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amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(4) As part of the budget justification materials sub-
mitted by the Secretary of Defense to Congress in support 
of the end strength authorizations required under sub-
paragraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (a)(1) for fiscal year 
2009 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary shall 
provide the following: 
‘‘(A) The number of members, specified by re-
serve component, authorized under subparagraphs 
(A) and (B) of paragraph (1) who were serving on 
active duty or full-time National Guard duty for 
operational support beyond each of the limits speci-
fied under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph 
(2) at the end of the fiscal year preceding the fiscal 
year for which the budget justification materials are 
submitted. 
‘‘(B) The number of members, specified by re-
serve component, on active duty for operational sup-
port who, at the end of the fiscal year for which the 
budget justification materials are submitted, are 
projected to be serving on active duty or full-time 
National Guard duty for operational support beyond 
such limits.
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‘‘(C) The number of members, specified by re-
serve component, on active duty or full-time Na-
tional Guard duty for operational support who are 
included in, and counted against, the end strength 
authorizations requested under subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) of subsection (a)(1). 
‘‘(D) A summary of the missions being per-
formed by members identified under subparagraphs 
(A) and (B).’’. 
SEC. 417. REVISION OF VARIANCES AUTHORIZED FOR SE-
LECTED RESERVE END STRENGTHS. 
Section 115(f)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘2 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘3 per-
cent’’. 
Subtitle C—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 421. MILITARY PERSONNEL. 
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the 
Department of Defense for military personnel for fiscal 
year 2008 a total of $115,439,889,000. The authorization 
in the preceding sentence supersedes any other authoriza-
tion of appropriations (definite or indefinite) for such pur-
pose for fiscal year 2008.
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SEC. 422. ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME. 
There is authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2008 from the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust 
Fund the sum of $61,624,000 for the operation of the 
Armed Forces Retirement Home. 
SEC. 423. OFFSETTING TRANSFERS FROM NATIONAL DE-
FENSE STOCKPILE TRANSACTION FUND. 
Not later than 60 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall transfer 
$150,000,000 from the unobligated balances of the Na-
tional Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund to the Mis-
cellaneous Receipts Fund of the United States Treasury 
to offset estimated costs arising from section 702 and the 
amendments made by such section. 
TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL 
POLICY 
Subtitle A—Officer Personnel Policy 
Sec. 501. Assignment of officers to designated positions of importance and re-
sponsibility. 
Sec. 502. Increase in years of commissioned service threshold for discharge of 
probationary officers and for use of force shaping authority. 
Sec. 503. Special promotion authority for Navy career military professors. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Component Matters 
Sec. 511. Mandatory separation of Reserve officers in the grade of lieutenant 
general or vice admiral after completion of 38 years of commis-
sioned service. 
Sec. 512. Constructive service credit upon original appointment of reserve offi-
cers in certain health care professions. 
Sec. 513. Maximum period of temporary Federal recognition of person as Army 
National Guard officer or Air Force Reserve officer. 
Sec. 514. Military technicians (dual status) in the Selected Reserve. 
Sec. 515. Working group on reintegration of reserve component members re-
turning from deployment. 
Sec. 516. National Guard yellow ribbon reintegration program.