National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006

Bill: 109-hr-1815
Sponsor: Rep. Hunter, Duncan [R-CA-52]
Introduced: 2005-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
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Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 - Authorizes appropriations for the Department of Defense (DOD) for FY 2006.
 
Authorizes appropriations to DOD for: (1) procurement, including for aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, and shipbuilding and conversion; (2) research, development, test, and evaluation; (3) operation and maintenance, including for defense working capital funds, the Armed Forces Retirement Home, the Defense Health Program, and chemical agents and munitions destruction; and (4) active and reserve military personnel, including end strengths.
 
Extends certain bonus, special, and incentive pay authorities. Provides bonus repayment requirements with respect to unserved periods.
 
Sets forth provisions or requirements concerning: (1) active and reserve military personnel, including a special pay incentive for Selected Reserve personnel qualified in a critical military skill or unit, and bonuses for certain military medical officers; (2) military justice, including establishing an unlimited period for prosecution of murder or rape, extending the period for prosecution of child abuse cases, and establishing the offense of stalking; (3) acquisition policy and management, including the revitalization of DOD laboratories; (4) DOD organization and management, including exempting operational files of the Defense Intelligence Agency from public disclosure laws; (5) budget and financial matters; (6) transportation-related matters, including authority to transport family members incident to the repatriation of military personnel or civilians held captive, and a reserve civilian mariners pilot program; (7) DOD civilian personnel, including a science, mathematics, and research for transformation (SMART) defense education program, and a priority placement program for displaced civilian employees; and (8) matters relating to other nations, including Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Global War on Terrorism.
 
Authorizes U.S. military personnel and DOD civilian employees to provide assistance relating to the detection and clearance of landmines and explosive remnants of war.
 
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 - Authorizes the Secretaries of Defense and the military departments to acquire real property and carry out specified military construction projects. Authorizes appropriations for: (1) military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions; (2) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program; and (3) National Guard and reserve forces facilities.

action_date: 2005-05-20
text: 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 - 
Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations - Title I: Procurement -
 
Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - 
(Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for FY2006 for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force for aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and other procurement.
 
(Sec. 104) Authorizes appropriations for FY2006 for defense-wide procurement.
 

Subtitle B: Army Programs -
 (Sec. 111) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, beginning with the FY2007 program year, to enter into a multiyear procurement contract for up to 461 UH-60M helicopters.
 
(Sec. 112) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, for four program years beginning with the FY2006 program year, to enter into multiyear procurement contracts for: (1) 612 Apache modernized target acquisition designation sights/night vision sensors; and (2) conversion of 96 Apache helicopters to the Block II configuration.
 
(Sec. 114) Provides that if the Secretary of the Army determines to award a contract for procurement of a new vehicle class for the next-generation tactical wheeled vehicle, such Secretary shall award and execute the acquisition program under that contract as a joint service program with the Marine Corps. Provides the same requirement with respect to the Secretary of the Navy.
 
(Sec. 115) Limits the funding available for FY2006 for acquisition programs for the Army Modular Force Initiative until the Secretary of the Army submits a specified report.
 
(Sec. 116) Directs the Secretary of the Army, in awarding a contract for procurement of the Objective Individual Combat Weapon - Increment 1, to ensure that the contractor is selected through full and open competition.
 

Subtitle C: Navy Programs -
 (Sec. 121) Limits the total amount to be obligated or expended for procurement of five specified Virginia-class submarines. Allows adjustments to such amounts due to inflation or changes in federal, state, or local laws. Requires the Secretary of the Navy to annually notify Congress of any changes in such amounts.
 
(Sec. 122) Limits the total amount to be obligated or expended for procurement of each ship of the LHA Replacement amphibious assault program. Allows adjustments to such amounts due to inflation or changes in federal, state, or local laws. Requires the Secretary of the Navy to annually notify Congress of any changes in such amounts. Allows funds for Navy shipbuilding and conversion to be used for such program only after a specified certification from the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to the defense and appropriations committees.
 
(Sec. 123) Limits the total amount to be obligated or expended for procurement of each ship for the future major surface combatant, destroyer type. Allows adjustment to such amounts due to inflation or changes in federal, state, or local laws. Requires the Secretary of the Navy to annually notify Congress of any changes in such amounts. Authorizes appropriations for such program from FY2006 Navy research and development funds. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to include certain requirements in the acquisition plan for such combatant program.
 
(Sec. 124) Limits the total amount to be obligated or expended for procurement of each ship for the Littoral Combat Ship program. Allows adjustment to such amounts due to inflation or changes in federal, state, or local laws. Requires the Secretary of the Navy to annually notify Congress of any changes in such amounts. Prohibits any Navy funds from being made available for such program until the Secretary submits specified program information to the defense and appropriations committees.
 
(Sec. 125) Earmarks specified FY2006 Navy shipbuilding and conversion funds for the construction of two Arleigh Burke class destroyers.
 
(Sec. 126) Makes specified FY2006 Navy funds available for the nuclear refueling and complex overhaul of the U.S.S. Carl Vinson. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to enter into a contract during FY2006 for such refueling and overhaul.
 
(Sec. 127) Requires a report from the Secretary of the Navy on the results of a specified study on alternative propulsion methods for Navy surface combatant vessels.
 
(Sec. 128) Requires naval combat forces to include at least 12 operational aircraft carriers. Directs the Secretary to ensure that the U.S.S. John F. Kennedy is maintained in a fully mission capable status. Earmarks funds for the latter purpose.
 
(Sec. 129) Provides for the contingent transfer of additional funds for advance procurement for the CVN-21 Carrier Replacement Program.
 

Subtitle D: Air Force Programs -
 (Sec. 131) Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to enter into a multiyear procurement contract for up to 42 additional C-17 aircraft.
 

Subtitle E: Joint and Multiservice Matters -
 (Sec. 141) Directs the Secretary to ensure that all tactical unmanned aerial vehicles of the Armed Forces use specified standard data links and formats. Prohibits, after December 1, 2006, any Department of Defense (DOD) funds from being used to equip such a vehicle without such links. Requires a report from each military department Secretary to Congress on the status of compliance with such requirements.
 
(Sec. 142) Prohibits DOD funds from being used to procure an unmanned aerial vehicle system, or to modify a system to include any form of armament, unless such procurement or modification is authorized in writing in advance by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics. Provides an exception with respect to systems for which funds have been appropriated for procurement prior to the date of enactment of this Act.
 

Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations -
 (Sec. 201) Authorizes appropriations for FY2006 for the Armed Forces for research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E). Earmarks specified amounts for the Defense Science and Technology Program.
 

Subtitle B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations -
 (Sec. 211) Directs the Comptroller General (CG) to: (1) conduct an annual review of the Future Combat Systems program; and (2) report annually on the results of the most recent review.
 
(Sec. 212) Requires the Secretary, in carrying out the program to provide the Army with a non-line-of-sight cannon capability, to ensure that specified operational requirements are not reduced or diminished in order to achieve the weight requirements in existence as of April 14, 2003.
 
(Sec. 213) Directs the Secretary to ensure that an independent analysis is carried out with respect to the transportability requirement for the manned ground vehicles under the Future Combat Systems program. Requires an analysis report from the Secretary.
 
(Sec. 214) Allocates among specified programs and functions funds made available under this Act for the Armored Systems Modernization program. Prohibits funds from being made available for systems development and demonstration until the objective requirements for those vehicles with respect to lethality and survivability have been met and demonstrated.
 
(Sec. 216) Amends the Ronald R. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Reagan Act) to direct the Secretary, in each of FY2006 through 2008, to carry out the testing of Internet protocol version 6 through the Naval Research Laboratory. Provides funding.
 
(Sec. 217) Directs the Secretary of the Navy to carry out a program to design and develop a class of nuclear submarines to serve as the successor to the Virginia class. Requires a program report from such Secretary.
 
(Sec. 218) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 to extend through FY2011 certain requirements relating to management responsibility for naval mine countermeasures programs. Requires the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics to notify the defense and appropriations committees of any proposed change to such programs before such change is carried out.
 
(Sec. 219) Directs the Secretaries of the Army and Navy to develop a single joint requirement for a next-generation heavy lift rotorcraft for the Army and Marine Corps. Requires any new program developed to first be approved by the Joint Requirements Oversight Council.
 
(Sec. 220) Directs the Secretary to: (1) assess immediate requirements of the military departments for tactical radio communications systems; and (2) ensure that the military departments rapidly acquire systems utilizing existing technology or mature systems readily available in the commercial marketplace. Outlines requirements with respect to the Joint Tactical Radio System. Requires a report from the Secretary on the implementation of this section.
 
(Sec. 221) Prohibits the obligation of any funds authorized for systems development and demonstration of the Personnel Recovery Vehicle until 30 days after the Secretary makes certain certifications to the defense and appropriations committees with respect to the requirements, schedule, and technology for such Vehicle.
 
(Sec. 222) Requires the Secretary to ensure a separate, dedicated program element for each significant defense RDT&E project. Makes this section inapplicable to the Missile Defense Agency.
 
(Sec. 223) Requires the Secretary to designate a military department Secretary to carry out the Small Business Innovation Research Phase III Acceleration Pilot Program for expanding the role of small businesses in the defense acquisition process. Directs the Secretary so designated to designate for accelerated transition at least ten research or research and development projects for participation under such Program. Requires a report from the Secretary on the projects designated and the rationale behind their selection.
 
(Sec. 224) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 1997 to make biennial (currently, annual) the submission of the joint warfighting science and technology plan. Repeals the requirement for inclusion in such plan of technology area review and assessment summaries.
 
(Sec. 225) Directs the Secretary of the Navy to establish a shipbuilding industrial base improvement program for the development of innovative shipbuilding technologies, processes, and facilities. Outlines requirements for entities requesting assistance under the program. Authorizes such Secretary to provide funds to a shipyard to facilitate the purchase of a technology, process, or infrastructure improvement. Requires periodic assessments of naval vessel construction inefficiencies. Provides program funding.
 
(Sec. 226) Requires the Secretary of the Navy to develop a program to renew the University National Oceanographic Laboratory System fleet. Provides program funding.
 
(Sec. 227) Prohibits any funds available to DOD for RDT&E or for procurement from being obligated for acquisition of pilot production helicopters for the VXX helicopter program until the Secretary of the Navy certifies to the defense and appropriations committees that test results demonstrate that such helicopters can be produced without significant further design modification.
 

Subtitle C: Missile Defense Programs -
 (Sec. 231) Directs the Secretary to: (1) assess U.S. missile defense programs designed to provide capability against threat ballistic missiles in the boost/ascent phase of flight; and (2) report assessment results.
 
(Sec. 232) Earmarks specified funds authorized for the Missile Defense Agency to conduct one flight-intercept test of the Ballistic Missile Defense Midcourse Defense Segment.
 

Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - 
(Sec. 301) Authorizes appropriations for FY2006 for operation and maintenance (O&M) for the Armed Forces and specified activities and agencies of DOD.
 
(Sec. 302) Authorizes appropriations for FY2006 for: (1) working capital funds; (2) the Defense Health Program; (3) chemical agents and munitions destruction, defense; (4) defense drug interdiction and counter-drug activities; and (5) the Defense Inspector General.
 

Subtitle B: Environmental Provisions -
 (Sec. 311) Requires, in a currently-required annual report from the Secretary on environmental restoration activities, information for any activities overseas related to the environment.
 
(Sec. 312) Directs the Secretary to carry out a pilot program at Fort Carson, Colorado, to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of utilizing conservation easements and leases to limit development on real property in the vicinity of US military installations.
 
(Sec. 313) Amends the Reagan Act to repeal a required report from the Secretary of the Air Force on military installation encroachment issues.
 
(Sec. 314) Includes an &quot;owner of covenant property&quot; among the entities that the Secretary may enter into agreements with for the cleanup of environmental hazards at former defense sites.
 

Subtitle C: Workplace and Depot Issues -
 (Sec. 321) Requires proceeds from the sale by the Army of an article or service that results from a cooperative arrangement with a non-Army entity to be credited to the working capital fund that incurs the cost of manufacturing the article or performing the service.
 
(Sec. 322) Prohibits a DOD function performed by ten or more civilian employees from being converted to contractor performance unless the conversion is based on the results of a public-private competition process with specified requirements, including a formal civilian vs. contractor cost comparison and a most efficient organization plan. Prohibits a commercial or industrial type function currently being performed by DOD personnel from being modified, reorganized, divided, or otherwise changed in order to circumvent the above prohibition. Authorizes the Secretary to waive the competition requirement in specific circumstances involving national security.
 
(Sec. 323) Directs the Secretary to establish a pilot program to examine the use of the public-private competition process of Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 and functions currently being performed by contractors that could be performed by civilian DOD employees. Requires a report from the Secretary on results of the competitions conducted. Terminates the pilot program three years after the enactment of this Act.
 
(Sec. 324) Expresses the sense of Congress that when public-private competitions are held, competing parties (DOD civilian employees vs. contractors) should receive comparable treatment throughout the competition regarding access to relevant information and legal standing to challenge the manner in which a competition has been conducted.
 

Subtitle D: Extension of Program Authorities -
 (Sec. 331) Amends the Bob Stump NDAA for Fiscal Year 2003 (Stump Act) to extend through FY: (1) 2010 the authority to provide logistics support and services for weapons systems contractors; and (2) 2008 the authority for contractor performance of security guard functions. Requires contracts for the performance of security guard functions awarded on or after September 30, 2006, to be awarded using full and open competition.
 

Subtitle E: Utah Test and Training Range -
 (Sec. 342) States that nothing in this subtitle or the Wilderness Act shall preclude: (1) low-level overflights and operations of military aircraft, helicopters, missiles, or unmanned aerial vehicles over the covered wilderness (certain areas in and surrounding the Utah Test and Training Range); or (2) the designation of new units of special use airspace, the expansion of existing units of such airspace, or the use or establishment of military training routes over the covered wilderness. States that nothing in this subtitle shall be construed to: (1) prevent any required maintenance of existing communications and tracking systems; or (2) permit a military operation to be conducted on the ground in covered wilderness in the Range unless the operation is otherwise permissible under federal law and consistent with the Wilderness Act.
 
(Sec. 343) Requires the Secretary of the Interior to develop maintain, and revise land use plans within the Range in consultation with the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to prepare and transmit to the Secretary of the Interior an analysis of the military readiness and operational impacts of any revision proposed by the Secretary of the Interior. Limits authority to grant or issue rights-of way on such lands.
 
(Sec. 344) Designates the Cedar Mountain Wilderness in Tooele County, Utah, as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Withdraws such lands from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under public land, leasing, and mining laws. Continues current fish and wildlife management and grazing rights within such lands. Releases such lands from wilderness study area status.
 
(Sec. 345) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to identify approximately 640 additional acres of Bureau of Land Management land in Utah to be administered in trust for the benefit of the Skull Valley Band of Goshutes.
 

Subtitle F: Other Matters -
 (Sec. 351) Prohibits the Secretary of a military department from carrying out a significant modification (costing $1 million or more) of an aircraft, weapon, vessel, or other equipment that the Secretary plans to retire or otherwise dispose of within five years after the date on which the modification, if carried out, would be completed. Makes an exception for a safety modification. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to waive such prohibition for national security purposes (requiring notification thereof to the defense and appropriations committees).
 
(Sec. 352) Prohibits DOD O&M funds from being used to purchase any item that has an investment item unit cost greater than $250,000.
 
(Sec. 353) Authorizes the provision of DOD logistics support for certain national or international paralympic sporting events. Limits such support to $1 million per fiscal year.
 
(Sec. 354) Directs the Secretary to include with the defense budget materials for FY2007-2011 a report describing the models used to prepare budget requests for base operations support, sustainment, and facilities recapitalization.
 
(Sec. 355) Requires the Secretary of the Army to conduct an assessment of Army programs for the prepositioning of equipment and other materiel stocks. Directs: (1) such Secretary to report on the assessment; and (2) the CG to submit an independent review of the assessment.
 
(Sec. 356) Directs the Secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security to report jointly regarding the effect on military readiness of undocumented immigrants trespassing upon operational ranges. Requires a joint plan for the implementation of measures to prevent such trespass. Requires follow-up implementation reports.
 
(Sec. 357) Requires the Secretary, at least 30 days before approving, disapproving, or establishing a formal opinion regarding the placement of any liquefied natural gas facility, pipeline, or related structure on or near a military installation, range, or other military lands, to submit a report detailing the justification for the approval, disapproval, or opinion.
 
(Sec. 358) Directs the Secretary to report the results of a study evaluating the merits of allowing the Army and Air Force Exchange System to manage Army lodging. Sets an Army lodging privatization limitation pending such report.
 

Title IV: Military Personnel Authorizations - Subtitle A: Active Forces - 
(Sec. 401) Sets forth authorized end strengths for active-duty forces as of the end of FY2006.
 
(Sec. 402) Revises, effective October 1, 2005, the permanent active-duty end strength minimum levels for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force.
 

Subtitle B: Reserve Forces -
 (Sec. 411) Sets forth authorized end strengths as of the end of FY2006 for members of the Selected Reserve and reserve personnel on active duty in support of the reserves.
 
(Sec. 413) Sets forth minimum end strengths for FY2006 for Army and Air Force dual status military technicians.
 
(Sec. 414) Places specified FY2006 limits on the number of non-dual status technicians authorized to be employed by the Army and Air National Guard and Reserves.
 
(Sec. 415) Provides the maximum number of reserve personnel authorized during FY2006 to be on active duty for operational support.
 

Subtitle C: Authorizations of Appropriations -
 (Sec. 421) Authorizes appropriations for FY2006 for: (1) military personnel; and (2) the Armed Forces Retirement Home.
 

Title V: Military Personnel Policy - Subtitle A: Officer Personnel Policy - 
(Sec. 501) Provides a temporary increase, for the period beginning on October 1, 2005, and ending on December 31, 2007, in the percentage of certain officers in each military department for whom a reduction in the service-in-grade requirement will be permitted.
 
(Sec. 502) Renews, for the same period as above, the authority to reduce the minimum commissioned officer service requirement prior to voluntary retirement as an officer.
 
(Sec. 503) Authorizes separation from military service at age 64 for specified reserve senior officers.
 
(Sec. 504) Provides: (1) an exclusion from grade distribution (end strength) limitations for senior officers transitioning between positions or awaiting retirement; and (2) special requirements (including a report) with respect to officers whose transition period exceeds conditional maximum authorized periods. Prohibits frocking (wearing the insignia of the next higher grade prior to the official date of promotion to that grade) to grades above major general and rear admiral.
 
(Sec. 505) Consolidates grade limitations on officer assignment and frocking within the military departments.
 
(Sec. 506) Allows a general/flag officer position on the Joint Staff to be held by a reserve general or flag officer serving on active duty.
 
(Sec. 507) Authorizes (with exceptions) the retention of permanent professors at the Naval Academy beyond 30 years of active commissioned service. Requires the following officers, unless retired or separated earlier, to be retired on the month following the month on which such officer becomes 64 years of age: (1) a permanent professor or director of admissions of the US Military Academy; (2) a permanent professor at the Naval Academy; or (3) a permanent professor or registrar of the US Air Force Academy.
 
(Sec. 508) Authorizes the President to appoint a flag officer of the Coast Guard as the Chief of Staff to the President.
 
(Sec. 510) Equals the grade of senior dental officer of the Air Force to that of senior dental officer of the Army.
 

Subtitle B: Reserve Component Management -
 (Sec. 511) Authorizes the use of veterans' educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill, as well as benefits for mobilized members of the Selected Reserve and National Guard, for payments of up to $2,000 for a license or certification in an educational, professional, or vocational trade.
 
(Sec. 512) Revises, generally, the eligibility criteria for the new reserve educational benefit for certain active-duty service in support of contingency operations. Allows educational assistance to be provided to a member of the Selected Reserve when the member incurs a break in service of not more than 90 days, as long as the member continues to serve in the Ready Reserve.
 
(Sec. 513) Defers mandatory separation from military service for dual status military technicians until such a technician reaches age 60 and attains eligibility for an unreduced military annuity.
 
(Sec. 514) Provides military retirement credit for certain service performed by National Guard personnel in specified counties in New York and Arlington County, Virginia, while in a state duty status immediately after the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001.
 
(Sec. 515) Authorizes a state governor to order the National Guard of that state to perform full-time National Guard duty for providing, on a reimbursable basis, military support to a civilian law enforcement agency for domestic counter-terrorism activities. Requires reimbursement to such states through the Chief of the National Guard Bureau. Prohibits any such support assistance if its provision will adversely affect U.S. military preparedness.
 

Subtitle C: Education and Training -
 (Sec. 521) Repeals the limitation on the amount of financial assistance authorized under the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program.
 
(Sec. 522) Increases from ten to 25 the authorized enrollment in the defense product development program at the Naval Postgraduate School. Includes systems engineering within the authorized curriculums for such program.
 
(Sec. 523) Authorizes the Secretary, and the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating under the Navy, to pay expenses, including examination costs, for members to obtain professional credentials.
 
(Sec. 524) Authorizes the President of the National Defense University to award the degree of master of science in joint campaign planning and strategy.
 
(Sec. 525) Extends through December 31, 2006, the authority to use DOD-appropriated funds to provide recognition items for the recruitment and retention of certain reserve personnel.
 
(Sec. 526) Directs the Secretary of the Navy to report on such Secretary's plans for a program to provide enlisted naval personnel with opportunities to pursue graduate degree programs either through Navy schools or schools paid by the Navy in return for an additional service obligation.
 
(Sec. 527) Increases from 208 to 416 the authorized annual limit on ROTC scholarships under the Army Reserve and National Guard programs.
 
(Sec. 528) Requires the Secretary to direct the National Defense University to ensure that visits to China and Taiwan are an integral part of the field study programs conducted by the University under its military education program, and that such program includes at least one annual visit to each of those countries.
 
(Sec. 529) Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary should establish within the National Defense University the National College of Homeland Security for providing strategic-level homeland security and homeland defense education and related research to civilian and military leaders from all governmental agencies.
 

Subtitle D: General Service Requirements -
 (Sec. 531) Provides uniform enlistment standards for all branches of the Armed Forces. Repeals service-specific provisions.
 
(Sec. 532) Increases from six to eight years the maximum term of original enlistment in the regular (non-reserve) service.
 
(Sec. 533) Requires each individual, upon commencing their period of initial service in the regular service or the Ready Reserve, to be provided the date on which such military obligation ends. Prohibits the Secretary concerned from issuing to a member of the Individual Ready Reserve who has completed their initial military service obligation an order for an involuntary mobilization or recall to active duty, unless such member has entered into a new service agreement that commits the member beyond their initial service obligation period.
 
(Sec. 534) Includes as qualifying service under the National Call to Service Program certain military occupational specialties for enlistments for officer training and subsequent service as an officer.
 

Subtitle E: Matters Relating to Casualties -
 (Sec. 541) Directs the Secretary concerned, upon the enlistment or appointment of an individual in the Armed Forces, to require the individual to designate in writing the person authorized to direct the disposition of the individual's remains in the event of death during service. Requires reconfirmation of such designation whenever the individual is deployed as part of a contingency operation or other hazardous circumstance.
 
(Sec. 542) Provides that, whenever a member of the Armed Forces dies or becomes seriously injured or ill while on active duty under circumstances for which a military death gratuity is paid, the Secretary concerned shall provide for the assignment of a Casualty Assistance Officer to assist the family members of such member. Authorizes the continuation of such assistance until the Secretary concerned determines that the family is no longer in need of such assistance. Provides for training and oversight for such Officers.
 
(Sec. 543) Directs the Secretary to: (1) examine the military programs that provide assistance to members who incur severe wounds or injuries in the line of duty; and (2) develop standards and guidelines to coordinate and standardize such programs with activities of the Severely Injured Joint Support Operations Center of DOD, established as of February 1, 2005.
 
(Sec. 544) Authorizes active-duty members with disabilities to participate in the Paralympic Games.
 

Subtitle F: Military Justice and Legal Assistance Matters -
 (Sec. 551) Allows a judge advocate or civilian attorney who is authorized to provide military legal assistance to provide that assistance in any jurisdiction (without regard to other licensing or bar certification requirements).
 
(Sec. 552) Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) to allow the use of videoteleconferencing technology in administrative (non-trial) sessions of a court-martial proceeding.
 
(Sec. 553) Includes under military offenses with no statute of limitations offenses involving murder, rape, or rape of a child. Provides special rules with respect to child abuse offenses.
 
(Sec. 554) Establishes the offense of stalking under the UCMJ.
 
(Sec. 555) Revises UCMJ provisions concerning the offense of rape and carnal knowledge to add the following offenses involving sexual misconduct: (1) rape of a child; (2) aggravated sexual assault; (3) aggravated sexual assault of a child; (4) aggravated sexual contact; (5) aggravated sexual abuse of a child; (6) aggravated sexual contact with a child; (7) abusive sexual contact; (8) abusive sexual contact with a child; (9) indecent liberty with a child; (10) indecent conduct; (11) forcible pandering; (12) wrongful sexual contact; and (13) indecent exposure. Outlines provisions with respect to burden of proof, affirmative defenses, and adequate consent. Provides interim maximum punishments with respect to such offenses.
 

Subtitle G: Assistance to Local Educational Agencies for Defense Dependents Education -
 (Sec. 561) Amends the Defense Dependents' Education Act of 1978 to authorize the enrollment in overseas schools of the the defense dependents' education system of children of US citizens or nationals hired in overseas areas as full-time DOD employees.
 
(Sec. 562) Directs the Secretary to provide financial assistance to an eligible local educational agency (LEA) if, without such assistance, the LEA would be unable to provide students in the schools of the LEA with a level of education that is equivalent to the minimum level available in schools of other LEAs in the same state. Considers an LEA eligible if at least 20 percent of the students of the schools of that LEA were military dependent students as defined under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Directs the Secretary to provide financial assistance to schools experiencing specified levels of enrollment changes due to military base closures, force structure changes, or force relocations. Earmarks specified DOD O&M funds for such purpose.
 
(Sec. 563) Provides a special rule with respect to the computation of impact aid assistance to an LEA for school year 2005-2006 in the case of attendance of military dependents of certain members of the Armed Forces who undergo a change in status during that school year.
 

Subtitle H: Decorations and Awards -
 (Sec. 565) Directs the Secretary concerned to issue a Cold War Victory Medal to certain military personnel who served during the Cold War (the period beginning September 2, 1945, and ending December 26, 1991).
 
(Sec. 566) Directs the Secretary concerned to issue a Combat Medevac Badge to each person who served in combat on or after June 25, 1950, as a pilot or crew member of a helicopter medical evacuation ambulance.
 
(Sec. 567) Makes September 11, 2001, the beginning date of Operation Enduring Freedom for purposes of eligibility for the campaign medal for that Operation.
 

Subtitle I: Other Matters -
 (Sec. 571) Amends the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2003 to extend through FY2007 the repayment waiver authority of the Secretary of Education with respect to student financial assistance during a war or other military operation or a national emergency.
 
(Sec. 572) Allows a member of the Armed Forces adopting a child up to 21 days of leave in a calendar year in connection with such adoption, as long as the member is eligible for DOD reimbursement of qualified adoption expenses.
 
(Sec. 573) Directs the Secretary to: (1) review the career tracks of members who are linguists in an effort to improve the management of linguists and to assist them in reaching their potential over a 20-year career; and (2) report review results.
 
(Sec. 574) Makes a member eligible to be assigned to all positions for which qualified, except that female members shall be excluded from assignments to units below brigade level the primary mission of which is to engage in direct ground combat. Authorizes additional female-member assignment restrictions. Requires the Secretary or Secretary of a military department, when proposing changes to female-member assignment policies, to notify the defense committees. Directs the Secretary to report on all assignments that were reported to Congress on July 28, 1994, as being closed to females but have since been opened. Includes within such report a list of units, positions, etc. that are still closed to females.
 

Title VI: Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits - Subtitle A: Pay and Allowances -
 (Sec. 601) Waives any FY2006 pay increases tied to increases in the General Schedule of Compensation for government employees. Increases, effective January 1, 2006, by 3.1 percent the rates of basic pay for military personnel.
 
(Sec. 602) Includes professors at the US Naval Academy under provisions authorizing additional pay for permanent military professors with over 36 years of service.
 
(Sec. 603) States that reserve personnel attending military academy preparatory schools shall be paid at the rate prescribed for that member's pay grade or the rate provided to academy cadets and midshipmen, whichever is greater.
 
(Sec. 604) Includes members of the National Guard not in federal service under a prohibition against compensation for work associated with participation in a correspondence course of a uniformed service.
 
(Sec. 605) Makes permanent (currently terminates at the end of FY2006) the authority of the Secretary concerned to pay a supplemental subsistence allowance for low-income members with dependents.
 
(Sec. 606) Provides an equal rate of basic allowance for housing for reserve members who are mobilized to serve on active duty for more than 30 days, or for less than 30 days in connection with a contingency operation, as is currently provided for similarly situated active-duty personnel.
 
(Sec. 607) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to continue to pay a family residing overseas a cost-of-living allowance, notwithstanding the reassignment of the service member that is the sponsor of the family, when it is in the best interests of the government and the family. Redefines as unusual and extraordinary those expenses eligible for lump-sum payment of such allowance.
 
(Sec. 608) Directs the Secretary concerned to make civilian income replacement payments to certain reserve personnel experiencing extended and frequent mobilization for active-duty service. Requires a member, to be eligible, to: (1) complete 18 continuous months of service on active duty under a mobilization order; (2) complete 24 months on active duty during the previous 60 months under such an order; or (3) be involuntarily mobilized for service on active duty six months or less after the member's separation from a previous period of active duty. Limits the FY2006 obligation of funds for such payments.
 

Subtitle B: Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays - 
(Sec. 611) Extends through 2006 specified authorities currently scheduled to expire at the end of 2005 with respect to certain special pay and bonus programs within the regular and reserve Armed Forces.
 
(Sec. 615) Eliminates a restriction barring military dentists from being paid additional special pay while undergoing dental internship or residency training.
 
(Sec. 616) Increases from $300 to $750 the maximum authorized monthly rate of hardship duty pay.
 
(Sec. 617) Allows assignment incentive pay to be paid either monthly (current law), in a lump sum, or in installments other than monthly.
 
(Sec. 618) Increases from $60,000 to $90,000 the maximum selective reenlistment bonus authorized for active-duty personnel. Extends the maximum years of active-duty service beyond which a reenlistment bonus may not be paid from 16 to 20 years. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to waive bonus eligibility requirements in times of war or national emergency.
 
(Sec. 619) Extends the maximum years of reserve service beyond which a reenlistment bonus may not be paid from 16 to 20 years. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to waive bonus eligibility requirements in times of war or national emergency.
 
(Sec. 620) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to pay an affiliation bonus to an enlisted member who: (1) has completed less than 20 years of military service; and (2) executes an agreement to serve in the Selected Reserve for a period of not less than three years. Limits such bonus to $15,000. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to pay an accession bonus to a person who: (1) has not previously served in the Armed Forces; and (2) executes an agreement to serve in the Selected Reserve for a period of not less than three years. Limits that bonus to $15,000. Allows lump-sum or installment payments with respect to each bonus. Requires bonus repayment for agreed-upon periods not served. Terminates both bonus authorities at the end of 2006. Limits the FY2006 obligation of funds for such bonuses.
 
(Sec. 621) Eliminates the requirement that members with prior military service must first complete their military service obligation in order to be eligible to receive a bonus for enlisting in the Selected Reserve.
 
(Sec. 622) Increases from $20,000 to $30,000 the enlistment bonus paid to new recruits.
 
(Sec. 623) Authorizes the Secretary to retroactively designate the period during which duty in a specific area will qualify a member to receive hostile fire or imminent danger special pay.
 
(Sec. 624) Increases from: (1) $25,000 to $30,000 the maximum bonus paid to nuclear-qualified officers who extend their active-duty service; and (2) $10,000 to $14,000 the maximum amount of the nuclear career annual incentive bonus.
 
(Sec. 626) Changes foreign language proficiency pay from a monthly pay to an annual bonus of up to $12,000 while a member remains certified in that language. Provides for installment or lump sum options for such pay for both active and reserve personnel.
 
(Sec. 627) Authorizes payment to reserve members of the critical skill retention bonus (currently only authorized for active-duty personnel). Authorizes the Secretary to establish such other criteria for the payment of such bonus as considered appropriate. Eliminates the prohibition on payment for service beyond 25 years for: (1) members serving in special operations skills designated as critical; and (2) members qualified for duty in connection with supervision, operation, and maintenance of naval nuclear propulsion plants. Requires pro rata bonus repayment for bonus periods not served.
 
(Sec. 628) Authorizes nursing students enrolled in ROTC programs for advanced training to receive a critical skills accession bonus of up to $5,000 as long as they have completed the second year of an accredited baccalaureate degree program and execute an agreement to serve on active duty as a commissioned officer in the Army Nurse Corps. Authorizes such bonus payments for agreements executed on or after October 5, 2004.
 

Subtitle C: Travel and Transportation Allowances -
 (Sec. 641) Expands the circumstances under which members may continue to receive the lodging portion of temporary duty per diem during absences from the temporary duty location to include absences approved by the member's unit commander.
 
(Sec. 642) Increases from one to three years after the death of a member while serving on active duty the time allowed for surviving family members to select a residence for which they may receive travel and transportation allowances.
 
(Sec. 643) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to provide travel and transportation allowances for up to three family members of a member on active duty who was held captive or was otherwise missing to the location where the member has been repatriated.
 
(Sec. 644) Increases the authorized weight allowances for the shipment of household goods of senior noncommissioned officers in grades E-7 through E-9.
 

Subtitle D: Retired Pay and Survivor Benefits -
 (Sec. 651) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to pay to state officials on a monthly basis (currently quarterly) funds voluntarily withheld from retired or retainer pay for state tax purposes.
 
(Sec. 652) Allows members who are qualified for active duty retirement to continue to serve in an active reserve status and remain eligible for a reserve retirement at age 60 without being required to be formally retired under the applicable active duty authority (as required under current law).
 
(Sec. 653) Expands the circumstances under which military funeral honors may be denied to include when circumstances surrounding the person's death or other circumstances involving the individual are such that to provide military honors would bring discredit to the military department concerned.
 
(Sec. 654) Authorizes the payment of child support, from a member's retired pay already received, to a dependent child when the member's retired pay eligibility has been terminated because of abuse of a spouse that resulted in the death of that spouse. Requires such payment after the effective service of a court order.
 
(Sec. 655) Reduces by four years and three months the current ten-year phased implementation of full concurrent receipt of veterans' disability compensation and military retired pay for retirees receiving veterans' disability compensation at the rate payable for 100 percent disability by reason of a determination of individual unemployability, allowing such retirees to receive full payment of both on October 1, 2009, and thereafter.
 
(Sec. 656) Allows veterans who participate in the Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) and elect the insurable interest coverage (member plus beneficiary after the member's death) to rename their insurable interest if their original beneficiary dies. Provides transition provisions.
 

Subtitle E: Commissary and Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentality Benefits - 
(Sec. 661) Authorizes the Secretary to increase the maximum amount that may be paid to commissary and exchange services to procure goods and services overseas for use by US military forces from $50,000 to $100,000 per contract.
 
(Sec. 662) Provides that until December 31, 2010, the Defense Commissary Agency is not required to conduct any cost-comparison study under Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 relating to the possible contracting out of commissary store functions.
 
(Sec. 663) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to provide information technology equipment and Internet access to military personnel and their families residing in facilities operated by nonappropriated funds while the member receives medical treatment.
 
(Sec. 664) Requires that appropriated funds be used to pay for all expenses to ship goods for sale to members by commissaries and exchanges located outside the continental United States.
 
(Sec. 665) Authorizes the appropriate Secretary to grant nonappropriated fund employees compensatory time off instead of overtime pay for overtime work when requested by the employee (thereby making such practice consistent with similar rules within the federal civilian personnel system).
 

Subtitle F: Other Matters -
 (Sec. 671) Adds the Senior Enlisted Advisor for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) to the list of senior enlisted personnel designated to receive the highest level of pay for an enlisted member, effective on the date of appointment to such position. Authorizes the individual so appointed to receive: (1) a personal money allowance; (2) the pay associated with the position while hospitalized or while on terminal leave; and (3) retired pay based on such position.
 
(Sec. 672) States that the pay and allowances of an enlisted or warrant officer grade formerly held by an officer may continue to be paid only when the officer continues to perform the duty that created the entitlement to or eligibility for the pay or allowances.
 
(Sec. 673) Consolidates into one section various federal provisions outlining procedures for the repayment of unearned portions of military bonuses, special pays, and educational benefits. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to establish for all such pay and benefit programs procedures for determining the amount of the repayment required and the circumstances under which an exception to the repayment requirement may be granted.
 
(Sec. 674) Authorizes military personnel assigned to a deployable ship, mobile unit, or other designated units to accumulate up to 120 days of leave without having to serve on active duty for a continuous period of 120 days.
 
(Sec. 675) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to pay a bonus of up to $1,000 to a member who refers to an Army recruiter a person who has not previously served in the Armed Forces and who, after such referral, enlists in the Regular Army or Army Reserve. Prohibits such bonus for referral of an immediate family member. Terminates such authority after December 31, 2007.
 
(Sec. 676) Directs the Secretary to reimburse under a specified formula reserve personnel who are tobacco producers and who suffered reduced compensation under the Fair and Equitable Tobacco Reform Act of 2004 because of mobilization to serve on active duty for more than 30 days. Requires such personnel, in order to be eligible for reimbursement, to have been a producer of quota tobacco during at least two of the three tobacco marketing years before the 2002 marketing year.
 

Title VII: Health Care Provisions - Subtitle A: Tricare Program Improvements - 
(Sec. 701) Allows mental health counselors, without prior physician referral or supervision, to be reimbursed for services provided to beneficiaries under the TRICARE program (a managed DOD health care program). Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 1995 to allow mental health counselors to enter into personal services contracts with DOD to provide services to TRICARE beneficiaries. Requires such counselors to meet DOD-established licensure requirements.
 
(Sec. 702) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2004 to require more detailed information from providers within an annual survey of the TRICARE Standard health care program.
 
(Sec. 703) Allows Selected Reserve personnel to extend their TRICARE coverage (entitled TRICARE Reserve Select (TRS)) when they are recalled to active duty. Permits qualified reserve personnel who are involuntarily retired to continue under TRS until their originally-authorized coverage period ends. Allows certain Individual Ready Reserve members a period of one year following release from active duty to find a position in the Selected Reserve without losing TRS eligibility. Extends to 120 days after a member's release from active duty the time such member has to elect participation in TRS. Extends TRS coverage for family members until six months after the death of the qualifying member. Includes within TRS coverage access to care in military medical treatment facilities.
 
(Sec. 704) Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a study of providing chiropractic health care services to certain military personnel and their dependents; (2) revise a chiropractic health care plan required under the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2001; and (3) report on the study and revised plan.
 
(Sec. 705) Includes as an &quot;eligible dependent&quot; for purposes of TRICARE dental coverage surviving spouses who were on active duty at the time their military spouses died.
 
(Sec. 706) Authorizes the Secretary to waive restrictions with regard to TRICARE Prime Remote coverage for active duty members that reside at a remote location when the Secretary determines that exceptional circumstances warrant such coverage.
 

Subtitle B: Other Matters -
 (Sec. 711) Amends the Floyd D. Spence NDAA for Fiscal Year 2001 (Spence Act) to authorize the Patient Safety Center to be relocated to a place other than within the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. Renames the MedTeams Program as Medical Team Training.
 
(Sec. 712) Revises health care quality information and technology reporting requirements under the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2000.
 
(Sec. 713) Authorizes military health care benefits in advance of the active-duty reporting date for Senior ROTC graduates who have been commissioned and have received orders for active duty.
 
(Sec. 714) Prohibits a department Secretary from converting any military medical position to a civilian medical position until the Secretary submits to the defense committees a certification that the conversion will not increase cost or decrease quality of or access to health care. Directs the CG to study the effect of such conversions on the defense health program, and to report study results to the defense committees.
 
(Sec. 715) Amends the Reagan Act to state that references in such Act to medical readiness, health status, and health care includes dental readiness, dental status, and dental care.
 
(Sec. 716) Directs the Secretary of the Navy to conduct an outreach program to contact all members and former members who, in connection with service aboard Navy ships, may have been exposed to aerosolized particles resulting from the removal of nonskid coating used on such ships. Requires such Secretary to begin the outreach program within six months after the enactment of this Act and to report on program results.
 
(Sec. 717) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out activities to foster the early identification and treatment of mental health and substance abuse problems experienced by members of the Armed Forces, with special emphasis on those who have served in a theater of combat operations within the preceding 12 months.
 

Title VIII: Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, and Related Matters - Subtitle A: Provisions Relating to Major Defense Acquisition Programs - 
(Sec. 801) Prohibits a major defense acquisition program (MDAP) from receiving Milestone B approval, or Key Decision Point B approval in the case of a space program, until the Secretary makes specified certifications with respect to the technology testing, mission requirements, and affordability of the MDAP. Requires the certification to be submitted to the defense and appropriations committees at least 30 days before any such approval. Authorizes the Secretary to waive certification requirements when, but for such waiver, DOD would be unable to meet national security objectives.
 
(Sec. 802) Requires the Secretary concerned, if the percentage increase in the program acquisition or procurement unit cost of an MDAP exceeds 15 percent, to initiate an analysis of alternatives for the MDAP, under specified guidelines. Requires the analysis to be: (1) completed within one year of initiation; and (2) submitted to the defense and appropriations committees.
 
(Sec. 803) Authorizes the Secretary, as part of of an MDAP baseline revision, to either return the program to Milestone B or Key Decision Point B or conduct a re-baseline for the program. Requires the Secretary to notify the defense and appropriations committees 30 days after any MDAP re-baselining.
 

Subtitle B: Acquisition Policy and Management - 
(Sec. 811) Makes prospective from the date of enactment provisions of the NDAA for Fiscal Year 1998 concerning statutory executive compensation caps under defense contracts.
 
(Sec. 812) Requires the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to be revised to include provisions that require the head of an executive agency, to the maximum extent practicable, to use commercially available online procurement services to purchase commercial items, including those services that allow the agency to conduct reverse auctions. Requires a report, after such revision, from the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy to specified congressional committees.
 
(Sec. 813) Directs the Secretary to establish a contingency contracting corps, to be implemented through a joint policy developed by the JCS Chairman under specified guidelines. Provides for corps operation and training. Requires a report from the Secretary concerning contingency contracting.
 
(Sec. 814) Directs the Secretary to include contracting operations in all relevant interagency planning operations of DOD related to stabilization and reconstruction operations. Requires a joint report from the Secretaries of Defense and State on lessons learned from carrying out contracting operations during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
 
(Sec. 815) Amends the Reagan Act to extend through FY2005 the inapplicability of the Randolph-Sheppard Act (provides self-support opportunites to blind persons through the operation of vending machines in federal facilities) to military mess facilities. Directs the Secretaries of Defense and Education to jointly issue, and report on, a statement of policy related to the implementation of the Randolph-Sheppard Act and the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act within the Departments of Defense and Education.
 
(Sec. 816) Directs the Secretary to study and report on DOD procurement contracts with small businesses owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans.
 
(Sec. 817) Prohibits the Secretary from contracting for the procurement of goods or services from beneficiaries of prohibited foreign subsidies under the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures. Applies such prohibition to joint ventures and to subcontracts and task orders. Makes the prohibition inapplicable to any contract under an MDAP that has received Milestone B approval.
 

Subtitle C: Amendments to General Contracting Authorities, Procedures, and Limitations - 
(Sec. 821) Provides the Secretary with identical authorities for the designation of both DOD civilian and military critical acquisition positions within the defense acquisition workforce.
 
(Sec. 822) Amends the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to use funds transferred from the Administrator of General Services at the Defense Acquisition University to train students in acquisition-related matters.
 
(Sec. 823) Increases from $500,000 to $550,000 the cost accounting standard threshold under the above Act.
 
(Sec. 824) Requires the Secretary to provide public notice of any waiver of domestic source requirements relating to clothing materials and covered components thereof within seven days after the award of a contract.
 
(Sec. 825) Directs the Secretary, in the case of any critical intelligence capability that is urgently needed to address a demonstrable, imminent, and urgent threat to national security that would likely result in combat fatalities or grave harm to US national security, to use specified procedures to accomplish the rapid acquisition and deployment of the needed capability. Limits to $20 million in a fiscal year the amount of critical intelligence capabilities so acquired. Requires notification to the defense and appropriations committees on the use of such authority.
 

Title IX: Department of Defense Organization and Management - Subtitle A: Department of Defense Management - 
(Sec. 901) Raises from Executive Level IV to III the level of basic pay for the Under Secretaries of the military departments.
 
(Sec. 902) Removes the requirement that: (1) the Director of the Department of Defense Test Resource Management Center be appointed from active-duty commissioned officers or senior DOD civilian officers and employees; and (2) a Deputy Director also be appointed.
 
(Sec. 903) Removes restrictions on the establishment of DOD regional centers for security studies, instead requiring the Secretary to administer such centers as international venues for bilateral and multilateral research, communication, and exchange of ideas involving military and civilian participants. Designates the specific centers. Authorizes the Secretary, at each center, to employ a Director, Deputy Director, and appropriate civilian professors, instructors, and lecturers. Provides for the payment of costs by attendees, authorizing the Secretary to waive reimbursement in specified cases. Requires an annual report from the Secretary on the operations of such centers. Standardizes the authority of such centers to accept gifts and donations.
 
(Sec. 904) Redesignates the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps. Makes: (1) redesignations with respect to the Secretary of the Navy and other statutory offices within each department; and (2) conforming amendments necessitated by such redesignation.
 

Subtitle B: Space Activities -
 (Sec. 911) Directs the Secretary to develop a Space Situational Awareness Strategy for ensuring freedom to operate U.S. space assets affecting national security. Requires the Strategy to be: (1) submitted to Congress by April 15, 2006; and (2) updated and resubmitted on such date every even-numbered year thereafter. Requires the Strategy to cover the 20-year period from 2006 through 2025.
 
(Sec. 912) Requires the Director of the National Security Space Office of DOD to provide for an independent assessment to develop and compare options for individual and block acquisition of the Advanced Extremely High Frequency space vehicles numbered 4 and 5 that will accomplish specified objectives in achieving interim improvements in the capabilities of satellite communications to meet military requirements through upgrades to current systems. Requires an options report from the Director.
 
(Sec. 913) Directs the Secretary to establish or designate a DOD organization to coordinate joint operationally responsive space payload technology. Requires the organization to produce an annual master plan. Directs the Secretary to award contracts for technology projects that support the focus areas set out in annual master plans. Requires a report from: (1) the Secretary on the creation of a joint program office for the Tactical Satellite Program and for transition of that Program out of the Office of Force Transformation; and (2) the DOD executive agent for space and the Director of the Missile Defense Agency to the defense committees on specified space and missile defense activities.
 

Subtitle C: Chemical Demilitarization Program - 
(Sec. 921) Amends the Strom Thurmond NDAA for Fiscal Year 1999 (Thurmond Act) to transfer from the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics to the Secretary of the Army responsibility for the Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives program. Requires such Secretary to continue to implement fully the alternative technology for the destruction of lethal chemical munitions at Pueblo Chemical Depot, Colorado, and Blue Grass Army Depot, Kentucky.
 
(Sec. 922) Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 to include federally-recognized Indian tribal governments within cooperative agreement authority under the chemical demilitarization program.
 

Subtitle D: Intelligence-Related Matters - 
(Sec. 931) Directs the Secretary to create and submit to Congress a strategy for integrating open-source intelligence into the military intelligence cycle.
 
(Sec. 932) Directs the Secretary to submit a report providing a comprehensive inventory of DOD intelligence and intelligence-related programs and projects.
 

Title X: General Provisions - Subtitle A: Financial Matters - 
(Sec. 1001) Authorizes the Secretary, in the national interest, to transfer up to $4 billion of the amounts made available to DOD in this Act between any such authorizations for that fiscal year, with limitations. Requires congressional notification of each transfer.
 
