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‘‘(A) provide for the provision of such information (in 
person and otherwise) by qualified Department of Defense 
personnel; 
‘‘(B) ensure that information is provided as soon as 
possible after death and that, when requested, updates 
are provided, in accordance with the procedures established 
under this paragraph, in a timely manner when new 
information becomes available; 
‘‘(C) ensure that—
‘‘(i) the initial provision of such information, and 
each such update, relates the most complete and 
accurate information available at the time, subject to 
limitations applicable to classified information; and 
‘‘(ii) incomplete or unverified information is identi-
fied as such during the course of the provision of such 
information or update; and 
‘‘(D) include procedures by which such survivors shall, 
upon request, receive updates or supplemental information 
from qualified Department of Defense personnel.’’. 
SEC. 567. REQUIREMENT FOR DEPLOYING MILITARY MEDICAL PER-
SONNEL TO BE TRAINED IN PRESERVATION OF REMAINS 
UNDER COMBAT OR COMBAT-RELATED CONDITIONS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of each military department 
shall ensure that each military health care professional under that 
Secretary’s jurisdiction who is deployed to a theater of combat 
operations is trained, before such deployment, in the preservation 
of remains under combat or combat-related conditions. 
(b) MATTERS COVERED BY TRAINING.—The training under sub-
section (a) shall include, at a minimum, the following: 
(1) Best practices and procedures for the preservation of 
the remains of a member of the Armed Forces after death, 
taking into account the conditions likely to be encountered 
and the objective of returning the remains to the member’s 
family in the best possible condition. 
(2) Practical case studies based on experience of the Armed 
Forces in a variety of climactic conditions. 
(c) COVERED MILITARY HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘military health care professional’’ means—
(1) a physician, nurse, nurse practitioner, physician assist-
ant, or combat medic; and 
(2) any other medical personnel with medical specialties 
who may provide direct patient care and who are designated 
by the Secretary of the military department concerned. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (a) shall apply with respect 
to any military health care professional who is deployed to a theater 
of combat operations after the end of the 90-day period beginning 
on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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Subtitle H—Impact Aid and Defense 
Dependents Education System 
SEC. 571. ENROLLMENT IN DEFENSE DEPENDENTS’ EDUCATION 
SYSTEM OF DEPENDENTS OF FOREIGN MILITARY MEM-
BERS ASSIGNED TO SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED 
POWERS, EUROPE. 
(a) TEMPORARY ENROLLMENT AUTHORITY.—Section 1404A of the 
Defense Dependents’ Education Act of 1978 (20 U.S.C. 923a) is 
amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking ‘‘of the children’’ and inserting ‘‘of—
‘‘(1) the children’’; 
(B) by striking the period at the end and inserting 
‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) the children of a foreign military member assigned 
to the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe, but only 
in a school of the defense dependents’ education system in 
Mons, Belgium, and only through the 2010–2011 school year.’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) SPECIAL RULES REGARDING ENROLLMENT OF DEPENDENTS 
OF FOREIGN MILITARY MEMBERS ASSIGNED
TO SUPREME HEAD-
QUARTERS ALLIED POWERS, EUROPE.—(1) In the regulations required 
by subsection (a), the Secretary shall prescribe a methodology based 
on the estimated total number of dependents of sponsors under 
section 1414(2) enrolled in schools of the defense dependents’ edu-
cation system in Mons, Belgium, to determine the number of chil-
dren described in paragraph (2) of subsection (a) who will be author-
ized to enroll under such subsection. 
‘‘(2) If the number of children described in paragraph (2) of 
subsection (a) who seek enrollment in schools of the defense depend-
ents’ education system in Mons, Belgium, exceeds the number 
authorized by the Secretary under paragraph (1), the Secretary 
may enroll the additional children on a space-available, tuition-
free basis notwithstanding section 1404(d)(2).’’. 
(b) REPORT ON LONG-TERM PLAN FOR EDUCATION OF DEPEND-
ENTS OF MILITARY PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO SHAPE.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to Congress a report evaluating alternatives 
for the education of dependents of United States military personnel 
and dependents of foreign military personnel assigned to Supreme 
Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe, including—
(1) an evaluation of the feasibility of establishing an inter-
national school at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, 
Europe; and 
(2) an estimate of the timeframe necessary for transition 
to any new model for educating such dependents. 
SEC. 572. CONTINUATION OF AUTHORITY TO ASSIST LOCAL EDU-
CATIONAL AGENCIES THAT BENEFIT DEPENDENTS OF 
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES. 
(a) ASSISTANCE TO SCHOOLS WITH SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF 
MILITARY DEPENDENT STUDENTS.—Of the amount authorized to
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be appropriated pursuant to section 301(5) for operation and mainte-
nance for Defense-wide activities, $35,000,000 shall be available 
only for the purpose of providing assistance to local educational 
agencies under subsection (a) of section 572 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119 
Stat. 3271; 20 U.S.C. 7703b). 
