1.This Act may be cited as the
Standing With Our Troops Act of
2005
.
AFulfillment of
obligations to the members of the Armed Forces
<enum>I</enum><header>Strengths of the
Army and Marine Corps active forces</header>
<section id="IDC4B527A6425947A0897D31034B60DD1C"><enum>101.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress makes the following
findings:</text>
<paragraph id="ID1CF86A2DE890423EBD6BC89B6A5E392A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>While the United
States Armed Forces remain the premier fighting force in the world, the Defense
Science Board, in a study carried out in the summer of 2004, found that
<quote>When we match the existing and projected force structure with the
current and projected need for stabilization forces we see an enduring
shortfall in both total numbers of people and their ability to sustain the
continuity of stabilization efforts.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID847E30FC8980450F817F5286A5266280"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Between 1989 and
2004, the military personnel end strength of the Army has been reduced by more
than 34 percent, and the Department of the Army’s civilian workforce has been
reduced by more than 45 percent, while the mission rate of the Army has
increased by 300 percent.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDC613F3E65F4446C4A754F10FDED1E34D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Because of the
personnel reductions, the Army National Guard and the Army Reserve are
repeatedly being called to active duty to meet Army mission requirements that
the active-duty force of the Army is no longer large enough to meet alone. Army
National Guard and Army Reserve units have provided up to 40 percent of the
military personnel engaged in Operation Iraqi Freedom while they have also been
performing a dramatically increased role in homeland defense and continuing to
respond to natural disasters, other domestic emergencies, and military
contingencies. As a result, the reserve components of the Army have been pushed
to the breaking point.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID8E249BFA0AF04D1A9A96A745B1CB32CA"><enum>102.</enum><header>Army</header>
<subsection id="IDB01B9974CDFB473CB1B469F694ADEDC4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Strength for
fiscal year 2006</header><text>Effective on October 1, 2005, section 691(b)(1)
of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>502,400</quote>
and inserting <quote>522,400</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDC4911A2C2A3245B0BB1224D74E5B21C5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Strength for
fiscal years after fiscal year 2006</header><text>Effective on October 1, 2006,
section 691(b)(1) of such title is amended by striking <quote>522,400</quote>
and inserting <quote>532,400</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID605456964E734B91898A63A351716FB7"><enum>103.</enum><header>Marine
Corps</header>
<subsection id="IDB6C050F60FA24F89AE6D1CA7C1C28B62"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Strength for
fiscal year 2006</header><text>Effective on October 1, 2005, section 691(b)(3)
of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>178,000</quote>
and inserting <quote>183,000</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDD3833EE944B045229E2D52549398E374"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Strength for
fiscal years after fiscal year 2006</header><text>Effective on October 1, 2006,
section 691(b)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking
<quote>183,000</quote> and inserting <quote>188,000</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Full recognition
of sacrifice and Valor of United States servicemembers</header>
<subtitle id="ID4D9464E61CF64672AA92E63376DABD5C"><enum>A</enum><header>Findings</header>
<section id="IDCEAC5007C22F4EFBB9919BB30E51EEE5"><enum>201.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress makes the following
findings:</text>
<paragraph id="IDF70F70332DCA4CFC95D76C91E7006FA0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>On November 21,
2004, the Columbia Broadcasting System television program 60 Minutes reported
that the staff of that program had received from the Department of Defense a
letter containing the assertion that <quote>[m]ore than 15,000 troops with
so-called <quote>non-battle</quote> injuries and diseases have been evacuated
from Iraq.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID59A47135996A494FAB2E9735AB503272"><enum>(2)</enum><text>This report was a
rare disclosure by the Department of Defense, as it is the policy of the
Department of Defense not to disclose publicly the number of Armed Forces
personnel that sustain non-combat injuries.</text>
</paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="ID94A60F75C4144902A97CF2C8B2A512D5"><enum>B</enum><header>Accounting for
casualties incurred in the prosecution of the Global War on Terrorism</header>
<section id="ID9E7BB5BB2F4C493AA584B4356203583A"><enum>211.</enum><header>Monthly
accounting</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than five
days after the end of each month, the Secretary of Defense shall publish, for
such month for each operation described in section 212, a full accounting of
the casualties among the members of the Armed Forces that were incurred in such
operation during that month.</text>
</section><section id="ID8C2C9B9E49274206AB1C53AAB4EDD859"><enum>212.</enum><header>Operations
covered</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The operations
referred to in section 211 are as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="ID8AEBA9E8A6C7451C9E1DE38F1D0EFECA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Operation Iraqi
Freedom.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID18B69C2BD73C41E49E44F86DD681B1AD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Operation
Enduring Freedom.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID731A41B7270041A2A77F597130DAD8F6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Each other
operation undertaken by the Armed Forces in the prosecution of the Global War
on Terrorism.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID6570DF4C5BAD46C6A613D702BF2945DF"><enum>213.</enum><header>Comprehensive
content of accounting</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the
purpose of providing a full and complete accounting of casualties covered by a
report under section 211, the Secretary of Defense shall include in the report
the number of casualties in each casualty status in accordance with section
214.</text>
</section><section id="ID40C9F61CF8504A8D84097BF595FAEF62"><enum>214.</enum><header>Casualty
status</header>
<subsection id="IDEA79030661BF44659E5C636507EFC2EA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Status
types</header><text>In a report under this title, each casualty among members
of the Armed Forces shall be characterized by the most specific casualty status
applicable to the member as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="ID5B694C6779224DBCAE8B81D64B9CA5FB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Killed in
action.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDA95D3FECD5AC4E9C9FB3BB6EFD821226"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Killed in
non-hostile duty.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDBB7CB91CA8764BDD9404AFE550DE0CB9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Killed,
self-inflicted.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID33E99A67098048E089526C777A6347A4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Wounded in
action, not returned to duty.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID662679C3DB964422BF0045480119D44F"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Wounded in
action, returned to duty (to the extent that data is available to support this
characterization of casualty status).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDC2B8C14EBE174DADB48191192514103C"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Evacuated for
medical reasons.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID5C49865109DD436BBB71125D067703C2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="IDC631C3A7B48940BE9F6FCF2E7EF04A7F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Killed in
action</header><text>The term <term>killed in action</term>, with respect to a
member of the Armed Forces, means that the member incurred one or more mortal
wounds while involved in an action against a hostile force, whether or not the
wounds are inflicted by the hostile force.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDF3A3C6C8DD8C49C7A3AD138E1D66326D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Killed in
non-hostile duty</header><text>The term <term>killed in non-hostile
duty</term>, with respect to a member of the Armed Forces, means that the
member incurred one or more mortal wounds that were not self-inflicted and not
inflicted during an action against a hostile force.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5FBAE1DA994D46D199B0E82AE3162B58"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Killed,
self-inflicted</header><text>The term <term>killed, self-inflicted</term>, with
respect to a member of the Armed Forces, means a suicide of the member or the
death of the member as a result of one or more self-inflicted injuries.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID55334ED8C12246D2863C250F5A9FA156"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Wounded in
action, not returned to duty</header><text>The term <term>wounded in action,
not returned to duty</term>, with respect to a member of the Armed Forces,
means that the member, while involved in an action against a hostile force,
incurred one or more non-mortal injuries that required medical attention and
that prevented the member from returning to duty within 72 hours after
incurring the injury or injuries.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDB4368E2B1FBF4828B920A01E5A058136"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Wounded in
action, returned to duty</header><text>The term <term>wounded in action,
returned to duty</term>, with respect to a member of the Armed Forces, means
that the member, while involved in an action against a hostile force, incurred
one or more non-mortal injuries that required medical attention but did not
prevent the member from returning to duty within 72 hours after incurring the
injury or injuries.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDB830F49498074773BB190DCAC0ACB36F"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Evacuated for
medical reasons</header><text>The term <term>evacuated for medical
reasons</term>, with respect to a member of the Armed Forces, means that the
member was evacuated from a theater of operations for medical reasons.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDE04FD30598954B45A145D98FAA563083"><enum>215.</enum><header>Publication
and release of report</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
Secretary of Defense shall—</text>
<paragraph id="ID75DA976B017E4D2B9203E058A9044891"><enum>(1)</enum><text>post the report
under this title on the official website of the Department of Defense;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDE774345F012D468689BA175C1D2083E6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>transmit a copy
of the report to the chairmen and ranking members of the Committees on Armed
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID71BD70AFE07C4F00AB74939841F6DF9B"><enum>216.</enum><header>Sense of
Congress</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of
Congress that the Secretary of Defense has an obligation to ensure full and
accurate reporting of casualties among the members of the Armed Forces to
Congress and the people of the United States.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="IDFD886E1773A942368D80CFDC2213D613"><enum>C</enum><header>Advisory Panel on
Military Awards and Decorations</header>
<section id="ID46CEBFFB1CA34092BF69B44686DD6E25"><enum>221.</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Defense shall establish
within the Department of Defense an Advisory Panel on Military Awards and
Decorations.</text>
</section><section id="ID43B9C6F0DE47455E91E5939EA7CF8B93"><enum>222.</enum><header>Duties</header>
<subsection id="IDCA59E1CCA1744E32BCFE50E970B09E15"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Comprehensive
review of military decorations system</header><text>The Advisory Panel shall
conduct a comprehensive review of the standards and processes used in the Armed
Forces to award medals and decorations to members of the Armed Forces. The
review shall include the following matters:</text>
<paragraph id="IDAFEE0E132A7C4F85ADA4898F5D4BD7F8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An examination
and evaluation of the standards of each of the Armed Forces for awarding each
medal and decoration.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDB359A2D7E26C411398C4A5A987DBA3AC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A comparison of
the standards of each of the Armed Forces with the standards of each of the
other Armed Forces for awarding comparable medals and decorations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID92B8918EFE374B3B81A31FE7F8CB0E37"><enum>(3)</enum><text>An examination
and evaluation of the speed with which—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID15BEE0859BBA4557870B82C2B2C8F43A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>each of the Armed
Forces identifies and considers members for the awarding of medals and
decorations; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3B99B5B3D18946A3BE365D0210C05B4F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the medals and
decorations are ultimately awarded.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID56F88C5710BB4A079CABE124CED29426"><enum>(4)</enum><text>A review of the
medals and decorations awarded by the Armed Forces during 2002, 2003, and 2004,
together with a review of the ranks of the recipients and the mission-related
and other circumstances that are associated with the awarding of the medals and
decorations to those recipients.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID79F5B85CFDCB4289B4A85820183FD87B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header>
<paragraph id="ID1141BAF66A0948469E00C2F91515AADD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement for
report</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Advisory Panel shall submit a report on the results of the
review under this section to the Secretary of Defense and to Congress.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID300E4756682D4826AA8B7BA1A8C30F60"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Content</header><text>The
report under this subsection shall contain the findings and conclusions of the
Advisory Panel together with any recommendations for action that the panel
considers appropriate, and shall include the following matters:</text>
<subparagraph id="IDB7704D1FD62148CE945BC7B96B7BD4F4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A discussion of
the merits of maintaining for each of the Armed Forces separate policies for
the awarding of comparable medals and decorations of the Armed Forces, together
with a discussion of the merits of adopting uniform standards for awarding such
medals and decorations.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDA7ADFE7261914C27A315125E7CA46819"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Measures that can
be taken by each of the Armed Forces to expedite the process for timely
identifying a member who deserves a medal of decoration, determining the
appropriateness of awarding the medal or decoration to the member, and, in each
appropriate case, awarding the medal or decoration to the member.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1069DE95A37B4E8ABAF58DF7BEAE21F0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Measures that can
be taken to ensure that—</text>
<clause id="ID06F1EB991F6F4020A7DA1BED0B77ED7A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>members serving
in combat are at least equally as likely to be considered for the awarding of
medals and decorations as are personnel not exposed to combat; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID4269C6B636D045DC8550BB2AAD7814BC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>enlisted
personnel are at least as likely to be considered for the awarding of medals
and decorations as are officers.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDD0C3FCFC36A940A48F46F63CD42C6069"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A recommendation
regarding whether the Valor device awarded by each of the Armed Forces should
be replaced by a separate class of medals honoring special bravery in
combat.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8E422535D340452C95190EDD115F218D"><enum>(E)</enum><text>A determination
of the desirability of adding a new class of medals, similar to the Purple
Heart, to be awarded to military personnel who incur non-combat injuries in
connection with performance of an official mission or duty during a combat
operation in order to honor their sacrifice in service to the people of the
United States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDECB77EB33E694515A0E68EBEF6FB9285"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Scope limited
to Department of Defense</header><text>The scope of the review and report under
this section does not include the Coast Guard.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID7ADAC3DD12634D2281E1921708B5865A"><enum>223.</enum><header>Composition
and administration</header>
<subsection id="IDF1E601AB981843BC9E364BA87F957103"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Composition</header>
<paragraph id="IDFC484846EBED4687B06FC824A8A7AB7B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Number;
appointment</header><text>The Advisory Panel shall be composed of not more than
seven members appointed by the Secretary of Defense.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID34D654DCE1AB42F7A0339CC91C76751A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>General and
flag officers</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that the membership of
the task force includes a retired general or flag officer from each of the
Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps who is familiar with the policies of
