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(7) Any recommendations of the Secretary of the Navy 
with respect to the extension of the ship rotational crew experi-
ment or the implementation of the experiment for other surface 
vessels. 
(b) POSTPONEMENT OF IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of the 
Navy may not begin implementation of any new surface ship rota-
tional crew experiment or program during the period beginning 
on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on October 
1, 2009. 
(c) TREATMENT OF EXISTING EXPERIMENTS.—
(1) DESTROYER EXPERIMENT.—Not later than January 1, 
2007, the Secretary of the Navy shall terminate the existing 
ship rotational crew experiment involving the U.S.S. Gonzalez 
(DDG–66), the U.S.S. Stout (DDG–55), and the U.S.S. Laboon 
(DDG–58) that is known as the ‘‘sea swap’’. 
(2) PATROL
COASTAL
CLASS
SHIP
EXPERIMENT.—The Sec-
retary of the Navy may continue the existing ship rotational 
crew program that is currently in use by overseas-based Patrol 
Coastal class ships. 
(3) MINE COUNTERMEASURES SHIPS.—The Secretary of the 
Navy may continue the existing ship rotational crew program 
that is currently in use by MCM and MHC ships. 
(4) LITTORAL COMBAT SHIPS.—The Secretary of the Navy 
may employ a two crew for one ship (commonly referred to 
as Blue-Gold) rotational crew program for the first two ships 
of each Littoral combat ship design (LCS 1–4). 
(d) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT.—Not later than July 15, 
2007, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on 
Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services 
of the House of Representatives a report on the ship rotational 
crew experiment referred to in subsection (c)(1). The report shall 
include the following: 
(1) A review of the report submitted by the Secretary 
of the Navy under subsection (a) and an assessment of the 
extent to which the Secretary fully addressed costs, quality 
of life, training, maintenance, and mission effectiveness, and 
other relevant issues in that report. 
(2) An assessment of the extent to which the Secretary 
established and applied a comprehensive framework for 
assessing the use of ship rotational crew experiments, including 
formal objectives, metrics, and methodology for assessing the 
cost-effectiveness of such experiments. 
(3) An assessment of the extent to which the Secretary 
established effective guidance for the use of ship rotational 
crew experiments. 
(4) Lessons learned from recent ship rotational crew experi-
ments and an assessment of the extent to which the Navy 
systematically collects and shares lessons learned. 
(e) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE REPORT.—Not later than 
July 15, 2007, the Director of the Congressional Budget Office 
shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate 
and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representa-
tives a report on the long-term implications of the use of crew 
rotation on Navy ships on the degree of forward presence provided 
by Navy ships. The report shall include the following:
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(1) An analysis of different approaches to crew rotation 
and the degree of forward presence each approach would pro-
vide. 
(2) A comparison of the degree of forward presence provided 
by the fleet under the long-term shipbuilding plan of the Navy 
with and without the widespread use of crew rotation. 
(3) The long-term benefits and costs of using crew rotation 
on Navy ships. 
SEC. 343. REPORT ON ARMY LIVE-FIRE RANGES IN HAWAII. 
Not later than March 1, 2007, the Secretary of the Army 
shall submit to Congress a report on the adequacy of the live-
fire ranges of the Army in the State of Hawaii with respect to 
current and future training requirements. The report shall include 
the following: 
(1) An evaluation of the capacity of the existing live-fire 
ranges to meet the training requirements of the Army, including 
the training requirements of Stryker Brigade Combat Teams. 
(2) A description of any existing plan to modify or expand 
any range in Hawaii for the purpose of meeting anticipated 
live-fire training requirements. 
(3) A description of the current live-fire restrictions at 
the Makua Valley range and the effect of these restrictions 
on unit readiness. 
(4) Cost and schedule estimates for the construction of 
new ranges or the modification of existing ranges that are 
necessary to support future training requirements if existing 
restrictions on training at the Makua Valley range remain 
in place. 
SEC. 344. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON JOINT STANDARDS 
AND PROTOCOLS FOR ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEMS AT 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 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 
containing the assessment of the Comptroller General of—
(1) the extent to which consistency exists in standards, 
protocols, and procedures for access control across installations 
of the Department of Defense; and 
(2) whether the establishment of joint standards and proto-
cols for access control at such installations would be likely 
to—
(A) address any need of the Department identified 
by the Comptroller General; or 
(B) improve access control across such installations 
by providing greater consistency and improved force protec-
tion. 
(b) ISSUES TO BE ASSESSED.—In conducting the assessment 
required by subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall assess 
the extent to which each installation of the Department of Defense 
has or would benefit from having an access control system with 
the ability to—
(1) electronically check any identification card issued by 
any Federal agency or any State or local government within 
the United States, including any identification card of a visitor
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to the installation who is a citizen or legal resident of the 
United States; 
(2) verify that an identification card used to obtain access 
to the installation was legitimately issued and has not been 
reported lost or stolen; 
(3) check on a real-time basis all relevant watch lists main-
tained by the Government, including terrorist watch lists and 
lists of persons wanted by Federal, State, or local law enforce-
ment authorities; 
(4) maintain a log of individuals seeking access to the 
installation and of individuals who are denied access to the 
installation; and 
(5) exchange information with any installation with a 
system that complies with the joint standards and protocols. 
SEC. 345. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON READINESS OF ARMY 
AND MARINE CORPS GROUND FORCES. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than June 1, 2007, the Comp-
troller General shall submit to the Committee on Armed Serv-
ices of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of 
the House of Representatives a report on the readiness of 
the active component and reserve component ground forces 
of the Army and the Marine Corps. 
(2) ONE OR MORE REPORTS.—In complying with the require-
ments of this section, the Comptroller General may submit 
a single report addressing all the elements specified in sub-
section (b) or two or more reports addressing any combination 
of such elements. If the Comptroller General submits more 
than one report under this section, all such reports shall be 
submitted not later than the date specified in paragraph (1). 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The elements specified in this subsection are 
the following: 
(1) An analysis of the current readiness status of each 
of the active component and reserve component ground forces 
of the Army and the Marine Corps, including a description 
of any major deficiency identified, an analysis of the trends 
in readiness of such forces during not less than the ten-year 
period preceding the date on which the report is submitted, 
and a comparison of the current readiness indicators of such 
ground forces with historical patterns. 
(2) An assessment of the ability of the Army and the 
Marine Corps to provide trained and ready forces for ongoing 
operations as well as other commitments assigned to the Army 
and the Marine Corps in defense planning documents. 
(3) An analysis of the availability of equipment for training 
by units of the Army and the Marine Corps in the United 
States in configurations comparable to the equipment being 
used by units of the Army and the Marine Corps, as applicable, 
in ongoing operations. 
(4) An analysis of the current and projected requirements 
for repair or replacement of equipment of the Army and the 
Marine Corps due to ongoing operations and the effect of such 
required repair or replacement of equipment on the availability 
of equipment for training. 
(5) An assessment of the current personnel tempo of Army 
and Marine Corps forces, including—
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(A) a comparison of such tempos to historical trends; 
(B) an identification of particular occupational special-
ties that are experiencing unusually high or low deploy-
ment rates; and 
(C) an analysis of retention rates in the occupational 
specialties identified under subparagraph (B). 
(6) An assessment of the efforts of the Army and the 
Marine Corps to mitigate the impact of high operational tempos, 
including cross-leveling of personnel and equipment or cross 
training of personnel or units for new or additional mission 
requirements. 
(7) A description of the current policy of the Army and 
the Marine Corps with respect to the mobilization of reserve 
component personnel, together with an analysis of the number 
of reserve component personnel in each of the Army and the 
Marine Corps that are projected to be available for deployment 
under such policy. 
(c) FORM OF REPORT.—Any report submitted under subsection 
(a) shall be submitted in both classified and unclassified form. 
SEC. 346. REPORT ON AIR FORCE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR AIR 
FORCE FLIGHT TRAINING OPERATIONS AT PUEBLO MEMO-
RIAL AIRPORT, COLORADO. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than February 15, 2007, the 
Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report on Air Force safety requirements for Air Force 
flight training operations at Pueblo Memorial Airport, Colorado. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under subsection (a) shall 
include each of the following: 
(1) A description of the Air Force flying operations at 
Pueblo Memorial Airport, including the Initial Flight Screening 
program. 
(2) An assessment of the impact of Air Force operations 
at Pueblo Memorial Airport on non-Air Force activities at the 
airport. 
(3) A description of the requirements necessary at Pueblo 
Memorial Airport to ensure safe Air Force flying operations, 
including the continuous availability of fire protection, crash 
rescue, and other emergency response capabilities. 
(4) An assessment of the necessity of providing for a contin-
uous fire-fighting capability at Pueblo Memorial Airport. 
(5) A description and analysis of any alternatives for Air 
Force flying operations at Pueblo Memorial Airport, including 
the cost and availability of any such alternatives. 
(6) A description of Air Force funding of fire-fighting and 
crash rescue support at Pueblo Memorial Airport through the 
services contract for the Initial Flight Screening program. 
(7) An assessment of whether Air Force funding is required 
to assist the City of Pueblo, Colorado, in meeting Air Force 
requirements for safe Air Force flight operations at Pueblo 
Memorial Airport, and if such funding is required, the plan 
of the Secretary of the Air Force to provide such funding to 
the city.
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SEC. 347. ANNUAL REPORT ON PERSONNEL SECURITY INVESTIGA-
TIONS FOR INDUSTRY AND NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL SECU-
RITY PROGRAM. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
include in the budget justification documents submitted to Congress 
in support of the President’s budget for the Department of Defense 
for each fiscal year, a report on the future requirements of the 
Department of Defense with respect to the Personnel Security Inves-
tigations for Industry and the National Industrial Security Program 
of the Defense Security Service. 
(b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—Each report required to be sub-
mitted under subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) The funding requirements of the personnel security 
clearance investigation program and ability of the Secretary 
of Defense to fund the program. 
(2) The size of the personnel security clearance investiga-
tion process backlog. 
(3) The length of the average delay for an individual case 
pending in the personnel security clearance investigation 
process. 
(4) Any progress made by the Secretary of Defense during 
the 12 months preceding the date on which the report is sub-
mitted toward implementing planned changes in the personnel 
security clearance investigation process. 
(5) A determination certified by the Secretary of Defense 
of whether the personnel security clearance investigation 
process has improved during the 12 months preceding the date 
on which the report is submitted. 
(c) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the Secretary of Defense submits the first report required 
under subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall submit to Con-
gress a report that contains a review of such report. The Comptroller 
General’s report shall include the following: 
(1) The number of personnel security clearance investiga-
tions conducted during the period beginning on October 1, 
1999, and ending on September 30, 2006. 
(2) The number of each type of security clearance granted 
during that period. 
(3) The unit cost to the Department of Defense of each 
security clearance granted during that period. 
(4) The amount of any fee or surcharge paid to the Office 
of Personnel Management as a result of conducting a personnel 
security clearance investigation. 
(5) A description of the procedures used by the Secretary 
of Defense to estimate the number of personnel security clear-
ance investigations to be conducted during a fiscal year. 
(6) A description of any plan developed by the Secretary 
of Defense to reduce delays and backlogs in the personnel 
security clearance investigation process. 
(7) A description of any plan developed by the Secretary 
of Defense to adequately fund the personnel security clearance 
investigation process. 
(8) A description of any plan developed by the Secretary 
of Defense to establish a more stable and effective Personnel 
Security Investigations Program.
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SEC. 348. FIVE-YEAR EXTENSION OF ANNUAL REPORT ON TRAINING 
RANGE SUSTAINMENT PLAN AND TRAINING RANGE INVEN-
TORY. 
Section 366 of the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–314; 116 Stat. 2522; 
10 U.S.C. 113 note) is amended—
(1) in subsections (a)(5) and (c)(2), by striking ‘‘fiscal years 
2005 through 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2005 through 
2013’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘within 60 days of receiving 
a report’’ and inserting ‘‘within 90 days of receiving a report’’. 
