1.This Act may be cited as the Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008
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The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. Congressional defense committees.
DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS
TITLE I—PROCUREMENT
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations
Sec. 101. Army.
Sec. 102. Navy and Marine Corps.
Sec. 103. Air Force.
Sec. 104. Defense-wide activities.
Sec. 105. Rapid Acquisition Fund.
Subtitle B—Army Programs
Sec. 111. Multiyear procurement authority for M1A2 Abrams System Enhancement Package upgrades.
Sec. 112. Multiyear procurement authority for M2A3/M3A3 Bradley fighting vehicle upgrades.
Sec. 113. Stryker Mobile Gun System.
Sec. 114. Consolidation of Joint Network Node program and Warfighter Information Network–Tactical program into single Army tactical network program.
Subtitle C—Navy Programs
Sec. 131. Multiyear procurement authority for Virginia class submarine program.
Subtitle D—Air Force Programs
Sec. 141. Limitation on retirement of C–130E/H tactical airlift aircraft.
Sec. 142. Limitation on retirement of KC–135E aerial refueling aircraft.
TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations
Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 202. Amount for defense science and technology.
Subtitle B—Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations
Sec. 211. Advanced Sensor Applications Program.
Sec. 212. Active protection systems.
Sec. 213. Obligation and expenditure of funds for competitive procurement of propulsion system for the Joint Strike Fighter.
Subtitle C—Missile Defense Programs
Sec. 231. Limitation on availability of funds for procurement, construction, and deployment of missile defenses in Europe.
Sec. 232. Limitation on availability of funds for deployment of missile defense interceptors in Alaska.
Sec. 233. Budget and acquisition requirements for Missile Defense Agency activities.
Sec. 234. Participation of Director, Operational Test and Evaluation, in missile defense test and evaluation activities.
Sec. 235. Extension of Comptroller General assessments of ballistic missile defense programs.
Subtitle D—Other Matters
Sec. 251. Modification of notice and wait requirement for obligation of funds for foreign comparative test program.
Sec. 252. Modification of cost sharing requirement for Technology Transition Initiative.
Sec. 253. Strategic plan for the Manufacturing Technology Program.
Sec. 254. Modification of authorities on coordination of Defense Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research with similar Federal programs.
Sec. 255. Enhancement of defense nanotechnology research and development program.
TITLE III—OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations
Sec. 301. Operation and maintenance funding.
Subtitle B—Environmental Provisions
Sec. 311. Reimbursement of Environmental Protection Agency for certain costs in connection with Moses Lake Wellfield Superfund Site, Moses Lake, Washington.
Sec. 312. Reimbursement of Environmental Protection Agency for certain costs in connection with the Arctic Surplus Superfund Site, Fairbanks, Alaska.
Sec. 313. Payment to Environmental Protection Agency of stipulated penalties in connection with Jackson Park Housing Complex, Washington.
Subtitle C—Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations
Sec. 321. Availability of funds in Defense Information Systems Agency Working Capital Fund for technology upgrades to Defense Information Systems Network.
Sec. 322. Extension of temporary authority for contract performance of security guard functions.
Sec. 323. Report on incremental cost of early 2007 enhanced deployment.
Sec. 324. Individual body armor.
Subtitle D—Workplace and Depot Issues
Sec. 341. Extension of authority for Army industrial facilities to engage in cooperative activities with non-Army entities.
Sec. 342. Two-year extension of Arsenal Support Demonstration Program.
Subtitle E—Other Matters
Sec. 351. Enhancement of corrosion control and prevention functions within Department of Defense.
Sec. 352. Reimbursement for National Guard support provided to Federal agencies.
Sec. 353. Reauthorization of Aviation Insurance Program.
Sec. 354. Property accountability and disposition of unlawfully obtained property of the Armed Forces.
Sec. 355. Authority to impose reasonable conditions on the payment of full replacement value for claims related to personal property transported at Government expense.