(Sec. 1002) Adjusts amounts authorized to be appropriated to the Departments of Energy and Defense for FY2005 in the Reagan Act by the amount by which appropriations pursuant to such authorizations were increased or decreased under the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terrorism, and Tsunami Relief, 2005.
 
(Sec. 1003) Amends the Reagan Act to increase its FY2005 general transfer authority.
 
(Sec. 1004) Directs the Secretary and the Secretaries of the military departments to report on the feasibility and desirability of using a capital budgeting system for the financing of MDAPs.
 

Subtitle B: Naval Vessels and Shipyards - 
(Sec. 1011) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to sell the: (1) yard floating drydock YFD-70 in Seattle, Washington, to Todd Pacific Shipyard Corporation, its current user; and (2) medium auxiliary floating drydock SUSTAIN in Duval County, Florida, to Atlantic Marine Property Holding Company, its current user.
 
(Sec. 1013) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to convey to the port authority of Port Arthur, Texas, the inactive medium auxiliary floating drydock AFDM-2, currently administered through the National Defense Reserve Fleet.
 
(Sec. 1014) Waives requirements for the continued listing on the Naval Vessel Register with respect to the USS IOWA. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to transfer such ship to the Port of Stockton, California.
 
(Sec. 1015) Directs the Secretary of the Navy to transfer the decommissioned destroyer ex-USS Forrest Sherman to the USS Forrest Sherman DDS-931 Foundation.
 
(Sec. 1016) Prohibits the Secretary concerned from contracting for the lease or charter of a vessel for a term of more than 24 months if the hull, or part of the hull or superstructure, of such vessel is constructed in a foreign shipyard. Authorizes the President to waive such prohibition in the national security interest (requiring congressional notification in such case).
 

Subtitle C: Counter-Drug Activities - 
(Sec. 1021) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 1991 to extend through FY2011 DOD authority to provide specified support for counter-drug activities of other federal departments and agencies, or of any state, local, or foreign law enforcement agency.
 
(Sec. 1022) Amends the Spence Act to require an additional report (the report requirement terminated in 2002) regarding DOD expenditures in FY2005 in support of foreign government counter-drug activities.
 
(Sec. 1023) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2004 to state that a joint task force supporting law enforcement agencies conducting counter-drug activities may use funds available for that activity to also support counter-terrorism activities of those agencies.
 

Subtitle D: Matters Related to Homeland Security - 
(Sec. 1031) Amends the Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 1996 to designate the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense as the DOD official responsible for coordinating DOD assistance to federal, state, and local government officials dealing with chemical and biological emergency response. Expands those responsibilities to include nuclear, radiological, and high yield explosives.
 
(Sec. 1032) Makes the Secretary of Homeland Security (currently, Defense) responsible for the testing of preparedness involving nuclear, radiological, chemical, biological, and high-yield explosives at the federal, state, and local levels.
 
(Sec. 1033) Makes the Secretary of Homeland Security (currently, the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency) responsible for requesting DOD assistance in a weapons of mass destruction emergency response.
 
(Sec. 1034) Repeals the DOD emergency response assistance program under the Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 1996.
 

Subtitle E: Other Matters - 
(Sec. 1041) Establishes the Commission on the Long-Term Implementation of the New Strategic Posture of the United States to: (1) review the long-term of the Nuclear Posture Review (conducted under requirements of the Spence Act); (2) make appropriate recommendations following such review; and (3) report on its findings and conclusions. Requires the Secretary to report on the Commission's findings and recommendations.
 
(Sec. 1042) Reestablishes the Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse Attack, as originally established under the Spence Act. Directs the Commission to monitor, investigate, make recommendations, and report on the evolving threat to the United States from electromagnetic pulse attack resulting from the detonation of a nuclear weapon or weapons at high altitude. Requires annual Commission reports. Terminates the Commission on May 1, 2010.
 
(Sec. 1043) Amends the Internal Security Act of 1950 to revise provisions concerning penalties for violations of defense property and facilities security regulations and orders. Allows the delegation of the authority to issue security regulations at certain facilities to civilian directors of those facilities (currently, such authority is limited to uniformed military officers). Makes other technical and conforming amendments to reflect changes in law made since the enactment of such Act.
 
(Sec. 1044) Expands DOD counterintelligence polygraph authority to authorize the administering of polygraph examinations to individuals whose duties involve assistance in intelligence or military missions where the misuse of information could: (1) jeopardize human life or safety; (2) result in the loss of unique or uniquely productive intelligence sources or methods vital to US national security; or (3) compromise technologies, operational plans, or security procedures vital to the strategic advantage of the United States and its allies. Provides exceptions from coverage for certain intelligence agencies and functions. Outlines polygraph examination standards. Directs the Secretary to carry out a continuing research program to support DOD polygraph examination activities.
 
(Sec. 1045) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2004 to repeal a report requirement on global strike capability for FY2006.
 
(Sec. 1046) Makes technical and conforming amendments and deletes obsolete definitions under federal Armed Forces and National Guard provisions.
 

Title XI: Civilian Personnel Matters - 
(Sec. 1101) Extends through FY2010 the authority: (1) for certain individuals to elect continued health benefits coverage for up to 18 months after an involuntary separation, or voluntary separation due to a reduction in force; (2) of the Secretary of DOD or a military department to substitute an employee's voluntary separation from service for another employee who would otherwise be separated involuntarily under a reduction in force; and (3) of such Secretaries to pay severance pay in one lump sum.
 
(Sec. 1104) Allows the head of an agency to determine the length of service an employee must perform in return for training provided by the U.S. Government.
 
(Sec. 1105) Authorizes the head of an agency to waive the annual limitation on the total compensation paid to federal civilian employees in the case of an employee who performs work overseas in an area of responsibility of the commander of the U.S. Central Command in direct support of, or directly related to, a military operation. Prohibits the total annual compensation of such an employee from exceeding $200,000.
 
(Sec. 1106) Authorizes the head of an agency to provide travel and transportation allowances for the transportation of family members incident to the repatriation of employees held captive.
 
(Sec. 1107) Amends the Reagan Act to make permanent (currently a pilot program terminating on October 28, 2007) the science, mathematics, and research for transformation (SMART) defense scholarship program. Codifies such program into federal Armed Forces law.
 

Title XII: Matters Relating to Foreign Nations - Subtitle A: Assistance and Training - 
(Sec. 1201) Increases from $5 million to $10 million the funding authorized for equipment, services, and supplies in support of DOD activities in certain nations to detect and clear landmines. Includes &quot;surgical&quot; within the types of humanitarian and civic assistance authorized in rural, underserved areas of the world.
 
(Sec. 1202) Earmarks DOD O&M funds for the Commander's Emergency Response Program (urgent humanitarian and reconstruction relief for Iraq and Afghanistan). Requires quarterly reports from the Secretary on the source and allocation of such funds. Provides fund use limitations.
 
(Sec. 1203) Directs the Secretary to undertake a program of senior military officer and senior official exchanges with Taiwan designed to improve Taiwan's defenses against the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China. Requires exchanges to be conducted in both the United States and Taiwan.
 
(Sec. 1204) Authorizes the Secretary to pay the travel, subsistence, and other personnel expenses for defense personnel from developing countries to attend a conference, seminar, or similar meeting within (current law) or between an area of responsibility of the unified combatant command in which the developing country is located.
 
(Sec. 1205) Authorizes the Secretary to enter into acquisition and cross-servicing agreements with regional international organizations of which the United States is not a member.
 
(Sec. 1206) Extends through FY2007 the authority of the Secretary to pay for certain administrative services and support for coalition liaison officers.
 

Subtitle B: Nonproliferation Matters and Countries of Concern - 
(Sec. 1211) Expresses the sense of Congress in support of the Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000. Requires a joint report from the Secretary and the JCS Chairman that examines the strategic and military implications of the acquisition by Iran of nuclear weapons during the five-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act.
 
(Sec. 1212) States that it is the policy of the United States to deny the People's Republic of China such defense goods and defense technology that could be used to threaten the United States or undermine the security of Taiwan or the stability of the Western Pacific region. Provides a five-year sanction against the procurement by DOD of goods or services from any foreign person that has provided such goods or services to the People's Republic of China. Provides sanction exceptions.
 
(Sec. 1213) Prohibits the Secretary from procuring goods or services from any Communist Chinese military company.
 

Subtitle C: Other Matters - 
(Sec. 1221) Provides that, whenever elements of U.S. Armed Forces are engaged in ongoing military operations in a country, the Secretary may, for purposes of force protection there, purchase weapons from any foreign person, government, international organization, or other entity located in that country. Limits to $15 million the total that may be expended in a fiscal year for such purpose. Requires an annual report from the Secretary on the exercise of such authority.
 
(Sec. 1222) Directs the Secretary, as part of the Global Posture Review, to develop criteria for assessing specified factors in deciding whether to seek agreement with a foreign country to establish or maintain in that country a main operating base, forward operating base, or cooperative security location. Directs the Secretary to provide Congress, as an element of the annual DOD budget, information regarding funding sources for changes to individual bases or locations.
 

Title XIII: Cooperative Threat Reduction With States of the Former Soviet Union - 
(Sec. 1301) Specifies the cooperative threat reduction (CTR) programs to be funded through O&M funds provided under this Act. Makes funds appropriated for such purposes available for three years. Allocates such funds among specified CTR programs. Prohibits such funds from being used for purposes other than those specified until 30 days after the Secretary reports on the new purposes. Provides limited authority to vary allocated amounts in the national interest, after congressional notification.
 
(Sec. 1303) Authorizes the Secretary, in the national interest, to obligate funds appropriated for FY2006 for weapons of mass destruction proliferation prevention in the states of the former Soviet Union for nuclear weapons transportation security in Russia, after congressional notification.
 
(Sec. 1304) Amends the Stump Act to extend through 2007 a limited waiver on restrictions on the use of funds for threat reduction in the states of the former Soviet Union.
 
(Sec. 1305) Requires a report from the President on impediments in the states of the former Soviet Union to the effective conduct of US programs and activities relating to securing nuclear weapons and fissile materials in those states.
 

Title XIV: Contract Dispute Enhancement - Subtitle A: General Provisions - 
(Sec. 1411) Amends the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to provide new definitions with respect to federal contract dispute resolution procedures.
 

Subtitle B: Establishment of Civilian and Defense Boards of Contract Appeals - 
(Sec. 1421) Amends the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 to establish in the: (1) DOD the Department of Defense Board of Contract Appeals (Defense Board); and (2) General Services Administration the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (Civilian Board). Outlines provisions for both Boards with respect to membership, chairmen, responsibilities, and rulemaking authority. Authorizes appropriations for FY2006 and thereafter for activities of each Board.
 

Subtitle C: Functions of Defense and Civilian Boards of Contract Appeals - 
(Sec. 1431) Provides jurisdiction for each Board under the Contract Disputes Act of 1978.
 
(Sec. 1432) Requires each Board to provide for expedited disposition of appeals of small businesses where the amount in dispute is $150,000 or less.
 
(Sec. 1433) Provides that the authority conferred on each Board is applicable to contracts not greater than the simplified acquisition threshold and to contracts for the procurement of commercial items.
 

Subtitle D: Transfers and Transition, Savings, and Conforming Provisions - 
(Sec. 1441) Transfers to the Defense Board personnel of, and allocations provided for, the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals.
 
(Sec. 1442) Terminates current local boards of contract appeals established under the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 (with two exceptions). Provides savings provisions for contract dispute matters currently before boards.
 
(Sec. 1443) Makes conforming amendments necessitated by Board changes made under this title.
 
Establishes the Postal Service Board of Contract Appeals for contracts awarded by the United States Postal Service or the Postal Rate Commission.
 

Subtitle E: Effective Date; Regulations and Appointment of Chairmen - 
(Sec. 1451) Makes this title effective one year after the enactment of this Act.
 
(Sec. 1452) Directs the Chairmen of the Defense and Civilian Boards to issue appropriate regulations regarding claims and the selection of judges to such Boards.
 
(Sec. 1453) Provides for the appointment of the Chairmen of such Boards by the Secretary and the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, respectively.
 

Title XV: Authorization for Increased Costs Due to Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom - Subtitle A: General Increases - 
(Sec. 1501) Authorizes emergency appropriations to DOD for FY2006 for additional costs due to Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom, with specific allocations for: (1) procurement; (2) RDT&E; (3) O&M; (4) defense working capital funds; (5) the Defense Health Program; (6) military personnel; (7) the Iraq Freedom Fund; and (8) classified programs. Makes such amounts in addition to amounts otherwise authorized in this Act.
 
(Sec. 1513) Authorizes the Secretary, in the national interest, to transfer up to $3 billion of the amounts made available to DOD in this title between any such authorizations for that fiscal year, with limitations. Requires congressional notification of each transfer.
 

Subtitle B: Personnel Provisions - 
(Sec. 1521) Increases for FY2006 the Army and Marine Corps active-duty end strengths, with a limitation. Requires costs in excess of the previously-authorized end strengths to be paid out of funds appropriated for a contingent emergency reserve fund or as an emergency supplemental appropriation.
 
(Sec. 1522) Amends the Reagan Act to provide additional authority for increases in Army and Marine Corps active-duty end strengths for FY2007-2009. States as the purposes of such increases to: (1) support operational missions; and (2) achieve transformational reorganization objectives. Requires the Secretary, for FY2007 and thereafter, to include in the defense budget for that year the amounts necessary for funding the excess end strengths.
 
(Sec. 1523) Authorizes a death gratuity (paid to beneficiaries) of $100,000 in the case of military deaths resulting from wounds, injuries, and illnesses incurred as a result of combat-related circumstances, including armed conflict, hazardous service or service under conditions simulating war or an instrumentality of war, or incurred in a combat operation or zone (as designated by the Secretary).
 
(Sec. 1524) Makes permanent (currently terminates at the end of FY2005) the prohibition against a member who is undergoing medical recuperation or therapy, or otherwise in continuous care at a military medical facility, from being charged for meals provided at such facility, as long as the injury, illness, or disease being treated was incurred while serving on active duty: (1) in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom; or (2) in any other operation designated by the Secretary as a combat operation or a combat zone.
 
(Sec. 1525) Makes permanent (currently terminates at the end of FY2005) the authority to provide travel and transportation allowances for dependents to visit hospitalized members injured in a combat operation or combat zone. Codifies under federal Armed Forces law the current requirement that, if the amount of such allowances in a fiscal year exceeds $20 million, the Secretary shall submit a report specifying the total amount of allowances provided.
 
(Sec. 1526) Increases from 180 to 365 days the period that surviving family members of personnel who die while serving on active duty are authorized to reside in government quarters or to receive basic allowance for housing to support a private residence.
 
(Sec. 1527) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to pay monthly special pay of $430 to a member who incurs a combat-related injury in a combat operation or zone and is evacuated therefrom to receive medical treatment.
 
(Sec. 1528) Provides that, in the case of a member who has obtained insurance coverage under the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (SGLI) program and who serves in either Operations Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom during a month, the Secretary shall pay the member an allowance for that month equal to the lesser of the actual premium paid or the deduction from pay that would occur if the member had elected maximum SGLI coverage. Requires the Secretary concerned to notify qualifying personnel of the availability of such allowance.
 

Subtitle C: Matters Involving Support Provided by Foreign Nations - 
(Sec. 1531) Authorizes the Secretary, using O&M funds authorized under this Act, to reimburse any key cooperating nation for logistical and military support provided in connection with US military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and the global war on terrorism. Limits to $1.5 billion the total amount of such payments.
 

Title XVI: Contractors on the Battlefield - 
Contractors on the Battlefield Regulatory Act - (Sec. 1604) Directs the Secretary to require each commander of a combatant command to make a determination regarding the appropriate level of military security protection for contractors accompanying the force in the commander's area of responsibility, and to include in the operational plans of the commander the results of the determination. Allows any requirements included in such operational plans to also be applied to contractors not accompanying the force. Requires: (1) inclusion in such operational plan of a communications plan for accompanying contractors; and (2) any such communications plan to be provided to the affected contractors. Requires the sharing of certain intelligence between commanders and contractors, with a waiver when required to ensure operational security.
 
(Sec. 1605) Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations describing the type of weapons and circumstances under which accompanying contractors may carry a weapon for self-defense or in order to perform work required under the contract, and information required to be provided by such contractors relating to such weapons.
 
(Sec. 1606) Directs the Secretary to require each commander of a combatant command to: (1) obtain quarterly from accompanying contractors a list of all contractor personnel who are present in the commander's area of responsibility; (2) meet regularly with representatives of accompanying and non-accompanying contractors in order to provide information regarding contractor security; and (3) maintain a central database of the information provided under (1), above.
 

Division B: Military Construction Authorizations - 
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 - 
Title XXI [sic]: Army - 
(Sec. 2101) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes such Secretary to construct or acquire family housing units, carry out architectural planning and design activities, and improve existing military family housing in specified amounts. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years after 2005 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Army. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title.
 
(Sec. 2105) Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act (MCAA) for FY2004 to decrease the amount authorized for a construction project in Vilseck, Germany.
 

Title XXII: Navy - 
(Sec. 2201) Provides, with respect to the Navy, authorizations paralleling those provided for the Army under the previous title.
 
(Sec. 2205) Amends the MCAA for Fiscal Year: (1) 2004 to increase the amount authorized for a construction project at the Naval Weapons Station, Earle, New Jersey; and (2) 2005 to increase the amounts authorized for construction projects at the Marine Corps Air Facility, Quantico, Virginia, and the Strategic Weapons Facility Pacific, Bangor, Washington.
 

Title XXIII: Air Force - 
(Sec. 2301) Provides, with respect to the Air Force, authorizations paralleling those provided for the Army under title XXI.
 

Title XXIV: Defense Agencies - 
(Sec. 2401) Authorizes the Secretary to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out certain energy conservation projects. Authorizes appropriations to DOD for fiscal years after 2005 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of DOD. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title.
 

Title XXV: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program - 
(Sec. 2501) Authorizes the Secretary to make contributions for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program and authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 2005 for such Program.
 

Title XXVI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - 
(Sec. 2601) Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 2005 for National Guard and reserve forces for acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities.
 

Title XXVII: Expiration and Extension of Authorizations - 
(Sec. 2701) Terminates all authorizations contained in titles XXI through XXVI of this Act on October 1, 2008, or the date of enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for FY2009, whichever is later, with exceptions. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects.
 

Title XXVIII: General Provisions - Subtitle A: Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing Changes - 
(Sec. 2801) Reduces from 21 to 14 days the waiting period, after congressional notification by the Secretary concerned, until such Secretary may use contingent construction authority and the authority to acquire existing facilities in lieu of construction.
 
(Sec. 2802) Directs the Secretary to maintain and make available to Congress, as part of the Internet site of DOD, a link for regularly updated information on the status of all defense civilian agency and military construction and family housing projects, as well as operations, maintenance, and other support accounts authorized by the annual Military Construction Authorization Act. Restricts link access to Members and staff of the defense and appropriations committees.
 
(Sec. 2803) Includes property deemed surplus to the needs of the government under the authority of the military departments to convey property at a closed or realigned military installation in order to support military construction. Prohibits the Secretary concerned from entering into an agreement for such a conveyance or disposal until 21 days after congressional notification thereof. Requires funds received from such conveyances to be deposited into the Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Construction, Defense account.
 
(Sec. 2804) Amends the MCAA for Fiscal Year 2005 to prohibit the use of FY2006 funds for the operation, maintenance, or repair of housing units for general and flag officers of the National Capital Region until receipt of a report on the need of such housing.
 
(Sec. 2805) Amends the MCAA for Fiscal Year 2004 to extend through FY2006 the temporary, limited DOD authority to use O&M funds for construction projects outside the United States during a declaration of war, a national emergency, or a contingency. Requires quarterly reports from the Secretary on the worldwide obligation and expenditure of funds for such purposes.
 
(Sec. 2806) Amends the Spence Act to to allow (currently prohibited) the conversion, rehabilitation, improvement, or repair of Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico.
 

Subtitle B: Real Property and Facilities Administration - 
(Sec. 2811) Consolidates in one section various federal provisions concerning DOD land acquisition authorities and limitations on the use of such authorities.
 
(Sec. 2812) Requires a report from the Secretary on the DOD use of utility system conveyance authority. Prohibits the Secretary concerned from undertaking such a conveyance until the later of: (1) the date of enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for FY2007; or (2) one year after submission of the above report.
 
(Sec. 2813) Strikes a requirement under prior law limiting the use of land at Papago Park Military Reservation, Arizona, for a rifle range only.
 

Subtitle C: Base Closure and Realignment - 
(Sec. 2821) Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to require additional reporting requirements regarding the base closure process and the use of DOD base closure accounts.
 
(Sec. 2822) Terminates the authority for any military construction project, land acquisition, or family housing project authorized in this or any prior Act with respect to any military installation approved for closure in 2005 under the above Act. Makes an exception for projects for which appropriated funds have already been obligated.
 
(Sec. 2823) Removes limitations on the authority of the Secretary to aid communities adversely affected by base realignments and closures and other defense program changes.
 
(Sec. 2824) Expresses the sense of Congress that national defense industrial base interests should be given full consideration by the Base Closure and Realignment Commission when it conducts its review and analysis of the Secretary's recommendations regarding the closure or realignment of military installations.
 

Subtitle D: Land Conveyances - Part 1: Army Conveyances - 
(Sec. 2831) Amends the MCAA for Fiscal Year 2002 to change from an administrative building to a fire station the type of facility to be received by the Army as part of an exchange related to construction of the Fairfax County Parkway Extension.
 
(Sec. 2832) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to the Snohomish County Fire Protection District #10 one acre at the Army Reserve Center in Bothell, Washington.
 

Part 2: Navy Conveyances - 
(Sec. 2841) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to convey to San Diego County, California, a specified parcel at the Marine Corps Air Station in Miramar, California, for the purpose of removing the property from the boundaries of the installation and permitting the County to preserve the property as public open space and to reopen for public use the tract known as Stowe Trail.
 

Part 3: Air Force Conveyances - 
(Sec. 2851) Provides that, after the expiration of a contract authorizing the Secretary of the Air Force to lease a 300-unit military family housing project at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, such Secretary may purchase the developer's entire interest in such project if such Secretary determines that the purchase is in the best economic interests of the Air Force. Requires such Secretary to notify the defense and appropriations committees if such determination is made.
 
(Sec. 2852) Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to convey to the city of Jacksonville, Arkansas, a specified parcel of real property around an existing short line railroad in Pulaski County, Arkansas.
 

Subtitle E: Other Matters - 
(Sec. 2861) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2002 to authorize the Secretary of the Army to lease portions of the Army Heritage and Education Center in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, to the Military Heritage Foundation for revenue-generating purposes.
 
(Sec. 2862) Redesignates McEntire Air National Guard Station in Eastover, South Carolina, as McEntire Joint National Guard Base.
 
(Sec. 2863) Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress an interim assessment of the current and future reasonable needs of DOD for water for the Presidio of Monterey (California) and the Ord Military Community.
 

Division C: Department of Energy National Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations - Title XXXI [sic]: Department of Energy National Security Programs - Subtitle A: National Security Programs Authorizations - 
(Sec. 3101) Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY2006 for: (1) activities of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) in carrying out programs necessary for national security, with specified allocations for weapons activities, defense nuclear nonproliferation activities, naval reactors, and the Office of the Administrator for Nuclear Security (Administrator); and (2) environmental restoration and waste management activities in carrying out national security programs, with specified allocations for defense environmental management, other defense activities, and defense nuclear waste disposal.
 

Subtitle B: Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations - 
(Sec. 3111) Amends the Atomic Energy Defense Act to direct the Secretary of Energy to carry out the Reliable Replacement Warhead program to develop reliable replacement components that are producible and certifiable for the existing nuclear weapons stockpile. Requires an interim and final report from the Nuclear Weapons Council on the feasibility and implementation of the program.
 
(Sec. 3112) Requires a report from the Secretary of Energy evaluating past and current U.S. efforts to encourage or facilitate a proper accounting for, and securing of, the nonstrategic nuclear weapons of the Russian Federation, along with recommendations for improving such accounting.
 

Title XXXII: Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board - 
(Sec. 3201) Authorizes appropriations for FY2006 for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.
 

Title XXXIII: National Defense Stockpile - 
(Sec. 3301) Authorizes the National Defense Stockpile (NDS) Manager, during FY2006, to obligate up to $52,132,000 of the funds in the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund (Fund) for authorized Fund uses, including the disposition of hazardous materials that are environmentally sensitive. Authorizes the NDS Manager to obligate amounts in excess of such amount 45 days after notifying Congress that extraordinary or emergency conditions necessitate the additional obligations.
 
(Sec. 3302) Amends the Thurmond Act and the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2000 to authorize increased sales of NDS materials through FY2011.
 

Title XXXIV: Naval Petroleum Reserves - 
(Sec. 3401) Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Energy for FY2006 to carry out activities relating to the naval petroleum reserves.
 

Title XXXV: Maritime Administration - 
(Sec. 3501) Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary, for purposes of this title) for FY2006 for the Maritime Administration for: (1) operation and training; (2) administrative expenses under the loan guarantee program authorized under the Merchant Marine Act, 1936; and (3) obsolete vessel disposal.
 
(Sec. 3502) Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to increase the amount of assistance authorized for state and regional maritime academies. Requires (current law authorizes) the Maritime Administration to make payments to state maritime academies for increasing costs of fuel used to operate training ships.
 
(Sec. 3503) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2004 to require (current law authorizes) the Secretary to: (1) establish a pilot program for reimbursement by the Coast Guard of inspection, survey, and repair expenses incurred by contractors operating vessels enrolled in the Maritime Security Program; and (2) enter into a tank vessel construction contract with a prospective owner, provided that appropriated funds are available.
 
(Sec. 3505) Directs the Secretary to prepare, publish, and submit to Congress a comprehensive plan for management of the vessel disposal program of the Maritime Administration in accordance with specified recommendations made by the Government Accountability Office in March 2005.
 
Requires the Secretary to transfer to the Secretary of the Navy during FY2006 for disposal no fewer than four combatant vessels in the nonretention fleet of the Maritime Administration that are acceptable to the Secretary of the Navy.

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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 - 
Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations - Title I: Procurement -
 
Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - 
(Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for FY2006 for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force for aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and other procurement.
 
(Sec. 104) Authorizes appropriations for FY2006 for defense-wide procurement.
 

Subtitle B: Army Programs -
 (Sec. 111) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, beginning with the FY2007 program year, to enter into a multiyear procurement contract for up to 461 UH-60M helicopters.
 
(Sec. 112) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, for four program years beginning with the FY2006 program year, to enter into multiyear procurement contracts for: (1) 612 Apache modernized target acquisition designation sights/night vision sensors; and (2) conversion of 96 Apache helicopters to the Block II configuration.
 
(Sec. 114) Provides that if the Secretary of the Army determines to award a contract for procurement of a new vehicle class for the next-generation tactical wheeled vehicle, such Secretary shall award and execute the acquisition program under that contract as a joint service program with the Marine Corps. Provides the same requirement with respect to the Secretary of the Navy.
 
(Sec. 115) Limits the funding available for FY2006 for acquisition programs for the Army Modular Force Initiative until the Secretary of the Army submits a specified report.
 
(Sec. 116) Directs the Secretary of the Army, in awarding a contract for procurement of the Objective Individual Combat Weapon - Increment 1, to ensure that the contractor is selected through full and open competition.
 

Subtitle C: Navy Programs -
 (Sec. 121) Limits the total amount to be obligated or expended for procurement of five specified Virginia-class submarines. Allows adjustments to such amounts due to inflation or changes in federal, state, or local laws. Requires the Secretary of the Navy to annually notify Congress of any changes in such amounts.
 
(Sec. 122) Limits the total amount to be obligated or expended for procurement of each ship of the LHA Replacement amphibious assault program. Allows adjustments to such amounts due to inflation or changes in federal, state, or local laws. Requires the Secretary of the Navy to annually notify Congress of any changes in such amounts. Allows funds for Navy shipbuilding and conversion to be used for such program only after a specified certification from the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to the defense and appropriations committees.
 
(Sec. 123) Limits the total amount to be obligated or expended for procurement of each ship for the future major surface combatant, destroyer type. Allows adjustment to such amounts due to inflation or changes in federal, state, or local laws. Requires the Secretary of the Navy to annually notify Congress of any changes in such amounts. Authorizes appropriations for such program from FY2006 Navy research and development funds. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to include certain requirements in the acquisition plan for such combatant program.
 
(Sec. 124) Limits the total amount to be obligated or expended for procurement of each ship for the Littoral Combat Ship program. Allows adjustment to such amounts due to inflation or changes in federal, state, or local laws. Requires the Secretary of the Navy to annually notify Congress of any changes in such amounts. Prohibits any Navy funds from being made available for such program until the Secretary submits specified program information to the defense and appropriations committees.
 
(Sec. 125) Earmarks specified FY2006 Navy shipbuilding and conversion funds for the construction of two Arleigh Burke class destroyers.
 
(Sec. 126) Makes specified FY2006 Navy funds available for the nuclear refueling and complex overhaul of the U.S.S. Carl Vinson. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to enter into a contract during FY2006 for such refueling and overhaul.
 
(Sec. 127) Requires a report from the Secretary of the Navy on the results of a specified study on alternative propulsion methods for Navy surface combatant vessels.
 
(Sec. 128) Requires naval combat forces to include at least 12 operational aircraft carriers. Directs the Secretary to ensure that the U.S.S. John F. Kennedy is maintained in a fully mission capable status. Earmarks funds for the latter purpose.
 
(Sec. 129) Provides for the contingent transfer of additional funds for advance procurement for the CVN-21 Carrier Replacement Program.
 

Subtitle D: Air Force Programs -
 (Sec. 131) Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to enter into a multiyear procurement contract for up to 42 additional C-17 aircraft.
 

Subtitle E: Joint and Multiservice Matters -
 (Sec. 141) Directs the Secretary to ensure that all tactical unmanned aerial vehicles of the Armed Forces use specified standard data links and formats. Prohibits, after December 1, 2006, any Department of Defense (DOD) funds from being used to equip such a vehicle without such links. Requires a report from each military department Secretary to Congress on the status of compliance with such requirements.
 
(Sec. 142) Prohibits DOD funds from being used to procure an unmanned aerial vehicle system, or to modify a system to include any form of armament, unless such procurement or modification is authorized in writing in advance by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics. Provides an exception with respect to systems for which funds have been appropriated for procurement prior to the date of enactment of this Act.
 

Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations -
 (Sec. 201) Authorizes appropriations for FY2006 for the Armed Forces for research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E). Earmarks specified amounts for the Defense Science and Technology Program.
 

Subtitle B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations -
 (Sec. 211) Directs the Comptroller General (CG) to: (1) conduct an annual review of the Future Combat Systems program; and (2) report annually on the results of the most recent review.
 
(Sec. 212) Requires the Secretary, in carrying out the program to provide the Army with a non-line-of-sight cannon capability, to ensure that specified operational requirements are not reduced or diminished in order to achieve the weight requirements in existence as of April 14, 2003.
 
(Sec. 213) Directs the Secretary to ensure that an independent analysis is carried out with respect to the transportability requirement for the manned ground vehicles under the Future Combat Systems program. Requires an analysis report from the Secretary.
 
(Sec. 214) Allocates among specified programs and functions funds made available under this Act for the Armored Systems Modernization program. Prohibits funds from being made available for systems development and demonstration until the objective requirements for those vehicles with respect to lethality and survivability have been met and demonstrated.
 
(Sec. 216) Amends the Ronald R. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Reagan Act) to direct the Secretary, in each of FY2006 through 2008, to carry out the testing of Internet protocol version 6 through the Naval Research Laboratory. Provides funding.
 
(Sec. 217) Directs the Secretary of the Navy to carry out a program to design and develop a class of nuclear submarines to serve as the successor to the Virginia class. Requires a program report from such Secretary.
 
(Sec. 218) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 to extend through FY2011 certain requirements relating to management responsibility for naval mine countermeasures programs. Requires the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics to notify the defense and appropriations committees of any proposed change to such programs before such change is carried out. Requires the Secretary to submit to the defense committees a plan for sustaining the MHC-51 class mine countermeasures ships and supporting systems until the Littoral Combat Ship and next-generation mine countermeasures systems are deployed and capable of assuming the mission of the MHC-51 class ships.
 
(Sec. 219) Directs the Secretaries of the Army and Navy to develop a single joint requirement for a next-generation heavy lift rotorcraft for the Army and Marine Corps. Requires any new program developed to first be approved by the Joint Requirements Oversight Council.
 
(Sec. 220) Directs the Secretary to: (1) assess immediate requirements of the military departments for tactical radio communications systems; and (2) ensure that the military departments rapidly acquire systems utilizing existing technology or mature systems readily available in the commercial marketplace. Outlines requirements with respect to the Joint Tactical Radio System. Requires a report from the Secretary on the implementation of this section.
 
(Sec. 221) Prohibits the obligation of any funds authorized for systems development and demonstration of the Personnel Recovery Vehicle until 30 days after the Secretary makes certain certifications to the defense and appropriations committees with respect to the requirements, schedule, and technology for such Vehicle.
 
(Sec. 222) Requires the Secretary to ensure a separate, dedicated program element for each significant defense RDT&E project. Makes this section inapplicable to the Missile Defense Agency.
 
(Sec. 223) Requires the Secretary to designate a military department Secretary to carry out the Small Business Innovation Research Phase III Acceleration Pilot Program for expanding the role of small businesses in the defense acquisition process. Directs the Secretary so designated to designate for accelerated transition at least ten research or research and development projects for participation under such Program. Requires a report from the Secretary on the projects designated and the rationale behind their selection.
 
(Sec. 224) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 1997 to make biennial (currently, annual) the submission of the joint warfighting science and technology plan. Repeals the requirement for inclusion in such plan of technology area review and assessment summaries.
 
(Sec. 225) Directs the Secretary of the Navy to establish a shipbuilding industrial base improvement program for the development of innovative shipbuilding technologies, processes, and facilities. Outlines requirements for entities requesting assistance under the program. Authorizes such Secretary to provide funds to a shipyard to facilitate the purchase of a technology, process, or infrastructure improvement. Requires periodic assessments of naval vessel construction inefficiencies. Provides program funding.
 
(Sec. 226) Requires the Secretary of the Navy to develop a program to renew the University National Oceanographic Laboratory System fleet. Provides program funding.
 
(Sec. 227) Prohibits any funds available to DOD for RDT&E or for procurement from being obligated for acquisition of pilot production helicopters for the VXX helicopter program until the Secretary of the Navy certifies to the defense and appropriations committees that test results demonstrate that such helicopters can be produced without significant further design modification.
 
(Sec. 228) Provides funds for Air Force supersonic cruise missile engine qualification.
 

Subtitle C: Missile Defense Programs -
 (Sec. 231) Directs the Secretary to: (1) assess U.S. missile defense programs designed to provide capability against threat ballistic missiles in the boost/ascent phase of flight; and (2) report assessment results.
 
(Sec. 232) Earmarks specified funds authorized for the Missile Defense Agency to conduct one flight-intercept test of the Ballistic Missile Defense Midcourse Defense Segment.
 

Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - 
(Sec. 301) Authorizes appropriations for FY2006 for operation and maintenance (O&M) for the Armed Forces and specified activities and agencies of DOD.
 
(Sec. 302) Authorizes appropriations for FY2006 for: (1) working capital funds; (2) the Defense Health Program; (3) chemical agents and munitions destruction, defense; (4) defense drug interdiction and counter-drug activities; and (5) the Defense Inspector General.
 

Subtitle B: Environmental Provisions -
 (Sec. 311) Requires, in a currently-required annual report from the Secretary on environmental restoration activities, information for any activities overseas related to the environment.
 
(Sec. 312) Directs the Secretary to carry out a pilot program at Fort Carson, Colorado, to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of utilizing conservation easements and leases to limit development on real property in the vicinity of US military installations.
 
(Sec. 313) Amends the Reagan Act to repeal a required report from the Secretary of the Air Force on military installation encroachment issues.
 
(Sec. 314) Includes an &quot;owner of covenant property&quot; among the entities that the Secretary may enter into agreements with for the cleanup of environmental hazards at former defense sites.
 
(Sec. 315) Requires the Secretary to: (1) study the use of biodiesel and ethanol fuel by the Armed Forces and defense agencies, and any measures that can be taken to increase such use; and (2) report study results to the defense committees.
 

Subtitle C: Workplace and Depot Issues -
 (Sec. 321) Requires proceeds from the sale by the Army of an article or service that results from a cooperative arrangement with a non-Army entity to be credited to the working capital fund that incurs the cost of manufacturing the article or performing the service.
 
(Sec. 322) Prohibits a DOD function performed by ten or more civilian employees from being converted to contractor performance unless the conversion is based on the results of a public-private competition process with specified requirements, including a formal civilian vs. contractor cost comparison and a most efficient organization plan. Prohibits a commercial or industrial type function currently being performed by DOD personnel from being modified, reorganized, divided, or otherwise changed in order to circumvent the above prohibition. Authorizes the Secretary to waive the competition requirement in specific circumstances involving national security.
 
(Sec. 323) Directs the Secretary to establish a pilot program to examine the use of the public-private competition process of Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 and functions currently being performed by contractors that could be performed by civilian DOD employees. Requires a report from the Secretary on results of the competitions conducted. Terminates the pilot program three years after the enactment of this Act.
 
(Sec. 324) Expresses the sense of Congress that when public-private competitions are held, competing parties (DOD civilian employees vs. contractors) should receive comparable treatment throughout the competition regarding access to relevant information and legal standing to challenge the manner in which a competition has been conducted.
 

Subtitle D: Extension of Program Authorities -
 (Sec. 331) Amends the Bob Stump NDAA for Fiscal Year 2003 (Stump Act) to extend through FY: (1) 2010 the authority to provide logistics support and services for weapons systems contractors; and (2) 2008 the authority for contractor performance of security guard functions. Requires contracts for the performance of security guard functions awarded on or after September 30, 2006, to be awarded using full and open competition.
 

Subtitle E: Utah Test and Training Range -
 (Sec. 342) States that nothing in this subtitle or the Wilderness Act shall preclude: (1) low-level overflights and operations of military aircraft, helicopters, missiles, or unmanned aerial vehicles over the covered wilderness (certain areas in and surrounding the Utah Test and Training Range); or (2) the designation of new units of special use airspace, the expansion of existing units of such airspace, or the use or establishment of military training routes over the covered wilderness. States that nothing in this subtitle shall be construed to: (1) prevent any required maintenance of existing communications and tracking systems; or (2) permit a military operation to be conducted on the ground in covered wilderness in the Range unless the operation is otherwise permissible under federal law and consistent with the Wilderness Act.
 
(Sec. 343) Requires the Secretary of the Interior to develop maintain, and revise land use plans within the Range in consultation with the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to prepare and transmit to the Secretary of the Interior an analysis of the military readiness and operational impacts of any revision proposed by the Secretary of the Interior. Limits authority to grant or issue rights-of way on such lands.
 
(Sec. 344) Designates the Cedar Mountain Wilderness in Tooele County, Utah, as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Withdraws such lands from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under public land, leasing, and mining laws. Continues current fish and wildlife management and grazing rights within such lands. Releases certain lands from wilderness study area status.
 
(Sec. 345) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to identify approximately 640 additional acres of Bureau of Land Management land in Utah to be administered in trust for the benefit of the Skull Valley Band of Goshutes.
 

Subtitle F: Other Matters -
 (Sec. 351) Prohibits the Secretary of a military department from carrying out a significant modification (costing $1 million or more) of an aircraft, weapon, vessel, or other equipment that the Secretary plans to retire or otherwise dispose of within five years after the date on which the modification, if carried out, would be completed. Makes an exception for a safety modification. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to waive such prohibition for national security purposes (requiring notification thereof to the defense and appropriations committees).
 
(Sec. 352) Prohibits DOD O&M funds from being used to purchase any item that has an investment item unit cost greater than $250,000.
 
(Sec. 353) Authorizes the provision of DOD logistics support for certain national or international paralympic sporting events. Limits such support to $1 million per fiscal year.
 
(Sec. 354) Directs the Secretary to include with the defense budget materials for FY2007-2011 a report describing the models used to prepare budget requests for base operations support, sustainment, and facilities recapitalization.
 
(Sec. 355) Requires the Secretary of the Army to conduct an assessment of Army programs for the prepositioning of equipment and other materiel stocks. Directs: (1) such Secretary to report on the assessment; and (2) the CG to submit an independent review of the assessment.
 
(Sec. 356) Directs the Secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security to report jointly regarding the effect on military readiness of undocumented immigrants trespassing upon operational ranges. Requires a joint plan for the implementation of measures to prevent such trespass. Requires follow-up implementation reports.
 
(Sec. 357) Requires the Secretary, at least 30 days before approving, disapproving, or establishing a formal opinion regarding the placement of any liquefied natural gas facility, pipeline, or related structure on or near a military installation, range, or other military lands, to submit a report detailing the justification for the approval, disapproval, or opinion.
 
(Sec. 358) Directs the Secretary to report the results of a study evaluating the merits of allowing the Army and Air Force Exchange System to manage Army lodging. Sets an Army lodging privatization limitation pending such report.
 

Title IV: Military Personnel Authorizations - Subtitle A: Active Forces - 
(Sec. 401) Sets forth authorized end strengths for active-duty forces as of the end of FY2006.
 
(Sec. 402) Revises, effective October 1, 2005, the permanent active-duty end strength minimum levels for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force.
 

Subtitle B: Reserve Forces -
 (Sec. 411) Sets forth authorized end strengths as of the end of FY2006 for members of the Selected Reserve and reserve personnel on active duty in support of the reserves.
 
(Sec. 413) Sets forth minimum end strengths for FY2006 for Army and Air Force dual status military technicians.
 
(Sec. 414) Places specified FY2006 limits on the number of non-dual status technicians authorized to be employed by the Army and Air National Guard and Reserves.
 
(Sec. 415) Provides the maximum number of reserve personnel authorized during FY2006 to be on active duty for operational support.
 

Subtitle C: Authorizations of Appropriations -
 (Sec. 421) Authorizes appropriations for FY2006 for: (1) military personnel; and (2) the Armed Forces Retirement Home.
 

Title V: Military Personnel Policy - Subtitle A: Officer Personnel Policy - 
(Sec. 501) Provides a temporary increase, for the period beginning on October 1, 2005, and ending on December 31, 2007, in the percentage of certain officers in each military department for whom a reduction in the service-in-grade requirement will be permitted.
 
(Sec. 502) Renews, for the same period as above, the authority to reduce the minimum commissioned officer service requirement prior to voluntary retirement as an officer.
 
(Sec. 503) Authorizes separation from military service at age 64 for specified reserve senior officers.
 
(Sec. 504) Provides: (1) an exclusion from grade distribution (end strength) limitations for senior officers transitioning between positions or awaiting retirement; and (2) special requirements (including a report) with respect to officers whose transition period exceeds conditional maximum authorized periods. Prohibits frocking (wearing the insignia of the next higher grade prior to the official date of promotion to that grade) to grades above major general and rear admiral.
 
(Sec. 505) Consolidates grade limitations on officer assignment and frocking within the military departments.
 
(Sec. 506) Allows a general/flag officer position on the Joint Staff to be held by a reserve general or flag officer serving on active duty.
 
(Sec. 507) Authorizes (with exceptions) the retention of permanent professors at the Naval Academy beyond 30 years of active commissioned service. Requires the following officers, unless retired or separated earlier, to be retired on the month following the month on which such officer becomes 64 years of age: (1) a permanent professor or director of admissions of the US Military Academy; (2) a permanent professor at the Naval Academy; or (3) a permanent professor or registrar of the US Air Force Academy.
 
(Sec. 508) Authorizes the President to appoint a flag officer of the Coast Guard as the Chief of Staff to the President.
 
(Sec. 510) Equals the grade of senior dental officer of the Air Force to that of senior dental officer of the Army.
 

Subtitle B: Reserve Component Management -
 (Sec. 511) Authorizes the use of veterans' educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill, as well as benefits for mobilized members of the Selected Reserve and National Guard, for payments of up to $2,000 for a license or certification in an educational, professional, or vocational trade.
 
(Sec. 512) Revises, generally, the eligibility criteria for the new reserve educational benefit for certain active-duty service in support of contingency operations. Allows educational assistance to be provided to a member of the Selected Reserve when the member incurs a break in service of not more than 90 days, as long as the member continues to serve in the Ready Reserve.
 
(Sec. 513) Defers mandatory separation from military service for dual status military technicians until such a technician reaches age 60 and attains eligibility for an unreduced military annuity.
 
(Sec. 514) Provides military retirement credit for certain service performed by National Guard personnel in specified counties in New York and Arlington County, Virginia, while in a state duty status immediately after the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001.
 
(Sec. 515) Authorizes a state governor to order the National Guard of that state to perform full-time National Guard duty for providing, on a reimbursable basis, military support to a civilian law enforcement agency for domestic counter-terrorism activities. Requires reimbursement to such states through the Chief of the National Guard Bureau. Prohibits any such support assistance if its provision will adversely affect U.S. military preparedness.
 

Subtitle C: Education and Training -
 (Sec. 521) Repeals the limitation on the amount of financial assistance authorized under the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program.
 
(Sec. 522) Increases from ten to 25 the authorized enrollment in the defense product development program at the Naval Postgraduate School. Includes systems engineering within the authorized curriculums for such program.
 
(Sec. 523) Authorizes the Secretary, and the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating under the Navy, to pay expenses, including examination costs, for members to obtain professional credentials.
 
(Sec. 524) Authorizes the President of the National Defense University to award the degree of master of science in joint campaign planning and strategy.
 
(Sec. 525) Extends through December 31, 2006, the authority to use DOD-appropriated funds to provide recognition items for the recruitment and retention of certain reserve personnel.
 
(Sec. 526) Directs the Secretary of the Navy to report on such Secretary's plans for a program to provide enlisted naval personnel with opportunities to pursue graduate degree programs either through Navy schools or schools paid by the Navy in return for an additional service obligation.
 
(Sec. 527) Increases from 208 to 416 the authorized annual limit on ROTC scholarships under the Army Reserve and National Guard programs.
 
(Sec. 528) Requires the Secretary to direct the National Defense University to ensure that visits to China and Taiwan are an integral part of the field study programs conducted by the University under its military education program, and that such program includes at least one annual visit to each of those countries.
 
(Sec. 529) Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary should establish within the National Defense University the National College of Homeland Security for providing strategic-level homeland security and homeland defense education and related research to civilian and military leaders from all governmental agencies.
 

Subtitle D: General Service Requirements -
 (Sec. 531) Provides uniform enlistment standards for all branches of the Armed Forces. Repeals service-specific provisions.
 
(Sec. 532) Increases from six to eight years the maximum term of original enlistment in the regular (non-reserve) service.
 
(Sec. 533) Requires each individual, upon commencing their period of initial service in the regular service or the Ready Reserve, to be provided the date on which such military obligation ends. Prohibits the Secretary concerned from issuing to a member of the Individual Ready Reserve who has completed their initial military service obligation an order for an involuntary mobilization or recall to active duty, unless such member has entered into a new service agreement that commits the member beyond their initial service obligation period.
 
(Sec. 534) Includes as qualifying service under the National Call to Service Program certain military occupational specialties for enlistments for officer training and subsequent service as an officer.
 

Subtitle E: Matters Relating to Casualties -
 (Sec. 541) Directs the Secretary concerned, upon the enlistment or appointment of an individual in the Armed Forces, to require the individual to designate in writing the person authorized to direct the disposition of the individual's remains in the event of death during service. Requires reconfirmation of such designation whenever the individual is deployed as part of a contingency operation or other hazardous circumstance.
 
(Sec. 542) Provides that, whenever a member of the Armed Forces dies or becomes seriously injured or ill while on active duty under circumstances for which a military death gratuity is paid, the Secretary concerned shall provide for the assignment of a Casualty Assistance Officer to assist the family members of such member. Authorizes the continuation of such assistance until the Secretary concerned determines that the family is no longer in need of such assistance. Provides for training and oversight for such Officers.
 
