and improve 
readiness; and 
(2) to be verifiable and systematically linked to 
strategic plans that will drive improvements. 
(c) DEFINITION OF DIVERSITY.—In developing and 
implementing the plan under subsection (a), each Secretary 
of a military department shall, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Defense, develop a definition of diversity that 
is reflective of the culture, mission, and core values of each 
Armed Force under the jurisdiction of such Secretary. 
(d) CONSULTATION.—Not less than annually, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall meet with the Secretaries of the mili-
tary departments, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and senior en-
listed members of the Armed Forces to discuss the progress 
being made toward developing and implementing the plan 
established under subsection (a). 
(e) REPORTS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF PLAN.—Not 
later than July 1, 2013, and biennially thereafter through 
July 1, 2017, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report on the following: 
(1) The progress made in implementing the plan 
required by subsection (a) to accurately measure the 
efforts of the Department of Defense to achieve its di-
versity goals. 
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(2) The number of members of the Armed Forces, 
including reserve components, listed by sex and race 
or ethnicity for each grade under each military de-
partment. 
(3) The number of members of the Armed Forces, 
including reserve components, who were promoted 
during the years covered by the report, listed by sex 
and race or ethnicity for each grade under each mili-
tary department. 
(4) The number of members of the Armed Forces, 
including reserve components, who reenlisted or other-
wise extended the commitment to military service 
during the years covered by the report, listed by sex 
and race or ethnicity for each grade under each mili-
tary department. 
(5) The available pool of qualified candidates for 
the general officer grades of general and lieutenant 
general and the flag officer grades of admiral and vice 
admiral. 
(f) APPLICABILITY TO COAST GUARD.—The Secretary 
of Homeland Security shall apply the provisions of this sec-
tion (other than subsection (d)) to the Coast Guard when 
it is not operating as a service in the Navy in order to 
achieve diversity in the Coast Guard in the same manner, 
under the same schedule, and subject to the same conditions 
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as diversity is achieved in the other Armed Forces under 
this section. The Secretary shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees the reports required by subsection (e) 
with respect to the implementation of the provisions of this 
section regarding the Coast Guard when it is not operating 
as a service in the Navy. 
SEC. 522. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT PRO-
GRAMS ON CAREER FLEXIBILITY TO EN-
HANCE RETENTION OF MEMBERS OF THE 
ARMED FORCES. 
(a) EXTENSION OF PROGRAMS TO CERTAIN ACTIVE 
GUARD AND RESERVE PERSONNEL.—Section 533 of Dun-
can Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2009 (10 U.S.C. prec. 701 note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ‘‘and mem-
bers on active Guard and Reserve duty’’ after ‘‘offi-
cers and enlisted members of the regular components’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (l) as subsection 
(m); and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (k) the following 
new subsection (l) 
‘‘(l) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘active 
Guard and Reserve duty’ has the meaning given that term 
in section 101(d)(6) of title 10, United States Code.’’. 
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(b) AUTHORITY TO CARRY FORWARD UNUSED AC-
CRUED LEAVE.—Subsection (h) of such section is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) LEAVE.—A member who participates in a 
pilot program is entitled to carry forward the existing 
leave balance accumulated in accordance with section 
701 of title 10, United States Code, but not to exceed 
60 days.’’. 
(c) AUTHORITY FOR DISABILITY PROCESSING.—Sub-
section (j) of such section is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘for purposes of the entitlement’’ 
and inserting ‘‘for purposes of— 
‘‘(1) the entitlement’’; 
(2) by striking the period at the end and insert-
ing ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(2) retirement or separation for physical dis-
ability under the provisions of chapters 55 and 61 of 
title 10, United States Code.’’. 
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SEC. 
523. 
AUTHORITY 
FOR 
ADDITIONAL 
BEHAVIORAL 
HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TO CONDUCT PRE- 
SEPARATION MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS FOR 
POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER. 