SEC. 349. REPORTS ON WITHDRAWAL OR DIVERSION OF EQUIPMENT 
FROM RESERVE UNITS FOR SUPPORT OF RESERVE UNITS 
BEING MOBILIZED AND OTHER UNITS. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED ON WITHDRAWAL OR DIVERSION OF EQUIP-
MENT.—Not later than 90 days after the date on which the Secretary 
concerned (as that term is defined in section 101(a)(9) of title 
10, United States Code) withdraws or diverts equipment from any 
reserve component unit for the purpose of transferring such equip-
ment to a reserve component unit that is ordered to active duty 
under section 12301, 12302, or 12304 of title 10, United States 
Code, or to an active component unit for the purpose of discharging 
the mission of the unit to which the equipment is diverted, the 
Secretary concerned shall submit to the Secretary of Defense a 
status report on such withdrawal or diversion of equipment. 
(b) ELEMENTS OF STATUS REPORT.—Each status report under 
subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) A plan to repair, recapitalize, or replace the equipment 
withdrawn or diverted within the unit from which it is being 
withdrawn or diverted. 
(2) In the case of equipment that is to remain in a theater 
of operations while the unit from which the equipment is with-
drawn or diverted leaves the theater of operations, a plan 
to provide that unit with equipment appropriate to ensure 
the continuation of the readiness training of the unit. 
(3) A signed memorandum of understanding between the 
active or reserve component to which the equipment is diverted 
and the reserve component from which the equipment is with-
drawn or diverted that specifies—
(A) how the equipment will be accounted for; and 
(B) when the equipment will be returned to the compo-
nent from which it was withdrawn or diverted. 
(c) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act and every 90 days thereafter, 
the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress all status reports 
submitted under subsection (a) during the 90-day period preceding 
the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits such reports. 
(d) TERMINATION.—This section shall terminate on the date 
that is five years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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Subtitle F—Other Matters 
SEC. 
351. 
DEPARTMENT 
OF 
DEFENSE 
STRATEGIC 
POLICY 
ON 
PREPOSITIONING OF MATERIEL AND EQUIPMENT. 
(a) STRATEGIC POLICY REQUIRED.—Chapter 131 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section: 
‘‘§ 2229. Strategic policy on prepositioning of materiel and 
equipment 
‘‘(a) POLICY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense shall main-
tain a strategic policy on the programs of the Department of Defense 
for the prepositioning of materiel and equipment. Such policy shall 
take into account national security threats, strategic mobility, 
service requirements, and the requirements of the combatant com-
mands. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATION OF DIVERSION OF PREPOSITIONED MATERIEL.—
The Secretary of a military department may not divert materiel 
or equipment from prepositioned stocks except—
‘‘(1) in accordance with a change made by the Secretary 
of Defense to the policy maintained under subsection (a); or 
‘‘(2) for the purpose of directly supporting a contingency 
operation or providing humanitarian assistance under chapter 
20 of this title. 
‘‘(c) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary of Defense 
may not implement or change the policy required under subsection 
(a) until the Secretary submits to the congressional defense commit-
tees a report describing the policy or change to the policy.’’. 
(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:
‘‘2229. Strategic policy on prepositioning of materiel and equipment.’’.
(c) DEADLINE FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF POLICY.—
(1) DEADLINE.—Not later than six months after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
establish the strategic policy on the programs of the Depart-
ment of Defense for the prepositioning of materiel and equip-
ment required under section 2229 of title 10, United States 
Code, as added by subsection (a). 
(2) LIMITATION
ON
DIVERSION
OF
PREPOSITIONED
MATE-
RIEL.—During the period beginning on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and ending on the date on which the Secretary 
of Defense submits the report required under section 2229(c) 
of title 10, United States Code, on the policy referred to in 
paragraph (1), the Secretary of a military department may 
not divert materiel or equipment from prepositioned stocks 
except for the purpose of directly supporting a contingency 
operation or providing humanitarian assistance under chapter 
20 of that title. 
SEC. 352. AUTHORITY TO MAKE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE HORSES 
AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION. 
(a) INCLUSION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE HORSES IN EXISTING 
AUTHORITY.—Section 2583 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended—
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(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘working dogs’’ 
and inserting ‘‘animals’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘working’’ each place it appears; 
(3) by striking ‘‘dog’’ and ‘‘dogs’’ each place they appear 
and inserting ‘‘animal’’ and ‘‘animals’’, respectively; 
(4) by striking ‘‘dog’s’’ in paragraphs (1) and (2) of sub-
section (a) and inserting ‘‘animal’s’’; 
(5) by striking ‘‘a dog’s adoptability’’ in subsection (b) and 
inserting ‘‘the adoptability of the animal’’; and 
(6) by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(g) MILITARY ANIMAL DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘mili-
tary animal’ means the following: 
‘‘(1) A military working dog. 
‘‘(2) A horse owned by the Department of Defense.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The item relating to such section 
in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 153 of such 
title is amended to read as follows:
‘‘2583. Military animals: transfer and adoption.’’.
SEC. 353. SALE AND USE OF PROCEEDS OF RECYCLABLE MUNITIONS 
MATERIALS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT
OF PROGRAM.—Chapter 443 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section: 
‘‘§ 4690. Recyclable munitions materials: sale; use of proceeds 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY FOR PROGRAM.—Notwithstanding section 2577 
of this title, the Secretary of the Army may carry out a program 
to sell recyclable munitions materials resulting from the demili-
tarization of conventional military munitions without regard to 
chapter 5 of title 40 and use any proceeds in accordance with 
subsection (c). 
‘‘(b) METHOD OF SALE.—The Secretary shall use competitive 
procedures to sell recyclable munitions materials under this section 
in a manner consistent with Federal procurement laws and regula-
tions. 
‘‘(c) PROCEEDS.—(1) Proceeds from the sale of recyclable muni-
tions materials under this section shall be credited to an account 
that is specified as being for Army ammunition demilitarization 
from funds made available for the procurement of ammunition, 
to be available only for reclamation, recycling, and reuse of conven-
tional military munitions (including research and development and 
equipment purchased for such purpose). 
‘‘(2) Amounts credited under this subsection shall be available 
for obligation for the fiscal year during which the funds are so 
credited and for three subsequent fiscal years. 
‘‘(d) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe regulations 
to carry out the program established under this section. Such regu-
lations shall be consistent and in compliance with the Solid Waste 
Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.) and the regulations imple-
menting that Act.’’. 
(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:
‘‘4690. Recyclable munitions materials: sale; use of proceeds.’’.
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SEC. 354. RECOVERY AND TRANSFER TO CORPORATION FOR THE PRO-
MOTION OF RIFLE PRACTICE AND FIREARMS SAFETY OF 
CERTAIN FIREARMS, AMMUNITION, AND PARTS GRANTED 
TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO RECOVER; TRANSFER TO CORPORATION.—Sub-
chapter II of chapter 407 of title 36, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after section 40728 the following new section: 
‘‘§ 40728A. Recovery of excess firearms, ammunition, and 
parts granted to foreign countries and transfer 
to corporation 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO RECOVER.—The Secretary of the Army may 
recover from any country to which rifles, ammunition, repair parts, 
or other supplies described in section 40731(a) of this title are 
furnished on a grant basis under the conditions imposed by section 
505 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2314) any 
such rifles, ammunition, repair parts, or supplies that become excess 
to the needs of such country. 
‘‘(b) COST OF RECOVERY.—(1) Except as provided in paragraph 
(2), the cost of recovery of any rifles, ammunition, repair parts, 
or supplies under subsection (a) shall be treated as incremental 
direct costs incurred in providing logistical support to the corpora-
tion for which reimbursement shall be required as provided in 
section 40727(a) of this title. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary may require the corporation to pay costs 
of recovery described in paragraph (1) in advance of incurring 
such costs. Amounts so paid shall not be subject to the provisions 
of section 3302 of title 31, but shall be administered in accordance 
with the last sentence of section 40727(a) of this title. 
‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY FOR TRANSFER TO CORPORATION.—Any rifles, 
ammunition, repair parts, or supplies recovered under subsection 
(a) shall be available for transfer to the corporation in accordance 
with section 40728 of this title under such additional terms and 
conditions as the Secretary shall prescribe for purposes of this 
section.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the begin-
ning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 40728 the following new item:
‘‘40728A. Recovery of excess firearms, ammunition, and parts granted to foreign 
countries and transfer to corporation.’’.
SEC. 355. EXTENSION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TELECOMMUNI-
CATIONS BENEFIT PROGRAM. 
(a) TERMINATION AT END OF CONTINGENCY OPERATION.—Sub-
section (c) of section 344 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108–136) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(c) TERMINATION OF BENEFIT.—The authority to provide a ben-
efit under subsection (a)(1) to a member directly supporting a 
contingency operation shall terminate on the date that is 60 days 
after the date on which the Secretary determines that the contin-
gency operation has ended.’’. 
(b) APPLICATION TO OTHER CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS.—Such 
section is further amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Operation Iraqi Freedom 
and Operation Enduring Freedom’’ and inserting ‘‘a contingency 
operation’’; and
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(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(g) CONTINGENCY OPERATION DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘contingency operation’ has the meaning given that term in 
section 101(a)(13) of title 10, United States Code. The term includes 
Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.’’. 
(c) EXTENSION TO HOSPITALIZED MEMBERS.—Subsection (a) of 
such section is further amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘As soon as possible after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) The’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) As soon as possible after the date of the enactment of 
the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2007, the Secretary shall provide, wherever practicable, pre-
paid phone cards, packet based telephony service, or an equivalent 
telecommunications benefit which includes access to telephone 
service to members of the Armed Forces who, although are no 
longer directly supporting a contingency operation, are hospitalized 
as a result of wounds or other injuries incurred while serving 
in direct support of a contingency operation.’’. 
(d) REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF MODIFIED BENEFITS.—Not 
later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed 
Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of 
the House of Representatives a report describing the status of 
the efforts of the Department of Defense to implement the modifica-
tions of the Department of Defense telecommunications benefit 
required by section 344 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2004 that result from the amendments made by 
this section. 
SEC. 356. EXTENSION OF AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR COMMEMORA-
TION OF SUCCESS OF THE ARMED FORCES IN OPERATION 
ENDURING FREEDOM AND OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM. 
Section 378(b)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3214) is 
amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 
2006 and 2007’’. 
SEC. 357. CAPITAL SECURITY COST SHARING. 
(a) RECONCILIATION REQUIRED.—For each fiscal year, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall reconcile (1) the estimate of overseas pres-
ence of the Secretary of Defense under subsection (b) for that 
fiscal year, with (2) the determination of the Secretary of State 
under section 604(e)(1) of the Secure Embassy Construction and 
Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (22 U.S.C. 4865 note) of the total 
overseas presence of the Department of Defense for that fiscal 
year. 
(b) ANNUAL ESTIMATE OF OVERSEAS PRESENCE.—Not later than 
February 1 of each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees an estimate of the total 
number of Department of Defense overseas personnel subject to 
chief of mission authority pursuant to section 207 of the Foreign 
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3927) during the fiscal year that 
begins on October 1 of that year.
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SEC. 358. UTILIZATION OF FUEL CELLS AS BACK-UP POWER SYSTEMS 
IN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OPERATIONS. 
The Secretary of Defense shall consider the utilization of fuel 
cells as replacements for current back-up power systems in a variety 
of Department of Defense operations and activities, including in 
telecommunications networks, perimeter security, individual equip-
ment items, and remote facilities, in order to increase the oper-
ational longevity of back-up power systems and stand-by power 
systems in such operations and activities. 
SEC. 359. IMPROVING DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUPPORT FOR CIVIL 
AUTHORITIES. 