(Sec. 543) Directs the Secretary to: (1) examine the military programs that provide assistance to members who incur severe wounds or injuries in the line of duty; and (2) develop standards and guidelines to coordinate and standardize such programs with activities of the Severely Injured Joint Support Operations Center of DOD, established as of February 1, 2005.
 
(Sec. 544) Authorizes active-duty members with disabilities to participate in the Paralympic Games.
 

Subtitle F: Military Justice and Legal Assistance Matters -
 (Sec. 551) Allows a judge advocate or civilian attorney who is authorized to provide military legal assistance to provide that assistance in any jurisdiction (without regard to other licensing or bar certification requirements).
 
(Sec. 552) Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) to allow the use of videoteleconferencing technology in administrative (non-trial) sessions of a court-martial proceeding.
 
(Sec. 553) Includes under military offenses with no statute of limitations offenses involving murder, rape, or rape of a child. Provides special rules with respect to child abuse offenses.
 
(Sec. 554) Establishes the offense of stalking under the UCMJ.
 
(Sec. 555) Revises UCMJ provisions concerning the offense of rape and carnal knowledge to add the following offenses involving sexual misconduct: (1) rape of a child; (2) aggravated sexual assault; (3) aggravated sexual assault of a child; (4) aggravated sexual contact; (5) aggravated sexual abuse of a child; (6) aggravated sexual contact with a child; (7) abusive sexual contact; (8) abusive sexual contact with a child; (9) indecent liberty with a child; (10) indecent conduct; (11) forcible pandering; (12) wrongful sexual contact; and (13) indecent exposure. Outlines provisions with respect to burden of proof, affirmative defenses, and adequate consent. Provides interim maximum punishments with respect to such offenses.
 

Subtitle G: Assistance to Local Educational Agencies for Defense Dependents Education -
 (Sec. 561) Amends the Defense Dependents' Education Act of 1978 to authorize the enrollment in overseas schools of the the defense dependents' education system of children of US citizens or nationals hired in overseas areas as full-time DOD employees.
 
(Sec. 562) Directs the Secretary to provide financial assistance to an eligible local educational agency (LEA) if, without such assistance, the LEA would be unable to provide students in the schools of the LEA with a level of education that is equivalent to the minimum level available in schools of other LEAs in the same state. Considers an LEA eligible if at least 20 percent of the students of the schools of that LEA were military dependent students as defined under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Directs the Secretary to provide financial assistance to schools experiencing specified levels of enrollment changes due to military base closures, force structure changes, or force relocations. Earmarks specified DOD O&M funds for such purpose.
 
(Sec. 563) Provides a special rule with respect to the computation of impact aid assistance to an LEA for school year 2005-2006 in the case of attendance of military dependents of certain members of the Armed Forces who undergo a change in status during that school year.
 

Subtitle H: Decorations and Awards -
 (Sec. 565) Directs the Secretary concerned to issue a Cold War Victory Medal to certain military personnel who served during the Cold War (the period beginning September 2, 1945, and ending December 26, 1991).
 
(Sec. 566) Directs the Secretary concerned to issue a Combat Medevac Badge to each person who served in combat on or after June 25, 1950, as a pilot or crew member of a helicopter medical evacuation ambulance.
 
(Sec. 567) Makes September 11, 2001, the beginning date of Operation Enduring Freedom for purposes of eligibility for the campaign medal for that Operation.
 

Subtitle I: Other Matters -
 (Sec. 571) Amends the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2003 to extend through FY2007 the repayment waiver authority of the Secretary of Education with respect to student financial assistance during a war or other military operation or a national emergency.
 
(Sec. 572) Allows a member of the Armed Forces adopting a child up to 21 days of leave in a calendar year in connection with such adoption, as long as the member is eligible for DOD reimbursement of qualified adoption expenses.
 
(Sec. 573) Directs the Secretary to: (1) review the career tracks of members who are linguists in an effort to improve the management of linguists and to assist them in reaching their potential over a 20-year career; and (2) report review results.
 
(Sec. 574) Requires the Secretary or Secretary of a military department, when proposing changes to female-member assignment policies, to notify Congress . Directs the Secretary, at least 30 days before implementing any such change, to notify the defense committees. Requires a report from the Secretary to such committees reviewing the current and future implementation of the policy regarding the assignment of women as articulated in the DOD memorandum entitled &quot;Direct Ground Combat Definition and Assignment Rule.&quot;
 
(Sec. 575) Makes eligible for travel on DOD aircraft on a space-available basis a member or former member of a reserve component under 60 years of age who, but for such age, would be eligible for reserve retired pay, and the dependents of such member.
 
(Sec. 576) Requires the CG to report to the defense committees on military recruiting, and especially on whether military recruiting criminal violations have increased in the service branches since the beginning of combat in Iraq.
 
(Sec. 577) Requires a member's preseparation counseling to include information concerning the availability of mental health services and the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, depression, suicide, and other mental health conditions associated with service in the Armed Forces.
 
(Sec. 578) Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct an inventory of supplies, trained personnel, and transportation resources assigned or deployed to deal with sexual assault; (2) develop a plan to enhance accessibility and availability of such supplies, personnel, and resources in response to sexual assaults occurring in deployed units; and (3) include in a currently-required annual report to the defense committees a report on such inventory and plan.
 
(Sec. 579) Directs the CG to report to Congress on difficulties faced by members of the National Guard and reserve with respect to employment as a result of being ordered to perform full-time National Guard duty or being ordered to active duty service, respectively.
 
(Sec. 580) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) any college or university that discriminates against ROTC programs or military recruiters shall be denied certain Federal taxpayer support; and (2) universities and colleges that receive federal funds should provide military recruiters access equal in quality and scope to that provided to all other employers. Requires a report from the Secretary to Congress on colleges and universities that deny such access.
 

Title VI: Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits - Subtitle A: Pay and Allowances -
 (Sec. 601) Waives any FY2006 pay increases tied to increases in the General Schedule of Compensation for government employees. Increases, effective January 1, 2006, by 3.1 percent the rates of basic pay for military personnel.
 
(Sec. 602) Includes professors at the US Naval Academy under provisions authorizing additional pay for permanent military professors with over 36 years of service.
 
(Sec. 603) States that reserve personnel attending military academy preparatory schools shall be paid at the rate prescribed for that member's pay grade or the rate provided to academy cadets and midshipmen, whichever is greater.
 
(Sec. 604) Includes members of the National Guard not in federal service under a prohibition against compensation for work associated with participation in a correspondence course of a uniformed service.
 
(Sec. 605) Makes permanent (currently terminates at the end of FY2006) the authority of the Secretary concerned to pay a supplemental subsistence allowance for low-income members with dependents.
 
(Sec. 606) Provides an equal rate of basic allowance for housing for reserve members who are mobilized to serve on active duty for more than 30 days, or for less than 30 days in connection with a contingency operation, as is currently provided for similarly situated active-duty personnel.
 
(Sec. 607) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to continue to pay a family residing overseas a cost-of-living allowance, notwithstanding the reassignment of the service member that is the sponsor of the family, when it is in the best interests of the government and the family. Redefines as unusual and extraordinary those expenses eligible for lump-sum payment of such allowance.
 
(Sec. 608) Directs the Secretary concerned to make civilian income replacement payments to certain reserve personnel experiencing extended and frequent mobilization for active-duty service. Requires a member, to be eligible, to: (1) complete 18 continuous months of service on active duty under a mobilization order; (2) complete 24 months on active duty during the previous 60 months under such an order; or (3) be involuntarily mobilized for service on active duty six months or less after the member's separation from a previous period of active duty. Limits the FY2006 obligation of funds for such payments.
 

Subtitle B: Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays - 
(Sec. 611) Extends through 2006 specified authorities currently scheduled to expire at the end of 2005 with respect to certain special pay and bonus programs within the regular and reserve Armed Forces.
 
(Sec. 615) Eliminates a restriction barring military dentists from being paid additional special pay while undergoing dental internship or residency training.
 
(Sec. 616) Increases from $300 to $750 the maximum authorized monthly rate of hardship duty pay.
 
(Sec. 617) Allows assignment incentive pay to be paid either monthly (current law), in a lump sum, or in installments other than monthly.
 
(Sec. 618) Increases from $60,000 to $90,000 the maximum selective reenlistment bonus authorized for active-duty personnel. Extends the maximum years of active-duty service beyond which a reenlistment bonus may not be paid from 16 to 20 years. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to waive bonus eligibility requirements in times of war or national emergency.
 
(Sec. 619) Extends the maximum years of reserve service beyond which a reenlistment bonus may not be paid from 16 to 20 years. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to waive bonus eligibility requirements in times of war or national emergency.
 
(Sec. 620) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to pay an affiliation bonus to an enlisted member who: (1) has completed less than 20 years of military service; and (2) executes an agreement to serve in the Selected Reserve for a period of not less than three years. Limits such bonus to $15,000. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to pay an accession bonus to a person who: (1) has not previously served in the Armed Forces; and (2) executes an agreement to serve in the Selected Reserve for a period of not less than three years. Limits that bonus to $15,000. Allows lump-sum or installment payments with respect to each bonus. Requires bonus repayment for agreed-upon periods not served. Terminates both bonus authorities at the end of 2006. Limits the FY2006 obligation of funds for such bonuses.
 
(Sec. 621) Eliminates the requirement that members with prior military service must first complete their military service obligation in order to be eligible to receive a bonus for enlisting in the Selected Reserve.
 
(Sec. 622) Increases from $20,000 to $30,000 the enlistment bonus paid to new recruits.
 
(Sec. 623) Authorizes the Secretary to retroactively designate the period during which duty in a specific area will qualify a member to receive hostile fire or imminent danger special pay.
 
(Sec. 624) Increases from: (1) $25,000 to $30,000 the maximum bonus paid to nuclear-qualified officers who extend their active-duty service; and (2) $10,000 to $14,000 the maximum amount of the nuclear career annual incentive bonus.
 
(Sec. 626) Changes foreign language proficiency pay from a monthly pay to an annual bonus of up to $12,000 while a member remains certified in that language. Provides for installment or lump sum options for such pay for both active and reserve personnel.
 
(Sec. 627) Authorizes payment to reserve members of the critical skill retention bonus (currently only authorized for active-duty personnel). Authorizes the Secretary to establish such other criteria for the payment of such bonus as considered appropriate. Eliminates the prohibition on payment for service beyond 25 years for: (1) members serving in special operations skills designated as critical; and (2) members qualified for duty in connection with supervision, operation, and maintenance of naval nuclear propulsion plants. Requires pro rata bonus repayment for bonus periods not served.
 
(Sec. 628) Authorizes nursing students enrolled in ROTC programs for advanced training to receive a critical skills accession bonus of up to $5,000 as long as they have completed the second year of an accredited baccalaureate degree program and execute an agreement to serve on active duty as a commissioned officer in the Army Nurse Corps. Authorizes such bonus payments for agreements executed on or after October 5, 2004.
 

Subtitle C: Travel and Transportation Allowances -
 (Sec. 641) Expands the circumstances under which members may continue to receive the lodging portion of temporary duty per diem during absences from the temporary duty location to include absences approved by the member's unit commander.
 
(Sec. 642) Increases from one to three years after the death of a member while serving on active duty the time allowed for surviving family members to select a residence for which they may receive travel and transportation allowances.
 
(Sec. 643) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to provide travel and transportation allowances for up to three family members of a member on active duty who was held captive or was otherwise missing to the location where the member has been repatriated.
 
(Sec. 644) Increases the authorized weight allowances for the shipment of household goods of senior noncommissioned officers in grades E-7 through E-9.
 

Subtitle D: Retired Pay and Survivor Benefits -
 (Sec. 651) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to pay to state officials on a monthly basis (currently quarterly) funds voluntarily withheld from retired or retainer pay for state tax purposes.
 
(Sec. 652) Allows members who are qualified for active duty retirement to continue to serve in an active reserve status and remain eligible for a reserve retirement at age 60 without being required to be formally retired under the applicable active duty authority (as required under current law).
 
(Sec. 653) Expands the circumstances under which military funeral honors may be denied to include when circumstances surrounding the person's death or other circumstances involving the individual are such that to provide military honors would bring discredit to the military department concerned.
 
(Sec. 654) Authorizes the payment of child support, from a member's retired pay already received, to a dependent child when the member's retired pay eligibility has been terminated because of abuse of a spouse that resulted in the death of that spouse. Requires such payment after the effective service of a court order.
 
(Sec. 655) Reduces by four years and three months the current ten-year phased implementation of full concurrent receipt of veterans' disability compensation and military retired pay for retirees receiving veterans' disability compensation at the rate payable for 100 percent disability by reason of a determination of individual unemployability, allowing such retirees to receive full payment of both on October 1, 2009, and thereafter.
 
(Sec. 656) Allows veterans who participate in the Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) and elect the insurable interest coverage (member plus beneficiary after the member's death) to rename their insurable interest if their original beneficiary dies. Provides transition provisions.
 

Subtitle E: Commissary and Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentality Benefits - 
(Sec. 661) Authorizes the Secretary to increase the maximum amount that may be paid to commissary and exchange services to procure goods and services overseas for use by US military forces from $50,000 to $100,000 per contract.
 
(Sec. 662) Provides that until December 31, 2010, the Defense Commissary Agency is not required to conduct any cost-comparison study under Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 relating to the possible contracting out of commissary store functions.
 
(Sec. 663) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to provide information technology equipment and Internet access to military personnel and their families residing in facilities operated by nonappropriated funds while the member receives medical treatment.
 
(Sec. 664) Requires that appropriated funds be used to pay for all expenses to ship goods for sale to members by commissaries and exchanges located outside the continental United States.
 
(Sec. 665) Authorizes the appropriate Secretary to grant nonappropriated fund employees compensatory time off instead of overtime pay for overtime work when requested by the employee (thereby making such practice consistent with similar rules within the federal civilian personnel system).
 

Subtitle F: Other Matters -
 (Sec. 671) Adds the Senior Enlisted Advisor for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) to the list of senior enlisted personnel designated to receive the highest level of pay for an enlisted member, effective on the date of appointment to such position. Authorizes the individual so appointed to receive: (1) a personal money allowance; (2) the pay associated with the position while hospitalized or while on terminal leave; and (3) retired pay based on such position.
 
(Sec. 672) States that the pay and allowances of an enlisted or warrant officer grade formerly held by an officer may continue to be paid only when the officer continues to perform the duty that created the entitlement to or eligibility for the pay or allowances.
 
(Sec. 673) Consolidates into one section various federal provisions outlining procedures for the repayment of unearned portions of military bonuses, special pays, and educational benefits. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to establish for all such pay and benefit programs procedures for determining the amount of the repayment required and the circumstances under which an exception to the repayment requirement may be granted.
 
(Sec. 674) Authorizes military personnel assigned to a deployable ship, mobile unit, or other designated units to accumulate up to 120 days of leave without having to serve on active duty for a continuous period of 120 days.
 
(Sec. 675) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to pay a bonus of up to $1,000 to a member who refers to an Army recruiter a person who has not previously served in the Armed Forces and who, after such referral, enlists in the Regular Army or Army Reserve. Prohibits such bonus for referral of an immediate family member. Terminates such authority after December 31, 2007.
 
(Sec. 676) Directs the Secretary to reimburse under a specified formula reserve personnel who are tobacco producers and who suffered reduced compensation under the Fair and Equitable Tobacco Reform Act of 2004 because of mobilization to serve on active duty for more than 30 days. Requires such personnel, in order to be eligible for reimbursement, to have been a producer of quota tobacco during at least two of the three tobacco marketing years before the 2002 marketing year.
 
(Sec. 677) Requires the CG to prepare and submit to the defense and appropriations committees a report reviewing the terms and elements of reserve compensation, benefit, and personnel support programs, including the retirement system.
 
(Sec. 678) Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on the feasibility of providing transportation on DOD aircraft, on a space-available basis, for any veteran with a service-connected disability rating of 50 percent or higher.
 

Title VII: Health Care Provisions - Subtitle A: Tricare Program Improvements - 
(Sec. 701) Allows mental health counselors, without prior physician referral or supervision, to be reimbursed for services provided to beneficiaries under the TRICARE program (a managed DOD health care program). Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 1995 to allow mental health counselors to enter into personal services contracts with DOD to provide services to TRICARE beneficiaries. Requires such counselors to meet DOD-established licensure requirements.
 
(Sec. 702) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2004 to require more detailed information from providers within an annual survey of the TRICARE Standard health care program.
 
(Sec. 703) Allows Selected Reserve personnel to extend their TRICARE coverage (entitled TRICARE Reserve Select (TRS)) when they are recalled to active duty. Permits qualified reserve personnel who are involuntarily retired to continue under TRS until their originally-authorized coverage period ends. Allows certain Individual Ready Reserve members a period of one year following release from active duty to find a position in the Selected Reserve without losing TRS eligibility. Extends to 120 days after a member's release from active duty the time such member has to elect participation in TRS. Extends TRS coverage for family members until six months after the death of the qualifying member. Includes within TRS coverage access to care in military medical treatment facilities.
 
(Sec. 704) Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a study of providing chiropractic health care services to certain military personnel and their dependents; (2) revise a chiropractic health care plan required under the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2001; and (3) report on the study and revised plan.
 
(Sec. 705) Includes as an &quot;eligible dependent&quot; for purposes of TRICARE dental coverage surviving spouses who were on active duty at the time their military spouses died.
 
(Sec. 706) Authorizes the Secretary to waive restrictions with regard to TRICARE Prime Remote coverage for active duty members that reside at a remote location when the Secretary determines that exceptional circumstances warrant such coverage.
 

Subtitle B: Other Matters -
 (Sec. 711) Amends the Floyd D. Spence NDAA for Fiscal Year 2001 (Spence Act) to authorize the Patient Safety Center to be relocated to a place other than within the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. Renames the MedTeams Program as Medical Team Training.
 
(Sec. 712) Revises health care quality information and technology reporting requirements under the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2000.
 
(Sec. 713) Authorizes military health care benefits in advance of the active-duty reporting date for Senior ROTC graduates who have been commissioned and have received orders for active duty.
 
(Sec. 714) Prohibits a department Secretary from converting any military medical position to a civilian medical position until the Secretary submits to the defense committees a certification that the conversion will not increase cost or decrease quality of or access to health care. Directs the CG to study the effect of such conversions on the defense health program, and to report study results to the defense committees.
 
(Sec. 715) Amends the Reagan Act to state that references in such Act to medical readiness, health status, and health care includes dental readiness, dental status, and dental care.
 
(Sec. 716) Directs the Secretary of the Navy to conduct an outreach program to contact all members and former members who, in connection with service aboard Navy ships, may have been exposed to aerosolized particles resulting from the removal of nonskid coating used on such ships. Requires such Secretary to begin the outreach program within six months after the enactment of this Act and to report on program results.
 
(Sec. 717) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out activities to foster the early identification and treatment of mental health and substance abuse problems experienced by members of the Armed Forces, with special emphasis on those who have served in a theater of combat operations within the preceding 12 months.
 
(Sec. 718) Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop a program to improve awareness of the availability of mental health services for, and warning signs about mental health problems in, dependents of members of the Armed Forces whose sponsor served or will serve in a combat theater during the previous or next 60 days; and (2) report to Congress on program effectiveness.
 
(Sec. 719) Requires the Secretary to conduct a study of the effectiveness of self-administered surveys included in predeployment and postdeployment medical exams of members of the Armed Forces that are carried out as part of the DOD medical tracking system for members deployed overseas.
 

Title VIII: Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, and Related Matters - Subtitle A: Provisions Relating to Major Defense Acquisition Programs - 
(Sec. 801) Prohibits a major defense acquisition program (MDAP) from receiving Milestone B approval, or Key Decision Point B approval in the case of a space program, until the Secretary makes specified certifications with respect to the technology testing, mission requirements, and affordability of the MDAP. Requires the certification to be submitted to the defense and appropriations committees at least 30 days before any such approval. Authorizes the Secretary to waive certification requirements when, but for such waiver, DOD would be unable to meet national security objectives.
 
(Sec. 802) Requires the Secretary concerned, if the percentage increase in the program acquisition or procurement unit cost of an MDAP exceeds 15 percent, to initiate an analysis of alternatives for the MDAP, under specified guidelines. Requires the analysis to be: (1) completed within one year of initiation; and (2) submitted to the defense and appropriations committees.
 
(Sec. 803) Authorizes the Secretary, as part of of an MDAP baseline revision, to either return the program to Milestone B or Key Decision Point B or conduct a re-baseline for the program. Requires the Secretary to notify the defense and appropriations committees 30 days after any MDAP re-baselining.
 

Subtitle B: Acquisition Policy and Management - 
(Sec. 811) Makes prospective from the date of enactment provisions of the NDAA for Fiscal Year 1998 concerning statutory executive compensation caps under defense contracts.
 
(Sec. 812) Requires the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to be revised to include provisions that require the head of an executive agency, to the maximum extent practicable, to use commercially available online procurement services to purchase commercial items, including those services that allow the agency to conduct reverse auctions. Requires a report, after such revision, from the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy to specified congressional committees.
 
(Sec. 813) Directs the Secretary to establish a contingency contracting corps, to be implemented through a joint policy developed by the JCS Chairman under specified guidelines. Provides for corps operation and training. Requires a report from the Secretary concerning contingency contracting.
 
(Sec. 814) Directs the Secretary to include contracting operations in all relevant interagency planning operations of DOD related to stabilization and reconstruction operations. Requires a joint report from the Secretaries of Defense and State on lessons learned from carrying out contracting operations during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
 
(Sec. 815) Amends the Reagan Act to extend through FY2005 the inapplicability of the Randolph-Sheppard Act (provides self-support opportunities to blind persons through the operation of vending machines in federal facilities) to military mess facilities. Directs the Secretaries of Defense and Education to jointly issue, and report on, a statement of policy related to the implementation of the Randolph-Sheppard Act and the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act within the Departments of Defense and Education.
 
(Sec. 816) Directs the Secretary to study and report on DOD procurement contracts with small businesses owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans.
 
(Sec. 817) Prohibits the Secretary from contracting for the procurement of goods or services from beneficiaries of prohibited foreign subsidies under the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures. Applies such prohibition to joint ventures and to subcontracts and task orders. Makes the prohibition inapplicable to any contract under an MDAP that has received Milestone B approval.
 
(Sec. 818) Requires that, notwithstanding any reciprocal defense procurement agreement entered into between the United States and a foreign country, with respect to any manufactured end product procured by DOD: (1) it shall be manufactured in the United States; and (2) the cost of product components that are mined, produced, or manufactured inside the United States must exceed 50 percent of the cost of all components of the product.
 
(Sec. 819) Includes lithium ion cells and batteries within defense domestic source requirements.
 
(Sec. 820) Directs the Secretary to require any contract entered into by DOD to include a provision prohibiting the contractor from requiring toy and hobby manufacturers, distributors, or merchants to obtain licenses from or pay fees to the contractor for the use of military likenesses or designations on items provided under the contract. Limits such application to U.S. manufacturers, distributors, or merchants.
 
(Sec. 820A) Requires DOD, in awarding any contract for the procurement of goods or services and when considering source selection criteria, to use as an evaluation factor whether entities intend to carry out the contract using employees or subcontractors who are members of the Selected Reserve. Authorizes the Secretary, or the Secretary of the military department concerned, to waive such requirement when necessary for national security.
 

Subtitle C: Amendments to General Contracting Authorities, Procedures, and Limitations - 
(Sec. 821) Provides the Secretary with identical authorities for the designation of both DOD civilian and military critical acquisition positions within the defense acquisition workforce.
 
(Sec. 822) Amends the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to use funds transferred from the Administrator of General Services at the Defense Acquisition University to train students in acquisition-related matters.
 
(Sec. 823) Increases from $500,000 to $550,000 the cost accounting standard threshold under the above Act.
 
(Sec. 824) Requires the Secretary to provide public notice of any waiver of domestic source requirements relating to clothing materials and covered components thereof within seven days after the award of a contract.
 
(Sec. 825) Directs the Secretary, in the case of any critical intelligence capability that is urgently needed to address a demonstrable, imminent, and urgent threat to national security that would likely result in combat fatalities or grave harm to US national security, to use specified procedures to accomplish the rapid acquisition and deployment of the needed capability. Limits to $20 million in a fiscal year the amount of critical intelligence capabilities so acquired. Requires notification to the defense and appropriations committees, as well as the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, on the use of such authority.
 

Title IX: Department of Defense Organization and Management - Subtitle A: Department of Defense Management - 
(Sec. 901) Raises from Executive Level IV to III the level of basic pay for the Under Secretaries of the military departments.
 
(Sec. 902) Removes the requirement that: (1) the Director of the Department of Defense Test Resource Management Center be appointed from active-duty commissioned officers or senior DOD civilian officers and employees; and (2) a Deputy Director also be appointed.
 
(Sec. 903) Removes restrictions on the establishment of DOD regional centers for security studies, instead requiring the Secretary to administer such centers as international venues for bilateral and multilateral research, communication, and exchange of ideas involving military and civilian participants. Designates the specific centers. Authorizes the Secretary, at each center, to employ a Director, Deputy Director, and appropriate civilian professors, instructors, and lecturers. Provides for the payment of costs by attendees, authorizing the Secretary to waive reimbursement in specified cases. Requires an annual report from the Secretary on the operations of such centers. Standardizes the authority of such centers to accept gifts and donations.
 
(Sec. 904) Redesignates the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps. Makes: (1) redesignations with respect to the Secretary of the Navy and other statutory offices within each department; and (2) conforming amendments necessitated by such redesignation.
 

Subtitle B: Space Activities -
 (Sec. 911) Directs the Secretary to develop a Space Situational Awareness Strategy for ensuring freedom to operate U.S. space assets affecting national security. Requires the Strategy to be: (1) submitted to Congress by April 15, 2006; and (2) updated and resubmitted on such date every even-numbered year thereafter. Requires the Strategy to cover the 20-year period from 2006 through 2025.
 
(Sec. 912) Requires the Director of the National Security Space Office of DOD to provide for an independent assessment to develop and compare options for individual and block acquisition of the Advanced Extremely High Frequency space vehicles numbered 4 and 5 that will accomplish specified objectives in achieving interim improvements in the capabilities of satellite communications to meet military requirements through upgrades to current systems. Requires an options report from the Director.
 
(Sec. 913) Directs the Secretary to establish or designate a DOD organization to coordinate joint operationally responsive space payload technology. Requires the organization to produce an annual master plan. Directs the Secretary to award contracts for technology projects that support the focus areas set out in annual master plans. Requires a report from: (1) the Secretary on the creation of a joint program office for the Tactical Satellite Program and for transition of that Program out of the Office of Force Transformation; and (2) the DOD executive agent for space and the Director of the Missile Defense Agency to the defense committees on specified space and missile defense activities.
 

Subtitle C: Chemical Demilitarization Program - 
(Sec. 921) Amends the Strom Thurmond NDAA for Fiscal Year 1999 (Thurmond Act) to transfer from the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics to the Secretary of the Army responsibility for the Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives program. Requires such Secretary to continue to implement fully the alternative technology for the destruction of lethal chemical munitions at Pueblo Chemical Depot, Colorado, and Blue Grass Army Depot, Kentucky.
 
(Sec. 922) Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 to include federally-recognized Indian tribal governments within cooperative agreement authority under the chemical demilitarization program.
 

Subtitle D: Intelligence-Related Matters - 
(Sec. 931) Directs the Secretary to create and submit to Congress a strategy for integrating open-source intelligence into the military intelligence cycle.
 
(Sec. 932) Directs the Secretary to submit a report providing a comprehensive inventory of DOD intelligence and intelligence-related programs and projects.
 

Title X: General Provisions - Subtitle A: Financial Matters - 
(Sec. 1001) Authorizes the Secretary, in the national interest, to transfer up to $4 billion of the amounts made available to DOD in this Act between any such authorizations for that fiscal year, with limitations. Requires congressional notification of each transfer.
 
(Sec. 1002) Adjusts amounts authorized to be appropriated to the Departments of Energy and Defense for FY2005 in the Reagan Act by the amount by which appropriations pursuant to such authorizations were increased or decreased under the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terrorism, and Tsunami Relief, 2005.
 
(Sec. 1003) Amends the Reagan Act to increase its FY2005 general transfer authority.
 
(Sec. 1004) Directs the Secretary and the Secretaries of the military departments to report on the feasibility and desirability of using a capital budgeting system for the financing of MDAPs.
 

Subtitle B: Naval Vessels and Shipyards - 
(Sec. 1011) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to sell the: (1) yard floating drydock YFD-70 in Seattle, Washington, to Todd Pacific Shipyard Corporation, its current user; and (2) medium auxiliary floating drydock SUSTAIN in Duval County, Florida, to Atlantic Marine Property Holding Company, its current user.
 
(Sec. 1013) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to convey to the port authority of Port Arthur, Texas, the inactive medium auxiliary floating drydock AFDM-2, currently administered through the National Defense Reserve Fleet.
 
(Sec. 1014) Waives requirements for the continued listing on the Naval Vessel Register with respect to the USS IOWA. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to transfer such ship to the Port of Stockton, California.
 
(Sec. 1015) Directs the Secretary of the Navy to transfer the decommissioned destroyer ex-USS Forrest Sherman to the USS Forrest Sherman DDS-931 Foundation.
 
(Sec. 1016) Prohibits the Secretary concerned from contracting for the lease or charter of a vessel for a term of more than 24 months if the hull, or part of the hull or superstructure, of such vessel is constructed in a foreign shipyard. Authorizes the President to waive such prohibition in the national security interest (requiring congressional notification in such case).
 
(Sec. 1017) Directs the Secretary of the Navy to identify an appropriate site on Ford Island, Hawaii, for the location of a memorial to the U.S.S. OKLAHOMA, which was sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
 

Subtitle C: Counter-Drug Activities - 
(Sec. 1021) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 1991 to extend through FY2011 DOD authority to provide specified support for counterdrug activities of other federal departments and agencies, or of any state, local, or foreign law enforcement agency.
 
(Sec. 1022) Amends the Spence Act to require an additional report (the report requirement terminated in 2002) regarding DOD expenditures in FY2005 in support of foreign government counterdrug activities.
 
(Sec. 1023) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2004 to state that a joint task force supporting law enforcement agencies conducting counterdrug activities may use funds available for that activity to also support Counterterrorism activities of those agencies.
 

Subtitle D: Matters Related to Homeland Security - 
(Sec. 1031) Amends the Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 1996 to designate the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense as the DOD official responsible for coordinating DOD assistance to federal, state, and local government officials dealing with chemical and biological emergency response. Expands those responsibilities to include nuclear, radiological, and high yield explosives.
 
(Sec. 1032) Makes the Secretary of Homeland Security (currently, Defense) responsible for the testing of preparedness involving nuclear, radiological, chemical, biological, and high-yield explosives at the federal, state, and local levels.
 
(Sec. 1033) Makes the Secretary of Homeland Security (currently, the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency) responsible for requesting DOD assistance in a weapons of mass destruction emergency response.
 
(Sec. 1034) Repeals the DOD emergency response assistance program under the Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 1996.
 
(Sec. 1035) Authorizes the Secretary to assign members of the Armed Forces to assist: (1) the Bureau of Border Security of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in preventing the entry of terrorists, drug traffickers, and illegal aliens into the United States; and (2) the U.S. Customs Service of DHS in the inspection of cargo, vehicles, and aircraft at U.S. border points to prevent the entry of weapons of mass destruction and their components, prohibited narcotics or drugs, or other terrorist or drug trafficking items. Requires a training program for such personnel. Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish ongoing joint task forces if such Secretary determines that a task force is necessary to respond to a threat to national security posed by the entry of terrorists, drug traffickers, or illegal aliens. Outlines requirements for the notification of governors of states involved.
 

Subtitle E: Other Matters - 
(Sec. 1041) Establishes the Commission on the Long-Term Implementation of the New Strategic Posture of the United States to: (1) review the long-term of the Nuclear Posture Review (conducted under requirements of the Spence Act); (2) make appropriate recommendations following such review; and (3) report on its findings and conclusions. Requires the Secretary to report on the Commission's findings and recommendations.
 
(Sec. 1042) Reestablishes the Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse Attack, as originally established under the Spence Act. Directs the Commission to monitor, investigate, make recommendations, and report on the evolving threat to the United States from electromagnetic pulse attack resulting from the detonation of a nuclear weapon or weapons at high altitude. Requires annual Commission reports. Terminates the Commission on May 1, 2010.
 
(Sec. 1043) Amends the Internal Security Act of 1950 to revise provisions concerning penalties for violations of defense property and facilities security regulations and orders. Allows the delegation of the authority to issue security regulations at certain facilities to civilian directors of those facilities (currently, such authority is limited to uniformed military officers). Makes other technical and conforming amendments to reflect changes in law made since the enactment of such Act.
 
(Sec. 1044) Expands DOD counterintelligence polygraph authority to authorize the administering of polygraph examinations to individuals whose duties involve assistance in intelligence or military missions where the misuse of information could: (1) jeopardize human life or safety; (2) result in the loss of unique or uniquely productive intelligence sources or methods vital to US national security; or (3) compromise technologies, operational plans, or security procedures vital to the strategic advantage of the United States and its allies. Provides exceptions from coverage for certain intelligence agencies and functions. Outlines polygraph examination standards. Directs the Secretary to carry out a continuing research program to support DOD polygraph examination activities.
 
(Sec. 1045) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2004 to repeal a report requirement on global strike capability for FY2006.
 
(Sec. 1046) Makes technical and conforming amendments and deletes obsolete definitions under federal Armed Forces and National Guard provisions.
 
(Sec. 1048) Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should: (1) recognize and celebrate the diversity of the Armed Forces; and (2) recognize and honor the sacrifices being made by diverse members of the Armed Forces and their families in the war against terrorism.
 
(Sec. 1049) Prohibits any federal law from being construed to limit DOD from providing any form of support to a youth organization (including the Boy Scouts of America) intended to serve individuals under 21 years of age that would result in DOD providing less support to that organization than was provided during each of the four preceding fiscal years.
 
(Sec. 1050) Prohibits the Secretary from destroying any document in the custody or control of DOD that is a historical record relating to radioactive fallout from the testing of a nuclear device. Directs the Secretary to instead identify, preserve, and publish such information.
 
(Sec. 1051) Authorizes the Secretary, for purposes of documentation under the Immigration and Nationality Act, to provide the status of special immigrant to a national of Iraq or Afghanistan who worked directly with U.S. Armed Forces as a translator for at least 12 months and obtained a favorable written recommendation from the first general or flag officer in the chain of command of the unit for which the alien worked. Prohibits the total number of aliens receiving such status from exceeding 50 during any fiscal year.
 

Title XI: Civilian Personnel Matters - 
(Sec. 1101) Extends through FY2010 the authority: (1) for certain individuals to elect continued health benefits coverage for up to 18 months after an involuntary separation, or voluntary separation due to a reduction in force; (2) of the Secretary of DOD or a military department to substitute an employee's voluntary separation from service for another employee who would otherwise be separated involuntarily under a reduction in force; and (3) of such Secretaries to pay severance pay in one lump sum.
 
(Sec. 1104) Allows the head of an agency to determine the length of service an employee must perform in return for training provided by the U.S. Government.
 
(Sec. 1105) Authorizes the head of an agency to waive the annual limitation on the total compensation paid to federal civilian employees in the case of an employee who performs work overseas in an area of responsibility of the commander of the U.S. Central Command in direct support of, or directly related to, a military operation. Prohibits the total annual compensation of such an employee from exceeding $200,000.
 
(Sec. 1106) Authorizes the head of an agency to provide travel and transportation allowances for the transportation of family members incident to the repatriation of employees held captive.
 
(Sec. 1107) Amends the Reagan Act to make permanent (currently a pilot program terminating on October 28, 2007) the science, mathematics, and research for transformation (SMART) defense scholarship program. Codifies such program into federal Armed Forces law.
 
(Sec. 1108) Provides a federal hiring preference for veterans who served on active duty for more than 180 consecutive days any part of which occurred during the period beginning on September 11, 2001, and ending on the date prescribed or proclaimed as the last day of Operation Iraqi Freedom. 
 

Title XII: Matters Relating to Foreign Nations - Subtitle A: Assistance and Training - 
(Sec. 1201) Increases from $5 million to $10 million the funding authorized for equipment, services, and supplies in support of DOD activities in certain nations to detect and clear landmines. Includes &quot;surgical&quot; within the types of humanitarian and civic assistance authorized in rural, underserved areas of the world.
 
(Sec. 1202) Earmarks DOD O&M funds for the Commander's Emergency Response Program (urgent humanitarian and reconstruction relief for Iraq and Afghanistan). Requires quarterly reports from the Secretary on the source and allocation of such funds. Provides fund use limitations.
 
(Sec. 1203) Directs the Secretary to undertake a program of senior military officer and senior official exchanges with Taiwan designed to improve Taiwan's defenses against the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China. Requires exchanges to be conducted in both the United States and Taiwan.
 
(Sec. 1204) Authorizes the Secretary to pay the travel, subsistence, and other personnel expenses for defense personnel from developing countries to attend a conference, seminar, or similar meeting within (current law) or between an area of responsibility of the unified combatant command in which the developing country is located.
 
(Sec. 1205) Authorizes the Secretary to enter into acquisition and cross-servicing agreements with regional international organizations of which the United States is not a member.
 
(Sec. 1206) Extends through FY2007 the authority of the Secretary to pay for certain administrative services and support for coalition liaison officers.
 

Subtitle B: Nonproliferation Matters and Countries of Concern - 
(Sec. 1211) Expresses the sense of Congress in support of the Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000. Requires a joint report from the Secretary and the JCS Chairman that examines the strategic and military implications of the acquisition by Iran of nuclear weapons during the five-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act.
 
(Sec. 1212) States that it is the policy of the United States to deny the People's Republic of China such defense goods and defense technology that could be used to threaten the United States or undermine the security of Taiwan or the stability of the Western Pacific region. Provides a five-year sanction against the procurement by DOD of goods or services from any foreign person that has provided such goods or services to the People's Republic of China. Provides sanction exceptions.
 
(Sec. 1213) Prohibits the Secretary from procuring goods or services from any Communist Chinese military company.
 

Subtitle C: Other Matters - 
(Sec. 1221) Provides that, whenever elements of U.S. Armed Forces are engaged in ongoing military operations in a country, the Secretary may, for purposes of force protection there, purchase weapons from any foreign person, government, international organization, or other entity located in that country. Limits to $15 million the total that may be expended in a fiscal year for such purpose. Requires an annual report from the Secretary on the exercise of such authority.
 
(Sec. 1222) Directs the Secretary, as part of the Global Posture Review, to develop criteria for assessing specified factors in deciding whether to seek agreement with a foreign country to establish or maintain in that country a main operating base, forward operating base, or cooperative security location. Directs the Secretary to provide Congress, as an element of the annual DOD budget, information regarding funding sources for changes to individual bases or locations.
 
(Sec. 1223) Directs the Secretary to submit to the: (1) defense and appropriations committees reports on costs, reconstitution, and military construction of each of Operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom, and Noble Eagle; and (2) CG the Department of Defense Supplemental and Cost of War Execution reports. Outlines specific information requirements with respect to reconstitution and military construction.
 
(Sec. 1224) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) cooperation between the United States and Russia with regard to missile defense is in the U.S. interest; (2) there does not exist sufficient engagement between such countries with respect to missile defense cooperation; (3) the United States should explore innovative and nontraditional means toward such cooperation; and (4) as part of such effort, the Secretary should consider the possibilities for increased cooperation through the testing of detection and tracking equipment of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) through the use of Russian target missiles, and the provision of early warning radar to the MDA through the use of Russian radar data.
 

Title XIII: Cooperative Threat Reduction With States of the Former Soviet Union - 
(Sec. 1301) Specifies the cooperative threat reduction (CTR) programs to be funded through O&M funds provided under this Act. Makes funds appropriated for such purposes available for three years. Allocates such funds among specified CTR programs. Prohibits such funds from being used for purposes other than those specified until 30 days after the Secretary reports on the new purposes. Provides limited authority to vary allocated amounts in the national interest, after congressional notification.
 
(Sec. 1303) Authorizes the Secretary, in the national interest, to obligate funds appropriated for FY2006 for weapons of mass destruction proliferation prevention in the states of the former Soviet Union for nuclear weapons transportation security in Russia, after congressional notification.
 
(Sec. 1304) Amends the Stump Act to extend through 2007 a limited waiver on restrictions on the use of funds for threat reduction in the states of the former Soviet Union.
 
(Sec. 1305) Requires a report from the President on impediments in the states of the former Soviet Union to the effective conduct of US programs and activities relating to securing nuclear weapons and fissile materials in those states.
 

Title XIV: Contract Dispute Enhancement - Subtitle A: General Provisions - 
(Sec. 1411) Amends the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to provide new definitions with respect to federal contract dispute resolution procedures.
 

Subtitle B: Establishment of Civilian and Defense Boards of Contract Appeals - 
(Sec. 1421) Amends the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 to establish in the: (1) DOD the Department of Defense Board of Contract Appeals (Defense Board); and (2) General Services Administration the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (Civilian Board). Outlines provisions for both Boards with respect to membership, chairmen, responsibilities, and rulemaking authority. Authorizes appropriations for FY2006 and thereafter for activities of each Board.
 

Subtitle C: Functions of Defense and Civilian Boards of Contract Appeals - 
(Sec. 1431) Provides jurisdiction for each Board under the Contract Disputes Act of 1978.
 
(Sec. 1432) Requires each Board to provide for expedited disposition of appeals of small businesses where the amount in dispute is $150,000 or less.
 
(Sec. 1433) Provides that the authority conferred on each Board is applicable to contracts not greater than the simplified acquisition threshold and to contracts for the procurement of commercial items.
 

Subtitle D: Transfers and Transition, Savings, and Conforming Provisions - 
(Sec. 1441) Transfers to the Defense Board personnel of, and allocations provided for, the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals.
 
(Sec. 1442) Terminates current local boards of contract appeals established under the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 (with two exceptions). Provides savings provisions for contract dispute matters currently before boards.
 
(Sec. 1443) Makes conforming amendments necessitated by Board changes made under this title.
 
Establishes the Postal Service Board of Contract Appeals for contracts awarded by the United States Postal Service or the Postal Rate Commission.
 

Subtitle E: Effective Date; Regulations and Appointment of Chairmen - 
(Sec. 1451) Makes this title effective one year after the enactment of this Act.
 
(Sec. 1452) Directs the Chairmen of the Defense and Civilian Boards to issue appropriate regulations regarding claims and the selection of judges to such Boards.
 
(Sec. 1453) Provides for the appointment of the Chairmen of such Boards by the Secretary and the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, respectively.
 

Title XV: Authorization for Increased Costs Due to Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom - Subtitle A: General Increases - 
(Sec. 1501) Authorizes emergency appropriations to DOD for FY2006 for additional costs due to Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom, with specific allocations for: (1) procurement; (2) RDT&E; (3) O&M; (4) defense working capital funds; (5) the Defense Health Program; (6) military personnel; (7) the Iraq Freedom Fund; and (8) classified programs. Makes such amounts in addition to amounts otherwise authorized in this Act.
 
(Sec. 1513) Authorizes the Secretary, in the national interest, to transfer up to $3 billion of the amounts made available to DOD in this title between any such authorizations for that fiscal year, with limitations. Requires congressional notification of each transfer.
 

Subtitle B: Personnel Provisions - 
(Sec. 1521) Increases for FY2006 the Army and Marine Corps active-duty end strengths, with a limitation. Requires costs in excess of the previously-authorized end strengths to be paid out of funds appropriated for a contingent emergency reserve fund or as an emergency supplemental appropriation.
 
(Sec. 1522) Amends the Reagan Act to provide additional authority for increases in Army and Marine Corps active-duty end strengths for FY2007-2009. States as the purposes of such increases to: (1) support operational missions; and (2) achieve transformational reorganization objectives. Requires the Secretary, for FY2007 and thereafter, to include in the defense budget for that year the amounts necessary for funding the excess end strengths.
 
(Sec. 1523) Authorizes a death gratuity (paid to beneficiaries) of $100,000 in the case of military deaths resulting from wounds, injuries, and illnesses incurred as a result of combat-related circumstances, including armed conflict, hazardous service or service under conditions simulating war or an instrumentality of war, or incurred in a combat operation or zone (as designated by the Secretary).
 
(Sec. 1524) Makes permanent (currently terminates at the end of FY2005) the prohibition against a member who is undergoing medical recuperation or therapy, or otherwise in continuous care at a military medical facility, from being charged for meals provided at such facility, as long as the injury, illness, or disease being treated was incurred while serving on active duty: (1) in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom; or (2) in any other operation designated by the Secretary as a combat operation or a combat zone.
 
(Sec. 1525) Makes permanent (currently terminates at the end of FY2005) the authority to provide travel and transportation allowances for dependents to visit hospitalized members injured in a combat operation or combat zone. Codifies under federal Armed Forces law the current requirement that, if the amount of such allowances in a fiscal year exceeds $20 million, the Secretary shall submit a report specifying the total amount of allowances provided.
 
(Sec. 1526) Increases from 180 to 365 days the period that surviving family members of personnel who die while serving on active duty are authorized to reside in government quarters or to receive basic allowance for housing to support a private residence.
 
(Sec. 1527) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to pay monthly special pay of $430 to a member who incurs a combat-related injury in a combat operation or zone and is evacuated therefrom to receive medical treatment.
 
(Sec. 1528) Provides that, in the case of a member who has obtained insurance coverage under the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (SGLI) program and who serves in either Operations Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom during a month, the Secretary shall pay the member an allowance for that month equal to the lesser of the actual premium paid or the deduction from pay that would occur if the member had elected maximum SGLI coverage. Requires the Secretary concerned to notify qualifying personnel of the availability of such allowance.
 

Subtitle C: Matters Involving Support Provided by Foreign Nations - 
(Sec. 1531) Authorizes the Secretary, using O&M funds authorized under this Act, to reimburse any key cooperating nation for logistical and military support provided in connection with US military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and the global war on terrorism. Limits to $1.5 billion the total amount of such payments.
 

Title XVI: Contractors on the Battlefield - 
Contractors on the Battlefield Regulatory Act - (Sec. 1604) Directs the Secretary to require each commander of a combatant command to make a determination regarding the appropriate level of military security protection for contractors accompanying the force in the commander's area of responsibility, and to include in the operational plans of the commander the results of the determination. Allows any requirements included in such operational plans to also be applied to contractors not accompanying the force. Requires: (1) inclusion in such operational plan of a communications plan for accompanying contractors; and (2) any such communications plan to be provided to the affected contractors. Requires the sharing of certain intelligence between commanders and contractors, with a waiver when required to ensure operational security.
 
(Sec. 1605) Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations describing the type of weapons and circumstances under which accompanying contractors may carry a weapon for self-defense or in order to perform work required under the contract, and information required to be provided by such contractors relating to such weapons.
 
(Sec. 1606) Directs the Secretary to require each commander of a combatant command to: (1) obtain quarterly from accompanying contractors a list of all contractor personnel who are present in the commander's area of responsibility; (2) meet regularly with representatives of accompanying and non-accompanying contractors in order to provide information regarding contractor security; and (3) maintain a central database of the information provided under (1), above.
 

Division B: Military Construction Authorizations - 
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 - 
Title XXI [sic]: Army - 
(Sec. 2101) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes such Secretary to construct or acquire family housing units, carry out architectural planning and design activities, and improve existing military family housing in specified amounts. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years after 2005 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Army. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title.
 
(Sec. 2105) Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act (MCAA) for FY2004 to decrease the amount authorized for a construction project in Vilseck, Germany.
 

Title XXII: Navy - 
(Sec. 2201) Provides, with respect to the Navy, authorizations paralleling those provided for the Army under the previous title.
 
(Sec. 2205) Amends the MCAA for Fiscal Year: (1) 2004 to increase the amount authorized for a construction project at the Naval Weapons Station, Earle, New Jersey; and (2) 2005 to increase the amounts authorized for construction projects at the Marine Corps Air Facility, Quantico, Virginia, and the Strategic Weapons Facility Pacific, Bangor, Washington.
 