the Armed Forces regarding military awards and decorations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDC309CC47ACE2413B9E028ADDD2F344D0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Veterans</header><text>The
Secretary shall appoint at least one representative of a leading veterans’
advocacy organization as a member of the Advisory Panel.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID11AB89A8476346659751EA5795FB107D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Time for
appointment</header><text>All members of the Advisory Panel shall be appointed
within 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDE99FD9D28C9740D7AD5B6FD6DE31DF65"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Chairperson</header><text>The
chairperson of the Advisory Panel shall be selected from among the members of
the Advisory Panel by a majority vote of the members.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID666EEFC6EF7442D2A5189B0DCFDAAAF2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Compensation
and expenses of members</header><text>Each member of the Advisory Panel shall
serve without compensation, but shall be allowed travel expenses, including per
diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for employees of agencies
under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while away
from the member’s home or regular places of business in the performance of
services for the Advisory Panel.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDC517A2EBE94E4BCC9F90EA2F46308508"><enum>(e)</enum><header><act-name parsable-cite="FACA">Federal Advisory Committee
Act</act-name></header><text>The <act-name parsable-cite="FACA">Federal
Advisory Committee Act</act-name> (5 U.S.C. App) shall not apply to the
Advisory Panel.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID11453ECEC67643A386B71D1EF1DFF8A8"><enum>224.</enum><header>Cooperation of
Federal agencies</header>
<subsection id="ID3E7AD69D2EE44393AA2C7AA0737984C6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Information</header><text>The
Advisory Panel may obtain directly from the Department of Defense, the
Department of Veterans Affairs, or any other department or agency of the United
States any information of such department or agency that the panel considers
necessary for the panel to carry out its duties.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID7AC0DE2AD1254C8C9C4640FABB99BBE1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Other
cooperation</header><text>The Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs, and any other official of the United States shall provide the Advisory
Panel with full and timely cooperation requested by the panel in carrying out
its duties under this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDC4E5E0449F734F98A6773E07E899B8C6"><enum>225.</enum><header>Termination</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Advisory Panel on Military Awards and
Decorations shall terminate 30 days after the submission of the report to
Congress under section 222(b).</text>
</section></subtitle><enum>III</enum><header>Military
equipment and materiel</header>
<section id="IDC20D281EECA445D7A3E69DF487E8185E"><enum>301.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress makes the following
findings:</text>
<paragraph id="IDB00A547CA4BF4AD4BF73C7E5412F5601"><enum>(1)</enum><text>United States
military personnel serving in Operations Iraqi Freedom have experienced
significant shortages of critical equipment, such as body armor, aircraft
survivability equipment, and armored trucks, including up-armored High Mobility
Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles. In many cases the shortages have lasted several
months. For example, the individual body armor needed for protecting every
member of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense civilians in Iraq was not
produced and fielded until February 2004, 11 months after Operation Iraqi
Freedom was launched. Shortages of armor for Army trucks still existed as of
the beginning of 2005.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID700F1824B8E042B78E26498C49C744D9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Operation Iraqi
Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom have taken a substantial toll on
military equipment of the Armed Forces. The commanding general of the Army
Material Command estimated in 2004 that the Army is wearing out its equipment
in Iraq and Afghanistan at a rate that could be up to 10 times faster than the
rate at which it wears out its equipment elsewhere during peacetime, and there
are no significant reserve stocks of that equipment remaining.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDE4C3316467BB4E1DB95F34B3A7BEC85D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>It is a solemn
obligation of the United States Government to ensure that, whenever the Armed
Forces are called into battle, the military personnel fighting or supporting
the battle are provided with the safest, most effective technology and
equipment.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID58D5CF6002844F50908B266E242C70E9"><enum>302.</enum><header>Mobilization
planning and preparedness</header>
<subsection id="ID270964DC4FDD44A59C2EC2F1E2F45E03"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Director of
Mobilization Planning and Preparedness</header><text>Title I of the National
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 402 et seq.) is amended by striking section 107
and inserting the following new sections:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID4C8B0E358F164BC79D011B0429C44900" other-style="archaic" style="other"><section id="ID9C3755E014144DEAA3214900BE1A3AD8"><enum>107.</enum><header>Director of Mobilization
Planning and Preparedness</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ID04441C152ACB41FF81F76D9784D8B760"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="IDB56BE8E8FD504EF580DFDFBACC820C09"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The term
<term>Director</term> means the Director of Mobilization Planning and
Preparedness referred to in subsection (b)(1), except where the context clearly
indicates otherwise.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1126F128F25247EDA583F7409B70CC56"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The term
<term>national security emergency</term> means any occurrence, including a
natural disaster, a military or terrorist attack against the territory of the
United States, a military operation carried out by the Armed Forces abroad, a
technological emergency, or any other emergency, that either seriously degrades
or threatens the security of the United States or the Armed Forces.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDF486B4E4D64641669F851BA7458D20B6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The term
<term>mobilization</term> means the act of assembling and organizing national
resources, including military personnel and equipment, labor, transportation
systems, industry, and financial resources, to support national objectives of
the United States in time of a national security emergency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5FC5D26F61034EC4A4F7EE06390B237E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The term
<term>mobilization planning and preparedness</term> means all aspects of
planning and preparing for a mobilization for a national security emergency,
including the identification of functions that would have to be performed
during a national security emergency, development of plans for performing such
functions, development of the capability to execute such plans, and development
of policies that maximize the speed and efficiency with which such plans can be
executed during a national security emergency.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID7868BC0406AC44A4888CCBB94F6F7357"><enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Position of Director</header>
<paragraph id="IDC5BCE806DFEC419C91554F18D2CC1E25"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
is a Director of Mobilization Planning and Preparedness on the staff of the
National Security Council.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9D86605F527E47C8AC74B4A2C9C9E708"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Appointment</header><text>The
Director is appointed by the Assistant to the President for National Security
Affairs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID32B6337D8A30430DA8D710586AA35DBA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Relationship to
national security advisor</header><text>The Director reports directly to the
Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID6908260B03364643A3565FF1C75C9FB3"><enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Duties</header>
<paragraph id="IDF52D76984DBA4EFAB322F3D9D3080428"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Principal
duty</header><text>The Director is the principal adviser to the Assistant to
the President for National Security Affairs on matters of mobilization planning
and preparedness.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6C24003D0B2B4BA794649E8D7A815B0F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Specific
duties</header><text>The duties of the Director include the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID14F979DA818A4CBDA827CF8A8AEB5C8E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Identify which
governmental and private sector functions must be performed on a sustained
basis during a national security emergency.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8B77F43009AB47E588DF4E9491A4CD9F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Develop plans for
the sustained performance of the identified functions.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDBB812AA4755A458487E3221DEE03AFA6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Provide guidance
on the development of the capability to execute the plans.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDEF7AE42ABB2A48AAAA988912641A8F6A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Recommend
policies for the maximization of the speed and efficiency with which the plans
can be executed during a national security emergency.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDD24147EB7C6F4F1A9B01C3AB06242259"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Recommend
planning and policy guidance regarding involvement of the National Guard in 2
or more national security emergency operations concurrently.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID932400B167EF4E4881E53654C799F0AA"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Administer
quarterly exercises simulating mobilization for various types of national
security emergencies, including the following:</text>
<clause id="ID1C0FB3BB5F934E1FACFCD160BBA575CD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>A
major military operation carried out in and around 1 or more foreign
countries.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID4264595CF02B4A7A92C5C8EC8785A914"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>An occupation
and reconstruction mission.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID2EE381A888AE44F1932CDBC3BB571DE9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>A terrorist
attack within the United States.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDF1118E7B15ED4815A23D0A3B8824AC6F"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>A natural
disaster within the United States.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID039D54C0B0A8490889386B5C2DCB838D"><enum>(v)</enum><text>A
major humanitarian crisis in 1 or more foreign countries.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID503586A49EB742CC8BF6722677A52810"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>A minor military
intervention in a foreign country.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID01A8F12336ED4663AC406AD953D4CBF3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Related
duties</header>
<subparagraph id="IDFF62CE96A42E4A19813A266D2F8146D3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Mobilization
Planning and Preparedness Policy Coordinating Committee</header><text>The
Director serves on the Mobilization Planning and Preparedness Policy
Coordinating Committee as provided in section 107A.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDD44456339B66460FA131EF630648BBA2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Department of
Defense primary allocation of industrial resources task force</header><text>The
Director serves as a member of the Primary Allocation of Industrial Resources
Task Force of the Department of Defense.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID475D25DBB7B345CDA1CD13D8ED14726C"><enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Office of Mobilization Planning and
Preparedness</header>
<paragraph id="ID92A011C329974EAFBBAB5B221BC52ADB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
is an Office of Mobilization Planning and Preparedness within the National
Security Council. The Director is the head of the office.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDB46A79BE168D472784B6ED7BC6A4D9CA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Composition</header><text>The
Office of Mobilization Planning and Preparedness is composed of the following
personnel:</text>
<subparagraph id="IDE3AA6A43E3B74937A754B57B619724AA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Thirty employees
appointed by the Assistant to the President for National Security
Affairs.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID39B7971D32F84F6F9293D3457FA662F5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>An employee of
the Department of Defense, who shall be detailed to the Office by the Under
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics to serve as
liaison between the Department of Defense and the Director to ensure that
comprehensive and accurate information on the needs of the Armed Forces for
equipment and materiel in a national security emergency are timely communicated
to the Director.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID7EB59708A5AD45118B0659BFA526A00F"><enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Coordination with national
counterterrorism Center</header>
<paragraph id="ID5139586BA9F449219AA368C344B6CD29"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Liaison
officer</header><text>The Director shall detail an employee of the Office to
the National Counterterrorism Center to serve as a liaison officer between the
Director of Mobilization Planning and Preparedness and the Director of the
National Counterterrorism Center for collaboration on counterterrorism-related
information and issues necessary for effective mobilization planning and
preparedness.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5943B7E9C9014591B5BE5F440F1B4798"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Responsibility
of Director of national counterterrorism Center</header><text>The Director of
the National Counterterrorism Center shall ensure that the liaison officer is
accorded such privileges at the Center as are necessary to ensure that the
collaboration between the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center and
the Director of Mobilization Planning and Preparedness on
counterterrorism-related information and issues is effective.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID425F8DE77F24425C806E86601CD8A5C4"><enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Annual report</header>
<paragraph id="ID5F5767B1A6EC49998A5B7813B88FD381"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement for
report</header><text>The President, acting through the Director, shall submit
to Congress each year a report on mobilization planning and
preparedness.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1F0C0E8E8DEE4848B0FC7A7B176037BD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Content</header><text>The
annual report under this subsection shall include the following
information:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID15D1A17AC20E42C296BD7E93DC8DEA2E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Funding needs for
mobilization planning and preparedness.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID37C6EED10C914EC09098094BF00CC474"><enum>(B)</enum><text>An assessment of
the state of mobilization planning and preparedness in the United
States.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDEF6E3074B6D34EA2A87831F912A8DA34"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Any recommended
policies on mobilization planning and preparedness that the President, in
consultation with the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
and the Director, considers appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID6CD275E612B54D44AF561FB518A5A2D8"><enum>107A.</enum><header>Mobilization Planning and
Preparedness Policy Coordinating Committee</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ID89F36A4729084745B9FD47C6DC765D9D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Mobilization planning and preparedness
defined</header><text>In this section, the
term <term>mobilization planning and preparedness</term> has the meaning given
that term in section 107(a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDA795D4B9517D498582FF617A5D1EBD46"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is in the
executive branch an interagency committee known as the <quote>Mobilization
Planning and Preparedness Policy Coordinating Committee</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDABC53BF706D84864B5E7BBE561E49C62"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Composition</header><text>The Committee
shall be composed of the following members:</text>
<paragraph id="IDFC3DFBC6C1104BD6BA8CEBFB5FF8881C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Director of
Mobilization Planning and Preparedness of the National Security Council, who
shall chair the committee.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID08C092C8C16F4D41BE7B50042CFF955B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Under
Secretary for Emergency Preparedness and Response of the Department of Homeland
Security.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6F5F15B5605D49538DB2CE40DA24300B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Under
Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8B92B4D1463F48C289D6BDBC98944C39"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Under