(a) CONSULTATION.—In the development of concept plans for 
the Department of Defense for providing support to civil authorities, 
the Secretary of Defense may consult with the Secretary of Home-
land Security and State governments. 
(b) PREPOSITIONING
OF DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE ASSETS.—
The Secretary of Defense may provide for the prepositioning of 
prepackaged or preidentified basic response assets, such as medical 
supplies, food and water, and communications equipment, in order 
to improve the ability of the Department of Defense to rapidly 
provide support to civil authorities. The prepositioning of basic 
response assets shall be carried out in a manner consistent with 
Department of Defense concept plans for providing support to civil 
authorities and section 2229 of title 10, United States Code, as 
added by section 351. 
(c) REIMBURSEMENT.—To the extent required by section 1535 
of title 31, United States Code, or other applicable law, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall require that the Department of Defense 
be reimbursed for costs incurred by the Department in the 
prepositioning of basic response assets under subsection (b). 
(d) MILITARY
READINESS.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
ensure that the prepositioning of basic response assets under sub-
section (b) does not adversely affect the military preparedness of 
the United States. 
(e) PROCEDURES AND GUIDELINES.—The Secretary may develop 
procedures and guidelines applicable to the prepositioning of basic 
response assets under subsection (b). 
SEC. 360. ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN WEAPONS PLATFORMS. 
(a) POLICY.—It shall be the policy of the Department of Defense 
to improve the fuel efficiency of weapons platforms, consistent with 
mission requirements, in order to—
(1) enhance platform performance; 
(2) reduce the size of the fuel logistics systems; 
(3) reduce the burden high fuel consumption places on 
agility; 
(4) reduce operating costs; and 
(5) dampen the financial impact of volatile oil prices. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a report on 
the progress of the Department of Defense in implementing 
the policy established by subsection (a). 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report shall include the following:
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(A) An assessment of the feasibility of designating 
a senior Department of Defense official to be responsible 
for implementing the policy established by subsection (a). 
(B) A summary of the recommendations made as of 
the time of the report by—
(i) the Energy Security Integrated Product Team 
established by the Secretary of Defense in April 2006; 
(ii) the Defense Science Board Task Force on 
Department of Defense Energy Strategy established 
by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, 
Technology and Logistics on May 2, 2006; and 
(iii) the January 2001 Defense Science Board Task 
Force report on Improving Fuel Efficiency of Weapons 
Platforms. 
(C) For each recommendation summarized under 
subparagraph (B)—
(i) the steps that the Department has taken to 
implement such recommendation; 
(ii) any additional steps the Department plans to 
take to implement such recommendation; and 
(iii) for any recommendation that the Department 
does not plan to implement, the reasons for the decision 
not to implement such recommendation. 
(D) An assessment of the extent to which the research, 
development, acquisition, and logistics guidance and direc-
tives of the Department for weapons platforms are appro-
priately designed to address the policy established by sub-
section (a). 
(E) An assessment of the extent to which such guidance 
and directives are being carried out in the research, 
development, acquisition, and logistics programs of the 
Department. 
(F) A description of any additional actions that, in 
the view of the Secretary, may be needed to implement 
the policy established by subsection (a). 
SEC. 361. PRIORITIZATION OF FUNDS WITHIN NAVY MISSION OPER-
ATIONS, SHIP MAINTENANCE, COMBAT SUPPORT FORCES, 
AND WEAPONS SYSTEM SUPPORT. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that—
(1) the President’s budget for fiscal year 2007 failed to 
fund the required number of ship steaming days per quarter 
for Navy ship operations as well as deferring projected depot 
maintenance for Navy ships and aircraft; and 
(2) the Secretary of Defense should ensure that sufficient 
financial resources are provided for each fiscal year to support 
the critical training and depot maintenance accounts of the 
Navy in order to enable the Navy to maintain the current 
readiness levels required to support the national military 
strategy without putting future readiness at risk by under-
funding investment in modernization, including ship construc-
tion programs. 
(b) CERTIFICATION.—The Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a written certification, at 
the same time the President submits the budget for each of fiscal 
years 2008, 2009, and 2010, that the Navy has budgeted and
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programmed funding to fully meet the requirements for that fiscal 
year for each of the following: 
(1) Ship steaming days per quarter for deployed and non-
deployed ship operations. 
(2) Projected depot maintenance requirements for ships 
and aircraft. 
(c) LIMITATION.—Of the funds available for Operation and 
Maintenance, Defense-Wide, for the Office of the Secretary of 
Defense for each of fiscal years 2008, 2009, and 2010, no more 
than 80 percent may be obligated in that fiscal year until after 
the submission of the certification required by subsection (b) for 
the annual budget submitted in February of that year for the 
following fiscal year. 
(d) ANNUAL REPORT.—Beginning with the fiscal year 2008 
budget of the President, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees an annual report (to be 
submitted when the budget is submitted) setting forth the progress 
toward funding the requirements of subsection (a). The annual 
reporting requirement shall terminate after the fiscal year 2010 
budget submission. Each such report shall include the following: 
(1) An assessment of the deployed and non-deployed quar-
terly ship steaming day requirements, itemized by active-duty 
component and reserve component. 
(2) An assessment of the associated budget request for 
each of the following: 
(A) Deployed and non-deployed ship steaming days 
per quarter. 
(B) Chief of Naval Operations ship depot maintenance 
availabilities, shown by type of maintenance availability 
and by location. 
(C) Air depot maintenance workload, shown by type 
of airframe and by location. 
(e) REPORT ON RIVERINE SQUADRONS.—
(1) REPORT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of the Navy shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a report on 
the Riverine Squadrons of the Navy. The report shall be sub-
mitted with the President’s budget for fiscal year 2008 and 
shall include the following: 
(A) The total amount funded for fiscal year 2006 and 
projected funding for fiscal year 2007 and fiscal year 2008 
for those squadrons. 
(B) The operational requirement of the commander 
of the United States Central Command for those squadrons 
and the corresponding Department of Navy concept of oper-
ations for deployments of those squadrons to support Oper-
ation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom. 
(C) The military table of organization and equipment 
for those squadrons. 
(D) A summary of existing Department of Navy equip-
ment that has been assigned in fiscal year 2006 or will 
be provided in fiscal year 2007 and fiscal year 2008 for 
those squadrons. 
(E) The Department of Navy directive for the mission 
assigned to those squadrons. 
(2) LIMITATION.—Of the amount made available for fiscal 
year 2007 to the Department of Navy for operation and mainte-
nance for the Office of the Secretary of the Navy, not more
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than 80 percent may be obligated before the date on which 
the report required under paragraph (1) is submitted. 
SEC. 362. PROVISION OF ADEQUATE STORAGE SPACE TO SECURE PER-
SONAL PROPERTY OUTSIDE OF ASSIGNED MILITARY 
FAMILY HOUSING UNIT. 
The Secretary of a military department shall ensure that a 
member of the Armed Forces under the jurisdiction of the Secretary 
who occupies a unit of military family housing is provided with 
adequate storage space to secure personal property that the member 
is unable to secure within the unit whenever—
(1) the member is assigned to duty in an area for which 
special pay under section 310 of title 37, United States Code, 
is available and the assignment is pursuant to orders specifying 
an assignment of 180 days or more; and 
(2) the dependents of the member who otherwise occupy 
the unit of military family housing are absent from the unit 
for more than 30 consecutive days during the period of the 
assignment of the member. 
SEC. 363. EXPANSION OF PAYMENT OF REPLACEMENT VALUE OF PER-
SONAL PROPERTY DAMAGED DURING TRANSPORT AT 
GOVERNMENT EXPENSE. 
(a) COVERAGE OF PROPERTY OF CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE.—Subsection (a) of section 2636a of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘of baggage and house-
hold effects for members of the armed forces at Government 
expense’’ and inserting ‘‘at Government expense of baggage and 
household effects for members of the armed forces or civilian 
employees of the Department of Defense (or both)’’. 
(b) REQUIREMENT FOR PAYMENT AND DEDUCTION UPON FAILURE 
OF CARRIER
TO SETTLE.—Effective March 1, 2008, such section 
is further amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘may include’’ and 
inserting ‘‘shall include’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘may be deducted’’ and 
inserting ‘‘shall be deducted’’. 
(c) CERTIFICATION ON FAMILIES FIRST PROGRAM.—The Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
a report containing the certifications of the Secretary with respect 
to the program of the Department of Defense known as ‘‘Families 
First’’ on the following matters: 
(1) Whether there is an alternative to the system under 
the program that would provide equal or greater capability 
at a lower cost. 
(2) Whether the estimates on costs, and the anticipated 
schedule and performance parameters, for the program and 
system are reasonable. 
(3) Whether the management structure for the program 
is adequate to manage and control program costs. 
(d) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORTS ON FAMILIES FIRST PRO-
GRAM.—
(1) REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.—The Comptroller 
General of the United States shall conduct a review and assess-
ment of the progress of the Department of Defense in imple-
menting the program of the Department of Defense known 
as ‘‘Families First’’.
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(2) ELEMENTS OF REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT.—In conducting 
the review and assessment required by paragraph (1), the 
Comptroller General shall—
(A) assess the progress of the Department in achieving 
the goals of the Families First program, including progress 
in the development and deployment of the Defense Personal 
Property System; 
(B) assess the organization, staffing, resources, and 
capabilities of the Defense Personal Property System 
Project Management Office established on April 7, 2006; 
(C) evaluate the growth in cost of the program since 
the previous assessment of the program by the Comptroller 
General, and estimate the current annual cost of the 
Defense Personal Property System and each component 
of that system; and 
(D) assess the feasibility of implementing processes 
and procedures, pending the satisfactory development of 
the Defense Personal Property System, which would 
achieve the goals of the program of providing improved 
personal property management services to members of the 
Armed Forces. 
(3) REPORTS.—The Comptroller General shall submit to 
the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives 
reports as follows: 
(A) An interim report on the review and assessment 
required by paragraph (1) by not later than December 
1, 2006. 
(B) A final report on such review and assessment by 
not later than June 1, 2007. 
TITLE IV—MILITARY PERSONNEL 
AUTHORIZATIONS
Subtitle A—Active Forces 
Sec. 401. End strengths for active forces. 
Sec. 402. Revision in permanent active duty end strength minimum levels. 
Sec. 403. Additional authority for increases of Army and Marine Corps active duty 
end strengths for fiscal years 2008 and 2009. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Forces 
Sec. 411. End strengths for Selected Reserve. 
Sec. 412. End strengths for Reserves on active duty in support of the reserves. 
Sec. 413. End strengths for military technicians (dual status). 
Sec. 414. Fiscal year 2007 limitation on number of non-dual status technicians. 
Sec. 415. Maximum number of reserve personnel authorized to be on active duty 
for operational support. 
Subtitle C—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 421. Military personnel. 
Sec. 422. Armed Forces Retirement Home.
Subtitle A—Active Forces 
SEC. 401. END STRENGTHS FOR ACTIVE FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Armed Forces are authorized strengths 
for active duty personnel as of September 30, 2007, as follows: 
(1) The Army, 512,400.
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(2) The Navy, 340,700. 
(3) The Marine Corps, 180,000. 
(4) The Air Force, 334,200. 
(b) LIMITATION.—
(1) ARMY.—The authorized strength for the Army provided 
in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) for active duty personnel 
for fiscal year 2007 is subject to the condition that costs of 
active duty personnel of the Army for that fiscal year in excess 
of 482,400 shall be paid out of funds authorized to be appro-
priated for that fiscal year for a contingent emergency reserve 
fund or as an emergency supplemental appropriation. 
(2) MARINE CORPS.—The authorized strength for the Marine 
Corps provided in paragraph (3) of subsection (a) for active 
duty personnel for fiscal year 2007 is subject to the condition 
that costs of active duty personnel of the Marine Corps for 
that fiscal year in excess of 175,000 shall be paid out of funds 
authorized to be appropriated for that fiscal year for a contin-
gent emergency reserve fund or as an emergency supplemental 
appropriation. 