Sec. 356. Authority for individuals to retain combat uniforms issued in connection with contingency operations.
Sec. 357. Modification of requirements on Comptroller General report on the readiness of Army and Marine Corps ground forces.
TITLE IV—MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS
Subtitle A—Active Forces
Sec. 401. End strengths for active forces.
Subtitle B—Reserve Forces
Sec. 411. End strengths for Selected Reserve.
Sec. 412. End strengths for Reserves on active duty in support of the reserves.
Sec. 413. End strengths for military technicians (dual status).
Sec. 414. Fiscal year 2008 limitation on number of non-dual status technicians.
Sec. 415. Maximum number of reserve personnel authorized to be on active duty for operational support.
Subtitle C—Authorization of Appropriations
Sec. 421. Military personnel.
TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY
Subtitle A—Officer Personnel Policy
Sec. 501. Increase in authorized strengths for Army officers on active duty in the grade of major to meet force structure requirements.
Sec. 502. Increase in authorized strengths for Navy officers on active duty in grades of lieutenant commander, commander, and captain to meet force structure requirements.
Sec. 503. Expansion of exclusion of military permanent professors from strength limitations for officers below general and flag grades.
Sec. 504. Mandatory retirement age for active-duty general and flag officers continued on active duty.
Sec. 505. Authority for reduced mandatory service obligation for initial appointments of officers in critically short health professional specialties.
Sec. 506. Increase in authorized number of permanent professors at the United States Military Academy.
Sec. 507. Expansion of authority for reenlistment of officers in their former enlisted grade.
Sec. 508. Enhanced authority for reserve general and flag officers to serve on active duty.
Sec. 509. Promotion of career military professors of the Navy.
Subtitle B—Enlisted Personnel Policy
Sec. 521. Increase in authorized daily average of number of members in pay grade E–9.
Subtitle C—Reserve Component Management
Sec. 531. Revised designation, structure, and functions of the Reserve Forces Policy Board.
Sec. 532. Charter for the National Guard Bureau.
Sec. 533. Appointment, grade, duties, and retirement of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau.
Sec. 534. Mandatory separation for years of service of Reserve officers in the grade of lieutenant general or vice admiral.
Sec. 535. Increase in period of temporary Federal recognition as officers of the National Guard from six to twelve months.
Subtitle D—Education and Training
Sec. 551. Grade and service credit of commissioned officers in uniformed medical accession programs.
Sec. 552. Expansion of number of academies supportable in any State under STARBASE program.
Sec. 553. Repeal of post-2007–2008 academic year prohibition on phased increase in cadet strength limit at the United States Military Academy.
Sec. 554. Treatment of Southold, Mattituck, and Greenport High Schools, Southold, New York, as single institution for purposes of maintaining a Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps unit.
Subtitle E—Defense Dependents' Education Matters
Sec. 561. Continuation of authority to assist local educational agencies that benefit dependents of members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense civilian employees.
Sec. 562. Impact aid for children with severe disabilities.
Sec. 563. Inclusion of dependents of non-Department of Defense employees employed on Federal property in plan relating to force structure changes, relocation of military units, or base closures and realignments.
Sec. 564. Authority for payment of private boarding school tuition for military dependents in overseas areas not served by Department of Defense dependents' schools.
Subtitle F—Military Justice and Legal Assistance Matters
Sec. 571. Authority of judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces to administer oaths.
Sec. 572. Military legal assistance for Department of Defense civilian employees in areas without access to non-military legal assistance.
Sec. 573. Modification of authorities on senior members of the Judge Advocate Generals' corps.
Subtitle G—Military Family Readiness
Sec. 581. Department of Defense Military Family Readiness Council.
Sec. 582. Department of Defense policy and plans for military family readiness.
Subtitle H—Other Matters
Sec. 591. Enhancement of carryover of accumulated leave for members of the Armed Forces.
Sec. 592. Uniform policy on performances by military bands.
Sec. 593. Waiver of time limitations on award of Medals of Honor to certain members of the Army.