Section 1177(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or psychia-
trist’’ and inserting ‘‘psychiatrist, licensed clinical so-
cial worker, or psychiatric nurse practitioner’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘or psychia-
trist’’ and inserting ‘‘, psychiatrist, licensed clinical 
social worker, or psychiatric nurse practitioner’’. 
SEC. 524. QUARTERLY REPORTS ON INVOLUNTARY SEPARA-
TION OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) QUARTERLY REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later than 
30 days after the end of each calendar year quarter in 2013 
and 2014, each Secretary of a military department shall 
submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives a report on the number 
of members of the regular components of the Armed Forces 
under the jurisdiction of such Secretary who were involun-
tarily separated from active duty in the Armed Forces dur-
ing such calendar year quarter. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—Each report on an Armed Force for 
a calendar year quarter under subsection (a) shall set forth 
the following: 
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(1) The total number members involuntarily sep-
arated. 
(2) The number of members separated set forth 
by grade. 
(3) The number of members separated set forth 
by total years of service in the Armed Forces at the 
time of separation. 
(4) The number of members separated set forth 
by military occupational specialty or rating, or com-
petitive category for officers. 
(5) The number of members separated who re-
ceived involuntary separation pay, or who are au-
thorized to receive temporary retired pay, in connec-
tion with separation. 
(6) The number of members who completed tran-
sition assistance programs relating to future employ-
ment. 
(7) The average number of months deployed to 
overseas contingency operations set forth by grade. 
SEC. 525. REVIEW OF ELIGIBILITY OF VICTIMS OF DOMES-
TIC TERRORISM FOR AWARD OF THE PURPLE 
HEART AND THE DEFENSE MEDAL OF FREE-
DOM. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than March 1, 2013, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall, in coordination with the Secretaries 
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of the military departments, submit to the Committees on 
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives a report on— 
(1) the advisability of modifying the criteria for 
the award of the Purple Heart to provide for the 
award of the Purple Heart to members of the Armed 
Forces who are killed or wounded in a terrorist attack 
within the United States that is determined to be in-
spired by ideological, political, or religious beliefs that 
give rise to terrorism; and 
(2) the advisability of modifying the criteria for 
the award of the Defense Medal of Freedom to provide 
for the award of the Defense Medal of Freedom to ci-
vilian employees of the United States who are killed 
or wounded in a terrorist attack within the United 
States that is determined to be inspired by ideolog-
ical, political, or religious beliefs that give rise to ter-
rorism. 
(b) DETERMINATION.—As part of the review under-
taken to prepare the report required by subsection (a), the 
Secretary of Defense shall conduct a review of each death 
or wounding of a member of the Armed Forces or civilian 
employee of the United States Government that occurred 
within the United States since September 11, 2001, that 
could meet the criteria as being the result of a terrorist at-
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tack within the United States in order to determine whether 
such death or wounding qualifies or potentially would qual-
ify for the award of the Purple Heart or the Defense Medal 
of Freedom. 
(c) CONSIDERATIONS.—In conducting the review to 
prepare the report required by subsection (a), the Secretary 
of Defense shall take into consideration the following: 
(1) The views of veterans service organizations, 
including the Military Order of the Purple Heart. 
(2) The importance that has been assigned to de-
termining all available facts before a decision is made 
to award the Purple Heart. 
(3) Potential effects of an award on the ability 
to prosecute perpetrators of terrorist acts in military 
or civilian courts. 
(4) The views of the Chairman of the Joint 
Chiefs of Staff. 
SEC. 526. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY INCREASE IN ACCU-
MULATED LEAVE CARRYOVER FOR MEMBERS 
OF THE ARMED FORCES. 
Section 701(d) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2013’’ and inserting 
‘‘September 30, 2015’’. 
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SEC. 527. PROHIBITION ON WAIVER FOR COMMISSIONING 
OR ENLISTMENT IN THE ARMED FORCES FOR 
ANY INDIVIDUAL CONVICTED OF A FELONY 
SEXUAL OFFENSE. 
An individual may not be provided a waiver for com-
missioning or enlistment in the Armed Forces if the indi-
vidual has been convicted under Federal or State law of 
a felony offense of any of the following: 
(1) Rape. 
