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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the begin-
ning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 1150 the following new item:
‘‘1151. Retention of assistive technology and services provided before separation.’’.
SEC. 562. TRANSPORTATION OF REMAINS OF CASUALTIES DYING IN 
A THEATER OF COMBAT OPERATIONS. 
(a) REQUIRED TRANSPORTATION.—In the case of a member of 
the Armed Forces who dies in a combat theater of operations 
and whose remains are returned to the United States through 
the mortuary facility at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, the Sec-
retary concerned, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary 
of Defense, shall provide transportation of the remains of that 
member from Dover Air Force Base to the applicable escorted 
remains destination in accordance with section 1482(a)(8) of title 
10, United States Code, and this section. 
(b) ESCORTED REMAINS DESTINATION.—In this section, the term 
‘‘escorted remains destination’’ means the place to which remains 
are authorized to be transported under section 1482(a)(8) of title 
10, United States Code. 
(c) AIR TRANSPORTATION FROM DOVER AFB.—
(1) 
MILITARY
TRANSPORTATION.—If 
transportation 
of 
remains under subsection (a) includes transportation by air, 
such transportation (except as provided under paragraph (2)) 
shall be made by military aircraft or military-contracted air-
craft. 
(2) ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION BY AIRCRAFT.—The provi-
sions of paragraph (1) shall not be applicable to the transpor-
tation of remains by air to the extent that the person designated 
to direct disposition of the remains directs otherwise. 
(3) PRIMARY MISSION.—When remains are transported by 
military aircraft or military-contracted aircraft under this sec-
tion, the primary mission of the aircraft providing that 
transportation shall be the transportation of such remains. 
However, more than one set of remains may be transported 
on the same flight. 
(d) ESCORT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
Secretary concerned shall ensure that remains transported 
under this section are continuously escorted from Dover Air 
Force Base to the applicable escorted remains destination by 
a member of the Armed Forces in an appropriate grade, as 
determined by the Secretary. 
(2) OTHER ESCORT.—If a specific military escort is requested 
by the person designated to direct disposition of such remains 
and the Secretary approves that request, then the Secretary 
is not required to provide an additional military escort under 
paragraph (1). 
(e) HONOR GUARD DETAIL.—
(1) PROVISION OF DETAIL.—Except in a case in which the 
person designated to direct disposition of remains requests 
that no military honor guard be present, the Secretary con-
cerned shall ensure that an honor guard detail is provided 
in each case of the transportation of remains under this section. 
The honor guard detail shall be in addition to the escort pro-
vided for the transportation of remains under section (d).
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(2) COMPOSITION.—An honor guard detail provided under 
this section shall consist of sufficient members of the Armed 
Forces to perform the duties specified in paragraph (3). The 
members of the honor guard detail shall be in uniform. 
(3) DUTIES.—Except to the extent that the person des-
ignated to direct disposition of remains requests that any of 
the following functions not be performed, an honor guard detail 
under this section—
(A) shall—
(i) travel with the remains during transportation; 
or 
(ii) meet the remains at the place to which 
transportation by air (or by rail or motor vehicle, if 
applicable) is made for the transfer of the remains; 
(B) shall provide appropriate honors at the arrival 
of the remains referred to in subparagraph (A)(ii) (unless 
airline or other security requirements do not permit such 
honors to be provided); and 
(C) shall participate in the transfer of the remains 
from an aircraft, when airport and airline security require-
ments permit, by carrying out the remains with a flag 
draped over the casket to a hearse or other form of ground 
transportation for travel to a funeral home or other place 
designated by the person designated to direct disposition 
of such remains. 
(f) SECRETARY CONCERNED DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘Secretary concerned’’ has the meaning given that term in section 
101(a)(9) of title 10, United States Code. 
(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect at such 
time as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, but not 
later than January 1, 2007. 
SEC. 563. ANNUAL BUDGET DISPLAY OF FUNDS FOR POW/MIA ACTIVI-
TIES OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(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 information 
‘‘(a) SUBMISSION WITH ANNUAL BUDGET JUSTIFICATION DOCU-
MENTS.—The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress, as 
a part of the defense budget materials for a fiscal year, a consoli-
dated 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 for each such 
organization the following: 
‘‘(1) A statement of what percentage of the requirements 
originally requested by the organization in the budget review 
process that the budget requests funds for. 
