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of such members on such children or infants and
toddlers.
(B) An assessment of the effectiveness of
training materials for education, mental health,
health, and family support professionals in in-
creasing awareness of their role in assisting fam-
ilies in addressing and mitigating the adverse ef-
fects on children, or infants and toddlers, of the
deployment of deployed members of the Armed
Forces, including National Guard and Reserve
personnel.
(C) A description of best practices identified
for building psychological and emotional resil-
iency in children, or infants and toddlers, in
coping with the deployment of deployed members
of the Armed Forces, including National Guard
and Reserve personnel.
(D) A plan for dissemination throughout
the military departments of the most effective
practices for outreach, training, and building
psychological and emotional resiliency in the
children of deployed members.
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SEC. 585. STUDY ON IMPROVING SUPPORT SERVICES FOR
CHILDREN, INFANTS, AND TODDLERS OF
MEMBERS OF THE ACTIVE AND RESERVE
COMPONENTS UNDERGOING DEPLOYMENT.
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—
(1) STUDY.—The Secretary of Defense shall con-
duct a study to evaluate the feasibility and advis-
ability of entering into a contract or other agreement
with a private sector entity having expertise in the
health and well-being of families and children, in-
fants, and toddlers in order to enhance and develop
support services for children of members of the Active
and Reserve Components who are deployed.
(2) TYPES
OF
SUPPORT
SERVICES.—In con-
ducting the study, the Secretary shall consider the
need—
(A) to develop materials for parents and
other caretakers of children of members of the Ac-
tive and Reserve Components who are deployed
to assist such parents and caretakers in respond-
ing to the adverse implications of such deploy-
ment (and the death or injury of such members
during such deployment) for such children, in-
cluding the role such parents and caretakers can
play in addressing and mitigating such implica-
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(B) to develop programs and activities to
increase awareness throughout the military and
civilian communities of the adverse implications
of such deployment (and the death or injury of
such members during such deployment) for such
children and their families and to increase col-
laboration within such communities to address
and mitigate such implications;
(C) to develop training for early child care
and education, mental health, health care, and
family support professionals to enhance the
awareness of such professionals of their role in
assisting families in addressing and mitigating
the adverse implications of such deployment (and
the death or injury of such members during such
deployment) for such children; and
(D) to conduct research on best practices for
building psychological and emotional resiliency
in such children in coping with the deployment
of such members.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to Congress a report containing the results of the
study conducted under subsection (a).
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SEC. 586. STUDY ON ESTABLISHMENT OF PILOT PROGRAM
ON FAMILY-TO-FAMILY SUPPORT FOR FAMI-
LIES OF DEPLOYED MEMBERS OF THE ACTIVE
AND RESERVE COMPONENTS.
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Defense shall carry out
a study to evaluate the feasibility and advisability of estab-
lishing a pilot program on family-to-family support for
families of deployed members of the Active and Reserve
Components. The study shall include an assessment of the
following:
(1) The effectiveness of family-to-family support
programs in—
(A) providing peer support for families of
deployed members of the Active and Reserve
Components;
(B) identifying and preventing family prob-
lems in such families;
(C) reducing adverse outcomes for children
of such families, including poor academic per-
formance, behavioral problems, stress, and anx-
iety; and
(D) improving family readiness and post-
deployment transition for such families.
(2) The feasibility and advisability of utilizing
spouses of members of the Armed Forces as counselors
for families of deployed members of the Active and
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Reserve Components, in order to assist such families
in coping throughout the deployment cycle.
(3) Best practices for training spouses of mem-
bers of the Armed Forces to act as counselors for fami-
lies of deployed members of the Active and Reserve
Components.
(b) REPORT.—The Secretary of Defense shall submit
to Congress a report containing the results of the study con-
ducted under subsection (a) not later than 180 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 587. PILOT PROGRAM ON MILITARY FAMILY READI-
NESS AND SERVICEMEMBER REINTEGRATION.
(a) PILOT PROGRAM.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall
carry out a pilot program to assess the feasibility and
advisability of providing assistance and support to
the Adjutant General of a State or territory of the
United States to create comprehensive soldier and
family preparedness and reintegration outreach pro-
grams for members of the Armed Forces and their
families to further the purposes described in section
1781b(b) of title 10, United States Code, as added by
section 582(a) of this Act.
