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purpose of performing repairs or maintenance to military 
family housing units of the Department of Defense, includ-
ing areas in such military family housing units that may 
be used for the purpose of conducting official Department 
of Defense business. 
SEC. 8067. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds appropriated in this Act under the heading ‘‘Re-
search, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’ 
for any new start advanced concept technology demonstra-
tion project may only be obligated 30 days after a report, 
including a description of the project, the planned acquisi-
tion and transition strategy and its estimated annual and 
total cost, has been provided in writing to the congressional 
defense committees: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense 
may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certi-
fying to the congressional defense committees that it is in 
the national interest to do so. 
SEC. 8068. The Secretary of Defense shall provide a 
classified quarterly report beginning 30 days after enact-
ment of this Act, to the House and Senate Appropriations 
Committees, Subcommittees on Defense on certain matters 
as directed in the classified annex accompanying this Act. 
SEC. 8069. During the current fiscal year, refunds at-
tributable to the use of the Government travel card, refunds 
attributable to the use of the Government Purchase Card
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and refunds attributable to official Government travel ar-
ranged by Government Contracted Travel Management 
Centers may be credited to operation and maintenance, and 
research, development, test and evaluation accounts of the 
Department of Defense which are current when the refunds 
are received. 
SEC. 8070. (a) REGISTERING FINANCIAL MANAGE-
MENT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS WITH DOD 
CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER.—None of the funds appro-
priated in this Act may be used for a mission critical or 
mission essential financial management information tech-
nology system (including a system funded by the defense 
working capital fund) that is not registered with the Chief 
Information Officer of the Department of Defense. A system 
shall be considered to be registered with that officer upon 
the furnishing to that officer of notice of the system, together 
with such information concerning the system as the Sec-
retary of Defense may prescribe. A financial management 
information technology system shall be considered a mission 
critical or mission essential information technology system 
as defined by the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller). 
(b) CERTIFICATIONS AS TO COMPLIANCE WITH FINAN-
CIAL MANAGEMENT MODERNIZATION PLAN.— 
(1) During the current fiscal year, a financial 
management automated information system, a mixed
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information system supporting financial and non-fi-
nancial systems, or a system improvement of more 
than $1,000,000 may not receive Milestone A ap-
proval, Milestone B approval, or full rate production, 
or their equivalent, within the Department of Defense 
until the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) 
certifies, with respect to that milestone, that the sys-
tem is being developed and managed in accordance 
with the Department’s Financial Management Mod-
ernization Plan. The Under Secretary of Defense 
(Comptroller) may require additional certifications, 
as appropriate, with respect to any such system. 
(2) The Chief Information Officer shall provide 
the congressional defense committees timely notifica-
tion of certifications under paragraph (1). 
(c) CERTIFICATIONS
AS
TO
COMPLIANCE
WITH 
CLINGER-COHEN ACT.— 
(1) During the current fiscal year, a major auto-
mated information system may not receive Milestone 
A approval, Milestone B approval, or full rate pro-
duction approval, or their equivalent, within the De-
partment of Defense until the Chief Information Offi-
cer certifies, with respect to that milestone, that the 
system is being developed in accordance with the 
Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 (40 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.).
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The Chief Information Officer may require additional 
certifications, as appropriate, with respect to any 
such system. 
(2) The Chief Information Officer shall provide 
the congressional defense committees timely notifica-
tion of certifications under paragraph (1). Each such 
notification shall include a statement confirming that 
the following steps have been taken with respect to the 
system: 
(A) Business process reengineering. 
(B) An analysis of alternatives. 
(C) An economic analysis that includes a 
calculation of the return on investment. 
(D) Performance measures. 
(E) An information assurance strategy con-
sistent with the Department’s Global Informa-
tion Grid. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘Chief Information Officer’’ means 
the senior official of the Department of Defense des-
ignated by the Secretary of Defense pursuant to sec-
tion 3506 of title 44, United States Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘information technology system’’ 
has the meaning given the term ‘‘information tech-
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nology’’ in section 5002 of the Clinger-Cohen Act of 
1996 (40 U.S.C. 1401). 