TITLE VI—COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS
Subtitle A—Pay and Allowances
Sec. 601. Fiscal year 2008 increase in military basic pay.
Sec. 602. Allowance for participation of Reserves in electronic screening.
Sec. 603. Midmonth payment of basic pay for contributions of members participating in Thrift Savings Plan.
Subtitle B—Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays
Sec. 611. Extension of certain bonus and special pay authorities for reserve forces.
Sec. 612. Extension of certain bonus and special pay authorities for health care professionals.
Sec. 613. Extension of special pay and bonus authorities for nuclear officers.
Sec. 614. Extension of authorities relating to payment of other bonuses and special pays.
Sec. 615. Increase in incentive special pay and multiyear retention bonus for medical officers of the Armed Forces.
Sec. 616. Increase in dental officer additional special pay.
Sec. 617. Enhancement of hardship duty pay.
Sec. 618. Inclusion of service as off-cycle crewmember of multi-crewed ship in sea duty for career sea pay.
Sec. 619. Modification of reenlistment bonus for members of the Selected Reserve.
Sec. 620. Increase in years of commissioned service covered by agreements for nuclear-qualified officers extending periods of active duty.
Sec. 621. Authority to waive 25-year active duty limit for retention bonus for critical military skills with respect to certain members.
Sec. 622. Codification and improvement of authority to pay bonus to encourage members of the Army to refer other persons for enlistment in the Army.
Sec. 623. Authority to pay bonus to encourage Department of Defense personnel to refer other persons for appointment as officers to serve in health professions.
Sec. 624. Accession bonus for participants in Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship and Financial Assistance program.
Subtitle C—Travel and Transportation Allowances
Sec. 641. Payment of expenses of travel to the United States for obstetrical purposes of dependents located in very remote locations outside the United States.
Sec. 642. Payment of moving expenses for Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps instructors in hard-to-fill positions.
Subtitle D—Retired Pay and Survivor Benefits
Sec. 651. Modification of scheme for payment of death gratuity payable with respect to members of the Armed Forces.
Sec. 652. Annuities for guardians or caretakers of dependent children under Survivor Benefit Plan.
Sec. 653. Expansion of combat-related special compensation eligibility for chapter 61 military retirees.
Sec. 654. Clarification of application of retired pay multiplier percentage to members of the uniformed services with over 30 years of service.
Sec. 655. Commencement of receipt of non-regular service retired pay by members of the Ready Reserve on active Federal status or active duty for significant periods.
Subtitle E—Education Benefits
Sec. 671. Tuition assistance for off-duty training or education.
Sec. 672. Expansion of Selected Reserve education loan repayment program.
Subtitle F—Other Matters
Sec. 681. Enhancement of authorities on income replacement payments for Reserves experiencing extended and frequent mobilization for active-duty service.
Sec. 682. Overseas naturalization of military family members.
TITLE VII—HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS
Sec. 701. Inclusion of TRICARE retail pharmacy program in Federal procurement of pharmaceuticals.
Sec. 702. Surveys on continued viability of TRICARE Standard and TRICARE Extra.
TITLE VIII—ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED MATTERS
Subtitle A—Provisions Relating to Major Defense Acquisition Programs
Sec. 801. Substantial savings under multiyear contracts.
Sec. 802. Changes to Milestone B certifications.
Sec. 803. Comptroller General report on Department of Defense organization and structure for major defense acquisition programs.
Sec. 804. Investment strategy for major defense acquisition programs.
Sec. 805. Report on implementation of recommendations on total ownership cost for major weapon systems.
Subtitle B—Amendments Relating to General Contracting Authorities, Procedures, and Limitations
Sec. 821. Enhanced competition requirements for task and delivery order contracts.
Sec. 822. Clarification of rules regarding the procurement of commercial items.
Sec. 823. Clarification of rules regarding the procurement of commercial services.
Sec. 824. Modification of competition requirements for purchases from Federal Prison Industries.