(2) COORDINATION.—In carrying out the pilot
program, the Secretary shall—
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(A) coordinate with the Department of De-
fense Military Family Readiness Council (estab-
lished under section 1781a of title, United States
Code, as added by section 581 of this Act); and
(B) consult with the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs.
(3) DESIGNATION.—The pilot program estab-
lished pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be known as
the ‘‘National Military Family Readiness and
Servicemember Reintegration Outreach Program’’ (in
this section referred to as ‘‘the pilot program’’).
(b) ASSISTANCE
PROVIDED.—The Secretary shall
carry out the pilot program through assistance and support
to the Adjutant General of a State or territory of the United
States.
(c) PURPOSE OF ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT.—
(1) The pilot program may develop programs of
outreach to members of the Armed Forces and their
family members to educate such members and their
family members about the assistance and services
available to them that meet the purposes of section
1781b(b) of title 10, United States Code, as added by
section 582(a) of this Act, and to assist such members
and their family members in obtaining such assist-
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ance and services. Such assistance and services may
include the following:
(A) Marriage counseling.
(B) Services for children.
(C) Suicide prevention.
(D) Substance abuse awareness and treat-
ment.
(E) Mental health awareness and treatment.
(F) Financial counseling.
(G) Anger management counseling.
(H) Domestic violence awareness and pre-
vention.
(I) Employment assistance.
(J) Development of strategies for living with
a member of the Armed Forces with post trau-
matic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury.
(K) Other services that may be appropriate
to address the unique needs of members of the
Armed Forces and their families who live in
rural or remote areas with respect to family
readiness and servicemember reintegration.
(L) Assisting members of the Armed Forces
and their families find and receive assistance
with 
military 
family 
readiness 
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servicemember reintegration, including referral
services.
(M) Development of strategies and programs
that recognize the need for long-term follow-up
services for reintegrating members of the Armed
Forces and their families for extended periods
following deployments, including between deploy-
ments.
(N) Assisting members of the Armed Forces
and their families in receiving services and as-
sistance from the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs, including referral services.
(2) PROVISION OF OUTREACH SERVICES.—A re-
cipient of a grant under this section shall carry out
programs of outreach in accordance with paragraph
(1) to members of the Armed Forces and their fami-
lies before, during, between, and after deployment of
such members of the Armed Forces.
(d) SELECTION OF GRANT RECIPIENTS.—
(1) APPLICATION.—An eligible entity seeking a
grant under the pilot program shall submit to the
Secretary an application therefor in such form and in
such manner as the Secretary considers appropriate.
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(2) 
ELEMENTS.—An 
application 
submitted
under subparagraph (A) shall include such elements
as the Secretary considers appropriate.
(3) PRIORITY.—In selecting eligible entities to
receive grants under the pilot program, the Secretary
shall give priority to eligible entities that propose
programs with a focus on personal outreach to mem-
bers of the Armed Forces and their families by
trained staff (with preference given to veterans and,
in particular, veterans of combat) conducted in per-
son.
Subtitle H—Other Matters
SEC. 591. ENHANCEMENT OF CARRYOVER OF ACCUMU-
LATED LEAVE FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED
FORCES.
(a) INCREASE
IN ACCUMULATION
OF CARRYOVER
AMOUNT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 701
of title 10, United States Code, is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘60 days’’ and inserting ‘‘90 days’’.
(2) HIGH DEPLOYMENT MEMBERS.—Paragraph
(1) of subsection (f) of such section is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘60 days’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘90 days’’; and
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(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘third
fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘fourth fiscal year’’.
(3) MEMBERS SERVING IN SUPPORT OF CONTIN-
GENCY OPERATIONS.—Paragraph (2) of subsection (f)
of such section is amended by striking ‘‘except for this
paragraph—’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘ex-
cept for this paragraph, would lose any accumulated
leave in excess of 90 days at the end of that fiscal
year, shall be permitted to retain such leave until the
end of the second fiscal year after the fiscal year in
which such service on active duty is terminated.’’.
(4) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Subsection (g)
of such section is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘60-day’’ and inserting ‘‘90-
day’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘90-day’’ and inserting
‘‘120-day’’.
(b) PAY.—Section 501(b) of title 37, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(6) An enlisted member of the armed forces who would
lose accumulated leave in excess of 120 days of leave under
section 701(f)(1) of title 10 may elect to be paid in cash
or by a check on the Treasurer of the United States for any
leave in excess so accumulated for up to 30 days of such
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leave. A member may make an election under this para-
graph only once.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
(1) INCREASE IN ACCUMULATION.—The amend-
ments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on Oc-
tober 1, 2008.