SEC. 8071. During the current fiscal year, none of the 
funds available to the Department of Defense may be used 
to provide support to another department or agency of the 
United States if such department or agency is more than 
90 days in arrears in making payment to the Department 
of Defense for goods or services previously provided to such 
department or agency on a reimbursable basis: Provided, 
That this restriction shall not apply if the department is 
authorized by law to provide support to such department 
or agency on a nonreimbursable basis, and is providing the 
requested support pursuant to such authority: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary of Defense may waive this restric-
tion on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate that it is in the national security inter-
est to do so. 
SEC. 8072. Notwithstanding section 12310(b) of title 
10, United States Code, a Reserve who is a member of the 
National Guard serving on full-time National Guard duty 
under section 502(f) of title 32 may perform duties in sup-
port of the ground-based elements of the National Ballistic 
Missile Defense System.
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SEC. 8073. None of the funds provided in this Act may 
be used to transfer to any nongovernmental entity ammuni-
tion held by the Department of Defense that has a center- 
fire cartridge and a United States military nomenclature 
designation of ‘‘armor penetrator’’, ‘‘armor piercing (AP)’’, 
‘‘armor piercing incendiary (API)’’, or ‘‘armor-piercing in-
cendiary-tracer (API–T)’’, except to an entity performing 
demilitarization services for the Department of Defense 
under a contract that requires the entity to demonstrate to 
the satisfaction of the Department of Defense that armor 
piercing projectiles are either: (1) rendered incapable of 
reuse by the demilitarization process; or (2) used to manu-
facture ammunition pursuant to a contract with the De-
partment of Defense or the manufacture of ammunition for 
export pursuant to a License for Permanent Export of Un-
classified Military Articles issued by the Department of 
State. 
SEC. 8074. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, or his des-
ignee, may waive payment of all or part of the consider-
ation that otherwise would be required under section 2667 
of title 10, United States Code, in the case of a lease of 
personal property for a period not in excess of 1 year to 
any organization specified in section 508(d) of title 32, 
United States Code, or any other youth, social, or fraternal
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non-profit organization as may be approved by the Chief 
of the National Guard Bureau, or his designee, on a case- 
by-case basis. 
SEC. 8075. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
shall be used for the support of any nonappropriated funds 
activity of the Department of Defense that procures malt 
beverages and wine with nonappropriated funds for resale 
(including such alcoholic beverages sold by the drink) on 
a military installation located in the United States unless 
such malt beverages and wine are procured within that 
State, or in the case of the District of Columbia, within 
the District of Columbia, in which the military installation 
is located: Provided, That in a case in which the military 
installation is located in more than one State, purchases 
may be made in any State in which the installation is lo-
cated: Provided further, That such local procurement re-
quirements for malt beverages and wine shall apply to all 
alcoholic beverages only for military installations in States 
which are not contiguous with another State: Provided fur-
ther, That alcoholic beverages other than wine and malt bev-
erages, in contiguous States and the District of Columbia 
shall be procured from the most competitive source, price 
and other factors considered. 
SEC. 8076. Funds available to the Department of De-
fense for the Global Positioning System during the current
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fiscal year may be used to fund civil requirements associ-
ated with the satellite and ground control segments of such 
system’s modernization program. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8077. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, 
$78,300,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Defense is authorized to transfer such funds 
to other activities of the Federal Government: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary of Defense is authorized to enter 
into and carry out contracts for the acquisition of real 
property, construction, personal services, and operations re-
lated to projects carrying out the purposes of this section: 
Provided further, That contracts entered into under the au-
thority of this section may provide for such indemnification 
as the Secretary determines to be necessary: Provided fur-
ther, That projects authorized by this section shall comply 
with applicable Federal, State, and local law to the max-
imum extent consistent with the national security, as deter-
mined by the Secretary of Defense. 
SEC. 8078. Section 8106 of the Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 1997 (titles I through VIII of the mat-
ter under subsection 101(b) of Public Law 104–208; 110 
Stat. 3009–111; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) shall continue in effect
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to apply to disbursements that are made by the Department 
of Defense in fiscal year 2007. 
SEC. 8079. (a) The Secretary of Defense, in coordina-
tion with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
may carry out a program to distribute surplus dental and 
medical equipment of the Department of Defense, at no cost 
to the Department of Defense, to Indian Health Service fa-
cilities and to federally-qualified health centers (within the 
meaning of section 1905(l)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1396d(l)(2)(B))). 