Title XXIII: Air Force - 
(Sec. 2301) Provides, with respect to the Air Force, authorizations paralleling those provided for the Army under title XXI.
 

Title XXIV: Defense Agencies - 
(Sec. 2401) Authorizes the Secretary to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out certain energy conservation projects. Authorizes appropriations to DOD for fiscal years after 2005 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of DOD. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title.
 

Title XXV: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program - 
(Sec. 2501) Authorizes the Secretary to make contributions for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program and authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 2005 for such Program.
 

Title XXVI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - 
(Sec. 2601) Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 2005 for National Guard and reserve forces for acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities.
 

Title XXVII: Expiration and Extension of Authorizations - 
(Sec. 2701) Terminates all authorizations contained in titles XXI through XXVI of this Act on October 1, 2008, or the date of enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for FY2009, whichever is later, with exceptions. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects.
 

Title XXVIII: General Provisions - Subtitle A: Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing Changes - 
(Sec. 2801) Reduces from 21 to 14 days the waiting period, after congressional notification by the Secretary concerned, until such Secretary may use contingent construction authority and the authority to acquire existing facilities in lieu of construction.
 
(Sec. 2802) Directs the Secretary to maintain and make available to Congress, as part of the Internet site of DOD, a link for regularly updated information on the status of all defense civilian agency and military construction and family housing projects, as well as operations, maintenance, and other support accounts authorized by the annual Military Construction Authorization Act. Restricts link access to Members and staff of the defense and appropriations committees.
 
(Sec. 2803) Includes property deemed surplus to the needs of the government under the authority of the military departments to convey property at a closed or realigned military installation in order to support military construction. Prohibits the Secretary concerned from entering into an agreement for such a conveyance or disposal until 21 days after congressional notification thereof. Requires funds received from such conveyances to be deposited into the Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Construction, Defense account.
 
(Sec. 2804) Amends the MCAA for Fiscal Year 2005 to prohibit the use of FY2006 funds for the operation, maintenance, or repair of housing units for general and flag officers of the National Capital Region until receipt of a report on the need of such housing.
 
(Sec. 2805) Amends the MCAA for Fiscal Year 2004 to extend through FY2006 the temporary, limited DOD authority to use O&M funds for construction projects outside the United States during a declaration of war, a national emergency, or a contingency. Requires quarterly reports from the Secretary on the worldwide obligation and expenditure of funds for such purposes.
 
(Sec. 2806) Amends the Spence Act to to allow (currently prohibited) the conversion, rehabilitation, improvement, or repair of Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico.
 

Subtitle B: Real Property and Facilities Administration - 
(Sec. 2811) Consolidates in one section various federal provisions concerning DOD land acquisition authorities and limitations on the use of such authorities.
 
(Sec. 2812) Requires a report from the Secretary on the DOD use of utility system conveyance authority. Prohibits the Secretary concerned from undertaking such a conveyance until the later of: (1) the date of enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for FY2007; or (2) one year after submission of the above report.
 
(Sec. 2813) Strikes a requirement under prior law limiting the use of land at Papago Park Military Reservation, Arizona, for a rifle range only.
 

Subtitle C: Base Closure and Realignment - 
(Sec. 2821) Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to require additional reporting requirements regarding the base closure process and the use of DOD base closure accounts.
 
(Sec. 2822) Terminates the authority for any military construction project, land acquisition, or family housing project authorized in this or any prior Act with respect to any military installation approved for closure in 2005 under the above Act. Makes an exception for projects for which appropriated funds have already been obligated.
 
(Sec. 2823) Removes limitations on the authority of the Secretary to aid communities adversely affected by base realignments and closures and other defense program changes.
 
(Sec. 2824) Expresses the sense of Congress that national defense industrial base interests should be given full consideration by the Base Closure and Realignment Commission when it conducts its review and analysis of the Secretary's recommendations regarding the closure or realignment of military installations.
 

Subtitle D: Land Conveyances - Part 1: Army Conveyances - 
(Sec. 2831) Amends the MCAA for Fiscal Year 2002 to change from an administrative building to a fire station the type of facility to be received by the Army as part of an exchange related to construction of the Fairfax County Parkway Extension.
 
(Sec. 2832) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to the Snohomish County Fire Protection District #10 one acre at the Army Reserve Center in Bothell, Washington.
 

Part 2: Navy Conveyances - 
(Sec. 2841) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to convey to San Diego County, California, a specified parcel at the Marine Corps Air Station in Miramar, California, for the purpose of removing the property from the boundaries of the installation and permitting the County to preserve the property as public open space and to reopen for public use the tract known as Stowe Trail.
 

Part 3: Air Force Conveyances - 
(Sec. 2851) Provides that, after the expiration of a contract authorizing the Secretary of the Air Force to lease a 300-unit military family housing project at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, such Secretary may purchase the developer's entire interest in such project if such Secretary determines that the purchase is in the best economic interests of the Air Force. Requires such Secretary to notify the defense and appropriations committees if such determination is made.
 
(Sec. 2852) Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to convey to the city of Jacksonville, Arkansas, a specified parcel of real property around an existing short line railroad in Pulaski County, Arkansas.
 

Subtitle E: Other Matters - 
(Sec. 2861) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2002 to authorize the Secretary of the Army to lease portions of the Army Heritage and Education Center in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, to the Military Heritage Foundation for revenue-generating purposes.
 
(Sec. 2862) Redesignates McEntire Air National Guard Station in Eastover, South Carolina, as McEntire Joint National Guard Base.
 
(Sec. 2863) Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress an interim assessment of the current and future reasonable needs of DOD for water for the Presidio of Monterey (California) and the Ord Military Community.
 

Division C: Department of Energy National Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations - Title XXXI [sic]: Department of Energy National Security Programs - Subtitle A: National Security Programs Authorizations - 
(Sec. 3101) Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY2006 for: (1) activities of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) in carrying out programs necessary for national security, with specified allocations for weapons activities, defense nuclear nonproliferation activities, naval reactors, and the Office of the Administrator for Nuclear Security (Administrator); and (2) environmental restoration and waste management activities in carrying out national security programs, with specified allocations for defense environmental management, other defense activities, and defense nuclear waste disposal.
 

Subtitle B: Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations - 
(Sec. 3111) Amends the Atomic Energy Defense Act to direct the Secretary of Energy to carry out the Reliable Replacement Warhead program to develop reliable replacement components that are producible and certifiable for the existing nuclear weapons stockpile. Requires an interim and final report from the Nuclear Weapons Council on the feasibility and implementation of the program.
 
(Sec. 3112) Requires a report from the Secretary of Energy evaluating past and current U.S. efforts to encourage or facilitate a proper accounting for, and securing of, the nonstrategic nuclear weapons of the Russian Federation, along with recommendations for improving such accounting.
 

Title XXXII: Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board - 
(Sec. 3201) Authorizes appropriations for FY2006 for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.
 

Title XXXIII: National Defense Stockpile - 
(Sec. 3301) Authorizes the National Defense Stockpile (NDS) Manager, during FY2006, to obligate up to $52,132,000 of the funds in the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund (Fund) for authorized Fund uses, including the disposition of hazardous materials that are environmentally sensitive. Authorizes the NDS Manager to obligate amounts in excess of such amount 45 days after notifying Congress that extraordinary or emergency conditions necessitate the additional obligations.
 
(Sec. 3302) Amends the Thurmond Act and the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2000 to authorize increased sales of NDS materials through FY2011.
 

Title XXXIV: Naval Petroleum Reserves - 
(Sec. 3401) Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Energy for FY2006 to carry out activities relating to the naval petroleum reserves.
 

Title XXXV: Maritime Administration - 
(Sec. 3501) Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary, for purposes of this title) for FY2006 for the Maritime Administration for: (1) operation and training; (2) administrative expenses under the loan guarantee program authorized under the Merchant Marine Act, 1936; and (3) obsolete vessel disposal.
 
(Sec. 3502) Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to increase the amount of assistance authorized for state and regional maritime academies. Requires (current law authorizes) the Maritime Administration to make payments to state maritime academies for increasing costs of fuel used to operate training ships.
 
(Sec. 3503) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2004 to require (current law authorizes) the Secretary to: (1) establish a pilot program for reimbursement by the Coast Guard of inspection, survey, and repair expenses incurred by contractors operating vessels enrolled in the Maritime Security Program; and (2) enter into a tank vessel construction contract with a prospective owner, provided that appropriated funds are available.
 
(Sec. 3505) Directs the Secretary to prepare, publish, and submit to Congress a comprehensive plan for management of the vessel disposal program of the Maritime Administration in accordance with specified recommendations made by the Government Accountability Office in March 2005.
 
Requires the Secretary to transfer to the Secretary of the Navy during FY2006 for disposal no fewer than four combatant vessels in the nonretention fleet of the Maritime Administration that are acceptable to the Secretary of the Navy.

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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 - 
Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations - Title I: Procurement - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - 
(Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for FY2006 for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force for aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and other procurement.
 
(Sec. 104) Authorizes appropriations for FY2006 for defense-wide procurement.
 
(Sec. 105) Increases by $40.6 million the amount authorized for Army aircraft, to be used to increase from two to four the number of UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters to be procured.
 

Subtitle B: Army Programs - 
(Sec. 111) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, beginning with the FY2006 program year, to enter into multiyear procurement contracts for: (1) AH-64D attack helicopter block II conversions; and (2) UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters. Authorizes such Secretary, beginning with the FY2007 program year, to enter into multiyear procurement contracts for MH-60S Seahawk helicopters.
 
(Sec. 114) Increases by $1 million the amount authorized for Army research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) in title II, to be used for the Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center. Provides a corresponding offset in Army ammunition procurement funds.
 
(Sec. 115) Increases by $5 million the amount authorized for Navy RDT&E in title II, to be used for the towed array handler. Provides a corresponding offset in Navy Virginia class submarine funding.
 
(Sec. 116) Directs the Secretary of the Army to study, and report to the congressional defense and appropriations committees on, the second source for the production and supply of tires for the Stryker combat vehicle. 
 

Subtitle C: Navy Programs - 
(Sec. 121) Prohibits: (1) destroyers under the next generation destroyer (DD(X)) program from being acquired through a winner-take-all acquisition strategy; and (2) funds authorized under this or any other Act from being used to implement such a strategy.
 
(Sec. 122) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to utilize split funding from FY2007-FY2010 Navy shipbuilding and conversion accounts to fund the detail design and construction of the aircraft carrier designated CVN-78.
 
(Sec. 123) Earmarks specified Navy shipbuilding and conversion funds for design, advance procurement, and advance construction with respect to the LHA Replacement ship. Allows FY2007 and FY2008 Navy shipbuilding and conversion funds to be used for construction of such ship. Provides related contract authority.
 
(Sec. 124) Earmarks specified Navy shipbuilding and conversion funds for commencement of the nuclear refueling and complex overhaul of the U.S.S. Carl Vinson (aircraft carrier). Provides related contract authority.
 
(Sec. 125) Increases by $1 million the amount authorized for Marine Corps procurement, to be used for the rapid intravenous infusion pump. Provides a corresponding offset in Air Force operation and maintenance (O&M) funding under title IV.
 

Subtitle D: Air Force Programs - 
(Sec. 131) Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force, beginning with the FY2006 program year, to enter into a multiyear contract for the procurement of up to 42 additional C-17 aircraft. Requires, prior to such contract, the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to certify to the defense and appropriations committees concerning the additional airlift capability to be procured under such authority. Requires the Secretary, as part of the 2005 quadrennial defense review, to assess the inter-theater airlift capabilities required to support the national defense strategy. Outlines alternative requirements if the Secretary is unable to make the airlift capability certification.
 
(Sec. 132) Prohibits the Secretary of the Air Force from retiring any Air Force KC-135E aircraft in FY2006.
 
(Sec. 133) Authorizes amounts from the Tanker Replacement Transfer Fund (established under a prior defense appropriations Act) to be used for the modernization of existing aerial refueling tankers if consistent with Air Force refueling requirements.
 
(Sec. 134) Prohibits the Secretary of the Air Force from retiring in FY2006 any: (1) F-117 Nighthawk stealth attack aircraft; or (2) C-130E/H tactical airlift aircraft.
 
(Sec. 136) Requires any C-130J/KC-130J aircraft procured after FY2005 to be procured through a contract under the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) relating to the acquisition of items by negotiated contract rather than provisions relating to the acquisition of commercial items.
 
(Sec. 137) Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to procure aircraft for providing aeromedical evacuation services to severely injured or ill personnel. Earmarks funds for such purpose from Air Force aircraft funding authorized under this title.
 
(Sec. 138) Increases by $45 million the amount authorized for Air Force procurement, to be used for the procurement of one C-37B aircraft. Provides a corresponding offset in Army and defense-wide O&M funds.
 

Subtitle E: Defense-Wide Programs - 
(Sec. 151) Prohibits funds authorized by this Act for FY2006 for advance procurement of components for the Advanced SEAL delivery system from being obligated or expended until 30 days after the Secretary certifies to the defense and appropriations committees that the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (Under Secretary) has made a favorable milestone B decision regarding the system. Requires a report from the Secretary to such committees following a program review, and a follow-up Comptroller General (CG) review.
 

Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - 
(Sec. 201) Authorizes appropriations for FY2006 for the Armed Forces for RDT&E. Earmarks specified amounts for science and technology projects.
 
(Sec. 203) Increases by $1.5 million the amount authorized for Navy RDT&E, with a corresponding offset in Air Force O&M funds.
 
(Sec. 204) Increases by $1 million the amount authorized for Army RDT&E, to be used to develop technology to convert obsolete chemical munitions to fertilizer. Provides a corresponding offset in Air Force O&M funds.
 

Subtitle B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations - 
(Sec. 211) Directs the Secretary of the Army to procure the Future Combat System through a negotiated contract rather than through a research transaction.
 
(Sec. 212) Directs the Secretary, in FY2006, to carry out a joint field experiment to address matters relating to stability and support operations. Requires a report on the experiment from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees.
 
(Sec. 213) Authorizes the Secretary to use up to $51 million of defense-wide RDT&E funds to support chemical demilitarization operations at the Pueblo Army Depot, Colorado, and the Blue Grass Army Depot, Kentucky. Terminates such authority at the end of FY2006. Prohibits the Secretary from carrying out any such activity until 21 days after notification of the defense and appropriations committees.
 
(Sec. 214) Increases by specified amounts (with corresponding offsets) funds authorized for: (1) Air Force RDT&E, to be used for aging military aircraft fleet support; (2) Army RDT&E, to be used for warhead/grenade scientific-based manufacturing technology; (3) Army RDT&E, to be used for the joint service small arms program; (4) Air Force RDT&E, to be used for field programmable gate arrays for space application; (5) Navy RDT&E, to be used for long wavelength array low frequency radio astronomy instruments; (6) Army RDT&E, to be used for defense basic research programs; (7) defense-wide RDT&E, to be used for Project Sheriff; and (8) Army RDT&E, to be used for medium tactical vehicle modifications.
 

Subtitle C: Missile Defense Programs - 
(Sec. 221) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2002 to extend through FY2008 required CG assessments of ballistic missile defense (BMD) programs.
 
(Sec. 222) Allows FY2006 or FY2007 RDT&E funds for the Missile Defense Agency to be used by the Secretary for development and fielding of BMD capabilities.
 
(Sec. 223) Requires the appropriate joint and service operational test and evaluation components of the Department of Defense (DOD) to prepare a plan to test, evaluate, and characterize the operational capability of block 06 and each subsequent block of the BMD System. Requires reports, at the conclusion of such test and evaluation, from the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation to the defense and appropriations committees.
 
(Sec. 224) Earmarks specified defense-wide RDT&E funds for coproduction of the Arrow ballistic missile defense system.
 

Subtitle D: High-Performance Defense Manufacturing Technology Research and Development - 
(Sec. 231) Directs the Under Secretary to identify advanced manufacturing processes and technologies whose utilization will achieve significant productivity and efficiency gains in the defense manufacturing base. Requires the Under Secretary to undertake research and development on identified processes and technologies while considering defense priorities established in the most current Joint Warfighting Science and Technology Plan.
 
(Sec. 232) Directs the Under Secretary to accelerate the transition of transformational manufacturing technologies and processes from the research stage to utilization by manufacturers in the defense manufacturing base.
 
(Sec. 233) Authorizes the Under Secretary to: (1) identify an area of technology where the development of an industry-prepared roadmap for new manufacturing and technology processes applicable to defense manufacturing requirements would be beneficial to DOD; and (2) establish a task force and cooperate with the private sector in mapping the strategy for development of such processes and technologies.
 
(Sec. 234) Requires a report from the Under Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees on actions taken by the Under Secretary under this Subtitle during FY2006.
 

Subtitle E: Other Matters - 
(Sec. 241) Makes any individual: (1) with substantial experience in the field of test and evaluation (currently only commissioned officers) eligible for the position of Director of the Defense Test Resource Management Center; and (2) (currently only senior civilian officers and employees of DOD) eligible for the position of Deputy Director of the Center.
 
(Sec. 242) Revises the duties of the Technology Transition Council. Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees on the challenges associated with technology transition from DOD science and technology programs to DOD acquisition programs, as well as a strategy to address those challenges.
 
(Sec. 243) Directs the Secretary to designate a senior DOD official as the executive agent responsible for coordinating and managing DOD programs and efforts for the prevention, mitigation, and treatment of blast injuries. Requires: (1) associated studies and pilot projects toward such end, as well as a training program for appropriate medical and non-medical personnel; (2) a treatment program to enhance the evaluation and care in both U.S. medical facilities and deployment facilities of members of the Armed Forces with traumatic brain injuries; and (3) annual reports from 2006-2010 from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees on DOD efforts to prevent, mitigate, and treat blast injuries.
 
(Sec. 244) Adds information required to be included within annual reports from the Secretary to the defense committees concerning the awarding of prizes in the areas of defense research, technology development, or prototype development.
 
(Sec. 245) Changes from the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation to the Secretary responsibility for the designation of facilities and resources constituting the Major Range and Test Facility Base.
 
(Sec. 246) Requires the Secretary and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to jointly report to Congress recommendations regarding cooperative activities between the two departments related to RDT&E in areas of mutual interest.
 
(Sec. 247) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 1994 to delay until September 30, 2007, the date after which DOD funds may not be obligated to modify or procure any DOD aircraft, ship, vehicle, or system that is not equipped with the Global Positioning System (GPS).
 
(Sec. 248) Requires a report from the Under Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees on DOD development and utilization of robotics and unmanned ground vehicle systems.
 

Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - 
(Sec. 301) Authorizes appropriations for FY2006 for O&M for the Armed Forces and specified activities and agencies of DOD.
 
(Sec. 302) Authorizes appropriations for FY2006 for: (1) working capital funds; (2) the Defense Health Program; (3) chemical agents and munitions destruction; (4) drug interdiction and counter-drug activities; and (5) the Defense Inspector General.
 
(Sec. 304) Earmarks specified Navy O&M funds for a Navy human resources benefit call center.
 

Subtitle B: Environmental Provisions - 
(Sec. 311) Revises information required in an annual report from the Secretary to Congress on progress made in carrying out DOD environmental quality programs and activities.
 
(Sec. 312) Includes owners of covenant property among individuals for whom DOD is authorized to pay cleanup costs in connection with the defense environmental restoration program. Requires that, in the case of property disposed of pursuant to a base closure law and subject to a covenant with DOD for additional remedial action, the sole source of funds for such services shall be the base closure account established under the base closure law under which the property is disposed.
 

Subtitle C: Other Matters - 
(Sec. 321) Earmarks specified Navy O&M funds for repair and maintenance to extend the life of the U.S.S. John F. Kennedy (aircraft carrier). Prohibits the Secretary of the Navy from reducing below 12 the number of active naval aircraft carriers until the later of: (1) 180 days after submission to Congress of the quadrennial defense review (required under current law); or (2) the date on which the Secretary certifies to the defense and appropriations committees that appropriate agreements have been entered into to provide port facilities for the permanent forward deployment of aircraft carriers necessary for the Pacific Command area of responsibility.
 
(Sec. 322) Prohibits the Secretary of the Navy from converting funding for naval shipyards on the East Coast from funding through the Navy working capital fund to funding on a direct basis (mission funding) until the later of: (1) six months after the Secretary submits to the defense and appropriations committees a report on direct funding for Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Washington; or (2) October 1, 2006.
 
(Sec. 323) Authorizes the Secretary to obligate amounts from the National Defense Sealift Fund to exercise options to purchase three Maritime Prepositioning Ship vessels.
 
(Sec. 324) Allows DOD O&M funds to be used to purchase weapons from any person, foreign government, international organization, or other entity for the purpose of protecting U.S. forces engaged in military operations overseas. Requires purchase notification to the defense and appropriations committees.
 
(Sec. 325) Increases from $50,000 to $100,000 the maximum DOD contract amount for the procurement of supplies and services from exchange stores outside the United States.
 
(Sec. 326) Amends the Bob Stump NDAA for Fiscal Year 2003 to extend through FY2010 DOD authority to provide logistics support and services for weapon systems contractors.
 
(Sec. 327) Directs the Secretary of the Army to: (1) develop and implement a training strategy to ensure the readiness of brigade-based combat teams and functional supporting brigades; and (2) report to the defense and appropriations committees on requirements needed to implement such strategy. Requires the CG to monitor such implementation and report to such committees assessing the Army's progress in implementing the strategy.
 
(Sec. 328) Prohibits amounts appropriated to DOD for FY2006 from being obligated or expended for financial management improvement activities relating to the preparation, processing, or auditing of financial statements until the Secretary submits to the defense and appropriations committees: (1) a comprehensive and integrated financial management improvement plan; and (2) a determination that each of the financial management improvement activities are consistent with the plan and will likely result in DOD improvements in the production of timely, reliable, and complete financial management information.
 
(Sec. 329) Directs the Secretary to study, and report to the defense and appropriations committees on, the use of ethanol fuel by the Armed Forces and defense agencies.
 
(Sec. 330) Amends federal law concerning cooperative arrangements entered into between Army and non-Army industrial facilities to provide for the crediting of proceeds from the sale of an article or service pursuant to such an arrangement.
 
(Sec. 331) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Air Force should: (1) be commended for implementation of its Depot Maintenance Strategy and Master Plan; and (2) continue to fully fund its commitment in investments and recapitalization projects pursuant to such Plan.
 
(Sec. 332) Increases (with a corresponding offset) the amount authorized for defense-wide O&M, to be used for child and family assistance benefits for members of the Armed Forces.
 
(Sec. 333) Directs the Secretary to reimburse a member of the Armed Forces for the cost of any protective, safety, or health equipment purchased by a member, or by another on behalf of the member, before or during member deployment in Operations Noble Eagle, Enduring Freedom, or Iraqi Freedom for use in connection with such operation, if the member's unit commander certifies that the equipment was critical to the member's protection, safety, or health. Establishes the Protective Equipment Reimbursement Fund for such purpose. Provides limitations concerning the types of equipment covered, as well as reimbursement amounts.
 
(Sec. 334) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to provide for the general welfare of any person at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who is designated by such Secretary as a &quot;special category resident.&quot;
 
(Sec. 335) Increases (with corresponding offsets) amounts authorized for Army O&M, to be used for: (1) the Point of Maintenance/Arsenal/Depot AIT Initiative; and (2) the long arm high-intensity arc metal halide handheld searchlight.
 
(Sec. 337) Directs the Secretary of the Army to report to the defense and appropriations committees on aircraft most suitable to perform the high-altitude aviation training site mission.
 
(Sec. 338) Authorizes DOD to provide support for certain paralympic sporting events. Limits such additional support to $1 million per fiscal year.
 
(Sec. 339) Requires the Defense Business Transformation Agency to be supervised by the vice chairman of the Defense Business System Management Committee.
 
(Sec. 340) Includes additional facilities within the Armament Retooling and Manufacturing Support Initiative.
 
(Sec. 341) Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to local workforce investment boards (as established under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998) to provide services to spouses of military personnel who: (1) have experienced a loss of employment due to member relocation; or (2) are in a family whose income is significantly reduced due to member deployment, permanent change of duty station, or service-connected disability.
 
(Sec. 342) Earmarks defense-wide O&M funds for expenses incurred under military rest and recuperation leave programs.
 
(Sec. 343) Restates and expands the authority of the Secretary of the military department concerned (Secretary concerned) to accept gifts, devises, or bequests of real or personal property for the benefit of members (and their survivors and dependents) who are wounded or killed while serving in a military operation or activity. Allows property accepted to be used without further specific authorization in law (with limitations). Requires the CG to periodically audit personal property acquired and report audit results to Congress.
 
(Sec. 344) Authorizes the President to designate a day of celebration to honor members of the Armed Forces who served in Operations Enduring Freedom or Iraqi Freedom and have returned. Allows such members to participate in such celebration. Authorizes the Secretary to accept cash contributions to cover costs associated with celebration activities. Provides a cost limitation with respect to such activities. Allows appropriate recognition items to be awarded to any individual who served honorably in such Operations.
 
(Sec. 345) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2004 to include packet-based telephony service within the telecommunications benefit authorized for certain servicemembers.
 
(Sec. 346) Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense committees on the effects of windmill farms on military readiness, including their effects on the operation of military radar installations.
 

Title IV: Military Personnel Authorizations - Subtitle A: Active Forces - 
(Sec. 401) Sets forth authorized end strengths for active-duty forces as of the end of FY2006. Revises permanent active-duty end strength minimum levels.
 

Subtitle B: Reserve Forces - 
(Sec. 411) Sets forth authorized end strengths as of the end of FY2006 for members of the Selected Reserve and reserve personnel on active duty in support of the reserves.
 
(Sec. 413) Sets forth the minimum end strength for FY2006 for Army and Air Force dual status military technicians.
 
(Sec. 414) Places specified FY2006 limits on the number of non-dual status technicians authorized to be employed by the Army and Air National Guard and Army and Air Force Reserve.
 

Subtitle C: Authorizations of Appropriations - 
(Sec. 421) Authorizes appropriations for FY2006 for: (1) military personnel; and (2) the Armed Forces Retirement Home.
 

Title V: Military Personnel Policy - Subtitle A: Officer Personnel Policy - 
(Sec. 501) Excludes from active-duty general and flag officer distribution and end strength limits those general and flag officers on leave pending separation or retirement.
 
(Sec. 502) Increases from 10 to 11 the number of reserve general and flag officers who may be designated by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for certain flag officer positions. Includes positions on the Joint Staff among the authorized positions (currently, only positions on the unified and specified combatant commands).
 
(Sec. 503) Revises the deadline for receipt by promotion selection boards of correspondence from eligible officers.
 
(Sec. 504) Requires: (1) promotion selection boards to be furnished any information of an adverse nature in the case of an eligible officer considered for promotion to the grade of lieutenant colonel, or commander in the case of the Navy; and (2) such information to include any substantiated adverse finding or conclusion from an officially documented investigation or inquiry.
 
(Sec. 505) Provides the grades of judge advocates general of the various military departments. Excludes such positions from officer distribution and end strength limits.
 
(Sec. 506) Permits the Secretary to authorize the Secretaries of the military department concerned, during the period between the enactment of this Act and December 31, 2008, to reduce from 10 to eight years the minimum length of commissioned service required before eligibility for voluntary retirement.
 
(Sec. 507) Revises strength in grade limits applicable to reserve flag officers in an active status.
 
(Sec. 508) Limits to 10 in each military department the number of reserve officers in a grade above colonel, or captain in the case of the Navy, whose mandatory retirement may be deferred until that officer reaches 64 years of age.
 
(Sec. 509) Excludes from military end strength and officer distribution limits either the Director or Deputy Director of Central Intelligence (CIA), the Associate Director for Military Support, and up to five military officers in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. 
 

Subtitle B: Enlisted Personnel Policy - 
(Sec. 521) Prohibits an individual from being enlisted into the Armed Forces unless such person is: (1) a citizen or national of the United States; (2) a habitual resident of the Federal States of Micronesia, the Republic of Palau, or the Republic of the Marshall Islands; or (3) lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to waive such requirement when an enlistment is deemed vital to the national interest.
 
(Sec. 522) Directs the Secretary to prescribe a policy on the recruitment and enlistment of home-schooled students.
 
(Sec. 523) Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees on actions being taken to ensure that new recruits are provided detailed information on the period(s) of service to which they may be obligated by reason of enlistment.
 

Subtitle C: Reserve Component Personnel Matters - 
(Sec. 531) Requires annual (currently, periodic) physical examinations and documentation to the Secretary concerned of the medical and dental readiness of members of the Selected Reserve not on active duty.
 
(Sec. 532) Repeals academic year limits on the amount of financial assistance authorized under the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) scholarship program.
 
(Sec. 533) Authorizes the suspension of financial assistance and subsistence allowance payments for Senior ROTC cadets and midshipmen on the basis of health-related incapacities, under specified conditions prescribed by the Secretary.
 
(Sec. 534) Increases from 208 to 416 the maximum number of Army Reserve and Army National Guard cadets authorized under the ROTC program.
 
(Sec. 535) Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (currently, the Secretary concerned) to prescribe the form and manner under which a person entitled to educational assistance for reserves supporting contingency and other operations and also entitled to other educational assistance shall elect which benefits he or she shall receive. Authorizes the continuation of educational assistance to a member of the Selected Reserve who incurs a break in service of not more than 90 days if the member continues to serve in the Ready Reserve during and after the service break.
 
(Sec. 536) Amends the Ronald W. Reagan NDAA for Fiscal Year 2005 to repeal a limitation on the effective date of any redesignation by the Secretary of the Navy of the Naval Reserve as the Navy Reserve.
 
(Sec. 537) Directs the Secretary of the Army to carry out a pilot program to evaluate the feasibility and advisability of utilizing reserve Army personnel, rather than contractor personnel, to perform test, evaluation, new equipment training, and related activities for one or more acquisition programs selected by such Secretary. Terminates pilot program authority on September 30, 2010. Requires a program report from such Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees.
 
(Sec. 538) Directs the Secretary of the Army to carry out a pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of utilizing a coalition of military and civilian community personnel at military installations to enhance the quality of life for members of the Armed Forces who serve at such installation and their families. Requires the pilot program to be undertaken in two states. Outlines specific program objectives, including assisting families in coping with member absence during deployment and with extended member deployments. Requires a program report from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees.
 
(Sec. 539) Amends federal law concerning receipt of retired pay for non-regular service to provide that, in the case of a member of the Ready Reserve who serves on active duty after September 11, 2001, in support of a contingency operation or in response to a national emergency, their retirement eligibility age shall be reduced below 60 by three months for each aggregate of 90 days during which the member so performs in any fiscal year after such date. Prohibits such retirement eligibility date from being reduced below age 50. Continues age 60 as the minimum eligibility age for DOD-authorized health care for such retirees.
 
(Sec. 540) Requires the Defense Science Board to study and report to the defense and appropriations committees on the length and frequency of deployment of members of the National Guard and reserves as a result of the global war on terrorism.
 
(Sec. 541) Makes U.S. nationals (currently, only U.S. citizens) eligible for appointment to the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) or as commissioned officers.
 
(Sec. 542) Directs the Secretary to: (1) implement certain incentives and a recruiting strategy to support the acquisition of foreign language skills among cadets and midshipmen in the ROTC; and (2) report to the defense and appropriations committees on actions taken.
 
(Sec. 543) Expresses the sense of the Senate: (1) recognizing the role played by National Guard and reserve military technicians (dual status) in the efforts of the Armed Forces; and (2) urging the Secretary to promptly resolve issues relating to the payment of certain reenlistment bonuses for such personnel.
 

Subtitle D: Military Justice and Related Matters - 
(Sec. 551) Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) to provide an unlimited period for the prosecution by court-martial of murder or rape. Provides, with respect to child abuse cases, a period of the life of the victim or five years after the date of the offense, whichever is later.
 
(Sec. 552) Establishes the UCMJ offense of stalking.
 
(Sec. 553) States that a judge advocate or civilian attorney who is authorized to provide military legal assistance is authorized to provide that assistance in any jurisdiction.
 
(Sec. 554) Authorizes the Secretary or a military department Secretary to issue an administrative censure (an adverse opinion or criticism with respect to conduct or the performance of duty) to a member of the Armed Forces. Makes such a censure final and unappealable.
 
(Sec. 555) Directs the Secretary to prescribe a requirement that each covered member, whether active-duty or reserve, shall submit to an authority in the military department concerned a timely report on any investigation, arrest, charge, detention, adjudication, or conviction of such member by any law enforcement authority of the United States for a violation of a criminal law. Provides an exception with respect to minor traffic offenses. Requires the Secretary to prescribe such a requirement by January 1, 2006.
 
(Sec. 556) Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) there should be no ambiguity about the applicability of the UCMJ to reserve personnel serving overseas under inactive-duty training orders; and (2) the Secretary should take action to clarify jurisdictional issues relating to such applicability and, if necessary, submit to Congress a proposal for legislative action to ensure such applicability.
 

Subtitle E: Military Service Academies - 
(Sec. 561) Requires an officer serving as a permanent military professor at the Naval Academy in a grade of commander who is not on a list of officers recommended for promotion to captain to be retired, if not earlier retired, on the first day of the month after the officer completes 28 years of active commissioned service. Requires retirement after 30 years of active commissioned service for an officer serving in such position in the grade of captain who is not on a list of officers recommended for promotion to the grade of rear admiral (lower half). Allows either such officer to be continued on active duty by the Secretary of the Navy after such dates: (1) upon recommendation of the Superintendent of the Naval Academy; and (2) with the concurrence of the Chief of Naval Operations.
 

Subtitle F: Administrative Matters - 
(Sec. 571) Authorizes specified leave accrual for members: (1) assigned to a deployable ship or mobile unit or other designated duty; or (2) who, on or after August 29, 2005, perform qualifying duty as determined by the Secretary.
 
(Sec. 572) Prohibits any military medical or dental billet from being converted to a civilian position until 90 days after the Secretary has made certain certifications to the defense and appropriations committees with respect to such conversion. Directs the Secretary to conduct market surveys to determine whether civilian medical and dental care providers in an area are adequate to fill the positions created by a conversion to civilian positions.
 
(Sec. 573) Directs the Secretary to prescribe a uniform policy for the taking of parental leave by military personnel in connection with births or adoptions.
 
(Sec. 574) Requires the Secretary concerned to perform mental health screenings of each member who is deployed in a combat operation or zone.
 
(Sec. 575) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary or the Secretary concerned should, upon awarding a medal to a member for bravery, heroism, or other achievement, notify the defense committees, the Senators from the state in which the member resides, and the Member of the House of Representatives from the district in which the member resides.
 
(Sec. 576) Amends federal law concerning the national call to service program to state that educational assistance for program participants shall be provided through the Department of Veterans Affairs under an agreement between the Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs.
 
(Sec. 577) Designates financial assistance provided to a cadet appointed at a military junior college as an &quot;Ike Skelton Early Commissioning Program Scholarship.&quot;
 

Subtitle G: Defense Dependents Education Matters - 
(Sec. 581) Amends the Defense Dependents' Education Act of 1978 to authorize the Secretary to allow the enrollment in schools of the defense dependents' education system on a tuition-free basis of children of full-time, locally-hired employees of DOD in an overseas area, as long as the employees are U.S. citizens or nationals.
 
(Sec. 582) Authorizes the Secretary, in order to assist communities in making adjustments resulting from the creation of new units and other large-scale relocations of members between installations, to make payments to local educational agencies (LEAs) that had an overall increase in the number of military dependent students enrolled in schools of such LEAs equal to or greater than 250 military dependent students. Requires the Secretary to notify each LEA eligible for such assistance. Limits such assistance to $1 million per LEA for any fiscal year. Requires reports from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees, in each of 2007 through 2009, on assistance provided. Provides funding for such assistance from DOD O&M funds authorized under this Act. Terminates assistance authority at the end of FY2008.
 
(Sec. 583) Earmarks specified DOD O&M funds for: (1) providing assistance to LEAs that benefit dependents of members of the Armed Forces and civilian DOD employees; and (2) impact aid for children with severe disabilities, as authorized under the Floyd D. Spence NDAA for Fiscal Year 2001.
 
(Sec. 585) Authorizes the Secretary to conduct pilot projects to assess the feasibility, advisability, and utility of encouraging pediatric literacy among the children of military personnel utilizing the Reach Out and Read model of pediatric early literacy. Requires: (1) consultation with the Reach Out and Read National Center in the development and implementation of such projects; and (2) a report on such projects from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees. Provides funding from defense-wide O&M funds.
 

Subtitle H: Other Matters - 
(Sec. 591) Directs the Secretary to develop and prescribe for DOD a comprehensive policy on the provision of casualty assistance to survivors and next of kin of members who die during military service. Outlines policy elements. Requires: (1) policy adoption by the military departments; (2) a report from the Secretary to the defense committees on the improvement of casualty assistance programs; and (3) an assessment from the CG to the defense and appropriations committees of casualty assistance programs of DOD and other federal departments and agencies.
 
(Sec. 592) Adds the enhancement of combat effectiveness and the national security to the mission and authorities of the Naval Postgraduate School. Authorizes the Secretary to permit enlisted personnel to receive instruction at the School.
 
(Sec. 593) Permits appropriated funds to be used to: (1) procure recognition items of nominal or modest value for recruitment or retention purposes; and (2) present such items to members, and to family members who provide support that substantially facilitates service in the Armed Forces.
 
(Sec. 594) Directs the Secretary to prescribe or modify regulations on the policies and procedures relating to personal commercial solicitations, including the sale of life insurance and securities, on DOD installations.
 
(Sec. 595) Increases and extends through FY2008 federal assistance for state programs under the National Guard Youth Challenge Program.
 
(Sec. 596) Authorizes the President of the National Defense University to award the degree of master of science in joint campaign planning and strategy.
 
(Sec. 597) Amends the Ronald W. Reagan NDAA for Fiscal Year 2005 to: (1) place the Commission on the National Guard and Reserves within the legislative branch; and (2) revise the pay levels of Commission members.
 
(Sec. 598) Directs the Secretary concerned to carry out a program to provide comprehensive education and training to members concerning an array of financial services, including insurance, that are available through private sources, as well as marketing aspects of such services. Requires: (1) member and family member financial services counseling, upon request; and (2) at least one full-time counselor at each military installation at which 2,000 or more members are assigned. Outlines counselor qualification requirements. Requires the availability of Servicemembers Group Life Insurance (SGLI) to be included within any counseling concerning life insurance. Prohibits pay allotments for private sector life insurance without certification of prior member counseling.
 
(Sec. 599) Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) DOD should work with financial service regulators to protect military personnel from predatory lending practices; and (2) the Senate should consider and adopt legislation to strengthen disclosure and other protections for members and ensure greater cooperation between such regulators and DOD concerning member protection from such practices. Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense and finance committees on predatory lending practices directed at members and their families.
 
(Sec. 599A) Authorizes members to train for, attend, and participate in the Paralympic Games.
 
(Sec. 599B) Makes eligible for the position of President of the Naval Postgraduate School a civilian (currently, only an officer) with appropriate qualifications.
 

Title VI: Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits - Subtitle A: Pay and Allowances - 
(Sec. 601) Includes permanent military professors at the Naval Academy with over 36 years of service among those individuals for whom an additional pay of $250 monthly is authorized.
 
(Sec. 602) Authorizes DOD matching contributions to the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) in the case of first-time enlistees who are enlisting for a period of not less than two years.
 
(Sec. 603) Makes permanent (currently terminates at the end of FY2006) the authority for payment of a supplemental subsistence allowance for low-income members with dependents.
 
(Sec. 604) Outlines the special and incentive pays, earned originally as enlisted pay, that may be considered saved by a former enlisted member who becomes a commissioned officer, but requires the officer to continue to perform the duty which created the entitlement to such pay.
 
(Sec. 605) Makes permanent the extension from 180 to 365 days following the death of a member who dies while serving on active duty the period for the temporary continuation of the basic allowance for housing (BAH) for dependents of such members. (Currently, such extension terminates on September 30, 2005, under provisions of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005.)
 
(Sec. 606) Provides a BAH rate equal to that in effect for similarly situated regular servicemembers for members of the reserves who are called or ordered to active duty for a period of: (1) more than 30 days; or (2) 30 days or less in support of a contingency operation.
 
(Sec. 607) Directs the Secretary concerned to pay an amount equal to the monthly active-duty income differential of a member of the reserves who: (1) completes 180 continuous days of active duty service; (2) completes 24 months on active duty during the previous 60 months; or (3) is involuntarily mobilized for service on active duty for six months or less following the member's separation from a previous period of active duty. Provides minimum ($50) and maximum ($3,000) monthly payment amounts. Limits the FY2006 obligation of funds for payments for involuntarily mobilized members. 
 

Subtitle B: Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays - 
(Sec. 611) Extends through 2006 specified authorities currently scheduled to expire at the end of 2005 with respect to certain special pay and bonus programs within the regular and reserve Armed Forces.
 
(Sec. 615) Allows assignment incentive pay to be paid monthly (current law), in a lump sum, or in installments. Requires a written agreement with respect to the performance of duty for which such pay is paid. Sets at $1,500 the maximum rate of such pay. Requires repayment for unserved periods.
 
(Sec. 616) Provides a selective reenlistment bonus to a Navy enlisted member who: (1) has completed at least ten, but not more than 14 years of active duty; (2) is currently qualified for duty in connection with the supervision, operation, and maintenance of naval nuclear propulsion plants; (3) is qualified in a military skill designated as critical; and (4) reenlists or voluntarily extends his or her enlistment for a period of at least three years in the regular naval service. Authorizes a bonus of up to $75,000.
 
(Sec. 617) Consolidates into one federal provision, with revisions, provisions concerning the payment of bonuses for affiliation or enlistment in the Selected Reserve. Allows an affiliation bonus only for those individuals who have completed fewer than 20 years of military service, and requires execution of a written agreement. Directs the Secretary concerned to designate skills, units, and pay grades with respect to such bonus. Authorizes an accession bonus for first-time enlistment in the Selected Reserve, limiting such bonus to $10,000. Requires repayment for failure to complete the obligated service. Terminates all bonus authority under this section at the end of 2006. Repeals superseded affiliation bonus authority.
 
(Sec. 618) Increases from $10 to $50 the special pay authorized for Selected Reserve personnel who are assigned to certain high priority units and who perform inactive duty for training relating to such assignment.
 
(Sec. 619) Authorizes a retention incentive bonus for members of the Selected Reserve qualified in a critical military skill or specialty. Requires a minimum of two additional years of such service in order to be so eligible. Authorizes an assignment bonus for an officer or enlisted member who voluntarily agrees to an assignment to a high priority unit of the Selected Reserve for at least two years. Limits to $100,000 the total amount of such bonuses that may be received by a member. Requires bonus repayment for failure to complete the obligated service. Terminates the bonus authority at the end of 2006.
 
(Sec. 620) Terminates the three-month limitation on the payment of imminent danger special pay paid during hospitalization.
 
(Sec. 621) Authorizes the retroactive payment of imminent danger special pay from any date on or after which a member was assigned to duty in a foreign area determined by the Secretary to qualify for such pay.
 
(Sec. 622) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to pay as a bonus foreign language proficiency pay to members serving on active duty. Limits such bonus to $12,000 annually.
 
(Sec. 623) Authorizes the payment of an incentive bonus for a regular or reserve member who executes a written agreement to: (1) transfer from the member's current regular or reserve component to a regular or reserve component of another armed force; and (2) serve in the latter component for not less than three years. Requires the Secretary concerned to determine that there is a shortage of trained and qualified personnel in the latter component before such incentive bonus will be paid. Limits such bonus to $2,500. Requires bonus repayment for failure to complete the obligated service. Terminates the bonus authority at the end of 2006.
 
(Sec. 624) Makes oral and maxillofacial surgeons eligible for incentive special pay authorized for medical officers of the Armed Forces.
 

Subtitle C: Travel and Transportation Allowances - 
(Sec. 631) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to provide a travel and transportation allowance for up to three family members of a member of the Armed Forces who: (1) is serving on active duty; (2) was held captive, as determined by the Secretary concerned; and (3) is repatriated to a site inside or outside the United States. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to also provide a per diem allowance in connection with such travel. Authorizes the same allowance with respect to family members of DOD civilian employees who were held captive and are repatriated. Continues (currently terminates on September 30, 2005) the authority to provide a travel and transportation allowance for family members incident to serious illness or injury of a member of the Armed Forces. Codifies a reporting requirement previously contained in the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005 with respect to the total amount of such allowances provided in a fiscal year.
 

Subtitle D: Retired Pay and Survivor Benefits - 
(Sec. 641) Increases from $12,000 to $100,000 the death gratuity payable with respect to members who die during active duty or inactive duty training or within 120 days after discharge or release from such duty or training. Increases from $250,000 to $400,000 the maximum member coverage under the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (SGLI) program, such extra coverage representing amounts for members serving in combat operations or zones. Requires notice to the spouse or, if not married, next of kin, of an election by a member not to be insured under SGLI, or to be insured for an amount less than the maximum coverage.
 
(Sec. 642) Amends the Armed Forces Retirement Home Act of 1991 to redesignate the Home's Chief Operating Officer as the Chief Executive Officer. Requires the Home, in providing for the health care needs of its residents, to have in attendance at each facility during regular daily business hours, and on call during non-business hours, both a physician and a dentist with appropriate skills and experience. Requires the Home to provide to any resident, upon request, transportation to any medical facility located not more than 30 miles away for the provision of medical care. Removes the requirement that the military director for each Home facility be a civilian with experience as a continuing care retirement community professional.
 
(Sec. 643) Repeals the required reduction of Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) survivor annuities by amounts received by such survivors as dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC). Prohibits the retroactive effect of such repeal or the recoupment of certain amounts previously refunded to SBP recipients. Authorizes the reconsideration of an optional annuity to dependent children under the SBP.
 
(Sec. 644) Changes from October 1, 2008, to October 1, 2005, the effective date after which no reduction in retired pay will be allowed for certain long-time SBP participants.
 
(Sec. 645) Authorizes the full payment of military retired pay and veterans disability compensation, without reduction from either, with respect to veterans with service-connected disabilities rated as total by reason of the veteran's unemployability. Authorizes an additional death gratuity of $150,000 for the survivors of decedents who died between October 7, 2001, and May 11, 2005, and at the time of death were not eligible for the additional death gratuity for service in combat operations or zones.
 

Subtitle E: Other Matters - 
(Sec. 651) Authorizes the Secretary to pay for expenses of members to obtain professional credentials, including for examinations to obtain such credentials. Provides an exception with respect to expenses to obtain the basic qualifications for membership in a profession or officer community.
 
(Sec. 652) Directs the Secretary of the Army, during FY2006, to carry out a pilot program to assess the extent to which contributions by military departments to the TSP assists the Armed Forces in: (1) recruiting efforts; and (2) establishing habits of financial responsibility for members during their initial enlistment. Authorizes such Secretary to make TSP contributions for pilot program participants. Requires a pilot program report from the Secretary of Defense to the defense and appropriations committees.
 
(Sec. 653) Amends the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2003 to extend the authority of such Act from September 30, 2005, to September 30, 2007.
 
(Sec. 654) Directs the Secretary concerned to provide to servicemembers under their jurisdiction pertinent information on the rights and protections available to such servicemembers and their dependents under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. Requires such information to be provided during initial orientation training or such other appropriate times as determined by such Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to provide such information to adult dependents of servicemembers.
 

Subtitle F: Enhancement of Authorities for Recruitment and Retention - 
(Sec. 671) Increases from $1,500 to $3,000 the maximum authorized monthly amount of assignment incentive pay.
 
(Sec. 672) Authorizes the Secretary to provide a temporary increase in the rates of BAH in a military housing area located within an area for which a major disaster has been declared. Limits such increase to no more than 20 percent of the previously authorized rate. Requires the member concerned to certify increased housing costs due to such disaster. Makes such increase effective until the rate is readjusted due to a redetermination of housing costs in the area.
 
(Sec. 673) Authorizes the Secretary to develop and provide incentives for the recruitment of individuals as officers and enlisted members. Directs the Secretary, before providing an incentive, to develop a plan that includes a description of the incentive and its anticipated outcome. Limits the number of individuals to whom such incentives may be provided. Requires an annual report from the Secretary to Congress on the incentives provided.
 
