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languages and cultural understanding, including
Federal, State, and local government agencies,
academia, industry, labor, and heritage commu-
nities; and
(C) coordinate and lead a public informa-
tion campaign that raises awareness of public
and private sector careers requiring foreign lan-
guage skills and cultural understanding, with the
objective of increasing interest in and support
for the study of foreign languages among na-
tional leaders, the business community, local offi-
cials, parents, and individuals.
(k) ENCOURAGEMENT OF STATE INVOLVEMENT.—
(1) STATE
CONTACT
PERSONS.—The Council
shall consult with each State to provide for the des-
ignation by each State of an individual to serve as
a State contact person for the purpose of receiving
and disseminating information and communications
received from the Council.
(2) STATE INTERAGENCY COUNCILS AND LEAD
AGENCIES.—Each State is encouraged to establish a
State interagency council on foreign language coordi-
nation or designate a lead agency for the State for the
purpose of assuming primary responsibility for co-
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ordinating and interacting with the Council and
State and local government agencies as necessary.
(l) CONGRESSIONAL
NOTIFICATION.—The Council
shall provide to Congress such information as may be re-
quested by Congress, through reports, briefings, and other
appropriate means.
SEC. 1070. QUALIFICATIONS FOR PUBLIC AIRCRAFT STATUS
OF AIRCRAFT UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE
ARMED FORCES.
(a) DEFINITION
OF
PUBLIC
AIRCRAFT.—Section
40102(a)(41)(E) of title 49, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘or an operational support serv-
ice’’ after ‘‘transportation’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sen-
tence: ‘‘The term ‘an operational support service’
means a mission performed by an aircraft operator
that uses fixed or rotary winged aircraft to provide
a service other than transportation.’’.
(b) ARMED FORCES OPERATIONAL MISSION.—Section
40125(c) of such title is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)(C), by inserting ‘‘or an
operational support service’’ after ‘‘transportation’’;
and
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(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(3) COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL AVIATION REG-
ULATIONS.—If the Secretary of Defense (or the Sec-
retary of the department in which the Coast Guard
is operating) does not make a designation under
paragraph (1)(C) with regard to a chartered aircraft,
the transportation or operational support service pro-
vided to the armed forces by such aircraft shall be in
compliance with the Federal Aviation Regulations
under title 14, Code of Federal Regulations.’’.
(c) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—
(1) Section 40125(b) of such title is amended by
striking 
‘‘40102(a)(37)’’ 
and 
inserting
‘‘40102(a)(41)’’.
(2) Section 40125(c)(1) of such title is amended
by striking ‘‘40102(a)(37)(E)’’ appears and inserting
‘‘40102(a)(41)(E)’’.
SEC. 1071. TRAUMATIC SERVICEMEMBERS’ GROUP LIFE IN-
SURANCE.
(a) DESIGNATION OF FIDUCIARY FOR MEMBERS WITH
LOST MENTAL CAPACITY OR EXTENDED LOSS OF CON-
SCIOUSNESS.—The Secretary of Defense shall, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, develop a form
for the designation of a recipient for the funds distributed
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under section 1980A of title 38, United States Code, as the
fiduciary of a member of the Armed Forces in cases where
the member is medically incapacitated (as determined by
the Secretary of Defense in consultation with the Secretary
of Veterans Affairs) or experiencing an extended loss of con-
sciousness.
(b) ELEMENTS.—The form under subsection (a) shall
require that a member may elect that—
(1) an individual designated by the member be
the recipient as the fiduciary of the member; or
(2) a court of proper jurisdiction determine the
recipient as the fiduciary of the member for purposes
of this subsection.
(c) COMPLETION AND UPDATE.—The form under sub-
section (a) shall be completed by an individual at the time
of entry into the Armed Forces and updated periodically
thereafter.
SEC. 1072. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON FAMILY CARE PLANS
AND THE DEPLOYMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE
ARMED FORCES WHO HAVE MINOR DEPEND-
ENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—It is the sense of Congress that—
(1) single parents who are members of the Armed
Forces with minor dependents, and dual-military