(2) PAY.—The amendment made by subsection
(b) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of
this Act.
SEC. 592. UNIFORM POLICY ON PERFORMANCES BY MILI-
TARY BANDS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 49 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following
new section:
‘‘§ 988. Performances by military bands
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Department of Defense bands, en-
sembles, choruses, or similar musical units, including indi-
vidual members thereof performing in an official capacity,
may not—
‘‘(1) engage in the performance of music in com-
petition with local civilian musicians; or
‘‘(2) receive remuneration for official perform-
ances.
‘‘(b) PERFORMANCE OF MUSIC IN COMPETITION WITH
LOCAL CIVILIAN MUSICIANS DEFINED.—In this section, the
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term ‘performance of music in competition with local civil-
ian musicians’—
‘‘(1) includes—
‘‘(A) a performance of music that is more
than incidental to an event that is not supported
solely by appropriated funds or free to the pub-
lic; and
‘‘(B) a performance of background, dinner,
dance, or other social music at any event, re-
gardless of location, that is not supported solely
by appropriated funds; but
‘‘(2) does not include a performance of music—
‘‘(A) at an official Federal Government
event that is supported solely by appropriated
funds;
‘‘(B) at a concert, parade, or other event of
a patriotic nature (including a celebration of a
national holiday) that is free to the public; or
‘‘(C) that is incidental to an event that is
not supported solely by appropriated funds, in-
cluding a short performance of military or patri-
otic music at the beginning or end of an event,
if the performance complies with such regula-
tions as the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe
for purposes of this section.
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‘‘(c) MEMBERS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BANDS
PERFORMING IN PERSONAL CAPACITY.—A member of a De-
partment of Defense band, ensemble, chorus, or similar mu-
sical unit may perform music in the member’s personal ca-
pacity, as an individual or part of a group, whether for
remuneration or otherwise, if in so performing the member
does not wear a military uniform or otherwise identify the
member as a member of the Department of Defense, as pro-
vided in applicable regulations and standards of conduct.
‘‘(d) RECORDINGS.—(1) When authorized pursuant to
regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense for pur-
poses of this section, Department of Defense bands, ensem-
bles, choruses, or similar musical units may produce record-
ings for distribution to the public, at a cost not to exceed
production and distribution expenses.
‘‘(2) Amounts received in payment for recording dis-
tributed to the public under this subsection shall be credited
to the appropriation or account providing the funds for the
production of such recordings. Any amounts so credited
shall be merged with amounts in the appropriation or ac-
count to which credited, and shall be available for the same
purposes, and subject to the same conditions and limita-
tions, as amounts in such appropriation or account.’’.
(b) CONFORMING REPEALS.—Sections 3634, 6223, and
8634 of such title are repealed.
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(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—
(1) The table of sections at the beginning of
chapter 49 of such title is amended by adding at the
end the following new item:
‘‘988. Performances by military bands.’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of
chapter 349 of such title is amended by striking the
item relating to section 3634.
(3) The table of sections at the beginning of
chapter 565 of such title is amended by striking the
item relating to section 6223.
(4) The table of sections at the beginning of
chapter 849 of such title is amended by striking the
item relating to section 8634.
SEC. 593. WAIVER OF TIME LIMITATIONS ON AWARD OF
MEDALS OF HONOR TO CERTAIN MEMBERS
OF THE ARMY.
(a) WAIVER OF TIME LIMITATIONS.—Notwithstanding
the time limitations specified in section 3744 of title 10,
United States Code, or any other time limitation with re-
spect 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 any of
the persons named in subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f)
for the acts of valor referred to in the respective subsections.
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(b) WOODROW KEEBLE.—Subsection (a) applies with
respect to Woodrow W. Keeble, for conspicuous acts of gal-
lantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and be-
yond the call of duty as an acting platoon leader on October
20, 1950, during the Korean War.
(c) LESLIE SABO, JR.—Subsection (a) applies with re-
spect to Leslie H. Sabo, Jr., for conspicuous acts of gal-
lantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and be-
yond the call of duty on May 10, 1970, as an Army soldier,
serving in the grade of Specialist Grade Four in Vietnam,
with Company B, 3d Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division.