(Sec. 674) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to provide voluntary separation pay and benefits to eligible members who are voluntarily separated from active duty in the Armed Forces. Makes eligible for such pay and benefits members who: (1) have served on active duty from more than six years but not more than 20; (2) have served at least five years of continuous active duty immediately preceding their date of separation; (3) have not been approved for the payment of any other voluntary separation incentive; and (4) meet such other requirements as the Secretary concerned may prescribe. Provides eligibility exceptions, including those discharged with disability severance pay. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to determine a number of members who may serve in the Ready Reserve, for up to three years, in order to qualify for the voluntary separation pay and benefits. Provides for: (1) the computation and payment of such pay; and (2) the coordination of such pay with retired or retainer pay and disability compensation. Requires repayment from members who return to active duty, but allows the Secretary to waive such repayment in whole or part when its recovery would be against equity and good conscience or contrary to the best interests of the United States. Terminates such pay authority on December 31, 2008. Authorizes the Secretary to allow the Secretaries of the Navy and Air Force to provide selective early retirement for officers during the period beginning on October 1, 2005, and ending on December 31, 2011.
 
(Sec. 675) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to repay a loan made to a military chaplain that was: (1) used to finance education resulting in a Masters of Divinity degree; and (2) obtained from an accredited theological seminary. Requires the chaplain to sign a written agreement to serve in the Selected Reserve for not less than three years in order to receive the loan repayment.
 
(Sec. 676) Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to require notification of homeowners assisted under such Act explaining the mortgage and foreclosure rights of servicemembers under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, including the toll-free help number for further assistance.
 
(Sec. 677) Amends the Social Security Act to extend Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits to 24 consecutive months following service in the case of members of the National Guard and reserves whose ineligibility for SSI benefits is a result of being called to active duty.
 
(Sec. 678) Prohibits interment in a national cemetery, and denies certain burial-related benefits including funeral honors, for individuals who receive a life sentence or the death penalty, or who have been convicted of a capital offense for which the person was sentenced to death or life imprisonment without parole.
 
(Sec. 679) Reservist Access to Veterans Preference Act - Provides a veterans' hiring preference under federal employment law for members who are discharged or released from active duty in the National Guard or reserves.
 

Title VII: Health Care - Subtitle A: Benefits Matters - 
(Sec. 701) Authorizes health care coverage under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) in the case of reserve officers for whom orders have been issued but the officer has not entered on active duty.
 
(Sec. 702) Limits deductible and copayment requirements for nursing home residents under the CHAMPUS pharmacy benefits program.
 
(Sec. 703) Makes eligible as a dependent in the TRICARE (a DOD managed health care program) dental plan a spouse of a deceased member who did not qualify for enrollment on the date of the member's death because the spouse was also on active duty for a period of more than 30 days.
 
(Sec. 704) Provides a conditional period of continued TRICARE Prime coverage for children of members who die while serving on active duty for a scheduled period of more than 30 days. Makes such conditional period the longer of: (1) three years after the member's death; (2) the date on which a dependent reaches age 21; or (3) the date on which a dependent who was enrolled in a full-time course of study ceases to pursue such course of study or reaches 23 years of age.
 
(Sec. 705) Removes certain conditions, including a required period of active-duty service, prior to the eligibility of members of the Selected Reserve for health care benefits under TRICARE Standard.
 

Subtitle B: Planning, Programming, and Management - 
(Sec. 711) Requires: (1) the establishment in each TRICARE regional office of a position the responsibilities of which shall be the monitoring, oversight, and improvement of the TRICARE Standard option in that region; and (2) an implementation report from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees.
 
(Sec. 712) Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees on the delivery of health care benefits through the military health care system.
 
(Sec. 713) Requires the CG to study, and report to the Secretary and the defense and appropriations committees on, the effectiveness of current differential payments to children's hospitals for health care services for severely ill dependent children of members under the TRICARE program in achieving adequate health care services for such children.
 
(Sec. 714) Repeals the requirement for CG reviews of certain DOD-Department of Veterans Affairs projects on the sharing of health care resources.
 
(Sec. 715) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2004 to require additional questions in surveys of health providers concerning TRICARE Standard care.
 
(Sec. 716) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2000 to revise information required in DOD health care quality and technology enhancement reports.
 
(Sec. 717) Amends the Floyd D. Spence NDAA for Fiscal Year 2001 to repeal the requirement that the Department of Defense Patient Safety Center be located within the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. Renames the MedTeams Program as Medical Team Training.
 
(Sec. 718) Prohibits a person from serving as a Regional Director under the TRICARE program unless the individual: (1) is an officer in the Armed Forces in a general or flag officer grade, or a civilian DOD employee in the Senior Executive Service; and (2) has at least 10 years of experience, expertise, or training in military health care, managed care, and health care policy and administration.
 
(Sec. 719) Requires a report from the Secretary to specified congressional committees on the Department of Defense Composite Health Care System II.
 
(Sec. 720) Directs the Secretary to maintain a joint military medical center of excellence focusing on the medical needs arising from mandatory military vaccinations.
 
(Sec. 721) Includes (with service limits) under TRICARE the services of mental health counselors.
 
Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 1995 to authorize DOD to enter into personal services contracts with mental health counselors.
 
(Sec. 722) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees on DOD efforts to prepare for pandemic influenza, including pandemic avian influenza.
 
(Sec. 723) Requires a report from the CG to the defense and veterans' committees on the feasibility of an expanded partnership between DOD and the Department of Veterans Affairs for the provision of health care services.
 
(Sec. 724) Directs the Secretary to study and report to the defense committees on the feasibility of conducting a military and civilian partnership project to permit employees of DOD and of a nonprofit health care entity to jointly staff and provide health care services to military personnel and civilians at a DOD military treatment facility.
 

Subtitle C: Other Matters - 
(Sec. 731) Directs the Secretary to study and report to the defense and appropriations committees on adverse health events that may be associated with the use of anti-malarial drugs, including mefloquine.
 
(Sec. 732) Directs the Secretary to carry out at least three pilot projects to evaluate the efficacy of various approaches to improving the capability of the military and civilian health care system to provide early diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental health conditions. Requires one of the projects to be conducted at a National Guard or reserve facility that is more than 40 miles from a military medical facility and whose personnel are served primarily by civilian community health resources. Requires one of the projects to be designed to evaluate Internet-based diagnosis and treatment. Requires a report on the pilot projects from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees. Provides funding for the projects.
 
(Sec. 733) Requires: (1) the Secretary to establish within DOD a task force to examine matters relating to mental health and the Armed Forces; and (2) the task force to submit a long-term plan on the means by which DOD shall improve the efficacy of mental health services provided and report to the Secretary on its activities. Terminates the task force 90 days after its final report.
 

Title VIII: Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, and Related Matters - Subtitle A: Acquisition Policy and Management - 
(Sec. 801) Requires, for each non-defense agency that procures property or services in excess of $100 million on behalf of DOD during FY2005, the inspectors general of DOD and the non-defense agency involved to carry out reviews of the procurement policies, procedures, and internal controls applicable to such procurements. Provides DOD procurement limitations with respect to non-defense agencies for which the above review results in a negative compliance determination. Provides an exception with respect to a non-defense agency for which the Under Secretary has determined that it is necessary in the interest of DOD to continue to procure property and services through such agency. Terminates applicable DOD procurement limitations upon non-defense agency compliance with defense procurement requirements. Makes this section inapplicable to certain contracts of the General Services Administration (GSA).
 
(Sec. 802) Directs the Secretary to establish within the Defense Logistics Agency a Defense Contract Support Acquisition Center to act as the executive agent within DOD for each acquisition of contract services in excess of the DOD simplified acquisition threshold. Provides for a Center Director, with specified duties. Prohibits after September 30, 2009, any officer or employee of the federal government outside the Center from engaging in a procurement action for the acquisition of contract services for DOD that is valued in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold. Provides for the transfer of personnel for Center staff and support. Provides for the phased implementation of the Director's authority to act as executive contract services acquisition agent for DOD.
 
(Sec. 803) Authorizes the Secretary to acquire from any international regional organization (currently, only from such an organization of which the United States is a member) logistic support, supplies, and services for elements of U.S. Armed Forces deployed outside the United States.
 
(Sec. 804) Allows a major weapon system of DOD to be treated as a commercial item, or purchased under procedures established for the procurement of commercial items, only if specifically authorized by Congress.
 
(Sec. 805) Requires a report in each of FY2005 and FY2006, from the Secretary of each military department to the Under Secretary, on service surcharges for purchases made for military departments through other DOD agencies.
 
(Sec. 806) Requires the Defense Acquisition University to review the DOD acquisition structure and submit to the defense and appropriations committees an interim and final report concerning such review.
 
(Sec. 807) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense and appropriations committees on the acquisition status of each major defense acquisition program (MDAP) whose program acquisition or procurement unit cost has exceeded by more than 50 percent the original baseline projection for such unit cost.
 
(Sec. 808) Requires DOD contracts for the lease of a combat vehicle (currently, only for a vessel or aircraft) to be specifically authorized by law. Requires a certification, from the Secretary to specified congressional committees, that entering into the proposed contract for such vessel, aircraft, or combat vehicle is the most cost-effective means of obtaining it, and that the Secretary has determined that the lease complies with all applicable laws, circulars, and regulations. Authorizes a review of the proposed contract prior to its authorization by Congress. Applies such requirements to capital leases and lease-purchase agreements.
 
(Sec. 809) Prohibits an MDAP from being commenced before completion of an analysis of alternatives.
 
(Sec. 809A) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense and appropriations committees on the use of lead system integrators for the DOD acquisition of major systems.
 
(Sec. 809B) Requires the Secretary to: (1) perform a complete spend analysis of past and current DOD acquisitions of commercial satellite communication services; and (2) report to Congress on the DOD acquisition strategy for such services.
 
(Sec. 809C) Directs the Secretary to provide guidance for the military departments and defense agencies on the use of tiered evaluations of offers or proposals for contracts and for task orders under contracts.
 
(Sec. 809D) Requires the Secretary to notify the defense and appropriations committees at least 60 days before canceling a major automated information system program that has been fielded or approved to be fielded, or making a change that will significantly reduce the scope of such a program, of the proposed cancellation or change.
 
(Sec. 809E) Makes a DOD requirement to procure certain articles from American sources (Buy American requirements) inapplicable, for a two-year period dating from the enactment of this Act, to the procurement of specialty metals used to produce force protection equipment needed to prevent combat fatalities in Iraq or Afghanistan.
 
(Sec. 809F) Prohibits a DOD function currently performed by 10 or more civilian employees from being converted to contractor performance unless the conversion is based on the results of a public-private competition process that: (1) compares the cost of each type of performance; (2) creates an agency tender, including a most efficient organization plan; and (3) requires continued performance by the civilian employees unless the competitive sourcing official determines that the cost by contractor performance would be less by the lesser of $10 million or 10% of the most efficient organization's personnel-related costs for performance by civilian employees. Prohibits functions from being separated in order to avoid the competition requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to waive such requirements due to national security interests. Makes such requirements inapplicable to the best-value source selection pilot program under the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2004.
 
(Sec. 809G) Directs the Secretary to prescribe guidelines and procedures for ensuring that consideration is given to using federal employees on a regular basis for work that is performed under DOD contracts. States that no public-private competition may be required before the performance of a new requirement by federal employees commences, or the scope of an existing activity performed by federal employees is expanded. Directs the Secretary to ensure that federal employees are fairly considered for the performance of new requirements, and to utilize flexible hiring authority in order to facilitate federal employee performance of new requirements. Requires a report from the DOD Inspector General to the defense committees on the Secretary's compliance with this section.
 
(Sec. 809H) Amends the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005 to modify a limitation on the conversion to contractor performance with respect to the procurement of certain supplies and services.
 
(Sec. 809I) Revises provisions concerning DOD share-in-savings contracts to state that each such contract shall require the contractor to incur the cost of implementing technology improvements in exchange for a share of any savings directly resulting from the implementation of such improvements. Requires the head of an agency that enters into such a contract to establish a panel of employees for verifying performance baselines and methodologies for calculating resultant savings. Outlines additional contract requirements relating to the calculation of such savings. Extends through FY2007 the pilot program authorizing such contracts. Requires: (1) annual reports, during the pilot program period, from the Secretary to Congress on each contract that contains terms for the implementation of technology improvements in exchange for a share of resultant savings; and (2) CG reports to Congress, during the same period, on the costs and benefits of the implementation of the technology improvements.
 
(Sec. 809J) Expresses the sense of the Senate that an amendment under the Ronald W. Reagan NDAA for Fiscal Year 2005 permits the Secretary to provide financial assistance to the Army National Guard for the performance of certain additional duties without the use of competitive procedures.
 

Subtitle B: Defense Industrial Base Matters - 
(Sec. 811) Provides an exception to Buy American requirements for the procurement of perishable foods for an establishment located outside the United States for the personnel attached to such establishment.
 
(Sec. 812) Provides a conditional waiver from DOD domestic source or content procurement requirements with respect to countries with reciprocal defense procurement agreements with the United States when it is determined that such country has not increased exports of defense items to the People's Republic of China during the fiscal year in which the determination is made (thereby allowing for DOD procurement of items that are grown, processed, produced, or manufactured in such country). Allows the waiver only for the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the determination is made (requiring annual determinations).
 
(Sec. 813) Prohibits any provision or amendment made by this Act from applying to any DOD procurement to the extent that the Secretary determines it to be inconsistent with U.S. obligations under a trade agreement.
 
(Sec. 814) Directs the Secretary, at least every four years, to revise and update criteria and procedures utilized to identify DOD research and development programs which are suitable for the provision of funds under the Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR Program). Authorizes the Secretary and each military department Secretary to create and administer a commercialization pilot program to accelerate the transition of technologies, products, and services developed under the SBIR Program to Phase III, including the acquisition process. Requires an evaluative report from each Secretary at the end of each fiscal year. Terminates the commercialization pilot program at the end of FY2009.
 
Amends the Small Business Act to provide for the implementation of Executive Order 13329 (Encouraging Innovation in Manufacturing).
 

Subtitle C: Defense Contractor Matters - 
(Sec. 821) Requires each DOD contract for the procurement of goods or services in excess of $10 million, other than a contract for the procurement of commercial items, to include a provision under which the contractor submits to the Secretary a written report listing the names of former DOD officials or employees who were provided compensation by such contractor, along with related information.
 
(Sec. 822) Directs the Secretary to conduct a review of certain contractor ethics matters raised by the performance by contractor personnel of: (1) functions closely associated with inherently governmental functions; and (2) other functions historically performed by government employees in the federal workplace. Requires a report on review results from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees.
 
(Sec. 823) Requires: (1) the Secretary to establish a risk assessment team to assess the vulnerability of DOD contracts to fraud, waste, and abuse; (2) the chairman of the team to report assessment results to the Secretary and the defense and appropriations committees; (3) the CG to review the report and report review results to such committees; and (4) the Secretary to develop and submit to such committees a plan of action for addressing the identified areas of vulnerability.
 
(Sec. 824) Directs the Secretary to submit quarterly to specified congressional committees a report that lists and describes each task or delivery order contract or other contract related to security and reconstruction activities in Iraq and Afghanistan in which an audit conducted by an investigative component of DOD resulted in a finding that the contract includes costs that are unsupported, questioned, or both. Authorizes the withholding of payments under such a contract, with a release when costs are determined to be allowable or a settlement is negotiated. Requires information on any withholding and release to be included in subsequent quarterly reports.
 

Subtitle D: Defense Acquisition Workforce Matters - 
(Sec. 831) Amends the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to make certain DOD funds available for Defense Acquisition University training of the defense acquisition workforce.
 
(Sec. 832) Prohibits the defense acquisition and support workforce from being reduced, during FY2006-FY2008, below the level of that workforce as of September 30, 2004, except as necessary to strengthen the workforce in higher priority positions. Directs the Secretary to increase the number of persons employed in such workforce for each of those fiscal years. Defines higher priority positions for which the exception shall apply. Directs the Secretary to develop and submit to Congress a human resources strategic plan for such workforce that includes objectives and planned actions for improving workforce management.
 
(Sec. 834) Directs the Secretary to ensure that each member of the defense acquisition workforce who participates personally and substantially and on a regular basis in the acquisition of textiles receives training during FY2006 on defense Buy American requirements.
 

Subtitle E: Other Matters - 
(Sec. 841) Extends through FY2009 current DOD contract goals for small disadvantaged businesses and certain minority institutions of higher education.
 
(Sec. 842) Prohibits a military department from modifying an aircraft, vessel, weapon, or other item of equipment if that department plans to retire or otherwise dispose of such equipment within five years after completion of the modification. Provides exceptions, including for safety purposes. Authorizes a waiver of such prohibition in the interests of national security.
 
(Sec. 843) Amends the: (1) Bob Stump NDAA for Fiscal Year 2003 to revise generally DOD rapid acquisition authority to respond to combat emergencies; (2) NDAA for Fiscal Year 1994 to limit DOD authority to carry out certain prototype projects; and (3) Ronald W. Reagan NDAA for Fiscal Year 2005 to extend through FY2006 certain authorities relating to DOD contracting with employers of persons with disabilities.
 
(Sec. 846) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a pilot program to authorize the National Defense University, the Defense Acquisition University, the Joint Forces Command, and the United States Transportation Command to enter into public-private cooperative research and development agreements in order to assess the benefits of such agreements for such organizations and for DOD. Terminates any such agreement after September 30, 2009. Requires a pilot program report from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees.
 
(Sec. 847) Increases from $150,000 to $300,000 the fiscal year limit on DOD procurement technical assistance programs operated on a less-than-statewide basis.
 
(Sec. 848) Amends the Services Acquisition Reform Act of 2003 to: (1) extend by one year a final report of an advisory panel reviewing laws and regulations relating to defense acquisition practices; and (2) require an interim report from such panel.
 
(Sec. 849) Amends the Small Business Act to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to: (1) review the application of business income limits applicable for purposes of eligibility for federal prime contracts and subcontracts to determine whether security expense costs from operating in Iraq, Afghanistan, or a foreign combat zone should be excluded from such consideration; and (2) either adjust the size standards to exclude security expense costs or report to the small business committees as to why such an adjustment would not be fair and appropriate.
 
(Sec. 850) Authorizes federal agencies to use any of the contracting mechanisms authorized under the Small Business Act for meeting federal contracting goals for utilizing small businesses. Requires a report from the SBA Administrator and the SBA's Chief Counsel for Advocacy to the small business committees on activities undertaken by federal agencies to utilize such mechanisms to meet such goals.
 
(Sec. 851) Authorizes the head of a contracting agency to include in any multiple-award defense procurement contract a clause setting aside a specific share of awards under such contract pursuant to a competition limited to small businesses, under certain conditions. Requires a report from the SBA Administrator to the small business committees on the level of participation of small businesses in multiple-award contracts.
 
(Sec. 852) Includes drought within the definition of &quot;disaster&quot; for purposes of disaster relief provided to small businesses under the Small Business Act. Limits to $9 million during each of FY2005-FY2009 the amount that may be used by the SBA for drought disaster loans to non-farm-related small businesses. Requires prompt (30 days) SBA response to a state governor's request for disaster relief.
 
(Sec. 853) Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop and implement a strategy to educate the small business community regarding radio frequency identifier technology requirements, compliance, standards, and opportunities; and (2) report to the small business committees detailing such efforts.
 
(Sec. 854) Requires the Secretary to maintain a publicly-available website on instances in which major contractors have been fined, paid penalties or restitution, or pled guilty or had judgments entered against them in connection with allegations of improper conduct.
 
Directs the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy to report to Congress on all sole source contracts in excess of $2 million entered into by executive agencies in connection with Iraq reconstruction from January 1, 2003, through the date of enactment of this Act.
 
(Sec. 855) Amends the Small Business Competitive Demonstration Program Act of 1988 to terminate on the date of enactment of this Act the small business competitive demonstration program.
 
(Sec. 856) Authorizes the Secretary to delegate to the commander of the unified combatant command for joint warfighting experimentation the authority to develop, acquire (current law), and sustain equipment for such experimentation. Extends through FY2009 all such delegation authority.
 
(Sec. 857) Authorizes the GSA Administrator to contract for public utility services for a period of not more than 20 years, provided that such services are electricity services procured from a small power plant located in a qualified HUBZone (heavily underutilized business zone) base closure area.
 
(Sec. 858) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2002 to extend through March 1, 2010, required annual reports from the Secretary to the defense committees on the maturity of technology at the initiation of MDAPs.
 

Title IX: Department of Defense Organization and Management - Subtitle A: Duties and Functions of Department of Defense Officers and Organizations - 
(Sec. 901) Redesignates each: (1) Director of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization of the Department of Defense and the military departments as the Director of Small Business Programs; and (2) Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization of the Department of Defense and the military departments as the Office of Small Business Programs. Provides appropriate duties of such directors and offices.
 
(Sec. 902) Requires the Secretary to: (1) designate an official within DOD to act as executive agent to manage the acquisition of capabilities necessary to defend the homeland against cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles, and other low-altitude aircraft that may be launched against the United States; and (2) submit to the defense and appropriations committees a plan for the defense of the United States against such aircraft.
 
(Sec. 903) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 1997 to authorize the use of DOD funds for the provision of audiovisual support services for the White House Communications Agency.
 
(Sec. 904) Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the men and women of the American Forces Radio and Television Service and the American Forces Network should be commended for providing a vital service to the military community worldwide; and (2) the programming mission, themes, and practices of DOD with respect to its television and radio programming have fairly and responsively fulfilled their mission of providing a &quot;touch of home&quot; to members of the Armed Forces and their families around the world and have contributed immeasurably to high morale and quality of life in the Armed Forces. Authorizes the Secretary to appoint an ombudsman of the American Forces Network to act as an intermediary between the Network, DOD, military commanders, and listeners of the Network's programming.
 
(Sec. 905) Directs the Secretary to select two federally funded research and development centers to conduct independent studies of the feasibility and advisability of establishing a Deputy Secretary of Defense for Management. Requires each study to be delivered to the defense and appropriations committees.
 
(Sec. 906) Redesignates the Naval Reserve as the Navy Reserve.
 
(Sec. 907) Includes the Homeland Security Council among the entities to which the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) shall act as principal military adviser.
 

Subtitle B: Space Activities - 
(Sec. 911) Directs the: (1) Secretary to provide for an advisory committee to review and assess DOD requirements for space control; and (2) advisory committee to report to the Secretary and the defense and appropriations committees on the results of the review and assessment. Terminates the advisory committee 10 months after its first meeting.
 

Subtitle C: Other Matters - 
(Sec. 921) Authorizes the Secretary to accept gifts or donations on behalf of any DOD regional center for security studies to defray the costs of such center. Provides acceptance limitations and criteria.
 
(Sec. 922) Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to authorize the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) to exempt DIA operational files from federal public disclosure laws. Provides exemption limits. Requires files not exempted which contain information derived or disseminated from exempted operational files to be subject to search and review. Provides judicial review for any person who alleges that the DIA has improperly withheld records (with limitations). Requires the DIA Director, at least every 10 years, to review the exemptions in force to determine whether any should be removed. Requires the review to include consideration of the historical value or other public interest in the subject matter of a file and the potential for declassifying a significant part thereof. Includes investigations by the Office of the Inspectors General of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and the National Reconnaissance Office among those for which exempted operational files shall continue to be subject to search and review.
 
(Sec. 923) Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of funds authorized by this Act for the implementation of certain orders and guidance on functions and duties of the General Counsel and the Judge Advocate General of the Air Force.
 
(Sec. 924) Establishes in the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences the United States Military Cancer Institute, headed by a Director, to carry out research studies on: (1) the epidemiological features of cancer among populations of various ethnic origins, as well as complementary research on oncologic nursing; (2) the prevention and early detection of cancer; and (3) basic, translational, and clinical investigation matters relating to such studies. Requires the Institute to conduct such studies in collaboration with other cancer research organizations and entities selected by the Institute. Requires: (1) annual reports concerning results from such studies from the Director to the University President; and (2) the University President to transmit such reports to the Secretary and Congress.
 
(Sec. 925) Allows the Secretary of the Air Force to authorize the Commandant of the United States Air Force Institute of Technology to accept qualifying research grants (grants awarded on a competitive basis and having a scientific, literary, or educational purpose).
 

Title X: General Provisions - Subtitle A: Financial Matters - 
(Sec. 1001) Authorizes the Secretary, in the national interest, to transfer up to $3.5 billion of amounts made available to DOD in this Act between any authorizations for that fiscal year. Requires congressional notification of each transfer.
 
(Sec. 1002) Incorporates into this Act the Classified Annex prepared in connection with this bill and transmitted to the President.
 
(Sec. 1003) Provides a new limitation on the total amount authorized to be contributed by the Secretary in FY2006 for the common-funded budgets of NATO (rather than the maximum amount otherwise applicable under the 1998 baseline limitation). Allocates for such purpose amounts authorized under titles II and III of this Act.
 
(Sec. 1004) Reduces by $1.3 billion the total amounts authorized to be appropriated under titles I through III of this Act, as a result of savings from lower-than-expected inflation.
 
(Sec. 1005) Adjusts amounts authorized to be appropriated to DOD and the Department of Energy (DOE) under the Ronald W. Reagan NDAA for Fiscal Year 2005 by the amount by which appropriations pursuant to such authorizations are increased or decreased pursuant to the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005.
 
(Sec. 1006) Amends the Ronald W. Reagan NDAA for Fiscal Year 2005 to increase from $3.5 billion to $6.185 billion the corresponding FY2005 transfer authority as authorized under section 1001, above.
 
(Sec. 1008) Adjusts amounts authorized to be appropriated to DOD and DOE under the Ronald W. Reagan NDAA for Fiscal Year 2005 by the amounts by which appropriations pursuant to such authorizations are increased under the: (1) Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act to Meet Immediate Needs Arising From the Consequences of Hurricane Katrina, 2005; and (2) Second Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act to Meet Immediate Needs Arising From the Consequences of Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
 
Adjusts amounts authorized to be appropriated to DOD for FY2006 by the amounts by which appropriations pursuant to such authorizations are increased by: (1) a supplemental appropriation or transfer of funds arising from an Administration proposal relating to avian flu preparedness; and (2) a reallocation of funds from the Disaster Relief Fund of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) arising from a proposal of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on the reallocation of amounts for hurricane-related disaster relief.
 
Authorizes emergency supplemental appropriations for DOD for FY2006 for providing humanitarian assistance to the victims of the earthquake that devastated northern Pakistan on October 8, 2005.
 
Requires reports from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees on: (1) the obligation and expenditure of funds for meeting needs arising from the consequences of Hurricane Katrina; (2) the expenditure of reimbursable funds for such purpose; and (3) the obligation and expenditure of funds for Pakistani earthquake victims.
 

Subtitle B: Naval Vessels and Shipyards - 
(Sec. 1021) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to: (1) transfer the battleship U.S.S. WISCONSIN from the Naval Vessel Register; and (2) require, as a transfer condition, that the transferee locate the battleship in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Authorizes such Secretary to transfer the battleship U.S.S. IOWA, and require that the transferee locate the battleship in the state of California.
 
(Sec. 1022) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to convey Navy Drydock No. AFDM 7, located in Duval County, Florida, to Atlantic Marine Property Holding Company, the current user of the drydock.
 

Subtitle C: Counterdrug Matters - 
(Sec. 1031) Authorizes the Secretary to use DOD personnel and equipment to conduct aerial reconnaissance of border air and sea traffic within the area of responsibility of the U.S. Northern Command. Earmarks amounts available to DOD for counterdrug activities for such purpose. Requires an annual report from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees on the operation of unmanned aerial vehicles along the U.S. northern border.
 
(Sec. 1032) Authorizes the Secretary to use FY2006-FY2007 DOD counterdrug activities funds for the detection, monitoring, and interdiction of terrorists, terrorism-related activities, and other related transnational threats along the borders and within the territorial waters of the United States.
 
(Sec. 1033) Authorizes the Secretary to use counterdrug activities funds authorized under the NDAA for Fiscal Year 1991 for specified counterdrug activities through bases of operation and training facilities in Afghanistan.
 

Subtitle D: Reports and Studies - 
(Sec. 1041) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 1997 to reduce after 2006 from annually to biennially the frequency of an updated joint warfighting science and technology plan.
 
(Sec. 1042) Requires the Secretary to: (1) review current and future needs, options, and risks associated with Defense Base Act insurance; and (2) report review results to the defense and appropriations committees.
 
(Sec. 1043) Directs the CG to report to the defense and appropriations committees on the effectiveness of DOD corrosion prevention and mitigation programs.
 
(Sec. 1044) Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees on the implementation of recommendations of the Defense Science Board Task Force on High Performance Microchip Supply.
 
(Sec. 1045) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense and appropriations committees on the feasibility and advisability of using the Space Radar for providing coastal zone and other topographical mapping and related information to the scientific community and other elements of the private sector for scientific and civil purposes.
 
(Sec. 1046) Directs the Secretary to conduct a three-year pilot project to establish the Civil Linguist Reserve Corps composed of U.S. Citizens with advanced levels of proficiency in foreign languages, who would be able to perform services or duties with respect to such languages in the federal government as the President may require. Requires, as part of the pilot project, a study of the best practices in implementing the Corps. Requires three annual reports, and a final report after project completion, on the operation of the project. Authorizes appropriations (with an equivalent offset in Air Force O&M funding).
 
(Sec. 1047) Requires the President to ensure that the U.S. government continues to comply with the authorization, reporting, and notification requirements under title V of the National Security Act of 1947. Requires a report from the Director of National Intelligence to the congressional intelligence committees on the nature and cost of any clandestine prison or detention facility currently or formerly operated by the U.S. government, regardless of location, where detainees in the global war on terrorism are or were being held.
 
(Sec. 1048) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees on records kept by U.S. Armed Forces of civilian casualties in Afghanistan and Iraq.
 
(Sec. 1049) Requires the Secretary to submit an annual report to Congress on DOD budgeting for key military equipment.
 
(Sec. 1049A) Requires quarterly reports, from the Secretary and appropriate personnel of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to the defense and appropriations committees, on the strategy for the war in Iraq, including progress made in the execution of that strategy.
 

Subtitle E: Technical Amendments - 
(Sec. 1051) Makes technical amendments with respect to the: (1) definition of &quot;military munitions&quot;; and (2) defense environmental restoration program.
 

Subtitle F: Military Mail Matters - 
(Sec. 1061) Requires the Secretary to: (1) develop and implement a plan to ensure that mail within the military mail system is safe for delivery (requiring screening of such mail); and (2) report to the defense and appropriations committees concerning such safety.
 
(Sec. 1062) Directs the Secretary to: (1) carry out a program under which mail and packages addressed to &quot;Any Service Member&quot; is delivered to deployed members overseas at or through such Army and Fleet post offices as the Secretary shall designate; (2) take appropriate action to screen such mail and packages; (3) ensure that such mail and packages are widely distributed on an equitable basis among all overseas U.S. Armed Forces; and (4) provide information to the public concerning such program.
 

Subtitle G: Other Matters - 
(Sec. 1071) Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish DOD policy on the role of military medical and behavioral science personnel in the interrogation of persons detained by the Armed Forces; and (2) report to the defense and appropriations committees on the policy established.
 
(Sec. 1072) Amends the Internal Security Act of 1950 to prohibit any person, including individuals in the executive branch and Members of Congress and their staffs, who knowingly violates a law or regulation regarding the handling of classified information in a manner that could have a significant adverse impact on U.S. national security (including disclosure of the identity of a covert agent of the CIA or the existence of classified programs or operations) from holding a security clearance for, or obtaining access to, classified information.
 
(Sec. 1073) Support Our Scouts Act of 2005 - Prohibits any federal law from being construed to limit any federal agency from providing any form of support for a youth organization (including the Boy Scouts of America or any group officially affiliated with the Boy Scouts of America) that would result in that federal agency providing less support to that youth organization (or any similar organization chartered under federal law relating to the Boy Scouts of America) than was provided during the preceding fiscal year. Requires the Secretary to provide at least the same level of support for a national or world Boy Scout Jamboree as was provided for the preceding Jamboree (with a waiver for national security reasons).
 
Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to prohibit any state or unit of general local government that has a designated open forum, limited public forum, or nonpublic forum and that is a recipient of assistance under such Act from denying equal access or a fair opportunity to meet to, or discriminate against, any youth organization, including the Boy Scouts of America or any group officially affiliated with the Boy Scouts of America, that wishes to conduct a meeting or otherwise participate in that designated forum.
 
(Sec. 1074) Prohibits any person in the custody or under the effective control of DOD or under detention in a DOD facility from being subject to any treatment or technique of interrogation not authorized by, and listed in, the U.S. Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation.
 
(Sec. 1075) Prohibits an individual in the custody or control of the U.S. government, regardless of nationality or physical location, from being subject to cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment.
 
(Sec. 1076) Expresses the policy of the United States to continue to deploy a force of 500 intercontinental ballistic missiles, provided that unanticipated strategic developments may compel a change to such force structure in the future.
 
(Sec. 1077) Grants a federal charter to the Korean War Veterans Association, Incorporated (a nonprofit corporation incorporated under the laws of New York).
 
(Sec. 1078) Directs the Secretary of the Navy to: (1) identify an appropriate site on Ford Island, Hawaii, for the location of a memorial to the U.S.S. Oklahoma, which was sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; (2) after the site has been selected, administer and maintain it as part of the U.S.S. Arizona memorial, a unit of the National Park System; and (3) submit to specified congressional committees a master plan for operation and management of the site presently encompassing the visitors center for the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial.
 
(Sec. 1079) Authorizes the superintendent of a service academy to have in effect a policy concerning the offering of a voluntary, nondenominational prayer at an otherwise authorized activity of the academy, subject to the Constitution and such limitations as the Secretary may prescribe.
 
(Sec. 1080) Expresses the policy of the United States that riot control agents are not chemical weapons and that the President may authorize their use as legitimate, legal, and non-lethal alternatives to the use of force that may be employed by members of the Armed Forces in war in defensive military modes in order to save lives. Requires a report from the President to Congress on the use of such agents.
 
(Sec. 1081) Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) Congress and DOD fully fund the Counter-Drug Tethered Aerostat program; and (2) DOD install maritime radar on the Lajas, Puerto Rico, aerostat.
 
(Sec. 1082) Establishes as an independent body the National Foreign Language Coordination Council, headed by a Director, to: (1) develop a national foreign language strategy; (2) conduct a survey on the status of federal agency foreign language and area expertise, as well as agency needs for such expertise; (3) submit the strategy to the President and relevant congressional committees; and (4) report annually to the President and relevant committees on Council activities and related matters. Authorizes appropriations.
 
(Sec. 1083) Provides for the crediting of sums received by DOD for fire protection rendered pursuant to the Act of May 27, 1955 (concerning the protection of U.S. property).
 
(Sec. 1084) Amends the above Act to include various emergency services within authorized services for fire protection.
 
(Sec. 1085) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2000 to renew (previously terminated at the end of FY2001), during the period from the enactment of this Act until the end of FY2010, a moratorium on the return of veterans memorial objects to foreign nations without specific authorization in law.
 
(Sec. 1086) Expresses the sense of the Senate that it is in the U.S. national security interest to maintain preeminence in human space flight.
 
(Sec. 1087) Requires the Secretaries of Defense and State to submit to specified congressional committees an annual report that sets forth all costs incurred by DOD in implementing or supporting any resolution adopted by the United Nations (UN) Security Council, including those relating to international sanctions, international peacekeeping operations, peace enforcement, monitoring or observer missions, or humanitarian missions. Requires inclusion within such reports of costs for assisting foreign troops.
 
(Sec. 1088) Expresses the sense of the Senate that it is in the U.S. national security interest to maintain a strong aeronautics research and development program within DOD and NASA.
 
(Sec. 1089) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the government of Libya should be commended for steps taken to renounce terrorism and eliminate Libya's weapons of mass destruction and related programs; and (2) an important priority for improving U.S.-Libya relations should be Libya's good faith effort to resolve claims of members of the U.S. Armed Forces and other U.S. citizens who were injured in the bombing of the LaBelle Discotheque in Berlin, Germany, in April 1986, and of family members of U.S. military personnel who were killed in that bombing. Requires an initial and subsequent updated report from the Secretary of State to the defense and foreign relations committees on the status of negotiations in that regard.
 
(Sec. 1090) Requires a report from the Secretary of Energy containing a development plan for a coal-to-liquid fuels program and the Secretary of Defense on the potential DOD use of such fuels.
 
(Sec. 1091) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should include, in the next request submitted to Congress for supplemental funding for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, sufficient funds for the production in FY2006 of an adequate number of common remotely operated weapons station units to meet the requirements of the Armed Forces.
 
(Sec. 1092) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense and judiciary committees setting forth the procedures of the Combatant Status Review Tribunals and the the Administrative Review Boards in operation at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for determining the status of the detainees held there. Requires a follow-up report on any modifications to such procedures. Gives exclusive jurisdiction to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit for judicial review of the decisions made by either military tribunals or commissions concerning the detention of any such individuals as enemy combatants.
 

Title XI: Department of Defense Civilian Personnel Policy - 
(Sec. 1101) Extends through FY2010 the authority of the Secretary or a military department Secretary to separate, due to a reduction in force, a DOD civilian employee who volunteers to be so separated.
 
(Sec. 1102) Authorizes the Secretary to grant a civilian DOD employee compensatory time off instead of overtime pay for overtime work.
 
(Sec. 1103) Extends through FY2010 the authority of the Secretary or military department Secretary to pay civilian employee severance payments in lump sums.
 
(Sec. 1104) Extends through FY2010 the requirement that DOD pay the employer portion of Federal Employee Health Benefit premiums for 18 months after a DOD civilian employee is separated due to a reduction in force.
 
(Sec. 1105) Amends the Ronald W. Reagan NDAA for Fiscal Year 2005 to revise provisions establishing the science, mathematics, and research for transformation (SMART) defense scholarship pilot program. Makes the program permanent (currently ends three years after the enactment of that Act). Authorizes the Secretary to award fellowship (currently only scholarship) assistance under the program, and allows assistance to be paid directly to the person or to an administering entity. Authorizes the Secretary to appoint or retain a program participant on an interim basis while the person is pursuing a degree under the program and for up to two years after completion of such degree, with certain conditions. Requires repayment of assistance for unserved periods. Renames the program the defense education program.
 
(Sec. 1106) Directs the Secretary to develop and submit to the defense and governmental affairs committees a strategic human capital plan to shape and improve the DOD civilian employee workforce. Requires: (1) plan updates during 2007 through 2012; and (2) CG review of the plan and report to Congress.
 
(Sec. 1107) Increases for FY2006 and thereafter the authorized number of Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service employees.
 
(Sec. 1108) Directs the CG to: (1) conduct a study to identify the features of successful personnel management systems of the highly technical and scientific workforces of the DOD laboratories and similar scientific facilities and institutions; and (2) report to the defense, appropriations, and governmental affairs committees.
 
(Sec. 1109) Amends federal employment law to authorize bid protests by federal employees in actions under OMB Budget Circular A-76 (performance of an activity or function of a federal agency). Requires the CG, for protests in cases of public-private competition conducted under such Circular, to administer such protests in a manner best suited for expediting final resolution and final action in such competitions. Provides a federal right of intervention in a civil action commenced by a private sector interested party with respect to a public-private competition.
 

Title XII: Matters Relating to Other Nations - 
(Sec. 1201) Authorizes, during FY2006 and FY2007, specified DOD O&M funds to be used for the Commander's Emergency Response Program (urgent humanitarian and reconstruction relief in Iraq) and for a similar program to assist people in Afghanistan. Requires quarterly reports during such period, from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees, regarding the source and allocation of funds for such purpose.
 
(Sec. 1202) Increases from $5 million to $10 million the amount of DOD funds that may be used in a fiscal year for the detection and clearing of landmines in conjunction with military operations. Allows authorized assistance to include expenses incurred in providing communications or information systems equipment or supplies that are furnished to a foreign country in furtherance of such operations. Expands the authority to provide medical, dental, and veterinary care in conjunction with such operations to include education, training, and technical assistance related to the care provided.
 
(Sec. 1203) Expands the geographic limitation on the payment by combatant commanders of personnel expenses under bilateral or regional cooperation programs.
 
(Sec. 1204) Authorizes the Secretary to pay travel expenses of military officers from developing countries on coalition missions involving the United States. Extends through FY2009 the authority for providing such assistance.
 
(Sec. 1205) Amends the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (authorizing the President to prohibit certain foreign transfers or exchanges or interactions with foreign entities) to increase from $50,000 to $250,000 the civil penalty for a violation (or attempt at violation) of any license, order, regulation, or prohibition issued under such Act. Increases, through the use of subpoena or other requirement, the authority of the President to require the production of records with respect to any such act or transaction. Empowers U.S. district courts to issue process with respect to a suspected violation.
 
(Sec. 1206) Allows the President to authorize building the capacity of partner nations' military or security forces to disrupt or destroy terrorist networks, close safe havens, or participate in or support U.S., coalition, or international military or stability operations. Limits to $750 million in any fiscal year the cost of such activities. Requires 15 days' advance congressional notification of the nations designated for such activities.
 
(Sec. 1207) Allows the Secretary to authorize the use or transfer of defense articles, services, training, or other support in connection with immediate reconstruction, security, or stabilization assistance to a foreign country for restoring or maintaining peace and security in that country, as long as the provision of such assistance is in the U.S. national security interest. Limits to $200 million the total amount of such assistance. Directs the President to notify Congress of the exercise of such authority.
 
(Sec. 1208) Directs the Secretary to: (1) review U.S. and Russian nonstrategic nuclear weapons and determine whether it is in the U.S. national security interest to reduce the number of such weapons, improve their security, and take related action; and (2) report on review results.
 
(Sec. 1209) Expresses the sense of Congress: (1) reaffirming its support for the objectives of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons; (2) supporting all appropriate measures to strengthen the Treaty and attain its objectives; and (3) calling on all Treaty parties to take specified actions in support of Treaty compliance.
 
(Sec. 1210) Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should establish a plan to address the emergence of China economically, developmentally, and militarily, to promote mutually beneficial trade relations with China, and to encourage China's adherence to international norms in the areas of trade, international security, and human rights.
 
(Sec. 1211) United States Policy on Iraq Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate that, in order to succeed in Iraq: (1) members of the U.S. Armed Forces that are serving or who have served in Iraq and their families deserve respect and gratitude for their sacrifices; (2) the Iraqi people have made enormous sacrifices and most Iraqis want to live in peace and security; (3) 2006 should be a period of significant transition to full Iraqi sovereignty, with Iraqi security forces taking over the lead and thereby allowing for the phased redeployment of U.S. forces from Iraq; (4) U.S. military forces should not stay in Iraq any longer than required and the people of Iraq should be so advised; (5) the Administration should tell Iraqi leaders that they need to make the compromises necessary to achieve political settlement essential for defeating the insurgency in Iraq; and (6) the Administration needs to explain to Congress and the American people its strategy for the successful completion of the mission in Iraq.
 
Requires the President, no later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act and every three months thereafter until all U.S. combat brigades have redeployed from Iraq, to report to Congress on U.S. policy and military operations in Iraq.
 

Title XIII: Cooperative Threat Reduction With States of the Former Soviet Union - 
(Sec. 1301) Specifies the cooperative threat reduction (CTR) programs to be funded through O&M funds provided under this Act. Makes funds appropriated for such purpose available for three fiscal years. Allocates such funds among specified CTR programs. Prohibits such funds from being used for purposes other than those specified until 30 days after the Secretary reports to Congress on such purposes. Provides limited authority to vary allocated amounts in the national interest, after congressional notification.
 
(Sec. 1303) Amends the Bob Stump NDAA for Fiscal Year 2003 to make permanent (currently terminates at the end of FY2005) the President's authority to waive restrictions on the use of funds for threat reduction in states of the former Soviet Union.
 
(Sec. 1304) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2004 to authorize the Secretary (currently the President) to use CTR funds for programs outside the former Soviet Union. Requires the Secretary (currently the President) to notify the defense and appropriations committees at least 15 days before obligating funds for such purpose.
 
(Sec. 1305) Amends the Floyd D. Spence NDAA for Fiscal Year 2001 to repeal the requirement for an annual CG assessment of DOD reports concerning activities and assistance under CTR programs.
 
(Sec. 1306) Amends provisions of the Soviet Nuclear Threat Reduction Act of 1991, the Cooperative Threat Reduction Act of 1993, the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2000, and the Freedom for Russia and Emerging Eurasian Democracies and Open Markets Support Act of 1992 to remove certification restrictions on the U.S. provision of CTR assistance.
 

Title XIV: Authorization for Supplemental Appropriations for Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Global War on Terrorism - 
(Sec. 1403) Authorizes emergency supplemental appropriations to DOD for FY2006 for operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the global war on terrorism, with specific allocations for: (1) procurement, including tactical wheeled vehicles; (2) O&M; (3) the Defense Health Program; (4) military personnel; and (5) the Iraq Freedom Fund. Authorizes specified transfers from the Iraq Freedom Fund, requiring notification to the defense and appropriations committees.
 
(Sec. 1406) Reduces the amount authorized to be appropriated for FY2006 for the Iraq Freedom Fund.
 
(Sec. 1413) Authorizes the Secretary, in the national interest, to transfer up to $2.5 billion of the amounts made available to DOD in this title between any such authorizations for that fiscal year, with limitations. Requires notification to the defense and appropriations committees of each transfer.
 

Title XV: Recruitment and Retention - 
Military Recruiting Initiatives Act of 2005 - (Sec. 1502) Increases: (1) from $10,000 to $20,000 the maximum enlistment bonus for enlistment in the Selected Reserves; and (2) from $20,000 to $40,000 the maximum enlistment bonus for active-duty members.
 
(Sec. 1503) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to pay a bonus of up to $1,000 to a member of the Army who refers to an Army recruiter a person who has not previously served in the Armed Forces and who, after such referral, enlists in the regular component of the Army or the Army National Guard or Reserve. Prohibits such bonus for the referral of an immediate family member. Terminates bonus authority after December 31, 2007.
 
(Sec. 1504) Increases from 35 to 42 the maximum age for an original enlistment in the regular Armed Forces.
 
(Sec. 1505) Repeals the prohibition against a prior service enlistment bonus in the case of receipt of an enlistment or reenlistment bonus for service in the Selected Reserve.
 
(Sec. 1506) Revises provisions concerning the affiliation bonus for officers of the Selected Reserve to: (1) remove the prohibition against prior service in the Selected Reserve; and (2) increase from $6,000 to $10,000 the maximum amount of such bonus.
 
(Sec. 1507) Includes under the DOD educational loan repayment program for military personnel any educational loan made by a lender that is: (1) an agency or instrumentality of a state; (2) a financial or credit institution subject to examination by an agency of the United States or any state; (3) a pension fund approved by the Secretary; or (4) a nonprofit private entity designated and regulated by a state and approved by the Secretary.
 
(Sec. 1508) Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a study of the Reserve Dental Insurance Program; and (2) report to the defense and appropriations committees on the study.
 

Title XVI: Transition Services - 
Veterans' Enhanced Transition Services Act of 2005 - (Sec. 1602) Requires the Secretary concerned to provide preseparation counseling for members of reserve components who have been serving on active duty continuously for at least 180 days. Requires such counseling to include: (1) certification and licensure requirements for civilian occupations; and (2) civilian occupations that correspond to military occupational specialties. Requires such counseling to include additional information for veterans, including job training programs, small business ownership, employment and reemployment rights and obligations, veterans' preference, housing counseling, and veterans' health care benefits.
 
Directs the Secretary concerned, on a continuing basis, to update the content of all materials used by the Department of Labor that provide direct training support to personnel who provide transitional services counseling to members of the Armed Forces and veterans.
 
(Sec. 1603) Directs the Secretary to ensure that appropriate action is taken to assist a member who, as a result of a medical examination, receives a referral for follow up treatment.
 