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID97EC79B29E0F4864AEE9B71A5B313AC5"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The Associate
Attorney General.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9EF02BEEFF6A4999950123153FACF186"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The Assistant
Secretary of the Interior for Land and Minerals Management.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9A8D2EA178F248DA969013DC842DDC44"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The Under
Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2CFB02D35B0E41168D6F52888746E2E8"><enum>(8)</enum><text>The Deputy
Secretary of Labor.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4575AD471436483E92846A0FDB803CE4"><enum>(9)</enum><text>The Assistant
Secretary of Health and Human Services for Public Health Emergency
Preparedness.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID50E2A6192B354E7BA8C0C2B503CAD712"><enum>(10)</enum><text>The Under
Secretary of Transportation for Policy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDD7E184088AC143258A99ECD5BCEABA89"><enum>(11)</enum><text>The Under
Secretary of Energy for Energy, Science, and Environment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8049059A0E3B406EA445A0E15B2FACB9"><enum>(12)</enum><text>One member
designated by the Assistant to the President for National Security
Affairs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDD5BC214B617B4C23A6BD66FAE722F78C"><enum>(13)</enum><text>One member
designated by the Director of National Intelligence.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDB903B091DD8A41B295B04FEE9164FBA9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Committee has
the following duties:</text>
<paragraph id="IDD76ABC7D26EA42C28941D72E8E7CC047"><enum>(1)</enum><text>To review, at
least once each year, the mobilization planning and preparedness policies of
the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5679B636B6AF49DEB7D44E21ACD8A157"><enum>(2)</enum><text>To make any
recommendations for action to improve mobilization planning and preparedness
that the Committee determines appropriate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDFB30583236C6483FA3F4F043E0DB3383"><enum>(3)</enum><text>To participate in
the exercises conducted by the Director of Mobilization Planning and
Preparedness of the Department under section
510(b)(2)(F).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="ID901DE0DDA7F04029B56D7F660C50F0F9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of contents in the first section of the
National Security Act of 1947 is amended by striking the item relating to
section 107 and inserting the following new items:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID5CB0E17F96344BDF94EEE8AA2390CF08" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 107. Director of Mobilization
Planning and Preparedness.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 107A. Mobilization Planning and
Preparedness Policy Coordinating
Committee.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="ID20041B7F7F2E4785998AE2501DC29E68"><enum>303.</enum><header>Report on
reconstitution needs of the Armed Forces</header>
<subsection id="ID0DDBB6DDF6634F2392622DD174A90969"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report
required</header>
<paragraph id="IDA24FF4FE43C04E998FD05F7A8B8BBF6D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement for
report</header><text>Not later than March 1, 2005, the Secretary of Defense
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the needs of
the Armed Forces for reconstituting its stocks of military equipment and other
materiel in view of the attrition of military equipment and other materiel
experienced by the Armed Forces in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation
Enduring Freedom.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6A94073CF0234D3A936497790D7E4F2E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The
Secretary shall consult with the Chief of Staff of the Army, the Chief of Staff
of the Air Force, the Chief of Naval Operations, the Commandant of the Marine
Corps, and the Inspector General of each of the Armed Forces in preparing the
report under this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDA744A58D9975454DB274AD25B1B33A1C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Content</header><text>The
report shall include an assessment of each of the following matters:</text>
<paragraph id="ID9B7C774E3A894B4B957B35EDD0F57A3B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The extent of the
damage and destruction of military equipment and other military materiel in
Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID272BD563228E424DA19F270353EE66FC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The amount of
such equipment, if any, that has become ineffective or obsolete by age or other
causes.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID910B1F21615B4B3FBED4C29D41886E35"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The needs of each
of the Armed Forces, including the reserve components as well as the regular
components, for repair and replacement of equipment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID297BAF16F93B447092E6D011B62509C7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The total cost of
reconstituting the stocks of military equipment and other materiel of the Armed
Forces to meet the needs of the Armed Forces.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID54613008FF2640BDB640AA05985CB92B"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The time needed
to reconstitute such stocks to meet those needs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID3F8A3557613B4F1DB727AD24CE8888F4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Form of
report</header><text>The report shall be submitted in unclassified form, but
may include a classified annex.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDEC9802D936BA40D88051B66369BDF9EB"><enum>304.</enum><header>Authorizations
of appropriations</header>
<subsection id="ID46DE75F677874220B9A061D6E76CB5DD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Army</header><text>Funds
are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2005 for the use of
the Army for the repair, refurbishment, and replacement of equipment used by
the Army in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom, as
follows:</text>
<paragraph id="ID6C777A5F626146809F4B416DC8BD80B1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Operation and
maintenance</header><text>For expenses, not otherwise provided for, for
operation and maintenance, $6,000,000,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID93208178A6154295A0D96A788AFD82A5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Procurement</header><text>For
procurement, $2,500,000,000.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID1EFCD9FC83A14E8E9095894B8FDB7C02"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Marine
Corps</header><text>Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal
year 2005 for the use of the Marine Corps for the repair, refurbishment, and
replacement of equipment used by the Marine Corps in Operation Iraqi Freedom or
Operation Enduring Freedom, as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="ID764048978E1F4CA88563193D005B7FC0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Operation and
maintenance</header><text>For expenses, not otherwise provided for, for
operation and maintenance, $640,000,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDDEB954C5026E44D9B01641191AA805D7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Procurement</header><text>For
procurement, $1,500,000,000.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID8CD4CFCCF4CB4EEEB82619F55FABE379"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Availability
through fiscal year 2006</header><text>Amounts authorized to be appropriated
under this section shall remain available until September 30, 2006.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID410D191D552340749B62ACC567E2568C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>None
of the funds appropriated pursuant to an authorization of appropriations in
this section may be obligated or expended until the date that is 15 days after
the date on which the Secretary of Defense transmits to the congressional
defense committees a report on the specific use for which the funds are to be
obligated or expended, respectively.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID20F13806E01B4E24A781F68474F4F0D4"><enum>305.</enum><header>Congressional
defense committees defined</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In
this title, the term <quote>congressional defense committees</quote> has the
meaning given such term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States
Code.</text>
</section><enum>IV</enum><header>Periods of
overseas deployments of Reserves</header>
<section id="ID4E5A27D0FF544555BA8B5DCE25F8FFC1"><enum>401.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress makes the following
findings:</text>
<paragraph id="IDD512D88A62EC4347A209A80EBE4F5C1B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Department of
Defense failed to establish an adequate troop deployment and rotation policy
for Operation Iraqi Freedom until several months after the operation had begun.
For several reserve component units involved in that operation before 2005, the
demobilization date was rescheduled three or more times before the unit members
were finally allowed to return home.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1232EA93739847448914DE6046118A41"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Without an
adequate deployment and rotation plan, the Department of Defense has relied on
a series of stop-gap measures to retain a sufficient number of troops to carry
out the United States missions in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation
Enduring Freedom, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDEA8CA531A2244D5DB9F7543087F53DBC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>institution of a
so-called <quote>stop-loss</quote> policy that prevents personnel from leaving
their units during deployment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0DF91F26D4EC4495BF0CF3624DF1BD2F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>extensions of
deployments beyond scheduled demobilization dates; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDF57719EB7C154E099899538806626F47"><enum>(C)</enum><text>activation of
members of the Individual Ready Reserve.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDC0E726B645524025B89D0EA9E5C44291"><enum>(3)</enum><text>In September
2004, the Government Accountability Office reported that <quote>Many of DOD’s
policies that affect mobilized reserve component personnel were implemented in
a piecemeal manner and were not linked within the context of a strategic
framework to meet the organizational goals. . . . Without a strategic
framework, OSD and the services made several changes to their personnel
policies to increase the availability of the reserve components for the
longer-term requirements of the Global War on Terrorism, and predictability
declined for reserve component members.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDADEFE15CBDE44AA987BC5F5AA7CF356C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Fairness to the
men and women of the Armed Forces deployed overseas requires that the
Department of Defense—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID0BDF7E6343874667B4959B941C2DE04C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>have clear
policies regarding lengths of deployment periods; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID363C6B03C6A84472B18599DACFA6EC6C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>communicate these
policies and other deployment-related information to them and their
families.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="IDA4503C8B92A245C68048E4A5BBC800B1"><enum>402.</enum><header>Sense of
Congress on two-year limit on mobilization</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that the
Secretary of Defense should continue the existing Department of Defense policy
of limiting to a total of 24 months the period for which members of the reserve
components serve on active duty to which called or ordered in support of a
contingency operation.</text>
</section><section id="ID7382411A3271436C8CE2DD1DDC52823E"><enum>403.</enum><header>Communication
of lengths of deployment periods to Reserves in Operation Iraqi
Freedom</header>
<subsection id="ID0D286626997D4AD2B7A628A1C5821BB7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report of
Department of Defense policies</header>
<paragraph id="ID2D58CB03EEBC472FA70D5F43121C77CE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement for
report</header><text>Not later than March 1, 2005, the Secretary of Defense
shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives a report on—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID3F059B0CDE71457F89CF8484EE9A3331"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Department of
Defense policies governing the length of mobilization and deployment periods
applicable to members of reserve components of the Armed Forces in connection
with Operation Iraqi Freedom, and on the communication between the Department
of Defense and reserve component personnel and their families regarding the
lengths of the mobilization deployment periods; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDDAF1531221D044D18F42C8F9EAB941A2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Department of
Defense stop-loss policies.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID01C9DC3ECD8B4D10B6B152EFB4015B46"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consultation
requirement</header><text>In preparing the report, the Secretary shall consult
with the Chairman and other members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and with such
other officials as the Secretary considers appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID76912B40F8EE4248A9D41E4B6B77E01B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Content of
report</header><text>The report under this section shall contain a discussion
of the matters described in subsection (a)(1), including a discussion of the
following matters:</text>
<paragraph id="ID438B5C057B754C7CA1955E64089744D3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The process by
which the Department of Defense determined its policy regarding the lengths of
mobilization deployment periods.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7BD09CC5091C425093956DA4A113482C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The reason that
an adequate troop deployment policy was not in place before Operation Iraqi
Freedom began.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDDAE683E0FB99475C91FFE5D8AD1E8B47"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A comparison of
the policies during Operation Iraqi Freedom with Department of Defense policies
that applied to previous contingency operations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7920A49D73AE47F0A54357DD690CEF76"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The timeliness of
the process for notifying reserve component units for activation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDF7BA72AF9D71471E819ECDA5A3EBDD83"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The process for
communicating with activated reserve component members and their families about
demobilization schedules.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID562988A90EA746559C50D5A823445AC4"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The justification
for delaying demobilization after members and their families have been notified
of the anticipated demobilization schedule.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID25237028440A4A0DA51E1D6412869BD6"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The justification
for current stop-loss policies, together with a statement of the period for
which those policies are to remain in effect and the conditions under which
management of personnel under those policies would terminate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID816B1BA179DB43DA8521F48179D9487C"><enum>(8)</enum><text>The family
support programs provided by the National Guard and other reserve components
for families of activated Reserves.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDC1D3A3E545E14C21A1AEBBC69850784D"><enum>(9)</enum><text>An assessment of
lessons learned about how the increased operation tempos of the National Guard
and other reserve components can be expected to affect readiness, recruitment
and retention, civilian employers of Reserves, and equipment and supply
resources of the National Guard and the other reserve components.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDA05BCF83112F4BCD97BD449429950DDB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Matters for
particular emphasis</header><text>In the discussion of the matters included in
the report under this section, the Secretary of Defense shall place particular
emphasis on—</text>
<paragraph id="ID4C7B1F0CFB964E81AC978F86B4A58681"><enum>(1)</enum><text>lessons learned,
including deficiencies identified; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID47DD13BABCCA4A4FA5108096CF9D0CFE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>near-term and
long-term corrective actions to address the identified deficiencies.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDD6198A253C494D9782833FBFA6662802"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Form of
report</header><text>The report under this section shall be submitted in
unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>V</enum><header>Timely
compensation</header>
<section id="ID216C883182A741C7A28C4F6B7F22C797"><enum>501.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress makes the following
findings:</text>
<paragraph id="IDFF62FA6FAA004554A16D96AB60A58F9B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In November 2003,
the General Accounting Office reported, in connection with a study conducted by
that office, that among Army National Guard soldiers <quote>450 of the 481
soldiers from our 6 case study units had at least 1 pay problem associated with
their mobilization. These pay problems severely constrain the Army’s and the
