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‘‘(4) Instructing or training in the United 
States or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or pos-
sessions of the United States of— 
‘‘(A) active-duty members of the armed 
forces; 
‘‘(B) members of foreign military forces 
(under the same authorities and restrictions ap-
plicable to active-duty members providing such 
instruction or training); 
‘‘(C) Department of Defense contractor 
personnel; or 
‘‘(D) Department of Defense civilian em-
ployees.’’. 
(b) MILITARY TECHNICIANS UNDER TITLE 10.— 
Section 10216(a) of such title is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking ‘‘adminis-
tration and’’ and inserting ‘‘organizing, admin-
istering, instructing, or’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) A military technician (dual status) who is em-
ployed under section 3101 of title 5 may perform the fol-
lowing duties in addition to (and not in lieu of) those pri-
mary duties described in paragraph (1): 
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‘‘(A) Supporting operations or missions as-
signed in whole or in part to the technician’s unit; 
‘‘(B) Supporting operations or missions per-
formed or to be performed by— 
‘‘(i) a unit composed of elements from 
more than one component of the technician’s 
armed force; or 
‘‘(ii) a joint forces unit that includes— 
‘‘(I) one or more units of the techni-
cian’s component; or 
‘‘(II) a member of the technician’s 
component whose reserve component as-
signment is in a position in an element of 
the joint forces unit. 
‘‘(C) Instructing or training in the United 
States or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or pos-
sessions of the United States of— 
‘‘(i) active-duty members of the armed 
forces; 
‘‘(ii) members of foreign military forces 
(under the same authorities and restrictions ap-
plicable to active-duty members providing such 
instruction or training); 
‘‘(iii) Department of Defense contractor 
personnel; or 
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‘‘(iv) Department of Defense civilian em-
ployees.’’. 
(c) NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 TRAINING DUTY.— 
Section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, title is 
amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘Under regula-
tions’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; 
(3) by striking the last sentence and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(2) The training or duty ordered to be performed 
under paragraph (1) may include the following: 
‘‘(A) Support of operations or missions under-
taken by the member’s unit at the request of the 
President or Secretary of Defense. 
‘‘(B) Support of training operations and train-
ing missions assigned in whole or in part to the Na-
tional Guard by the Secretary concerned, but only to 
the extent that such training missions and training 
operations— 
‘‘(i) are performed in the territorial limits 
of the United States, its territories and posses-
sions, the District of Columbia, and the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico; and 
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‘‘(ii) are only to instruct active duty mili-
tary, foreign military (under the same authori-
ties and restrictions applicable to active duty 
troops), Department of Defense contractor per-
sonnel, or Department of Defense civilian em-
ployees. 
‘‘(3) Duty without pay shall be considered for all pur-
poses as if it were duty with pay.’’. 
(d) NATIONAL GUARD TECHNICIANS UNDER TITLE 
32.—Section 709(a) of title 32, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘administration and’’ and 
inserting ‘‘organizing, administering, instruct-
ing, or’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of such 
paragraph; 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (2) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) the performance of the following duties in 
addition to (and not in lieu of) those duties de-
scribed by paragraphs (1) and (2): 
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‘‘(A) Support of operations or missions un-
dertaken by the technician’s unit at the request 
of the President or the Secretary of Defense. 
‘‘(B) Support of Federal training oper-
ations or Federal training missions assigned in 
whole or in part to the technician’s unit. 
‘‘(C) Instructing or training in the United 
States or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or 
possessions of the United States of— 
‘‘(i) active-duty members of the armed 
forces; 
‘‘(ii) members of foreign military 
forces (under the same authorities and re-
strictions applicable to active-duty mem-
bers providing such instruction or train-
ing); 
‘‘(iii) Department of Defense con-
tractor personnel; or 
‘‘(iv) Department of Defense civilian 
employees.’’. 
(e) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item: 
‘‘328. Active Guard and Reserve duty: Governor’s authority.’’. 