SEC. 402. REVISION IN PERMANENT ACTIVE DUTY END STRENGTH 
MINIMUM LEVELS. 
Section 691(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by striking paragraphs (1) through (4) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) For the Army, 502,400. 
‘‘(2) For the Navy, 340,700. 
‘‘(3) For the Marine Corps, 180,000. 
‘‘(4) For the Air Force, 334,200.’’. 
SEC. 403. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY FOR INCREASES OF ARMY AND 
MARINE CORPS ACTIVE DUTY END STRENGTHS FOR 
FISCAL YEARS 2008 AND 2009. 
Effective October 1, 2007, the text of section 403 of the Ronald 
W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2005 (Public Law 108–375; 118 Stat. 1863) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—
‘‘(1) ARMY.—For each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009, the 
Secretary of Defense may, as the Secretary determines nec-
essary for the purposes specified in paragraph (3), establish 
the active-duty end strength for the Army at a number greater 
than the number otherwise authorized by law up to the number 
equal to the fiscal-year 2007 baseline plus 20,000. 
‘‘(2) MARINE CORPS.—For each of fiscal years 2008 and 
2009, the Secretary of Defense may, as the Secretary deter-
mines necessary for the purposes specified in paragraph (3), 
establish the active-duty end strength for the Marine Corps 
at a number greater than the number otherwise authorized 
by law up to the number equal to the fiscal-year 2007 baseline 
plus 4,000. 
‘‘(3) PURPOSE
OF
INCREASES.—The purposes for which 
increases may be made in Army and Marine Corps active 
duty end strengths under paragraphs (1) and (2) are—
‘‘(A) to support operational missions; and 
‘‘(B) to achieve transformational reorganization objec-
tives, including objectives for increased numbers of combat
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brigades and battalions, increased unit manning, force sta-
bilization and shaping, and rebalancing of the active and 
reserve component forces. 
‘‘(4) FISCAL-YEAR 2007 BASELINE.—In this subsection, the 
term ‘fiscal-year 2007 baseline’, with respect to the Army and 
Marine Corps, means the active-duty end strength authorized 
for those services in section 401 of the John Warner National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007. 
‘‘(5) ACTIVE-DUTY END STRENGTH.—In this subsection, the 
term ‘active-duty end strength’ means the strength for active-
duty personnel of one of the Armed Forces as of the last 
day of a fiscal year. 
‘‘(b) RELATIONSHIP
TO PRESIDENTIAL WAIVER AUTHORITY.—
Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the President’s 
authority under section 123a of title 10, United States Code, to 
waive any statutory end strength in a time of war or national 
emergency. 
‘‘(c) RELATIONSHIP
TO
OTHER
VARIANCE
AUTHORITY.—The 
authority under subsection (a) is in addition to the authority to 
vary authorized end strengths that is provided in subsections (e) 
and (f) of section 115 of title 10, United States Code. 
‘‘(d) BUDGET TREATMENT.—
‘‘(1) FISCAL YEAR 2008 BUDGET.—The budget for the Depart-
ment of Defense for fiscal year 2008 as submitted to Congress 
shall comply, with respect to funding, with subsections (c) and 
(d) of section 691 of title 10, United States Code. 
‘‘(2) OTHER INCREASES.—If the Secretary of Defense plans 
to increase the Army or Marine Corps active duty end strength 
for a fiscal year under subsection (a), then the budget for 
the Department of Defense for that fiscal year as submitted 
to Congress shall include the amounts necessary for funding 
that active duty end strength in excess of the fiscal year 2007 
active duty end strength authorized for that service under 
section 401 of the John Warner National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2007.’’. 
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 components as of 
September 30, 2007, as follows: 
(1) The Army National Guard of the United States, 350,000. 
(2) The Army Reserve, 200,000. 
(3) The Navy Reserve, 71,300. 
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 39,600. 
(5) The Air National Guard of the United States, 107,000. 
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 74,900. 
(7) The Coast Guard Reserve, 10,000. 
(b) ADJUSTMENTS.—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 organized 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
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(2) the total number of individual members not in units 
organized to serve as units of the Selected Reserve of such 
component who are on active duty (other than for training 
or for unsatisfactory participation in training) without their 
consent at the end of the fiscal year. 
Whenever such units or such individual members are released 
from active duty during any fiscal year, the end strength prescribed 
for such fiscal year for the Selected Reserve of such reserve compo-
nent shall be increased proportionately by the total authorized 
strengths of such units and by the total number of such individual 
members. 
SEC. 412. END STRENGTHS FOR RESERVES ON ACTIVE DUTY IN SUP-
PORT 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, 2007, 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, 27,441. 
(2) The Army Reserve, 15,416. 
(3) The Navy Reserve, 12,564. 
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 2,261. 
(5) The Air National Guard of the United States, 13,291. 
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 2,707. 
SEC. 413. END STRENGTHS FOR MILITARY TECHNICIANS (DUAL 
STATUS). 
The minimum number of military technicians (dual status) 
as of the last day of fiscal year 2007 for the reserve components 
of the Army and the Air Force (notwithstanding section 129 of 
title 10, United States Code) shall be the following: 
(1) For the Army Reserve, 7,912. 
(2) For the Army National Guard of the United States, 
26,050. 
(3) For the Air Force Reserve, 10,124. 
(4) For the Air National Guard of the United States, 23,255. 
SEC. 414. FISCAL YEAR 2007 LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF NON-DUAL 
STATUS TECHNICIANS. 
(a) LIMITATIONS.—
(1) NATIONAL GUARD.—Within the limitation provided in 
section 10217(c)(2) of title 10, United States Code, the number 
of non-dual status technicians employed by the National Guard 
as of September 30, 2007, may not exceed the following: 
(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 techni-
cians employed by the Army Reserve as of September 30, 2007, 
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, 2007, may not exceed 90.
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(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 AUTHORIZED 
TO BE ON ACTIVE DUTY FOR OPERATIONAL SUPPORT. 
During fiscal year 2007, the maximum number of members 
of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who may be serving 
at any time on full-time operational support 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. 
(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. 
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Defense for military personnel for fiscal year 2007 a total 
of $110,098,628,000. The authorization in the preceding sentence 
supersedes any other authorization of appropriations (definite or 
indefinite) for such purpose for fiscal year 2007. 
SEC. 422. ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME. 
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2007 from the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund the 
sum of $54,846,000 for the operation of the Armed Forces Retire-
ment Home. 
TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL 
POLICY
Subtitle A—Officer Personnel Policy 
PART I—OFFICER PERSONNEL POLICY GENERALLY 
Sec. 501. Military status of officers serving in certain intelligence community posi-
tions. 
Sec. 502. Extension of age for mandatory retirement for active-duty general and 
flag officers. 
Sec. 503. Increased mandatory retirement ages for reserve officers. 
Sec. 504. Standardization of grade of senior dental officer of the Air Force with that 
of senior dental officer of the Army. 
Sec. 505. Management of chief warrant officers. 
Sec. 506. Extension of temporary reduction of time-in-grade requirement for eligi-
bility for promotion for certain active-duty list officers in grades of first 
lieutenant and lieutenant (junior grade). 
Sec. 507. Grade and exclusion from active-duty general and flag officer distribution 
and strength limitations of officer serving as Attending Physician to the 
Congress. 
Sec. 508. Modification of qualifications for leadership of the Naval Postgraduate 
School. 
PART II—OFFICER PROMOTION POLICY 
Sec. 511. Revisions to authorities relating to authorized delays of officer pro-
motions.
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Sec. 512. Consideration of adverse information by selection boards in recommenda-
tions on officers to be promoted. 
Sec. 513. Expanded authority for removal from reports of selection boards of offi-
cers recommended for promotion to grades below general and flag 
grades. 
Sec. 514. Special selection board authorities. 
Sec. 515. Removal from promotion list of officers not promoted within 18 months 
of approval of list by the President. 
PART III—JOINT OFFICER MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS 
Sec. 516. Modification and enhancement of general authorities on management of 
officers who are joint qualified. 
Sec. 517. Modification of promotion policy objectives for joint officers. 
Sec. 518. Applicability of joint duty assignment requirements limited to graduates 
of National Defense University schools. 
Sec. 519. Modification of certain definitions relating to jointness. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Component Matters 
PART I—RESERVE COMPONENT MANAGEMENT 
Sec. 521. Recognition of former Representative G. V. ‘Sonny’ Montgomery for his 30 
years of service in the House of Representatives. 
Sec. 522. Revisions to reserve call-up authority. 
Sec. 523. Military retirement credit for certain service by National Guard members 
performed while in a State duty status immediately after the terrorist 
attacks of September 11, 2001. 
PART II—AUTHORITIES RELATING TO GUARD AND RESERVE DUTY 
Sec. 524. Title 10 definition of Active Guard and Reserve duty. 
Sec. 525. Authority for Active Guard and Reserve duties to include support of oper-
ational missions assigned to the reserve components and instruction and 
training of active-duty personnel. 
Sec. 526. Governor’s authority to order members to Active Guard and Reserve duty. 
Sec. 527. Expansion of operations of civil support teams. 
Sec. 528. Modification of authorities relating to the Commission on the National 
Guard and Reserves. 
Sec. 529. Additional matters to be reviewed by Commission on the National Guard 
and Reserves. 
Subtitle C—Education and Training 
PART I—SERVICE ACADEMIES 
Sec. 531. Expansion of service academy exchange programs with foreign military 
academies. 
Sec. 532. Revision and clarification of requirements with respect to surveys and re-
ports concerning sexual harassment and sexual violence at the service 
academies. 
Sec. 533. Department of Defense policy on service academy and ROTC graduates 
seeking to participate in professional sports before completion of their 
active-duty service obligations. 
PART II—SCHOLARSHIP AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
Sec. 535. Authority to permit members who participate in the guaranteed reserve 
forces duty scholarship program to participate in the health professions 
scholarship program and serve on active duty. 
Sec. 536. Detail of commissioned officers as students at medical schools. 
Sec. 537. Increase in maximum amount of repayment under education loan repay-
ment for officers in specified health professions. 
Sec. 538. Health Professions Scholarship and Financial Assistance Program for Ac-
tive Service. 
PART III—JUNIOR ROTC PROGRAM 
Sec. 539. Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps instructor qualifications. 
Sec. 540. Expansion of members eligible to be employed to provide Junior Reserve 
Officers’ Training Corps instruction. 
Sec. 541. Expansion of Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program. 
Sec. 542. Review of legal status of Junior ROTC program. 
PART IV—OTHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMS 
Sec. 543. Expanded eligibility for enlisted members for instruction at Naval Post-
graduate School.
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Subtitle D—General Service Authorities 
Sec. 546. Test of utility of test preparation guides and education programs in en-
hancing recruit candidate performance on the Armed Services Voca-
tional Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) and Armed Forces Qualification Test 
(AFQT). 
Sec. 547. Clarification of nondisclosure requirements applicable to certain selection 
board proceedings. 
Sec. 548. Report on extent of provision of timely notice of long-term deployments. 
Subtitle E—Military Justice Matters 
Sec. 551. Applicability of Uniform Code of Military Justice to members of the 
Armed Forces ordered to duty overseas in inactive duty for training sta-
tus. 
Sec. 552. Clarification of application of Uniform Code of Military Justice during a 
time of war. 
Subtitle F—Decorations and Awards 
Sec. 555. 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 recipients. 
Sec. 556. Review of eligibility of prisoners of war for award of the Purple Heart. 
Sec. 557. Report on Department of Defense process for awarding decorations. 
Subtitle G—Matters Relating to Casualties 
Sec. 561. Authority for retention after separation from service of assistive tech-
nology and devices provided while on active duty. 
Sec. 562. Transportation of remains of casualties dying in a theater of combat oper-
ations. 