(d) PHILIP SHADRACH.—Subsection (a) applies with
respect to Philip G. Shadrach, for conspicuous acts of gal-
lantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and be-
yond the call of duty on April 12, 1862, as a Union Soldier,
serving in the grade of Private during the Civil War, with
Company K, 2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
(e) HENRY SVEHLA.—Subsection (a) applies with re-
spect to Henry Svehla, for conspicuous acts of gallantry and
intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call
of duty on June 12, 1952, as an Army soldier, serving in
the grade of Private First Class in Korea, with Company
F, 32d Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division.
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(f) GEORGE WILSON.—Subsection (a) applies with re-
spect to George D. Wilson, for conspicuous acts of gallantry
and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the
call of duty on April 12, 1862, as a Union Soldier, serving
in the grade of Private during the Civil War, with Com-
pany B, 2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
SEC. 594. ENHANCEMENT OF REST AND RECUPERATION
LEAVE.
Section 705(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by inserting ‘‘for members whose qualifying tour
of duty is 12 months or less, or for not more than 20 days
for members whose qualifying tour of duty is longer than
12 months,’’ after ‘‘for not more than 15 days’’.
SEC. 595. DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS ON THE PROVISION
OF SERVICES TO MILITARY DEPENDENT CHIL-
DREN WITH AUTISM.
(a) DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS AUTHORIZED.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense may
conduct one or more demonstration projects to evalu-
ate improved approaches to the provision of education
and treatment services to military dependent children
with autism.
(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of any demonstra-
tion project carried out under this section shall be to
evaluate strategies for integrated treatment and case
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manager services that include early intervention and
diagnosis, medical care, parent involvement, special
education services, intensive behavioral intervention,
and language, communications, and other interven-
tions considered appropriate by the Secretary.
(b) REVIEW OF BEST PRACTICES.—In carrying out
demonstration projects under this section, the Secretary of
Defense shall, in coordination with the Secretary of Edu-
cation, conduct a review of best practices in the United
States in the provision of education and treatment services
for children with autism, including an assessment of Fed-
eral and State education and treatment services for children
with autism in each State, with an emphasis on locations
where members of the Armed Forces who qualify for enroll-
ment in the Exceptional Family Member Program of the
Department of Defense are assigned.
(c) ELEMENTS.—
(1) ENROLLMENT IN EXCEPTIONAL FAMILY MEM-
BER
PROGRAM.—Military dependent children may
participate in a demonstration project under this sec-
tion only if their military sponsor is enrolled in the
Exceptional Family Member Program of the Depart-
ment of Defense.
(2) 
CASE
MANAGERS.—Each 
demonstration
project shall include the assignment of both medical
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and special education services case managers which
shall be required under the Exceptional Family Mem-
ber Program pursuant to the policy established by the
Secretary of Defense.
(3) INDIVIDUALIZED
SERVICES
PLAN.—Each
demonstration project shall provide for the voluntary
development for military dependent children with au-
tism participating in such demonstration project of
individualized autism services plans for use by De-
partment of Defense medical and special education
services case managers, caregivers, and families to en-
sure continuity of services throughout the active mili-
tary service of their military sponsor.
(4) SUPERVISORY LEVEL PROVIDERS.—The Sec-
retary of Defense may utilize for purposes of the dem-
onstration projects personnel who are professionals
with a level (as determined by the Secretary) of post-
secondary education that is appropriate for the provi-
sion of safe and effective services for autism and who
are from an accredited educational facility in the
mental health, human development, social work, or
education field to act as supervisory level providers of
behavioral intervention services for autism. In so act-
ing, such personnel may be authorized—
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(A) to develop and monitor intensive behav-
ior intervention plans for military dependent
children with autism who are participating in
the demonstration projects; and
(B) to provide appropriate training in the
provision of approved services to such children.
(5) SERVICES UNDER CORPORATE SERVICES PRO-
VIDER MODEL.—(A) In carrying out the demonstra-
tion projects, the Secretary may utilize a corporate
services provider model.
(B) Employees of a provider under a model re-
ferred to in subparagraph (A) shall include personnel
who implement special educational and behavioral
intervention plans for military dependent children
with autism that are developed, reviewed, and main-
tained by supervisory level providers approved by the
Secretary.
(C) In authorizing such a model, the Secretary
shall establish—
(i) minimum education, training, and expe-
rience criteria required to be met by employees
who provide services to military dependent chil-
dren with autism;
(ii) requirements for supervisory personnel
and supervision, including requirements for su-
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pervisor credentials and for the frequency and
intensity of supervision; and
(iii) such other requirements as the Sec-
retary considers appropriate to ensure safety and
the protection of the children who receive services
from such employees under the demonstration
projects.