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SEC. 543. GOVERNOR’S AUTHORITY TO ORDER MEMBERS 
TO ACTIVE GUARD AND RESERVE DUTY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 3 of title 32, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 328. Active Guard and Reserve duty: Governor’s 
authority 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—The Governor of a State or the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, or the Virgin Is-
lands, or the commanding general of the District of Co-
lumbia National Guard, as the case may be, with the con-
sent of the Secretary concerned, may order a member of 
the National Guard to perform Active Guard and Reserve 
duty, as defined by section 101(d)(6) of title 10, pursuant 
to section 502(f) of this title. 
‘‘(b) DUTIES.—A member of the National Guard per-
forming duty under subsection (a) may perform the fol-
lowing duties in addition to (and not in lieu of) that mem-
ber’s primary Active Guard and Reserve duties of orga-
nizing, administering, recruiting, instructing, and training 
the reserve components: 
‘‘(1) Support of operations or missions under-
taken by the member’s unit at the request of the 
President or the Secretary of Defense. 
‘‘(2) Support of training operations and train-
ing missions assigned in whole or in part by the Sec-
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retary concerned to the National Guard, but only to 
the extent that such training operation and training 
missions— 
‘‘(A) are performed in the territorial limits 
of the United States, its territories and posses-
sions, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; 
and 
‘‘(B) are only to instruct— 
‘‘(i) active-duty members of the armed 
forces; 
‘‘(ii) members of foreign military 
forces (under the same authorities and re-
strictions applicable to active-duty mem-
bers providing such instruction or train-
ing); 
‘‘(iii) Department of Defense con-
tractor personnel; or 
‘‘(iv) Department of Defense civilian 
employees.’’. 
SEC. 544. NATIONAL GUARD OFFICERS AUTHORITY TO 
COMMAND. 
Section 325 of title 32, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘in com-
mand of a National Guard unit’’; 
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(2) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub-
section (c); and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing new subsection (b): 
‘‘(b) ADVANCE AUTHORIZATION
AND CONSENT.— 
The President and Governor of the State or Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, or the Virgin Islands, or 
the commanding general of the District of Columbia Na-
tional Guard, as the case may be, respectively, may give 
the authorization and consent required by subsection 
(a)(2), in advance, for the purpose of establishing the suc-
cession of command of a unit.’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(d) NATIONAL GUARD DUTIES.—An officer who is 
not relieved from duty in the National Guard while serving 
on active duty pursuant to subsection (a)(2) may perform 
any duty authorized to be performed by the laws of that 
officer’s State or the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, or the District of Colum-
bia, as the case may be, to be performed by the National 
Guard without regard to the limitations imposed by sec-
tion 1385 of title 18.’’. 
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SEC. 545. EXPANSION OF OPERATIONS OF CIVIL SUPPORT 
TEAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 12310(c) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘involving—’’ and inserting 
‘‘involving any of the following:’’; and 
(B) by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) The use or threatened use of a weapon of 
mass destruction (as defined in section 12304(i)(2) 
of this title) in the United States. 
‘‘(B) A terrorist attack or threatened terrorist 
attack in the United States that results, or could re-
sult, in catastrophic loss of life or property. 
‘‘(C) The intentional or unintentional release of 
nuclear, biological, radiological, or toxic or poisonous 
chemical materials in the United States that results, 
or could result, in catastrophic loss of life or prop-
erty. 
‘‘(D) A natural or manmade disaster in the 
United States that results in, or could result in, cat-
astrophic loss of life or property.’’; 
(2) by amending paragraph (3) to read as fol-
lows: 
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‘‘(3) A Reserve may perform duty described in para-
graph (1) only while assigned to a reserve component 
weapons of mass destruction civil support team.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(7) In this subsection, the term ‘United States’ in-
cludes the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the 
Virgin Islands.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
Such section is further amended— 
(1) by striking the subsection heading and in-
serting ‘‘OPERATIONS
RELATING
TO
DEFENSE 
AGAINST WEAPONS
OF MASS DESTRUCTION
AND 
TERRORIST ATTACKS.—’’; 
(2) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘rapid assess-
ment element team’’ and inserting ‘‘weapons of mass 
destruction civil support team’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (6)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘paragraph (3)’’ and inserting 
‘‘paragraphs (1) and (3)’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘paragraph (3)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 
(3)’’. 