Sec. 563.
Annual budget display of funds for POW/MIA activities of Department 
of Defense. 
Sec. 564. Military Severely Injured Center. 
Sec. 565. Comprehensive review on procedures of the Department of Defense on 
mortuary affairs. 
Sec. 566. Additional elements of policy on casualty assistance to survivors of mili-
tary decedents. 
Sec. 567.
Requirement for deploying military medical personnel to be trained in 
preservation of remains under combat or combat-related conditions. 
Subtitle H—Impact Aid and Defense Dependents Education System 
Sec. 571. Enrollment in defense dependents’ education system of dependents of for-
eign military members assigned to Supreme Headquarters Allied Pow-
ers, Europe. 
Sec. 572. Continuation of authority to assist local educational agencies that benefit 
dependents of members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense 
civilian employees. 
Sec. 573. Impact aid for children with severe disabilities. 
Sec. 574. Plan and authority to assist local educational agencies experiencing 
growth in enrollment due to force structure changes, relocation of mili-
tary units, or base closures and realignments. 
Sec. 575. Pilot program on parent education to promote early childhood education 
for dependent children affected by military deployment or relocation of 
military units. 
Subtitle I—Armed Forces Retirement Home 
Sec. 578. Report on leadership and management of the Armed Forces Retirement 
Home. 
Sec. 579. Report on Local Boards of Trustees of the Armed Forces Retirement 
Home. 
Subtitle J—Reports 
Sec. 581. Report on personnel requirements for airborne assets identified as Low-
Density, High-Demand Airborne Assets. 
Sec. 582. Report on feasibility of establishment of Military Entrance Processing 
Command station on Guam. 
Sec. 583. Inclusion in annual Department of Defense report on sexual assaults of 
information on results of disciplinary actions. 
Sec. 584. Report on provision of electronic copy of military records on discharge or 
release of members from the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 585. Report on omission of social security account numbers from military iden-
tification cards.
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Sec. 586. Report on maintenance and protection of data held by the Secretary of 
Defense as part of the Department of Defense Joint Advertising, Market 
Research and Studies (JAMRS) program. 
Sec. 587. Comptroller General report on military conscientious objectors. 
Subtitle K—Other Matters 
Sec. 591. Modification in Department of Defense contributions to Military Retire-
ment Fund. 
Sec. 592. Revision in Government contributions to Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health 
Care Fund. 
Sec. 593. Dental Corps of the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. 
Sec. 594. Permanent authority for presentation of recognition items for recruitment 
and retention purposes. 
Sec. 595. Persons authorized to administer enlistment and appointment oaths. 
Sec. 596. Military voting matters. 
Sec. 597. Physical evaluation boards. 
Sec. 598. Military ID cards for retiree dependents who are permanently disabled. 
Sec. 599. United States Marine Band and United States Marine Drum and Bugle 
Corps.
Subtitle A—Officer Personnel Policy 
PART I—OFFICER PERSONNEL POLICY 
GENERALLY 
SEC. 501. MILITARY STATUS OF OFFICERS SERVING IN CERTAIN INTEL-
LIGENCE COMMUNITY POSITIONS. 
(a) CLARIFICATION OF MILITARY STATUS.—Section 528 of title 
10, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(a) MILITARY STATUS.—An officer of the armed forces, while 
serving in a position covered by this section—
‘‘(1) shall not be subject to supervision or control by the 
Secretary of Defense or any other officer or employee of the 
Department of Defense, except as directed by the Secretary 
of Defense concerning reassignment from such position; and 
‘‘(2) may not exercise, by reason of the officer’s status 
as an officer, any supervision or control with respect to any 
of the military or civilian personnel of the Department of 
Defense except as otherwise authorized by law. 
‘‘(b) DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CIA.—When the posi-
tion of Director or Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence 
Agency is held by an officer of the armed forces, the officer serving 
in that position, while so serving, shall be excluded from the limita-
tions in sections 525 and 526 of this title. However, if both such 
positions are held by an officer of the armed forces, only one 
such officer may be excluded from those limitation while so 
serving.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsections: 
‘‘(e) EFFECT
OF APPOINTMENT.—Except as provided in sub-
section (a), the appointment or assignment of an officer of the 
armed forces to a position covered by this section shall not affect—
‘‘(1) the status, position, rank, or grade of such officer 
in the armed forces; or 
‘‘(2) any emolument, perquisite, right, privilege, or benefit 
incident to or arising out of such status, position, rank, or 
grade. 
‘‘(f) MILITARY PAY
AND ALLOWANCES.—(1) An officer of the 
armed forces on active duty who is appointed or assigned to a
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position covered by this section shall, while serving in such position 
and while remaining on active duty, continue to receive military 
pay and allowances and shall not receive the pay prescribed for 
such position. 
‘‘(2) Funds from which pay and allowances under paragraph 
(1) are paid to an officer while so serving shall be reimbursed 
as follows: 
‘‘(A) For an officer serving in a position within the Central 
Intelligence Agency, such reimbursement shall be made from 
funds available to the Director of the Central Intelligence 
Agency. 
‘‘(B) For an officer serving in a position within the Office 
of the Director of National Intelligence, such reimbursement 
shall be made from funds available to the Director of National 
Intelligence. 
‘‘(g) COVERED POSITIONS.—The positions covered by this section 
are the positions specified in subsections (b) and (c) and the posi-
tions designated under subsection (d).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—
(1) The heading of such section is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘§ 528. Officers serving in certain intelligence positions: mili-
tary status; exclusion from distribution and 
strength limitations; pay and allowances’’. 
(2) The item relating to section 528 in the table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 32 of such title is amended to 
read as follows:
‘‘528. Officers serving in certain intelligence positions: military status; exclusion 
from distribution and strength limitations; pay and allowances.’’.
SEC. 502. EXTENSION OF AGE FOR MANDATORY RETIREMENT FOR 
ACTIVE-DUTY GENERAL AND FLAG OFFICERS. 
(a) REVISED AGE LIMITS FOR GENERAL AND FLAG OFFICERS.—
Chapter 63 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
after section 1252 the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1253. Age 64: regular commissioned officers in general 
and flag officer grades; exception 
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—Unless retired or separated earlier, each 
regular commissioned officer of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or 
Marine Corps serving in a general or flag officer grade shall be 
retired on the first day of the month following the month in which 
the officer becomes 64 years of age. 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION FOR OFFICERS SERVING IN O–9 AND O–10 POSI-
TIONS.—In the case of an officer serving in a position that carries 
a grade above major general or rear admiral, the retirement under 
subsection (a) of that officer may be deferred—
‘‘(1) by the President, but such a deferment may not extend 
beyond the first day of the month following the month in 
which the officer becomes 68 years of age; or 
‘‘(2) by the Secretary of Defense, but such a deferment 
may not extend beyond the first day of the month following 
the month in which the officer becomes 66 years of age.’’. 
(b) RESTATEMENT AND MODIFICATION OF CURRENT AGE LIMITS 
FOR OTHER OFFICERS.—Section 1251 of such title is amended to 
read as follows:
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‘‘§ 1251. Age 62: regular commissioned officers in grades 
below general and flag officer grades; exceptions 
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—Unless retired or separated earlier, each 
regular commissioned officer of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or 
Marine Corps (other than an officer covered by section 1252 of 
this title or a commissioned warrant officer) serving in a grade 
below brigadier general or rear admiral (lower half), in the case 
of an officer in the Navy, shall be retired on the first day of 
the month following the month in which the officer becomes 62 
years of age. 
‘‘(b) DEFERRED RETIREMENT
OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS OFFI-
CERS.—(1) The Secretary of the military department concerned may, 
subject to subsection (d), defer the retirement under subsection 
(a) of a health professions officer if during the period of the 
deferment the officer will be performing duties consisting primarily 
of providing patient care or performing other clinical duties. 
‘‘(2) For purposes of this subsection, a health professions officer 
is—
‘‘(A) a medical officer; 
‘‘(B) a dental officer; or 
‘‘(C) an officer in the Army Nurse Corps, an officer in 
the Navy Nurse Corps, or an officer in the Air Force designated 
as a nurse. 
‘‘(c) DEFERRED RETIREMENT OF CHAPLAINS.—The Secretary of 
the military department concerned may, subject to subsection (d), 
defer the retirement under subsection (a) of an officer who is 
appointed or designated as a chaplain if the Secretary determines 
that such deferral is in the best interest of the military department 
concerned. 
‘‘(d) LIMITATION ON DEFERMENT OF RETIREMENTS.—(1) Except 
as provided in paragraph (2), a deferment under subsection (b) 
or (c) may not extend beyond the first day of the month following 
the month in which the officer becomes 68 years of age. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary of the military department concerned may 
extend a deferment under subsection (b) or (c) beyond the day 
referred to in paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines that exten-
sion of the deferment is necessary for the needs of the military 
department concerned. Such an extension shall be made on a case-
by-case basis and shall be for such period as the Secretary considers 
appropriate.’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of sections at the begin-
ning of chapter 63 of such title is amended—
(1) by striking the item relating to section 1251 and 
inserting the following new item:
‘‘1251. Age 62: regular commissioned officers in grades below general and flag offi-
cer grades; exceptions.’’;
and 
(2) by inserting after the item relating to section 1252 
the following new item:
‘‘1253. Age 64: regular commissioned officers in general and flag officer grades; ex-
ception.’’.
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Chapter 71 of such title is 
amended—
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(1) in the table in section 1401(a), by inserting at the 
bottom of the column under the heading ‘‘For sections’’, in 
the entry for Formula Number 5, the following: ‘‘1253’’; and 
(2) in the table in section 1406(b)(1), by inserting at the 
bottom of the first column the following: ‘‘1253’’. 
SEC. 503. INCREASED MANDATORY RETIREMENT AGES FOR RESERVE 
OFFICERS. 
(a) MAJOR GENERALS AND REAR ADMIRALS.—
(1) INCREASED
AGE.—Section 14511 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘62 years’’ and inserting 
‘‘64 years’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading of such section 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 14511. Separation at age 64: major generals and rear 
admirals’’. 
(b) BRIGADIER GENERALS AND REAR ADMIRALS (LOWER HALF).—
(1) INCREASED AGE.—Section 14510 of such title is amended 
by striking ‘‘60 years’’ and inserting ‘‘62 years’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading of such section 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 14510. Separation at age 62: brigadier generals and rear 
admirals (lower half)’’. 
(c) Officers Below Brigadier General or Rear Admiral (Lower 
Half)—
(1) INCREASED AGE.—Section 14509 of such title is amended 
by striking ‘‘60 years’’ and inserting ‘‘62 years’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading of such section 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 14509. Separation at age 62: reserve officers in grades 
below brigadier general or rear admiral (lower 
half)’’. 
(d) CERTAIN OTHER OFFICERS.—
(1) INCREASED AGE.—Section 14512 of such title is amended 
by striking ‘‘64 years’’ both places it appears and inserting 
‘‘66 years’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading of such section 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 14512. Separation at age 66: officers holding certain 
offices’’. 
(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 14508 of such title 
is amended—
(1) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘60 years’’ and inserting 
‘‘62 years’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘62 years’’ and inserting 
‘‘64 years’’. 
(f) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the begin-
ning of chapter 1407 of such title is amended by striking the 
items relating to sections 14509, 14510, 14511, and 14512 and 
inserting the following new items:
‘‘14509. Separation at age 62: reserve officers in grades below brigadier general or 
rear admiral (lower half). 
‘‘14510. Separation at age 62: brigadier generals and rear admirals (lower half).
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‘‘14511. Separation at age 64: major generals and rear admirals. 
‘‘14512. Separation at age 66: officers holding certain offices.’’.
SEC. 504. STANDARDIZATION OF GRADE OF SENIOR DENTAL OFFICER 
OF THE AIR FORCE WITH THAT OF SENIOR DENTAL 
OFFICER OF THE ARMY. 