Department of Defense’s (DOD) ability to provide a most basic service to these
personnel, many of whom were risking their lives in combat.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDE820C1A4B49647D6965C2FB372762371"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In August 2004, a
second study by that office (by then renamed the Government Accountability
Office) found that among Army Reserve soldiers <quote>332 of 348 soldiers (95
percent) we audited at 8 case study units that were mobilized, deployed, and
demobilized at some time during the 18-month period from August 2002 through
January 2004 had at least 1 pay problem.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDBDB788E0B17A4E2796D22F7B8CCB47F9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The August 2004
report concluded that <quote>These pay problems often had a profound adverse
impact on individual soldiers and their families. For example, soldiers were
required to spend considerable time, sometimes while deployed in remote,
hostile environments overseas, seeking help on pay inquiries or in correcting
errors in their active duty pays, allowances, and related tax
benefits.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="IDE112A417A32D485DB0E59179F9DCE17F"><enum>502.</enum><header>Correction of
military pay problems for activated reserve component personnel</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of the Army shall designate a
senior level official of the Department of the Army to implement—</text>
<paragraph id="ID448A581CCA7248D6B3D5B2D5B577DD43"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the
recommendations for executive action that are set forth in the report of the
Comptroller General of the United States entitled <quote>Military Pay, Army
National Guard Personnel Mobilized to Active Duty Experienced Significant Pay
Problems</quote>, dated November 2003; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6F8B0A297F2646B8BC9EA34B2ED72196"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the
recommendations for executive action that are set forth in the report of the
Comptroller General of the United States entitled <quote>Military Pay, Army
Reserve Soldiers Mobilized to Active Duty Experienced Significant Pay
Problems</quote>, dated August 2004.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID016F63025629480F86525305562C2AE5"><enum>503.</enum><header>Supervision by
comptroller of Department of Defense</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The official designated under section 502
shall report directly to, and be subject to the direction of, the Under
Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) regarding performance of the duties that the
official is designated to carry out under such section.</text>
</section><section id="IDB4C4BBB5AE814199A35839238D148CEB"><enum>504.</enum><header>Termination of
requirement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The designation
under section 502 shall terminate upon the submission of a certification of the
Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) to Congress that all recommendations
referred to in such section have been implemented.</text>
</section><enum>VI</enum><header>Improved
representation of reserve personnel interests in Department of Defense
secretariat</header>
<section id="ID830E34D8C4014356ADF1BE096A44D5D7"><enum>601.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress makes the following
findings:</text>
<paragraph id="ID0517D2609454407AA36823185A33750C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Since September
11, 2001, the National Guard and the other reserve components of the Armed
Forces have experienced an expansion of their role in the total force structure
of the Armed Forces to an unprecedented level. In 2004, the reserve components
comprised 40 percent of the total force of the Armed Forces. Reservists are
experiencing a dramatic increase in operation tempo and average length of
deployment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDAC9025AB855D4CB49FE3724CF69B9DD4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>While the extent
of the role of the reserve component has changed so dramatically, the
Department of Defense approach to management of the reserve components has
remained much the same. No new senior leadership positions have been
established to manage the reserve components more effectively in the expanded
role.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="IDE3974F2E139C424AA39200EB007D7BF8"><enum>602.</enum><header>Deputy Under
Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (reserve affairs)</header>
<subsection id="ID9672FB091A014F218ABC2C24ADD3BE4C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment
of position</header>
<paragraph id="IDD945161A809743229D9CC2FA135E81D9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Position and
duties</header><text>Chapter 4 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
inserting after section 136a the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block id="IDC36A4FB3201E43208455A29CEE249C26" style="USC">
<section id="IDD0B67CE08C0D4783B8F34DC0B20BBC7B"><enum>136b.</enum><header>Deputy Under
Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (reserve affairs)</header>
<subsection id="IDA751ABE1CF894A5F82B7ECD958624496"><enum>(a)</enum><text>There is a Deputy
Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (Reserve Affairs),
appointed from civilian life by the President, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDF0411E334CAE4627A05C85E6C4FD7A0B"><enum>(b)</enum><text>The Deputy Under
Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (Reserve Affairs) shall have
as his principal duty the overall supervision of reserve component affairs of
the Department of
Defense.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID454F378046A14460837F845A9A2900E4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter
is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 136a the following
new item:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID551BBDDDB0C649B09DD6AD9C37C9BCAB" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">136b. Deputy Under Secretary of Defense
for Personnel and Readiness (Reserve
Affairs).</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDA69BA0DA6C4C4A0EB6F3B156AE87775C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Executive level
IV</header><text>Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by
inserting after <quote>Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and
Readiness.</quote> the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID5F6A0D2878304A0F9E1A609176101A52">
<paragraph id="ID2E3C73381FF34AA98FDB0D87967C7D82"><enum></enum><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for
Personnel and Readiness (Reserve
Affairs).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="IDFF53D61948F245CCB5602A0C47C75F79"><enum>603.</enum><header>Elimination of
position of assistant Secretary of Defense for reserve affairs</header>
<subsection id="IDD5D44E2F0ED74EEA8F6644350C8FBF0C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repeal of
requirement for position</header><text>Subsection (b) of section 138 of title
10, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID4625FF7E25A7461BB4B7A52A19D99B3E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (2); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0F77346A48814772B077DFA12258BC97"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), as paragraphs (2), (3), and (4),
respectively.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID61915B0B3C5E4FBF9FD1BFBB31833A28"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reduction in
total number of Assistant Secretaries of Defense</header>
<paragraph id="ID0B11FCB22BD14F8391C96C925C80F8E9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorized
number</header><text>Subsection (a) of such section is amended by striking
<quote>nine</quote> and inserting <quote>eight</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9EC76BCDBB334584B72879D6C9625691"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, is amended
by striking <quote>(9)</quote> after <quote>Assistant Secretaries of
Defense</quote> and inserting <quote>(8)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID1559A781D5894F04A66DF510FA3297FB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall take
effect on the date on which a person is first appointed as Deputy Under
Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (Reserve Affairs).</text>
</subsection></section>BMilitary family
protections
<enum>XXI</enum><header>Guardsmen and
reservists financial relief</header>
<section id="ID5DF915F7F534451B8568E19FA39FEFB8"><enum>2101.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress makes the following
findings:</text>
<paragraph id="ID6EC0007DF0A94462A6D8C8BE964E99D8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>According to a
Government Accountability Office report in November 2004, <quote>The September
11, 2001, terrorist attacks and the global war on terrorism have triggered the
largest activation of National Guard forces since World War II. As of June
2004, over one-half of the National Guard’s 457,000 personnel had been
activated for overseas warfighting or domestic homeland security missions in
Federal and State active duty roles.</quote>. In all, over 400,000 reservists
have been mobilized between September 11, 2001, and the beginning of
2005.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDFD58266E52F14C91BBFCC9AA424999C8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In March 2003,
the General Accounting Office reported that among members of the National Guard
and other reserve components of the Armed Forces <quote>. . . data for past
military operations show that 41 percent of drilling unit members reported
income loss . . .</quote>. The report further noted that senior officers in the
reserve component reported average losses of $5,000 in income upon
activation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDDB20D65E433A49A59A4DF5E03EB4FEAB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Not only has
operation tempo drastically increased for members of the reserve components,
meaning that reservists are being called away from their civilian jobs more
often, but also the durations of deployments have increased dramatically as
well, meaning that reservists are being called away from their civilian jobs
for longer periods. The Government Accountability Office reported in September
2004 that the average annual days of duty performed by members of the reserve
components has risen from approximately 40 days in 1989 to approximately 120
days in 2003. A consequence of both increased operations tempo and increased
duration of deployment has been a far greater loss of income for reservists
answering their country’s call to duty.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID3EE23E524310446B8AB10F230DDBE623"><enum>2102.</enum><header>Penalty-free
withdrawals from retirement plans for individuals called to active duty for at
least 179 days</header>
<subsection id="ID3D759A53A56E41198B311070C4BEA6F7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Paragraph (2) of section 72(t) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (relating to 10-percent additional tax on early distributions from
qualified retirement plans) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID564BF47A353740858A21297B567E5755">
<subparagraph id="IDD840062D0DAB4C748B77FB019B6A9F92"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Distributions
from retirement plans to individuals called to active duty</header>
<clause id="ID662C27A880964AB3AC5AC716C7F1840C"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Any qualified reservist distribution.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDA53D9750B0FE4F56B19014B608B637C3"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Qualified
reservist distribution</header><text>For purposes of this subparagraph, the
term <term>qualified reservist distribution</term> means any distribution to an
individual if—</text>
<subclause id="ID4C1898CE90D447D28362D555FBD91D7A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>such distribution
is from any qualified retirement plan (as defined in section 4974(c)),</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID08E178DCED9042CE837ACE6C0B1E149B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>such individual
was (by reason of being a member of a reserve component (as defined in section
101 of title 37, United States Code)), ordered or called to active duty for a
period in excess of 179 days or for an indefinite period, and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDD4C7A896F3BD45079A7F9C71EBD46A68"><enum>(III)</enum><text>such
distribution is made during the period beginning on the date of such order or
call and ending at the close of the active duty period.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID1D2B1CA275ED46F6871214A4766F5639"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Application
of subparagraph</header><text>This subparagraph applies to individuals ordered
or called to active duty after September 11, 2001, and before September 12,
2005.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="ID56B0CDCD454742E0AE28933EC05EA2E5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to
distributions after September 11, 2001.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID0E0EA0DEF61B4DD0880BFA04CD8D0377"><enum>2103.</enum><header>Income tax
withholding on differential wage payments</header>
<subsection id="ID6D0C2CA79427466C8CC2F6892D812A74"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 3401 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to definitions) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID825269E26EA04078AB2F3E92643ECAAD">
<subsection id="ID17EF40FA3E2F462EBAEBED77F29CD4A5"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Differential
wage payments to active duty members of the uniformed services</header>
<paragraph id="ID71766A147CDB42F98DD4A26A0E55177D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For purposes of subsection (a), any differential wage
payment shall be treated as a payment of wages by the employer to the
employee.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDF7602AE563A64EBB8F2A31FC32C6E640"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Differential
wage payment</header><text>For purposes of paragraph (1), the term
<term>differential wage payment</term> means any payment which—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID96061AE71DC845DB9B38D1B3E124188A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is made by an
employer to an individual with respect to any period during which the
individual is performing service in the uniformed services while on active duty
for a period of more than 30 days, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDB253855F47F445DF8B287F54703A02DC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>represents all or
a portion of the wages the individual would have received from the employer if
the individual were performing service for the
employer.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="ID68621D911449427BA12F592D054122A7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to
remuneration paid after December 31, 2004.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID6505E96F421644AA9EC69945E9EBCA4A"><enum>2104.</enum><header>Treatment of
differential wage payments for retirement plan purposes</header>
<subsection id="IDA49EDD9E29094FE696D8B7C31CAAF1A0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Pension
plans</header>
<paragraph id="IDDCF958B0AEC64B89AD58290C189A21E1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 414(u) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to special rules relating to veterans’ reemployment rights under
USERRA) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="IDA4CDB139123D4639A6FD3E1EAC9E5942">
<paragraph id="ID8A2949898F5647AC9E813A5B94B39866"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Treatment of
differential wage payments</header>
<subparagraph id="ID75661B61E2544AB49E357CA8977030C5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in this paragraph, for purposes of
applying this title to a retirement plan to which this subsection
applies—</text>
<clause id="ID5E08CA0CE39B49C0A4790A8DE0F7A3E9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an individual
receiving a differential wage payment shall be treated as an employee of the
employer making the payment,</text>
</clause><clause id="IDC258C7DACB0F45CA992BA89AF25EB62A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the differential
wage payment shall be treated as compensation, and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID73C46B14C40D45CFBEE1EA0DD9E48EC4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the plan shall
not be treated as failing to meet the requirements of any provision described
in paragraph (1)(C) by reason of any contribution which is based on the
differential wage payment.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID53269574537C477EA3ACA8034DEAE455"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Special rule
for distributions</header>
<clause id="ID779EBC77086545A5B12B7A845D0530D2"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding subparagraph (A)(i), for purposes of
section 401(k)(2)(B)(i)(I), 403(b)(7)(A)(ii), 403(b)(11)(A), or
457(d)(1)(A)(ii), an individual shall be treated as having been severed from
employment during any period the individual is performing service in the
uniformed services described in section 3401(i)(2)(A).</text>
</clause><clause id="ID3FC7435F029841358F668094D4C5037F"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>If
an individual elects to receive a distribution by reason of clause (i), the
plan shall provide that the individual may not make an elective deferral or
employee contribution during the 6-month period beginning on the date of the
distribution.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDDC6D1D4605B6474A91624B53A5B6EB64"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Nondiscrimination
requirement</header><text>Subparagraph (A)(iii) shall apply only if all
employees of an employer performing service in the uniformed services described
in section 3401(i)(2)(A) are entitled to receive differential wage payments on
reasonably equivalent terms and, if eligible to participate in a retirement
plan maintained by the employer, to make contributions based on the payments.