‘‘(2) A summary of actual or estimated expenditures 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 organization. 
‘‘(4) A detailed explanation of the shortfalls, if any, in 
the funding of any requirement shown pursuant to paragraph
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(1), when compared to the amount shown pursuant to para-
graph (3). 
‘‘(5) The budget estimate for that organization for the five 
fiscal years after the fiscal year for which the budget is sub-
mitted. 
‘‘(c) DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE POW/MIA ACCOUNTING
AND 
RECOVERY ORGANIZATIONS.—In this section, the term ‘Department 
of Defense POW/MIA accounting and recovery organization’ means 
any of the following (and any successor organization): 
‘‘(1) The Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office 
(DPMO). 
‘‘(2) The Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (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 ‘defense budget materials’, with respect to 
a fiscal year, means the materials submitted to Congress by 
the Secretary of Defense in support of the budget for that 
fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘budget’, with respect to a fiscal year, means 
the budget for that fiscal year that is submitted to Congress 
by the President under section 1105(a) of title 31.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the begin-
ning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following 
new item:
‘‘234. POW/MIA activities: display of budget information.’’.
SEC. 564. MILITARY SEVERELY INJURED CENTER. 
(a) CENTER REQUIRED.—In support of the comprehensive policy 
on the provision of assistance to severely wounded or injured 
servicemembers required by section 563 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119 
Stat. 3269; 10 U.S.C. 113 note), the Secretary of Defense shall 
establish within the Department of Defense a center to augment 
and support the programs and activities of the military departments 
for the provision of such assistance, including the programs of 
the military departments referred to in subsection (c). 
(b) DESIGNATION.—The center established under subsection (a) 
shall be known as the ‘‘Military Severely Injured Center’’ (in this 
section referred to as the ‘‘Center’’). 
(c) PROGRAMS OF THE MILITARY DEPARTMENTS.—The programs 
of the military departments referred to in this subsection are the 
following: 
(1) The Army Wounded Warrior Support Program. 
(2) The Navy Safe Harbor Program. 
(3) The Palace HART Program of the Air Force. 
(4) The Marine for Life Injured Support Program of the 
Marine Corps. 
(d) ACTIVITIES OF CENTER.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Center shall carry out such programs 
and activities to augment and support the programs and activi-
ties of the military departments for the provision of assistance 
to severely wounded or injured servicemembers and their fami-
lies as the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secre-
taries of the military departments and the heads of other 
appropriate departments and agencies of the Federal Govern-
ment (including the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs), determines appropriate. 
(2) DATABASE.—The activities of the Center under this 
subsection shall include the establishment and maintenance 
of a central database. The database shall be transparent and 
shall be accessible for use by all of the programs of the military 
departments referred to in subsection (c). 
(e) RESOURCES.—The Secretary of Defense shall allocate to 
the Center such personnel and other resources as the Secretary 
of Defense, in consultation with the Secretaries of the military 
departments, considers appropriate in order to permit the Center 
to carry out effectively the programs and activities assigned to 
the Center under subsection (d). 
SEC. 565. COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW ON PROCEDURES OF THE DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE ON MORTUARY AFFAIRS. 
(a) REPORT.—As soon as practicable after the completion of 
a comprehensive review of the procedures of the Department of 
Defense on mortuary affairs, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report 
on the review. 
(b) ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS.—In conducting the comprehensive 
review described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall address, 
in addition to any other matter covered by the review, the following: 
(1) The use of additional or increased refrigeration 
(including icing) in combat theaters in order to enhance 
preservation of remains. 
(2) The location of refrigeration assets further forward in 
the field. 
(3) Specific time standards for the movement of remains 
from combat units. 
(4) The forward location of autopsy and embalming oper-
ations. 
(5) Any other matter that the Secretary considers appro-
priate in order to expedite the return of remains to the United 
States in a nondecomposed state. 
SEC. 566. ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS OF POLICY ON CASUALTY ASSIST-
ANCE TO SURVIVORS OF MILITARY DECEDENTS. 
Section 562(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3267; 10 U.S.C. 
1475 note) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(12) The process by which the Department of Defense, 
upon request, provides information (in person and otherwise) 
to survivors of a military decedent on the cause of, and any 
investigation into, the death of such military decedent and 
on the disposition and transportation of the remains of such 
decedent, which process shall—