(a) AIR FORCE ASSISTANT SURGEON GENERAL FOR DENTAL SERV-
ICES.—Section 8081 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘brigadier general’’ in the second sentence and inserting 
‘‘major general’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by subsection (a) 
shall take effect on the date of the occurrence of the next vacancy 
in the position of Assistant Surgeon General for Dental Services 
in the Air Force that occurs after the date of the enactment of 
this Act or, if earlier, on the date of the appointment to the grade 
of major general of the officer who is the incumbent in that position 
on the date of the enactment of the Act. 
SEC. 505. MANAGEMENT OF CHIEF WARRANT OFFICERS. 
(a) RETENTION OF CHIEF WARRANT OFFICERS, W–4, WHO HAVE 
TWICE FAILED OF SELECTION FOR PROMOTION.—Paragraph (1) of 
section 580(e) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking 
‘‘continued on active duty if’’ and all that follows and inserting 
‘‘continued on active duty if—
‘‘(A) in the case of a warrant officer in the grade of chief 
warrant officer, W–2, or chief warrant officer, W–3, the warrant 
officer is selected for continuation on active duty by a selection 
board convened under section 573(c) of this title; and 
‘‘(B) in the case of a warrant officer in the grade of chief 
warrant officer, W–4, the warrant officer is selected for continu-
ation on active duty by the Secretary concerned under such 
procedures as the Secretary may prescribe.’’. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY FOR CONSIDERATION FOR PROMOTION OF WAR-
RANT OFFICERS CONTINUED ON ACTIVE DUTY.—Paragraph (2) of 
such section is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(2)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) A warrant officer in the grade of chief warrant officer, 
W–4, who is retained on active duty pursuant to procedures pre-
scribed under paragraph (1)(B) is eligible for further consideration 
for promotion while remaining on active duty.’’. 
(c) MANDATORY RETIREMENT FOR LENGTH OF SERVICE.—Section 
1305(a) of such title is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(1) Except as’’ and all the follows through 
‘‘W–5)’’ and inserting ‘‘A regular warrant officer’’; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘as a warrant officer’’ after ‘‘years of active 
service’’; 
(3) by inserting ‘‘the date on which’’ after ‘‘60 days after’’; 
and 
(4) by striking paragraph (2). 
SEC. 506. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY REDUCTION OF TIME-IN-GRADE 
REQUIREMENT FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR PROMOTION FOR 
CERTAIN ACTIVE-DUTY LIST OFFICERS IN GRADES OF 
FIRST LIEUTENANT AND LIEUTENANT (JUNIOR GRADE). 
Section 619(a)(1)(B) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘October 1, 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2008’’.
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SEC. 507. GRADE AND EXCLUSION FROM ACTIVE-DUTY GENERAL AND 
FLAG OFFICER DISTRIBUTION AND STRENGTH LIMITA-
TIONS OF OFFICER SERVING AS ATTENDING PHYSICIAN 
TO THE CONGRESS. 
(a) GRADE.—
(1) REGULAR OFFICER.—(A) Chapter 41 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section: 
‘‘§ 722. Attending Physician to the Congress: grade 
‘‘A general officer serving as Attending Physician to the Con-
gress, while so serving, holds the grade of major general. A flag 
officer serving as Attending Physician to the Congress, while so 
serving, holds the grade of rear admiral.’’. 
(B) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter 
is amended by adding at the end the following new item:
‘‘722. Attending Physician to the Congress: grade.’’.
(2) RESERVE OFFICER.—(A) Section 12210 of such title is 
amended by striking ‘‘who holds’’ and all that follows and 
inserting ‘‘holds the reserve grade of major general or rear 
admiral, as appropriate.’’. 
(B) The heading of such section is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘§ 12210. Attending Physician to the Congress: reserve 
grade’’. 
(C) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 1205 
of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 
12210 and inserting the following new item:
‘‘12210. Attending Physician to the Congress: reserve grade.’’.
(b) DISTRIBUTION LIMITATIONS.—Section 525 of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) An officer while serving as Attending Physician to the 
Congress is in addition to the number that would otherwise be 
permitted for that officer’s armed force for officers serving on active 
duty in grades above brigadier general or rear admiral (lower 
half) under subsection (a).’’. 
(c) ACTIVE-DUTY STRENGTH LIMITATIONS.—Section 526 of such 
title is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) EXCLUSION OF ATTENDING PHYSICIAN TO THE CONGRESS.—
The limitations of this section do not apply to the general or 
flag officer who is serving as Attending Physician to the Congress.’’. 
SEC. 508. MODIFICATION OF QUALIFICATIONS FOR LEADERSHIP OF 
THE NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL. 
Subsection (a) of section 7042 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a)(1) The President of the Naval Postgraduate School shall 
be one of the following: 
‘‘(A) An active-duty officer of the Navy or Marine Corps 
in a grade not below the grade of captain, or colonel, respec-
tively, who is assigned or detailed to such position. 
‘‘(B) A civilian individual, including an individual who was 
retired from the Navy or Marine Corps in a grade not below 
captain, or colonel, respectively, who has the qualifications
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appropriate to the position of President and is selected by 
the Secretary of the Navy as the best qualified from among 
candidates for the position in accordance with—
‘‘(i) the criteria specified in paragraph (4); 
‘‘(ii) a process determined by the Secretary; and 
‘‘(iii) other factors the Secretary considers essential. 
‘‘(2) Before making an assignment, detail, or selection of an 
individual for the position of President of the Naval Postgraduate 
School, the Secretary shall—
‘‘(A) consult with the Board of Advisors for the Naval 
Postgraduate School; 
‘‘(B) consider any recommendation of the leadership and 
faculty of the Naval Postgraduate School regarding the assign-
ment or selection to that position; and 
‘‘(C) consider the recommendations of the Chief of Naval 
Operations and the Commandant of the Marine Corps. 
‘‘(3) An individual selected for the position of President of 
the Naval Postgraduate School under paragraph (1)(B) shall serve 
in that position for a term of not more than five years and may 
be continued in that position for an additional term of up to five 
years. 
‘‘(4) The qualifications appropriate for selection of an individual 
for detail or assignment to the position of President of the Naval 
Postgraduate School include the following: 
‘‘(A) An academic degree that is either—
‘‘(i) a doctorate degree in a field of study relevant 
to the mission and function of the Naval Postgraduate 
School; or 
‘‘(ii) a master’s degree in a field of study relevant 
to the mission and function of the Naval Postgraduate 
School, but only if—
‘‘(I) the individual is an active-duty or retired 
officer of the Navy or Marine Corps in a grade not 
below the grade of captain or colonel, respectively; 
and 
‘‘(II) at the time of the selection of that individual 
as President, the individual permanently appointed to 
the position of Provost and Academic Dean has a doc-
torate degree in such a field of study. 
‘‘(B) A comprehensive understanding of the Department 
of the Navy, the Department of Defense, and joint and combined 
operations. 
‘‘(C) Leadership experience at the senior level in a large 
and diverse organization. 
‘‘(D) Demonstrated ability to foster and encourage a pro-
gram of research in order to sustain academic excellence. 
‘‘(E) Other qualifications, as determined by the Secretary 
of the Navy.’’. 
PART II—OFFICER PROMOTION POLICY 
SEC. 511. REVISIONS TO AUTHORITIES RELATING TO AUTHORIZED 
DELAYS OF OFFICER PROMOTIONS. 
(a) OFFICERS ON ACTIVE-DUTY LIST.—
(1) SECRETARY OF DEFENSE REGULATIONS FOR DELAYS OF 
APPOINTMENT UPON PROMOTION.—Paragraphs (1) and (2) of sub-
section (d) of section 624 of title 10, United States Code, are
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amended by striking ‘‘prescribed by the Secretary concerned’’ 
in and inserting ‘‘prescribed by the Secretary of Defense’’. 
(2) ADDITIONAL BASIS FOR DELAY OF APPOINTMENT BY REA-
SON OF INVESTIGATIONS AND PROCEEDINGS.—Subsection (d)(1) 
of such section is further amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph (C); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph 
(D) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following 
new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) substantiated adverse information about the officer 
that is material to the decision to appoint the officer is under 
review by the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary concerned.’’; 
and 
(D) in the flush matter following subparagraph (E), 
as inserted by subparagraph (C) of this paragraph—
(i) by striking ‘‘or’’ after ‘‘chapter 60 of this title’’; 
and 
(ii) by inserting after ‘‘brought against him,’’ the 
following: ‘‘or if, after a review of substantiated adverse 
information about the officer regarding the require-
ment for exemplary conduct set forth in section 3583, 
5947, or 8583 of this title, as applicable, the officer 
is determined to be among the officers best qualified 
for promotion,’’. 
(3) ADDITIONAL BASIS FOR DELAY IN APPOINTMENT FOR LACK 
OF QUALIFICATIONS.—Subsection (d)(2) of such section is further 
amended—
(A) in the first sentence, by inserting before ‘‘is men-
tally, physically,’’ the following: ‘‘has not met the require-
ment for exemplary conduct set forth in section 3583, 5947, 
or 8583 of this title, as applicable, or’’; and 
(B) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘If the Secretary 
concerned later determines that the officer is qualified 
for promotion to such grade’’ and inserting ‘‘If it is later 
determined by a civilian official of the Department of 
Defense (not below the level of Secretary of a military 
department) that the officer is qualified for promotion to 
such grade and, after a review of adverse information 
regarding the requirement for exemplary conduct set forth 
in section 3583, 5947, or 8583 of this title, as applicable, 
the officer is determined to be among the officers best 
qualified for promotion to such grade’’. 
(b) OFFICERS ON RESERVE ACTIVE-STATUS LIST.—
(1) SECRETARY OF DEFENSE REGULATIONS FOR DELAYS OF 
APPOINTMENT UPON PROMOTION.—Subsections (a)(1) and (b) of 
section 14311 of such title are amended by striking ‘‘Secretary 
of the military department concerned’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary 
of Defense’’. 
(2) ADDITIONAL BASIS FOR ORIGINAL DELAY OF APPOINTMENT 
BY
REASON
OF
INVESTIGATIONS
AND
PROCEEDINGS.—Section 
14311(a) of such title is further amended—
(A) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the following 
new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) Substantiated adverse information about the officer 
that is material to the decision to appoint the officer is under
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review by the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary concerned.’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (2)—
(i) by striking ‘‘or’’ after ‘‘show cause for retention,’’; 
and 
(ii) by inserting after ‘‘of the charges,’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘or if, after a review of substantiated adverse 
information about the officer regarding the require-
ment for exemplary conduct set forth in section 3583, 
5947, or 8583 of this title, as applicable, the officer 
is determined to be among the officers best qualified 
for promotion,’’. 
(3) ADDITIONAL BASIS FOR DELAY IN APPOINTMENT FOR LACK 
OF QUALIFICATIONS.—Section 14311(b) of such section is further 
amended—
(A) in the first sentence, by inserting before ‘‘is men-
tally, physically,’’ the following: ‘‘has not met the require-
ment for exemplary conduct set forth in section 3583, 5947, 
or 8583 of this title, as applicable, or’’; and 
(B) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘If the Secretary 
concerned later determines that the officer is qualified 
for promotion to the higher grade’’ and inserting ‘‘If it 
is later determined by a civilian official of the Department 
of Defense (not below the level of Secretary of a military 
department) that the officer is qualified for promotion to 
the higher grade and, after a review of adverse information 
regarding the requirement for exemplary conduct set forth 
in section 3583, 5947, or 8583 of this title, as applicable, 
the officer is determined to be among the officers best 
qualified for promotion to the higher grade’’. 
(c) DEADLINE FOR UNIFORM REGULATIONS ON DELAY OF PRO-
MOTIONS.—
(1) DEADLINE.—The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe 
the regulations required by section 624(d) of title 10, United 
States Code (as amended by subsection (a)(1) of this section), 
and the regulations required by section 14311 of such title 
(as amended by subsection (b)(1) of this section) not later than 
March 1, 2008. 