Sec. 825. Five-year extension of authority to carry out certain prototype projects.
Sec. 826. Multiyear procurement authority for electricity from renewable energy sources.
Subtitle C—Acquisition Policy and Management
Sec. 841. Joint Requirements Oversight Council.
Sec. 842. Management structure for the procurement of contract services.
Sec. 843. Specification of amounts requested for procurement of contract services.
Sec. 844. Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund.
Sec. 845. Inventories and reviews of contracts for services based on cost or time of performance.
Sec. 846. Internal controls for procurements on behalf of the Department of Defense by certain non-defense agencies.
Subtitle D—Department of Defense Contractor Matters
Sec. 861. Protection for contractor employees from reprisal for disclosure of certain information.
Sec. 862. Requirements for defense contractors relating to certain former Department of Defense officials.
Sec. 863. Report on contractor ethics programs of major defense contractors.
Sec. 864. Report on Department of Defense contracting with contractors or subcontractors employing members of the Selected Reserve.
Subtitle E—Other Matters
Sec. 871. Contractors performing private security functions in areas of combat operations.
Sec. 872. Enhanced authority to acquire products and services produced in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Sec. 873. Defense Science Board review of Department of Defense policies and procedures for the acquisition of information technology.
Sec. 874. Enhancement and extension of acquisition authority for the unified combatant command for joint warfighting experimentation.
Sec. 875. Repeal of requirement for identification of essential military items and military system essential item breakout list.
TITLE IX—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT
Subtitle A—Department of Defense Management
Sec. 901. Repeal of limitation on major Department of Defense headquarters activities personnel.
Sec. 902. Chief management officers of the Department of Defense.
Sec. 903. Modification of background requirement of individuals appointed as Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics.
Sec. 904. Department of Defense Board of Actuaries.
Sec. 905. Assistant Secretaries of the military departments for acquisition matters; principal military deputies.
Sec. 906. Flexible authority for number of Army Deputy Chiefs of Staff and Assistant Chiefs of Staff.
Sec. 907. Sense of Congress on term of office of the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation.
Subtitle B—Space Matters
Sec. 921. Space posture review.
Sec. 922. Additional report on oversight of acquisition for defense space programs.
Subtitle C—Other Matters
Sec. 931. Department of Defense consideration of effect of climate change on Department facilities, capabilities, and missions.
Sec. 932. Board of Regents for the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
Sec. 933. United States Military Cancer Institute.
Sec. 934. Western Hemisphere Center for Excellence in Human Rights.
Sec. 935. Inclusion of commanders of Western Hemisphere combatant commands in Board of Visitors of Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation.
Sec. 936. Comptroller General assessment of proposed reorganization of the office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.
TITLE X—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Subtitle A—Financial Matters
Sec. 1001. General transfer authority.
Sec. 1002. Authorization of additional emergency supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2007.
Sec. 1003. Modification of fiscal year 2007 general transfer authority.
Sec. 1004. United States contribution to NATO common-funded budgets in fiscal year 2008.
Sec. 1005. Financial management transformation initiative for the Defense Agencies.
Sec. 1006. Repeal of requirement for two-year budget cycle for the Department of Defense.
Sec. 1007. Extension of period for transfer of funds to Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Defense account.
Subtitle B—Counter-Drug Activities
Sec. 1011. Expansion of Department of Defense authority to provide support for counter-drug activities to certain additional foreign governments.
Subtitle C—Miscellaneous Authorities and Limitations
Sec. 1021. Enhancement of authority to pay rewards for assistance in combating terrorism.
Sec. 1022. Repeal of modification of authorities relating to the use of the Armed Forces in major public emergencies.
Sec. 1023. Procedures for Combatant Status Review Tribunals; modification of military commission authorities.
Sec. 1024. Gift acceptance authority.
Sec. 1025. Expansion of cooperative agreement authority for management of cultural resources.
Sec. 1026. Minimum annual purchase amounts for airlift from carriers participating in the Civil Reserve Air Fleet.