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Subtitle F—Decorations and 
Awards 
SEC. 551. AUTHORITY FOR PRESENTATION OF MEDAL OF 
HONOR FLAG TO LIVING MEDAL OF HONOR 
RECIPIENTS AND TO LIVING PRIMARY NEXT- 
OF-KIN OF DECEASED MEDAL OF HONOR RE-
CIPIENTS. 
(a) ARMY.—Section 3755 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘after October 23, 2002’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sen-
tence: ‘‘In the case of a posthumous presentation of 
the medal, the flag shall be presented to the person 
to whom the medal is presented’’. 
(b) NAVY.—Section 6257 of such title is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘after October 23, 2002’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sen-
tence: ‘‘In the case of a posthumous presentation of 
the medal, the flag shall be presented to the person 
to whom the medal is presented’’. 
(c) AIR FORCE.—Section 8755 of such title is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘after October 23, 2002’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sen-
tence: ‘‘In the case of a posthumous presentation of 
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the medal, the flag shall be presented to the person 
to whom the medal is presented’’. 
(d) COAST GUARD.—Section 505 of title 14, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘after October 23, 2002’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sen-
tence: ‘‘In the case of a posthumous presentation of 
the medal, the flag shall be presented to the person 
to whom the medal is presented’’. 
(e) PRESENTATION OF FLAG FOR PRIOR RECIPIENTS 
OF MEDAL OF HONOR.— 
(1) LIVING RECIPIENTS.—The President shall 
provide for the presentation of the Medal of Honor 
Flag as expeditiously as possible after the date of 
the enactment of this Act to each living recipient of 
the Medal of Honor who was awarded the Medal of 
Honor before that date. 
(2) SURVIVORS
OF
DECEASED
RECIPIENTS.— 
The President shall provide for posthumous presen-
tation of the Medal of Honor Flag, upon written ap-
plication therefor, to the primary next of kin of any 
recipient of the Medal of Honor who was awarded 
the Medal of Honor before the date of the enactment 
of this Act and who is deceased as of such date (or 
who dies after such date and before the presentation 
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required by paragraph (1)). For purposes of this 
paragraph, the primary next-of-kin is the person 
who would be entitled to receive the award of the 
Medal of Honor for such deceased individual if the 
award were being made posthumously at the time of 
the presentation of the Medal of Honor Flag. 
(3) MEDAL
OF
HONOR
FLAG.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘‘Medal of Honor Flag’’ means the 
flag designated under section 903 of title 36, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 552. COLD WAR VICTORY MEDAL. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—Chapter 57 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 1135. Cold War Victory Medal 
‘‘(a) MEDAL
AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary con-
cerned shall issue a service medal, to be known as the 
‘Cold War Victory Medal’, to persons eligible to receive 
the medal under subsection (b). The Cold War Victory 
Medal shall be of an appropriate design approved by the 
Secretary of Defense, with ribbons, lapel pins, and other 
appurtenances. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE PERSONS.—The following persons are 
eligible to receive the Cold War Victory Medal: 
‘‘(1) A person who— 
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‘‘(A) performed active duty or inactive 
duty training as an enlisted member during the 
Cold War; 
‘‘(B) completed the person’s initial term of 
enlistment or, if discharged before completion of 
such initial term of enlistment, was honorably 
discharged after completion of not less than 
180 days of service on active duty; and 
‘‘(C) has not received a discharge less fa-
vorable than an honorable discharge or a re-
lease from active duty with a characterization 
of service less favorable than honorable. 