(2) SAVINGS CLAUSE FOR EXISTING REGULATIONS.—Until the 
Secretary of Defense prescribes regulations pursuant to para-
graph (1), regulations prescribed by the Secretaries of the mili-
tary departments under the sections referred to in paragraph 
(1) shall remain in effect. 
(d) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO CLARIFY DATE OF ESTABLISH-
MENT OF PROMOTION LISTS.—
(1) PROMOTION
LISTS
FOR
ACTIVE-DUTY
LIST
OFFICERS.—
Section 624(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘A promotion 
list is considered to be established under this section as of 
the date of the approval of the report of the selection board 
under the preceding sentence.’’. 
(2) PROMOTION LISTS FOR RESERVE ACTIVE-STATUS LIST OFFI-
CERS.—Section 14308(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: 
‘‘A promotion list is considered to be established under this 
section as of the date of the approval of the report of the 
selection board under the preceding sentence.’’.
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(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and 
shall apply with respect to officers on promotion lists established 
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 512. CONSIDERATION OF ADVERSE INFORMATION BY SELECTION 
BOARDS IN RECOMMENDATIONS ON OFFICERS TO BE PRO-
MOTED. 
(a) OFFICERS
ON ACTIVE-DUTY LIST.—Section 616(c) of title 
10, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (1); 
(2) by striking the period at the end in paragraph (2) 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) a majority of the members of the board, after consider-
ation by all members of the board of any adverse information 
about the officer that is provided to the board under section 
615 of this title, finds that the officer is among the officers 
best qualified for promotion to meet the needs of the armed 
force concerned consistent with the requirement of exemplary 
conduct set forth in section 3583, 5947, or 8583 of this title, 
as applicable.’’. 
(b) OFFICERS
ON
RESERVE-ACTIVE
STATUS
LIST.—Section 
14108(b) of such title is amended—
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘MAJORITY REQUIRED.—
’’ and inserting ‘‘ACTIONS REQUIRED.—’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (1); 
(3) by striking the period at the end in paragraph (2) 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) a majority of the members of the board, after consider-
ation by all members of the board of any adverse information 
about the officer that is provided to the board under section 
14107 of this title, finds that the officer is among the officers 
best qualified for promotion to meet the needs of the armed 
force concerned consistent with the requirement of exemplary 
conduct set forth in section 3583, 5947, or 8583 of this title, 
as applicable.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and 
shall apply with respect to selection boards convened on or after 
that date. 
SEC. 513. EXPANDED AUTHORITY FOR REMOVAL FROM REPORTS OF 
SELECTION BOARDS OF OFFICERS RECOMMENDED FOR 
PROMOTION TO GRADES BELOW GENERAL AND FLAG 
GRADES. 
(a) OFFICERS ON ACTIVE-DUTY LIST.—Section 618(d) of title 
10, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘The name’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) Except as 
provided in paragraph (2), the name’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) In the case of an officer recommended by a selection board 
for promotion to a grade below brigadier general or rear admiral 
(lower half), the name of the officer may also be removed from 
the report of the selection board by the Secretary of Defense or 
the Deputy Secretary of Defense.’’.
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(b) OFFICERS
ON
RESERVE-ACTIVE
STATUS
LIST.—Section 
14111(b) of such title is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘The name’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) Except as 
provided in paragraph (2), the name’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) In the case of an officer recommended by a selection board 
for promotion to a grade below brigadier general or rear admiral 
(lower half), the name of the officer may also be removed from 
the report of the selection board by the Secretary of Defense or 
the Deputy Secretary of Defense.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 
shall apply with respect to selection boards convened on or after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 514. SPECIAL SELECTION BOARD AUTHORITIES. 
(a) OFFICERS ON ACTIVE-DUTY LIST.—
(1) BOARDS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE ERROR AVAILABLE ONLY 
TO OFFICERS IN OR ABOVE PROMOTION ZONE.—Subsection (a)(1) 
of section 628 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting ‘‘from in or above the promotion zone’’ after ‘‘for 
selection for promotion’’. 
(2) ACTIONS TREATABLE AS MATERIAL UNFAIRNESS.—Sub-
section (b)(1)(A) of such section is amended by inserting ‘‘in 
a matter material to the decision of the board’’ after ‘‘contrary 
to law’’. 
(b) OFFICERS
ON
RESERVE
ACTIVE-STATUS
LIST.—Section 
14502(b)(1)(A) of such title is amended by inserting ‘‘in a matter 
material to the decision of the board’’ after ‘‘contrary to law’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 
shall take effect on March 1, 2007, and shall apply with respect 
to selection boards convened on or after that date. 
SEC. 515. REMOVAL FROM PROMOTION LIST OF OFFICERS NOT PRO-
MOTED WITHIN 18 MONTHS OF APPROVAL OF LIST BY THE 
PRESIDENT. 
(a) OFFICERS ON ACTIVE-DUTY LISTS.—
(1) CLARIFICATION OF REMOVAL DUE TO SENATE NOT GIVING 
ADVICE AND CONSENT.—Subsection (b) of section 629 of title 
10, United States Code, is amended—
(A) by inserting ‘‘REMOVAL DUE TO SENATE NOT GIVING 
ADVICE AND CONSENT.—’’ after ‘‘(b)’’ ; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘to a grade for which appointment 
is required by section 624(c) of this title to be made by 
and with the advice and consent of the Senate’’ after ‘‘the 
President’’. 
(2) REMOVAL AFTER 18 MONTHS.—Such section is further 
amended—
(A) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); 
and 
(B) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new 
subsection (c): 
‘‘(c) REMOVAL AFTER 18 MONTHS.—(1) If an officer whose name 
is on a list of officers approved for promotion under section 624(a) 
of this title to a grade for which appointment is required by section 
624(c) of this title to be made by and with the advice and consent 
of the Senate is not appointed to that grade under such section 
during the officer’s promotion eligibility period, the officer’s name
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shall be removed from the list unless as of the end of such period 
the Senate has given its advice and consent to the appointment. 
‘‘(2) Before the end of the promotion eligibility period with 
respect to an officer under paragraph (1), the President may extend 
that period for purposes of paragraph (1) by an additional 12 
months. 
‘‘(3) In this subsection, the term ‘promotion eligibility period’ 
means, with respect to an officer whose name is on a list of officers 
approved for promotion under section 624(a) of this title to a grade 
for which appointment is required by section 624(c) of this title 
to be made by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, 
the period beginning on the date on which the list is so approved 
and ending on the first day of the eighteenth month following 
the month during which the list is so approved.’’. 
(3) CROSS-REFERENCE AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (1) of sub-
section (d) of such section, as redesignated by paragraph (2)(A) 
of this subsection, is amended by striking ‘‘or (b)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(b), or (c)’’. 
(4) STYLISTIC
AMENDMENTS.—Such section is further 
amended—
(A) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘REMOVAL BY PRESI-
DENT.—’’ after ‘‘(a)’’; and 
(B) in subsection (d) (as amended by paragraph (3)), 
by inserting ‘‘CONTINUED ELIGIBILITY FOR PROMOTION.—
’’ before ‘‘(1)’’. 
(b) OFFICERS ON RESERVE ACTIVE STATUS LIST.—
(1) REMOVAL FOLLOWING RETURN.—Section 14310 of such 
title is amended—
(A) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); 
and 
(B) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new 
subsection (c): 
‘‘(c) REMOVAL AFTER 18 MONTHS.—(1) If an officer whose name 
is on a list of officers approved for promotion under section 14308(a) 
of this title to a grade for which appointment is required by section 
12203(a) of this title to be made by and with the advice and 
consent of the Senate is not appointed to that grade under such 
section during the officer’s promotion eligibility period, the officer’s 
name shall be removed from the list unless as of the end of such 
period the Senate has given its advice and consent to the appoint-
ment. 
‘‘(2) Before the end of the promotion eligibility period with 
respect to an officer under paragraph (1), the President may extend 
that period for purposes of paragraph (1) by an additional 12 
months. 
‘‘(3) In this subsection, the term ‘promotion eligibility period’ 
means, with respect to an officer whose name is on a list of officers 
approved for promotion under section 14308(a) of this title to a 
grade for which appointment is required by section 12203(a) of 
this title to be made by and with the advice and consent of the 
Senate, the period beginning on the date on which the list is 
so approved and ending on the first day of the eighteenth month 
following the month during which the list is so approved.’’. 
(2) CROSS-REFERENCE AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (1) of sub-
section (d) of such section, as redesignated by paragraph (1)(A) 
of this subsection, is amended by striking ‘‘or (b)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(b), or (c)’’.
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 
shall apply to any promotion list approved by the President after 
January 1, 2007. 
PART III—JOINT OFFICER MANAGEMENT 
REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 516. MODIFICATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF GENERAL AUTHORI-
TIES ON MANAGEMENT OF OFFICERS WHO ARE JOINT 
QUALIFIED. 
(a) REDESIGNATION
OF APPLICABILITY
OF POLICIES TOWARD 
JOINT QUALIFICATION.—Subsection (a) of section 661 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by striking the last sentence. 
(b) REVISION TO GENERAL AUTHORITIES.—Subsections (b), (c), 
and (d) of such section are amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) LEVELS, DESIGNATION, AND NUMBERS.—(1)(A) The Sec-
retary of Defense shall establish different levels of joint qualifica-
tion, as well as the criteria for qualification at each level. Such 
levels of joint qualification shall be established by the Secretary 
with the advice of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 
Each level shall, as a minimum, have both joint education criteria 
and joint experience criteria. The purpose of establishing such quali-
fication levels is to ensure a systematic, progressive, career-long 
development of officers in joint matters and to ensure that officers 
serving as general and flag officers have the requisite experience 
and education to be highly proficient in joint matters. 
‘‘(B) The number of officers who are joint qualified shall be 
determined by the Secretary of Defense, with the advice of the 
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Such number shall be large 
enough to meet the requirements of subsection (d). 
‘‘(2) Certain officers shall be designated as joint qualified by 
the Secretary of Defense with the advice of the Chairman of the 
Joint Chiefs of Staff. 
‘‘(3) An officer may be designated as joint qualified under para-
graph (2) only if the officer—
‘‘(A) meets the education and experience criteria of sub-
section (c); 
‘‘(B) meets such additional criteria as prescribed by the 
Secretary of Defense; and 
‘‘(C) holds the grade of captain or, in the case of the 
Navy, lieutenant or a higher grade. 
‘‘(4) The authority of the Secretary of Defense under paragraph 
(2) to designate officers as joint qualified may be delegated only 
to the Deputy Secretary of Defense or an Under Secretary of 
Defense. 
‘‘(c) EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS.—(1) An officer 
may not be designated as joint qualified until the officer—
‘‘(A) successfully completes an appropriate program of joint 
professional military education, as described in subsections (b) 
and (c) of section 2155 of this title, at a joint professional 
military education school; and 
‘‘(B) successfully completes—
‘‘(i) a full tour of duty in a joint assignment, as 
described in section 664(f) of this title; or 
‘‘(ii) such other assignments and experiences in a 
manner that demonstrate the officer’s mastery of knowl-
edge, skills, and abilities in joint matters, as determined
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under such regulations and policy as the Secretary of 
Defense may prescribe. 
‘‘(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) through (6), the Secretary of 
Defense may waive the requirement under paragraph (1)(A) that 
an officer has successfully completed a program of education, as 
described in subsections (b) and (c) of section 2155 of this title. 
