I
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2586
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2002 for military activities of
the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths
for fiscal year 2002, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 23, 2001
Mr. STUMP (for himself and Mr. SKELTON) (both by request) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2002 for military
activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe
military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2002, and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002’’.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
TITLE I—PROCUREMENT
Sec. 101. Army.
Sec. 102. Navy and Marine Corps.
Sec. 103. Air Force.
Sec. 104. Defense-wide activities.
Sec. 105. Defense Inspector General.
Sec. 106. Defense health program.
TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION
Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE III—OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations
Sec. 301. Operation and maintenance funding.
Sec. 302. Working capital funds.
Sec. 303. Armed Forces Retirement Home.
Sec. 304. Contract authority for Defense Working Capital Funds.
Subtitle B—Environmental Provisions
Sec. 310. Reimburse EPA for certain costs in connection with Hooper Sands
site, in South Berwick, Maine.
Sec. 311. Elimination of report on contractor reimbursement costs.
Subtitle C—Commissaries and Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentalities
Sec. 315. Costs payable to the Department of Defense and other Federal agen-
cies for services provided to the Defense Commissary Agency.
Sec. 316. Reimbursement for non-commissary use of commissary facilities.
Sec. 317. Commissary contracts and other agencies and instrumentalities.
Sec. 318. Operation of commissary stores.
Subtitle D—Other Matters
Sec. 320. Reimbursement, for reserve intelligence support.
Sec. 321. Disposal of obsolete and excess materials contained in the national
defense stockpile.
TITLE IV—MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS
Subtitle A—Active Forces
Sec. 401. End Strengths for active forces.
Subtitle B—Reserve Forces
Sec. 405. End strengths for selected reserve.
Sec. 406. End strengths for reserves on active duty in support of the reserves.
Sec. 407. End strengths for military technicians (dual status).
Sec. 408. Fiscal year 2002 limitation on number of non-dual status technicians.
Sec. 409. Authorized strengths: reserve officers and senior enlisted members on
active duty or full-time National Guard duty for administration
of the reserves or National Guard.
Sec. 410. Increase in authorized strengths for Air Force officers on active duty
in the grade of major.
TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY
Subtitle A—Officer Personnel Policy
Sec. 501. Elimination of certain medical and dental requirements for Army
early-deployers.
Sec. 502. Medical deferment of mandatory retirement or separation.
Sec. 503. Officer in charge; United States Navy Band.
Sec. 504. Removal of requirement for certification for certain flag officers to
retire in their highest grade.
Subtitle B—Reserve Component Personnel Policy
See. 511. Retirement of reserve personnel.
Sec. 512. Amendment to reserve PERSTEMPO definition.
See. 513. Individual ready reserve physical examination requirement.
Sec. 514. Funeral honors duty performed by members of the National Guard.
Sec. 515. Strength and grade ceiling accounting for reserve component mem-
bers on active duty in support of a contingency operation.
Sec. 516. Reserve health professionals stipend program expansion.
Sec. 517. Reserve officers on active duty for a period of three years or less.
Sec. 518. Active duty end strength exemption for National Guard and reserve
personnel performing funeral honors functions.
See. 519. Clarification of functions that may be assigned to active guard and
reserve personnel on full-time National Guard duty.
See. 520. Authority for temporary waiver of the requirement for a bacca-
laureate degree for promotion of certain reserve officers of the
Army.
Sec. 521. Authority of the President to suspend certain laws relating to pro-
motion, retirement and separation; duties.
Subtitle C—Education and Training
Sec. 531. Authority for the Marine Corps University to award the degree of
master of strategic studies.
Sec. 532. Reserve component distributed learning.
Sec. 533. Repeal of limitation on number of junior reserve officers’ training
corps (JROTC) units.
Sec. 534. Modification of the Nurse Officer Candidate Accession Program re-
striction on students attending civilian educational institutions
with Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Programs.
Sec. 535. Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center.
Subtitle D—Decorations, Awards, and Commendations
Sec. 541. Authority for award of the Medal of Honor to Humbert R. Versace
for valor during the Vietnam War.
Sec. 542. Issuance of duplicate Medal of Honor.
Sec. 543. Repeal of limitation on award of Bronze Star to members in receipt
of special pay.
Subtitle E—Uniform Code of Military Justice
Sec. 551. Revision of punitive UCMJ article regarding drunken operation of ve-
hicle, aircraft, or vessel.
TITLE VI—COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS
Subtitle A—Pay and Allowances
Sec. 601. Increase in basic pay for fiscal year 2002.
Sec. 602. Partial dislocation allowance authorized under certain circumstances.
Sec. 603. Funeral honors duty allowance for retirees.
Sec. 604. Basic pay rate for certain reserve commissioned officers with prior
service as an enlisted member or warrant officer.
Sec. 605. Family separation allowance.
Sec. 606. Housing Allowance for the Chaplain for the Corps of Cadets, United
States Military Academy.
Sec. 607. Clarifying amendment that space-required travel for annual training
reserve duty does not obviate transportation allowances.
Subtitle B—Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays
Sec. 611. Authorize the Secretary of the Navy to prescribe submarine duty in-
centive pay rates.
Sec. 612. Extension of authorities relating to payment of other bonuses and
special pays.
Sec. 613. Extension of certain bonuses and special pay authorities for nurse of-
ficer candidates, registered nurses, nurse anesthetists, and den-
tal officers.
Sec. 614. Extension of authorities relating to nuclear officer special pays.
See. 615. Extension of special and incentive pays.
Sec. 616. Accession bonus for officers in critical skills.
Sec. 617. Critical wartime skill requirement for eligibility for the individual
ready reserve bonus.
Sec. 618. Hazardous duty incentive pay: maritime board and search.
Subtitle C—Travel and Transportation Allowances
Sec. 621. Funded student travel: exchange programs.
Sec. 622. Payment of vehicle storage costs in advance.
Sec. 623. Travel and transportation allowances for family members to attend
the burial of a deceased member of the Armed Forces.
Sec. 624. Shipment of privately owned vehicles when executing CONUS perma-
nent change of station moves.
Subtitle D—Other
See. 631. Montgomery G I Bill—selected reserve eligibility period.
Sec. 632. Improved disability benefits for certain reserve component members.
Sec. 633. Acceptance of scholarships by officers participating in the funded
legal education program.
TITLE VII—ACQUISITION POLICY AND ACQUISITION
MANAGEMENT
Subtitle A—Acquisition Policy
Sec. 701. Acquisition milestone changes.
Sec. 702. Clarification of inapplicability of the requirement for core logistics ca-
pabilities standards to the nuclear refueling of an aircraft car-
rier.
Sec. 703. Depot maintenance utilization waiver.
Subtitle B—Acquisition Workforce
See. 705. Tenure requirement for critical acquisition positions.
Subtitle C—General Contracting Procedures and Limitations
Sec. 710. Amendment of law applicable to contracts for architectural and engi-
neering services and construction design.
Sec. 711. Streamlining procedures for the purchase of certain goods.
Sec. 712. Repeal of the requirement for the limitations on the use of Air Force
civil engineering supply function contracts.
Sec. 713. Modification of limitation on retirement or dismantlement of strategic
nuclear delivery systems.
Subtitle D—Military Construction General Provisions
Sec. 715. Exclusion of unforeseen environmental hazard remediation from the
limitation on cost increases for military construction and family
housing construction projects.
Sec. 716. Increase of overseas minor construction threshold using operations
and maintenance funds.
Sec. 717. Leasebacks of base closure property.
Sec. 718. Alternative authority for acquisition and improvement of military
housing.
Sec. 719. Annual report to congress on design and construction.
TITLE VIII—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND
POSITIONS
Subtitle A—Department of Defense Organizations and Positions
Sec. 801. Organizational alignment change for director for expeditionary war-
fare.
Sec. 802. Change of name for Air Mobility Command.
See. 803. Transfer of intelligence positions in support of the National Imagery
and Mapping Agency.
Subtitle B—Reports
Sec. 811. Amendment to National Guard and reserve component equipment:
annual report to Congress.
Sec. 812. Elimination of triennial report on the roles and missions of the
Armed Forces.
Sec. 813. Change in due date of commercial activities report.
Subtitle C—Other Matters
Sec. 821. Documents, historical artifacts, and obsolete or surplus materiel:
loan, donation, or exchange.
See. 822. Charter air transportation of members of the Armed Forces.
TITLE IX—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Subtitle A—Matters Relating to Other Nations
Sec. 901. Recognition of assistance from foreign nationals.
Subtitle B—Department of Defense Civilian Personnel
Sec. 911. Authority for designated civilian employees abroad to act as a notary.
Sec. 912. Inapplicability of requirement for studies and reports when all di-
rectly affected Department of Defense civilian employees are
reassigned to comparable federal positions.
Sec. 913. Pilot program for payment of retraining expenses.
Subtitle C—Other Matters
Sec. 921. Authority to ensure demilitarization of significant military equipment
formerly owned by the Department of Defense.
Sec. 922. Department of Defense gift initiatives.
Sec. 923. Repeal of the joint requirements oversight council semi-annual report.
TITLE I—PROCUREMENT
SEC. 101. ARMY.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for
fiscal year 2002 for procurement for the Army as follows:
(1) For aircraft, $1,925,491,000.
(2) For missiles, $1,859,634,000.
(3) For weapons and tracked combat vehicles,
$2,276,746,000.
(4) For ammunition, $1,193,365,000.
(5) For other procurement, $3,961,737,000.
(6) For chemical agents and munitions destruc-
tion, $1,153,557,000 for—
(A) the destruction of lethal chemical
weapons in accordance with section 1412 of the
Department of Defense Authorization Act,
1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521) and
(B) the destruction of chemical warfare
material of the United States that is not cov-
ered by section 1412 of such Act.
SEC. 102. NAVY AND MARINE CORPS.
(a) NAVY.—Funds axe hereby authorized to be ap-
propriated for fiscal year 2002 for procurement for the
Navy as follows:
(1) For aircraft, $8,252,543,000.
(2) For weapons, including missiles and tor-
pedoes, $1,433,475,000.
(3) 
For 
shipbuilding 
and 
conversion,
$9,344,121,000.
(4) For other procurement, $4,097,576,000.
(b) MARINE CORPS.—Funds are hereby authorized to
be appropriated for fiscal year 2002 for procurement for
the Marine Corps in the amount of $981,724,000.
(c) NAVY AND MARINE CORPS AMMUNITION.—Funds
are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year
2002 for procurement of ammunition for the Navy and
Marine Corps in the amount of $457,099,000.
SEC. 103. AIR FORCE.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for
fiscal year 2002 for procurement for the Air Force as fol-
lows:
(1) For aircraft, $10,744,458,000.
(2) For missiles, $3,233,536,000.
(3) 
For 
procurement 
of 
ammunition,
$865,344,000.
(4) For other procurement, $8,158,521,000.
SEC. 104. DEFENSE-WIDE ACTIVITIES.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for
fiscal year 2002 for defense-wide procurement in the
amount of $1,603,927,000.
SEC. 105. DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for
fiscal year 2002 for procurement for the Defense Inspec-
tor General in the amount of $1,800,000.
SEC. 106. DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for
fiscal year 2002 for the Department of Defense for pro-
curement for carrying out health care programs, projects,
and activities of the Department of Defense in the total
amount of $267,915,000.
TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOP-
MENT, TEST, AND EVALUA-
TION
SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for
fiscal year 2002 for the use of the Armed Forces for re-
search, development, test, and evaluation, as follows:
(1) For the Army, $6,693,920,000.
(2) For the Navy, $11,123,389,000.
(3) For the Air Force, $14,343,982,000.
(4) For Defense-wide research, development,
test, and evaluation, $15,268,142,000, of which
$217,355,000 is authorized for the Director of Oper-
ational Test and Evaluation.
(5) 
For 
the 
Defense 
Health 
Program,
$65,304,000.
TITLE III—OPERATION AND
MAINTENANCE
Subtitle A—Authorization of
Appropriations
SEC. 301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FUNDING.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for
fiscal year 2002 for the use of the Armed Forces of the
United States and other activities and agencies of the De-
partment of Defense, for expenses, not otherwise provided
for, for operation and maintenance, in amounts as follows:
(1) For the Army, $21,191,680,000.
(2) For the Navy, $26,961,382,000.
(3) For the Marine Corps, $2,892,314,000.
(4) For the Air Force, $26,146,770,000.
(5) 
For 
the 
Defense-wide 
activities,
$12,518,631,000.
(6) For the Army Reserve, $1,787,246,000.
(7) For the Naval Reserve, $1,003,690,000.
(8) 
For 
the 
Marine 
Corps 
Reserve,
$144,023,000.
(9) For the Air Force Reserve, $2,029,866,000.
(10) 
For 
the 
Army 
National 
Guard,
$3,677,359,000.
(11) 
For 
the 
Air 
National 
Guard,
$3,867,361,000.
(12) For the Defense Inspector General,
$150,221,000.
(13) For the United States Court of Appeals
for the Armed Forces, $9,096,000.
(14) For Environmental Restoration, Army,
$389,800,000.
(15) For Environmental Restoration, Navy,
$257,517,000.
(16) For Environmental Restoration, Air Force,
$385,437,000.
(17) For Environmental Restoration, Defense-
wide, $23,492,000.
(18) For Environmental Restoration, Formerly
Used Defense Sites, $190,255,000.
(19) For Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and
Civic Aid programs, $49,700,000.
(20) For Drug Interdiction and Counter-drug
Activities, Defense-wide, $820,381,000.
(21) For the Kaho’olawe Island Conveyance,
Remediation, and Environmental Restoration Trust
Fund, $25,000,000.
(22) 
For 
the 
Defense 
Health 
Program,
$17,565,750,000.
(23) For Cooperative Threat Reduction pro-
grams, $403,000,000.
(24) For Overseas Contingency Operations
Transfer Fund, $2,844,226,000.