(Sec. 1604) Requires a report from the Secretary to Congress on actions taken to ensure that the Transition Assistance Programs for members separating from the Armed Forces provides such members with timely and comprehensive transition assistance. Requires particular focus on members: (1) deployed to Operations Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom, or in support of other contingency operations; and (2) of the National Guard activated in support of relief efforts for Hurricanes Katrina or Rita.
 

Division B: Military Construction Authorizations - 
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 - 
Title XXI [sic]: Army - 
(Sec. 2101) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes such Secretary to construct or acquire family housing units, carry out architectural planning and design activities, and improve existing military family housing in specified amounts. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years after 2005 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Army. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title.
 
(Sec. 2105) Makes a specified amount of funds authorized under this title available for the construction of battalion dining facilities at Fort Knox, Kentucky.
 

Title XXII: Navy - 
(Sec. 2201) Provides, with respect to the Navy, authorizations paralleling those provided for the Army under title XXI.
 
(Sec. 2205) Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year: (1) 2005 to increase the amount authorized for a project at the Marine Corps Air Facility, Quantico, Virginia, and to reduce the amount authorized for an unspecified worldwide project; and (2) 2004 to increase the amount authorized for a project at the Naval Weapons Station, Earle, New Jersey.
 

Title XXIII: Air Force - 
(Sec. 2301) Provides, with respect to the Air Force, authorizations paralleling those provided for the Army under title XXI.
 

Title XXIV: Defense Agencies - 
(Sec. 2401) Authorizes the Secretary to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out certain energy conservation projects. Authorizes appropriations to DOD for fiscal years after 2005 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of DOD. Prohibits funds authorized for base closure and realignment activities from being obligated until 21 days after the Secretary reports to the defense and appropriations committees on the programs, projects, and activities for which such funds are to be obligated.
 

Title XXV: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program - 
(Sec. 2501) Authorizes the Secretary to make contributions for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program and authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 2005 for such Program.
 

Title XXVI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - 
(Sec. 2601) Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 2005 for National Guard and reserve forces for acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities.
 
(Sec. 2602) Makes specified funds authorized under this title available for: (1) construction of a combat course at Camp Roberts, California; (2) addition or alteration of a field maintenance shop at Fort Dodge, Iowa; and (3) construction of a security forces facility and medical training facility at New Castle County Airport Air Guard Base, Delaware.
 
(Sec. 2604) Increases by $1.44 million (with a corresponding offset in Navy family housing functions) the amount authorized for the Air National Guard under this title, to be used for planning and design for a replacement C-130 aircraft maintenance hangar at Air National Guard New Castle County Airport, Delaware.
 
(Sec. 2605) Increases by $4.5 million (with a corresponding offset in Air National Guard funds) the amount authorized for the Army National Guard under this title, to be used for construction of a readiness center at Camp Dawson, West Virginia. Shifts other Air National Guard funds for C-5 aircraft shop upgrades at Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport in Martinsburg, West Virginia.
 

Title XXVII: Expiration and Extension of Authorizations - 
(Sec. 2701) Terminates all authorizations contained in Titles XXI through XXVI of this Act on October 1, 2008, or the date of enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for FY2009, whichever is later, with exceptions. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects.
 

Title XXVIII: General Provisions - Subtitle A: Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing Changes - 
(Sec. 2801) Increases from: (1) $1.5 million to $2.5 million the unspecified minor military construction project threshold (after which more detailed notification and project description requirements apply); and (2) $3 million to $4 million the maximum approved cost for a military construction project intended to correct a deficiency that is life-, health-, or safety-threatening.
 
(Sec. 2802) Expands the 25% the maximum percentage for which the cost of a military construction project or the acquisition of a military family housing project may vary to include a 25% minimum variance percentage. Includes within information required in connection with the waiver of such limitation a description of the funds proposed to be used to finance any increased costs.
 
(Sec. 2803) Requires the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund and the Department of Defense Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund to be the sole source of funding for certain acquisition and improvement of military housing. Requires additional information in a report concerning the use of such funds.
 
(Sec. 2804) Directs the Secretary to establish a program to carry out minor military construction projects to construct child development centers. Increases, for such purpose, the minor construction project thresholds. Applies the same congressional notification requirements for the child development projects as are currently applicable to minor construction projects. Requires a program report from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees. Terminates program authority at the end of FY2007.
 
(Sec. 2805) Makes inapplicable to such child development centers current restrictions on DOD authority to acquire or construct ancillary support facilities.
 
(Sec. 2806) Includes within the authority to carry out an exchange of facilities in order to satisfy military requirements the authority to acquire or exchange any associated utilities, equipment, and furnishings.
 
(Sec. 2807) Increases from 2,400 to 2,800 the number of military family housing units authorized for lease by the Army in the Republic of Korea.
 

Subtitle B: Real Property and Facilities Administration - 
(Sec. 2821) Authorizes the lease of non-excess property under the control of a DOD field activity.
 
(Sec. 2822) Revises provisions concerning agreements between DOD and another entity to limit encroachments and other constraints on military training, testing, and operations. Authorizes more than one entity to enter into such an agreement, and includes areas ecologically related to an installation, or the airspace of such installation, within the realm of such agreements. Requires that agreements entered into after the date of enactment of this Act shall require equal sharing between DOD and such entities of acquisition costs of such property and related interests. Allows for the waiver of such sharing if: (1) the Secretary determines that the agreement is essential to accomplish the mission of the installation; (2) the Secretary notifies the defense and appropriations committees of such determination; and (3) 21 days have elapsed since such notification. Limits the acquisition costs of lesser interests in the property. Requires annual reports from the Secretary on the implementation of projects undertaken pursuant to such agreements.
 
(Sec. 2823) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to enter into an agreement for the lease-purchase of facilities for the use of that military department with a private person, corporation, firm, partnership, company, or state or local government. (Currently, the Secretary concerned may enter into such an agreement only with a private contractor.)
 

Subtitle C: Land Conveyances - Part I: Army Conveyances - 
(Sec. 2841) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to: (1) the Helena Indian Alliance three acres at Sheridan Hall Army Reserve Center, Helena, Montana, for supporting Native American health care, mental health counseling, and an education training center; (2) the Snohomish County Fire Protection District #10 one acre at the Army Reserve Center, Bothell, Washington, for the operation of a fire station; and (3) the city of Middletown, Iowa, approximately one acre of property at the Iowa Ammunition Plant in Middletown, for economic development purposes.
 

Part II: Navy Conveyances - 
(Sec. 2851) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to: (1) convey to San Diego County, California, specified real property at the Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar, California, for preserving Stowe Trail as a public passive park/recreational area; and (2) lease to the Naval Historical Foundation certain facilities at the Washington Naval Yard in the District of Columbia, for revenue-generating and administrative activities for the United States Navy Museum.
 

Part III: Air Force Conveyances - 
(Sec. 2861) Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to purchase the entire interest of the developer in the military family housing project at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, if determined to be in the best economic interests of the Air Force. Requires a 30-day wait after notification to the defense and appropriations committees prior to such purchase.
 
(Sec. 2862) Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to convey to the city of La Junta, Colorado, a specified parcel of real property at the USA Bomb Plot in the La Junta Industrial Park, for training local law enforcement officers.
 

Subtitle D: Other Matters - 
(Sec. 2881) Consolidates into one federal provision, and makes technical amendments to, three current provisions concerning DOD real property administration. Applies real property management authorities to the Pentagon Reservation.
 
(Sec. 2882) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense and appropriations committees on the application of Department of Defense Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection standards to all facilities leased by either DOD or by the GSA as an agent for DOD as of September 30, 2005. Requires specified information with respect to each leased facility.
 
(Sec. 2883) Amends the Floyd D. Spence NDAA for Fiscal Year 2001 to remove the restriction on the construction of facilities for reserve component or non-appropriated fund projects.
 
(Sec. 2884) Designates land transferred under the Act of April 7, 1930, for use as a rifle range for the Arizona National Guard to instead be reserved for use by the state of Arizona as a military installation to be known as Papago Park Military Reservation (thereby allowing for more authorized military uses of such land).
 
(Sec. 2885) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 1996 to extend through FY2006 the DOD laboratory revitalization program.
 
(Sec. 2886) Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Army may establish an appropriate marker to commemorate the 40 members of the U.S. Armed Forces killed in the air crash at Bakers Creek, Australia, on June 14, 1943.
 
(Sec. 2887) Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees on the use of ground source heat pumps at DOD facilities.
 
(Sec. 2888) Amends the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1994 to treat Indian tribal governments as state and local governments for purposes of the disposition of real property recommended in the report to the President from the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission, dated July 1993.
 
(Sec. 2889) Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the planned construction of an outlying landing field in North Carolina is vital to U.S. national security interests; and (2) DOD should work with other federal agencies to provide community impact assistance to communities directly affected by the location of such field.
 
(Sec. 2890) Designates the annex to the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Building and United States Courthouse at 333 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, as the &quot;William B. Bryant Annex.&quot;
 
(Sec. 2891) Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to require consultation with appropriate state and local entities in carrying out any activities as part of the 2005 round of base closures and realignments that would add personnel or facilities to an existing military installation.
 
(Sec. 2892) Expresses the sense of the Senate that, in implementing decisions made with respect to Navy homeports as part of the 2005 round of base closures and realignments, the Secretary of the Navy should release or otherwise relinquish any entitlement to receive compensation from any holder of a reversionary interest in real property used by the United States for improvements made to any military installation that is closed or realigned.
 
(Sec. 2893) Requires the Secretary, no later than May 31, 2007, to complete an identification of the environmental condition of the real property of each military installation approved for closure or realignment under the 2005 round of defense base closures and realignments in accordance with provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA). Directs the Secretary to provide a notice of such results to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and any other affected federal agency or tribal government official, which shall include a request for concurrence in the Secretary's findings. Directs the Secretary to: (1) expedite any necessary environmental response at such installations; and (2) report annually to Congress on progress made.
 
(Sec. 2894) Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary should not transfer any unit from a military installation closed or realigned due to the relocation of forces under the Integrated Global Presence and Basing Strategy or the 2005 round of defense base closures or realignments until adequate facilities and infrastructure necessary to support the unit's mission and quality of life requirements for military families are ready for use at the receiving location.
 

Division C: Department of Energy National Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations - Title XXXI [sic]: Department of Energy National Security Programs - Subtitle A: National Security Programs Authorizations - 
(Sec. 3101) Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy for FY2006 for: (1) activities of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) in carrying out programs necessary for national security, with specified allocations for weapons activities, defense nuclear nonproliferation activities, naval reactors, and the Office of the Administrator for Nuclear Security (Administrator); and (2) environmental restoration and waste management activities in carrying out national security programs, with specified allocations for defense environmental management, other defense activities, and defense nuclear waste disposal.
 

Subtitle B: Other Matters - 
(Sec. 3111) Requires a report from the Secretary of Energy (Secretary, for purposes of this title only) to the defense and appropriations committees detailing plans for achieving compliance under the Design Basis Threat issued by DOE in 2004.
 
(Sec. 3112) Directs the Secretary to submit to such committees an independent cost estimate prepared by the Army Corps of Engineers for the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant project at the Hanford Site, Richland, Washington.
 
(Sec. 3113) Requires the Secretary to report to the defense committees on the management by the Secretaries of Energy, Defense, State, and Homeland Security of border security programs in countries of the former Soviet Union and other countries.
 
(Sec. 3114) Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 to include tribal organizations as participants under cooperative agreements to carry out emergency preparedness and response in connection with the disposal of lethal chemical agents and munitions.
 
(Sec. 3115) Makes the Savannah River National Laboratory a participating laboratory in the DOE laboratory directed research and development program.
 
(Sec. 3116) Makes amounts authorized under this section available to the Secretary to purchase essential mineral rights (the right to mine sand and gravel) at the Colorado DOE facility known as the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site. Outlines purchase conditions and limitations, including a release from any natural resource damage liability upon payment of a specified sum to environmental trustees for the facility. Revises management responsibilities and boundaries with respect to the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge. Provides funding for the required trustee payment.
 
(Sec. 3117) Prohibits funds authorized to be appropriated to DOE under this Act from being made available for the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator.
 
(Sec. 3118) Expresses the sense of the Senate urging the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to: (1) provide to Congress interim reports of residual beryllium contamination at DOE facilities no later than 14 days after completing the internal review of such reports; and (2) publish in the Federal Register summaries of the findings of such reports.
 
(Sec. 3119) Requires a report from the Secretary to Congress on advanced technologies for nuclear power reactors in the United States.
 

Title XXXII: Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board - 
(Sec. 3201) Authorizes appropriations for FY2006 for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.
 

Title XXXIII: National Defense Stockpile - 
(Sec. 3301) Amends the Strom Thurmond NDAA for Fiscal Year 1999 and the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2000 to revise required receipt objectives, for the end of FY2010 and FY2013, for previously-authorized disposals of excess and obsolete materials in the National Defense Stockpile (Stockpile).
 
(Sec. 3302) Authorizes the President to dispose of up to 8 million pounds of contained tungsten in the form of tungsten ores and concentrates from the Stockpile in FY2006. Allows such ores and concentrates to be sold to U.S. entities with ore conversion or tungsten carbide manufacturing or processing capabilities.
 
(Sec. 3303) Authorizes the Secretary of Defense: (1) to dispose of up to 75,000 tons of ferromanganese from the Stockpile during FY2006; and (2) if that disposal is completed before September 30, 2006, to dispose of an additional 25,000 tons before such date. Allows the additional disposal only if the Secretary certifies to the defense committees that it: (1) is in the interests of national defense; (2) will not cause undue disruption to the usual markets of ferromanganese producers and processors in the United States; and (3) is consistent with the requirements and purposes of the Stockpile.

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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 - 
Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations - Title I: Procurement -
 
Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - 
(Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for FY2006 for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force for aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and other procurement.
 
(Sec. 104) Authorizes appropriations for FY2006 for defense-wide procurement.
 

Subtitle B: Army Programs -
 (Sec. 111) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, beginning with the FY2007 program year, to enter into multiyear procurement contracts for UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters and MH-60S Seahawk helicopters.
 
(Sec. 112) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, for four program years beginning with the FY2006 program year, to enter into multiyear procurement contracts for: (1) modernized target acquisition designation sights/night vision sensors for AH-64 Apache attack helicopters; and (2) conversion of such helicopters to the Block II configuration.
 
(Sec. 114) Provides that if the Secretary of the Army determines to award a contract for procurement of a new vehicle class for the next-generation tactical wheeled vehicle, such Secretary shall award and execute the acquisition program under that contract as a joint service program with the Marine Corps. Provides the same requirement with respect to the Secretary of the Navy.
 
(Sec. 115)Requires a report from the Secretary of the Army to the congressional defense and appropriations committees on the complex of programs referred to as the Army Modular Force Initiative.
 

Subtitle C: Navy Programs -
 (Sec. 121) Limits the total amount to be obligated or expended for procurement of five specified Virginia-class submarines. Allows adjustments to such amounts due to inflation, changes in federal, state, or local laws, and other costs. Requires the Secretary of the Navy to annually notify Congress of any changes in such amounts.
 
(Sec. 122) Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of more than 70 percent of the funds available to the Navy for the LHA Replacement amphibious assault ship program until the Secretary of the Navy certifies to the defense and appropriations committees that there is an approved operational requirement and a stable design for the LHA Replacement class of vehicles.
 
(Sec. 123) Limits the total amount to be obligated or expended for procurement of the fifth vessel in the next generation destroyer program. Allows adjustment to such amounts due to inflation, changes in federal, state, or local laws, and other costs. Requires the Secretary of the Navy to annually notify Congress of any changes in such amounts.
 
(Sec. 124) Limits the total amount to be obligated or expended for procurement of the fifth and sixth vessels in the Littoral Combat Ship class of vessels. Allows adjustment to such amounts due to inflation, changes in federal, state, or local laws, and other costs. Requires the Secretary of the Navy to annually notify the defense and appropriations committees of any changes in such amounts. Requires an annual report from such Secretary to such committees on any element of such program that is designated as a &quot;mission package.&quot;
 
(Sec. 125) Prohibits the Secretary of the Navy from: (1) acquiring any vessels under the next generation destroyer program through a winner-take-all acquisition strategy; and (2) obligating or expending any funds to prepare for, conduct, or implement such a strategy.
 
(Sec. 126) Requires naval combat forces to include at least 12 operational aircraft carriers. Makes specified Navy O&M funds available for repair and maintenance to extend the life of the U.S.S. John F. Kennedy.
 
(Sec. 127) Makes specified FY2006 Navy funds available for the nuclear refueling and complex overhaul of the U.S.S. Carl Vinson, under a current contract.
 
(Sec. 128) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to enter into a contract for the detail design and construction of the aircraft carrier designated CVN-78, from amounts appropriated for Navy shipbuilding and conversion for FY2007-FY2009.
 
(Sec. 129) Earmarks specified Navy shipbuilding and conversion funds for design, advance procurement, and advance construction with respect to the LHA Replacement ship.
 
(Sec. 130) Requires a report from the Secretary of the Navy to the defense and appropriations committees on the results of a specified study on alternative propulsion methods for Navy surface combatant vessels and amphibious warfare ships.
 

Subtitle D: Air Force Programs -
 (Sec. 131) Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force, beginning with the FY2006 program year, to enter into a multiyear procurement contract for up to 42 additional C-17 aircraft. Requires, prior to such contract, the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to certify to the defense and appropriations committees concerning the additional airlift capability to be procured under such authority. Requires the Secretary, as part of the 2005 quadrennial defense review, to assess the inter-theater airlift capabilities required to support the national defense strategy. Outlines alternative requirements if the Secretary is unable to make the airlift capability certification.
 
(Sec. 132) Prohibits the Secretary of the Air Force, during FY2006, from retiring any: (1) KC-135E aircraft; (2) F-117 Nighthawk attack aircraft; or (3) C-130E/H tactical airlift aircraft.
 
(Sec. 135) Requires any C-130J/KC-130J aircraft procured after FY2005 to be procured through a contract under the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) relating to the acquisition of items by negotiated contract rather than provisions relating to the acquisition of commercial items.
 
(Sec. 136) Requires a report from the Secretary of the Air Force to the defense and appropriations committees on Air Force aircraft aeromedical evacuation programs.
 

Subtitle E: Joint and Multiservice Matters -
 (Sec. 141) Directs the Secretary to ensure that all tactical unmanned aerial vehicles of the Armed Forces use specified standard data links and formats. Prohibits, after December 1, 2006, any Department of Defense (DOD) funds from being used to procure such a vehicle without such links. Authorizes the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (Under Secretary) to waive such requirement after certifying to the defense and appropriations committees that it would be technologically infeasible or economically unacceptable to integrate a tactical data link into such a vehicle. Requires a report from each military department Secretary to Congress on the status of compliance with such requirements.
 
(Sec. 142) Prohibits DOD funds from being used to procure an unmanned aerial vehicle system, or to modify a system to include any form of armament, unless such procurement or modification is authorized in writing in advance by the Under Secretary. Provides an exception with respect to systems already under contract or for which funds have been appropriated for procurement prior to the date of enactment of this Act.
 
(Sec. 143) Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of a specified amount of funds available for the U.S. Special Operations Command until the Secretary submits to the defense and appropriations committees: (1) a certification that the Secretary has revalidated the requirement for the Advanced SEAL delivery system; and (2) two reports concerning such program, including conclusions of the ongoing critical systems review.
 

Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations -
 (Sec. 201) Authorizes appropriations for FY2006 for the Armed Forces for research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E). Earmarks specified amounts for the Defense Science and Technology Program.
 

Subtitle B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations -
 (Sec. 211) Directs the Comptroller General (CG) to: (1) conduct an annual review of the Future Combat Systems program; and (2) report annually to Congress on the results of the most recent review.
 
(Sec. 212) Directs the Secretary of the Army to procure the Future Combat System through a negotiated contract rather than through a research transaction.
 
(Sec. 213) Prohibits more than 70 percent of the amounts appropriated for the Armored Systems Modernization program from being obligated for systems development and demonstration of manned ground vehicle variants under such program until specified actions occur, including separate reports from the Secretary, the Under Secretary, and the Secretary of the Army concerning performance requirements and cost estimates under the program. Makes such prohibition inapplicable with respect to the obligation of funds for systems development and demonstration of the non-line-of-sight cannon system.
 
(Sec. 214) Directs the Secretary, beginning with the FY2008 budget submission, to ensure that a separate, dedicated program element is assigned to each of six specified systems development and demonstration projects of the Armored Systems Modernization Program. Requires the Secretary of the Army: (1) as part of documentation in support of the FY2007 defense budget, to set forth budget justification material for such projects as if they were already separate program elements; and (2) beginning with the FY2007 DOD budget, to set forth budget justification material for technology insertion to the current force under such Program.
 
(Sec. 215) Directs the Secretary of the Navy to: (1) initiate a program to design and develop the next-generation of nuclear attack submarines; and (2) include with FY2007 defense budget justification materials a report on the program initiated.
 
(Sec. 216) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 to extend through FY2011 certain requirements relating to management responsibility for naval mine countermeasures programs. Requires the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics to notify the defense and appropriations committees of any proposed change to such programs before such change is carried out. Prohibits the Secretary of the Navy from decommissioning any vessel of the MHC-51 mine countermeasures class before the end of such vessel's service unless: (1) such Secretary reports to the defense committees on existing capabilities to assume the MHC-51 mission; and (2) 30 days have elapsed since receipt of such report.
 
(Sec. 217) Directs the Secretaries of the Army and Navy to develop a single set of requirements for the joint heavy lift program for the Army and Marine Corps. Prohibits the Secretary from authorizing entry into systems development and demonstration for the next-generation heavy lift rotorcraft until the single set of requirements have been approved by the Joint Requirements Oversight Council.
 
(Sec. 218) Directs the Secretary to: (1) assess immediate requirements of the military departments for tactical radio communications systems; (2) ensure that the military departments rapidly acquire systems utilizing existing technology or mature systems readily available in the commercial marketplace; and (3) develop a plan and roadmap for the development, procurement, and sustainment of interim and future tactical radio communications systems. Outlines requirements with respect to the Joint Tactical Radio System. Requires a report from the Secretary on the implementation of this section.
 
(Sec. 219) Prohibits the obligation of more than 40 percent of any funds authorized for systems development and demonstration of the Personnel Recovery Vehicle until 30 days after the Secretary makes certain certifications to the defense and appropriations committees with respect to the requirements for such Vehicle.
 
(Sec. 220) Prohibits the obligation of more than 75 percent of the funds available for the VXX executive helicopter program for system development and demonstration until the Secretary of the Navy submits to Congress an event-driven acquisition strategy for Increment Two of such program that includes completion of at least one phase of operational testing. Requires a report from such Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees detailing such acquisition strategy.
 
(Sec. 221) Amends the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Reagan Act) to require certification by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) that the conversion of DOD networks to Internet Protocol version 6 will provide equivalent or better performance and capabilities than that which would be provided by any other combination of available technologies or protocols. Requires the Secretary to designate the DOD's Director of Operational Test and Evaluation as the DOD official responsible for oversight, direction, and approval of the master test and evaluation plan for such conversion. Requires additional reports by the Secretary with respect to such plan and conversion.
 

Subtitle C: Missile Defense Programs -
 (Sec. 231) Directs the Secretary to: (1) assess U.S. missile defense programs designed to provide capability against threat ballistic missiles in the boost/ascent phase of flight; and (2) report to Congress on assessment results.
 
(Sec. 232) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2002 to extend through FY2008 required CG assessments of ballistic missile defense (BMD) programs.
 
(Sec. 233) Allows FY2006 or FY2007 RDT&E funds for the Missile Defense Agency to be used by the Secretary for development and fielding of BMD capabilities.
 
(Sec. 234) Requires the appropriate joint and service operational test and evaluation components of DOD to prepare a plan to test, evaluate, and characterize the operational capability of block 06 and each subsequent block of the BMD system. Requires reports, at the conclusion of such test and evaluation, from the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation to the Secretary and the defense and appropriations committees.
 

Subtitle D: High-Performance Defense Manufacturing Technology Research and Development - 
(Sec. 241) Directs the Under Secretary to conduct a pilot program to identify and transition advanced manufacturing processes and technologies which would achieve significant productivity and efficiency gains in the defense manufacturing base. Requires the Under Secretary to undertake the development of prototypes and testbeds to validate the processes and technologies selected for transition under the pilot program. Authorizes the Under Secretary, in undertaking manufacturing technology strategies, to establish a task force to map development strategy. Requires a report from the Under Secretary to the defense and appropriations on actions taken during FY2006.
 

Subtitle E: Other Matters - 
(Sec. 251) Directs the CG to report to the defense and appropriations committees on program element structure for DOD RDT&E projects.
 
(Sec. 252) Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Secretary, at least every four years, to revise and update criteria and procedures utilized to identify DOD research and development (R&D) programs which are suitable for funding under the Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR Program). Authorizes the Secretary, and each military department Secretary, to create and administer a commercialization pilot program to accelerate the transition of technologies, products, and services developed under the SBIR Program to Phase III, including the acquisition process. Requires an evaluative report from the Secretary to the defense committees at the end of each fiscal year. Terminates the pilot program at the end of FY2009. Directs the Small Business Administration (SBA) to provide for, and fully implement the tenets of, Executive Order No. 13329 (Encouraging Innovation in Manufacturing).
 
(Sec. 253) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 1997 to make biennial (currently, annual) the submission of the joint warfighting science and technology plan. Repeals the requirement for inclusion in such plan of technology area review and assessment summaries.
 
(Sec. 254) Directs the Secretary of the Navy to: (1) conduct an assessment of the U.S. naval shipbuilding industry to determine how worldwide shipping industry best practices could be adopted to improve efficiency in specified areas; and (2) report findings and conclusions to the defense and appropriations committees.
 
(Sec. 255) Revises the duties of the Technology Transition Council. Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense committees on the challenges associated with technology transition from DOD science and technology programs to DOD acquisition programs, as well as a strategy to address those challenges.
 
(Sec. 256) Directs the Secretary to designate an executive agent responsible for coordinating and managing DOD medical research efforts and programs relating to the prevention, mitigation, and treatment of blast injuries. Requires: (1) associated research efforts and studies toward such end, as well as a training program for appropriate medical and non-medical personnel; and (2) annual reports from the Secretary to the defense committees on DOD efforts and programs relating to such prevention, mitigation, and treatment.
 
(Sec. 257) Adds information required to be included within annual reports from the Secretary to the defense committees concerning the awarding of prizes in the areas of defense research, technology development, or prototype development.
 
(Sec. 258) Transfer responsibility for the designation of facilities and resources constituting the Major Range and Test Facility Base from the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation to the Secretary.
 
(Sec. 259) Requires the Secretary and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to jointly report to Congress recommendations regarding cooperative activities between the two departments related to RDT&E in areas of mutual interest.
 
(Sec. 260) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 1994 to delay until September 30, 2007, the date after which DOD funds may not be obligated to modify or procure any DOD aircraft, ship, vehicle, or system that is not equipped with the Global Positioning System (GPS).
 
(Sec. 261) Requires a report from the Under Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees on DOD development and utilization of robotics and unmanned ground vehicle systems.
 

Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - 
(Sec. 301) Authorizes appropriations for FY2006 for operation and maintenance (O&M) for the Armed Forces and specified activities and agencies of DOD.
 
(Sec. 302) Authorizes appropriations for FY2006 for: (1) working capital funds; (2) the Defense Health Program; (3) chemical agents and munitions destruction, defense; (4) defense drug interdiction and counter-drug activities; and (5) the Defense Inspector General.
 

Subtitle B: Environmental Provisions -
 (Sec. 311) Requires, in a currently-required annual report from the Secretary on environmental restoration activities, a summary of fines and penalties imposed against DOD under environmental laws.
 
(Sec. 312) Includes an &quot;owner of covenant property&quot; among the entities that the Secretary may enter into agreements with for the cleanup of environmental hazards at former defense sites.
 

Subtitle C: Workplace and Depot Issues -
 (Sec. 321) Requires proceeds from the sale by the Army of an article or service that results from a cooperative arrangement with a non-Army entity to be credited to the working capital fund that incurs the cost of manufacturing the article or performing the service.
 
(Sec. 322) Prohibits the Secretary of the Navy from converting funding for naval shipyards on the East Coast from funding through the Navy working capital fund to funding on a direct basis (mission funding) before October 1, 2006. Requires: (1) a report from such Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees on direct funding for the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Washington; (2) CG review of such report and a review results report to such committees; and (3) a report from such Secretary to those committees proposing congressional budget exhibits for use in connection with the funding of Navy shipyards on a direct basis.
 
(Sec. 323) Includes additional facilities within the Armament Retooling and Manufacturing Support Initiative.
 
(Sec. 324) Expresses the sense of Congress that the Air Force should: (1) be commended for implementation of its Depot Maintenance Strategy and Master Plan; and (2) remain committed to the depot maintenance process improvement initiatives and the investments and recapitalization projects pursuant to such Strategy and Plan.
 

Subtitle D: Extension of Program Authorities -
 (Sec. 331) Amends the Bob Stump NDAA for Fiscal Year 2003 (Stump Act) to extend through FY 2010 the authority to provide logistics support and services for weapons systems contractors.
 
(Sec. 332) Amends the Reagan Act to extend until April 1, 2006, the authorized period of reimbursement, from DOD to a member of the Armed Forces or a family member of such member, for the purchase of certain protective, safety, or health equipment purchased by or for members deployed in a contingency operation.
 

Subtitle E: Outsourcing - 
(Sec. 341) Prohibits a DOD function performed by ten or more civilian employees from being converted to contractor performance unless the conversion is based on the results of a public-private competition process with specified requirements, including a formal civilian vs. contractor cost comparison and a most efficient organization plan. Prohibits a commercial or industrial type function currently being performed by DOD personnel from being modified, reorganized, divided, or otherwise changed in order to circumvent the above prohibition. Consolidates, and modifies where appropriate, current federal reporting requirements relating to public-private competition in order to incorporate the above changes.
 
(Sec. 342) Amends the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005 to modify a limitation on the conversion to contractor performance with respect to the procurement of certain supplies and services.
 
(Sec. 343) Directs the Secretary to prescribe guidelines and procedures for ensuring that consideration is given to using federal employees for work that is currently performed or would otherwise be performed under DOD contracts. Directs the Secretary to include the use of flexible hiring authority in order to facilitate federal employee performance of new requirements and work performed under DOD contracts.
 
(Sec. 344) Amends the Stump Act to extend through FY2007 the authority for contractor performance of security guard functions.
 

Subtitle F: Analysis, Strategies, and Reports - 
(Sec. 351) Requires the Secretary of the Army to conduct an assessment of Army programs for the prepositioning of equipment and other materiel stocks. Directs: (1) such Secretary to report on the assessment; and (2) the CG to submit an independent review of the assessment.
 
(Sec. 352) Directs the Secretary to include with the defense budget materials for FY2007-2011 a report describing the models used to prepare budget requests for base operations support, sustainment, and facilities recapitalization.
 
(Sec. 353) Directs the Secretary of the Army to: (1) develop and implement a training strategy to ensure the readiness of brigade-based combat teams and functional supporting brigades; and (2) report to the defense and appropriations committees on such strategy. Requires the CG to monitor such implementation and report to such committees assessing the Army's progress in implementing the strategy.
 
(Sec. 354) Directs the Secretary to report to Congress regarding the impact on military readiness of undocumented immigrants trespassing upon operational ranges. Requires a plan for the implementation of measures to prevent such trespass. Requires follow-up implementation reports.
 
(Sec. 355) Requires a report to Congress from: (1) the Secretary of the Army on results of a study evaluating the merits of privatization of Army lodging; and (2) the Army and Air Force Exchange Service on the feasibility of its participation in such privatization. Limits privatization pending the report.
 
(Sec. 356) Directs the CG to report to the defense and appropriations committees on the effectiveness of DOD corrosion prevention and mitigation programs.
 
(Sec. 357) Requires the Secretary to: (1) study the use of biodiesel and ethanol fuel by the Armed Forces and defense agencies, and any measures that can be taken to increase such use; and (2) report study results to the defense committees.
 
(Sec. 358) Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense committees on the effects of windmill farms on military readiness, including their effects on the operation of military radar installations.
 
(Sec. 359) Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on the feasibility of providing transportation on DOD aircraft, on a space-available basis, for: (1) any veteran with a service-connected disability rating of 50 percent or higher; (2) reserve personnel under 60 years of age who, but for such age, would be eligible for military retired pay; and (3) dependents of (1) or (2), above.
 
(Sec. 360) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense and appropriations committees on joint field training and experimentation conducted to address matters relating to stability, security, transition, and reconstruction operations during FY2005-2006.
 
(Sec. 361) Requires a report from the Secretary to Congress in each of 2006 through 2008 on DOD budgeting for the sustainment of key military equipment.
 
(Sec. 362) Amends the Reagan Act to repeal a required report from the Secretary of the Air Force on military installation encroachment issues.
 

Subtitle G: Other Matters -
 (Sec. 371) Requires the Defense Business Transformation Agency to be supervised by the vice chairman of the Defense Business System Management Committee.
 
 (Sec. 372) Prohibits the Secretary of a military department (Secretary concerned) from carrying out a modification (costing $100,000 or more) of an aircraft, weapon, vessel, or other equipment that the Secretary plans to retire or otherwise dispose of within five years after the date on which the modification, if carried out, would be completed. Makes an exception for a safety modification. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to waive such prohibition for national security purposes (requiring notification thereof to the defense and appropriations committees).
 
(Sec. 373) Prohibits DOD O&M funds from being used to purchase any item that has an investment item unit cost greater than $250,000.
 
(Sec. 374) Restates and expands the authority of the Secretary concerned to accept gifts, devises, or bequests of real or personal property for the benefit of members (and their survivors and dependents) who are wounded or killed while serving in a military operation or activity. Prohibits the acceptance of a gift of services from a foreign government or international organization, but allows from such entity a gift of property or money if the gift is not designated for a specific individual. Terminates on December 31, 2007, the authority to accept all such gifts, devises, and bequests. Provides for the deposit and use of gift funds. Requires CG review of all gifts, and a report to Congress on review results.
 
(Sec. 375) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2004 to include packet-based telephony service within the telecommunications benefit authorized for certain servicemembers.
 
(Sec. 376) Prohibits amounts appropriated to DOD for FY2006 from being obligated or expended for financial management improvement activities relating to the preparation, processing, or auditing of financial statements until the Secretary submits to the defense and appropriations committees: (1) a comprehensive and integrated financial management improvement plan; and (2) a determination that each of the financial management improvement activities are consistent with the plan and will likely result in DOD improvements in the production of timely, reliable, and complete financial management information.
 
(Sec. 377) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to provide for the general welfare of any person at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who is designated by such Secretary as a &quot;special category resident.&quot;
 
(Sec. 378) Authorizes the President to designate a day of celebration to honor members of the Armed Forces who served in Operations Enduring Freedom or Iraqi Freedom and have returned. Allows such members to participate in such celebration. Authorizes the Secretary to accept cash contributions to cover costs associated with celebration activities. Allows appropriate recognition items to be awarded to any individual who served honorably in such Operations.
 

Subtitle H: Utah Test and Training Range -
 (Sec. 382) Prohibits anything in this subtitle or the Wilderness Act from precluding: (1) low-level overflights and operations of military aircraft, helicopters, missiles, or unmanned aerial vehicles over the covered wilderness (certain areas in and surrounding the Utah Test and Training Range); or (2) the designation of new units of special use airspace, the expansion of existing units of such airspace, or the use or establishment of military training routes over the covered wilderness. Prohibits anything in this subtitle from being construed to: (1) prevent any required maintenance of existing communications and tracking systems; or (2) permit a military operation to be conducted on the ground in covered wilderness in the Range unless the operation is otherwise permissible under federal law and consistent with the Wilderness Act.
 
(Sec. 383) Requires the Secretary of the Interior to develop maintain, and revise land use plans within the Range in consultation with the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to prepare and transmit to the Secretary of the Interior an analysis of the military readiness and operational impacts of any revision proposed by the Secretary of the Interior.
 
(Sec. 384) Designates the Cedar Mountain Wilderness in Tooele County, Utah, as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Withdraws such lands from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under public land, leasing, and mining laws. Continues current fish and wildlife management and grazing rights within such lands. Releases certain lands from wilderness study area status.
 

Title IV: Military Personnel Authorizations - Subtitle A: Active Forces - 
(Sec. 401) Sets forth authorized end strengths for active-duty forces as of the end of FY2006.
 
(Sec. 402) Revises, effective October 1, 2005, the permanent active-duty end strength minimum levels for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force.
 
(Sec. 403) Amends the Reagan Act to provide additional authority for increases in Army and Marine Corps active-duty end strengths for FY2007-2009. States as the purposes of such increases to: (1) support operational missions; and (2) achieve transformational reorganization objectives. Requires the Secretary, for FY2007 and thereafter, to include in the defense budget for that year the amounts necessary for funding the excess end strengths.
 

Subtitle B: Reserve Forces -
 (Sec. 411) Sets forth authorized end strengths as of the end of FY2006 for members of the Selected Reserve and reserve personnel on active duty in support of the reserves.
 
(Sec. 413) Sets forth minimum end strengths for FY2006 for Army and Air Force dual status military technicians.
 
(Sec. 414) Places specified FY2006 limits on the number of non-dual status technicians authorized to be employed by the Army and Air National Guard and Reserves.
 
(Sec. 415) Sets the maximum number of reserve personnel authorized during FY2006 to be on active duty for operational support.
 

Subtitle C: Authorizations of Appropriations -
 (Sec. 421) Authorizes appropriations for FY2006 for: (1) military personnel; and (2) the Armed Forces Retirement Home.
 

Title V: Military Personnel Policy - Subtitle A: Officer Personnel Policy - 
(Sec. 501) Provides a temporary increase, for the period beginning on October 1, 2005, and ending on December 31, 2007, in the percentage of certain officers in the Air Force and Navy for whom a reduction in the service-in-grade requirement will be permitted.
 
(Sec. 502) Permits the Secretary to authorize the Secretaries of the military departments concerned, during the period between the enactment of this Act and December 31, 2008, to reduce from 10 to eight years the minimum length of commissioned service required before eligibility for voluntary retirement.
 
(Sec. 503) Excludes from active-duty general and flag officer distribution (end strength) limits those general and flag officers on leave pending separation or retirement, but only during the 60-day period beginning on the commencement of such leave. Prohibits frocking (wearing the insignia of the next higher grade prior to the official date of promotion to that grade) to grades above major general and rear admiral.
 
(Sec. 504) Consolidates grade limitations on officer assignment and frocking within the military departments.
 
(Sec. 505) Revises the deadline for receipt by promotion selection boards of correspondence from eligible officers.
 
(Sec. 506) Requires: (1) promotion selection boards for officers eligible for promotion to a grade above colonel or captain to be furnished any credible information of an adverse nature; and (2) such information to include any substantiated adverse finding or conclusion from an officially documented investigation or inquiry.
 
(Sec. 507) Excludes from military end strength and officer distribution limits either the Director or Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Associate Director for Military Support, and up to five military officers in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
 
(Sec. 508) Provides the grades of judge advocates general of the military departments.
 
(Sec. 509) Authorizes (with exceptions) the retention of permanent professors at the Naval Academy beyond 30 years of active commissioned service. Requires an officer serving as a permanent military professor at the Naval Academy in a grade of commander or lieutenant colonel who is not on a list of officers recommended for promotion to the next grade to be retired, if not earlier retired, on the first day of the month after the officer completes 28 years of active commissioned service. Requires retirement after 30 years of active commissioned service for an officer serving in such position in the grade of captain or colonel who is not on a list of officers recommended for promotion to the next higher grade. Requires the following officers, unless retired or separated earlier, to be retired on the month following the month on which such officer becomes 64 years of age: (1) a permanent professor or director of admissions of the U.S. Military Academy; (2) a permanent professor at the U.S. Naval Academy; or (3) a permanent professor or registrar of the U.S. Air Force Academy.
 
(Sec. 510) Allows a general/flag officer position on the Joint Staff to be held by a reserve general or flag officer serving on active duty.
 

Subtitle B: Reserve Component Management -
 (Sec. 511) Authorizes separation from military service at age 64 for specified reserve senior officers.
 
(Sec. 512) Revises strength in grade limits applicable to reserve flag officers in an active status.
 
(Sec. 513) Defers mandatory separation from military service for dual status military technicians until a technician reaches age 60 and attains eligibility for an unreduced military annuity.
 
(Sec. 514) Provides military retirement credit for certain service performed by National Guard personnel in 15 counties in New York and Arlington County, Virginia, while in a state duty status immediately after the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001.
 
(Sec. 515) Redesignates the Naval Reserve as the Navy Reserve.
 
(Sec. 516) Amends the Reagan Act to: (1) place the Commission on the National Guard and Reserves within the legislative branch; and (2) revise the pay levels of Commission members.
 
(Sec. 517) Directs the CG to report to Congress on problems faced by members of the reserve with respect to employment as a result of being ordered to perform full-time National Guard duty or being ordered to active duty service.
 
(Sec. 518) Requires the Defense Science Board to study and report to the defense committees on the length and frequency of deployment of members of the National Guard and reserves as a result of the global war on terrorism.
 
(Sec. 519) Expresses the sense of Congress: (1) recognizing the role played by National Guard and reserve military technicians (dual status) in the efforts of the Armed Forces; and (2) urging the Secretary to promptly resolve issues relating to the payment of certain reenlistment bonuses for such personnel.
 
(Sec. 520) Directs the Secretary of the Army to carry out a pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of utilizing a coalition of military and civilian community personnel at military installations to enhance the quality of life for members of the Army Reserve who serve at such installations, and their families. Requires: (1) the pilot program to be undertaken in two states; and (2) a program report from such Secretary to the defense committees.
 

Subtitle C: Education and Training -
 
Part I: Department of Defense Schools Generally -
 (Sec. 521) Authorizes the President of the National Defense University to award the degree of master of science in joint campaign planning and strategy.
 
(Sec. 522) Authorizes the following professional military schools to accept qualifying research grants (a grant for scientific, literary, or educational purposes): the National Defense University, the Army War College, Naval Postgraduate School, Naval War College, Marine Corps University, Air Force Institute of Technology, and Air War College.
 

Part II: United States Naval Postgraduate School - 
(Sec. 523) Adds to the mission of the Naval Postgraduate School (School): (1) the science, physics, and systems engineering of current and future naval warfare doctrine, operations, and systems; and (2) the integration of naval operations and systems into joint, combined, and multinational operations.
 
(Sec. 524) Makes eligible for the position of President of the School a civilian (currently, only an officer) with appropriate qualifications. Provides a position term of five years, with up to five additional years. Outlines qualifications.
 
(Sec. 525) Increases from ten to 25 the authorized enrollment in the defense product development program at the School. Includes systems engineering within the authorized curriculums for such program.
 
(Sec. 526) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to permit enlisted Navy and Marine Corps personnel to receive instruction from the School in certificate programs and courses required for the performance of the member's duties. Requires: (1) a report from such Secretary to the defense committees on plans for a program to provide enlisted Navy personnel with opportunities to pursue graduate degree programs in return for additional service obligations; and (2) the report to include a plan for a pilot program for such opportunities.
 

Part III: Reserve Officers' Training Corps - 
(Sec. 531) Repeals the limitation on the amount of financial assistance authorized under the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program.
 
(Sec. 532) Increases from 208 to 416 the authorized annual limit on ROTC scholarships under the Army Reserve and National Guard programs.
 
(Sec. 533) Authorizes the suspension of financial assistance and subsistence allowance payments for Senior ROTC cadets and midshipmen on the basis of health-related incapacities, under specified conditions prescribed by the Secretary.
 
(Sec. 534) Makes U.S. nationals (currently, only U.S. citizens) eligible for appointment to the Senior ROTC or as commissioned officers.
 
(Sec. 535) Directs the Secretary to: (1) implement certain incentives and a recruiting strategy to support the acquisition of foreign language skills among ROTC cadets and midshipmen; and (2) report to the defense committees on actions taken.
 
(Sec. 536) Designates financial assistance provided to a cadet appointed at a military junior college as an &quot;Ike Skelton Early Commissioning Program Scholarship.&quot;
 

Part IV: Other Matters - 
(Sec. 537) Includes under the DOD educational loan repayment program for military personnel any educational loan made by a lender that is: (1) an agency or instrumentality of a state; (2) a financial or credit institution subject to examination by an agency of the United States or any state; (3) a pension fund approved by the Secretary; or (4) a nonprofit private entity designated and regulated by a state and approved by the Secretary.
 
(Sec. 538) Authorizes the Secretary, and the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating under the Navy, to pay expenses, including examination costs, for members to obtain professional credentials.
 
 (Sec. 539) Authorizes the use of veterans' educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill, as well as benefits for mobilized members of the Selected Reserve and National Guard, for payments of up to $2,000 for a license or certification in an educational, professional, or vocational trade.
 
(Sec. 540) Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (currently, the Secretary concerned) to prescribe the form and manner under which a person entitled to educational assistance for reserves supporting contingency and other operations and also entitled to other educational assistance shall elect which benefits he or she shall receive. Authorizes the continuation of educational assistance to a member of the Selected Reserve who incurs a break in service of not more than 90 days if the member continues to serve in the Ready Reserve during and after the service break.
 

Subtitle D: General Service Requirements -
 (Sec. 541) Requires the Secretary, when proposing changes to female-member assignment policies, to notify Congress. Directs the Secretary, at least 30 days before implementing any such change, to notify the defense committees. Requires a report from the Secretary to such committees reviewing the current and future implementation of the policy regarding the assignment of women as articulated in the DOD memorandum entitled &quot;Direct Ground Combat Definition and Assignment Rule.&quot;
 
(Sec. 542) Prohibits an individual from being enlisted into the Armed Forces unless such person is: (1) a citizen or national of the United States; (2) an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence; or (3) a habitual resident of the Federal States of Micronesia, the Republic of Palua, or the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to waive such requirement when an enlistment is deemed vital to the national interest.
 
(Sec. 543) Increases from: (1) 35 to 42 the maximum age for an original enlistment in the regular Armed Forces; and (2) six to eight years the maximum term of such an enlistment.
 
(Sec. 545) Removes the Peace Corps as qualifying service under the National Call to Service Program, while including under such Program certain military occupational specialties for enlistments for officer training and subsequent service as an officer.
 
(Sec. 546) Requires reports from the Secretary to the defense committees on actions being taken to ensure that new recruits are provided detailed information before enlistment and at other points during their military career on the period(s) of service to which they may be obligated.
 

Subtitle E: Military Justice and Legal Assistance Matters -
 (Sec. 551) Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) to establish the UCMJ offense of stalking.
 
(Sec. 552) Revises UCMJ provisions concerning the offense of rape and carnal knowledge to add the following offenses involving sexual misconduct: (1) rape of a child; (2) aggravated sexual assault; (3) aggravated sexual assault of a child; (4) aggravated sexual contact; (5) aggravated sexual abuse of a child; (6) aggravated sexual contact with a child; (7) abusive sexual contact; (8) abusive sexual contact with a child; (9) indecent liberty with a child; (10) indecent act; (11) forcible pandering; (12) wrongful sexual contact; and (13) indecent exposure. Outlines provisions with respect to burden of proof, affirmative defenses, and adequate consent. Provides interim maximum punishments with respect to such offenses. Provides: (1) an unlimited statute of limitations with respect to rape of a child; and (2) an effective date for this section of October 1, 2007.
 
(Sec. 553) Includes under military offenses with no statute of limitations offenses involving murder or rape. Provides special rules with respect to child abuse offenses.
 
(Sec. 554) Directs the Secretary to prescribe a requirement that each covered member, whether active-duty or reserve, shall submit to an authority in the military department concerned a timely report on any conviction of such member by any law enforcement authority of the United States for the violation of a criminal law. Provides an exception with respect to minor traffic offenses.
 
(Sec. 555) States that a judge advocate or civilian attorney who is authorized to provide military legal assistance is authorized to provide that assistance in any jurisdiction.
 
(Sec. 556) Amends the UCMJ to allow the use of videoteleconferencing technology in administrative (non-trial) sessions of a court-martial proceeding, as long as at least one defense counsel is physically in the presence of the accused.
 