‘‘(3) In the case of an officer in a grade below brigadier general 
or rear admiral (lower half), a waiver under paragraph (2) may 
be granted only if—
‘‘(A) the officer has completed two full tours of duty in 
a joint duty assignment, as described in section 664(f) of this 
title, in such a manner as to demonstrate the officer’s mastery 
of knowledge, skills, and abilities on joint matters; and 
‘‘(B) the Secretary of Defense determines that the types 
of joint duty experiences completed by the officer have been 
of sufficient breadth to prepare the officer adequately for service 
as a general or flag officer in a joint duty assignment position. 
‘‘(4) In the case of a general or flag officer, a waiver under 
paragraph (2) may be granted only—
‘‘(A) under unusual circumstances justifying the variation 
from the education requirement under paragraph (1)(A); and 
‘‘(B) under circumstances in which the waiver is necessary 
to meet a critical need of the armed forces, as determined 
by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 
‘‘(5) In the case of officers in grades below brigadier general 
or rear admiral (lower half), the total number of waivers granted 
under paragraph (2) for officers in the same pay grade during 
a fiscal year may not exceed 10 percent of the total number of 
officers in that pay grade designated as joint qualified during that 
fiscal year. 
‘‘(6) There may not be more than 32 general and flag officers 
on active duty at the same time who, while holding a general 
or flag officer position, were designated joint qualified (or were 
selected for the joint specialty before October 1, 2007) and for 
whom a waiver was granted under paragraph (2). 
‘‘(d) NUMBER OF JOINT DUTY ASSIGNMENTS.—(1) The Secretary 
of Defense shall ensure that approximately one-half of the joint 
duty assignment positions in grades above major or, in the case 
of the Navy, lieutenant commander are filled at any time by officers 
who have the appropriate level of joint qualification. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary of Defense, with the advice of the Chairman 
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shall designate an appropriate number 
of joint duty assignment positions as critical joint duty assignment 
positions. A position may be designated as a critical joint duty 
assignment position only if the duties and responsibilities of the 
position make it important that the occupant be particularly trained 
in, and oriented toward, joint matters. 
‘‘(3)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), a position designated under 
paragraph (2) may be held only by an officer who—
‘‘(i) was designated as joint qualified in accordance with 
this chapter; or 
‘‘(ii) was selected for the joint specialty before October 
1, 2007. 
‘‘(B) The Secretary of Defense may waive the requirement in 
subparagraph (A) with respect to the assignment of an officer 
to a position designated under paragraph (2). Any such waiver 
shall be granted on a case-by-case basis. The authority of the
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Secretary to grant such a waiver may be delegated only to the 
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 
‘‘(4) The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that, of those joint 
duty assignment positions that are filled by general or flag officers, 
a substantial portion are among those positions that are designated 
under paragraph (2) as critical joint duty assignment positions.’’. 
(c) CAREER GUIDELINES.—Subsection (e) of such section is 
amended by striking ‘‘officers with the joint specialty’’ and inserting 
‘‘officers to achieve joint qualification and for officers who have 
been designated as joint qualified’’. 
(d) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT REGARDING TREATMENT OF CERTAIN 
SERVICE.—Subsection (f) of such section is amended by striking 
‘‘section 619(e)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 619a’’. 
(e) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—
(1) SECTION
HEADING.—The heading of such section is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 661. Management policies for officers who are joint quali-
fied’’. 
(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections at the begin-
ning of chapter 38 of such title is amended by striking the 
item relating to section 661 and inserting the following new 
item:
‘‘661. Management policies for officers who are joint qualified.’’.
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 
shall take effect on October 1, 2007. 
(g) TREATMENT OF CURRENT JOINT SPECIALTY OFFICERS.—For 
the purposes of chapter 38 of title 10, United States Code, and 
sections 154, 164, and 619a of such title, an officer who, as of 
September 30, 2007, has been selected for or has the joint specialty 
under section 661 of such title, as in effect on that date, shall 
be considered after that date to be an officer designated as joint 
qualified by the Secretary of Defense under section 661(b)(2) of 
such title, as amended by this section. 
(h) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—
(1) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than March 31, 2007, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed 
Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services 
of the House of Representatives a plan for the implementation 
of the joint officer management system, which will take effect 
on October 1, 2007, as provided in subsection (f), as a result 
of the amendments made by this section and other provisions 
of this Act to provisions of chapter 38 of title 10, United 
States Code. 
(2) ELEMENTS OF PLAN.—In developing the plan required 
by this subsection, the Secretary shall pay particular attention 
to matters related to the transition of officers from the joint 
specialty system in effect before October 1, 2007, to the joint 
officer management system in effect after that date. At a min-
imum, the plan shall include the following: 
(A) The policies and criteria to be used for designating 
officers as joint qualified on the basis of service performed 
by such officers before that date, had the amendments 
made by this section and other provisions of this Act to 
provisions of chapter 38 of title 10, United States Code, 
taken effect before the date of the enactment of this Act.
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(B) The policies and criteria prescribed by the Secretary 
of Defense to be used in making determinations under 
section 661(c)(1)(B)(ii) of such title, as amended by this 
section. 
(C) The recommendations of the Secretary for any legis-
lative changes that may be necessary to effectuate the 
joint officer management system. 
SEC. 517. MODIFICATION OF PROMOTION POLICY OBJECTIVES FOR 
JOINT OFFICERS. 
Section 662(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 
and 
(2) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting the 
following new paragraph (2): 
‘‘(2) officers who are serving in or have served in joint 
duty assignments are expected, as a group, to be promoted 
to the next higher grade at a rate not less than the rate 
for all officers of the same armed force in the same grade 
and competitive category.’’. 
SEC. 518. APPLICABILITY OF JOINT DUTY ASSIGNMENT REQUIRE-
MENTS LIMITED TO GRADUATES OF NATIONAL DEFENSE 
UNIVERSITY SCHOOLS. 
(a) APPLICABILITY.—Section 663 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘a joint professional mili-
tary education school’’ and inserting ‘‘a school within the 
National Defense University specified in subsection (c)’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘a joint professional 
military education school’’ and inserting ‘‘a school within 
the National Defense University specified in subsection 
(c)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘a joint professional 
military education school’’ and inserting ‘‘a school referred 
to in paragraph (1)’’. 
(b) COVERED SCHOOLS WITHIN NDU.—Such section is further 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) COVERED
SCHOOLS
WITHIN
THE
NATIONAL
DEFENSE 
UNIVERSITY.—For purposes of this section, a school within the 
National Defense University specified in this subsection is one 
of the following: 
‘‘(1) The National War College. 
‘‘(2) The Industrial College of the Armed Forces. 
‘‘(3) The Joint Forces Staff College.’’. 
SEC. 519. MODIFICATION OF CERTAIN DEFINITIONS RELATING TO 
JOINTNESS. 
(a) DEFINITION OF JOINT MATTERS.—Subsection (a) of section 
668 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) JOINT MATTERS.—(1) In this chapter, the term ‘joint mat-
ters’ means matters related to the achievement of unified action 
by multiple military forces in operations conducted across domains 
such as land, sea, or air, in space, or in the information environ-
ment, including matters relating to—
‘‘(A) national military strategy; 
‘‘(B) strategic planning and contingency planning;
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‘‘(C) command and control of operations under unified com-
mand; 
‘‘(D) national security planning with other departments 
and agencies of the United States; and 
‘‘(E) combined operations with military forces of allied 
nations. 
‘‘(2) In the context of joint matters, the term ‘multiple military 
forces’ refers to forces that involve participants from the armed 
forces and one or more of the following: 
‘‘(A) Other departments and agencies of the United States. 
‘‘(B) The military forces or agencies of other countries. 
‘‘(C) Non-governmental persons or entities.’’. 
(b) DEFINITION OF JOINT DUTY ASSIGNMENT.—Paragraph (1) 
of subsection (b) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘That 
definition shall’’ and all that follows and inserting the following: 
‘‘That definition—
‘‘(A) shall be limited to assignments in which the officer 
gains significant experience in joint matters; and 
‘‘(B) shall exclude assignments for joint training and edu-
cation, except an assignment as an instructor responsible for 
preparing and presenting courses in areas of the curricula 
designated in section 2155(c) of this title as part of a program 
designated by the Secretary of Defense as joint professional 
military education Phase II.’’. 
(c) DEFINITION OF CRITICAL OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY.—Such 
section is further amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(d) CRITICAL OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY.—(1) In this chapter, 
the term ‘critical occupational specialty’ means a military occupa-
tional specialty involving combat operations within the combat 
arms, in the case of the Army, or the equivalent arms, in the 
case of the Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, that the Secretary 
of Defense designates as critical. 
‘‘(2) At a minimum, the Secretary of Defense shall designate 
as a critical occupational specialty under paragraph (1) any military 
occupational specialty within a combat arms (or the equivalent) 
that is experiencing a severe shortage of trained officers in that 
specialty, as determined by the Secretary.’’. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) INITIAL
ASSIGNMENT
OF
OFFICERS
WITH
CRITICAL 
OCCUPATIONAL
SPECIALTIES.—Section 664(c) of such title is 
amended—
(A) in the matter before paragraph (1) by striking 
‘‘section 661(c)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 661(c)(1)(B)’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (1); 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (1) 
and, in such paragraph, by striking ‘‘section 661(c)(2)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘section 668(d)’’; and 
(D) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2). 
(2) ANNUAL REPORT ON NUMBER OF OFFICERS WITH CRITICAL 
OCCUPATIONAL
SPECIALTIES.—Section 667(3) of such title is 
amended by striking ‘‘section 661(c)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
668(d)’’. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 
shall take effect on October 1, 2007.
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Subtitle B—Reserve Component Matters 
PART I—RESERVE COMPONENT MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 521. RECOGNITION OF FORMER REPRESENTATIVE G.V. ‘SONNY’ 
MONTGOMERY FOR HIS 30 YEARS OF SERVICE IN THE 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) G.V. ‘‘Sonny’’ Montgomery was elected to the House 
of Representatives in 1967 and served the people of east-central 
Mississippi for 30 years with distinction, dedication, and convic-
tion. 
(2) Sonny Montgomery had a distinguished military career 
both before and during his service in Congress, serving in 
World War II and the Korean War, and retired from the Mis-
sissippi National Guard with the rank of Major General. 
(3) As a Member of the House of Representatives, Sonny 
Montgomery served on the Committee on Armed Services and 
served with great distinction as the Chairman of the Committee 
on Veterans’ Affairs for 13 years from 1981 through 1994. 
(4) Representative Montgomery’s colleagues knew him as 
a statesman of the institution and as a tireless advocate for 
policies that would improve the lives of persons who serve 
the United States. 
(5) Representative Montgomery was deeply committed to 
all members of the Armed Forces who served in combat and 
traveled to Korea and Southeast Asia to recover remains and 
help determine the fate of POW/MIAs from the Korean and 
Vietnam Wars. 
(6) Through his years of service on the Committee on 
Armed Services, Representative Montgomery made great con-
tributions to the capabilities of the National Guard and 
Reserves, by improving their training and equipment and by 
better integrating them with the active force. 
(7) Under the revised GI Bill that bears his name and 
was signed into law in 1984, Representative Montgomery 
brought educational benefits to millions of veterans, including 
those members who had served in the National Guard and 
Reserves, and strengthened the all-volunteer force. 
(8) Representative Montgomery had received many honors 
and commendations before his passing on May 12, 2006, 
including most recently and notably the Presidential Medal 
of Freedom, the highest civilian honor accorded by the United 
States. 
(b) RECOGNITION.—Congress recognizes and commends former 
Representative G.V. ‘‘Sonny’’ Montgomery for his 30 years of service 
to benefit the people of Mississippi, members of the Armed Forces 
and their families, veterans, and the United States. 
SEC. 522. REVISIONS TO RESERVE CALL-UP AUTHORITY. 
(a) MAXIMUM NUMBER
OF DAYS.—Subsection (a) of section 
12304 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking 
‘‘270 days’’ and inserting ‘‘365 days.’’
(b) FAIR TREATMENT.—Such section is further amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection (j); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (h) the following new sub-
section (i):