(b) In carrying out this provision, the Secretary of De-
fense shall give the Indian Health Service a property dis-
posal priority equal to the priority given to the Department 
of Defense and its twelve special screening programs in dis-
tribution of surplus dental and medical supplies and equip-
ment. 
SEC. 8080. Amounts appropriated in title II of this 
Act are hereby reduced by $92,000,000 to reflect savings at-
tributable to efficiencies and management improvements in 
the funding of miscellaneous or other contracts in the mili-
tary departments, as follows: 
(1) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, 
$5,000,000. 
(2) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air 
Force’’, $87,000,000.
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SEC. 8081. The total amount appropriated or other-
wise made available in this Act is hereby reduced by 
$71,000,000 to limit excessive growth in the procurement 
of advisory and assistance services, to be distributed as fol-
lows: 
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, $32,000,000. 
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, $34,000,000. 
‘‘Operation 
and 
Maintenance, 
Marine 
Corps’’, 
$5,000,000. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8082. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Eval-
uation, Defense-Wide’’, $152,494,000 shall be made avail-
able for the Arrow missile defense program: Provided, That 
of this amount, $63,000,000 shall be available for the pur-
pose of producing Arrow missile components in the United 
States and Arrow missile components and missiles in Israel 
to meet Israel’s defense requirements, consistent with each 
nation’s laws, regulations and procedures, and $25,000,000 
shall be available for the purpose of the initiation of a joint 
feasibility study designated the Short Range Ballistic Mis-
sile Defense (SRBMD) initiative: Provided further, That 
funds made available under this provision for production 
of missiles and missile components may be transferred to 
appropriations available for the procurement of weapons 
and equipment, to be merged with and to be available for
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the same time period and the same purposes as the appro-
priation to which transferred: Provided further, That the 
transfer authority provided under this provision is in addi-
tion to any other transfer authority contained in this Act. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8083. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’, 
$557,849,000 shall be available until September 30, 2007, 
to fund prior year shipbuilding cost increases: Provided, 
That upon enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy 
shall transfer such funds to the following appropriations in 
the amounts specified: Provided further, That the amounts 
transferred shall be merged with and be available for the 
same purposes as the appropriations to which transferred: 
To: 
Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy, 1999/2007’’: 
New SSN, $25,000,000; 
Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy, 2000/2007’’: 
LPD–17 Amphibious Transport Dock 
Ship Program, $66,049,000; 
Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy, 2001/2007’’: 
New SSN, $41,000,000;
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Carrier 
Replacement 
Program, 
$338,400,000; 
Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy, 2002/2007’’: 
New SSN, $43,000,000; 
Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy, 2003/2007’’: 
New SSN, $22,000,000; and 
Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy, 2005/2009’’: 
LPD–17 Amphibious Transport Dock 
Ship Program, $22,400,000. 
SEC. 8084. The Secretary of the Navy may settle, or 
compromise, and pay any and all admiralty claims under 
section 7622 of title 10, United States Code arising out of 
the collision involving the U.S.S. GREENEVILLE and the 
EHIME MARU, in any amount and without regard to the 
monetary limitations in subsections (a) and (b) of that sec-
tion: Provided, That such payments shall be made from 
funds available to the Department of the Navy for operation 
and maintenance. 
SEC. 8085. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law or regulation, the Secretary of Defense may exercise the 
provisions of section 7403(g) of title 38, United States Code
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for occupations listed in section 7403(a)(2) of title 38, 
United States Code as well as the following: 
Pharmacists, Audiologists, and Dental Hygien-
ists. 
(A) 
The 
requirements 
of 
section 
7403(g)(1)(A) of title 38, United States Code 
shall apply. 
(B) The limitations of section 7403(g)(1)(B) 
of title 38, United States Code shall not apply. 
SEC. 8086. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 
available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence 
activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the 
Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National Secu-
rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 2007 
until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act 
for fiscal year 2007. 
SEC. 8087. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
to initiate a new start program without prior written noti-
fication to the Office of Secretary of Defense and the con-
gressional defense committees. 