(Sec. 557) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) there should be no ambiguity about the applicability of the UCMJ to reserve personnel serving overseas under inactive-duty training orders; and (2) the Secretary should take action to clarify jurisdictional issues relating to such applicability and, if necessary, submit to Congress a proposal for legislative action to ensure such applicability.
 

Subtitle F: Matters Relating to Casualties -
 (Sec. 561) Authorizes active-duty members with disabilities to participate in the Paralympic Games.
 
(Sec. 562) Directs the Secretary to develop and prescribe for DOD a comprehensive policy on the provision of casualty assistance to survivors and next of kin of members who die during military service. Outlines policy elements. Requires: (1) policy adoption by the military departments; (2) a report from the Secretary to the defense committees on the improvement of casualty assistance programs; and (3) an assessment from the CG to the defense committees of casualty assistance programs of DOD and other federal departments and agencies.
 
(Sec. 563) Directs the Secretary to develop and prescribe for DOD a comprehensive policy on the provision of assistance to members who incur severe wounds or injuries in the line of duty. Outlines policy elements. Requires policy adoption by the military departments.
 
(Sec. 564) Requires the Secretary to complete, and the military department Secretaries to implement, DOD Instruction 1300.18, regarding the requirement to have servicemembers designate a person to direct disposition of their remains should they become a casualty. Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense committees on actions taken in such regard.
 

Subtitle G: Assistance to Local Educational Agencies for Defense Dependents Education -
 (Sec. 571) Amends the Defense Dependents' Education Act of 1978 to authorize the enrollment in overseas schools of the the defense dependents' education system of children of U.S. citizens or nationals hired in overseas areas as full-time DOD employees.
 
(Sec. 572) Directs the Secretary to provide financial assistance to an eligible local educational agency (LEA) if, without such assistance, the LEA would be unable to provide students in the schools of the LEA with a level of education that is equivalent to the minimum level available in schools of other LEAs in the same state. Considers an LEA eligible if at least 20 percent of the students of the schools of that LEA were counted as military dependent students under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Directs the Secretary to provide financial assistance to schools experiencing specified levels of enrollment changes due to military rebasing, activation, realignment, or related changes. Requires the Secretary to notify Leas eligible for assistance under this section. Earmarks specified DOD O&M funds for such purpose.
 
(Sec. 573) Earmarks specified DOD O&M funds for impact aid for children with severe disabilities, as authorized under the Floyd D. Spence NDAA for Fiscal Year 2001 (Spence Act).
 
(Sec. 574) Provides a special rule with respect to the computation of impact aid assistance to an LEA for school year 2005-2006 in the case of attendance of military dependents of certain members of the Armed Forces who undergo a change in status during that school year.
 

Subtitle H: Decorations and Awards -
 (Sec. 576) Makes September 11, 2001, the beginning date of Operation Enduring Freedom for purposes of eligibility for the campaign medal for that Operation.
 

Subtitle I: Consumer Protection Matters - 
(Sec. 577) Directs the Secretary to prescribe or modify regulations on the policies and procedures relating to personal commercial solicitations on DOD installations, including the sale of life insurance and securities.
 
(Sec. 578) Directs the Secretary concerned to carry out a program to provide comprehensive education and training to members concerning an array of financial services, including insurance, that are available through private sources, as well as marketing aspects of such services. Requires: (1) member and spouse financial services counseling, upon request; and (2) at least one full-time counselor at each military installation at which 2,000 or more members are assigned. Outlines counselor qualification requirements. Requires the availability of Servicemembers Group Life Insurance (SGLI) to be included within any counseling concerning life insurance.
 
(Sec. 579) Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense and finance committees on predatory lending practices directed at members and their families.
 

Subtitle J: Reports and Sense of Congress Statements - 
(Sec. 581) Directs the Secretary to: (1) review the career tracks of members who are linguists in an effort to improve the management of linguists and to assist them in reaching their potential over a 20-year career; and (2) report review results.
 
(Sec. 582) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) any college or university that discriminates against ROTC programs or military recruiters shall be denied certain federal taxpayer support; and (2) universities and colleges that receive federal funds should provide military recruiters access equal in quality and scope to that provided to all other employers. Requires a report from the Secretary to Congress on colleges and universities that deny such access.
 
(Sec. 583) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the Secretary should study options for providing strategic-level homeland defense education and related research opportunities to civilian and military leaders from all agencies of government in order to develop a core understanding of common homeland defense principles; and (2) the results of such study should be reported to the defense committees, along with appropriate recommendations.
 
(Sec. 584) Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should recognize and: (1) celebrate the diversity of members of the Armed Forces; and (2) honor the sacrifices being made by such members and their families in the global war on terrorism.
 

Subtitle K: Other Matters -
 (Sec. 589) Permits appropriated funds to be used to: (1) procure recognition items of nominal or modest value for recruitment or retention purposes; and (2) present such items to members, and to family members who provide support that substantially facilitates service in the Armed Forces. Terminates such authority on December 31, 2007.
 
(Sec. 590) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2004 to extend the date of submission of a required report of the Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission.
 
(Sec. 591) Directs the Secretary to prescribe a policy on the recruitment and enlistment of home-schooled students.
 
(Sec. 593) Allows a member of the Armed Forces up to 21 days of leave in a calendar year in connection with the adoption of a child, as long as the member is eligible for DOD reimbursement of qualified adoption expenses.
 
(Sec. 594) Requires a member's preseparation counseling to include information concerning: (1) the availability of mental health services and the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, depression, suicide, and other mental health conditions associated with service in the Armed Forces; (2) veterans' training and hiring priorities; (3) veterans' small business ownership and entrepreneurship programs; (4) employment and reemployment rights; (5) veterans' preference in federal employment; (6) available housing counseling assistance; and (7) a description of veterans' health care and other benefits.
 
(Sec. 595) Requires a report from the Secretary to Congress on actions taken to ensure that the Transition Assistance Programs for members separating from the Armed Forces provides such members with timely and comprehensive transition assistance. Requires particular focus on members: (1) deployed to Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom, or in support of other contingency operations; and (2) of the National Guard activated in support of relief efforts for Hurricanes Katrina or Rita.
 
(Sec. 596) Directs the Secretary to develop and implement a system to track DOD cases in which care to a victim of rape or sexual assault, or a related investigation or prosecution, is hindered by a lack of availability of a rape kit or other needed supplies or by the lack of timely access to appropriate laboratory testing resources. Requires the system developed to be submitted to the defense committees.
 
Directs the Secretary to develop and implement a plan for ensuring accessibility and availability of supplies, trained personnel, and transportation resources for responding to sexual assaults occurring in deployed units. Requires the plan developed to be submitted to the defense committees.
 
Provides additional matters to be included in an annual report on sexual assaults in the military as required under the Reagan Act.
 
(Sec. 597) Authorizes the President to appoint a flag officer of the Coast Guard as the Chief of Staff to the President.
 
(Sec. 598) Authorizes the superintendent of a service academy to have in effect a policy concerning the offering of a voluntary, nondenominational prayer at an otherwise authorized activity of the academy, subject to the Constitution and such limitations as the Secretary may prescribe.
 
(Sec. 599) Authorizes the Secretary concerned (currently, the Secretary) to make military working dogs available for adoption. Allows such an adoption before the end of the dog's useful working life under unusual or extraordinary circumstances.
 

Title VI: Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits - Subtitle A: Pay and Allowances -
 (Sec. 601) Waives any FY2006 pay increases tied to increases in the General Schedule of Compensation for government employees. Increases, effective January 1, 2006, by 3.1 percent the rates of basic pay for military personnel.
 
(Sec. 602) Includes professors at the U.S. Naval Academy under provisions authorizing additional pay for permanent military professors with over 36 years of service.
 
(Sec. 603) States that reserve personnel attending military academy preparatory schools shall be paid at the rate prescribed for that member's pay grade or the rate provided to academy cadets and midshipmen, whichever is greater.
 
(Sec. 604) Includes members of the National Guard not in federal service under a prohibition against compensation for work associated with participation in a correspondence course of a uniformed service.
 
(Sec. 605) Authorizes DOD matching contributions to the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) in the case of first-time enlistees who are enlisting for a period of at least two years.
 
(Sec. 606) Directs the Secretary of the Army, during FY2006, to carry out a pilot program to assess the extent to which contributions by such Secretary to the TSP assists: (1) the Army in recruiting efforts; and (2) its members in establishing habits of financial responsibility during their initial enlistment. Authorizes such Secretary to make TSP contributions for program participants. Requires a program report from the Secretary of Defense to the defense and appropriations committees.
 
(Sec. 607) Makes permanent (currently, terminates at the end of FY2005) the prohibition against a member who is undergoing medical recuperation or therapy, or otherwise in continuous care at a military medical facility, from being charged for meals provided at such facility, as long as the injury, illness, or disease being treated was incurred while serving on active duty: (1) in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom; or (2) in any other operation designated by the Secretary as a combat operation or a combat zone. Makes this section applicable during the period beginning on October 1, 2005, and ending on December 31, 2006.
 
(Sec. 608) Makes permanent (currently, terminates at the end of FY2006) the authority of the Secretary concerned to pay a supplemental subsistence allowance for low-income members with dependents.
 
(Sec. 609) Authorizes the Secretary to provide a temporary increase in the rates of basic allowance for housing (BAH) for a military housing area that: (1) is located within an area in which a major disaster has been declared; or (2) contains one or more military installations that are experiencing a sudden increase in the number of members assigned to the installation. Limits any such increase to no more than 20 percent of the previously authorized rate. Requires the member concerned to certify the increased housing costs. Makes such increase effective until the rate is readjusted due to a redetermination of housing costs in the area. Prohibits any such increase from being prescribed or continuing after December 31, 2008. Authorizes temporary lodging expenses, connected with a change of permanent duty station, for up to 20 days for members affected by (1) or (2), above.
 
(Sec. 610) Provides an equal rate of BAH for reserve members who are mobilized to serve on active duty for more than 30 days, or for 30 days or less in connection with a contingency operation, as is currently provided for similarly situated active-duty personnel.
 
(Sec. 611) Makes permanent the extension from 180 to 365 days following the death of a member who dies while serving on active duty the period for the temporary continuation of BAH for dependents of such members. (Currently, such extension terminates on September 30, 2005, under provisions of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005.)
 
(Sec. 612) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to continue to pay a family residing overseas a cost-of-living allowance, notwithstanding the reassignment of the service member that is the sponsor of the family, when it is in the best interests of the government and the family. Redefines as unusual and extraordinary those expenses eligible for lump-sum payment of such allowance.
 
(Sec. 613) Provides that, in the case of a member who has obtained insurance coverage under the SGLI program and who serves in Operations Enduring Freedom or Iraqi Freedom during a month, the Secretary concerned shall pay such member an allowance equal to the amount of the premium for the first $150,000 of such insurance. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to increase such allowance to cover insurance amounts in excess of $150,000. Requires the Secretary concerned to notify qualifying personnel of the availability of such allowance.
 
(Sec. 614) Directs the Secretary concerned to make civilian income replacement payments to certain reserve personnel experiencing extended and frequent mobilization for active-duty service. Requires a member, to be eligible, to: (1) complete 18 continuous months of service on active duty under a mobilization order; (2) complete 24 months on active duty during the previous 60 months under such an order; or (3) be involuntarily mobilized for service on active duty for 180 days or more six months or less after the member's separation from a previous period of involuntary active duty. Provides minimum and maximum payment amounts.Terminates such payment authority after December 31, 2008.
 

Subtitle B: Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays - 
(Sec. 621) Extends through 2006 specified authorities currently scheduled to expire at the end of 2005 with respect to certain special pay and bonus programs within the regular and reserve Armed Forces.
 
(Sec. 625) Makes oral and maxillofacial surgeons eligible for incentive special pay authorized for medical officers of the Armed Forces.
 
(Sec. 626) Eliminates a restriction barring military dentists from being paid additional special pay while undergoing dental internship or residency training.
 
(Sec. 627) Increases from $300 to $750 the maximum authorized monthly rate of hardship duty pay.
 
(Sec. 628) Allows assignment incentive pay to be paid either monthly (current law), in a lump sum, or in installments other than monthly. Requires a written agreement with respect to the performance of duty for such pay. Sets at $3,000 the maximum monthly rate of such pay. Requires repayment for unserved periods.
 
(Sec. 629) Increases from $60,000 to $90,000 the maximum selective reenlistment bonus authorized for active-duty personnel. Extends the maximum years of active-duty service beyond which a reenlistment bonus may not be paid from 16 to 20 years.
 
(Sec. 630) Extends the maximum years of reserve service beyond which a reenlistment bonus may not be paid from 16 to 20 years.
 
(Sec. 631) Consolidates into one federal provision, with revisions, provisions concerning the payment of bonuses for affiliation or enlistment in the Selected Reserve. Allows an affiliation bonus only for those individuals who have completed fewer than 20 years of military service, and requires execution of a written agreement. Directs the Secretary concerned to designate skills, units, and pay grades with respect to such bonus. Authorizes an accession bonus for first-time enlistment in the Selected Reserve, limiting such bonus to $20,000. Requires repayment for failure to begin or complete the obligated service. Terminates all bonus authority under this section at the end of 2006. Repeals superseded affiliation bonus authority.
 
(Sec. 632) Increases from $10 to $50 the special pay authorized for Selected Reserve personnel who are assigned to certain high priority units and who perform inactive duty for training relating to such assignment.
 
(Sec. 633) Eliminates the requirement that members with prior military service must first complete their military service obligation in order to be eligible to receive a bonus for enlisting in the Selected Reserve. Repeals the prohibition against a prior service enlistment bonus in the case of receipt of an enlistment or reenlistment bonus for service in the Selected Reserve.
 
(Sec. 634) Revises provisions concerning the affiliation bonus for officers of the Selected Reserve to: (1) remove the prohibition against prior service in the Selected Reserve; and (2) increase from $6,000 to $10,000 the maximum amount of such bonus.
 
(Sec. 635) Increases from $20,000 to $40,000 the maximum enlistment bonus for active-duty members.
 
(Sec. 636) Authorizes the Secretary to retroactively designate the period during which duty in a specific area will qualify a member to receive hostile fire or imminent danger special pay.
 
(Sec. 637) Increases from: (1) $25,000 to $30,000 the maximum bonus paid to nuclear-qualified officers who extend their active-duty service; and (2) $10,000 to $14,000 the maximum amount of the nuclear career annual incentive bonus.
 
(Sec. 639) Changes foreign language proficiency pay from a monthly pay to an annual bonus of up to $12,000 while a member remains certified in that language. Provides for installment or lump sum options for such pay for both active and reserve personnel.
 
(Sec. 640) Authorizes payment to reserve members in an active status of the critical skill retention bonus (currently, only authorized for active-duty personnel). Authorizes payment of such bonus for members assigned to a designated high priority unit. Eliminates the prohibition on payment for service beyond 25 years for: (1) members serving in special operations skills designated as critical; and (2) members qualified for duty in connection with supervision, operation, and maintenance of naval nuclear propulsion plants. Requires pro rata bonus repayment for bonus periods not served.
 
(Sec. 641) Authorizes the payment of an incentive bonus for a regular or reserve member who executes a written agreement to: (1) transfer from the member's current regular or reserve component to a regular or reserve component of another armed force; and (2) serve in the latter component for not less than three years. Requires the Secretary concerned to determine that there is a shortage of trained and qualified personnel in the latter component before such incentive bonus will be paid. Limits such bonus to $2,500. Requires bonus repayment for failure to complete the obligated service. Terminates the bonus authority at the end of 2006.
 
(Sec. 642) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to pay monthly special pay of $430 to a member who incurs a combat-related injury in a combat operation or zone and is evacuated to receive medical treatment. Reduces such special pay by any amount of hostile fire or imminent danger special pay received.
 
(Sec. 643) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to provide voluntary separation pay and benefits to eligible members who are voluntarily separated from active duty in the Armed Forces. Makes eligible for such pay and benefits members who: (1) have served on active duty for more than six years but not more than 20; (2) have served at least five years of continuous active duty immediately preceding their date of separation; (3) have not been approved for the payment of any other voluntary separation incentive; and (4) meet such other requirements as the Secretary concerned may prescribe. Provides eligibility exceptions, including those discharged with disability severance pay. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to determine a number of members who may serve in the Ready Reserve, for not less than three years, in order to qualify for the voluntary separation pay and benefits. Provides for: (1) the computation and payment of such pay; and (2) the coordination of such pay with retired or retainer pay and disability compensation. Requires repayment from members who return to active duty, but allows the Secretary to waive such repayment in whole or in part when its recovery would be against equity and good conscience or contrary to the best interests of the United States. Terminates such pay authority on December 31, 2008.
 
(Sec. 644) Authorizes nursing students enrolled in ROTC programs for advanced training to receive a critical skills accession bonus of up to $5,000 as long as they have completed the second year of an accredited baccalaureate degree program and execute an agreement to serve on active duty as a commissioned officer in the Army Nurse Corps. Authorizes such bonus payments for the period beginning on October 5, 2004, and ending on December 31, 2005.
 
(Sec. 645) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to pay a bonus of up to $1,000 to a member of the Army who refers to an Army recruiter a person who has not previously served in the Armed Forces and who, after such referral, enlists in the regular Army or the Army National Guard or Reserve. Prohibits such bonus for the referral of an immediate family member. Terminates bonus authority after December 31, 2007.
 

Subtitle C: Travel and Transportation Allowances -
 (Sec. 651) Expands the circumstances under which members may continue to receive the lodging portion of temporary duty per diem during absences from the temporary duty location to include absences authorized under regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned.
 
(Sec. 652) Increases from one to three years after the death of a member while serving on active duty the time allowed for surviving family members to select a residence for which they may receive travel and transportation allowances.
 
(Sec. 653) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to provide travel and transportation allowances for up to three family members of a member on active duty who was held captive or was otherwise missing to the location where the member has been repatriated. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to waive the three-person limit in appropriate circumstances.
 
(Sec. 654) Increases the authorized weight allowances for the shipment of household goods of senior noncommissioned officers in grades E-7 through E-9.
 
(Sec. 655) Makes permanent (currently, terminates at the end of FY2005) the authority to provide travel and transportation allowances for dependents to visit hospitalized members injured in a combat operation or combat zone.
 

Subtitle D: Retired Pay and Survivor Benefits -
 (Sec. 661) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to pay to state officials on a monthly basis (currently, quarterly) funds voluntarily withheld from retired or retainer pay for state tax purposes.
 
(Sec. 662) Prohibits interment in a national cemetery, and denies certain burial-related benefits including funeral honors, for individuals who receive a life sentence or the death penalty, or who have been convicted of a capital offense for which the person was sentenced to death or life imprisonment without parole.
 
(Sec. 663) Reduces by four years and three months the current ten-year phased implementation of full concurrent receipt of veterans' disability compensation and military retired pay for retirees receiving veterans' disability compensation at the rate payable for 100 percent disability by reason of a determination of individual unemployability, allowing such retirees to receive full payment of both on October 1, 2009, and thereafter.
 
(Sec. 664) Increases the $12,000 death gratuity to $100,000. Provides an additional death gratuity of $150,000 in the case of a person who died during the period beginning October 1, 2001, and ending May 11, 2005, while a member on active duty and whose death did not establish eligibility for an additional death gratuity under prior law. Provides funding for such increased payments.
 
(Sec. 665) Authorizes the payment of child support, from a member's retired pay already received, to a dependent child when the member's retired pay eligibility has been terminated because of abuse of a spouse that resulted in the death of that spouse. Requires such payment after the effective service of a court order.
 
(Sec. 666) Requires a report from the CG to the defense committees on the actuarial soundness of the Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) program.
 

Subtitle E: Commissary and Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentality Benefits - 
(Sec. 671) Authorizes the Secretary to increase the maximum amount that may be paid to commissary and exchange services to procure goods and services overseas for use by U.S. military forces from $50,000 to $100,000 per contract.
 
(Sec. 672) Provides that until December 31, 2008, the Defense Commissary Agency is not required to conduct any cost-comparison study under Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 relating to the possible contracting out of commissary store functions.
 
(Sec. 673) Requires that appropriated funds be used to pay for the transportation of commissary and exchange supplies and products to commissaries and exchanges located outside the continental United States.
 
(Sec. 674) Authorizes the appropriate Secretary to grant nonappropriated fund employees compensatory time off instead of overtime pay for overtime work when requested by the employee (thereby making such practice consistent with similar rules within the federal civilian personnel system).
 
(Sec. 675) Earmarks defense-wide O&M funds for expenses incurred under military rest and recuperation leave programs. 
 

Subtitle F: Other Matters -
 (Sec. 681) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to develop and provide incentives to encourage individuals to accept commissions as officers or to enlist in the Army. Directs such Secretary, before providing an incentive, to develop and submit to Congress, the appropriate DOD elements, and the CG a plan that includes a description of the incentive and its anticipated outcome. Prohibits more than four recruitment incentives from being provided, and limits the number of individuals to whom incentives may be provided. Requires: (1) an annual report from such Secretary to Congress on the incentives provided; and (2) a report from the CG to Congress evaluating the expected outcomes of the incentives. Terminates incentive authority on December 31, 2009.
 
(Sec. 682) Authorizes specified leave accrual for members: (1) assigned to a deployable ship or mobile unit or other designated duty; or (2) who, on or after August 29, 2005, perform qualifying duty as determined by the Secretary.
 
(Sec. 683) Expands the authority of the Secretary concerned to remit or cancel indebtedness to the United States, or any U.S. instrumentality, incurred by members while on active duty by authorizing such Secretaries, if in the best interests of the United States, to forgive indebtedness of officers and enlisted personnel when such member is on active duty or in an active status, or during the one-year period after the member is discharged or released from active status. Authorizes the remission or cancellation of debts during the period beginning on October 7, 2001, and ending on December 31, 2007.
 
(Sec. 684) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to repay a loan made to a military chaplain that was: (1) used to finance education resulting in a Masters of Divinity degree; and (2) obtained from an accredited theological seminary. Requires the chaplain to sign a written agreement to serve in the Selected Reserve for not less than three years in order to receive the loan repayment.
 
(Sec. 685) Adds the Senior Enlisted Advisor for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) to the list of senior enlisted personnel designated to receive the highest level of pay for an enlisted member, effective on the date of appointment to such position. Authorizes the individual so appointed to receive: (1) a personal money allowance; (2) the pay associated with the position while hospitalized or while on terminal leave; and (3) retired pay based on such position.
 
(Sec. 686) Outlines the special and incentive pays, earned originally as enlisted pay, that may be considered saved by a former enlisted member who becomes a commissioned officer, but requires the officer to continue to perform the duty which created the entitlement to such pay.
 
(Sec. 687) Consolidates into one section various federal provisions outlining procedures for the repayment of unearned portions of military bonuses, special pays, and educational benefits. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to establish for all such pay and benefit programs procedures for determining the amount of the repayment required and the circumstances under which an exception to the repayment requirement may be granted.
 
(Sec. 688) Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to require notification of homeowners assisted under such Act explaining the mortgage and foreclosure rights of servicemembers under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, including the toll-free help number for further assistance.
 
(Sec. 689) Amends the Social Security Act to extend Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits to 24 consecutive months following service in the case of members of the National Guard and reserves whose ineligibility for SSI benefits is a result of being called to active duty.
 
(Sec. 690) Directs the Secretary concerned to provide to servicemembers under their jurisdiction pertinent information on the rights and protections available to such members and their dependents under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. Requires such information to be provided during initial orientation training or such other appropriate times as determined by such Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to provide such information to adult dependents of servicemembers.
 

Title VII: Health Care Provisions - Subtitle A: Improvements to Health Benefits for Reserves - 
(Sec. 701) Allows Selected Reserve personnel to extend their TRICARE coverage (entitled TRICARE Reserve Select (TRS)) when they are recalled to active duty. Allows certain Individual Ready Reserve members a period of one year following release from active duty to find a position in the Selected Reserve without losing TRS eligibility. Extends TRS coverage for family members until six months after the death of the qualifying member. Includes within TRS coverage access to care in military medical treatment facilities. Allows 90 days after release from active duty for an eligible member of the Selected Reserve to elect to participate in TRS.
 
(Sec. 702) Removes certain conditions, including a required period of active-duty service, prior to the eligibility of members of the Selected Reserve for health care benefits under TRICARE Standard. Requires such a member, in order to be eligible, to commit to a period of obligated service that extends through the TRICARE Standard enrollment period. Outlines premium amounts for such coverage, such amounts varying depending on the type of service (extended active duty service resulting in the lowest premium) under which eligibility is based.
 

Subtitle B: TRICARE Program Improvements - 
(Sec. 711) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2004 to require more detailed information from providers within an annual survey of the TRICARE Standard health care program.
 
(Sec. 712) Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to ensure that chiropractic health care services are available at all medical treatment facilities listed in a report to Congress entitled &quot;Chiropractic Health Care Implementation Plan.&quot; Requires such Secretary to report to the defense committees on the availability of services as required under such Plan.
 
(Sec. 713) Includes as an &quot;eligible dependent&quot; for purposes of TRICARE dental coverage surviving spouses who were on active duty at the time their military spouses died.
 
(Sec. 714) Authorizes the Secretary to waive restrictions with regard to TRICARE Prime Remote coverage for active duty members that reside at a remote location when the Secretary determines that exceptional circumstances warrant such coverage.
 
(Sec. 715) Provides a conditional period of continued TRICARE Prime coverage for children of members who die while serving on active duty for a scheduled period of more than 30 days. Makes such conditional period the longer of: (1) three years after the member's death; (2) the date on which a dependent reaches age 21; or (3) the date on which a dependent who was enrolled in a full-time course of study ceases to pursue such course of study or reaches 23 years of age.
 
(Sec. 716) Requires: (1) the responsibilities of each TRICARE regional office to include the monitoring, oversight, and improvement of the TRICARE Standard option in that region; and (2) an implementation report from the Secretary to the defense committees.
 
(Sec. 717) Prohibits a person from serving as a Regional Director under the TRICARE program unless such individual is: (1) an officer in the Armed Forces in a general or flag officer grade; (2) a civilian DOD employee in the Executive Service; or (3) a civilian employee of the federal government or the private sector with experience comparable to individuals under (1) or (2), above. Requires also, for any such individual, at least ten years of experience, expertise, or training in military health care, managed care, and health care policy and administration.
 

Subtitle C: Mental Health-Related Provisions - 
(Sec. 721) Requires the Secretary to develop a program to improve awareness of the availability of mental health services for, and warning signs about mental health problems in, dependents of members who served or will serve in a combat theater during the previous or next 60 days. Requires a report from the Secretary to Congress on program effectiveness.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) carry out a pilot project to evaluate the efficacy of various approaches to improving the capability of the military and civilian health care systems to provide early diagnosis and treatment of PTSD and other mental health conditions; and (2) report to the defense and appropriations committees on the project.
 
(Sec. 722) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out pilot projects on improving the early diagnosis and treatment of PTSD and other mental health conditions. Authorizes at least one such project at a National Guard or Reserve facility located at least 40 miles from a military medical facility and whose personnel are served primarily by civilian community health resources. Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees on the identification of appropriate pilot projects.
 
(Sec. 723) Requires: (1) the Secretary to establish within DOD a task force to examine matters relating to mental health and the Armed Forces; (2) the task force to report to the Secretary an assessment of, and recommendations for improving, mental health care provided by the military departments; (3) the task force to report to the Secretary on all activities undertaken under this section; and (4) the latter report to be transmitted to the defense and veterans' committees. Terminates the task force 90 days after the latter report.
 

Subtitle D: Studies and Reports - 
(Sec. 731) Requires the Secretary to: (1) conduct a study of the effectiveness of self-administered surveys included in predeployment and postdeployment medical exams of members of the Armed Forces that are carried out as part of the DOD medical tracking system for members deployed overseas; and (2) report to the defense committees on the study.
 
(Sec. 732) Requires annual (currently, periodic) physical examinations and documentation to the Secretary concerned of the medical and dental readiness of members of the Selected Reserve not on active duty.
 
(Sec. 733) Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees on the delivery of health care benefits through the military health care system.
 
(Sec. 734) Directs the CG to conduct studies of the effectiveness of: (1) current differential payments to children's hospitals for health care services for severely ill dependent children of members under the TRICARE program in achieving adequate health care services for such children; and (2) the TRICARE program in achieving adequate access to high quality obstetrical care services for family members of military personnel. Requires: (1) the CG to report to the Secretary and the defense and appropriations committees on each study; and (2) the Secretary to transmit to such committees proposals for legislative or administrative action to implement modifications suggested by such studies.
 
(Sec. 735) Requires a report from the Secretary to specified congressional committees on the Department of Defense AHLTA global electronic health record system.
 
(Sec. 736) Directs the CG to: (1) conduct a study of the Vaccine Healthcare Centers operated by DOD in support of medical needs arising from mandatory military vaccinations; and (2) report findings and recommendations to Congress.
 
(Sec. 737) Directs the Secretary to study and report to the defense and appropriations committees on adverse health events that may be associated with the use of anti-malarial drugs, including mefloquine.
 
(Sec. 738) Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a study of the Reserve dental insurance program; and (2) report to the defense and appropriations committees on the study.
 
(Sec. 739) Directs the Secretary to evaluate the feasibility and cost effectiveness of conducting a demonstration project to determine whether applying certain managed care methods under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act would improve the quality of care, realize cost savings to DOD, and improve beneficiary satisfaction for DOD beneficiaries who are also entitled to Medicare health care. Requires: (1) the Secretary, if the project is determined feasible, to develop a plan to carry out the project; and (2) a project and plan report from the Secretary to the defense committees.
 
(Sec. 740) Authorizes the Secretary to conduct pilot projects to assess the feasibility, advisability, and utility of encouraging pediatric early literacy among the children of military personnel. Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense committees on projects conducted.
 

Subtitle E: Other Matters -
 (Sec. 741) Amends the Spence Act to authorize the Patient Safety Center to be relocated to a place other than within the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. Renames the MedTeams Program as Medical Team Training.
 
(Sec. 742) Revises health care quality information and technology reporting requirements under the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2000.
 
(Sec. 743) Authorizes military health care benefits in advance of the active-duty reporting date for Senior ROTC graduates who have been commissioned and have received orders for active duty.
 
(Sec. 744) Prohibits a department Secretary from converting any military medical or dental position to a civilian medical or dental position until the Secretary submits to the defense committees a certification that the conversion will not increase cost or decrease quality of or access to health care. Directs the CG to study the effect of such conversions on the defense health program, and to report study results to the defense committees.
 
(Sec. 745) Amends the Reagan Act to state that references in such Act to medical readiness, health status, and health care includes dental readiness, dental status, and dental care.
 
(Sec. 746) Directs the Secretary of the Navy to conduct an outreach program to contact as many members and former members as possible who, in connection with service aboard Navy ships, may have been exposed to aerosolized particles resulting from the removal of nonskid coating used on such ships. Requires such Secretary to begin the outreach program within six months after the enactment of this Act and to report on program results.
 
(Sec. 747) Repeals the requirement for CG reviews of certain DOD-Department of Veterans Affairs projects on the sharing of health care resources.
 
(Sec. 748) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees on DOD efforts to prepare for pandemic influenza, including pandemic avian influenza.
 
(Sec. 749) Directs the Secretary to ensure that appropriate action is taken to assist a member who, as a result of a medical examination, receives a referral for follow-up treatment.
 
(Sec. 750) Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish DOD policy on the role of military medical and behavioral science personnel in the interrogation of persons detained by the Armed Forces; and (2) report to the defense and appropriations committees on the policy established.
 

Title VIII: Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, and Related Matters - Subtitle A: Provisions Relating to Major Defense Acquisition Programs - 
(Sec. 801) Prohibits a major defense acquisition program (MDAP) from receiving Milestone B approval, or Key Decision Point B approval in the case of a space program, until the Secretary makes specified certifications with respect to the technology testing, mission requirements, and affordability of the MDAP. Requires the MDAP certification to be submitted to the defense and appropriations committees. Authorizes the Secretary to waive MDAP certification requirements when, but for such waiver, DOD would be unable to meet national security objectives.
 
(Sec. 802) Defines the terms &quot;significant cost growth threshold&quot; and &quot;critical cost growth threshold&quot; as they relate to baseline cost estimates for MDAPs. Incorporates such thresholds into MDAP unit cost report and related requirements. Adds the term &quot;original baseline estimate&quot; with respect to MDAPs. Requires that, in the event of an adjustment or revision of the original baseline description of an MDAP, the Secretary shall include in the next Selected Acquisition Report a notification to the defense and appropriations committees of such adjustment or revision, together with the reasons therefor.
 
(Sec. 803) Allows a DOD major weapon system to be treated as a commercial item, or purchased under commercial item procedures, only if: (1) the Secretary determines that the major weapon system is a commercial item as defined under federal law; (2) such treatment is necessary to meet national security objectives; and (3) the defense and appropriations committees are notified at least 30 days before such treatment or purchase occurs.
 
(Sec. 804) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense and appropriations committees on: (1) the acquisition status of each MDAP whose program acquisition or procurement unit cost has exceeded by more than 50 percent the original baseline projection for such unit cost; and (2) the use of lead system integrators for the DOD acquisition of major systems.
 
(Sec. 806) Requires the Secretary to notify the defense and appropriations committees at least 60 days before canceling a major automated information system program that has been fielded or approved to be fielded, or making a change that will significantly reduce the scope of such a program, of the proposed cancellation or change.
 

Subtitle B: Acquisition Policy and Management - 
(Sec. 811) Requires, for each covered non-defense agency, the inspectors general of DOD and the agency involved to carry out reviews of the procurement policies, procedures, and internal controls applicable to the procurement of property and services on behalf of DOD by such agency. Includes as covered non-defense agencies the Departments of the Treasury and the Interior as well as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Provides DOD procurement limitations with respect to agencies for which the above review results in a negative compliance determination. Provides an exception with respect to an agency for which the Under Secretary has determined that it is necessary in the interests of DOD to continue to procure property and services through such agency. Terminates applicable DOD procurement limitations upon non-defense agency compliance with defense procurement requirements.
 
(Sec. 812) Rewrites federal provisions requiring the Secretary to establish a management structure for the procurement of contract services for DOD to: (1) require the Under Secretary to develop and maintain policies, procedures, and best practices guidelines addressing the procurement of such services; and (2) make the service acquisition executive of each military department and defense agency responsible for carrying out such policies, procedures, and guidelines within their respective department or agency. Provides for the phased implementation of such requirements. Requires a final implementation report from the Secretary to the defense committees.
 
(Sec. 813) Requires a report in each of FY2005 and FY2006, from the Secretary of each military department to the Under Secretary, on service surcharges for purchases made for military departments through other DOD agencies in amounts greater than the simplified acquisition threshold. Directs the Secretary to report to the defense and appropriations committees on the reports received.
 
(Sec. 814) Requires: (1) the Defense Acquisition University to review the DOD acquisition structure and capabilities and report to the Under Secretary on such review; and (2) such report to be transmitted to the defense and appropriations committees.
 
(Sec. 815) Requires DOD contracts for the lease of a combat vehicle (currently, only for the lease of a vessel of aircraft) to be specifically authorized by law. Requires a certification, from the Secretary to specified congressional committees, that entering into the proposed contract for such vehicle, vessel, or aircraft is the most cost-effective means of obtaining it, and that the Secretary has determined that the lease complies with all applicable laws, circulars, and regulations. Authorizes a review of the proposed contract prior to its authorization by Congress. Applies such requirements to capital leases and lease-purchase agreements.
 
(Sec. 816) Directs the Secretary to provide guidance for the military departments and defense agencies on the use of tiered evaluations of offers for contracts and for task or delivery orders under contracts.
 
(Sec. 817) Requires: (1) the Secretary to develop a joint policy for contingency contracting during combat operations and post-conflict operations; and (2) an interim and final report, from the Secretary to the defense committees, concerning such policy.
 
(Sec. 818) Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop a revised strategy for acquiring commercial satellite communications services; (2) perform a complete spend analysis of DOD acquisitions of such services during the period from FY2000 through FY2005; and (3) report to Congress on the DOD acquisition strategy for such services.
 
(Sec. 819) Requires the Secretary, in awarding any contract to an entity for the procurement of goods or services, to use as an evaluation factor whether the entity intends to carry out the contract using employees or subcontractors who are members of the Selected Reserve. 
 

Subtitle C: Amendments to General Contracting Authorities, Procedures, and Limitations - 
(Sec. 821) Amends the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to direct the Administrator of General Services to transfer to the Secretary certain funds to be used by the Defense Acquisition University for acquisition workforce training.
 
(Sec. 822) Increases from $500,000 to $550,000 the cost accounting standard threshold under the above Act.
 
(Sec. 823) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 1994 to provide specified conditions to be met before DOD can carry out prototype projects: (1) in excess of $20 million but not over $100 million; and (2) in excess of $100 million.
 
(Sec. 824) Increases from $150,000 to $300,000 the fiscal year limit on DOD procurement technical assistance programs operated on a less-than-statewide basis.
 

Subtitle D: United States Defense Industrial Base Provisions - 
(Sec. 831) Provides an exception to Buy American requirements for the procurement of perishable foods for an establishment located outside the United States for the personnel attached to such establishment.
 
(Sec. 832) Directs the Secretary to ensure that each member of the defense acquisition workforce who participates personally and substantially and on a regular basis in the acquisition of textiles receives training during FY2006 on defense Buy American requirements.
 
(Sec. 833) Requires the Secretary to provide public notice of any waiver of domestic source requirements relating to clothing materials and covered components thereof within seven days after the award of a contract.
 

Subtitle E: Other Matters - 
(Sec. 841) Directs the CG to: (1) review DOD efforts to identify areas of vulnerability of DOD contracts to fraud, waste, and abuse; and (2) report review results to the defense committees.
 
(Sec. 842) Extends through FY2009 current DOD contract goals for small disadvantaged businesses and certain minority institutions of higher education.
 
(Sec. 843) Amends the Services Acquisition Reform Act of 2003 to extend by six months a final report of an advisory panel reviewing laws and regulations relating to defense acquisition practices.
 
(Sec. 844) Amends the Small Business Act to require the SBA Administrator to: (1) review the application of business income limits relating to eligibility for federal prime contracts and subcontracts to determine whether security expense costs from operating in Iraq, Afghanistan, or a foreign combat zone should be excluded from such consideration; and (2) either adjust the size standards to exclude such costs or report to the small business committees as to why such an adjustment would not be fair and appropriate.
 
(Sec. 845) Includes drought within the definition of &quot;disaster&quot; for purposes of disaster relief provided to small businesses under the Small Business Act. Limits to $9 million during each of FY2005-FY2008 the amount that may be used by the SBA for drought disaster loans to non-farm-related small businesses. Requires prompt (30 days) response to a state governor's request for disaster relief.
 
(Sec. 846) Extends through FY2008 the authority of the commander of the United States Joint Forces Command to acquire systems in connection with the joint warfighting experimentation. Requires a report from the CG to the defense committees on the implementation of such authority.
 
(Sec. 847) Amends the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to establish within the General Services Administration (GSA) the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (replacing separate civilian boards of contract appeals of various civilian agencies). Terminates boards established by civilian agencies, except for the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, the Postal Service Board of Contract Appeals, and the board of contract appeals of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
 
(Sec. 848) Amends the Reagan Act to extend through FY2006 the inapplicability of the Randolph-Sheppard Act (provides self-support opportunities to blind persons through the operation of vending machines in federal facilities) to military mess facilities. Directs the Secretaries of Defense and Education and the Chairman of the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled to jointly issue, and report on, a statement of policy related to the implementation of the Randolph-Sheppard Act and the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act within the Departments of Defense and Education.
 
(Sec. 849) Directs the Secretary to study and report on DOD procurement contracts with small businesses owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans.
 

Title IX: Department of Defense Organization and Management - Subtitle A: General Department of Defense Management Matters - 
(Sec. 901) Raises from Executive Level IV to III the level of basic pay for the Under Secretaries of the military departments.
 
(Sec. 902) Makes any individual: (1) with substantial experience in the field of test and evaluation (currently, only commissioned officers) eligible for the position of Director of the Defense Test Resource Management Center; and (2) (currently, only senior civilian officers and employees of DOD) eligible for the position of Deputy Director of the Center.
 
(Sec. 903) Authorizes the Secretary to accept gifts or donations on behalf of any DOD regional center for security studies to defray the costs or enhance the operations of such center. Provides acceptance limitations and criteria.
 
(Sec. 904) Redesignates each: (1) Director of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization of DOD and the military departments as the Director of Small Business Programs; and (2) Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization of DOD and the military departments as the Office of Small Business Programs. Provides appropriate duties and functions of such directors and offices.
 
(Sec. 905) Requires the Secretary to submit to the defense and appropriations committees a plan for the defense of the U.S. homeland against cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles, and other low-altitude aircraft that may be launched in an attack against the United States.
 
(Sec. 906) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 1997 to authorize the use of DOD funds for the provision of audiovisual support services for the White House Communications Agency.
 
(Sec. 907) Directs the Secretary to select one or two federally funded research and development centers to conduct independent studies of the feasibility and advisability of establishing a Deputy Secretary of Defense for Management. Requires such centers to report study results to the Secretary and the defense committees.
 
(Sec. 908) Includes the Homeland Security Council among the entities to which the JCS Chairman shall act as principal military adviser.
 
(Sec. 909) Amends the Armed Forces Retirement Home Act of 1991 to require each facility of the Home, in providing health care needs to its residents, to have a physician and a dentist available: (1) during daily business hours; and (2) on an on-call basis at other times. Requires the Home to provide daily scheduled transportation to nearby medical facilities used by residents. Authorizes the Home to provide transportation to a medical facility located not more than 30 miles away for the provision of necessary and urgent medical care for residents. Prohibits the collection of a fee for such transportation. Requires a report from the CG to the defense committees assessing health and nursing home care provided by the Home.
 

Subtitle B: Space Activities -
 (Sec. 911) Directs the Secretary to develop a Space Situational Awareness Strategy for ensuring freedom to operate U.S. space assets affecting national security. Requires the Strategy to be: (1) submitted to Congress by April 15, 2006; and (2) updated and resubmitted on such date every odd-numbered year thereafter. Requires the Strategy to: (1) cover the 20-year period from 2006 through 2025; and (2) include a space situational awareness capabilities roadmap. Directs the Secretary of: (1) the Air Force to develop a space situational awareness implementation plan; and (2) Defense to review and assess, and report to the defense and appropriations committees on, DOD requirements for the space control mission. 
 
(Sec. 912) Requires the Director of the National Security Space Office of DOD to provide for an independent assessment to develop and compare options for individual acquisition of additional Advanced Extremely High Frequency space vehicles, in conjunction with modifications to future acquisitions under the Wideband Gapfiller System program, that will accomplish specified objectives in achieving interim improvements in the capabilities of satellite communications to meet military requirements through upgrades to current systems. Requires an options report from the Director to Congress.
 
(Sec. 913) Directs the Secretary to establish or designate a DOD organization to coordinate joint operationally responsive space payload technology. Requires the organization to produce an annual master plan. Directs the Secretary to award contracts for technology projects that support the focus areas set out in annual master plans. Requires a report from: (1) the Secretary on the creation of a joint program office for the Tactical Satellite Program and for transition of that Program out of the Office of Force Transformation; and (2) the DOD executive agent for space and the Director of the Missile Defense Agency to the defense committees on specified space and missile defense activities.
 
(Sec. 914) Requires the Secretary to report to the defense and appropriations committees on the feasibility and advisability of using the Space Radar for providing coastal zone and other topographical mapping and related information to the scientific community and other elements of the private sector for scientific and civil purposes.
 
(Sec. 915) Expresses the sense of Congress that it is in the U.S. national security interest to maintain preeminence in human space flight.
 

Subtitle C: Chemical Demilitarization Program -
 (Sec. 921) Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 to include federally-recognized Indian tribal governments within cooperative agreement authority under the chemical demilitarization program.
 
(Sec. 922) Authorizes the Secretary to use up to $51 million of defense-wide RDT&E funds to support chemical demilitarization operations at the Pueblo Army Depot, Colorado, and the Blue Grass Army Depot, Kentucky. Terminates such authority at the end of FY2006. Prohibits the Secretary from carrying out any such activity until 21 days after notification of the defense and appropriations committees.
 

Subtitle D: Intelligence-Related Matters - 
(Sec. 931) Directs the Secretary to develop and submit to Congress a strategy for integrating open-source intelligence into the defense intelligence process.
 
(Sec. 932) Directs the Secretary to submit to the defense and intelligence committees a report providing a comprehensive inventory of DOD intelligence and intelligence-related programs and projects.
 
(Sec. 933) Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to authorize the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) to exempt DIA operational files from federal public disclosure laws. Provides exemption limits. Requires files not exempted which contain information derived or disseminated from exempted files to be subject to search and review. Provides judicial review for any person who alleges that the DIA has improperly withheld records (with limitations). Requires the DIA Director, at least every ten years, to review the exemptions in force to determine whether any should be removed. Requires the review to include consideration of the historical value or other public interest in the subject matter of a file and the potential for declassifying a significant part thereof. Includes investigations by the Office of the Inspectors General of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and the National Reconnaissance Office among those for which exempted operational files shall continue to be subject to search and review. Terminates this section on December 31, 2007.
 

Title X: General Provisions - Subtitle A: Financial Matters - 
(Sec. 1001) Authorizes the Secretary, in the national interest, to transfer up to $3.5 billion of the amounts made available to DOD in this Act between any such authorizations for that fiscal year, with limitations. Requires congressional notification of each transfer.
 
(Sec. 1002) Adjusts amounts authorized to be appropriated to the Departments of Energy and Defense for FY2005 in the Reagan Act by the amount by which appropriations pursuant to such authorizations are: (1) increased or decreased under the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terrorism, and Tsunami Relief, 2005; (2) increased under the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act to Meet Immediate Needs Arising From the Consequences of Hurricane Katrina, 2005; and (3) increased under the Second Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act to Meet Immediate Needs Arising From the Consequences of Hurricane Katrina.
 
Adjusts amounts authorized to be appropriated to DOD for FY2006 by the amounts by which appropriations pursuant to such authorizations are increased by: (1) a supplemental appropriation or transfer of funds arising from an Administration proposal relating to avian flu preparedness; and (2) a reallocation of funds from the Disaster Relief Fund of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) arising from a proposal of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on the reallocation of amounts for hurricane-related disaster relief.
 
Authorizes emergency supplemental appropriations for DOD for FY2006 for providing humanitarian assistance to the victims of the earthquake in northern Pakistan on October 8, 2005.
 
Requires various reports from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees on the use of the funds authorized under this section.
 
(Sec. 1003) Amends the Reagan Act to increase its FY2005 general transfer authority.
 
(Sec. 1004) Directs the Secretary and the Secretaries of the military departments to report to Congress on the feasibility and desirability of using a capital budgeting system for the financing of MDAPs.
 
(Sec. 1005) Provides a new limitation on the total amount authorized to be contributed by the Secretary in FY2006 for the common-funded budgets of NATO (rather than the maximum amount otherwise applicable under the 1998 baseline limitation). Allocates for such purpose amounts authorized under titles II and III of this Act.
 

Subtitle B: Naval Vessels and Shipyards - 
(Sec. 1011) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to convey the: (1) yard floating drydock YFD-70 in Seattle, Washington, to Todd Pacific Shipyard Corporation, its current user; and (2) medium auxiliary floating drydock SUSTAIN in Duval County, Florida, to Atlantic Marine Property Holding Company, its current user.
 
(Sec. 1013) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to convey to the port authority of Port Arthur, Texas, the inactive medium auxiliary floating drydock AFDM-2, currently administered through the National Defense Reserve Fleet.
 
(Sec. 1014) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to: (1) transfer the battleship U.S.S. WISCONSIN from the Naval Vessel Register; and (2) require, as a transfer condition, that the transferee locate the battleship in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Authorizes such Secretary to transfer the battleship U.S.S. IOWA, and requires that the transferee locate that battleship in the state of California.
 