(25) For Support for International Sporting
Competitions, Defense, $15,800,000.
SEC. 302. WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for
fiscal year 2002 for the use of the Armed Forces of the
United States and other activities and agencies of the De-
partment of Defense for providing capital for working cap-
ital and revolving funds in amounts as follows:
(1) For the Defense Working Capital Funds,
$1,951,986,000.
(2) For the National Defense Sealift Fund,
$506,408,000.
SEC. 303. ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME.
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2002 from the Armed Forces Retirement Home
Trust Fund the sum of $71,440,000 for the operation of
the Armed Forces Retirement Home, including the United
States Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home and the Naval Home.
SEC. 304. CONTRACT AUTHORITY FOR DEFENSE WORKING
CAPITAL FUNDS.
Contract authority in the amount of $427, 100,000,
to remain available until September 30, 2002, is hereby
authorized and appropriated to the Defense Working Cap-
ital Fund for the procurement, lease-purchase with sub-
stantial private sector risk, capital or operating multiple-
year lease, of a capital asset, multiple-year time charter
of a commercial craft or vessel and associated services.
Subtitle B—Environmental
Provisions
SEC. 310. REIMBURSE EPA FOR CERTAIN COSTS IN CON-
NECTION WITH HOOPER SANDS SITE, IN
SOUTH BERWICK, MAINE.
(a) AUTHORITY TO REIMBURSE EPA.—Using funds
described in subsection (b), the Secretary of the Navy may
pay $1,005,478.00 to the Hooper Sands Special Account
within the Hazardous Substance Superfund established by
section 9507 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26
U.S.C. 9507) to reimburse the Environmental Protection
Agency in full for the Remaining Past Response Costs in-
curred by the agency for actions taken pursuant to the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation
and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601, et seq.) at
the Hooper Sands site in South Berwick, Maine, pursuant
to an Interagency Agreement entered into by the Depart-
ment of the Navy and the Environmental Protection Agen-
cy in January 2001.
(b) SOURCE OF FUNDS.—Any payment under sub-
section (a) shall be made using the amounts authorized
to be appropriated by paragraph (15) of section 301 to
the Environmental Restoration, Navy account, established
by section 2703(a)(3) of title 10, United States Code.
SEC. 311. ELIMINATION OF REPORT ON CONTRACTOR RE-
IMBURSEMENT COSTS.
Section 2706 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by striking subsection (c) and redesignating sub-
sections (d) and (e) as subsections (c) and (d), respec-
tively.
Subtitle C—Commissaries and Non-
appropriated Fund Instrumen-
talities
SEC. 315. COSTS PAYABLE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE AND OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES FOR
SERVICES PROVIDED TO THE DEFENSE COM-
MISSARY AGENCY.
Section 2482(b)(1) of title 10, United States Code,
is amended by striking ‘‘However, the Defense Com-
missary Agency may not pay for any such service provided
by the United States Transportation Command any
amount that exceeds the price at which the service could
be procured through full and open competition, as such
term is defined in section 4(6) of the Office of Federal
Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(6)).’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘The Defense Commissary Agency may not pay for
any service provided by a Defense working capital fund
activity which exceeds the price at which the service could
be procured through full and open competition by the De-
fense Commissary Agency, as such term is defined in sec-
tion 4(6) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act
(41 U.S.C. 403(6)). In determining the cost for providing
such service the Defense Commissary Agency may pay a
Defense working capital fund activity those administrative
and handling costs it would be required to pay for the
provision of such services had the Defense Commissary
Agency acquired them under full and open competition.
Under no circumstances will any costs associated with mo-
bilization requirements, maintenance of readiness, or es-
tablishment or maintenance of infrastructure to support
such mobilization or readiness requirements, be included
in rates charged the Defense Commissary Agency.’’.
SEC. 316. REIMBURSEMENT FOR NON-COMMISSARY USE OF
COMMISSARY FACILITIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 147 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by inserting at the beginning of
the chapter the following new section:
‘‘§ 2481. Reimbursement for non-commissary use of
commissary facilities
‘‘If a commissary facility acquired, constructed or im-
proved (in whole or in part) with commissary surcharge
revenues is used for non-commissary purposes, the Sec-
retary of the military department concerned shall reim-
burse the commissary surcharge revenues for the com-
missary’s share of the depreciated value of the facility.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of such chapter 147 is amended by insert-
ing before the item relating to section 2482 the following
new item:
‘‘2481. Reimbursement for non-commissary use of commissary facilities.’’.
SEC. 317. COMMISSARY CONTRACTS AND OTHER AGENCIES
AND INSTRUMENTALITIES.
Section 2482(b) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (3); and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (2):
‘‘(2) Where the Secretary of Defense authorizes
the Defense Commissary Agency to sell limited ex-
change merchandise as commissary store inventory
under section 2486(b)(11) of this title, the Defense
Commissary Agency shall enter into a contract or
other agreement to obtain such merchandise avail-
able from the Armed Service Exchanges, provided
that such merchandise shall be obtained at a cost of
no more than the exchange retail price less the
amount of commissary surcharge authorized to be
collected by section 2486 of this title. If such mer-
chandise is procured by the Defense Commissary
Agency from other than the Armed Service Ex-
changes, the limitations provided in section 2486(e)
of this title apply.’’.
SEC. 318. OPERATION OF COMMISSARY STORES.
Section 2482(a) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘A contract with a private person’’
and all that remains to the end of the subsection.
Subtitle D—Other Matters
SEC. 320. REIMBURSEMENT FOR RESERVE INTELLIGENCE
SUPPORT.
(a) Appropriations available to the Department of
Defense for operations and maintenance may be used to
reimburse National Guard and Reserve units or organiza-
tions for the pay, allowances and other expenses which are
incurred by such National Guard and Reserve units or or-
ganizations when members of the National Guard or Re-
serve provide intelligence, including counterintelligence,
support to Combatant Commands, Defense Agencies and
Joint Intelligence Activities, including the activities and
programs included within the National Foreign Intel-
ligence Program, the Joint Military Intelligence Program,
and the Tactical Intelligence and Related Activities aggre-
gate.
(b) Nothing in this section authorizes deviation from
established Reserve and National Guard personnel and
training procedures.
SEC. 321. DISPOSAL OF OBSOLETE AND EXCESS MATERIALS
CONTAINED 
IN 
THE 
NATIONAL 
DEFENSE
STOCKPILE.
Subject to the conditions specified in section 10(c)
of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act
(50 U.S.C. 98h–1(c)), the President may dispose of the
following obsolete and excess materials contained in the
National Defense Stockpile in the following quantities:
Bauxite, Refractory, 40,000 short tons.
Chromium Metal, 3,512 short tons.
Iridium, 25,140 troy ounces.
Jewel Bearings, 30,273,221 pieces.
Manganese, Ferro HC, 209,074 short tons.
Palladium, 11 troy ounces.
Quartz Crystal, 216,648 pounds.
Tantalum Metal Ingot, 120,228 pounds con-
tained tantalum.
Tantalum Metal Powder, 36,020 pounds con-
tained tantalum.
Thorium Nitrate, 600,000 pounds.
TITLE IV—MILITARY
PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS
Subtitle A—Active Forces
SEC. 401. END STRENGTHS FOR ACTIVE FORCES.
The Armed Forces are authorized strengths for active
duty personnel as of September 30, 2002, as follows:
(1) The Army, 480,000.
(2) The Navy, 376,000.
(3) The Marine Corps, 172,600.
(4) The Air Force, 358,800.
Subtitle B—Reserve Forces
SEC. 405. 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, 2002, as follows:
(1) The Army National Guard of the United
States, 350,000.
(2) The Army Reserve, 205,000.
(3) The Naval Reserve, 87,000.
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 39,558.
(5) The Air National Guard of the United
States, 108,400.
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 74,700.
(7) The Coast Guard Reserve, 8,000.
(b) ADJUSTMENTS.—The end strengths prescribed by
subsection (a) for the Selected Reserve of any reserve com-
ponent shall be proportionately reduced by—
(1) the total authorized strength of units orga-
nized 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
(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 partici-
pation 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 component shall be increased pro-
portionately by the total authorized strengths of such
units and by the total number of such individual members.
SEC. 406. END STRENGTHS FOR RESERVES ON ACTIVE
DUTY IN SUPPORT 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, 2002, the following num-
ber of Reserves to be serving on full-time active duty or,
in the case of members of the National Guard, full-time
National Guard duty for the purpose of organizing, ad-
ministering, recruiting, instructing, or training the reserve
components:
(1) The Army National Guard of the United
States, 22,974.
(2) The Army Reserve, 13,108.
(3) The Naval Reserve, 14,811.
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 2,261.
(5) The Air National Guard of the United
States, 11,591.
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 1,437.
SEC. 407. END STRENGTHS FOR MILITARY TECHNICIANS
(DUAL STATUS).
The Reserve Components of the Army and the Air
Force are authorized strengths for military technicians
(dual status) as of September 30, 2002, as follows:
(1) For the Army Reserve, 5,999.
(2) For the Army National Guard of the United
States, 23,128.
(3) For the Air Force Reserve, 9,818.
(4) For the Air National Guard of the United
States, 22,422.
SEC. 408. FISCAL YEAR 2002 LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF
NON-DUAL STATUS TECHNICIANS.
The number of civilian employees who are non-dual
status technicians of a reserve component of the Army or
Air Force as of September 30, 2002, may not exceed the
following:
(1) For the Army Reserve, 1,095.
(2) For the Army National Guard of the United
States, 1,600.
(3) For the Air Force Reserve, 0.
(4) For the Air National Guard of the United
States, 350.
SEC. 409. AUTHORIZED STRENGTHS: RESERVE OFFICERS
AND SENIOR ENLISTED MEMBERS ON ACTIVE
DUTY OR FULL-TIME NATIONAL GUARD DUTY
FOR ADMINISTRATION OF THE RESERVES OR
NATIONAL GUARD.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 12011 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by amending the body of the sec-
tion to read as follows:
‘‘(a) CEILINGS FOR FULL-TIME RESERVE COMPO-
NENT FIELD GRADE OFFICERS.—The number of reserve
officers of the reserve components of the Army, Navy, Air
Force, and Marine Corps who may be on active duty in
the pay grades of O–4, O–5, O–6 for duty described in
sections 10211, 10302 through 10305, 123 10, or 12402
of this title, or full-time National Guard duty (other than
for training) under section 502(f) of title 32, or section
708 of title 32, may not, at the end of any fiscal year,
exceed a number for that grade and reserve component
in accordance with the following tables:
‘‘Army National Guard
AGR Popu-
lation
O–4 (MAJ)
O–5 (LTC)
O–6 (COL)
20,000
1,500
850
325
22,000
1,650
930
350
24,000
1,790
1,010
370
26,000
1,930
1,085
385
28,000
2,070
1,160
400
30,000
2,200
1,235
405
32,000
2,330
1,305
408
34,000
2,450
1,375
411
36,000
2,570
1,445
411
38,000
2,670
1,515
411
40,000
2,770
1,580
411
42,000
2,837
1,644
411
‘‘U.S. Army Reserve
AGR Popu-
lation
O–4 (MAJ)
O–5 (LTC)
O–6 (COL)
10,000
1,390
740
230
11,000
1,529
803
242
12,000
1,668
864
252
13,000
1,804
924
262
14,000
1,940
984
272
15,000
2,075
1,044
282
16,000
2,210
1,104
291
17,000
2,345
1,164
300
18,000
2,479
1,223
309
19,000
2,613
1,282
318
20,000
2,747
1,341
327
21,000
2,877
1,400
336
‘‘U.S. Naval Reserve
AGR Popu-
lation
O–4 (MAJ)
O–5 (LTC)
O–6 (COL)
10,000
807
447
141
11,000
867
467
153
12,000
924
485
163
‘‘U.S. Naval Reserve—Continued
AGR Popu-
lation
O–4 (MAJ)
O–5 (LTC)
O–6 (COL)
13,000
980
503
173
14,000
1,035
521
183
15,000
1,088
538
193
16,000
1,142
555
203
17,000
1,195
565
213
18,000
1,246
575
223
19,000
1,291
585
233
20,000
1,334
595
242
21,000
1,364
603
250
22,000
1,384
610
258
23,000
1,400
615
265
24,000
1,410
620
270
‘‘U.S. Marine Corps Reserve
AGR Popu-
lation
O–4 (MAJ)
O–5 (LTC)
O–6 (COL)
1,100
106
1,200
110
1,300
114
1,400
118
1,500
121
1,600
124
1,700
127
1,800
130
1,900
133
2,000
136
2,100
139
2,200
141
2,300
143
2,400
145
2,500
147
2,600
149
‘‘Air National Guard
AGR Popu-
lation
O–4 (MAJ)
O–5 (LTC)
O–6 (COL)
5,000
333
335
251
6,000
403
394
260
7,000
472
453
269
8,000
539
512
278
9,000
606
571
287
10,000
673
630
296
11,000
740
688
305
12,000
807
742
314
13,000
873
795
323
14,000
939
848
332
‘‘Air National Guard—Continued
AGR Popu-
lation
O–4 (MAJ)
O–5 (LTC)
O–6 (COL)
15,000
1,005
898
341
16,000
1,067
948
350
17,000
1,126
998
359
18,000
1,185
1,048
368
19,000
1,235
1,098
377
20,000
1,283
1,148
380
‘‘U.S. Air Force Reserve
AGR Popu-
lation
O–4 (MAJ)
O–5 (LTC)
O–6 (COL)
500
1,000
155
165
1,500
220
240
135
2,000
285
310
170
2,500
350
369
203
3,000
413
420
220
3,500
473
464
230
4,000
530
500
240
4,500
585
529
247
5,000
638
550
254
5,500
688
565
261
6,000
735
575
268
7,000
770
595
280
8,000
805
615
290
10,000
835
635
300
‘‘(b) GRADE SUBSTITUTIONS
FOR LOWER GRADE
CEILINGS.—Whenever the number of officers serving in
any grade for duty described in subsection (a) is less than
the number authorized for that grade under this section,
the difference between the two numbers may be applied
to increase the number authorized under this section for
any lower grade.