(b) ASSISTANCE TO SCHOOLS WITH ENROLLMENT CHANGES DUE 
TO
BASE
CLOSURES, FORCE
STRUCTURE
CHANGES, OR
FORCE 
RELOCATIONS.—Of the amount authorized to be appropriated pursu-
ant to section 301(5) for operation and maintenance for Defense-
wide activities, $10,000,000 shall be available only for the purpose 
of providing assistance to local educational agencies under sub-
section (b) of such section 572. 
(c) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the meaning given that 
term in section 8013(9) of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7713(9)). 
SEC. 573. IMPACT AID FOR CHILDREN WITH SEVERE DISABILITIES. 
Of the amount authorized to be appropriated pursuant to sec-
tion 301(5) for operation and maintenance for Defense-wide activi-
ties, $5,000,000 shall be available for payments under section 363 
of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2001 (as enacted into law by Public Law 106–398; 
114 Stat. 1654A–77; 20 U.S.C. 7703a). 
SEC. 574. PLAN AND AUTHORITY TO ASSIST LOCAL EDUCATIONAL 
AGENCIES EXPERIENCING GROWTH IN ENROLLMENT DUE 
TO FORCE STRUCTURE CHANGES, RELOCATION OF MILI-
TARY UNITS, OR BASE CLOSURES AND REALIGNMENTS. 
(a) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than January 1, 2007, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees a report setting forth a plan to provide assistance to local 
educational agencies that experience growth in the enrollment of 
military dependent students as a result of any of the following 
events: 
(1) Force structure changes. 
(2) The relocation of a military unit. 
(3) The closure or realignment of military installations 
pursuant to defense base closure and realignment under the 
base closure laws. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a), and each 
updated report required by subsection (c), shall include the fol-
lowing: 
(1) An identification, current as of the date of the report, 
of the total number of military dependent students who are 
anticipated to be arriving at or departing from military installa-
tions as a result of any event described in subsection (a), 
including—
(A) an identification of the military installations 
affected by such arrivals and departures; 
(B) an estimate of the number of such students arriving 
at or departing from each such installation; and 
(C) the anticipated schedule of such arrivals and depar-
tures. 
(2) Such recommendations as the Office of Economic Adjust-
ment of the Department of Defense considers appropriate for 
means of assisting affected local educational agencies in
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accommodating increases in enrollment of military dependent 
students as a result of any such event. 
(3) A plan for outreach to be conducted to affected local 
educational agencies, commanders of military installations, and 
members of the Armed Forces and civilian personnel of the 
Department of Defense regarding information on the assistance 
to be provided under the plan under subsection (a). 
(c) UPDATED REPORTS.—Not later than March 1, 2008, and 
annually thereafter to coincide with the submission of the budget 
of the President for a fiscal year under section 1105 of title 31, 
United States Code, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees an update of the report required 
by subsection (a). 
(d) TRANSITION OF MILITARY DEPENDENTS FROM DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE DEPENDENT SCHOOLS
TO OTHER SCHOOLS.—During 
the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act 
and ending on September 30, 2011, the Secretary of Defense shall 
work collaboratively with the Secretary of Education in any efforts 
to ease the transition of military dependent students from attend-
ance in Department of Defense dependent schools to attendance 
in schools of local educational agencies. The Secretary of Defense 
may use funds of the Department of Defense Education Activity 
to share expertise and experience of the Activity with local edu-
cational agencies as military dependent students make such transi-
tion, including such a transition resulting from the closure or 
realignment of military installations under a base closure law, 
global rebasing, and force restructuring. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘base closure law’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 101 of title 10, United States Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 8013(9) of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7713(9)). 
(3) The term ‘‘military dependent students’’ refers to—
(A) elementary and secondary school students who are 
dependents of members of the Armed Forces; and 
(B) elementary and secondary school students who are 
dependents of civilian employees of the Department of 
Defense. 
SEC. 575. PILOT PROGRAM ON PARENT EDUCATION TO PROMOTE 
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION FOR DEPENDENT CHIL-
DREN AFFECTED BY MILITARY DEPLOYMENT OR RELOCA-
TION OF MILITARY UNITS. 
(a) PILOT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—Using such funds as may 
be appropriated for this purpose, the Secretary of Defense may 
carry out a pilot program on the provision of educational and 
support tools to the parents of preschool-age children—
(1) whose parent or parents serve as members of the Armed 
Forces on active duty (including members of the Selected 
Reserve on active duty pursuant to a call or order to active 
duty of 180 days or more); and 
(2) who are affected by the deployment of their parent 
or parents or the relocation of the military unit of which their 
parent or parents are a member. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the pilot program is to develop 
models for improving the capability of military child and youth