(6) CONSTRUCTION
WITH
OTHER
SERVICES.—
Services provided to military dependent children with
autism under the demonstration projects under this
section shall be in addition to any other publicly-
funded special education services available in a loca-
tion in which their military sponsor resides.
(d) PERIOD.—
(1) COMMENCEMENT.—If the Secretary deter-
mines to conduct demonstration projects under this
section, the Secretary shall commence any such dem-
onstration projects not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) 
MINIMUM
PERIOD.—Any 
demonstration
projects conducted under this section shall be con-
ducted for not less than two years.
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct
an evaluation of each demonstration project conducted
under this section.
(2) ELEMENTS.—The evaluation of a demonstra-
tion project under this subsection shall include the fol-
lowing:
(A) An assessment of the extent to which the
activities under the demonstration project con-
tributed to positive outcomes for military de-
pendent children with autism and their families.
(B) An assessment of the extent to which the
activities under the demonstration project led to
improvements in services and continuity of care
for children with autism.
(C) An assessment of the extent to which the
activities under the demonstration project im-
proved military family readiness and enhanced
military retention.
(f) REPORTS.—Not later than 30 months after the
commencement of any demonstration project authorized by
this section, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees
on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives a report on such demonstration project. The re-
port on a demonstration project shall include a description
of such project, the results of the evaluation under subsection
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(e) with respect to such project, and a description of plans
for the further provision of services for military dependent
children with autism under such project.
SEC. 596. ENHANCEMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF RELEASE OR
DISCHARGE FROM ACTIVE DUTY.
The Secretary of Defense shall, in consultation with
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, modify the Certificate of
Release or Discharge from Active Duty (Department of De-
fense from DD214) in order to permit a member of the
Armed Forces, upon discharge or release from active duty
in the Armed Forces, to elect the forwarding of the Certifi-
cate to the following:
(1) The Central Office of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs in Washington, District of Columbia.
(2) The appropriate office of the United States
Department of Veterans in the State in which the
member will first reside after such discharge or re-
lease.
SEC. 597. ADMINISTRATIVE SEPARATIONS OF MEMBERS OF
THE ARMED FORCES FOR PERSONALITY DIS-
ORDER.
(a) CLINICAL REVIEW OF ADMINISTRATIVE SEPARA-
TIONS BASED ON PERSONALITY DISORDER.—
(1) REVIEW OF SEPARATIONS OF CERTAIN MEM-
BERS.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the
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enactment of this Act, and continuing until the Sec-
retary of Defense submits to Congress the report re-
quired by subsection (b), a covered member of the
Armed Forces may not, except as provided in para-
graph (2), be administratively separated from the
Armed Forces on the basis of a personality disorder.
(2) CLINICAL
REVIEW
OF
PROPOSED
SEPARA-
TIONS BASED ON PERSONALITY DISORDER.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—A covered member of the
Armed Forces may be administratively separated
from the Armed Forces on the basis of a person-
ality disorder under this paragraph if a clinical
review of the case is conducted by a senior officer
in the office of the Surgeon General of the Armed
Force concerned who is a credentialed mental
health provider and who is fully qualified to re-
view cases involving maladaptive behavior (per-
sonality disorder), diagnosis and treatment of
post-traumatic stress disorder, or other mental
health conditions.
(B) PURPOSES OF REVIEW.—The purposes
of the review with respect to a member under
subparagraph (A) are as follows:
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(i) To determine whether the diagnosis
of personality order in the member is cor-
rect and fully documented.
(ii) To determine whether evidence of
other mental health conditions (including
depression, post-traumatic stress disorder,
substance abuse, or traumatic brain injury)
resulting from service in a combat zone may
exist in the member which indicate that the
separation of the member from the Armed
Forces on the basis of a personality disorder
is inappropriate pending diagnosis and
treatment, and, if so, whether initiation of
medical board procedures for the member is
warranted.
(b) SECRETARY OF DEFENSE REPORT ON ADMINIS-
TRATIVE SEPARATIONS BASED
ON PERSONALITY DIS-
ORDER.—
(1) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than April 1,
2008, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the
House of Representatives a report on all cases of ad-
ministrative separation from the Armed Forces of
covered members of the Armed Forces on the basis of
a personality disorder.