SEC. 8088. FINANCING AND FIELDING OF KEY ARMY 
CAPABILITIES.—The Department of Defense and the De-
partment of the Army shall make future budgetary and pro-
gramming plans to fully finance the Non-Line of Sight Fu-
ture Force cannon and resupply vehicle program (NLOS–
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C) in order to field this system in fiscal year 2010, con-
sistent with the broader plan to field the Future Combat 
System (FCS) in fiscal year 2010: Provided, That if the 
Army is precluded from fielding the FCS program by fiscal 
year 2010, then the Army shall develop the NLOS–C inde-
pendent of the broader FCS development timeline to achieve 
fielding by fiscal year 2010. In addition the Army will de-
liver eight (8) combat operational pre-production NLOS– 
C systems by the end of calendar year 2008. These systems 
shall be in addition to those systems necessary for develop-
mental and operational testing: Provided further, That the 
Army shall ensure that budgetary and programmatic plans 
will provide for no fewer than seven (7) Stryker Brigade 
Combat Teams. 
SEC. 8089. Up to $2,000,000 of the funds appropriated 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’ in 
this Act for the Pacific Missile Range Facility may be made 
available to contract for the repair, maintenance, and oper-
ation of adjacent off-base water, drainage, and flood control 
systems, electrical upgrade to support additional missions 
critical to base operations, and support for a range foot-
print expansion to further guard against encroachment. 
SEC. 8090. The budget of the President for fiscal year 
2008 submitted to the Congress pursuant to section 1105 
of title 31, United States Code shall include separate budget
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justification documents for costs of United States Armed 
Forces’ participation in contingency operations for the 
Military Personnel accounts, the Operation and Mainte-
nance accounts, and the Procurement accounts: Provided, 
That these documents shall include a description of the 
funding requested for each contingency operation, for each 
military service, to include all Active and Reserve compo-
nents, and for each appropriations account: Provided fur-
ther, That these documents shall include estimated costs for 
each element of expense or object class, a reconciliation of 
increases and decreases for each contingency operation, and 
programmatic data including, but not limited to, troop 
strength for each Active and Reserve component, and esti-
mates of the major weapons systems deployed in support 
of each contingency: Provided further, That these documents 
shall include budget exhibits OP–5 and OP–32 (as defined 
in the Department of Defense Financial Management Regu-
lation) for all contingency operations for the budget year 
and the two preceding fiscal years. 
SEC. 8091. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
for research, development, test, evaluation, procurement or 
deployment of nuclear armed interceptors of a missile de-
fense system. 
SEC. 8092. Of the amounts provided in title II of this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, De-
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fense-Wide’’, $20,000,000 is available for the Regional De-
fense Counter-terrorism Fellowship Program, to fund the 
education and training of foreign military officers, min-
istry of defense civilians, and other foreign security offi-
cials, to include United States military officers and civilian 
officials whose participation directly contributes to the edu-
cation and training of these foreign students. 
SEC. 8093. None of the funds appropriated or made 
available in this Act shall be used to reduce or disestablish 
the operation of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squad-
ron of the Air Force Reserve, if such action would reduce 
the WC–130 Weather Reconnaissance mission below the lev-
els funded in this Act: Provided, That the Air Force shall 
allow the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron to per-
form other missions in support of national defense require-
ments during the non-hurricane season. 
SEC. 8094. None of the funds provided in this Act shall 
be available for integration of foreign intelligence informa-
tion unless the information has been lawfully collected and 
processed during the conduct of authorized foreign intel-
ligence activities: Provided, That information pertaining to 
United States persons shall only be handled in accordance 
with protections provided in the Fourth Amendment of the 
United States Constitution as implemented through Execu-
tive Order No. 12333.
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SEC. 8095. None of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Defense may be obligated to modify command and 
control relationships to give Fleet Forces Command admin-
istrative and operational control of U.S. Navy forces as-
signed to the Pacific fleet: Provided, That the command and 
control relationships which existed on October 1, 2004, shall 
remain in force unless changes are specifically authorized 
in a subsequent Act. 
SEC. 8096. (a) At the time members of reserve compo-
nents of the Armed Forces are called or ordered to active 
duty under section 12302(a) of title 10, United States Code, 
each member shall be notified in writing of the expected 
period during which the member will be mobilized. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense may waive the require-
ments of subsection (a) in any case in which the Secretary 
determines that it is necessary to do so to respond to a na-
tional security emergency or to meet dire operational re-
quirements of the Armed Forces. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8097. The Secretary of Defense may transfer 
funds from any currently available Department of the Navy 
appropriation to any available Navy shipbuilding and con-
version appropriation for the purpose of funding ship-
building cost increases for any ship construction program, 
to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes 
and for the same time period as the appropriation to which
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transferred: Provided, That all transfers under this section 
shall be subject to the notification requirements applicable 
to transfers under section 8005 of this Act. 