‘‘(c) DETERMINATION OF AUTHORIZED CEILINGS.—
If the total number of members serving in the grades pre-
scribed in the above tables is between any two consecutive
numbers in the first column of the appropriate table, the
corresponding authorized strengths for each of the grades
shown in that table, for that component, are determined
by mathematical interpolation between the respective
numbers of the two strengths. If the total numbers of
members serving on AGR duty in the first column are
greater or less than the figures listed in the first column
of the appropriate table, the Secretary concerned shall fix
the corresponding strengths for the grades shown in that
table at the same proportion as reflected in the nearest
limit shown in the table.
‘‘(d) SECRETARIAL WAIVER.—Upon determination
by the Secretary of Defense that such action is in the na-
tional interest, the Secretary may increase the number of
reserve officers that may be on active duty or full-time
National Guard duty in a controlled grade authorized pur-
suant to subsection (a) for the current fiscal year for any
of the Reserve components by a number equal to not more
than 5 percent of the authorized strength in that con-
trolled grade.’’.
(b) IN GENERAL.—Section 12012 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by amending the body of the sec-
tion to read as follows:
‘‘(a) CEILINGS FOR FULL-TIME RESERVE COMPO-
NENT SENIOR ENLISTED MEMBERS.—The number of en-
listed members in pay grades of E–8 and E–9 for who
may be on active duty under section 10211 or 12310, or
on full-time National Guard duty under the authority of
section 502(f) of title 32 (other than for training) in con-
nection with organizing, administering, recruiting, in-
structing, or training the reserve components or the Na-
tional Guard may not, at the end of any fiscal year, exceed
a number determined in accordance with the following ta-
bles:
‘‘Army National Guard
AGR Population
E–8 (MSG)
E–9 (SGM)
20,000
1,650
550
22,000
1,775
615
24,000
1,900
645
26,000
1,945
675
28,000
1,945
705
30,000
1,945
725
32,000
1,945
730
34,000
1,945
735
36,000
1,945
738
38,000
1,945
741
40,000
1,945
743
42,000
1,945
743
‘‘U.S. Army Reserve
AGR Population
E–8 (MSG)
E–9 (SGM)
10,000
1,052
154
11,000
1,126
168
12,000
1,195
180
13,000
1,261
191
14,000
1,327
202
15,000
1,391
213
16,000
1,455
224
17,000
1,519
235
18,000
1,583
246
19,000
1,647
257
20,000
1,711
268
21,000
1,775
278
‘‘U.S. Naval Reserve
AGR Population
E–8 (SCPO)
E–9 (MCPO)
10,000
340
143
11,000
364
156
12,000
386
169
13,000
407
182
14,000
423
195
15,000
435
208
16,000
447
221
17,000
459
234
18,000
471
247
19,000
483
260
20,000
495
273
21,000
507
286
22,000
519
299
23,000
531
312
24,000
540
325
‘‘U.S. Marine Corps Reserve
AGR Population
E–8 (IST SGT)
E–9 (SGTMAJ)
1,100
1,200
1,300
1,400
1,500
1,600
1,700
1,800
1,900
2,000
2,100
2,200
2,300
101
2,400
103
2,500
105
2,600
107
‘‘Air National Guard
AGR Population
E–8 (SMSGT)
E–9 (CMSGT)
5,000
1,020
405
6,000
1,070
435
7,000
1,120
465
8,000
1,170
490,
9,000
1,220
510
10,000
1,270
530
11,000
1,320
550
12,000
1,370
570
13,000
1,420
589
14,000
1,470
608
‘‘Air National Guard—Continued
AGR Population
E–8 (SMSGT)
E–9 (CMSGT)
15,000
1,520
626
16,000
1,570
644
17,000
1,620
661
18,000
1,670
678
19,000
1,720
695
20,000
1,770
712
‘‘U.S. Air Force Reserve
AGR Population
E–8 (SMSGT)
F–9 (CMSGT)
500
1,000
145
1,500
208
105
2,000
270
130
2,500
325
150
3,000
375
170
3,500
420
190
4,000
460
210
4,500
495
230
5,000
530
250
5,500
565
270
6,000
600
290
7,000
670
330
8,000
740
370
10,000
800
400
‘‘(b) GRADE SUBSTITUTION
FOR LOWER GRADE
CEILINGS.—Whenever the number of members serving in
pay grade E–9 for duty described in subsection (a) is less
than the number authorized for that grade under this sec-
tion, the difference between the two numbers may be ap-
plied to increase the number authorized under this section
for pay grade E–8.
‘‘(c) DETERMINATION OF AUTHORIZED CEILINGS.—
If the total number of members serving in the grades pre-
scribed in the above tables is between, any two consecutive
numbers in the first column of the appropriate table, the
corresponding authorized strengths for each of the grades
shown in that table, for that component, are determined
by mathematical interpolation between the respective
numbers of the two strengths. If the total numbers of
members serving on AGR duty in the first column are
greater or less than the figures listed in the first column
of the appropriate table, the Secretary concerned shall fix
the corresponding strengths for the grades shown in that
table at the same proportion as reflected in the nearest
limit shown in the table.
‘‘(d) SECRETARIAL WAIVER.—Upon determination
by the Secretary of Defense that such action is in the na-
tional interest, the Secretary may increase the number of
senior reserve enlisted members that may be on active
duty or full-time National Guard duty in a controlled
grade authorized pursuant to subsection (a) for the cur-
rent fiscal year for any of the Reserve components by a
number equal to not more than 5 percent of the authorized
strength in that controlled grade.’’.
SEC. 410. INCREASE IN AUTHORIZED STRENGTHS FOR AIR
FORCE OFFICERS ON ACTIVE DUTY IN THE
GRADE OF MAJOR.
The table in section 523(a)(1) of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by striking the figures under the
heading ‘‘Major’’ relating to the Air Force and inserting
the following:
‘‘9,861
‘‘10,727
‘‘11,593
‘‘12,460
‘‘13,326
‘‘14,192
‘‘15,058
‘‘15,925
‘‘16,792
‘‘17,657
‘‘18,524
‘‘19,389
‘‘20,256
‘‘21,123
‘‘21,989
‘‘22,855
‘‘23,721
‘‘24,588
‘‘25,454.’’.
TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL
POLICY
Subtitle A—Officer Personnel
Policy
SEC. 501. ELIMINATION OF CERTAIN MEDICAL AND DENTAL
REQUIREMENTS 
FOR 
ARMY 
EARLY-
DEPLOYERS.
Section 1074a of title 10, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by striking subsection (d); and
(2) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-
section (d).
SEC. 502. MEDICAL DEFERMENT OF MANDATORY RETIRE-
MENT OR SEPARATION.
Section 640 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ at the beginning of the
paragraph;
(2) by striking ‘‘cannot’’ and inserting ‘‘may
not’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph (b):
‘‘(b) An officer whose mandatory retirement or sepa-
ration under this chapter or chapter 63 of this title is sub-
ject to deferral under this section, may be extended for
a period not to exceed 30 days following completion of the
evaluation requiring hospitalization or medical observa-
tion.’’.
SEC. 503. OFFICER IN CHARGE; UNITED STATES NAVY
BAND.
(a) DETAIL AND GRADE.—Chapter 565 of title 10,
United States Code, is amended by inserting after section
6221 the following new section:
‘‘§ 6221a. United States Navy Band: officer in charge
‘‘An officer serving in a grade not below lieutenant
commander may be detailed as Officer in Charge of the
United States Navy Band. While so serving, an officer who
holds a grade lower than captain shall hold the grade of
captain if he is appointed to that grade by the President,
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Such
appointment may occur notwithstanding the limitation of
subsection 5596(d) of this title.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of such chapter 565 is amended by insert-
ing after the item referring to section 6221 the following
new item:
‘‘6221a. United States Navy Band: officer in charge.’’.
SEC. 504. REMOVAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR CERTIFI-
CATION FOR CERTAIN FLAG OFFICERS TO
RETIRE IN THEIR HIGHEST GRADE.
Section 1370(c)(1) of title 10, United States Code,
is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘certifies in writing to the Presi-
dent and Congress’’ and inserting ‘‘determines in
writing’’; and
(2) by adding at the end of the paragraph the
following new sentence: ‘‘The Secretary of Defense
shall issue regulations to implement this para-
graph.’’.
Subtitle B—Reserve Component
Personnel Policy
SEC. 511. RETIREMENT OF RESERVE PERSONNEL.
(a) RETIRED RESERVE.—Section 10154(2) of title
10, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘upon
their request’’.
(b) RETIREMENT FOR FAILURE OF SELECTION OF
PROMOTION.—(1) Section 14513 of such title 10 is
amended—
(A) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘or retirement’’
after ‘‘Separation’’; and
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and applies’’
and inserting ‘‘unless the officer requests not to be
transferred to the Retired Reserve’’ before the semi-
colon.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter
1407 of such title 10 is amended by striking the item re-
lating to section 14513 and inserting the following new
item:
‘‘14513. Separation or retirement for failure of selection for promotion.’’.
(c) RETIREMENT FOR YEARS OF SERVICE OR AFTER
SELECTION
FOR EARLY REMOVAL.—Section 14514 of
such title 10 is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and applies’’
and inserting ‘‘ unless the officer requests not to be
transferred to the Retired Reserve’’ before the semi-
colon; and
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘does not
apply for such transfer’’ and inserting ‘‘has re-
quested not to be transferred to the Retired Re-
serve’’ after ‘‘is not qualified or’’.
(d) RETIREMENT FOR AGE.—Section 14515 of such
title 10 is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and applies’’
and inserting ‘‘unless the officer requests not to be
transferred to the Retired Reserve’’ before the semi-
colon; and
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘does not
apply for transfer’’ and inserting ‘‘has requested not
to be transferred’’ following ‘‘is riot qualified or’’.
(e) DISCHARGE OR RETIREMENT OF WARRANT OFFI-
CERS FOR YEARS OF SERVICE OR AGE.—(1) Chapter
1207 of such title 10 is amended by adding at the end
the following new section:
‘‘12244. Warrant officers: discharge or retirement for
years of service or for age
‘‘Each reserve warrant officer of the Army, Navy, Air
Force, or Marine Corps who is in an active status and
has reached the maximum years of service or age pre-
scribed by the Secretary concerned shall—
‘‘(1) be transferred to the Retired Reserve, if
the warrant officer is so qualified for such transfer,
unless the warrant officer requests not to be trans-
ferred to the Retired Reserve; or
‘‘(2) if the warrant officer is not qualified for
such transfer or requests not to be 42 transferred to
the Retired Reserve, be discharged.’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such
chapter 1207 of title 10 is amended by adding at the end
the following new item:
‘‘12244. Warrant officers: discharge or retirement for years of service or for
age.’’.
(f) DISCHARGE, OR RETIREMENT
OF ENLISTED
MEMBERS FOR YEARS OF SERVICE OR AGE.—(1) Chapter
1203 of such title 10 is amended by adding, at the end
the following new section:
‘‘12108. Enlisted members: discharge or retirement
for years of service or for age
‘‘Each reserve enlisted member of the Army, Navy,
Air Force, or Marine Corps who is in an active status and
has reached the maximum years of service or age pre-
scribed by the Secretary concerned shall—
‘‘(1) be transferred to the Retired Reserve, if
the member is so qualified for such transfer, unless
the member requests not to be transferred to the
Retired Reserve; or
‘‘(2) if the member is not qualified for such
transfer or requests not to be transferred to the Re-
tired Reserve, be discharged.’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such
chapter is amended by adding at the end the following
new item:
‘‘12108. Enlisted members: discharge or retirement for years of service or for
age.’’.
SEC. 512. AMENDMENT TO RESERVE PERSTEMPO DEFINI-
TION.
Section 991(b) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘active’’ be-
fore ‘‘service’’ and adding at the end the following
new sentence: ‘‘For the purpose of this definition,
the housing in which a member of a reserve compo-
nent resides is either the housing the member nor-
mally occupies when on garrison duty or the mem-
ber’s permanent civilian residence.’’;
(2) by striking paragraph (2);
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as
paragraphs (2) and (3) respectively; and
(4) in paragraph (3) (as redesignated), by strik-
ing ‘‘in paragraphs (1) and (2).’’ and inserting ‘‘in
paragraph (1).’’.
SEC. 513. INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE PHYSICAL EXAM-
INATION REQUIREMENT.
Section 10206 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Ready Re-
serve’’ and inserting ‘‘Selected Reserve’’;
(2) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub-
section (c); and
(3) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing new subsection:
‘‘(b) As determined by the Secretary concerned, each
member of the Individual Ready Reserve or Inactive Na-
tional Guard shall be provided a physical examination, if
required—
‘‘(1) to determine the member’s fitness for mili-
tary duty; or
‘‘(2) for promotion, attendance at a military
school or other career progression requirements.’’.
SEC. 514. FUNERAL HONORS DUTY PERFORMED BY MEM-
BERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD.
Section 1491 (b) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after paragraph (2) the following
new paragraph:
‘‘(3) A member of the Army National Guard of the
United States or Air National Guard of the United States
who serves as a member of a funeral honors detail while
serving in a duty status authorized under state law shall
be considered to be a member of the armed forces for the
purpose of fulfilling the two member funeral honors detail
requirement in paragraph (2).’’.
SEC. 515. STRENGTH AND GRADE CEILING ACCOUNTING
FOR RESERVE COMPONENT MEMBERS ON AC-
TIVE DUTY IN SUPPORT OF A CONTINGENCY
OPERATION.