Sec. 1027. Provision of Air Force support and services to foreign military and state aircraft.
Sec. 1028. Participation in Strategic Airlift Capability Partnership.
Sec. 1029. Responsibility of the Air Force for fixed-wing support of Army intra-theater logistics.
Sec. 1030. Prohibition on sale of parts for F–14 fighter aircraft.
Subtitle D—Reports
Sec. 1041. Renewal of submittal of plans for prompt global strike capability.
Sec. 1042. Report on threats to the United States from ungoverned areas.
Sec. 1043. Study on national security interagency system.
Subtitle E—Other Matters
Sec. 1061. Revised nuclear posture review.
Sec. 1062. Termination of Commission on the Implementation of the New Strategic Posture of the United States.
Sec. 1063. Communications with the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Sec. 1064. Repeal of standards for disqualification from issuance of security clearances by the Department of Defense.
Sec. 1065. Advisory panel on Department of Defense capabilities for support of civil authorities after certain incidents.
Sec. 1066. Sense of Congress on the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation.
Sec. 1067. Technical amendments to title 10, United States Code, arising from enactment of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004.
Sec. 1068. Establishment of National Foreign Language Coordination Council.
Sec. 1069. Qualifications for public aircraft status of aircraft under contract with the Armed Forces.
TITLE XI—CIVILIAN PERSONNEL MATTERS
Sec. 1101. Compensation of Federal wage system employees for certain travel hours.
Sec. 1102. Retirement service credit for service as cadet or midshipman at a military service academy.
Sec. 1103. Continuation of life insurance coverage for Federal employees called to active duty.
Sec. 1104. Department of Defense National Security Personnel System.
Sec. 1105. Authority to waive limitation on premium pay for Federal civilian employees working overseas under areas of United States Central Command.
Sec. 1106. Authority for inclusion of certain Office of Defense Research and Engineering positions in experimental personnel program for scientific and technical personnel.
TITLE XII—MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN NATIONS
Subtitle A—Assistance and Training
Sec. 1201. Authority to equip and train foreign personnel to assist in accounting for missing United States personnel.
Sec. 1202. Extension and enhancement of authority for security and stabilization assistance.
Sec. 1203. Commanders’ Emergency Response Program.
Sec. 1204. Government Accountability Office report on Global Peace Operations Initiative.
Subtitle B—Other Authorities and Limitations
Sec. 1211. Cooperative opportunities documents under cooperative research and development agreements with NATO organizations and other allied and friendly foreign countries.
Sec. 1212. Extension and expansion of temporary authority to use acquisition and cross-servicing agreements to lend military equipment for personnel protection and survivability.
Sec. 1213. Acceptance of funds from the Government of Palau for costs of military Civic Action Teams.
Sec. 1214. Extension of participation of the Department of Defense in multinational military centers of excellence.
Sec. 1215. Limitation on assistance to the Government of Thailand.
Sec. 1216. Presidential report on policy objectives and United States strategy regarding Iran.
Sec. 1217. Limitation on availability of certain funds pending implementation of requirements regarding North Korea.
Subtitle C—Reports
Sec. 1231. Reports on United States policy and military operations in Afghanistan.
Sec. 1232. Strategy for enhancing security in Afghanistan by eliminating safe havens for violent extremists in Pakistan.
Sec. 1233. One-year extension of update on report on claims relating to the bombing of the Labelle Discotheque.
TITLE XIII—COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION WITH STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION
Sec. 1301. Specification of Cooperative Threat Reduction programs and funds.
Sec. 1302. Funding allocations.
Sec. 1303. Specification of Cooperative Threat Reduction programs in states outside the former Soviet Union.
Sec. 1304. Modification of authority to use Cooperative Threat Reduction funds outside the former Soviet Union.
Sec. 1305. Repeal of restrictions on assistance to states of the former Soviet Union for cooperative threat reduction.