SEC. 8098. (a) The total amount appropriated or oth-
erwise made available in title II of this Act is hereby re-
duced by $85,000,000 to limit excessive growth in the travel 
and transportation of persons. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense shall allocate this reduc-
tion proportionately to each budget activity, activity group, 
subactivity group, and each program, project, and activity 
within each applicable appropriation account. 
SEC. 8099. In addition to funds made available else-
where in this Act, $5,500,000 is hereby appropriated and 
shall remain available until expended to provide assistance, 
by grant or otherwise (such as, but not limited to, the provi-
sion of funds for repairs, maintenance, construction, and/ 
or for the purchase of information technology, text books, 
teaching resources), to public schools that have unusually 
high concentrations of special needs military dependents en-
rolled: Provided, That in selecting school systems to receive 
such assistance, special consideration shall be given to 
school systems in States that are considered overseas assign-
ments, and all schools within these school systems shall be 
eligible for assistance: Provided further, That up to 2 per-
cent of the total appropriated funds under this section shall
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be available to support the administration and execution 
of the funds or program and/or events that promote the pur-
pose of this appropriation (e.g. payment of travel and per 
diem of school teachers attending conferences or a meeting 
that promotes the purpose of this appropriation and/or con-
sultant fees for on-site training of teachers, staff, or Joint 
Venture Education Forum (JVEF) Committee members): 
Provided further, That up to $2,000,000 shall be available 
for the Department of Defense to establish a non-profit trust 
fund to assist in the public-private funding of public school 
repair and maintenance projects, or provide directly to 
non-profit organizations who in return will use these mon-
ies to provide assistance in the form of repair, maintenance, 
or renovation to public school systems that have high con-
centrations of special needs military dependents and are lo-
cated in States that are considered overseas assignments: 
Provided further, That to the extent a Federal agency pro-
vides this assistance, by contract, grant, or otherwise, it 
may accept and expend non-Federal funds in combination 
with these Federal funds to provide assistance for the au-
thorized purpose, if the non-Federal entity requests such as-
sistance and the non-Federal funds are provided on a reim-
bursable basis. 
SEC. 8100. The Secretary of the Air Force is author-
ized, using funds available under the heading ‘‘Operation
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and Maintenance, Air Force’’, to complete a phased repair 
project, which repairs may include upgrades and additions, 
to the infrastructure of the operational ranges managed by 
the Air Force in Alaska: Provided, That the total cost of 
such phased projects shall not exceed $50,000,000. 
SEC. 8101. For purposes of section 612 of title 41, 
United States Code, any subdivision of appropriations 
made under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’ that is not closed at the time reimbursement is made 
shall be available to reimburse the Judgment Fund and 
shall be considered for the same purposes as any subdivision 
under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’ 
appropriations in the current fiscal year or any prior fiscal 
year. 
SEC. 8102. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act may be used to transfer research and development, ac-
quisition, or other program authority relating to current 
tactical unmanned aerial vehicles (TUAVs) from the Army. 
(b) The Army shall retain responsibility for and oper-
ational control of the Extended Range Multi-Purpose 
(ERMP) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) in order to sup-
port the Secretary of Defense in matters relating to the em-
ployment of unmanned aerial vehicles. 
SEC. 8103. Of the funds provided in this Act, 
$10,000,000 shall be available for the operations and devel-
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opment of training and technology for the Joint Inter-
agency Training Center-East and the affiliated Center for 
National Response at the Memorial Tunnel and for pro-
viding 
homeland 
defense/security 
and 
traditional 
warfighting training to the Department of Defense, other 
Federal agency, and State and local first responder per-
sonnel at the Joint Interagency Training Center-East. 
SEC. 8104. The authority to conduct a cooperative pro-
gram in the proviso in title II of Public Law 102–368 
under the heading ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Eval-
uation, Defense Agencies’’ (106 Stat. 1121) shall be ex-
tended through September 30, 2008. 