(a) ACTIVE DUTY STRENGTH ACCOUNTING—Section
11 5(c) of title 10, United States Code is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at
the end of the subparagraph;
(2) in subparagraph (2), by striking the period
and adding ‘‘; and’’ at the end of the subparagraph;
and
(3) by adding the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(3) increase the end strength authorized pur-
suant to subsection (a)(1)(A) for a fiscal year for
any of the armed forces by a number equal to the
number of members of the reserve components on
active duty under section 12301(d) of this title in
support of a contingency operation as defined in sec-
tion 101(a)(13) of this title.’’.
(b) INCREASE IN AUTHORIZED DAILY AVERAGE FOR
MEMBERS IN PAY GRADES E–8 AND E–9 ON ACTIVE
DUTY UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.—Section 517
of such title 10 is amended at the end by adding the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
‘‘(d) The Secretary of Defense may increase the au-
thorized daily average number of enlisted members on ac-
tive duty in an armed force in pay grades E–8 and E–
9 in a fiscal year pursuant to subsection (a) by the number
of enlisted members of a reserve component in that armed
force in the pay grades of E–8 and E–9 on active duty
under section 12301(d) of this title in support of a contin-
gency operation as defined in section 101(a)(13) of this
title,’’.
(c) INCREASE
IN AUTHORIZED STRENGTHS
FOR
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS IN PAY GRADES O–4, O–5 AND
O–6
ON
ACTIVE
DUTY
UNDER
CERTAIN
CIR-
CUMSTANCES.—Section 523 of such title 10 is amended—
(1) in paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2), by striking
‘‘subsection (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (c) and
(e)’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(e) The Secretary of Defense may increase the au-
thorized total number of commissioned officers serving on
active duty at the end of any fiscal year pursuant to sub-
section (a) by the number of commissioned officers of a
reserve component of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Ma-
rine Corps on active duty under section 12301(d) of this
title in support of a contingency operation as defined in
section 101(a)(13) of this title.’’.
(d) INCREASE, IN AUTHORIZED STRENGTHS
FOR
GENERAL AND FLAG OFFICERS ON ACTIVE DUTY UNDER
CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.—Section 526(a) of such title
10 is amended by—
(1) striking ‘‘the’’ the first time it appears;
(2) inserting ‘‘(1) Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the’’ following ‘‘Limitations.—’’;
(3) redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3) and
(4) as subparagraphs (A), (B), (C) and (D), respec-
tively; and
(4) inserting after subparagraph (D) (as redes-
ignated by section (d)(3)) the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(2) The Secretary of Defense may increase the
number of general and flag officers on active duty
pursuant to paragraph (1) by the number of reserve
component general and flag officers on active duty
under section 12301(d) of this title in support of a
contingency 
operation 
as 
defined 
in 
section
101(a)(13) of this title.’’.
SEC. 516. RESERVE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS STIPEND
PROGRAM EXPANSION.
(a) PURPOSE OF PROGRAM.—Section 16201(a) of
title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—For the pur-
poses of obtaining adequate numbers of commissioned offi-
cers in the reserve components who are qualified in health
professions, the Secretary of each military department
may establish and maintain a program to provide financial
assistance under this chapter to persons engaged in train-
ing that leads to a degree in medicine or dentistry, and
to a health professions specialty critically needed in war-
time. Under such a program, the Secretary concerned may
agree to pay a financial stipend to persons engaged in
health care education and training in return for a commit-
ment to subsequent service in the Ready Reserve.’’.
(b) MEDICAL AND DENTAL STUDENT STIPEND.—
Section 16201 of such title 10 is amended by—
(1) redesignating subsections (b), (c), (d) and
(e) as subsections (c), (d), (e) and (f);
(2) inserting the following new subsection:
‘‘(b) MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCHOOL STUDENTS.—
(1) Under the stipend program under this chapter, the
Secretary of the military department concerned may enter
into an agreement with a person who—
‘‘(A) is eligible to be appointed as an officer in
a Reserve component;
‘‘(B) is enrolled or has been accepted for enroll-
ment in an institution in a course of study that re-
sults in a degree in medicine or dentistry;
‘‘(C) signs an agreement that, unless sooner
separated, the person will—
‘‘(i) complete the educational phase of the
program;
‘‘(ii) accept a reappointment or redesigna-
tion within his reserve component, if tendered,
based upon his health profession, following sat-
isfactory completion of the educational and in-
tern programs; and
‘‘(iii) participate in a residency program;
and
‘‘(D) if required by regulations prescribed by
the Secretary of Defense, agrees to apply for, if eli-
gible, and accept, if offered, residency training in a
health profession skill which has been designated by
the Secretary of Defense as a critically needed war-
time skill.
‘‘(2) Under the agreement—
‘‘(A) the Secretary of the military department
concerned shall agree to pay the participant a sti-
pend, in the amount determined under subsection
(f), for the period or the remainder of the period the
student is satisfactorily progressing toward a degree
in medicine or dentistry while enrolled in an accred-
ited medical or dental school;
‘‘(B) the participant shall not be eligible to re-
ceive such stipend before appointment, designation,
or assignment as an officer for service in the Ready
Reserve;
‘‘(C) the participant shall be subject to such ac-
tive duty requirements as may be specified in the
agreement and to active duty in time of war or na-
tional emergency as provided by law for members of
the Ready Reserve; and
‘‘(D) the participant shall agree to serve, upon
successful completion of the program, one year in
the Selected Reserve for each six months, or part
thereof, for which the stipend is provided. In the
case of a participant who enters into a subsequent
agreement under subsection (c) and successfully
completes residency training in a specialty des-
ignated by the Secretary of Defense as a specialty
critically needed by the military department in war-
time, the requirement to serve in the Selected Re-
serve may be reduced to one year for each year, or
part thereof, for which the stipend was provided
while enrolled in medical or dental school.’’.
(c) WARTIME CRITICAL SKILLS.—Section 16201(c)
(as redesignated by section (b)) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘WARTIME’’ following ‘‘CRIT-
ICAL’’ in the heading; and
(2) in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting ‘‘or has
been appointed as a medical or dental officer in the
Reserve of the armed force concerned’’ before the
semicolon at the end.
(d) SERVICE OBLIGATION REQUIREMENT.—Subpara-
graph (2)(D) of subsection (c) (as redesignated by section
(b)) and subparagraph (2)(D) of subsection (d) (as redes-
ignated by section (b)) are amended by striking ‘‘two years
in the Ready Reserve for each year,’’ and inserting ‘‘one
year in the Ready Reserve for each six months,’’.
(e) 
CLERICAL
AMENDMENTS.—Subparagraphs
(2)(A) of subsection (c) (as redesignated by section (b))
and subparagraph (2)(A) of subsection (d) (as redesig-
nated by section (b)) are amended by striking ‘‘subsection
(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (f)’’.
SEC. 517. RESERVE OFFICERS ON ACTIVE DUTY FOR A PE-
RIOD OF THREE YEARS OR LESS.
(a) 
CLARIFICATION
OF
EXEMPTION.—Section
641(1)(D) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘(D) on active duty under section 12301(d) of
this title, other than as provided under subpara-
graph (C), provided the call or order to active duty,
as prescribed in regulations of the Secretary con-
cerned, specifies a period of three years or less and
continued placement on the reserve active-status
list;’’.
(b) RETROACTIVE APPLICATION.—(1) Officers who
were placed on the reserve active status list under section
641(1)(D), as amended by section 521 of the Floyd D.
Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2001 (Public Law 106–398; 114 Stat. 1654A–108),
may be considered, as determined by the Secretary con-
cerned, to have been on the active-duty list during the pe-
riod beginning on the date of enactment of Public Law
106–398 through the date of enactment of this Act.
‘‘(2) Officers who were placed on the active duty list
on or after October 30, 1997, may, at the discretion of
the Secretary concerned, be placed on the reserve active-
status list upon enactment of this Act, provided they oth-
erwise meet the conditions specified in section 641(1)(D)
as amended by this Act.
SEC. 518. ACTIVE DUTY END STRENGTH EXEMPTION FOR
NATIONAL 
GUARD 
AND 
RESERVE 
PER-
SONNEL 
PERFORMING 
FUNERAL 
HONORS
FUNCTIONS.
Section 115(d) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graphs:
‘‘(10) Members of reserve components on active duty
to prepare for and to perform funeral honors functions
for funerals of veterans in accordance with section 1491
of this title.
‘‘(11) Members on full-time National Guard duty to
prepare for and to perform funeral honors functions for
funerals of veterans in accordance with section 1491 of
this title.’’.
SEC. 519. CLARIFICATION OF FUNCTIONS THAT MAY BE AS-
SIGNED TO ACTIVE GUARD AND RESERVE
PERSONNEL 
ON 
FULL-TIME 
NATIONAL
GUARD DUTY.
Section 12310(b) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by inserting ‘‘, or a Reserve who is a member
of the National Guard serving on full-time National Guard
duty under section 502(f) of title 32 in connection with
functions referred to in subsection (a),’’ after ‘‘on active
duty as described in subsection (a)’’.
SEC. 520. AUTHORITY FOR TEMPORARY WAIVER OF THE
REQUIREMENT FOR A BACCALAUREATE DE-
GREE FOR PROMOTION OF CERTAIN RE-
SERVE OFFICERS OF THE ARMY.
Section 516 of the Strom Thurmond National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law
105–261; 112 Stat. 1920, 2008) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(a) WAIVER
AUTHORITY FOR ARMY OCS GRADUATES.—’’ and
‘‘before the date of the enactment of this Act’’; and
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘2000’’ and
inserting ‘‘2003’’.
SEC. 521. AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT TO SUSPEND
CERTAIN LAWS RELATING TO PROMOTION,
RETIREMENT AND SEPARATION; DUTIES.
Section 12305 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section (c):
‘‘(c) Active duty members whose mandatory separa-
tions or retirements incident to section 1251 or sections
632–637 of this title are delayed pursuant to invocation
of this section, will be afforded up to 90 days following
termination of the suspension before being separated of
retired.’’.
Subtitle C—Education and
Training
SEC. 531. AUTHORITY FOR THE MARINE CORPS UNIVER-
SITY TO AWARD THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF
STRATEGIC STUDIES.
(a) AUTHORITY TO CONFER DEGREE.—Upon the
recommendation of the Director and faculty of the Marine
Corps War College of the Marine Corps University, the
President of the Marine Corps University may confer the
degree of master of strategic studies upon graduates of
the college who fulfill the requirements for the degree.
(b) REGULATION.—The Secretary of the Navy shall
promulgate regulations under which the Director of the
faculty of the Marine Corps War College of the Marine
Corps University shall administer the authority in sub-
section (a).
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The authority to award de-
grees provided by subsection (a) shall become effective on
the date on which the Secretary of Education determines
that the requirements established by the Marine Corps
War College of the Marine Corps University for the degree
of master of strategic studies are in accordance with gen-
erally applicable requirements for a degree of master of
arts.
SEC. 532. RESERVE COMPONENT DISTRIBUTED LEARNING.
(a) COMPENSATION FOR DISTRIBUTED LEARNING.—
Section 206(d) of title 37, United States Code, is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(d) A member of a Reserve Component may be paid
compensation under this section for the successful comple-
tion of courses of instruction undertaken by electronic,
paper-based, or other distributed learning. Distributed
Learning is structured learning that takes place without
55 requiring the physical presence of an instructor. To
be compensable, the instruction must be required by law,
Department of Defense policy, or service regulation and
may be accomplished either independently or as part of
a group.’’.
(b) DEFINITION
OF INACTIVE-DUTY TRAINING.—
Section 101(22) of title 37, United States Code, is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘, but does not include work or study in
connection with a correspondence course of a uniformed
service’’.
SEC. 533. REPEAL OF LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF JUNIOR
RESERVE 
OFFICERS’ 
TRAINING 
CORPS
(JROTC) UNITS.
Section 2031(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code,
is amended by striking the second sentence.
SEC. 534. MODIFICATION OF THE NURSE OFFICER CAN-
DIDATE ACCESSION PROGRAM RESTRICTION
ON STUDENTS ATTENDING CIVILIAN EDU-
CATIONAL INSTITUTIONS WITH SENIOR RE-
SERVE OFFICERS’ TRAINING PROGRAMS.
Section 2130a of title 10, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (a)(2), by striking ‘‘that does
not have a Senior Reserve Officers’’ Training Pro-
gram established under section 2102 of this title;’’
and
(2) in paragraph (b)(1), by adding at the end
‘‘or that has a Senior Reserve Officers’’ Training
Program for which the student is ineligible.’’.
SEC. 535. DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FOREIGN LAN-
GUAGE CENTER.
(a) Subject to subsection (b), the Commandant of the
Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center
(Institute) may confer an Associate of Arts degree in For-
eign Language upon graduates of the Institute who fulfill
the requirements for the degree.
(b) No degree may be conferred upon any student
under this section unless the Provost certifies to the Com-
mandant of the Institute that the student has satisfied
all the requirements prescribed for such degree.
(c) The authority provided by subsection (a) shall be
exercised under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of
Defense.
Subtitle D—Decorations, Awards,
and Commendations
SEC. 541. AUTHORITY FOR AWARD OF THE MEDAL OF
HONOR 
TO 
HUMBERT 
R. 
VERSACE 
FOR
VALOR DURING THE VIETNAM WAR.
(a) WAIVER
OF
TIME
LIMITATIONS.—Notwith-
standing the time limitations specified in section 3744 of
title 10, United States Code, or any other time limitation
with respect to the awarding of certain medals to persons
who served in the military service, the President may
award the Medal of Honor under section 3741 of that title
to Humbert R. Versace for the acts of valor referred to
in subsection (b).
(b) ACTION DESCRIBED.—The acts of valor referred
to in subsection (a) are the actions of Humbert R. Versace
between October 29, 1963, and September 26, 1965, while
interned as a prisoner of war by the Vietnamese Com-
munist National Liberation Front (Viet Cong) in the Re-
public of Vietnam.