(Sec. 1015) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to transfer the decommissioned destroyer ex-USS Forrest Sherman to the USS Forrest Sherman DDS-931 Foundation.
 
(Sec. 1016) Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense committees on the leasing (including chartering) of vessels by DOD to meet national defense sealift requirements.
 
(Sec. 1017) Directs the Secretary of the Navy to identify an appropriate site on Ford Island, Hawaii, for the location of a memorial to the U.S.S. OKLAHOMA, which was sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Requires the Secretary of the Interior, after the site has been selected, to administer and maintain it as part of the U.S.S. ARIZONA memorial, a unit of the National Park System.
 
(Sec. 1018) Authorizes the Secretary to use funds appropriated to the National Defense Sealift Fund for FY2006 to purchase up to six Maritime Prepositioning Ship vessels. 
 

Subtitle C: Counter-Drug Activities - 
(Sec. 1021) Amends the Spence Act to require an additional report (the report requirement terminated in 2002) regarding DOD expenditures in FY2005 in support of foreign government counterdrug activities.
 
(Sec. 1022) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2004 to state that, during FY2006 and FY2007, a joint task force supporting law enforcement agencies conducting counterdrug activities may use funds available for that activity to also support counterterrorism activities of those agencies. Requires a report from the Secretary to Congress concerning the effectiveness of using the funds for such purposes.
 
(Sec. 1023) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) Congress and DOD fund the Counterdrug Tethered Aerostat program; and (2) DOD install maritime radar on the Lajas, Puerto Rico, aerostat. 
 

Subtitle D: Matters Related to Homeland Security - 
(Sec. 1031) Amends the Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 1996 to designate the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense as the DOD official responsible for coordinating DOD assistance to federal, state, and local government officials dealing with nuclear, chemical, and biological emergency response. Expands those responsibilities to include nuclear, radiological, and high yield explosives.
 
(Sec. 1032) Makes the Secretary of Homeland Security (currently, Defense) responsible for the testing of preparedness involving nuclear, radiological, chemical, biological, and high-yield explosives at the federal, state, and local levels.
 
(Sec. 1033) Makes the Secretary of Homeland Security (currently, the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency) responsible for requesting DOD assistance in a weapons of mass destruction emergency response.
 
(Sec. 1034) Repeals the DOD emergency response assistance program under the Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 1996.
 
(Sec. 1035) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees on the results of a study regarding the use of DOD aerial reconnaissance equipment in missions in which the Armed Forces support the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in performing its international border security mission.
 

Subtitle E: Reports and Studies - 
(Sec. 1041) Requires the Secretary to: (1) review current and future needs, options, and risks associated with Defense Base Act insurance; and (2) report review results to the defense and appropriations committees.
 
(Sec. 1042) Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense committees on the implementation of recommendations of the Defense Science Board Task Force on High Performance Microchip Supply.
 

Subtitle F: Other Matters - 
(Sec. 1051) Establishes the Commission on the Implementation of the New Strategic Posture of the United States to: (1) examine programmatic requirements of the Nuclear Posture Review (conducted under requirements of the Spence Act); (2) make appropriate recommendations following such review; and (3) report to the Secretary and the defense committees on its findings and conclusions.Terminates the Commission on July 30, 2007.
 
(Sec. 1052) Reestablishes the Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse Attack, as originally established under the Spence Act. Directs the Commission to monitor, investigate, make recommendations, and report to Congress on the evolving threat to the United States from electromagnetic pulse attack resulting from the detonation of a nuclear weapon or weapons at high altitude. Requires a final Commission report no later than June 30, 2007, with interim reports as considered appropriate. Terminates the Commission 30 days after its final report.
 
(Sec. 1053) Amends the Internal Security Act of 1950 to revise provisions concerning penalties for violations of defense property and facilities security regulations and orders. Allows the delegation of the authority to issue security regulations at certain facilities to civilian directors of those facilities (currently, such authority is limited to uniformed military officers). Makes other technical and conforming amendments to reflect changes in law made since the enactment of such Act.
 
(Sec. 1054) Expands DOD counterintelligence polygraph authority to authorize the administering of polygraph examinations to individuals whose duties involve assistance in intelligence or military missions where the misuse of information could: (1) jeopardize human life or safety; (2) result in the loss of unique or uniquely productive intelligence sources or methods vital to US national security; or (3) compromise technologies, operational plans, or security procedures vital to the strategic advantage of the United States and its allies. Provides exceptions from coverage for certain intelligence agencies and functions. Outlines polygraph examination standards. Directs the Secretary to carry out a continuing research program to support DOD polygraph examination activities.
 
(Sec. 1055) Prohibits the Secretary from destroying any document in the custody or control of DOD that contains information relating to radioactive fallout from the testing of a nuclear device. Directs the Secretary to instead identify, preserve, and publish such information.
 
(Sec. 1056) Makes technical and conforming amendments and deletes obsolete definitions under federal Armed Forces and National Guard provisions.
 
(Sec. 1058) Prohibits any federal law from being construed to limit any federal agency from providing any form of support for a youth organization (including the Boy Scouts of America or any group officially affiliated with the Boy Scouts of America) that would result in that federal agency providing less support to that youth organization (or any similar organization chartered under federal law relating to the Boy Scouts of America) than was provided during the preceding fiscal year. Requires the Secretary to provide at least the same level of support for a national or world Boy Scout Jamboree as was provided for the preceding Jamboree. Authorizes waivers of the above requirements for national security reasons.
 
Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to prohibit any state or unit of general local government that has a designated open forum, limited public forum, or nonpublic forum and that is a recipient of assistance under such Act from denying equal access or a fair opportunity to meet to, or discriminate against, any youth organization, including the Boy Scouts of America or any group officially affiliated with the Boy Scouts of America, that wishes to conduct a meeting or otherwise participate in that designated forum.
 
(Sec. 1059) Authorizes the Secretary, for purposes of documentation under the Immigration and Nationality Act, to provide the status of special immigrant to a national of Iraq or Afghanistan who worked directly with U.S. Armed Forces as a translator for at least 12 months and obtained a favorable written recommendation from a general or flag officer in the chain of command of the unit for which the alien worked. Prohibits the total number of aliens receiving such status from exceeding 50 during any fiscal year.
 
(Sec. 1060) Amends the Act of May 27, 1955 (concerning the protection of U.S. property) to include various emergency services within authorized services for fire protection.
 
(Sec. 1061) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2000 to renew (previously terminated at the end of FY2001), during the period from the enactment of this Act until the end of FY2010, a moratorium on the return of veterans memorial objects to foreign nations without specific authorization in law.
 
(Sec. 1062) Expresses the sense of Congress that it is in the U.S. national security interest to maintain a strong aeronautics research and development program within DOD and NASA.
 
(Sec. 1063) Provides specified conditions to be met by airports built under the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems in order to be eligible to receive approval of an airport layout plan from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
 

Subtitle G: Military Mail Matters - 
(Sec. 1071) Requires the Secretary to: (1) develop and implement a plan to ensure that mail within the military mail system is safe for delivery (requiring screening of such mail); and (2) report to Congress concerning such safety.
 

Title XI: Civilian Personnel Matters - Subtitle A: Extensions of Authorities - 
(Sec. 1101) Extends through FY2010 the authority: (1) for certain individuals to elect continued health benefits coverage for up to 18 months after an involuntary separation, or voluntary separation due to a reduction in force; (2) of the Secretary of DOD or a military department to substitute an employee's voluntary separation from service for another employee who would otherwise be separated involuntarily under a reduction in force; and (3) of such Secretaries to pay severance pay in one lump sum.
 
(Sec. 1104) Amends the Reagan Act to revise provisions establishing the science, mathematics, and research for transformation (SMART) defense scholarship pilot program. Makes the program permanent (currently, ends three years after the enactment of that Act). Authorizes the Secretary to award fellowship (currently, only scholarship) assistance under the program, and allows assistance to be paid directly to the person or to an administering entity. Authorizes the Secretary to appoint or retain a program participant on an interim basis while the person is pursuing a degree under the program and for up to two years after completion of such degree, with certain conditions. Requires repayment of assistance for unserved periods. 
 
(Sec. 1105) Authorizes the head of an agency to waive the annual limitation on the total compensation paid to federal civilian employees in the case of an employee who performs work overseas in an area of responsibility of the commander of the U.S. Central Command in direct support of, or directly related to, a military operation. Prohibits the total annual compensation of such an employee from exceeding $200,000.
 

Subtitle B: Veterans Preference Matters - 
(Sec. 1111) Provides a federal hiring preference for veterans who served on active duty for more than 180 consecutive days any part of which occurred during the period beginning on September 11, 2001, and ending on the date prescribed or proclaimed as the last day of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
 
(Sec. 1112) Provides a veterans' federal hiring preference for members who are discharged or released from active duty in the National Guard or reserves.
 

Subtitle C: Other Matters - 
(Sec. 1121) Authorizes the payment of a travel and transportation allowance for up to three family members of a federal employee who: (1) was held captive, as determined by the head of the agency concerned; and (2) is repatriated to a site inside or outside the United States.
 
(Sec. 1122) Directs the Secretary to develop and submit to the defense committees a strategic plan to shape and improve the DOD civilian employee workforce. Requires: (1) plan updates during 2007 through 2012; and (2) CG review of the plan and a report to such committees.
 
(Sec. 1123) Directs the Secretary to commission an independent study to identify the features of successful personnel management systems of the highly technical and scientific workforces of DOD laboratories and similar scientific facilities and institutions.
 
(Sec. 1124) Authorizes the Secretary, subject to the availability of appropriated funds, to support implementation of the Civilian Linguist Reserve Corps pilot project as authorized under the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005.
 
(Sec. 1125) Increases from 544 to 594 per fiscal year the authorized number of Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service employees.
 

Title XII: Matters Relating to Foreign Nations - Subtitle A: Assistance and Training - 
(Sec. 1201) Increases from $5 million to $10 million the funding authorized for equipment, services, and supplies in support of DOD activities in certain nations to detect and clear landmines. Includes &quot;surgical&quot; within the types of humanitarian and civic assistance authorized in rural, underserved areas of the world.
 
(Sec. 1202) Earmarks DOD O&M funds for FY2006 and FY2007 for the Commander's Emergency Response Program (urgent humanitarian and reconstruction relief for Iraq and Afghanistan). Requires quarterly reports during such period from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees on the source and allocation of such funds. Provides fund use limitations. 
 
(Sec. 1203) Authorizes the Secretary to pay the travel, subsistence, and other personnel expenses for defense personnel from developing countries to attend a conference, seminar, or similar meeting within (current law) or between an area of responsibility of the unified combatant command in which the developing country is located.
 
(Sec. 1204) Authorizes the Secretary to enter into acquisition and cross-servicing agreements with regional international organizations of which the United States is not a member.
 
(Sec. 1205) Extends through FY2007 the authority of the Secretary to pay for certain administrative services and support for coalition liaison officers.
 
(Sec. 1206) Allows the President to direct the Secretary to conduct or support a program to build the capacity of a foreign country's national military forces in order for that country to: (1) conduct counterterrorist operations; or (2) participate in or support military and stability operations in which U.S. Armed Forces are a participant. Provides an annual funding limitation of $200 million. Requires the: (1) Secretary to notify specified congressional committees 15 days in advance of taking action under this section with respect to a country; and (2) President to report to such committees an examination of certain foreign assistance issues related to the authority provided under this section. Terminates the program at the end of FY2007.
 
(Sec. 1207) Authorizes the Secretary to provide services, and transfer defense articles and funds, to the Secretary of State for purposes of reconstruction, security, or stabilization assistance to a foreign country. Limits to $100 million the total amount of such assistance in a fiscal year. Requires the Secretary to notify specified congressional committees of the exercise of such authority. Terminates such authority at the end of FY2007.
 
(Sec. 1208) Authorizes the Secretary, using O&M funds authorized under this Act, to reimburse any key cooperating nation for logistical and military support provided in connection with U.S. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and the global war on terrorism. Limits to $1.5 billion the total amount of such payments.
 
(Sec. 1209) Authorizes the President to transfer defense articles and provide defense services to the military and security forces of Iraq and Afghanistan to support their efforts to restore and maintain peace and security in those countries. Limits to $500 million the total aggregate value of such articles and services. Requires at least 15 days' advance notification to specified congressional committees.
 

Subtitle B: Nonproliferation Matters and Countries of Concern - 
(Sec. 1211) Prohibits the Secretary from procuring goods or services through a contract or subcontract from any Communist Chinese military company. Provides exceptions. Authorizes the Secretary to waive such prohibition for national security purposes.
 
(Sec. 1212) Directs the Secretary to: (1) review U.S. and Russian nonstrategic nuclear weapons and determine whether it is in the U.S. national security interest to reduce the number of such weapons, improve their security, and take related action; and (2) submit a joint report (with the Secretaries of State and Energy) to the defense and appropriations committees on review results.
 

Subtitle C: Reports and Sense of Congress Provisions - 
(Sec. 1221) Directs the Secretary to submit to the: (1) defense and appropriations committees reports on procurement, equipment maintenance, and facility infrastructure costs of each of Operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom, and Noble Eagle; and (2) CG the Department of Defense Supplemental and Cost of War Execution reports. Outlines specific information requirements with respect to such costs.
 
(Sec. 1222) Requires quarterly reports, from the Secretary and appropriate personnel of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to the defense, intelligence, and appropriations committees, on the strategy for the war in Iraq, including progress made in the execution of that strategy. Terminates such briefing requirement after 12 reports or December 31, 2008, whichever is later.
 
(Sec. 1223) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense and appropriations committees on records kept by U.S. Armed Forces of civilian casualties in Afghanistan and Iraq.
 
(Sec. 1224) Requires the Secretary to report to the defense, foreign relations, and appropriations committees on DOD costs to carry out United Nations (U.N.) resolutions.
 
(Sec. 1225) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the government of Libya should be commended for steps taken to renounce terrorism and eliminate Libya's weapons of mass destruction and related programs; and (2) an important priority for improving U.S.-Libya relations should be Libya's good faith efforts to resolve claims of members of the U.S. Armed Forces and other U.S. citizens who were injured in the bombing of the LaBelle Discotheque in Berlin, Germany, in April 1986, and of family members of U.S. military personnel who were killed in that bombing. Requires an initial and subsequent updated report from the Secretary of State to the defense and foreign relations committees on the status of negotiations in that regard. 
 
(Sec. 1226) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) cooperation between the United States and Russia with regard to missile defense is in the U.S. interest; (2) there does not exist sufficient engagement between such countries with respect to missile defense cooperation; (3) the United States should explore innovative and nontraditional means toward such cooperation; and (4) as part of such effort, the Secretary should consider the possibilities for increased cooperation through the testing of detection and tracking equipment of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) through the use of Russian target missiles, the provision of early warning radar to the MDA through the use of Russian radar data, and the implementation of the Joint Data Exchange Center in Moscow to improve early warning capabilities.
 
(Sec. 1227) United States Policy in Iraq Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that, in order to succeed in Iraq: (1) members of the U.S. Armed Forces that are serving or who have served in Iraq and their families deserve respect and gratitude for their sacrifices; (2) the Iraqi people have made enormous sacrifices and most Iraqis want to live in peace and security; (3) 2006 should be a period of significant transition to full Iraqi sovereignty, with Iraqi security forces taking over the lead and thereby allowing for the phased redeployment of U.S. forces from Iraq; (4) U.S. military forces should not stay in Iraq any longer than required and the professional military judgment of our senior military should be a key factor in future decisions; (5) the Administration should tell Iraqi leaders that they need to make the compromises necessary to achieve political settlement essential for defeating the insurgency in Iraq; and (6) the President has committed to continue to explain to Congress and the American people progress toward a successful completion of the mission in Iraq. Requires quarterly reports from the President to Congress on U.S. policy and military operations in Iraq.
 

Subtitle D: Other Matters - 
(Sec. 1231) Provides that, whenever elements of U.S. Armed Forces are engaged in ongoing military operations in a country, the Secretary may, for purposes of force protection there, purchase weapons from any foreign person, government, international organization, or other entity located in that country. Limits to $15 million the total that may be expended in a fiscal year for such purpose. Requires a semiannual report from the Secretary to the defense committees on the exercise of such authority.
 
(Sec. 1232) Expresses the policy of the United States that riot control agents are not chemical weapons and that the President may authorize their use as legitimate, legal, and non-lethal alternatives to the use of force that may be employed by members of the Armed Forces in war in defensive military modes in order to save lives. Requires a report from the President to Congress on the use of such agents.
 
(Sec. 1233) Directs the Secretary, as part of the Global Posture Review, to develop criteria for assessing specified factors in deciding whether to seek agreement with a foreign country to establish or maintain in that country a main operating base, forward operating base, or cooperative security location. Requires the Secretary to notify the defense and appropriations committees no later than 30 days after entering into an agreement with a foreign country to support the deployment of elements of the U.S. Armed Forces in that country. Directs the Secretary to provide Congress, as an element of the annual DOD budget, information regarding funding sources for changes to individual bases or locations.
 
(Sec. 1234) Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should present to Congress a comprehensive strategy to address the emergence of China economically, developmentally, and militarily, to promote mutually beneficial trade relations with China, and to encourage China's adherence to international norms in the areas of trade, international security, and human rights. 
 

Title XIII: Cooperative Threat Reduction With States of the Former Soviet Union - 
(Sec. 1301) Specifies the cooperative threat reduction (CTR) programs to be funded through O&M funds provided under this Act. Makes funds appropriated for such purposes available for three years. Allocates such funds among specified CTR programs. Prohibits such funds from being used for purposes other than those specified until 30 days after the Secretary reports on the new purposes. Provides limited authority to vary allocated amounts in the national interest, after congressional notification.
 
(Sec. 1303) Amends the Stump Act to make permanent (currently, terminates at the end of FY2005) the President's authority to waive restrictions on the use of funds for threat reduction in states of the former Soviet Union.
 
(Sec. 1304) Requires a report from the President to Congress on impediments in the states of the former Soviet Union to the effective conduct of CTR programs and related threat reduction and nonproliferation programs and activities.
 
(Sec. 1305) Amends the Spence Act to repeal the requirement for an annual CG assessment of DOD reports concerning activities and assistance under CTR programs.
 

Title XIV: Matters Relating to Detainees - 
Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 - (Sec. 1402) Prohibits any person in the custody or effective control of DOD or under detention in a DOD facility from being subject to any treatment or technique of interrogation not authorized by, and listed in, the U.S. Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation.
 
(Sec. 1403) Prohibits an individual in the custody or control of the U.S. government, regardless of nationality or physical location, from being subject to cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment.
 
(Sec. 1404) Provides an affirmative defense in any civil action or criminal prosecution against an officer, employee, member of the Armed Forces, or other agent of the government who is a U.S. person arising out of such individual's engaging in specific operational practices, that involve the detention and interrogation of aliens who the President or his designees have determined are engaged in or associated with international terrorist activity that poses a serious, continuing threat to the United States or its allies, and that were officially authorized and determined to be lawful at the time that they were conducted, as long as such individual did not know that the practices were unlawful, and that a person of ordinary sense and understanding would not know the practices were unlawful. Authorizes the United States to employ counsel to assist in the defense of such an individual.
 
(Sec. 1405) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense and judiciary committees the procedures for status review of detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and in Afghanistan and Iraq. Requires: (1) the periodic review of new evidence; (2) an assessment of whether any detainee statements were derived with coercion and their resultant probative value, if any; and (3) an annual report from the Secretary to Congress on the status review process. Provides for the judicial review of: (1) Combat Status Review Tribunal decisions that an alien is properly detained as an enemy combatant; and (2) final decisions of military commissions.
 
(Sec. 1406) Directs the Secretary to prescribe policies designed to ensure that all DOD military, civilian, and contractor personnel responsible for the training of any unit of the Iraqi Security Forces provide training regarding international obligations and laws applicable to the humane treatment of detainees, including protections afforded under the Geneva Conventions and the Convention Against Torture. Requires the Secretary, toward such purpose, to provide for translation into Arabic and other appropriate languages unclassified portions of the U.S. Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation. Requires reports from the Secretary to the defense committees on the policies adopted under, and the implementation of, this section.
 

Title XV: Authorization for Increased Costs Due to Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom - 
(Sec. 1501) Authorizes emergency appropriations to DOD for FY2006 for additional costs due to Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom, with specific allocations for: (1) procurement; (2) RDT&E; (3) O&M; (4) defense working capital funds; (5) the Defense Health Program; (6) military personnel; and (7) the Iraq Freedom Fund. Makes such amounts in addition to amounts otherwise authorized in this Act.
 
(Sec. 1513) Authorizes the Secretary, in the national interest, to transfer up to $2.5 billion of the amounts made available to DOD in this title between any such authorizations for that fiscal year, with limitations. Requires congressional notification of each transfer.
 

Division B: Military Construction Authorizations - 
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 - 
Title XXI [sic]: Army - 
(Sec. 2101) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes such Secretary to construct or acquire family housing units, carry out architectural planning and design activities, and improve existing military family housing in specified amounts. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years after 2005 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Army. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title.
 
(Sec. 2105) Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act (MCAA) for FY2004 to decrease the amount authorized for a construction project in Vilseck, Germany.
 

Title XXII: Navy - 
(Sec. 2201) Provides, with respect to the Navy, authorizations paralleling those provided for the Army under the previous title.
 
(Sec. 2205) Amends the MCAA for Fiscal Year: (1) 2004 to increase the amount authorized for a construction project at the Naval Weapons Station, Earle, New Jersey; and (2) 2005 to increase the amounts authorized for construction projects at the Marine Corps Air Facility, Quantico, Virginia, and the Strategic Weapons Facility Pacific, Bangor, Washington.
 

Title XXIII: Air Force - 
(Sec. 2301) Provides, with respect to the Air Force, authorizations paralleling those provided for the Army under title XXI.
 

Title XXIV: Defense Agencies - 
(Sec. 2401) Authorizes the Secretary to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out certain energy conservation projects. Authorizes appropriations to DOD for fiscal years after 2005 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of DOD. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title.
 

Title XXV: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program - 
(Sec. 2501) Authorizes the Secretary to make contributions for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program and authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 2005 for such Program.
 

Title XXVI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - 
(Sec. 2601) Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 2005 for National Guard and reserve forces for acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities.
 

Title XXVII: Expiration and Extension of Authorizations - 
(Sec. 2701) Terminates all authorizations contained in titles XXI through XXVI of this Act on October 1, 2008, or the date of enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for FY2009, whichever is later, with exceptions. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects.
 

Title XXVIII: General Provisions - Subtitle A: Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing Changes - 
(Sec. 2801) Reduces from 21 to 14 days the waiting period, after congressional notification by the Secretary concerned, until such Secretary may use contingent construction authority and the authority to acquire existing facilities in lieu of construction.
 
(Sec. 2802) Increases from 2,400 to 2,800 the number of military family housing units authorized for lease by the Army in the Republic of Korea.
 
(Sec. 2803) Directs the Secretary to maintain and make available to Congress, as part of the Internet site of DOD, a link for regularly updated information on the status of all defense civilian agency and military construction and family housing projects, as well as operations, maintenance, and other support accounts authorized by the annual Military Construction Authorization Act. Restricts link access to Members and staff of the defense and appropriations committees.
 
(Sec. 2804) Expands the 25% maximum percentage for which the cost of a military construction project or the acquisition of a military family housing project may vary to include a 25% minimum variance percentage. Includes within information required in connection with the waiver of such limitation a description of the funds proposed to be used to finance any increased costs.
 
(Sec. 2805) Makes inapplicable to child development centers current restrictions on DOD authority to acquire or construct ancillary support facilities.
 
(Sec. 2806) Requires the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund and the Department of Defense Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund to be the sole sources of funding for certain acquisitions and improvements of military housing. Requires additional information in a report concerning the use of such funds.
 
(Sec. 2807) Revises conditions required for the Secretary concerned to terminate a contract for a military construction project using design-build selection procedures. Extends through FY2008 the temporary authority to enter into such contracts.
 
(Sec. 2808) Includes within the authority to carry out an exchange of facilities in order to satisfy military requirements the authority to acquire or exchange any associated utilities, equipment, and furnishings.
 
(Sec. 2809) Amends the MCAA for Fiscal Year 2004 to extend through FY2006 the temporary, limited DOD authority to use O&M funds for construction projects outside the United States during a declaration of war, a national emergency, or a contingency. Requires quarterly reports from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees on the worldwide obligation and expenditure of funds for such purposes.
 
(Sec. 2810) Directs the Secretary to establish a program to carry out minor military construction projects to construct child development centers. Increases, for such purpose, the minor construction project thresholds. Applies the same congressional notification requirements for the child development projects as are currently applicable to minor construction projects. Requires a program report from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees. Terminates program authority at the end of FY2007.
 
(Sec. 2811) Requires a report, from each military department Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees, analyzing the anticipated needs of that department for housing units for general and flag officers in the National Capital Region.
 

Subtitle B: Real Property and Facilities Administration - 
(Sec. 2821) Consolidates in one section various federal provisions concerning DOD land acquisition authorities and limitations on the use of such authorities.
 
(Sec. 2822) Revises provisions concerning agreements between DOD and another entity to limit encroachments and other constraints on military training, testing, and operations. Authorizes more than one entity to enter into such an agreement, and includes areas ecologically related to an installation, or the airspace of such installation, within the realm of such agreements. Prohibits acquisition costs borne by DOD under such agreements from exceeding the fair market value of the property involved. Allows entity contributions to acquisition costs to include: (1) the provision of funds, including those received under any federal, state, or local program; (2) the provision of in-kind services; and (3) the exchange or donation of real property or an interest therein. Requires annual reports from the Secretary to the defense committees on projects undertaken under such agreements.
 
(Sec. 2823) Prohibits the Secretary concerned from entering into a contract to convey a utility system or part thereof until at least 21 days after submitting to the defense and appropriations committees an economic analysis demonstrating the economic benefit of such conveyance. Limits to ten years (currently, 50) the authorized term for such a conveyance, but allows the Secretary to authorize a contract for a term of more than ten, but less than 50 years, after: (1) determining that the longer-term contract will be cost-effective; and (2) notifying the defense and appropriations committees. Directs the: (1) Secretary to report to such committees on the use of such conveyance authority; and (2) CG to report to such committees evaluating changes made since May 2005 to the DOD utility systems conveyance program.
 
(Sec. 2824) Requires the Secretary to report to the defense and appropriations committees on the application of Department of Defense Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection standards to all facilities leased by either DOD or by the GSA as an agent for DOD as of September 30, 2005. Requires specified information with respect to each leased facility.
 
(Sec. 2825) Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees on the use of ground source heat pumps at DOD facilities.
 

Subtitle C: Base Closure and Realignment - 
(Sec. 2831) Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to require additional reporting requirements regarding the base closure process and the use of DOD base closure accounts.
 
(Sec. 2832) Removes limitations on the authority of the Secretary to aid communities adversely affected by base realignments and closures and other defense program changes.
 
(Sec. 2833) Amends the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1994 to treat Indian tribal governments as state and local governments for purposes of the disposition of real property recommended in the report to the President from the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission, dated July 1993.
 
(Sec. 2834) Terminates the authority for any military construction project, land acquisition, or family housing project authorized in this or any prior Act with respect to any military installation approved for closure in 2005 under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990. Provides exceptions. Requires the Secretary to notify the defense and appropriations committees of a decision to carry out a project as an exception.
 
(Sec. 2835) Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to require consultation with appropriate state and local entities in carrying out any activities as part of the 2005 round of base closures and realignments that would add personnel to an existing military installation.
 
(Sec. 2836) Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary should not transfer any unit from a military installation closed or realigned due to the relocation of forces under the Integrated Global Presence and Basing Strategy or the 2005 round of defense base closures or realignments until adequate facilities and infrastructure necessary to support the unit's mission and quality of life requirements for military families are ready for use at the receiving location.
 
(Sec. 2837) Expresses the sense of Congress that roads leading onto a military installation that is significantly impacted by an increase in the number of personnel assigned to that installation as a result of the 2005 round of base closures and realignments or the Integrated Global Presence and Basing Strategy should be considered for designation as defense access roads for purposes of eligibility for federal funding for road maintenance. Requires the Secretary to: (1) conduct a study to identify each military installation that will be experiencing a significant increase in personnel, and to determine whether its existing surface transportation infrastructure is adequate to meet such increase; and (2) report study results to to the defense and appropriations committees.
 
(Sec. 2838) Expresses the sense of the Congress that, in implementing decisions made with respect to Navy homeports as part of the 2005 round of base closures and realignments, the Secretary of the Navy should release or otherwise relinquish any entitlement to receive compensation from any holder of a reversionary interest in real property used by the United States for improvements made to any military installation that is so closed or realigned.
 

Subtitle D: Land Conveyances - Part 1: Army Conveyances - 
(Sec. 2841) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to: (1) the Department of Veterans' Services of the state of Arizona specified real property at Camp Navajo, Arizona, for use as a state-run cemetery for veterans; (2) the city of Middletown, Iowa, approximately one acre of property at the Iowa Ammunition Plant in Middletown, for economic development purposes; (3) the Helena Indian Alliance three acres at Sheridan Hall Army Reserve Center, Helena, Montana, for supporting Native American health care, mental health counseling, and an education training center; (4) Central Texas College approximately 40 acres at Fort Hood, Texas; (5) the Commonwealth of Virginia three parcels of property at Fort Belvoir, Virginia; and (6) the Snohomish County Fire Protection District #10 one acre at the Army Reserve Center in Bothell, Washington, for supporting the provision of fire and emergency medical aid services.
 
(Sec. 2844) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2002 to authorize the Secretary of the Army to lease portions of the Army Heritage and Education Center in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, to the Military Heritage Foundation for revenue-generating purposes.
 
(Sec. 2846) Amends the MCAA for Fiscal Year 2002 to change from an administrative building to a fire station the type of facility to be received by the Army as part of an exchange related to construction of the Fairfax County Parkway Extension.
 

Part 2: Navy Conveyances - 
(Sec. 2851) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to convey to San Diego County, California, a specified parcel at the Marine Corps Air Station in Miramar, California, for the purpose of removing the property from the boundaries of the installation and permitting the County to preserve the property as a public park/recreational area known as the Stowe Trail.
 
(Sec. 2852) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to lease to the Navy Historical Foundation certain facilities at the Washington Naval Yard in the District of Columbia, for revenue-generating and administrative activities for the United States Navy Museum.
 

Part 3: Air Force Conveyances - 
(Sec. 2861) Provides that, after the expiration of a contract authorizing the Secretary of the Air Force to lease a 300-unit military family housing project at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, such Secretary may purchase the developer's entire interest in such project if such Secretary determines that the purchase is in the best economic interests of the Air Force. Requires: (1) such Secretary to notify the defense and appropriations committees if such determination is made; and (2) a waiting period of 30 days after such notification before the purchase may be made.
 
(Sec. 2862) Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to convey to: (1) the city of Jacksonville, Arkansas, a specified parcel of real property around an existing short line railroad in Pulaski County, Arkansas; and (2) the city of La Junta, Colorado, a specified parcel of real property at the USA Bomb Plot in the La Junta Industrial Park, for training local law enforcement officers.
 
(Sec. 2864) Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to lease to the St. Louis County Port Authority, Missouri, the National Imagery and Mapping Agency site on South Broadway Street in St. Louis, for economic development purposes.
 

Subtitle E: Other Matters - 
(Sec. 2871) Amends the Spence Act to: (1) to allow (currently, prohibits) the conversion, rehabilitation, improvement, or repair of Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico; (2) remove the restriction on the construction of facilities for reserve component or non-appropriated fund projects; and (3) allow at Fort Buchanan the construction of facilities supporting DOD education activities, as well as any construction or extension required to support the installation of communications equipment.
 
(Sec. 2872) Amends federal law establishing the Gulf Islands National Seashore to provide that if any of the federal land on Santa Rosa or Okaloosa Island, Florida, under the jurisdiction of DOD is ever excess to the needs of the Armed Forces, then the Secretary shall transfer such land to the Secretary of the Interior for inclusion in the Seashore.
 
(Sec. 2873) Strikes a requirement under prior law limiting the use of land at Papago Park Military Reservation, Arizona, for a rifle range only.
 
(Sec. 2874) Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress an interim assessment of the current and future reasonable needs of DOD for water for the Presidio of Monterey (California) and the Ord Military Community.
 
(Sec. 2875) Redesignates McEntire Air National Guard Station in Eastover, South Carolina, as McEntire Joint National Guard Base.
 
(Sec. 2876) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the planned construction of an outlying landing field in North Carolina is vital to U.S. national security interests; and (2) DOD should work with other federal agencies to provide community impact assistance to communities directly affected by the location of such field.
 
(Sec. 2877) Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Army may establish an appropriate marker to commemorate the 40 members of the U.S. Armed Forces killed in the air crash at Baker's Creek, Australia, on June 14, 1943.
 

Division C: Department of Energy National Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations - Title XXXI [sic]: Department of Energy National Security Programs - Subtitle A: National Security Programs Authorizations - 
(Sec. 3101) Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY2006 for: (1) activities of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) in carrying out programs necessary for national security, with specified allocations for weapons activities, defense nuclear nonproliferation activities, naval reactors, and the Office of the Administrator for Nuclear Security (Administrator); and (2) environmental restoration and waste management activities in carrying out national security programs, with specified allocations for defense environmental cleanup, other defense activities, and defense nuclear waste disposal.
 

Subtitle B: Other Matters - 
(Sec. 3111) Amends the Atomic Energy Defense Act to direct the Secretary of Energy to carry out the Reliable Replacement Warhead program to develop reliable replacement components that are producible and certifiable for the existing nuclear weapons stockpile. Requires an interim and final report from the Secretaries of Energy and Defense to the defense and appropriations committees on the feasibility and implementation of the program.
 
(Sec. 3112) Makes amounts authorized under this section available to the Secretary of Energy (Secretary, for purposes of this title only) to purchase essential mineral rights (the right to mine sand and gravel) at the Colorado DOE facility known as the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site. Outlines purchase conditions and limitations, including a release from any natural resource damage liability upon payment of a specified sum to environmental trustees for the facility. Revises management responsibilities with respect to the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge. Provides funding for the required trustee payment.
 
(Sec. 3113) Requires: (1) a report from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees detailing plans for achieving compliance under the Design Basis Threat issued by DOE in 2005; and (2) CG review of such plans.
 
(Sec. 3114) Directs the Secretary to submit to the defense and appropriations committees any reports received from the Army Corps of Engineers evaluating costs, schedules, and technical issues associated with the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant Project at the DOE Hanford Site.
 
(Sec. 3115) Requires a report from the Secretary to Congress evaluating past and current U.S. efforts to encourage or facilitate a proper accounting for, and securing of, the nonstrategic nuclear weapons of the Russian Federation, along with recommendations for improving such accounting.
 
(Sec. 3116) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees on the management by the Secretaries of Energy, Defense, State, and Homeland Security of border security programs in countries of the former Soviet Union and other countries.
 
(Sec. 3117) Makes the Savannah River National Laboratory a participating laboratory in the DOE laboratory directed research and development program.
 

Title XXXII: Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board - 
(Sec. 3201) Authorizes appropriations for FY2006 for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.
 

Title XXXIII: National Defense Stockpile - 
(Sec. 3301) Authorizes the National Defense Stockpile (NDS) Manager, during FY2006, to obligate up to $52,132,000 of the funds in the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund (Fund) for authorized Fund uses, including the disposition of hazardous materials that are environmentally sensitive. Authorizes the NDS Manager to obligate amounts in excess of such amount 45 days after notifying Congress that extraordinary or emergency conditions necessitate the additional obligations.
 
(Sec. 3302) Amends the Thurmond Act and the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2000 to revise required receipt objectives, for the end of FY2010 and FY2013, for previously-authorized disposals of excess and obsolete materials in the NDS.
 
(Sec. 3303) Authorizes the President to dispose of up to 8 million pounds of contained tungsten in the form of tungsten ores and concentrates from the NDS in FY2006. Allows such ores and concentrates to be sold to entities with ore conversion or tungsten carbide manufacturing or processing capabilities in the United States.
 
(Sec. 3304) Authorizes the Secretary of Defense: (1) to dispose of up to 75,000 tons of ferromanganese from the NDS during FY2006; and (2) if that disposal is completed before September 30, 2006, to dispose of an additional 25,000 tons before such date. Allows the additional disposal only if such Secretary certifies to the defense committees that it: (1) is in the interests of national defense; (2) will not cause undue disruption to the usual markets of ferromanganese producers and processors in the United States; and (3) is consistent with the requirements and purposes of the NDS.
 

Title XXXIV: Naval Petroleum Reserves - 
(Sec. 3401) Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Energy for FY2006 to carry out activities relating to the naval petroleum reserves.
 

Title XXXV: Maritime Administration - 
(Sec. 3501) Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary, for purposes of this title) for FY2006 for the Maritime Administration for: (1) operation and training; (2) administrative expenses under the loan guarantee program authorized under the Merchant Marine Act, 1936; and (3) obsolete vessel disposal.
 
(Sec. 3502) Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to increase the amount of assistance authorized for state and regional maritime academies. Requires (currently, authorizes) the Maritime Administration to make payments to state maritime academies for increasing costs of fuel used to operate training ships.
 
(Sec. 3503) Amends the Maritime Security Act of 2003 relating to the domestic maintenance and repair reimbursement pilot program (program) to direct the Secretary to carry out the program for at least one vessel under a Military Security Program contract. Allows for reimbursement of the cost differential between performing qualified maintenance and repair work in the United States versus overseas. Includes as qualified maintenance and repair work that work required during the vessel inspection and survey process.
 
(Sec. 3504) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2004 to require (currently, authorizes) the Secretary, to the extent of the availability of appropriations, to contract with a proposed purchaser and shipbuilder for the construction of a product tank vessel under the national defense tank vessel construction program. Eliminates the limitation that allows such program to fund only up to 75 percent of the actual vessel construction costs.
 
(Sec. 3505) Amends the Spence Act to: (1) repeal provisions concerning the scrapping of National Defense Reserve Fleet (Fleet) vessels; and (2) direct the Secretary to prepare, publish, and submit to Congress a comprehensive plan for management of the vessel disposal program of the Maritime Administration in accordance with a specified Government Accountability Office (GAO) report. Outlines plan content requirements. Requires: (1) the Secretary to promptly award a contract using full and open competition to expeditiously implement all aspects of disposal of obsolete Fleet vessels; and (2) a semiannual report from the Secretary to specified congressional committees on progress made in implementing the vessel disposal plan. Provides temporary authority to transfer obsolete combatant vessels to the Navy for disposal.
 
(Sec. 3506) Directs the Administrator of the Maritime Administration to establish a program to provide assistance to state and local governments: (1) to provide financial assistance to small shipyards for capital improvements; and (2) for maritime training programs in communities whose economies are substantially related to the maritime industry. Limits federal funding to 75 percent of the total cost of a project. Outlines application and project approval requirements. Authorizes appropriations for FY2006 through FY2010.
 
(Sec. 3507) Authorizes the Administrator (currently, only the Secretary) to guarantee loans under the maritime guaranteed loan program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-01-06
text: Became Public Law No: 109-163.
action_date: 2006-01-06
text: Became Public Law No: 109-163.
action_date: 2006-01-06
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2006-01-06
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2006-01-03
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2006-01-03
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2005-12-22
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2005-12-21
text: Cleared for White House.
action_date: 2005-12-21
text: Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR 12/22/2005 S14275)
action_date: 2005-12-21
text: Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR 12/22/2005 S14275)
action_date: 2005-12-21
text: Cloture motion on the conference report withdrawn by unanimous consent in Senate. (consideration: CR 12/22/2005 S14254-14256, S14256-14275)
action_date: 2005-12-19
text: Cloture motion on the conference report presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S14014-14015)
action_date: 2005-12-19
text: Conference report considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S14014-14015)
action_date: 2005-12-19
text: Motion to proceed to to the conference report on the measure considered in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 95 - 0. Record Vote Number: 360.
action_date: 2005-12-19
text: Conference papers: Senate report and manager's statement and message on House action held at the desk in Senate.
action_date: 2005-12-19
text: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 374 - 41 (Roll no. 665). (consideration: CR H12242)
action_date: 2005-12-19
text: Motions to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2005-12-19
text: Conference report agreed to in House: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 374 - 41 (Roll no. 665).(consideration: CR H12242)
action_date: 2005-12-19
text: The House proceeded to consider the conference report H.Rept. 109-360 as unfinished business. (consideration: CR S12242)
action_date: 2005-12-19
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the conference report the Chair put the question on agreeing to the conference report and announced by voice vote that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Skelton demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2005-12-19
text: The previous question was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR S12212)
action_date: 2005-12-18
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous special order, the House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on the conference report to accompany H.R. 1815.
action_date: 2005-12-18
text: Mr. Hunter brought up conference report H. Rept. 109-360 by previously agreed to special order. (consideration: CR 12/19/2005 H12199, H12199-12200, H12200-12212)
action_date: 2005-12-18
text: ORDER OF BUSINESS - Mr. Dreier asked unanimous consent that it be in order at any time to consider a conference report to accompany H.R. 1815; that all points of order against the conference report and against its consideration be waived; that the conference report be considered as read; and that the conference report be debatable for forty minutes equally divided and controlled. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2005-12-18
text: Conference report H. Rept. 109-360 filed. (text of conference report: CR H12739-13175)
action_date: 2005-12-18
text: Conference report filed: Conference report H. Rept. 109-360 filed.(text of conference report: CR H12739-13175)
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Ways and Means for consideration of sec. 677 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Thomas, Herger, and McDermott.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs for consideration of secs. 641, 678, 714, and 1085 of the Senate amendment,and modifications committed to conference: Buyer, Miller (FL), and Berkley.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure for consideration of secs. 314, 508, 601, and 1032-1034 of the House bill, and secs. 312, 2890, 2893, and 3116 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Young (AK), Duncan, and Salazar.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Small Business for consideration of sec. 223 of the House bill, and secs. 814, 849-852, 855, and 901 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed toconference: Manzullo, Kelly, and Velazquez.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Science for consideration of sec. 223 of the House bill and secs. 814 and 3115 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Boehlert, Akin, and Gordon.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Resources for consideration of secs. 341-346, 601, and 2813 of the House bill, and secs. 1078, 2884, and 3116 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Pombo, Brown (SC), and Rahall.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on the Judiciary for consideration of secs. 551, 673, 1021, 1043, and 1051 of the House bill, and secs. 553, 615, 617, 619, 1072, 1075, 1077, and 1092 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Sensenbrenner, Chabot, and Conyers.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on International Relations for consideration of secs. 814, 1021, 1203-1206, and 1301-1305 of the House bill, and secs. 803, 1033, 1203, 1205-1207, and 1301-1306 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Hyde, Leach, and Lantos.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Homeland Security for consideration of secs. 1032, 1033, and 1035 of the House bill, and sec. 907 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Linder, Lungren, Daniel E., and Thompson (MS).
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Government Reform for consideration of secs. 322, 665, 811, 812, 820A, 822-825, 901, 1101-1106, 1108, Title XIV, secs. 2832, 2841, and 2852 of the House bill, and secs. 652, 679, 801, 802, 809E, 809F, 809G, 809H, 811, 824, 831, 843-845, 857, 922, 1073, 1106, and 1109 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Davis, Tom, Shays, and Waxman.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Financial Services for consideration of secs. 676 and 1073 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Oxley, Ney, and Frank (MA).
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Energy and Commerce for consideration of secs. 314, 601, 1032, and 3201 of the House bill, and secs. 312, 1084, 2893, 3116, and 3201 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Barton (TX), Gillmor, and Dingell.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Education and the Workforce for consideration of secs. 561-563, 571, and 815 of the House bill, and secs. 581-584 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Castle, Wilson (SC), and Holt.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence for consideration of matters within the jurisdiction of that committee under clause 11 of rule X: Hoekstra, LaHood, and Harman.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Armed Services for consideration of the House bill and the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Hunter, Weldon (PA), Hefley, Saxton, McHugh, Everett, Bartlett (MD), McKeon, Thornberry, Hostettler, Ryun (KS), Gibbons, Hayes, Calvert, Simmons, Drake, Skelton, Spratt, Ortiz, Evans, Taylor (MS), Abercrombie, Meehan, Reyes, Snyder, Smith (WA), Sanchez, Loretta, and Tauscher.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: On motion that the House instruct conferees Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 228 - 187 (Roll No. 643). (consideration: CR H11901-11902, H11905)
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: On motion to close portions of the conference. Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 409 - 12 (Roll no. 642). (consideration: CR H11901)
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Mrs. Drake moved that the House close portions of the conference.
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Skelton motion to instruct conferees, the Chair put the question on adoption of the motion and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Skelton demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the motion until Friday, Dec. 16, 2005.
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: DEBATE - The House resumed debate on the Skelton motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 1815.
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Skelton motion to instruct. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the managers on the part of the House to agree to the provisions contained in section 1047 of the Senate amendment, relating to a report on alleged clandestine detention facilities for individuals captured in the Global War on Terrorism.
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Mr. Skelton moved that the House instruct conferees. (consideration: CR H11859-11867)
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: On motion that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to a conference Agreed to without objection. (consideration: CR H11859)
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Mr. Hunter asked unanimous consent that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to a conference.
action_date: 2005-11-22
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2005-11-15
text: See also S. 1042.
action_date: 2005-11-15
text: Senate insists on its amendment, asks for a conference, appoints conferees Warner; McCain; Inhofe; Roberts; Sessions; Collins; Ensign; Talent; Chambliss; Graham; Dole; Cornyn; Thune; Levin; Kennedy; Byrd; Lieberman; Reed; Akaka; Nelson FL; Nelson NE; Dayton; Bayh; Clinton.
action_date: 2005-11-15
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2005-11-15
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2005-11-15
text: Senate struck all after the Enacting Clause and substituted the language of S. 1042 amended.
action_date: 2005-11-15
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S12811-12812)
action_date: 2005-11-15
text: Senate Committee on Armed Services discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2005-11-15
text: Senate Committee on Armed Services discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 1815.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 390 - 39 (Roll no. 222).
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 390 - 39 (Roll no. 222).
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: 211 - 218 (Roll no. 221). (consideration: CR H4044-4046; text: CR H4044)
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H4044)
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Taylor (MS) motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment authorizing additional funds for expanded eligibility of selected Reserve Members under the Tricare Program.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Mr. Taylor (MS) moved to recommit with instructions to Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. (text: CR H3926-3996)
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 1815.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chairman announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of amendments which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 293, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Weldon (PA) amendment.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Woolsey amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Ms. Woolsey demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 293, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 30 minutes of debate on the Woolsey amendment.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Bradley (NH) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Bradley demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 293, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of debate on the Bradley (NH) amendment.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 293, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 40 minutes of debate on the Hunter amendments en bloc.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Stearns amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Stearns demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 293, the Committe of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Stearns amendment.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chairman announced that the unfinished business was adoption of specified amendments which were debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Hunter amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Hunter demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 293, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Hunter amendment.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Davis (CA) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mrs. Davis (CA) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisons of H. Res. 293, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 30 minutes of debate on the Davis (CA) amendment.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Jo Ann Davis (VA) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mrs. Davis (VA) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 293, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 30 minutes of debate on the Jo Ann Davis (VA) amendment.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 293 the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 40 minutes of debate on the Hunter en bloc amendment.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Goode amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Reyes demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 293, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 30 minutes of debate on the Goode amendment.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 1815.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: The Speaker designated the Honorable Michael K. Simpson to act as Chairman of the Committee.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 293 and Rule XVIII.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1815 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 293. (consideration: CR H3912-4046)
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Rule H. Res. 293 passed House.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 293 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1815 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions.
action_date: 2005-05-20
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 47.
action_date: 2005-05-20
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Armed Services. H. Rept. 109-89.
action_date: 2005-05-20
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Armed Services. H. Rept. 109-89.
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2005-05-12
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2005-05-12
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2005-05-12
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2005-05-12
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2005-05-12
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2005-05-12
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2005-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces.
action_date: 2005-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
action_date: 2005-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2005-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2005-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Projection Forces.
action_date: 2005-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities.
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 109-163