‘‘(2) A person who— 
‘‘(A) performed active duty or inactive 
duty training as a commissioned officer or war-
rant officer during the Cold War; 
‘‘(B) completed the person’s initial service 
obligation as an officer or, if discharged or sep-
arated before completion of such initial service 
obligation, was honorably discharged after com-
pletion of not less than 180 days of service on 
active duty; and 
‘‘(C) has not been released from active 
duty with a characterization of service less fa-
vorable than honorable and has not received a 
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discharge or separation less favorable than an 
honorable discharge. 
‘‘(c) ONE AWARD AUTHORIZED.—Not more than one 
Cold War Victory Medal may be issued to any person. 
‘‘(d) ISSUANCE
TO
REPRESENTATIVE
OF
DE-
CEASED.—If a person described in subsection (b) dies be-
fore being issued the Cold War Victory Medal, the medal 
shall be issued to the person’s representative, as des-
ignated by the Secretary concerned. 
‘‘(e) REPLACEMENT.—Under regulations prescribed 
by the Secretary concerned, a Cold War Victory Medal 
that is lost, destroyed, or rendered unfit for use without 
fault or neglect on the part of the person to whom it was 
issued may be replaced without charge. 
‘‘(f) APPLICATION FOR MEDAL.—The Cold War Vic-
tory Medal shall be issued upon receipt by the Secretary 
concerned of an application for such medal, submitted in 
accordance with such regulations as the Secretary pre-
scribes. 
‘‘(g) UNIFORM REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall ensure that regulations prescribed by the Sec-
retaries of the military departments under this section are 
uniform so far as is practicable. 
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‘‘(h) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘Cold 
War’ means the period beginning on September 2, 1945, 
and ending at the end of December 26, 1991.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item: 
‘‘1135. Cold War Victory Medal.’’. 
SEC. 553. POSTHUMOUS AWARD OF PURPLE HEART FOR 
PRISONERS OF WAR WHO DIE IN OR DUE TO 
CAPTIVITY. 
(a) DECEASED POWS NOT OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE 
FOR PURPLE HEART.—Chapter 57 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding after section 1135, as 
added by section 552(a), the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1136. Purple Heart: posthumous award for pris-
oners of war or former prisoners of war 
dying in or due to captivity 
‘‘(a) For purposes of the award of the Purple Heart, 
the Secretary concerned shall treat a death described in 
subsection (b) in the same manner as the death of a mem-
ber of the armed forces in action as the result of an act 
of an enemy of the United States. 
‘‘(b) A death described in this subsection is either of 
the following: 
‘‘(1) The death of a member of the armed 
forces who dies in captivity under circumstances es-
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tablishing eligibility for the prisoner-of-war medal 
under section 1128 of this title but under cir-
cumstances not otherwise establishing eligibility for 
the Purple Heart. 
‘‘(2) The death of a member or former member 
of the armed forces who following captivity as a pris-
oner of war is issued the prisoner-of-war medal 
under section 1128 of this title and who dies due to 
a disease or disability that was incurred during that 
captivity, unless the member or former member re-
ceived a Purple Heart due to the injury or condi-
tions resulting in that disease or disability. 
‘‘(c) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regula-
tions for determining eligibility for the Purple Heart 
under this section. Such regulations shall include criteria 
for the determination under paragraph (2) of subsection 
(b) of whether a death is due to a disease or disability 
incurred while a prisoner of war. 
‘‘(d) This section applies to any member of the armed 
forces who is held as a prisoner of war after December 
7, 1941.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
after the item relating to section 1135, as added by section 
552(b), the following new item: 
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‘‘1136. Purple Heart: posthumous award for prisoners of war or former pris-
oners of war dying in or due to captivity.’’. 
(c) RETROACTIVE AWARDS.—In the case of a mem-
ber or former member of the Armed Forces covered by 
section 1135 of title 10, United States Code, whose death 
is before the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary concerned shall award the Purple Heart under that 
section upon receipt of an application that is made to the 
Secretary in such manner, and containing such informa-
tion, as the Secretary requires. 