SEC. 542. ISSUANCE OF DUPLICATE MEDAL OF HONOR.
(a) Section 3747 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended—
(1) in the section heading, by adding at the end
‘‘; issuance of duplicate medal of honor’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘Any medal of honor’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(a) REPLACEMENT
OF
MEDALS.—Any
medal of honor’’;
(3) by inserting ‘‘stolen,’’ before ‘‘lost or de-
stroyed,’’; and
(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(b) ISSUANCE OF DUPLICATE MEDAL OF HONOR.—
Upon written application by a person to whom a medal
of honor has been awarded under this chapter, the Sec-
retary of the Army may issue such person, without charge,
one duplicate medal of honor, with ribbons and appur-
tenances. Such duplicate shall be marked, in a manner the
Secretary may determine, as a duplicate or for display
purposes only. The issuance of a duplicate medal of honor
under the authority of this subsection shall not constitute
the award of more than one medal of honor within the
meaning of section 3744(a) of this title.’’.
(b) Section 6253 of such title is amended—
(1) in the section heading, by adding at the end
‘‘; issuance of duplicate medal of honor’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘The Secretary of the Navy may
replace’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) REPLACEMENT OF MED-
ALS.—The Secretary of the Navy may replace’’;
(3) by inserting ‘‘stolen,’’ before ‘‘lost or de-
stroyed’’; and
(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(b) ISSUANCE OF DUPLICATE MEDAL OF HONOR.—
Upon written application by a person to whom a medal
of honor has been awarded under this chapter, the Sec-
retary of the Navy may issue such person, without charge,
one duplicate medal of honor, with ribbons and appur-
tenances. Such duplicate shall be marked, in a manner the
Secretary may determine, as a duplicate or for display
purposes only. The issuance of a duplicate medal of honor
under the authority of this subsection shall not constitute
the award of more than one medal of honor within the
meaning of section 6247 of this title.’’.
(c) Section 8747 of such title is amended—
(1) in the section heading, by adding at the end
‘‘; issuance of duplicate medal of honor’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘Any medal of honor’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(a) REPLACEMENT
OF
MEDALS.—Any
medal of honor’’;
(3) by inserting ‘‘stolen,’’ before ‘‘lost or de-
stroyed,’’; and
(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(b) ISSUANCE OF DUPLICATE MEDAL OF HONOR.—
Upon written application by a person to whom a medal
of honor has been awarded under this chapter, the Sec-
retary of the Air Force may issue such person, without
charge, one duplicate medal of honor, with ribbons and
appurtenances. Such duplicate shall be marked, in a man-
ner the Secretary may determine, as a duplicate or for
display purposes only. The issuance of a duplicate medal
of honor under the authority of this subsection shall not
constitute the award of more than one medal of honor
within the meaning of section 8744(a) of this title.’’.
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—(1) The item relating
to section 3747 of such title in the table of sections at
the beginning of chapter 357 of such title is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘3747. Medal of honor; distinguished-service cross; distinguished-service medal;
silver star: replacement; issuance of duplicate medal of honor.’’;
(2) The item relating to section 6253 of such title
in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 567
of such title is amended to read as follows:
‘‘6253. Replacement; issuance of duplicate medal of honor.’’; and
(3) The item relating to section 8747 of such title
in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 857
of such title is amended to read as follows:
‘‘8747. Medal of honor; Air Force cross; distinguished-service cross; distin-
guished-service medal; silver star: replacement; issuance of du-
plicate medal of honor.’’.
SEC. 543. REPEAL OF LIMITATION ON AWARD OF BRONZE
STAR TO MEMBERS IN RECEIPT OF SPECIAL
PAY.
Section 1133 of title 10, United States Code, is re-
pealed.
Subtitle E—Uniform Code of
Military Justice
SEC. 551. REVISION OF PUNITIVE UCMJ ARTICLE REGARD-
ING DRUNKEN OPERATION OF VEHICLE, AIR-
CRAFT, OR VESSEL.
(a) STANDARD FOR DRUNKEN OPERATION OF VEHI-
CLE, AIRCRAFT, OR VESSEL.—Paragraph (2) of section
911 of title 10, United States Code (article 111 of the
Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended by striking
‘‘0.10 grams or more of alcohol’’ and inserting ‘‘0.08
grams or more of alcohol’’ both places such term appears.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and shall apply to offenses committed
on or after that date.
TITLE VI—COMPENSATION AND
OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS
Subtitle A—Pay and Allowances
SEC. 601. INCREASE IN BASIC PAY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2002.
(a) WAIVER OF SECTION 1009 ADJUSTMENT.—The
adjustment to become effective during fiscal year 2002 re-
quired by section 1009 of title 37, United States Code,
in the rates of monthly basic pay authorized members of
the uniformed services shall not be made.
(b) INCREASE IN BASIC PAY.—Effective on January
1, 2002, the rates of monthly basic pay for members of
the uniformed services shall be as follows:
MONTHLY BASIC PAY*,**,***
Pay
grade
Years of service (computed under 37 U.S.C. 205)
<2
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
0–10 ..........
0–9 ............
0–8 ............
7180.20
7415.40
7571.10
7614.90
7809.30
8135.10
8210.70
0–7 ............
5966.40
6371.70
6371.70
6418.20
6657.90
6840.30
7051.20
0–6 ............
4422.00
4857.90
5176.80
5176.80
5196.60
5418.90
5448.60
0–5 ............
3537.00
4152.60
4440.30
4494.30
4673.10
4673.10
4813.50
0–4 ............
3023.70
3681.90
3927.60
3982.50
4210.50
4395.90
4696.20
0–3 ............
2796.60
3170.40
3421.80
3698.70
3875.70
4070.10
4232.40
0–2 ............
2416.20
2751.90
3169.50
3276.30
3344.10
3344.10
3344.10
0–1 ............
2097.60
2183.10
2638.50
2638.50
2638.50
2638.50
2638.50
MONTHLY BASIC PAY*,**,***—Continued
Pay
grade
Years of service (computed under 37 U.S.C. 205)
<2
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
11601.90
11659.20
11901.30
12324.00
10147.50
10293.60
10504.80
10873.80
8519.70
8608.50
8874.30
9259.50
9614.70
9852.00
9852.00
9852.00
7261.80
7472.70
8135.10
8694.90
8694.90
8694.90
8694.90
8738.70
5448.60
5628.60
6305.70
6627.00
6948.30
7131.00
7316.10
7675.20
5073.30
5413.50
5755.80
5919.00
6079.80
6262.80
6262.80
6262.80
4930.20
5092.50
5255.70
5310.60
5310.60
5310.60
5310.60
5310.60
4441.20
4549.50
4549.50
4549.50
4549.50
4549.50
4549.50
4549.50
3344.10
3344.10
3344.10
3344.10
3344.10
3344.10
3344.10
3344.10
2638.50
2638.50
2638.50
2638.50
2638.50
2638.50
2638.50
2638.50
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS WITH OVER 4 YEARS ACTIVE
DUTY SERVICE
<2
AS AN ENLISTED MEMBER OR WARRANT OFFICER
0–3E .........
0.00
0.00
0.00
3698.70
3875.70
4070.10
4232.40
0–2E .........
0.00
0.00
0.00
3276.30
3344.10
3450.30
3630.00
O–IE .........
0.00
0.00
0.00
2638.50
2818.20
2922.30
3028.50
4441.20
4617.00
4717.50
4855.20
4855.20
4855.20
4855.20
4855.20
3768.90
3872.40
3872.40
3872.40
3872.40
3872.40
3872.40
3872.40
3133.20
3276.30
3276.30
3276.30
3276.30
3276.30
3276.30
3276.30
WARRANT OFFICERS
<2
W–5 ..........
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
W–4 ..........
2889.60
3108.60
3198.00
3285.90
3437.10
3586.50
3737.70
W–3 ..........
2638.80
2862.00
2862.00
2898.90
3017.40
3152.40
3330.90
W–2 ..........
2321.40
2454.00
2569.80
2654.10
2726.40
2875.20
2984.40
W–1 ..........
2049.90
2217.60
2330.10
2402.70
2511.90
2624.70
2737.80
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
4965.60
5136.00
5307.00
5478.60
3885.30
4038.00
4184.40
4334.40
4480.80
4632.60
4782.00
4935.30
3439.50
3558.30
3693.90
3828.60
3963.60
4098.30
4233.30
4368.90
3093.90
3200.40
3318.00
3438.90
3559.80
3680.10
3801.30
3801.30
2850.00
2963.70
3077.10
3189.90
3275.10
3275.10
3275.10
3275.10
ENLISTED MEMBERS
<2
E–9 ...........
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
3423.90
E–8 ...........
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
2858.10
2940.60
E–7 ...........
1986.90
2169.00
2251.50
2332.50
2417.40
2562.90
2645.10
E–6 ...........
1701.00
1870,80
1953.60
2033.70
2117.40
2254.50
2337.30
E–5 ...........
1561.50
1665,30
1745.70
1828.50
1912.80
2030.10
2110.20
E–4 ...........
1443.60
1517.70
1599.60
1680.30
1752.30
1752.30
1752.30
E–3 ...........
1303.50
1385.40
1468.50
1468.50
1468.50
1468.50
1468.50
E–2 ...........
1239.30
1239.30
1239.30
1239.30
1239.30
1239.30
1239.30
E–1 >4+
1105.50
1105.50
1105.50
1105.50
1105.50
1105.50
1105.50
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS WITH OVER 4 YEARS ACTIVE
DUTY SERVICE—Continued
<2
E–1
<4++ ..
1022.70
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
3501.30
3599.40
3714.60
3830.40
3944.10
4098.30
4251.30
4467.00
3017.70
3110.10
3210.30
3314.70
3420.30
3573.00
3724.80
3937.80
2726.40
2808.00
2892.60
2975.10
3057.30
3200.40
3292.80
3526.80
2417.40
2499.30
2558.10
2602.80
2602.80
2602.80
2602.80
2602.80
2193.30
2193.30
2193.30
2193.30
2193.30
2193.30
2193.30
2193.30
1752.30
1752.30
1752.30
1752.30
1752.30
1752.30
1752.30
1752.30
1468.50
1468.50
1468.50
1468.50
1468.50
1468.50
1468.50
1468.50
1239.30
1239.30
1239.30
1239.30
1239.30
1239.30
1239.30
1239.30
1105.50
1105.50
1105.50
1105.50
1105.50
1105.50
1105.50
1105.50
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
* Basic pay for 0–7 to 0–10 is limited to the rate of basic pay for level III of the Executive Sched-
ule. Basic pay for 0–6 and below is limited to level V of the Executive Schedule.
** While serving as Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Chief of Staff of the
Army, Chief of Naval Operations, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Commandant of the Marine
Corps, or Commandant of the Coast Guard, basic pay for this grade is $13,598.10, regardless of cu-
mulative years of service computed under section 205 of title 37, United States Code.
*** While serving as Sergeant Major of the Army, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy or
Coast Guard, Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, or Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, basic
pay for this grade is $5,382.90, regardless of cumulative years of service computed under section
205 of title 37, United States Code.
+Applies to personnel who have served 4 months or more on active duty.
++Applies to personnel who have served less than 4 months on active duty.
SEC. 602. PARTIAL DISLOCATION ALLOWANCE AUTHOR-
IZED UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF PARTIAL DISLOCATION AL-
LOWANCE.—Section 407 of title 37, United States Code
is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) through (g)
as subsections (d) through (h), respectively;
(2) in subsections (a)(1) and (b)(1), by striking
‘‘subsection (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (d)’’;
(3) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsection:
‘‘(c) 
PARTIAL
DISLOCATION
ALLOWANCE.—(1)
Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned,
a member ordered to occupy or to vacate Government fam-
ily housing for the convenience of the Government (includ-
ing pursuant to the privatization or renovation of hous-
ing), and not pursuant to a permanent change of station,
may be paid a partial dislocation allowance of $500.
‘‘(2) Effective on the same date that the monthly
rates of basic pay for members are increased for a subse-
quent calendar year, the Secretary of Defense shall adjust
the rate for the partial dislocation allowance for that cal-
endar year by the percentage equal to the percentage in-
crease in the rate of basic pay for that calendar year.
‘‘(3) Payments made under this subsection are not
subject to the fiscal year limitations in subsection (e).’’;
and
(4) in subsection (d)(1) as redesignated by
paragraph (1), by striking at the beginning ‘‘The
amount’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in sub-
section (c), the amount’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall take effect on October 1, 2001.
SEC. 603. FUNERAL HONORS DUTY ALLOWANCE FOR RETIR-
EES.
Section 435 of title 37, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting before the pe-
riod at the end ‘‘or a retired member of the armed
forces who performs at least two hours of duty pre-
paring for or performing honors at the funeral of a
veteran’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(d) CONCURRENT PAYMENT.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the allowance paid to a retired
member of the armed forces under subsection (a) shall be
in addition to any other compensation authorized under
title 10, title 37, and title 38 to which the retired member
may be entitled.’’.
SEC. 604. BASIC PAY RATE FOR CERTAIN RESERVE COM-
MISSIONED OFFICERS WITH PRIOR SERVICE
AS AN ENLISTED MEMBER OR WARRANT OF-
FICER.
Section 203(d) of title 37, United States Code, is
amended by inserting ‘‘, or who earns a total of more than
1,460 points credited under section 12732(a)(2) of title
10 while serving as a warrant officer or as a warrant offi-
cer and enlisted member’’ following ‘‘or as a warrant offi-
cer and enlisted member’’.
SEC. 605. FAMILY SEPARATION ALLOWANCE.
Section 427(c) of title 37, United States Code, is
amended by amending the first sentence to read as follows:
‘‘A member who elects to serve an unaccompanied
tour of duty because dependent movement to the perma-
nent station is denied for certified medical reasons is enti-
tled to an allowance under subsection (a)(1)(A). In all
other cases, a member who elects to serve a tour unaccom-
panied by his dependents at a permanent station to which
movement of his dependents is authorized at the expense
of the United States under section 406 of this title is not
entitled to an allowance under subsection (a)(1)(A).’’.