(2) Sexual abuse. 
(3) Sexual assault. 
(4) Incest. 
(5) Any other sexual offense. 
SEC. 528. RESEARCH STUDY ON RESILIENCE IN MEMBERS 
OF THE ARMY. 
(a) RESEARCH STUDY REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Army 
shall carry out a research program on resilience in 
members of the Army. 
(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the research 
study shall be to determine the effectiveness of the cur-
rent Comprehensive Soldier and Family Fitness 
(CSF2) Program of the Army while verifying the cur-
rent means of the Army to reduce trends in high risk 
or self-destructive behavior and to prepare members of 
the Army to manage stressful or traumatic situations 
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by training members in resilience strategies and tech-
niques. 
(3) ELEMENTS.—In carrying out the research 
study, the Secretary shall determine the effectiveness 
of training under the Comprehensive Soldier and 
Family Fitness program in— 
(A) 
enhancing 
individual 
performance 
through resiliency techniques and use of positive 
and sports psychology; and 
(B) identifying and responding to early 
signs of high-risk behavior in members of the 
Army assigned to units involved in the research 
study. 
(4) 
SCIENCE-BASED
EVIDENCE
AND
TECH-
NIQUES.—The research study shall be rooted in sci-
entific evidence, using professionally accepted meas-
urements of experiments, of longitudinal research, 
random-assignment, and placebo-controlled outcome 
studies to evaluate which interventions can prove 
positive results and which result in no impact. 
(b) LOCATIONS.—The Secretary carry out the research 
study at locations selected by the Secretary from among 
Army installations which are representative of the Total 
Force. Units from all components of the Army shall be in-
volved in the research study. 
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(c) TRAINING.—In carrying out the research study at 
an installation selected pursuant to subsection (b), the Sec-
retary shall ensure, at a minimum, that whenever a unit 
returns from combat deployment to the installation the 
training established for purposes of the research study is 
provided to all members of the Army returning for such de-
ployment. The training shall include such training as the 
Secretary considers appropriate to reduce trends in high 
risk or self-destructive behavior. 
(d) PERIOD.—The Secretary shall carry out the re-
search study through September 30, 2014. 
(e) REPORTS.—Not later than 30 days after the end 
of each of fiscal years 2013 and 2014, the Secretary shall 
submit to the Committees on Armed Forces of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives a report on the research 
study during the preceding fiscal year. Each report shall 
include the following: 
(1) A description of the trends in high risk or 
self-destructive behavior within each of the units in-
volved in the research study during the fiscal year 
covered by such report. 
(2) A description of the effectiveness of Com-
prehensive Soldier and Family Fitness Program 
training 
in 
enhancing 
individual 
performance 
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through resiliency techniques, utilization of positive 
psychology. 
(3) In the case of the report on fiscal year 2014, 
such recommendations for the expansion or modifica-
tion of the research study as the Secretary considers 
appropriate. 
Subtitle D—Military Justice and 
Legal Matters Generally 
SEC. 531. CLARIFICATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE 
ROLE OF THE STAFF JUDGE ADVOCATE TO 
THE COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS. 
(a) APPOINTMENT BY THE PRESIDENT AND PERMA-
NENT APPOINTMENT TO GRADE OF MAJOR GENERAL.— 
Subsection (a) of section 5046 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘detailed’’ 
and inserting ‘‘appointed by the President, by and 
with the advice and consent of the Senate,’’; and 
(2) in the second sentence— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The’’ and inserting ‘‘If an 
officer appointed as the’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘, while so serving, has the 
grade’’ and inserting ‘‘holds a lower grade, the 
officer shall be appointed in the grade’’. 