For purposes of applying this subparagraph, the provisions of paragraphs (3),
(4), and (5), of section 410(b) shall apply.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDD80DA2B6D43E482285F132225D3A87CC"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Differential
wage payment</header><text>For purposes of this paragraph, the term
<term>differential wage payment</term> has the meaning given such term by
section
3401(i)(2).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4F221B1B43E044D3AD9FBCF602DCF5E6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>The heading for section 414(u) of such Code is amended
by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection">and to Differential Wage
Payments to Members on Active Duty</header-in-text></quote> after
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection">USERRA</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDB49E4AD3782E40D4B86EDDE3F770D53F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Differential
wage payments treated as compensation for individual retirement
plans</header><text>Section 219(f)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(defining compensation) is amended by adding at the end the following new
sentence: <quote>The term <term>compensation</term> includes any differential
wage payment (as defined in section 3401(i)(2)).</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDC862B4B73F21410EAD4AEC063A5D90AB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to plan
years beginning after December 31, 2004.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID02548ABFFBEA40D88DECA2AF8EF50635"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Provisions
relating to plan amendments</header>
<paragraph id="IDCD1B931440BC4BF8AB521782286CDA5B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If this subsection applies to any plan or annuity
contract amendment—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID72B530D2B03D4F41A32D7CC5E0CEC205"><enum>(A)</enum><text>such plan or
contract shall be treated as being operated in accordance with the terms of the
plan or contract during the period described in paragraph (2)(B)(i), and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDB57518116DF74287B649642C23D0DC32"><enum>(B)</enum><text>except as
provided by the Secretary of the Treasury, such plan shall not fail to meet the
requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or the
<act-name parsable-cite="ERISA">Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974</act-name> by reason of such amendment.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID713D4607C8D44DE3BDACE9682AFABD9F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Amendments to
which Section applies</header>
<subparagraph id="IDD8585C30A2EB44F08B097282CECCBE16"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>This subsection shall apply to any amendment to any plan
or annuity contract which is made—</text>
<clause id="ID9E15023CFBDC4AE68CB62D730619A535"><enum>(i)</enum><text>pursuant to any
amendment made by this section, and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID8EC47364454C4195B6BBD942364735A6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>on
or before the last day of the first plan year beginning on or after January 1,
2007.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID114BE759BB604B63A266E34C6ADCA3E1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Conditions</header><text>This
subsection shall not apply to any plan or annuity contract amendment
unless—</text>
<clause id="ID540161116E8A4E57B8C8AF04355655A0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>during the period
beginning on the date the amendment described in subparagraph (A)(i) takes
effect and ending on the date described in subparagraph (A)(ii) (or, if
earlier, the date the plan or contract amendment is adopted), the plan or
contract is operated as if such plan or contract amendment were in effect;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID2A71AA54042D44F2AFD1F6F113684C09"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>such plan or
contract amendment applies retroactively for such period.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDFAB38BA7713C416C89C449C55FED40F7"><enum>2105.</enum><header>Ready
Reserve-National Guard employee credit and Ready Reserve-National Guard
replacement employee credit</header>
<subsection id="IDA6BBF8E6FFC44430A97BBD3F855D5AEC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Ready
Reserve-National Guard credit</header>
<paragraph id="ID2BC5B18E219B4FA78E1FC99FAF5781ED"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to business-related credits) is amended
by inserting after section 45I the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID43AE27487C2A49A893C9B8021FBB33AD">
<section id="IDB891C237A03F471AB526D87904BC9AF6"><enum>45J.</enum><header>Ready
Reserve-National Guard employee credit</header>
<subsection id="ID2C20889B9E474877B7B436B61C549A39"><enum>(a)</enum><header>General
rule</header><text>For purposes of section 38, in the case of an eligible
taxpayer, the Ready Reserve-National Guard employee credit determined under
this section for any taxable year with respect to each Ready Reserve-National
Guard employee of such taxpayer is an amount equal to 50 percent of the lesser
of—</text>
<paragraph id="ID4B6BFB0912C246E69A5EE0BA5AF76898"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the actual
compensation amount with respect to such employee for such taxable year,
or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDD17ACCEAA5974CB8844A058330F7419B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$30,000.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDBCBF277107144892A1A76984596715AC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definition of
actual compensation amount</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term
<term>actual compensation amount</term> means the amount of compensation paid
or incurred by an eligible taxpayer with respect to a Ready Reserve-National
Guard employee on any day when the employee was absent from employment for the
purpose of performing qualified active duty.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID095DAD8A68EC4A61BE1059A98CCBCA0D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>No
credit shall be allowed with respect to any day that a Ready Reserve-National
Guard employee who performs qualified active duty was not scheduled to work
(for reason other than to participate in qualified active duty).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID00FB64FFF0234968AF5ECF6490ABDCA6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions and
special rules</header><text>For purposes of this section—</text>
<paragraph id="ID33E9F4E1E1F340DD8DF597710BFACC41"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible
taxpayer</header>
<subparagraph id="IDCEF379D15EDE471691A5019D7C1EC5AA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <term>eligible taxpayer</term> means a small
business employer.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID20CBD4223D7546208F2263F98CBFE293"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Small business
employer</header>
<clause id="IDEA6DD9D622A745398CCD07C4A352A90E"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <term>small business employer</term> means, with
respect to any taxable year, any employer who employed an average of 50 or
fewer employees on business days during such taxable year.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDF1971A9207C246A1B787CBFF7980A77D"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Controlled
groups</header><text>For purposes of clause (i), all persons treated as a
single employer under subsection (b), (c), (m), or (o) of section 414 shall be
treated as a single employer.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID6A575BD1E497422FA6A3A14553CC91A9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualified
active duty</header><text>The term <term>qualified active duty</term>
means—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID3307B8B2F9BE4F0BBEC7B09C0D6A0711"><enum>(A)</enum><text>active duty under
an order or call for a period in excess of 179 days or for an indefinite
period, other than the training duty specified in section 10147 of title 10,
United States Code (relating to training requirements for the Ready Reserve),
or section 502(a) of title 32, United States Code (relating to required drills
and field exercises for the National Guard), in connection with which an
employee is entitled to reemployment rights and other benefits or to a leave of
absence from employment under chapter 43 of title 38, United States Code,
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDEA2EEFD749A145B893C7E28BBFFF28E2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>hospitalization
incident to such duty.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID6E80E4561E2746A28B4F3FD4D516C14D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Compensation</header><text>The
term <term>compensation</term> means any remuneration for employment, whether
in cash or in kind, which is paid or incurred by a taxpayer and which is
deductible from the taxpayer’s gross income under section 162(a)(1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDFED8991AF7B249F5A3BF7CF5BAF5DBAD"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Ready
Reserve-National Guard employee</header><text>The term <term>Ready
Reserve-National Guard employee</term> means an employee who is a member of the
Ready Reserve of a reserve component of an Armed Force of the United States as
described in sections 10142 and 10101 of title 10, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID41A20FB453D8483F9C637C01B55C6AF0"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Certain rules
to apply</header><text>Rules similar to the rules of section 52 shall
apply.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID542409C50E094765BC46D41E330DC687"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>This
section shall not apply to any amount paid or incurred after December 31,
2005.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDB9AB59FD8E59426883310460D0D47EB8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Credit to be
part of general business credit</header><text>Subsection (b) of section 38 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to general business credit) is
amended by striking <quote>plus</quote> at the end of paragraph (18), by
striking the period at the end of paragraph (19) and inserting <quote>,
plus</quote>, and by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="IDBE827AD344384ED7ABC27B1133221C1D">
<paragraph id="ID6C2A67010C2D41E2BFE43F758D306884"><enum>(20)</enum><text>the Ready
Reserve-National Guard employee credit determined under section
45J(a).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDD729263B13B54293BF07F45B609E1153"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Denial of
double benefit</header><text>Section 280C(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (relating to rule for employment credits) is amended by inserting
<quote>45J(a),</quote> after <quote>45A(a),</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDE46CFB0D827E44D9855A20062FBDD6B4"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>The table of sections for subpart D of part IV of
subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by
inserting after the item relating to section 45I the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="IDFC1F262A24B34585AB3F855CD252178D" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 45J. Ready Reserve-National Guard
employee
credit.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID36C30926676A475F84EDED637B77D79F"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this subsection shall apply to
amounts paid or incurred after September 30, 2004, in taxable years ending
after such date.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDAC837CC991E343CEBA56331DB2518B25"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Ready
Reserve-National Guard replacement employee credit</header>
<paragraph id="IDDF6883EC75B540009830A2C25779BE06"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Paragraph (1) of section 51(d) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (relating to members of targeted groups) is amended by striking
<quote>or</quote> at the end of subparagraph (G), by striking the period at the
end of subparagraph (H) and inserting <quote>, or</quote> and by adding at the
end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="IDF89180E86B0D4956BA879627334B02DC">
<subparagraph id="IDDAA1B2BF04FA4188986F0FD11205E872"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a qualified
replacement
employee.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDC73EA2D6CDE64956A195A73928BA1F33"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualified
replacement employee</header><text>Section 51(d) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 is amended by redesignating paragraphs (10), (11), and (12) as
paragraphs (11), (12), and (13), respectively, and by inserting after paragraph
(9) the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID981DEA15D861477DA60BB2425BFCDCA6">
<paragraph id="ID5FDDBF7AEE6B43AE9914F2B665694390"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Qualified
replacement employee</header>
<subparagraph id="IDC32E8281BC1D498B899FC871EFC9A60D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <term>qualified replacement employee</term>
means an individual who is certified by the designated local agency as being
hired by an eligible taxpayer to replace a Ready Reserve-National Guard
employee of such taxpayer, but only with respect to the period during which
such Ready Reserve-National Guard employee participates in qualified active
duty, including time spent in travel status.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2A78E34C428E416B96E1FB87C24E1CF4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>General
definitions and special rules</header><text>For purposes of this
paragraph—</text>
<clause id="ID265DD82D243B4F1C92692CC9875D60CA"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Eligible
taxpayer</header><text>The term <term>eligible taxpayer</term> means a small
business employer.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID4DEB7681D9D649719ACF8F24A3C61CC1"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Small business
employer</header>
<subclause id="ID39C812C6CDB2432A97E4D5FE5846A17A"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <term>small business employer</term> means, with
respect to any taxable year, any employer who employed an average of 50 or
fewer employees on business days during such taxable year.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID4B1B729DD9394AD88876CC1BBE5F1CD4"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Controlled
groups</header><text>For purposes of subclause (I), all persons treated as a
single employer under subsection (b), (c), (m), or (o) of section 414 shall be
treated as a single employer.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID5933428A74F84CA2AF2CEBFEE8F0C935"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Ready
Reserve-National Guard employee</header><text>The term <term>Ready
Reserve-National Guard employee</term> has the meaning given such term by
section 45J(d)(3).</text>
</clause><clause id="ID5A301CF02C364B4A969DF01E5596877B"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Qualified
active duty</header><text>The term <term>qualified active duty</term> has the
meaning given such term by section 45J(d)(1).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID244CBFC20FBD4524A7C2715AC3159D4E"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Disallowance
for failure to comply with employment or reemployment rights of members of the
reserve components of the Armed Forces of the United States</header><text>No
credit shall be allowed under subsection (a) by reason of paragraph (1)(I) to a
taxpayer for—</text>
<clause id="ID0DAA78F7D2F54903A2DFF46D74786178"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any taxable year,
beginning after the date of the enactment of this section, in which the
taxpayer is under a final order, judgment, or other process issued or required