SEC. 606. HOUSING ALLOWANCE FOR THE CHAPLAIN FOR
THE CORPS OF CADETS, UNITED STATES
MILITARY ACADEMY.
Section 4337 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by striking the second sentence and inserting
‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the chaplain
is entitled to the same basic allowance for housing allowed
to a lieutenant colonel, and to fuel and light for quarters
in kind.’’.
SEC. 
607. 
CLARIFYING 
AMENDMENT 
THAT 
SPACE-RE-
QUIRED TRAVEL FOR ANNUAL TRAINING RE-
SERVE DUTY DOES NOT OBVIATE TRANSPOR-
TATION ALLOWANCES.
Section 18505(a) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘annual training duty or’’ each time
such term appears.
Subtitle B—Bonuses and Special
and Incentive Pays
SEC. 611. AUTHORIZE THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY TO
PRESCRIBE SUBMARINE DUTY INCENTIVE
PAY RATES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 301c of title 37, United
States Code, is amended by striking subsection (b) and
inserting the following:
‘‘(b) A member who meets the requirements pre-
scribed in subsection (a) is entitled to monthly submarine
duty incentive pay in an amount prescribed by the Sec-
retary of the Navy, but not more than $1,000 per
month.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2002.
SEC. 612. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES RELATING TO PAY-
MENT OF OTHER BONUSES AND SPECIAL
PAYS.
(a) AVIATION OFFICER RETENTION BONUS.—Sec-
tion 301b(a) of title 37, United States Code, is amended
by striking ‘‘December 31, 2001’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2003’’.
(b) REENLISTMENT
BONUS
FOR
ACTIVE
MEM-
BERS.—Section 308(g) of such title 37 is amended by
striking ‘‘December 31, 2001’’ and inserting ‘‘September
30, 2003’’.
(c) ENLISTMENT BONUS.—Section 309(e) of such
title 37 is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2001’’ and
inserting ‘‘September 30, 2003’’.
(d) RETENTION BONUS FOR MEMBERS QUALIFIED
IN A CRITICAL MILITARY SKILL.—Section 323(i) of such
title 37 is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2001’’ and
inserting ‘‘September 30, 2003’’.
SEC. 613. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN BONUSES AND SPECIAL
PAY AUTHORITIES FOR NURSE OFFICER CAN-
DIDATES, REGISTERED NURSES, NURSE AN-
ESTHETISTS, AND DENTAL OFFICERS.
(a) NURSE OFFICER CANDIDATE ACCESSION PRO-
GRAM.—Section 2130a(a)(1) of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2001’’ and
inserting ‘‘September 30, 2003’’.
(b) ACCESSION BONUS FOR REGISTERED NURSES.—
Section 302d(a)(1) of title 37, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2001’’ and inserting
‘‘September 30, 2003’’.
(c) INCENTIVE SPECIAL PAY
FOR NURSE ANES-
THETISTS.—Section 302e(a)(1) of such title 37 is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘December 31, 2001’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2003’’.
(d) ACCESSION BONUS FOR DENTAL OFFICERS.—
Section 302h(a)(1) of such title 37 is amended by striking
‘‘September 30, 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30,
2003’’.
SEC. 614. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES RELATING TO NU-
CLEAR OFFICER SPECIAL PAYS.
(a) SPECIAL PAY FOR NUCLEAR-QUALIFIED OFFI-
CERS EXTENDING PERIOD OF ACTIVE SERVICE.—Section
312(e) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by
striking ‘‘December 31, 2001’’ and inserting ‘‘December
31, 2003’’.
(b) NUCLEAR CAREER ACCESSION BONUS.—Section
312b(c) of such title 37 is amended by striking ‘‘December
31, 2001’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2003’’.
(c) 
NUCLEAR
CAREER
ANNUAL
INCENTIVE
BONUS.—Section 312c(d) of such title 37 is amended by
striking ‘‘December 31, 2001’’ and inserting ‘‘December
31, 2003’’.
SEC. 615. EXTENSION OF SPECIAL AND INCENTIVE PAYS.
(a) SPECIAL PAY FOR RESERVE HEALTH PROFES-
SIONALS
IN CRITICALLY SHORT WARTIME SPECIAL-
TIES.—Section 302g(f) of title 37, United States Code,
is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2001’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘December 31, 2002’’.
(b) SELECTED RESERVE REENLISTMENT BONUS.—
Section 308b(f) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘De-
cember 31, 2001’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2002’’.
(c) SELECTED RESERVE ENLISTMENT BONUS.—Sec-
tion 308c(e) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘Decem-
ber 31, 2001’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2002’’.
(d) SPECIAL PAY
FOR ENLISTED MEMBERS AS-
SIGNED TO CERTAIN HIGH PRIORITY UNITS.—Section
308d(c) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘December
31, 2001’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2002’’.
(e) SELECTED RESERVE AFFILIATION BONUS.—Sec-
tion 308e(e) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘Decem-
ber 31, 2001’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2002’’.
(f) READY RESERVE ENLISTMENT AND REENLIST-
MENT BONUS.—Section of 308h(g) of such title is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘December 31, 2001’’ and inserting ‘‘De-
cember 31, 2002’’.
(g) PRIOR SERVICE ENLISTMENT BONUS.—Section
308i(f) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘December
31, 2001’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2002’’.
(h) REPAYMENT OF EDUCATION LOANS FOR CER-
TAIN HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WHO SERVE IN THE SE-
LECTED RESERVE.—Section 16302(d) of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘January 1, 2002’’
and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2003’’.
SEC. 616. ACCESSION BONUS FOR OFFICERS IN CRITICAL
SKILLS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 5 of title 37, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 323 the
following new section:
‘‘§ 324. Special Pay: officer critical skills accession
bonus
‘‘(a) ACCESSION BONUS AUTHORIZED.—Under regu-
lations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense and the
Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast
Guard when it is not operated as a service in the Navy,
and subject to the limitations in subsection (b), an indi-
vidual who executes a written agreement to accept a com-
mission as an officer of an armed force and serve on active
duty in an officer critical skill for the period specified in
the agreement may be paid an accession bonus not to ex-
ceed $20,000 upon acceptance of the written agreement
by the Secretary concerned.
‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON ELIGIBILITY FOR BONUS.—An
individual may not be paid a bonus under subsection (a)
if the individual has received, or is receiving, an accession
bonus for the same period of service under subsections
302d, 302h, or 312b.
‘‘(c) PRORATION.—The term of an agreement and
the amount of the payment under subsection (a) may be
prorated.
‘‘(d) PAYMENT METHOD.—Upon acceptance of the
written agreement by the Secretary concerned, the total
amount payable pursuant to the agreement under sub-
section (a) becomes fixed and may be paid by the Sec-
retary in either a lump sum or installments.
‘‘(e) REPAYMENT.—(1) If an individual who has en-
tered into an agreement under subsection (a) has received
all or part of a bonus under this section fails to accept
an appointment or to commence or complete the total pe-
riod of active duty in the designated critical skill specified
in the agreement, the Secretary concerned may require the
individual to repay the United States, on a pro rata basis
and to the extent that the Secretary determines conditions
and circumstances warrant, any or all sums paid to the
individual under this section.
‘‘(2) An obligation to repay the United States im-
posed under paragraph (1) is for all purposes a debt owed
to the United States.
‘‘(3) A discharge in bankruptcy under title 11 that
is entered less than five years after the termination of a
written agreement entered into. under subsection (a) does
not discharge the individual signing the agreement from
a debt arising under such agreement or under paragraph
(1).
‘‘(f) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘officer
critical skill’’ means a skill designated as critical with re-
spect to accession of officers to the skill by the Secretary
of Defense, or by the Secretary of Transportation with re-
spect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a
service in the Navy.
‘‘(g) TERMINATION
OF BONUS AUTHORITY.—No
bonus may be paid under this section with respect to any
agreement to continue on active duty in the armed forces
entered into after September 30, 2003, and no agreement
under this section may be entered into after that date.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of chapter 5 of such title 37 is amended
by inserting after the item relating to section 323 the fol-
lowing new item:
‘‘324. Special Pay: officer critical skills accession bonus.’’
SEC. 617. CRITICAL WARTIME SKILL REQUIREMENT FOR
ELIGIBILITY FOR THE INDIVIDUAL READY
RESERVE BONUS.
Section 308h(a)(1) of title 37, United States Code,
is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘a combat or combat support
skill of’’; and
(2) by inserting ‘‘is qualified in a skill or spe-
cialty designated by the Secretary concerned as criti-
cally short to meet wartime requirements and’’ after
‘‘and who’’.
SEC. 618. HAZARDOUS DUTY INCENTIVE PAY: MARITIME
BOARD AND SEARCH.
Section 301(a) of title 37, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after paragraph (11) the following
new paragraph:
‘‘(12) involving regular participation as a mem-
ber of a team conducting visit, board, search, and
seizure operations as defined by the Secretary con-
cerned, aboard vessels in support of maritime inter-
diction operations as designated by such Secretary.
Subtitle C—Travel and
Transportation Allowances
SEC. 621. FUNDED STUDENT TRAVEL: EXCHANGE PRO-
GRAMS.
Section 430 of title 37, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(3), by inserting ‘‘(or a
school outside the United States if the dependent is
attending that school for less than one year under
a program approved by the school in the continental
United States at which the dependent is enrolled)’’
after ‘‘United States’’; and
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘(or a
school outside the United States if the depend-
ent is attending that school for less than one
year under a program approved by the school in
the continental United States at which the de-
pendent is enrolled)’’ after ‘‘United States’’ the
first place it appears; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
‘‘(3) The transportation allowance under para-
graph (1) for a dependent child who is attending a
school outside the United States for less than one
year under a program approved by the school in the
continental United States at which the dependent is
enrolled shall not exceed the allowance the member
would be paid for a trip between the school in the
continental United States and the member’s duty
station outside the continental United States and re-
turn.’’.
SEC. 622. PAYMENT OF VEHICLE STORAGE COSTS IN AD-
VANCE.
Section 2634(b) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(4) Storage costs payable under this sub-
section may be paid in advance.’’.
SEC. 623. TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCES
FOR FAMILY MEMBERS TO ATTEND THE BUR-
IAL OF A DECEASED MEMBER OF THE ARMED
FORCES.
(a) CONSOLIDATION OF AUTHORITIES.—Section 411f
of title 37, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘ALLOWANCES AUTHOR-
IZED.—(1)’’ after ‘‘(a)’’; and
(B) by inserting at the end following new
paragraph:
‘‘(2) If a dependent of a deceased member who
is authorized travel and transportation allowances
under this section is unable to travel unattended to
the burial ceremonies of the deceased member—
‘‘(A) because of—
‘‘(i) age;
‘‘(ii) physical condition; or
‘‘(iii) other justifiable reason, as de-
termined under uniform regulations pre-
scribed by the Secretaries concerned; and
‘‘(B) there is no other dependent qualified
for travel and transportation allowances under
this section available and qualified to serve as
an attendant for the dependent while traveling
to and attending the burial ceremonies, an at-
tendant may be paid round trip travel and
transportation allowances under this section.’’;
(2) in subsection (b)(1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘(b)(1) Except as provided
in paragraph (2)’’ and inserting
‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON ALLOWANCES.—(1) Except as
provided in paragraphs (2) and (3)’’; and
(B) by inserting before the period at the
end the following: ‘‘and the time necessary for
such travel’’; and
(3) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘be ex-
tended to accommodate’’ and inserting ‘‘not exceed
the rates for two days and’’;
(4) by adding at the end of subsection (b) the
following new paragraph:
‘‘(3) If a deceased member is interred in a cem-
etery maintained by the American Battle Monu-
ments Commission, the allowances authorized under
this section may be provided to and from such ceme-
tery and may not exceed the rates for two days and
time necessary for such travel.’’; and
(5) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—(1) In this section, the term ‘de-
pendents’ means—
‘‘(A) the surviving spouse (including a remar-
ried surviving spouse) of the deceased member and
any child of the deceased member as defined in sec-
tion 401(a)(2) of this title;
‘‘(B) if no person described in subparagraph
(A) is paid travel and transportation allowances
under this section, the parents (as defined in section
401(b)(2)) of the deceased member; or
‘‘(C) if no person described in subparagraph
(A) or (B) is paid travel and transportation allow-
ances under this section, then—
‘‘(i) the person who directs the disposition
of the remains of the deceased member under
section 1482(c) or chapter 74 of title 10 and
two additional persons selected by that person
who are closely related to the deceased member;
or
‘‘(ii) in the case of a deceased member
whose remains are commingled and buried in a
common grave in a national cemetery, the per-
son who would have been designated under sec-
tion 1482(c) of such title to direct the disposi-
tion of the remains if individual identification
had been made and two additional persons se-
lected by that person who are closely related to
the deceased member.
‘‘(2) In this section, the term ‘burial ceremonies’
includes—
‘‘(A) an interment of casketed or cremated re-
mains;
‘‘(B) a placement of cremated remains in a col-
umbarium:
‘‘(C) a memorial service for which reimburse-
ment is authorized under section 1482(e)(2) of title
10; and
‘‘(D) a burial of commingled remains that can-
not be individually identified in a common grave in
a national cemetery.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section 1482
of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking
subsection (d) and redesignating subsections (e), (f), and
(g) as subsections (d), (e), and (f), respectively.
(2) The Funeral Transportation and Living Expense
Benefits Act of 1974 (37 U.S.C. 406 note; Public Law
93–257) is repealed.
SEC. 624. SHIPMENT OF PRIVATELY OWNED VEHICLES
WHEN 
EXECUTING 
CONUS 
PERMANENT
CHANGE OF STATION MOVES.