SEC. 554. ADVANCEMENT ON THE RETIRED LIST OF CER-
TAIN DECORATED RETIRED NAVY AND MA-
RINE CORPS OFFICERS. 
(a) ADVANCEMENT ON RETIRED LIST.—The Sec-
retary of the Navy shall, upon receipt of a qualifying appli-
cation, advance on the retired list of the Navy or Marine 
Corps, as applicable, any retired officer of the Navy or 
Marine Corps described in subsection (b). Each such offi-
cer shall be advanced to the next higher grade above the 
officer’s retired grade as of the day before the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(b) COVERED OFFICERS.—Subsection (a) applies to 
any retired officer of the Navy or Marine Corps— 
(1) who was eligible to retire before November 
1, 1959, but who retired on or after that date; and 
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(2) who, under the provisions of law in effect 
before November 1, 1959, would have been eligible, 
by reason of having been specifically commended for 
performance of duty in actual combat, to have been 
retired in the next higher grade if the officer had re-
tired before that date. 
(c) QUALIFYING APPLICATION.—A qualifying appli-
cation is an application from an officer described in sub-
section (b) or, in the case of a deceased officer, the sur-
viving spouse or another immediate family member (as de-
termined by the Secretary) of the officer, that— 
(1) requests advancement on the retired list 
under this section; and 
(2) provides such information as the Secretary 
may require. 
(d) EFFECT OF ADVANCEMENT ON RETIRED LIST.— 
The advancement of an officer on the retired list pursuant 
to subsection (a) shall not affect— 
(1) in the case of a retired office who is living 
as of the date of the enactment of this Act, the re-
tired pay or other benefits of the officer or the grade 
in which the officer could be ordered or recalled to 
active duty; and 
(2) any benefit to which any other person is or 
may become entitled based upon the officer’s service. 
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SEC. 555. REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROCESS 
FOR AWARDING DECORATIONS. 
(a) REVIEW.—The Secretary of Defense shall con-
duct a review of the policy, procedures, and processes of 
the military departments for awarding decorations to 
members of the Armed Forces. 
(b) TIME PERIODS.—As part of the review, the Sec-
retary shall determine how long the award process takes— 
(1) from the time a recommendation for the 
award of a decoration is submitted until the time the 
award of the decoration is approved; and 
(2) from the time award of a decoration is ap-
proved until the time when the decoration is pre-
sented to the recipient. 
(c) RESERVE COMPONENTS.—In conducting the re-
view, the Secretary shall ensure that the timeliness of the 
awards process for members of the reserve components is 
the same or similar as that for members of the active com-
ponents. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and 
the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives a report containing the Secretary’s findings 
as a result of the review under subsection (a), together 
with a plan for implementing whatever changes are deter-
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mined to be appropriate to the process for awarding deco-
rations in order to ensure that decorations are awarded 
in a timely manner, to the extent practicable. 
Subtitle G—Matters Relating to 
Casualties 
SEC. 561. CRITERIA FOR REMOVAL OF MEMBER FROM TEM-
PORARY DISABILITY RETIRED LIST. 
(a) CRITERIA.—Section 1210(e) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘of a permanent na-
ture and stable and is’’ after ‘‘physical disability’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to any case received for consid-
eration by a physical evaluation board after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 562. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE COMPUTER/ELEC-
TRONIC ACCOMMODATIONS PROGRAM FOR 
SEVERELY WOUNDED MEMBERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 58 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1150 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1151. Severely wounded members: assistive tech-
nology and services 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Defense may 
provide assistive technology, assistive technology devices, 
and assistive technology services, as those terms are de-
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fined in section 3 of the Assistive Technology Act of 1998 
(29 U.S.C. 3002), to a member of the armed forces who 
has sustained a severe or debilitating illness or injury 
while serving in support of a contingency operation. 
‘‘(b) DURATION AND PROVISION OF TECHNOLOGY 
AND SERVICES.—The Secretary may provide technology 
and services authorized by subsection (a) for an indefinite 
period, without regard to whether the person assisted con-
tinues to be a member of the armed forces. 