by a district court of the United States under section 4323 of title 38 of the
United States Code with respect to a violation of chapter 43 of such title,
and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID7C272A852ACF4AE78D9CA3DC49C3FF8F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the 2 succeeding
taxable
years.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID42AD6B748423490C93E7EDC42C35B65E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this subsection shall apply to
amounts paid or incurred to an individual who begins work for the employer
after September 30, 2004.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDCD0A167B735A487DB09D48E099CABA07"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Study by
GAO</header>
<paragraph id="ID23D55013F04E4F6AA0C25F3D8097BE99"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Comptroller General of the United States shall study
the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="IDB18615F558CF41459BCD4F52D3F3D3C0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>What, if any,
problems exist in recruiting individuals for a reserve component of an Armed
Force of the United States.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDE38D190FC1C24581A31A237C0D2C0C61"><enum>(B)</enum><text>What, if any,
problems exist as the result of providing differential wage payments (as
defined in section 3401(i)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by
this Act)) to individuals described in subparagraph (A) in the recruitment and
retention of individuals as regular members of the Armed Forces of the United
States.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDE1749FB57B9D4743B7982DFBA5B54D8A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Whether the
credit allowed under section 45J of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added
by this section) is an effective incentive for the hiring and retention of
employees who are individuals described in subparagraph (A) and whether there
exists any compliance problems in the administration of such credit.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDA7DB09CE84EB4D0AB87FCD8F673D2C32"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The
Comptroller General of the United States shall report on the results of the
study required under paragraph (1) to the Committee of Finance of the Senate
and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives before July
1, 2005.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID072E4107F0444B5CAFEAC15D9B31E6DA"><enum>2106.</enum><header>Nonreduction
in pay while Federal employee is performing active service in the uniformed
services or National Guard</header>
<subsection id="ID56A31C601EC84031B6F975B03E69B94A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Preservation of
pay level</header>
<paragraph id="IDB239A819A5084C26B077B11F19A445F1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>Subchapter
IV of chapter 55 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="IDB8917FAD0E8C417C89CD419AABA0C288" style="USC">
<section id="IDAC06B112E1044C8DA6260948E8055F68"><enum>5538.</enum><header>Nonreduction
in pay while serving in the uniformed services or National Guard</header>
<subsection id="ID19BFBCC3FEF9441AAC6DD3BBDE8141D2"><enum>(a)</enum><text>An employee who
is absent from a position of employment with the Federal Government in order to
perform active duty in the uniformed services pursuant to a call or order to
active duty under a provision of law referred to in section 101(a)(13)(B) of
title 10 shall be entitled, while serving on active duty, to receive, for each
pay period described in subsection (b), an amount equal to the amount by
which—</text>
<paragraph id="ID9884A239D3C642D78BAFBD0488BB8208"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the amount of
basic pay which would otherwise have been payable to such employee for such pay
period if such employee’s civilian employment with the Government had not been
interrupted by that service, exceeds (if at all)</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1D140879EFE6482A8C0017B4483FDB04"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the amount of pay
and allowances which (as determined under subsection (d))—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID1C123CD36D9E4DA2B9860E3193F3B7C6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is payable to
such employee for that service; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDE79E8A971D084A309955D6EDBD1BC809"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is allocable to
such pay period.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDA9B8B0EE835E47038C72F0AF192EFF44"><enum>(b)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="IDA2EF3A10ECF942EA85841B1E2490F79C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Amounts under this
section shall be payable with respect to each pay period (which would otherwise
apply if the employee’s civilian employment had not been interrupted)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID41EB782917F64842A3735B65C6C10621" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>during which such employee is entitled
to reemployment rights under chapter 43 of title 38 with respect to the
position from which such employee is absent (as referred to in subsection (a));
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2736D5A480DA468B9B811EFCB5030FDF" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for which such employee does not
otherwise receive basic pay (including by taking any annual, military, or other
paid leave) to which such employee is entitled by virtue of such employee’s
civilian employment with the Government.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID777C781DBE8D4F03890A6A40F2DC17F7" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For purposes of this section, the
period during which an employee is entitled to reemployment rights under
chapter 43 of title 38—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID6B5DDFAE1F574A5EA82A04420C102A3C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall be determined disregarding the
provisions of section 4312(d) of title 38; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDD36CEA5EF9C74F9B99F0359B28A54AC7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall include any period of time
specified in section 4312(e) of title 38 within which an employee may report or
apply for employment or reemployment following completion of service on active
duty to which called or ordered as described in subsection (a).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID743E72765B8B41A79281505B3B6017DD"><enum>(c)</enum><text>Any amount
payable under this section to an employee shall be paid—</text>
<paragraph id="ID6B6F80EDD6004EE283D081AC6D157E10"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by such
employee’s employing agency;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID379BBADFFE3B4A8D8169BC4A8CA1F46E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>from the
appropriation or fund which would be used to pay the employee if such employee
were in a pay status; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID86FF1FBFC69A4EE99F632A1187F7EF5A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to the extent
practicable, at the same time and in the same manner as would basic pay if such
employee’s civilian employment had not been interrupted.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDCC07CE357F8742368BE3A3EFC9D0E891"><enum>(d)</enum><text>The Office of
Personnel Management shall, in consultation with Secretary of Defense,
prescribe any regulations necessary to carry out the preceding provisions of
this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID7A053FDB36BF4BF79244434FDC2B9B45"><enum>(e)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ID66AB54A37BDE4D25A53507BA675FC8D5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The head of each agency
referred to in section 2302(a)(2)(C)(ii) shall, in consultation with the
Office, prescribe procedures to ensure that the rights under this section apply
to the employees of such agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID360449E3CAD24BE9BF0AB5D73A8CBCE7" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Administrator of the Federal
Aviation Administration shall, in consultation with the Office, prescribe
procedures to ensure that the rights under this section apply to the employees
of that agency.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID33D0630563B648B0B1AC7D0A59A72193"><enum>(f)</enum><text>For purposes of
this section—</text>
<paragraph id="ID28E750FC19484EDA88318B9B1034B827"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the terms
<term>employee</term>, <term>Federal Government</term>, and <term>uniformed
services</term> have the same respective meanings as given them in section 4303
of title 38;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID51D9E4C20FD248FCAA79930006428008"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term
<term>employing agency</term>, as used with respect to an employee entitled to
any payments under this section, means the agency or other entity of the
Government (including an agency referred to in section 2302(a)(2)(C)(ii)) with
respect to which such employee has reemployment rights under chapter 43 of
title 38; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDEFF4112B5F2B442FA93CC96D7831103A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term
<term>basic pay</term> includes any amount payable under section
5304.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDC37B9F70D351428586B88333CB088F54"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections for chapter 55 of title 5, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 5537
the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="IDE393F57FA9734E3195BABA5716F3DB17" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">5538. Nonreduction in pay while serving in
the uniformed services or National
Guard.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDF261EF33E82647C6AE92F192314C0682"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header>
<paragraph id="IDFAE313CDFEA74D749B2DD2C0C364C5D5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 5538 of title 5, United States Code (as added by
subsection (a)), shall apply with respect to pay periods (as described in
subsection (b) of such section) beginning on or after the date of the enactment
of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID62CDADCF49354A1EA36FEF5586E19386"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conditional
retroactive application</header>
<subparagraph id="ID262FEA3236E64391BB0BA4A53168573F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Section 5538 of
title 5, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), shall apply with
respect to pay periods (as described in subsection (b) of such section)
beginning on or after October 11, 2002 through the date of the enactment of
this Act, subject to the availability of appropriations.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID65C7A2F9FFF84410885D5F8FF55164A4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>There are
authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 for purposes of subparagraph
(A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>XXII</enum><header>National Guard
and reserve comprehensive health benefits</header>
<section id="ID39C80A64F2134AC5A0FA4B965AB19CCB"><enum>2201.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>National Guard and Reserve
Comprehensive Health Benefits Act of 2005</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="ID0547C05CC06D40ADA66D3722CE46236C"><enum>2202.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress makes the following
findings:</text>
<paragraph id="ID1E34EE15C6064EC1B9D2E41A505B006C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>According to the
results of a Department of Defense survey conducted in 2000, 20 percent of
members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces, including 40 percent of
junior enlisted personnel, had no health care coverage while not on active
duty.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID18CCC69CB4584CEF850D1B942F7C41EA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In 2004, Congress
passed legislation authorizing reservists to obtain access to the military
TRICARE health care program for one year for each 90-day period of active duty
service. While the enactment of this law was an important step forward, the law
only provides eligibility for health care after active duty has been completed
and fails to provide the complete health care coverage necessary to ensure that
reservists are medically ready to answer a future call to active duty.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID763B60F90A994A1B8F710C43811AB08B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>In September
2004, the Government Accountability Office, after reviewing pre-deployment
health screenings of over 240,000 reservists, reported finding that nearly 7
percent of activated reservists were categorized as nondeployable for health
reasons, including nearly 10 percent of the Army Reserve.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID228A98A708C6458EAA9A580AFE493167"><enum>2203.</enum><header>TRICARE
coverage for members of the Ready Reserve</header>
<subsection id="ID4FA07365A3D9410DA6C3F6049EE75262"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>Section
1076b of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="IDB2886651EEA14542AFC772AA6304290D" style="USC">
<section id="IDD8BA1C2D48E640CB88FE26839712D2F8"><enum>1076b.</enum><header>TRICARE
program: coverage for members of the Ready Reserve</header>
<subsection id="ID3A529A134D8E4BC790619B334ED18148"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>Members
of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve of a reserve component of the
armed forces and members of the Individual Ready Reserve described in
subsection 10144(b) of this title are eligible, subject to subsection (h)(1),
to enroll in the following TRICARE program options:</text>
<paragraph id="IDFFE908F105AC4B21BC7AFE16AD56CA57"><enum>(1)</enum><text>TRICARE
Prime.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID396749BCACB740BD9EBB633898C5D4E7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>TRICARE
Standard.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID38BF242EDCC949E49531EEABE023F533"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Types of
coverage</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ID9550A3D786D54BA29E1D4159AFB23F30"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A member eligible under
subsection (a) may enroll for either of the following types of coverage:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID873629FF86F344928714374277D4E06A" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Self alone coverage.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDB4CA6CFCBE2E4B1EB82D6A859363A775" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Self and family coverage.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDDAD976F4E34C4ECB827A5DF7990676A5" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An enrollment by a member for self
and family covers the member and the dependents of the member who are described
in subparagraph (A), (D), or (I) of section 1072(2) of this title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDC74DF690FDA1455EB8C52B60271AE7F3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Open enrollment
periods</header><text>The Secretary of Defense shall provide for at least one
open enrollment period each year. During an open enrollment period, a member
eligible under subsection (a) may enroll in the TRICARE program or change or
terminate an enrollment in the TRICARE program.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID1E52978562FB4AB7A90B0033ECDC5B12"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Scope of
care</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ID7E514BBDF2F44AB7B85C7DE06FCBEEAC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A
member and the dependents of a member enrolled in the TRICARE program under
this section shall be entitled to the same benefits under this chapter as a