Sec. 1306. National Academy of Sciences study of prevention of proliferation of biological weapons.
TITLE XIV—OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS
Subtitle A—Military Programs
Sec. 1401. Working capital funds.
Sec. 1402. National Defense Sealift Fund.
Sec. 1403. Defense Health Program.
Sec. 1404. Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense.
Sec. 1405. Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide.
Sec. 1406. Defense Inspector General.
Sec. 1407. Reduction in certain authorizations due to savings from lower inflation.
Subtitle B—National Defense Stockpile
Sec. 1411. Disposal of ferromanganese.
Sec. 1412. Disposal of chrome metal.
Sec. 1413. Modification of receipt objectives for previously authorized disposals from the national defense stockpile.
Subtitle C—Civil Programs
Sec. 1421. Armed Forces Retirement Home.
Subtitle D—Chemical Demilitarization Matters
Sec. 1431. Modification of termination requirement for Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commissions.
Sec. 1432. Repeal of certain qualifications requirement for director of chemical demilitarization management organization.
Sec. 1433. Sense of Congress on completion of destruction of United States chemical weapons stockpile.
TITLE XV—OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM AND OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM
Subtitle A—Authorization of Additional War-Related Appropriations
Sec. 1501. Army procurement.
Sec. 1502. Navy and Marine Corps procurement.
Sec. 1503. Air Force procurement.
Sec. 1504. Defense-wide activities procurement.
Sec. 1505. Research, development, test, and evaluation.
Sec. 1506. Operation and maintenance.
Sec. 1507. Military personnel.
Sec. 1508. Defense Health Program.
Sec. 1509. Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide.
Sec. 1510. Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund.
Sec. 1511. Iraq Security Forces Fund.
Sec. 1512. Afghanistan Security Forces Fund.
Sec. 1513. Iraq Freedom Fund.
Sec. 1514. Defense Working Capital Funds.
Sec. 1515. National Defense Sealift Fund.
Sec. 1516. Defense Inspector General.
Subtitle B—General Provisions Relating to Authorizations
Sec. 1521. Purpose.
Sec. 1522. Treatment as additional authorizations.
Sec. 1523. Special transfer authority.
Subtitle C—Other Matters
Sec. 1531. Limitation on availability of funds for certain purposes relating to Iraq.
Sec. 1532. Reimbursement of certain coalition nations for support provided to United States military operations.
Sec. 1533. Logistical support for coalition forces supporting operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Sec. 1534. Competition for procurement of small arms supplied to Iraq and Afghanistan.
3.Congressional defense committeesFor purposes of this Act, the term congressional defense committees
has the meaning given that term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code.
<enum>I</enum><header>PROCUREMENT</header>
<subtitle id="id6C2605F853234FA280862B17AD7B9685"><enum>A</enum><header>Authorization of Appropriations</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H58ECE46B0B0A4F279142BEFECDE4B604" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header>Army</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2008 for procurement for the Army as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="HB2E9ED7326714D8C904D535B45A9A58B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For aircraft, $5,229,175,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0324317D3F0542EA8FE1CF05E3C5925B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For missiles, $2,178,102,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H52D9B578121E484099E824865E3F1924"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For weapons and tracked combat vehicles, $7,546,684,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H376A03A9CD1C468EBCC29C6511EAEAB"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For ammunition, $2,228,976,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6AA4F31953F945DCB2515328105C7C02"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For other procurement, $15,013,155,000.</text> </paragraph></section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H905F6FCF70164758839C321B369F9CD4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header>Navy and Marine Corps</header>
<subsection id="H0A37D70C85EA448B998621FA5F56D34F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Navy</header><text>Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2008 for procurement for the Navy as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="HF519DFCA1A14497AA56B9397C2DA1D3C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For aircraft, $13,475,107,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H24840B97D964437495D2E1026BD6D4B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For weapons, including missiles and torpedoes, $3,078,387,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB0304975DB084E64B6D0C780CF9B1F52"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For shipbuilding and conversion, $13,605,638,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H54DFC21402454F3290F1446F7D896B85"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For other procurement, $5,432,412,000.