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(b) DUTIES, AUTHORITY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY.— 
Such section is further amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection 
(d); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following 
new subsection (c): 
‘‘(c) The Staff Judge Advocate to the Commandant of 
the Marine Corps, under the direction of the Commandant 
of the Marine Corps and the Secretary of the Navy, shall— 
‘‘(1) perform duties relating to legal matters 
arising in the Marine Corps as may be assigned to 
the Staff Judge Advocate; 
‘‘(2) perform the functions and duties and exer-
cise the powers prescribed for the Staff Judge Advo-
cate to the Commandant of the Marine Corps in 
chapter 47 of this title (the Uniform Code of Military 
Justice) and chapter 53 of this title; and 
‘‘(3) perform such other duties as may be as-
signed to the Staff Judge Advocate.’’. 
(c) 
COMPOSITION
OF
HEADQUARTERS, 
MARINE 
CORPS.—Section 5041(b) of such title is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as 
paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (4): 
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‘‘(4) The Staff Judge Advocate to the Com-
mandant of the Marine Corps.’’. 
(d) SUPERVISION OF CERTAIN LEGAL SERVICES.— 
(1) ADMINISTRATION
OF
MILITARY
JUSTICE.— 
Section 806(a) of such title (article 6(a) of the Uni-
form Code of Military Justice) is amended in the 
third sentence by striking ‘‘The Judge Advocate Gen-
eral’’ and all that follows through ‘‘shall’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘The Judge Advocates General, and within the 
Marine Corps the Staff Judge Advocate to the Com-
mandant of the Marine Corps, or senior members of 
their staffs, shall’’. 
(2) DELIVERY OF LEGAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 
1044(b) of such title is amended by inserting ‘‘and 
within the Marine Corps the Staff Judge Advocate to 
the Commandant of the Marine Corps’’ after ‘‘title)’’. 
SEC. 532. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN REPORTS ON AN-
NUAL SURVEYS OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE 
UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE. 
Subsection (c)(2) of section 946 of title 10, United 
States Code (article 146 of the Uniform Code of Military 
Justice), is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as sub-
paragraph (C); and 
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(2) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph (B): 
‘‘(B) Information from the Judge Advocates Gen-
eral and the Staff Judge Advocate to the Com-
mandant of the Marine Corps on the following: 
‘‘(i) The appellate review process, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(I) information on compliance with 
processing time goals; 
‘‘(II) discussions of the circumstances 
surrounding cases in which general court- 
martial or special court-martial convictions 
are reversed as a result of command influ-
ence or denial of the right to a speedy re-
view or otherwise remitted due to loss of 
records of trial or other administrative defi-
ciencies; and 
‘‘(III) discussions of cases in which a 
provision of this chapter is held unconstitu-
tional. 
‘‘(ii) Developments in appellate case law re-
lating to courts-martial involving allegations of 
sexual misconduct under this chapter. 
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‘‘(iii) Issues associated with implementing 
recent, legislatively directed changes to this chap-
ter or the Manual for Courts-Martial. 
‘‘(iv) Measures implemented by each armed 
force to ensure the ability of judge advocates to 
competently participate as trial and defense 
counsel in, and preside as military judges over, 
capital cases, national security cases, sexual as-
sault cases, and proceedings of military commis-
sions. 
‘‘(v) The independent views of the Judge 
Advocates General and the Staff Judge Advocate 
to the Commandant of the Marine Corps on the 
sufficiency of resources available within their re-
spective armed forces, including manpower, 
funding, training, and officer and enlisted grade 
structure, to capably perform military justice 
functions.’’. 
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Subtitle E—Sexual Assault, Hazing, 
and Related Matters 
SEC. 541. AUTHORITY TO RETAIN OR RECALL TO ACTIVE 
DUTY RESERVE COMPONENT MEMBERS WHO 
ARE VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT WHILE ON 
ACTIVE DUTY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1209 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section: 
‘‘§ 12323. Active duty for response to sexual assault 
‘‘(a) CONTINUATION ON ACTIVE DUTY.—In the case of 
a member of a reserve component who is the alleged victim 
of sexual assault committed while on active duty and who 
is expected to be released from active duty before the deter-
mination of whether the member was assaulted while in the 
line of duty, the Secretary concerned may, upon the request 
of the member, order the member to be retained on active 
duty until the line of duty determination. A member eligible 
for continuation on active duty under this subsection shall 
be informed as soon as practicable after the alleged assault 
of the option to request continuation on active duty under 
this subsection. 