member of the uniformed services on active duty or a dependent of such a
member, respectively.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDD4081FD3E895455882388504A3B578D2" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 1074(c) of this title shall
apply with respect to a member enrolled in the TRICARE program under this
section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID922226896713455FBD0D8470D057B3A6"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Premiums</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="IDA08F48B65F914202B2890E244A4A4375"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary of
Defense shall charge premiums for coverage pursuant to enrollments under this
section. The Secretary shall prescribe for each of the TRICARE program options
referred to in subsection (a) a premium for self alone coverage and a premium
for self and family coverage.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID922C5D3CC5B74475A5C2F207F824879D" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The monthly amount of the premium in
effect for a month for a type of coverage under this section shall be the
amount equal to 28 percent of the total amount determined by the Secretary on
an appropriate actuarial basis as being reasonable for the coverage.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID206F2C52555F477DB2B0819C1DD81252" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The premiums payable by a member
under this subsection may be deducted and withheld from basic pay payable to
the member under section 204 of title 37 or from compensation payable to the
member under section 206 of such title. The Secretary shall prescribe the
requirements and procedures applicable to the payment of premiums by members
not entitled to such basic pay or compensation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDE8C90CE4D23C4F34A84B81DC8E168D7B" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Amounts collected as premiums under
this subsection shall be credited to the appropriation available for the
Defense Health Program Account under section 1100 of this title, shall be
merged with sums in such Account that are available for the fiscal year in
which collected, and shall be available under subsection (b) of such section
for such fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID7857B18609C040C2B581555F57830EEA"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Other
charges</header><text>A person who receives health care pursuant to an
enrollment in a TRICARE program option under this section, including a member
who receives such health care, shall be subject to the same deductibles,
copayments, and other nonpremium charges for health care as apply under this
chapter for health care provided under the same TRICARE program option to
dependents described in subparagraph (A), (D), or (I) of section 1072(2) of
this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID5F6CABCA3B9B4F7B820324096BAD88D8"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Termination of
enrollment</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ID867EF413C76445EE95CCAB541D67A95A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A member enrolled in
the TRICARE program under this section may terminate the enrollment only during
an open enrollment period provided under subsection (c), except as provided in
subsection (h)(2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID31ED3E7F052042F3AB50EB71E5935763" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An enrollment of a member for self
alone or for self and family under this section shall terminate on the first
day of the first month beginning after the date on which the member ceases to
be eligible under subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID761E9D1934A749688775015C535009F1" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The enrollment of a member under this
section may be terminated on the basis of failure to pay the premium charged
the member under this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID3BA57BE707A643599A8F605D43230D0E"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Relationship to
transition TRICARE coverage upon separation from active duty</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="IDE03AE49EFD9F4284910F8BF5CC057217"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A member may not enroll
in the TRICARE program under this section while entitled to transitional health
care under subsection (a) of section 1145 of this title or while authorized to
receive health care under subsection (c) of such section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID110E561E1A9940DCA91FD1EB92CA7210" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A member who enrolls in the TRICARE
program under this section within 90 days after the date of the termination of
the member’s entitlement or eligibility to receive health care under subsection
(a) or (c) of section 1145 of this title may terminate the enrollment at any
time within one year after the date of the enrollment.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDB0191E8D5BFC4D8DBC897C8348FFB34A"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the other administering Secretaries,
shall prescribe regulations for the administration of this
section.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="ID50AAD2683E704B0E896A26AFCBB0D000"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header>
<paragraph id="ID7FC6DBEB95F04614B395C3EBB7709D4A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>TRICARE
options</header><text>Section 1072 of title 10, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID076A3159C46543B3A729D81F25B3A349">
<paragraph id="ID89923CD297164A30A15349AD9214F95C"><enum>(10)</enum><text>The term
<term>TRICARE Prime</term> means the managed care option of the TRICARE
program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID523F010674B94F1EB03D2299A499412E"><enum>(11)</enum><text>The term
<term>TRICARE Standard</term> means the Civilian Health and Medical Program of
the Uniformed Services option under the TRICARE
program.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDC410E064BF804E54ABF66F622FDA1869"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<subparagraph id="ID34BEF7CFE52340FABC983D8F4023D912"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Section 1076d(f)
of such title is amended—</text>
<clause id="ID2FF1362E90BA4FC697D95842573FF5D3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking “(f) <header-in-text>Definitions</header-in-text>.—” and all that
follows through “(1) The” and inserting “(f) <header-in-text>Immediate Family
Defined</header-in-text>.—In this section, the”; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID944FEB9685BD48D3AC13814F1E011475"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking paragraph (2).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID059A7860D161498CBE9602C314917C99"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Section 1097a(f)
of such title is amended by striking
“<header-in-text>Definitions</header-in-text>.—In this section:” and all that
follows through “(2) The term” and inserting “<header-in-text>Catchment Area
Defined</header-in-text>.—In this section, the term”.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID07DCF06489E2448B8B533B6173A72FCD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Period for
implementation</header><text>Section 1076b of title 10, United States Code (as
added by subsection (a)), shall apply with respect to months that begin on or
after the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this
Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID1BF538DDA1394A76ABB458CC0BA93E6F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Coordination
with overlapping authority</header>
<paragraph id="ID3C059B221AEF41CF90E99269266F06B3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text>Effective
one year after the date of the enactment of this Act—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID93E9DBE772E84FA9A6CD408303EDA3CE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>section 1076d of
title 10, United States Code, is repealed; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID765937E2DDFF4C6687FAD4A7A36F575B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the table of
sections at the beginning of chapter 55 of such title is amended by striking
the item relating to section 1076d.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDE59D7A4065AD4AFB9A6FC94E08A297DD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Transition
coverage</header><text>The Secretary of Defense shall provide for an orderly
transition to TRICARE coverage under section 1076b of title 10, United States
Code (as amended by subsection (a)), for persons enrolled for TRICARE coverage
under section 1076d of such title before the repeal of such section takes
effect under paragraph (1)(A).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID4D22064B04094086882C97547731767A"><enum>2204.</enum><header>Allowance for
continuation of non-tricare health benefits coverage for certain mobilized
Reserves</header>
<subsection id="ID96A4A868B60F471A89D6369D86B06827"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Payment of
premiums</header>
<paragraph id="ID364562116A344CFF9261D9FA374AD097"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement to
pay premiums</header><text>Chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after section 1078a the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID89F32677716E4AD78F762F39C4B57979" style="USC">
<section id="ID75EE2A94089142D1AF1BAA69EADF8AC3"><enum>1078b.</enum><header>Continuation
of non-tricare health benefits plan coverage for certain Reserves called or
ordered to active duty and their dependents</header>
<subsection id="ID969B4394AF9140619208AA4154531D23"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Payment of
premiums</header><text>The Secretary concerned shall pay the applicable premium
to continue in force any qualified health benefits plan coverage for an
eligible reserve component member for the benefits coverage continuation period
if timely elected by the member in accordance with regulations prescribed under
subsection (j).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDF4658BF5E3704AF88FA4E9125A1FF06E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible
member</header><text>A member of a reserve component is eligible for payment of
the applicable premium for continuation of qualified health benefits plan
coverage under subsection (a) while serving on active duty pursuant to a call
or order issued under a provision of law referred to in section 101(a)(13)(B)
of this title during a war or national emergency declared by the President or
Congress.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID5C8AEFE6CD29412F8D44DDE31B5DDF33"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Qualified
health benefits plan coverage</header><text>For the purposes of this section,
health benefits plan coverage for a member called or ordered to active duty is
qualified health benefits plan coverage if—</text>
<paragraph id="ID26A5C02D5946480ABDB189ACA5D800EC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the coverage was
in force on the date on which the Secretary notified the member that issuance
of the call or order was pending or, if no such notification was provided, the
date of the call or order;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID30998A8BB1224BAA931818AA0B9D1D94"><enum>(2)</enum><text>on such date, the
coverage applied to the member and dependents of the member described in
subparagraph (A), (D), or (I) of section 1072(2) of this title; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDCCF5EC68AAE148EEA7F1B33C76877FBA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the coverage has
not lapsed.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDDE58161DE99042A7A725CB703B4DDB81"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Applicable
premium</header><text>The applicable premium payable under this section for
continuation of health benefits plan coverage in the case of a member is the
amount of the premium payable by the member for the coverage of the member and
dependents.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDABAEAEB39D4E4BE9ACBCD97CA58E247C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Maximum
amount</header><text>The total amount that may be paid for the applicable
premium of a health benefits plan for a member under this section in a fiscal
year may not exceed the amount determined by multiplying—</text>
<paragraph id="IDF582CDF5F3AA4347A9C1EA7D4AC35E1A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the sum of one
plus the number of the member’s dependents covered by the health benefits plan,
by</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID092A6FFFB4FC4974BCBC1D95D0BC9F4A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the per capita
cost of providing TRICARE coverage and benefits for dependents under this
chapter for such fiscal year, as determined by the Secretary of Defense.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDA2DC2747BCA84018824B858C882C1425"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Benefits
coverage continuation period</header><text>The benefits coverage continuation
period under this section for qualified health benefits plan coverage in the
case of a member called or ordered to active duty is the period that—</text>
<paragraph id="ID0556CC6036554566A6405CDF5FC3FB5A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>begins on the
date of the call or order; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDDB8A0773C9494F2E80A06CCEC4E5C950"><enum>(2)</enum><text>ends on the
earlier of the date on which—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID799C67A7639B4E37AB7F0478BD5A281B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the member’s
eligibility for transitional health care under section 1145(a) of this title
terminates under paragraph (3) of such section; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDDE92CD1F8CCF4B1E8DAB0ABFA269B382"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the member elects
to terminate the continued qualified health benefits plan coverage of the
dependents of the member.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID4285BAFAD48245EBAF7275FF227C5E12"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Extension of
period of COBRA coverage</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of
law—</text>
<paragraph id="ID6EFE0802C4514534A47E03FB124699CB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any period of
coverage under a COBRA continuation provision (as defined in section 9832(d)(1)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) for a member under this section shall be
deemed to be equal to the benefits coverage continuation period for such member
under this section; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDC9411B1647AC459DA7B0EDD8D0F2700C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>with respect to
the election of any period of coverage under a COBRA continuation provision (as
so defined), rules similar to the rules under section 4980B(f)(5)(C) of such
Code shall apply.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDB1DBA323AD6746C69DAAC985D8320A37"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Nonduplication
of benefits</header><text>A dependent of a member who is eligible for benefits
under qualified health benefits plan coverage paid on behalf of a member by the
Secretary concerned under this section is not eligible for benefits under the
TRICARE program during a period of the coverage for which so paid.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID6A75416BFBB1421691E189A890524018"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Revocability of
election</header><text>A member who makes an election under subsection (a) may
revoke the election. Upon such a revocation, the member’s dependents shall
become eligible for benefits under the TRICARE program as provided for under
this chapter.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID18FB4FEB53A14B949D0F02F42FAF6FAD"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations for carrying out this section.