‘‘(c) AUTHORITY
TO ALLOW RETENTION
OF DE-
VICES, ETC.—Upon the separation from active service of 
a member who has been provided assistance as specified 
in subsection (a), the Secretary may allow the member to 
retain any assistive technology, device, or service provided 
to the member before the member’s separation.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 1150 the following new 
item: 
‘‘1151. Severely wounded members: assistive technology and services.’’. 
SEC. 563. TRANSPORTATION OF REMAINS OF CASUALTIES 
DYING IN A THEATER OF COMBAT OPER-
ATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary concerned shall 
provide transportation of the remains of a member of the 
Armed Forces who dies in a combat theater of operations 
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and whose remains are returned to the United States 
through the mortuary facility at Dover Air Force Base, 
Delaware, in accordance with section 1482(a)(8) of title 
10, United States Code, and this section. 
(b) ESCORT.—The Secretary concerned shall ensure 
that such remains are escorted under that section at all 
times by at least one person, who shall be a member of 
the Armed Forces of appropriate grade. 
(c) AIR TRANSPORTATION FROM DOVER AFB.— 
(1) USE OF MILITARY AIRCRAFT.—If transpor-
tation of remains described in subsection (a) from 
Dover Air Force Base to the escorted remains des-
tination includes transportation by aircraft, such 
transportation by aircraft (unless otherwise directed 
by the next-of-kin) shall be made by military aircraft 
or military-contracted aircraft to the military airfield 
that is closest to the escorted remains destination. 
In the case of any such flight, the exclusive mission 
of the flight shall be the transportation of those re-
mains. 
(2) ESCORTED REMAINS DESTINATION.—In this 
subsection, the term ‘‘escorted remains destination’’ 
means the place to which remains are to be trans-
ported pursuant to section 1482(a)(8) of title 10, 
United States Code. 
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(d) HONOR GUARD ESCORT.—In a case of the trans-
portation of remains covered by subsection (a), there shall 
be a military escort (in addition to the escort under sub-
section (b)) that either travels with the remains from 
Dover Air Force Base or meets the remains at the place 
to which transportation by air (or by rail or motor vehicle, 
if applicable) is made. Such escort shall be of sufficient 
number to transfer the casket containing the remains from 
the aircraft (or other means of transportation to that 
place) to a hearse for local transportation. Such escort 
shall remain with the remains until the remains are deliv-
ered to the next-of-kin. Such escort shall consist of mem-
bers of the Armed Forces on active duty or in the Ready 
Reserve. 
SEC. 564. ANNUAL BUDGET DISPLAY OF FUNDS FOR POW/ 
MIA ACTIVITIES OF DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE. 
(a) 
CONSOLIDATED
BUDGET
JUSTIFICATION.— 
Chapter 9 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 234. POW/MIA activities: display of budget infor-
mation 
‘‘(a) SUBMISSION WITH ANNUAL BUDGET JUS-
TIFICATION DOCUMENTS.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to Congress, as a part of the defense budget mate-
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rials for a fiscal year, a consolidated budget justification 
display, in classified and unclassified form, that covers all 
programs and activities of Department of Defense POW/ 
MIA accounting and recovery organizations. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS FOR BUDGET DISPLAY.—The 
budget display under subsection (a) for a fiscal year shall 
include the following for each such organization: 
‘‘(1) The amount, by appropriation and func-
tional area, originally requested by that organization 
for that fiscal year, with the supporting narrative 
describing the rationale for the requested funding 
level. 
‘‘(2) A summary of actual or estimated expendi-
tures by that organization for the fiscal year during 
which the budget is submitted and for the fiscal year 
preceding that year. 
‘‘(3) The amount in the budget for that organi-
zation. 
‘‘(4) A detailed explanation of any inconsist-
encies between the amount originally requested by 
the organization (shown pursuant to paragraph (1)) 
and the amount in the budget for that organization 
(shown pursuant to paragraph (3)). 
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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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