Section 2634(h)(1) of title 10, United States Code,
is amended by inserting before the period at the end ‘‘,
or when the Secretary concerned determines that the
transport of a vehicle upon transfer is advantageous and
cost-effective to the Government’’.
Subtitle D—Other
SEC. 631. MONTGOMERY GI BILL—SELECTED RESERVE ELI-
GIBILITY PERIOD.
Section 16133(a) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘10-year’’ and inserting ‘‘14-year’’.
SEC. 632. IMPROVED DISABILITY BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN
RESERVE COMPONENT MEMBERS.
(a) MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE FOR MEMBERS.—
Section 1074a(a)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by inserting before the period: ‘‘, or if otherwise
authorized under applicable regulations’’.
(b) MEDICAL
AND DENTAL CARE
FOR DEPEND-
ENTS.—Section 1076(a)(2)(C) of such title is amended by
inserting before the period: ‘‘, or if otherwise authorized
under applicable regulations’’.
(c) ELIGIBILITY FOR DISABILITY RETIREMENT OR
SEPARATION.—(1) Section 1204(2)(B)(iii) of such title is
amended by inserting before the semicolon: ‘‘, or if other-
wise authorized under applicable regulations’’.
(2) Section 1206(2)(C) of such title is amended by
inserting before the semicolon: ‘‘, or if otherwise author-
ized under applicable regulations’’.
(d) RECOVERY, CARE, AND DISPOSITION
OF RE-
MAINS.—Section 1481(a)(2)(D) of such title is amended
by inserting before the semicolon: ‘‘, or if otherwise au-
thorized under applicable regulations’’.
(e) ENTITLEMENT
TO BASIC PAY.—(1) Section
204(g)(1)(D) of title 37, United States Code, is amended
by inserting before the period: ‘‘, or if otherwise authorized
under applicable regulations’’.
(2) Section 204(h)(1)(D) of such title is amended by
inserting before the period: ‘‘, or if otherwise authorized
under applicable regulations’’.
(f) COMPENSATION
FOR
INACTIVE-DUTY
TRAIN-
ING.—Section 206(a)(3)(C) of such title is amended by
inserting before the period: ‘‘, or if otherwise authorized
under applicable regulations’’.
SEC. 633. ACCEPTANCE OF SCHOLARSHIPS BY OFFICERS
PARTICIPATING IN THE FUNDED LEGAL EDU-
CATION PROGRAM.
(a) ACCEPTANCE OF SCHOLARSHIP.—Section 2004
of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at
the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(g) An officer detailed at a law school under this
section also may accept a fellowship, scholarship, or grant
under section 2603 of this title. Any service obligation in-
curred under section 2603 shall be served consecutively
with the service obligation incurred under subsection
(b)(2)(C).’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2603 of
such title 10 is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection:
‘‘(c) A member who accepts a fellowship, scholarship,
or grant in accordance with subsection (a) also may be
detailed at a law school under section 2004 of this title.
Any service obligation incurred under section 2004 shall
be served consecutively with the service obligation incurred
under subsection (b).’’.
TITLE VII—ACQUISITION POLICY
AND ACQUISITION MANAGE-
MENT
Subtitle A—Acquisition Policy
SEC. 701. ACQUISITION MILESTONE CHANGES.
(a) SYSTEM
DEVELOPMENT
AND
DEMONSTRA-
TION.—Section 2366(c) of title 10, United States Code,
is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘engineering
and manufacturing development’’ and inserting ‘‘sys-
tem development and demonstration’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘engineering
and manufacturing development’’ and inserting ‘‘sys-
tem development and demonstration’’.
(b) MILESTONE B.—Section 2400 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsections (a)(1)(A), (a)(2), (a)(4) and
(a)(5), by striking ‘‘milestone II’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘milestone B’’; and
(2) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘engineer-
ing and manufacturing development’’ and inserting
‘‘system development and demonstration’’.
(c) SYSTEM
DEVELOPMENT
AND
DEMONSTRA-
TION.—Section 2432 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended in subsections (b)(3)(A), (c)(3)(A), and (h)(1)
by striking ‘‘engineering and manufacturing development’’
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘system development
and demonstration’’.
(d) Section 2434 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘engineering and
manufacturing development’’ and inserting ‘‘system devel-
opment and demonstration’’.
(e) SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION
AND FULL RATE PRODUCTION.—Section 2435 of title 10,
United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘engineering
and manufacturing development’’ and inserting ‘‘sys-
tem development and demonstration’’;
(2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘dem-
onstration and validation’’ and inserting ‘‘system de-
velopment and demonstration’’;
(3) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘engineer-
ing and manufacturing development’’ and inserting
‘‘production and deployment’’; and
(4) in subsection (c)(3), by striking ‘‘production
and deployment’’ and inserting ‘‘full rate produc-
tion’’.
(f) MILESTONE DESIGNATORS.—Section 8102(b) of
Public Law 106–259 is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘milestone I’’ and inserting
‘‘milestone B’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘milestone II’’ and inserting
‘‘milestone C’’; and
(3) by striking ‘‘milestone III’’ and inserting
‘‘full rate production’’.
(g) MILESTONE DESIGNATORS.—Section 81l(c) of
Public Law 106–398 is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Milestone I’’ and inserting
‘‘Milestone B’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘Milestone II’’ and inserting
‘‘Milestone C’’; and
(3) by striking ‘‘Milestone III’’ and inserting
‘‘full rate production’’.
SEC. 702. CLARIFICATION OF INAPPLICABILITY OF THE RE-
QUIREMENT FOR CORE LOGISTICS CAPABILI-
TIES STANDARDS TO THE NUCLEAR REFUEL-
ING OF AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER.
Section 2464(a)(3) of title 10, United States Code,
is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘nuclear aircraft carriers,’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sen-
tence: ‘‘Core logistics capabilities identified under
paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not include nuclear re-
fueling of an aircraft carrier.’’.
SEC. 703. DEPOT MAINTENANCE UTILIZATION WAIVER.
Section 2466(c) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘the waiver is’’ and inserting ‘‘a
depot is fully utilized within existing resources and, where
multiple depots are capable of performing the same main-
tenance activities that the utilization of another such
depot is uneconomical, or that the waiver is otherwise’’.
Subtitle B—Acquisition Workforce
SEC. 705. TENURE REQUIREMENT FOR CRITICAL ACQUISI-
TION POSITIONS.
Section 1734 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (a)(1), by inserting ‘‘as a pro-
gram manager, deputy program manager, or senior
contracting official of a major system, as that term
is defined in section 2302(5) of this title, and any
person assigned to such other critical acquisition po-
sition as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe by
regulation,’’ after ‘‘critical acquisition position’’.
(2) in paragraph (a)(2), by inserting ‘‘as a pro-
gram manager, deputy program manager, or senior
contracting official of a major system, as that term
is defined in section 2302(5) of this title, and any
person assigned to such other critical acquisition po-
sition as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe by
regulation,’’ after ‘‘critical acquisition position’’.
Subtitle C—General Contracting
Procedures and Limitations
SEC. 710. AMENDMENT OF LAW APPLICABLE TO CON-
TRACTS FOR ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGI-
NEERING SERVICES AND CONSTRUCTION DE-
SIGN.
Section 2855 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘(a)’’; and
(2) by striking subsection (b).
SEC. 711. STREAMLINING PROCEDURES FOR THE PUR-
CHASE OF CERTAIN GOODS.
Section 2534(g)(2) of title 10, United States Code,
is amended by inserting before the period at the end: ‘‘un-
less the head of a contracting activity determines—
‘‘(A) that the amount of the purchase is
$25,000 or less;
‘‘(B) the precision level of the ball or roller
bearings is rated lower than Annual Bearing
Engineering Committee (ABEC) 5 or Roller
Bearing Engineering Committee (RBEC) 5, or
their equivalent;
‘‘(C) at least two manufacturers in the na-
tional technology and industrial base capable of
producing the ball or roller bearings decline to
respond to a request for quotation for the re-
quired items; and
‘‘(D) the bearings are neither miniature
nor instrument ball bearings, i.e. rolling contact
ball bearings with a basic outside diameter (ex-
clusive of flange diameters) of 30 millimeters or
less.’’.
SEC. 712. REPEAL OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR LIMITA-
TIONS ON THE USE OF AIR FORCE CIVIL EN-
GINEERING SUPPLY FUNCTION CONTRACTS.
Section 345 of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105–261, 112 Stat.
1978) is repealed.
SEC. 713. MODIFICATION OF LIMITATION ON RETIREMENT
OR DISMANTLEMENT OF STRATEGIC NU-
CLEAR DELIVERY SYSTEMS.
Section 1302(a) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105–85; 111
Stat. 1948), as amended by section 1501 (a) of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000
(Public Law 106–65; 113 Stat. 806), is further amended
by striking paragraph (1)(D).
Subtitle D—Military Construction
General Provisions
SEC. 715. EXCLUSION OF UNFORESEEN ENVIRONMENTAL
HAZARD REMEDIATION FROM THE LIMITA-
TION ON COST INCREASES FOR MILITARY
CONSTRUCTION AND FAMILY HOUSING CON-
STRUCTION PROJECTS.
Section 2853(d) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ immediately following
‘‘apply to’’; and
(2) by inserting immediately before the period
at the end ‘‘; or (2) the costs associated with envi-
ronmental hazard remediation such as asbestos re-
moval, radon abatement, lead-based paint removal or
abatement, and any other legally required environ-
mental hazard remediation, provided that such reme-
diation requirements could not be reasonably antici-
pated at the time of budget submission’’.
SEC. 716. INCREASE OF OVERSEAS MINOR CONSTRUCTION
THRESHOLD USING OPERATIONS AND MAIN-
TENANCE FUNDS.
Section 2805 of title 10, United States Code,
amended—
(1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘$500,000’’
and inserting ‘‘$750,000’’;
(2) 
in 
subsection 
(c)(1)(A), 
by 
striking
‘‘$1,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,500,000’’; and
(3) 
in 
subsection 
(c)(1)(B), 
by 
striking
‘‘$500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$750,000’’.
SEC. 717. LEASEBACKS OF BASE CLOSURE PROPERTY.
(a) 1990 LAW.—Section 2905(b)(4)(E) of the De-
fense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (part
A of title XXIX of Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687
note) is amended as follows:
(1) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘A’’ and inserting
‘‘Except as provided in clause (v) below, a’’
(2) by adding at the end the following new
clause (v):
‘‘(v) Notwithstanding clause (iii) or
chapter 137 of title 10, United States
Code, where the department or agency con-
cerned leases a substantial portion of the
installation, the department or agency may
obtain, at a rate no higher than that
charged to non-Federal tenants, facility
services for the leased property and com-
mon area maintenance from the redevelop-
ment authority or the redevelopment
authority’s assignee as a provision of a
lease under clause (i). Facility services and
common area maintenance shall not in-
clude municipal services that the state or
local government is required by law to pro-
vide to all landowners in its jurisdiction
without direct charge, or firefighting or se-
curity-guard functions.’’.
(b) 1988 LAW.—Section 204(b)(4) of the Defense
Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Re-
alignment Act of (Public Law 100–526; 10 U.S.C. 2687
note) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph (J):
‘‘(J)(i) The Secretary may transfer real
property at an installation approved for closure
or realignment under this title (including prop-
erty at an installation approved for realignment
which will be retained by the Department of
Defense or another Federal agency after re-
alignment) to the redevelopment authority for
the installation if the redevelopment authority
agrees to lease, directly upon transfer, one or
more portions of the property transferred under
this subparagraph to the Secretary or to the
head of another department or agency of the
partment or agency may obtain, at a rate no
higher than that charged to non-Federal ten-
ants, facility services for the leased property
and common area maintenance from the rede-
velopment authority or the redevelopment
authority’s assignee as a provision of a lease
under clause (i). Facility services and common
area maintenance shall not include municipal
services that the state or local government is re-
quired by law to provide to all landowners in its
jurisdiction without direct charge, or fire-
fighting or security-guard functions.’’.
SEC. 718. ALTERNATIVE AUTHORITY FOR ACQUISITION
AND IMPROVEMENT OF MILITARY HOUSING.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter IV of chapter 169 of
title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the
end the following new section:
‘‘§ 2886. Reimbursement of funds related to the exe-
cution of military family housing privat-
ization projects
‘‘The Secretary of Defense may, during the first year
of an initiative under this Subchapter, transfer funds from
appropriations available for the operation and mainte-
nance of family housing to appropriations available for the
pay of military personnel in such amounts as are nec-
essary to offset additional housing allowance costs in-
curred as a result of such initiative.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of such subchapter is amended by insert-
ing after the item relating to section 2885 the following:
‘‘2886. Reimbursement of funds related to the execution of military family hous-
ing privatization projects.’’.
SEC. 719. ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS ON DESIGN AND
CONSTRUCTION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2861 of title 10, United
States Code, is repealed.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of subchapter III of chapter 169 of such
title is amended by striking the item referring to section
2861.
TITLE 
VIII—DEPARTMENT 
OF
DEFENSE 
ORGANIZATION
AND POSITIONS
Subtitle A—Department of Defense
Organizations and Positions
SEC. 801. ORGANIZATIONAL ALIGNMENT CHANGE FOR DI-
RECTOR FOR EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE.
Section 5038(a) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘Office of the Deputy Chief of Naval
Operations for Resources, Warfare Requirements, and As-
sessments’’ and inserting ‘‘Office of the Deputy Chief of
Naval Operations for Warfare Requirements and Pro-
grams’’.
SEC. 802. CHANGE OF NAME FOR AIR MOBILITY COMMAND.
(a) Section 2544(d) of title 10, United States Code,
is amended by striking ‘‘Military Airlift Command’’ and
inserting ‘‘Air Mobility Command’’.
(b) Section 2545(a) of such title is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘Military Airlift Command’’ and inserting ‘‘Air Mobil-
ity Command’’.