The regulations shall include such requirements for making an election of
payment of applicable premiums as the Secretary considers
appropriate.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6EC34B0B1D814DD18B64C70F9E732D8A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter
is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1078a the following
new item:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID5F131BE06E4647338280E475DD8B58D5" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">1078b. Continuation of non-TRICARE health
benefits plan coverage for certain Reserves called or ordered to active duty
and their
dependents.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID338A3EFF213F420993CF3240633C1AEC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>Section
1078b of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), shall apply
with respect to calls or orders of members of reserve components of the Armed
Forces to active duty as described in subsection (b) of such section, that are
issued by the Secretary of a military department on or after the date of the
enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>XXIII</enum><header>Improved
death gratuity and other survivor benefits</header>
<section id="ID4FD795306A1B47A59090EDBA87CBB23A"><enum>2301.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress makes the following
findings:</text>
<paragraph id="IDEBD4FD6BE74D4A4D8CDA3E68DA0F5FE7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>No amount of
money can make up for the loss of a loved one. But the United States can, and
is obliged to, honor the service of lost servicemembers by ensuring that their
families are financially supported at the time of great need occasioned by
those losses.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7B8554A3A29042F6A4E7B08CD22CC6C8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Federal
Government owes families of servicemembers dying on duty a death gratuity that
is sufficient to help each family pay for costs associated with the death of
the servicemember and to help the members of the family adjust to the financial
instability that results from termination of the servicemember’s income.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDDC8F2003BC3C4279B68359B76737B14D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Survivors of
fallen military personnel who are eligible for both a Survivor Benefit Plan
annuity and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation suffer a loss of income as a
result of the law that requires a reduction in the Survivor Benefit Plan
annuity by the amount of the Dependency and Indemnity Compensation. This unjust
prohibition against concurrent receipt of two independent benefits prevents the
United States from fulfilling its obligation to the survivors during the time
of financial need that is occasioned by the deaths of the fallen
servicemembers.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID2FA786588DFE44749ED9C9950E9D5DBE"><enum>2302.</enum><header>Increased
amount of death gratuity</header>
<subsection id="IDAC0DD58C5D9A45D5BF93635BB5C9F25D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amount of death
gratuity</header><text>Section 1478(a) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by striking <quote>$12,000</quote> in the first sentence and inserting
<quote>$100,000</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID07BA1F9A60874D18B69F21D29B804831"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect as of
September 11, 2001, and shall apply with respect to deaths occurring on or
after that date.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID11070472BCB84526B485DDAFB6CD6F34"><enum>2303.</enum><header>Death
gratuity excludable from Federal income taxation</header>
<subsection id="ID01E8B2AE7A9842E2AE0D754FBB4002D0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Paragraph (1) of section 134(b) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (relating to certain military benefits) is amended by adding at
the end the following new flush sentence:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID68EFB1BA2F6D44DAB82E28FF4D9B3BDB">
<paragraph id="ID423B7A9484C44FCB9D444BB370967B9C"><enum></enum><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Such term shall include any death gratuity
to which the limitation in section 1478(a) of title 10, United States Code,
applies.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="ID83505C0C531B420EBC2F330DB6646996"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to amounts
paid with respect to deaths occurring on or after September 11, 2001.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDFC2A25125C1D48A8B29159051CAFE255"><enum>2304.</enum><header>Repeal of
requirement of reduction of SBP survivor annuities by Dependency and Indemnity
Compensation</header>
<subsection id="IDD8DE0BA7409044728E19CA77345DA237"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text>Subchapter
II of chapter 73 of title 10, United States Code is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDBD7A0D88929C40FFB384C81A484D2879"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section
1450(c)(1), by inserting after <quote>to whom section 1448 of this title
applies</quote> the following: <quote>(except in the case of a death as
described in subsection (d) or (f) of such section)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDAE8D6562734D4054AC1F45324854F05F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section
1451(c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDF4BCB98249174C06809D81A320DF55CD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (2); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID06EA2CBAC1C64D3E8D3176EC786362FC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID68C37B54306743BF9D5268339656965E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prohibition on
retroactive benefits</header><text>No benefits may be paid to any person for
any period before the effective date provided under subsection (e) by reason of
the amendments made by subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID6BFCADECCAA24DB1A09518100B55388D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Prohibition on
recoupment of certain amounts previously refunded to SBP
recipients</header><text>A surviving spouse who is or has been in receipt of an
annuity under the Survivor Benefit Plan under subchapter II of chapter 73 of
title 10, United States Code, that is in effect before the effective date
provided under subsection (e) and that is adjusted by reason of the amendments
made by subsection (a) and who has received a refund of retired pay under
section 1450(e) of title 10, United States Code, shall not be required to repay
such refund to the United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDA6881F92313D481B847CED5C40DBBC99"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reconsideration
of optional annuity</header><text>Section 1448(d)(2) of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new sentences: <quote>The
surviving spouse, however, may elect to terminate an annuity under this
subparagraph in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary
concerned. Upon such an election, payment of an annuity to dependent children
under this subparagraph shall terminate effective on the first day of the first
month that begins after the date on which the Secretary concerned receives
notice of the election, and, beginning on that day, an annuity shall be paid to
the surviving spouse under paragraph (1) instead.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDE0F1CA11506E46269920920AE4A0DA98"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the
later of—</text>
<paragraph id="ID89AA9E6FE371416687AB2DE9CDCF9AA3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the first day of
the first month that begins after the date of the enactment of this Act;
or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDF0E743BDA3244570AF425C6B97E2DAF1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the first day of
the fiscal year that begins in the calendar year in which this Act is
enacted.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDB7D09E7508E74D98893F0B161897B010"><enum>2305.</enum><header>Effective
date for paid-up coverage under Survivor Benefit Plan</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1452(j) of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by striking <quote>October 1, 2008</quote> and inserting
<quote>October 1, 2005</quote>.</text>
</section>C
<enum>XXXI</enum><header>Funding of
reconstruction in Iraq</header>
<section id="IDCFB33C89C60949F4BFF6AFD7FA60C47D"><enum>3101.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress makes the following
findings:</text>
<paragraph id="ID7F9D45349F4640E9A83F0B584F8CA72B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The international
community’s support for Iraq’s efforts to reconstruct the infrastructure of
Iraq following the overthrow of Saddam Hussein’s regime is critical to the
achievement of regional and international stability and to the protection of
national security interests of the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3FEB77A873714A578B5AC40DBFD9B5BC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>United States
taxpayers have borne a disproportionate burden in supporting the reconstruction
of Iraq. The United States Government has committed to providing Iraq with
grants of financial assistance worth more than 500 percent more than the grant
assistance that has been committed by the governments of all of the rest of the
countries of the world combined.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID568C0037DE864968A7C4EB570C006CBA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The
disproportionate contribution of the United States to the reconstruction of
Iraq has resulted in a commitment of United States resources to reconstruction
that otherwise would be available for supporting the efforts of United States
military personnel to rid Iraq and Afghanistan of hostile insurgents.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID03710A3CAE93457F81226571A202847A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Iraq possesses
the world’s second largest reserve of crude oil, with 112,000,000,000 barrels,
and administration officials have stated on several occasions that revenue from
Iraq’s oil industry could fund a significant portion of the costs of the
reconstruction of Iraq.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="IDD763684E30EB4270A63E992A82F98D7C"><enum>3102.</enum><header>Report on
additional needs for funding military and reconstruction efforts</header>
<subsection id="IDDDFDC179B2904B28AD5AEE51ADDDA50A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement for
report</header><text>Whenever the President submits to Congress a request for a
supplemental appropriation of funds for use in connection with United States
military or reconstruction efforts in Iraq, the President shall submit to the
chairmen and ranking members of the appropriate committees of Congress in
accordance with this section a report on the status of United States financial
commitments to the reconstruction of Iraq.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID2EDE4A2CDA634F369E454A06C978FD34"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Content</header><text>The
report under subsection (a) shall include the following information:</text>
<paragraph id="ID69CC9B67A6B5436E947C05AA52637EF0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An estimate of
the amount of the United States Government funds spent for the reconstruction
of Iraq between March 19, 2003, and the date of the report that is attributable
to tax revenue collected from United States taxpayers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID80C18FE594484A6996035EAE7B6CA727"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An assessment of
the activities funded by that amount, together with a discussion of the results
that such activities have achieved.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID99AC43A5753348338385128DFBB94D1D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>An estimate of
the amount of the funds that have been contributed by all other foreign
governments for the reconstruction of Iraq and in relief of Iraq’s national
debt.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDD63C2E68FE6C4ECC84DB21A9A5569AFA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The amount of the
crude oil that has been extracted by Iraq since March 19, 2003, and the total
value of that oil in United States dollars.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDC8A4E7194CB846CA881B3E63D3ABC0BE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Time for
report</header><text>The President shall submit the report under this section
not later than 24 hours after any proposed legislation to provide a
supplemental appropriation of funds requested by the President for use in
connection with United States military or reconstruction activities in Iraq is
introduced in either the Senate or the House of Representatives.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID696C4F87133543DEA49F47037D6F58F0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Form</header><text>The
report under this section shall be submitted in unclassified form.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID492A42174CB641F0876D4456C16E7F70"><enum>3103.</enum><header>Limitation on
use of funds</header>
<subsection id="ID165A3052415243458206B9001271F5E3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Funds
appropriated or otherwise available for providing financial assistance for
reconstruction activities in Iraq may not be obligated or expended for
providing financial assistance for such activities other than in the form of a
collateralized loan until the President submits to the chairmen and ranking
members of the appropriate committees of Congress a report that contains the
following matters:</text>
<paragraph id="IDBF410D3C8C464178B3CCAB9F01298040"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The President’s
plan for seeking increased financial support for reconstruction activities in
Iraq from the international community.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID415DDC2CF9A64EFCA5C260B65F100360"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The President’s
statement that he has determined that—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDB55EA99C84F64D48A0D07102C8138040"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Iraq is incapable
of producing sufficient revenues from its oil industry to pay for future
reconstruction activities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3BE16F2EAB66486BAB61F478AD990701"><enum>(B)</enum><text>it is not in the
national security interests of the United States for the United States to
provide financial assistance for reconstruction activities in Iraq solely in
the form of loans.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDEAE214F88B8A410EAFDFA6568AFD45DA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Waiver
authority</header><text>The President may waive the applicability of the
limitation in subsection (a) to an obligation or expenditure of funds if the
President determines that the applicability of the limitation to such
obligation or expenditure would adversely affect the physical safety of United
States Armed Forces personnel operating in Iraq, except that any such waiver
shall not take effect before the President submits a written notification of
the waiver and determination to the chairmen and ranking members of the
appropriate committees of Congress.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID73EE840AAB4B4F3CA9541307110014C3"><enum>3104.</enum><header>Appropriate
committees of Congress defined</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title, the term <quote>appropriate
committees of Congress</quote> mean the following committees:</text>
<paragraph id="ID35813ABEB9D741B4BD6F2C850DF6A771"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Committee on
Foreign Relations Committee, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee
on Appropriations of the Senate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD5682AE92E3A4812AF9A500F87397959"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Committee on
International Relations, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives.</text>
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