‘‘(b) RETURN TO ACTIVE DUTY.—In the case of a 
member of a reserve component not on active duty who is 
the alleged victim of a sexual assault that occurred while 
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the member was on active duty and when the determination 
whether the member was in the line of duty is not com-
pleted, the Secretary concerned may, upon the request of 
the member, order the member to active duty for such time 
as necessary to complete the line of duty determination. 
‘‘(c) REGULATIONS.—The Secretaries of the military 
departments shall prescribe regulations to carry out this 
section, subject to guidelines prescribed by the Secretary of 
Defense. The guidelines of the Secretary of Defense shall 
provide that— 
‘‘(1) a request submitted by a member described 
in subsection (a) or (b) to continue on active duty, or 
to be ordered to active duty, respectively, must be de-
cided within 30 days from the date of the request; and 
‘‘(2) if the request is denied, the member may 
appeal to the first general officer or flag officer in the 
chain of command of the member, and in the case of 
such an appeal a decision on the appeal must be 
made within 15 days from the date of the appeal.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 1209 of such title is amended add-
ing at the end the following new item: 
‘‘12323. Active duty for response to sexual assault.’’. 
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(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para-
graph (1) shall include an assessment of the following: 
(A) The systems, mechanisms, and struc-
tures within the senior and intermediate joint 
professional military education colleges and uni-
versities for oversight, governance, and manage-
ment of the joint professional military education 
research institutions, including systems, mecha-
nisms, and structures relating to the development 
of policies and budgets for research. 
(B) The factors contributing to and the ex-
tent of growth in the number and size of joint 
professional military education research institu-
tions since 2000. 
(C) The causes and extent of cost growth at 
joint professional military education research in-
stitutions since 2000. 
(D) The focus of research activity conducted 
by the joint professional military education re-
search institutions, and the extent to which each 
joint professional military education research in-
stitution performs a unique research function or 
engages in similar or duplicative efforts with 
other components or elements of the Department 
of Defense. 
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(E) The measures of effectiveness used by 
the joint professional military education research 
institutions, the senior and intermediate joint 
professional military education colleges and uni-
versities, and other oversight entities to evaluate 
the performance of the joint professional military 
education research institutions in meeting estab-
lished goals or objectives. 
(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) The term ‘‘joint professional military 
education research institutions’’ means subordi-
nate organizations (including centers, institutes, 
and schools) under the senior and intermediate 
joint professional military education colleges and 
universities for which research is the primary 
mission or reason for existence. 
(B) The term ‘‘senior and intermediate 
joint professional military education colleges and 
universities’’ means the following: 
(i) The National Defense University. 
(ii) The Army War College. 
(iii) The Navy War College. 
(iv) The Air University. 
(v) The Air War College. 
(vi) The Marine Corp University. 
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‘‘(i) Calculate the local educational 
agency’s maximum payment under sub-
section (b). 
‘‘(ii) Calculate the percentage that the 
amount appropriated under section 8014(a) 
for the most recent fiscal year for which the 
Secretary has completed making payments 
under this section is of the total maximum 
payments for such fiscal year for all local 
educational agencies eligible for a payment 
under subsection (b) and multiply the agen-
cy’s maximum payment by such percentage. 
‘‘(iii) Multiply the amount determined 
under clause (ii) by 90 percent. 
‘‘(3) REMAINING FUNDS.—From any funds re-
maining after making payments under paragraphs 
(1) and (2) for the fiscal year involved, the Secretary 
shall make a payment to each local educational agen-
cy that received a foundation payment under para-
graph (1) or (2) or subsection (i)(1), for the fiscal 
year involved in an amount that bears the same rela-
tion to the remainder as a percentage share deter-
mined for the local educational agency (by dividing 
the maximum amount that the agency is eligible to 
receive under subsection (b) by the total of the max-
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