(c) Section 8074 of such title is amended by striking
subsection (c).
(d) Section 430(c) of title 37, United States Code,
is amended by striking ‘‘Military Airlift Command’’ and
inserting ‘‘Air Mobility Command’’.
(e) Section 432(b) of such title is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘Military Airlift Command’’ and inserting ‘‘Air Mobil-
ity Command’’.
SEC. 803. TRANSFER OF INTELLIGENCE POSITIONS IN SUP-
PORT OF THE NATIONAL IMAGERY AND MAP-
PING AGENCY.
Section 1606 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘517’’ and inserting ‘‘544’’.
Subtitle B—Reports
SEC. 811. AMENDMENT TO NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE
COMPONENT EQUIPMENT: ANNUAL REPORT
TO CONGRESS.
Section 10541 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(a) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
Congress each year, not later than March 1, a written re-
port concerning the equipment of the National Guard and
the Reserve components of the armed forces, to include
the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve. This report shall cover the
current fiscal year and three succeeding years. The focus
should be on major items of equipment which address
large dollar-value requirements, critical Reserve compo-
nent shortages and major procurement items. Specific
major items of equipment shall include ships, aircraft,
combat vehicles and key combat support equipment.
‘‘(b) Each annual report under this section should in-
clude the following:
‘‘(1) Major items of equipment required and on-
hand in the inventories of each Reserve component.
‘‘(2) Major items of equipment which are ex-
pected to be procured from commercial sources or
transferred from the Active component to the Re-
serve components of each Service.
‘‘(3) Major items of equipment in the inven-
tories of each Reserve component which are sub-
stitutes for a required major item of equipment.
‘‘(4) A narrative explanation of the plan of the
Secretary concerned to equip each Reserve compo-
nent, including an explanation of the plan to equip
units of the Reserve components that are short
major items of equipment at the outset of war or a
contingency operation.
‘‘(5) A narrative discussing the current status
of the compatibility and interoperability of equip-
ment between the Reserve components and the ac-
tive forces, the effect of that level of compatibility or
interoperability on combat effectiveness, and a plan
to achieve full equipment compatibility and inter-
operability.
‘‘(6) A narrative discussing modernization
shortfalls and maintenance backlogs within the Re-
serve components and the effect of those shortfalls
on combat effectiveness.
‘‘(7) A narrative discussing the overall age and
condition of equipment currently in the inventory of
each Reserve component.
‘‘(c) Each report under this section shall be expressed
in the same format and with the same level of detail as
the information presented in the Future Years Defense
Program Procurement Annex prepared by the Department
of Defense.’’.
SEC. 812. ELIMINATION OF TRIENNIAL REPORT ON THE
ROLES 
AND 
MISSIONS 
OF 
THE 
ARMED
FORCES.
(a) REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR REPORT ON AS-
SIGNMENT OF ROLES AND MISSIONS.—Section 153 of
title 10, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking the catchline
and section designator ‘‘(a) PLANNING; ADVICE;
POLICY FORMULATION.—’’; and
(2) by striking subsection (b).
(b) ROLES AND MISSIONS AS PART OF DEFENSE
QUADRENNIAL REVIEW.—Subsection 118(e) of such title
is amended by inserting after the first sentence the fol-
lowing two new sentences: ‘‘The Chairman shall also in-
clude his assessment of the assignment of functions (or
roles and missions) to the Armed Forces and recommenda-
tions for change the Chairman considers necessary to
achieve the maximum efficiency of the Armed Forces. This
roles and missions assessment should consider the unnec-
essary duplication of effort among the armed forces and
changes in technology that can be applied effectively to
warfare.’’.
SEC. 813. CHANGE IN DUE DATE OF COMMERCIAL ACTIVI-
TIES REPORT.
Section 2461(g) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘February 1’’ and inserting ‘‘June
30’’.
Subtitle C—Other Matters
SEC. 821. DOCUMENTS, HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS, AND OBSO-
LETE OR SURPLUS MATERIEL: LOAN, DONA-
TION, OR EXCHANGE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2572 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘subsection
(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (c)(1)’’;
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘subsection
(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (c)(2)’’; and
(3) in subsection (c)—
(A) by striking ‘‘(c) This section’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(c)(1) Subsection (a)’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(2) Subsection (b) applies to the following
types of property held by a military department or
the Coast Guard: books, manuscripts, works of art,
historical artifacts, drawings, plans, models, and ob-
solete or surplus materiel.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading of
such section is amended by striking ‘‘condemned or obso-
lete combat’’ and inserting ‘‘obsolete or
surplus’’.
SEC. 822. CHARTER AIR TRANSPORTATION OF MEMBERS
OF THE ARMED FORCES.
Section 2640 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘an’’
after ‘‘contract with’’ and inserting ‘‘a domestic or
foreign’’;
(2) in subsection (b)(5), by striking ‘‘check-
rides’’ and inserting ‘‘cockpit safety observations’’;
(3) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘Military Air-
lift Command’’ and inserting ‘‘Air Mobility Com-
mand’’;
(4) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘in an emer-
gency’’; and
(5) in subsection (j)(1), by striking ‘‘air car-
rier,’’
TITLE IX—GENERAL
PROVISIONS
Subtitle A—Matters Relating to
Other Nations
SEC. 901. RECOGNITION OF ASSISTANCE FROM FOREIGN
NATIONALS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 57 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1133
the following:
‘‘§ 1134. Recognition of assistance from foreign na-
tionals
‘‘The Secretary of Defense may issue regulations,
with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, authorizing
members of the armed forces or civilian officers or employ-
ees of the Department of Defense to present to foreign
nationals plaques, trophies, non-currency coins, certifi-
cates, and other suitable commemorative items or memen-
tos to recognize achievements or performance, not involv-
ing combat, that assists the armed forces of the United
States.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting
after the item relating to section 1133 the following new
item:
‘‘1134. Recognition of assistance from foreign nationals.’’.
Subtitle B—Department of Defense
Civilian Personnel
SEC. 911. AUTHORITY FOR DESIGNATED CIVILIAN EMPLOY-
EES ABROAD TO ACT AS A NOTARY.
(a) CLARIFICATION OF STATUS OF CIVILIAN ATTOR-
NEYS ACTING AS A NOTARY.—Section 1044a(b)(2) of title
10, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘legal as-
sistance officers’’ and inserting ‘‘legal assistance attor-
neys’’.
(b) AUTHORITY
FOR DESIGNATED CIVILIAN EM-
PLOYEES ABROAD TO ACT AS A NOTARY.—Subsection
(b)(4) of such section 1044a is amended by inserting
‘‘and, when outside the United States, all civilian employ-
ees of the armed forces of suitable training,’’ after ‘‘duty
status’’.
SEC. 912. INAPPLICABILITY OF REQUIREMENT FOR STUD-
IES AND REPORTS WHEN ALL DIRECTLY AF-
FECTED DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN
EMPLOYEES 
ARE 
REASSIGNED 
TO 
COM-
PARABLE FEDERAL POSITIONS.
Section 2461 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(i) INAPPLICABILITY WHEN ALL DIRECTLY AF-
FECTED DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN EMPLOY-
EES ARE REASSIGNED TO COMPARABLE FEDERAL POSI-
TIONS.—The provisions of this section shall not apply
when all directly affected Department of Defense civilian
employees serving on permanent appointments are reas-
signed to comparable Federal positions for which they are
qualified.’’.
SEC. 913. PILOT PROGRAM FOR PAYMENT OF RETRAINING
EXPENSES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 141 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section:
‘‘§ 2410o. Pilot program for payment of retraining ex-
penses
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Defense may es-
tablish a pilot program for the payment of retraining ex-
penses in accordance with this section to facilitate the re-
employment of eligible employees of the Department of
Defense who are being involuntarily separated due to a
reduction-in-force or due to relocation resulting from
transfer of function, realignment, or change of duty sta-
tion. Under the pilot program, the Secretary may pay re-
training incentives to encourage non-Federal employers to
hire and retain such employees.
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES.—For purposes of this
section, an eligible employee is an employee of the Depart-
ment of Defense, serving under an appointment without
time limitation, who has been employed by the Depart-
ment of Defense for a continuous period of at least 12
months and who has been given notice of separation pur-
suant to a reduction in force, except that such term does
not include—
‘‘(1) a re-employed annuitant under subchapter
III of chapter 83 of title 5, chapter 84 of such title,
or another retirement system for employees of the
Government;
‘‘(2) an employee who, upon separation from
Federal service, is eligible for an immediate annuity
under subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5 or sub-
chapter II of chapter 84 of such title; or
‘‘(3) an employee who is eligible for disability
retirement under any of the retirement systems re-
ferred to in paragraph (1).
‘‘(c) RETRAINING INCENTIVE.—(1) Under the pilot
program, the Secretary may enter into an agreement with
a non-Federal employer under which the non-Federal em-
ployer agrees—
‘‘(A) to employ an eligible person referred to in
subsection (a) for at least 12 months for a salary
that is mutually agreeable to the employer and such
person; and
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‘‘(B) to certify to the Secretary the cost in-
curred by the employer for any necessary training,
as defined by the Secretary, provided to such eligible
employee in connection with the employment by that
employer.
‘‘(2) The Secretary may pay a retraining incentive
to the non-Federal employer upon the employee’s comple-
tion of 12 months of continuous employment with that em-
ployer. Subject to this section, the Secretary shall pre-
scribe the amount of the incentive.
‘‘(3) The Secretary may pay a prorated amount of
the full retraining incentive to the non-Federal employer
for an employee who does not remain employed by the
non-Federal employer for at least 12 months.
‘‘(4) In no event may the amount of retraining incen-
tive paid for the training of any one person under the pilot
program exceed the amount certified for that person under
paragraph (1) or $10,000, whichever is greater.
‘‘(d) DURATION.—No incentive may be paid under
the pilot program for training commenced after September
30, 2005.
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
‘‘(1) The term ‘non-Federal employer’ means
an employer that is not an Executive agency, as de-
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fined in section 105 of title 5, or the legislative or
judicial branch of the Federal Government.
‘‘(2) The terms ‘reduction-in-force’ and ‘trans-
fer of function’ shall have the same meaning as in
chapter 35 of title 5.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding
at the end the following new item:
‘‘2410o. Pilot program for payment of retraining expenses.’’.
Subtitle C—Other Matters
SEC. 921. AUTHORITY TO ENSURE DEMILITARIZATION OF
SIGNIFICANT 
MILITARY 
EQUIPMENT 
FOR-
MERLY OWNED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 153 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2572
the following new section:
‘‘§ 2573. Continued authority to require demilitariza-
tion of significant military equipment
after disposal
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY
TO
REQUIRE
DEMILITARIZA-
TION.—The Secretary of Defense may require any person
in possession of significant military equipment formerly
owned by the Department of Defense—
‘‘(1) to demilitarize the equipment:
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‘‘(2) to have the equipment demilitarized by a
third party; or
‘‘(3) to return the equipment to the Govern-
ment for demilitarization.
‘‘(b) COST
AND VALIDATION
OF DEMILITARIZA-
TION.—When the demilitarization of significant military
equipment is carried out by the person in possession of
the equipment pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) of sub-
section (a), the person shall be solely responsible for all
demilitarization costs, and the United States shall have
the right to validate that the equipment has been demili-
tarized.
‘‘(c) RETURN OF EQUIPMENT TO GOVERNMENT.—
When the Secretary of Defense requires the return of sig-
nificant military equipment for demilitarization by the
Government, the Secretary shall bear all costs to transport
and demilitarize the equipment. If the person in possession
of the significant military equipment obtained the property
in the manner authorized by law or regulation and the
Secretary determines that the cost to demilitarize and re-
turn the property to the person is prohibitive, the Sec-
retary shall reimburse the person for the purchase cost
of the property and for the reasonable transportation costs
incurred by the person to purchase the equipment.
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‘‘(d) 
ESTABLISHMENT
OF
DEMILITARIZATION
STANDARDS.—The Secretary shall issue regulations to
prescribe what constitutes demilitarization for each type
of significant military equipment, with the objective of en-
suring that the equipment does not pose a significant risk
to public safety and does not provide a significant weapon
capability or military-unique capability and ensure that
any person from whom private property is taken for public
use under this section receives just compensation.
‘‘(e) EXCEPTIONS.—This section does not apply—
‘‘(1) when a person is in possession of signifi-
cant military equipment formerly owned by the De-
partment of Defense for the purpose of demili-
tarizing the equipment pursuant to a Government
contract.
‘‘(2) to small arms weapons issued under the
Defense Civilian Marksmanship Program established
in Title 36, United States Code.
‘‘(3) to issues by the Department of Defense to
museums where modified demilitarization has been
performed in accordance with the Department of
Defense Demilitarization Manual, DoD 4160.21–M–
1; or
‘‘(4) to other issues and undemilitarized signifi-
cant military equipment under the provisions of the
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provisions of the Department of Defense Demili-
tarization Manual, DoD 4160.21–M–1.
‘‘(f) DEFINITION OF SIGNIFICANT MILITARY EQUIP-
MENT.—In this section, the term ‘significant military
equipment’ means—
‘‘(1) an article for which special export controls
are warranted under the Arms Export Control Act
(22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) because of its capacity for
substantial military utility or capability, as identified
on the United States Munitions List maintained
under section 121.1 of title 22, Code of Federal
Regulations; and
(2) any other article designated by the Depart-
ment of Defense as requiring demilitarization before
its disposal.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting
after the item relating to section 2572 the following new
item:
‘‘2573. Continued authority to require demilitarization of significant military
equipment after disposal.’’.
SEC. 922. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE GIFT INITIATIVES.
(a) LOAN OR GIFT OF OBSOLETE MATERIAL AND
ARTICLES OF HISTORICAL INTEREST.—Section 7545 of
title 10, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—