SEC. 8105. Up to $10,000,000 of the funds appro-
priated under the heading, ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 
Navy’’ may be made available for the Asia Pacific Regional 
Initiative Program for the purpose of enabling the Pacific 
Command to execute Theater Security Cooperation activi-
ties such as humanitarian assistance, and payment of in-
cremental and personnel costs of training and exercising 
with foreign security forces: Provided, That funds made 
available for this purpose may be used, notwithstanding 
any other funding authorities for humanitarian assistance, 
security assistance or combined exercise expenses: Provided 
further, That funds may not be obligated to provide assist-
ance to any foreign country that is otherwise prohibited
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from receiving such type of assistance under any other pro-
vision of law. 
SEC. 8106. The Secretary of Defense may present pro-
motional materials, including a United States flag, to any 
member of an Active or Reserve component under the Sec-
retary’s jurisdiction who, as determined by the Secretary, 
participates in Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation 
Iraqi Freedom, along with other recognition items in con-
junction with any week-long national observation and day 
of national celebration, if established by Presidential proc-
lamation, for any such members returning from such oper-
ations. 
SEC. 8107. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, to reflect savings from revised economic assump-
tions the total amount appropriated in title II of this Act 
is hereby reduced by $520,300,000, the total amount appro-
priated in title III of this Act is hereby reduced by 
$331,600,000, the total amount appropriated in title IV of 
this Act is hereby reduced by $317,000,000, the total 
amount appropriated in title V of this Act is hereby reduced 
by $9,700,000, and the total amount appropriated in title 
VI of this Act is hereby reduced by $93,700,000: Provided, 
That the Secretary of Defense shall allocate this reduction 
proportionally to each budget activity, activity group, sub-
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activity group, and each program, project, and activity, 
within each appropriation account. 
SEC. 8108. (a) LIMITATION ON RETIREMENT PENDING 
REPORT ON BOMBER FORCE STRUCTURE.—No funds ap-
propriated for the Department of Defense may be obligated 
or expended for retiring or dismantling any of the 93 B– 
52H bomber aircraft in service in the Air Force as of June 
1, 2006, until 30 days after the Secretary of the Air Force 
transmits to the congressional defense committees a report 
on the bomber force structure of the Air Force meeting the 
requirements of subsection (b). 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) shall 
set forth the following: 
(1) The plan of the Air Force for the moderniza-
tion of the B–52H bomber aircraft fleet. 
(2) The plans of the Air Force for the moderniza-
tion of the balance of the bomber force structure. 
(3) The amount and type of bombers in the 
bomber force structure that is appropriate to meet the 
requirements of the national security strategy of the 
United States. 
(4) An analysis and justification of the cost and 
projected savings of any reductions to the B–52H 
bomber fleet as a result of the retirement or dis-
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mantlement of the B–52H bomber aircraft covered by 
the report. 
(5) The current assessments for the useful life of 
each of the bomber aircraft in the Air Force inventory 
under the Aircraft Structural Integrity Program, any 
flight restrictions against each of the bomber aircraft 
in the Air Force inventory, and an analysis of any 
funding required for modifications designed to correct 
a problem that threatens grounding all or a portion 
of that aircraft fleet. 
(6) The date by which any new bomber aircraft 
must reach initial operational capability and the ca-
pabilities of the bomber force structure that would be 
replaced or superseded by any new bomber aircraft. 
(7) An assessment of the likelihood that the devel-
opment of a new bomber aircraft will meet the cur-
rent schedule of reaching initial operational capa-
bility by 2018. 
(8) An assessment of the risk to national security 
of retiring a substantial portion of our bomber fleet, 
including a consideration of the additional risk if the 
development of a new bomber aircraft does not meet 
the current schedule of reaching initial operational 
capability by 2018.
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(c) PREPARATION OF REPORT.—A report under this 
section shall be prepared and submitted by the Institute of 
Defense Analysis to the Secretary of the Air Force for trans-
mittal by the Secretary in accordance with subsection (a). 
(d) FORM.—The report under subsection (a) shall be 
in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. 
TITLE IX 
ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS 
CHAPTER 1 
MILITARY PERSONNEL 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, 
Army’’, $5,054,502,000. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, 
Navy’’, $114,500,000. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, 
Marine Corps’’, $142,320,000. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, 
Air Force’’, $129,000,000. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Reserve Personnel, 
Army’’, $90,910,000.