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HA1854CFC79F541AABF1FE37DA1F06B78"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Marine Corps</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2008 for procurement for the Marine Corps in the amount of $2,699,057,000.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="HA79DF96772ED4425A2E900AF7E265084"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Navy and Marine Corps Ammunition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2008 for procurement of ammunition for the Navy and the Marine Corps in the amount of $926,597,000.</text> </subsection></section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD375B9874A30452DBDDBDC76D58038C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>103.</enum><header>Air Force</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2008 for procurement for the Air Force as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="HD9DAF10B148A44338280D44C5EC78A8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For aircraft, $12,593,813,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5488D59A69E044B1924CC39704D8136D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For ammunition, $868,917,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3C31A3C319D84E22912BE653071823C5"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For missiles, $5,166,002,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8F489C00B9BF405FBCB5A35CEE150457"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For other procurement, $16,312,962,000.</text> </paragraph></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H41B2DC98858C49909F5100D99687212F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>104.</enum><header>Defense-wide activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2008 for Defense-wide procurement in the amount of $3,385,970,000.</text> </section>
<section id="idCEFB9A6B2A32497EA4F9085A78164CA5"><enum>105.</enum><header>Rapid Acquisition Fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2008 for the Rapid Acquisition Fund in the amount of $100,000,000.</text> </section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="id324071E0041E4E5CA9446BBAE80D4087"><enum>B</enum><header>Army Programs</header>
<section id="ID436E9B34F61E4BB8B58BABC99B1C062B"><enum>111.</enum><header>Multiyear procurement authority for M1A2 Abrams System Enhancement Package upgrades</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of the Army, in accordance with section 2306b of title 10, United States Code, may enter into a multiyear contract, beginning with the fiscal year 2008 program year, for procurement of M1A2 Abrams System Enhancement Package upgrades.</text> </section>
<section id="id1E6E1F5E7CBA4E60A74F4802B5431D9B"><enum>112.</enum><header>Multiyear procurement authority for M2A3/M3A3 Bradley fighting vehicle upgrades</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of the Army, in accordance with section 2306b of title 10, United States Code, may enter into a multiyear contract, beginning with the fiscal year 2008 program year, for procurement of M2A3/M3A3 Bradley fighting vehicle upgrades.</text> </section>
<section id="idBD96493CAE32434A86E20CCF757DA2B9"><enum>113.</enum><header>Stryker Mobile Gun System</header>
<subsection id="ID7e787fb6c77e4dd392b93fd632552d24"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Limitation on availability of funds</header><text>None of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by sections 101(3) and 1501(3) for procurement of weapons and tracked combat vehicles for the Army may be obligated or expended for purposes of the procurement of the Stryker Mobile Gun System until 30 days after the date on which the Secretary of the Army certifies to Congress that the Stryker Mobile Gun System is operationally effective, suitable, and survivable for its anticipated deployment missions.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="IDfa18594ab483468a91fa50bee4ac3338"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The Secretary of Defense may waive the limitation in subsection (a) if the Secretary—</text>
<paragraph id="IDb379283a55a243c2a06b98e15b23e694"><enum>(1)</enum><text>determines that further procurement of the Stryker Mobile Gun System utilizing amounts referred to in subsection (a) is in the national security interest of the United States notwithstanding the inability of the Secretary of the Army to make the certification required by that subsection; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDbc7e197a0864417f88f0d8432e7072d7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>submits to the Congress, in writing , a notification of the waiver together with a discussion of—</text>
<subparagraph id="idA991E942FBDB4B61B738D0E0AC976FB8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the reasons for the determination described in paragraph (1); and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id4562A0DC63AB4DCA86EC89ECB11C5BD1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the actions that will be taken to mitigate any deficiencies that cause the Stryker Mobile Gun System not to be operationally effective, suitable, or survivable, as that case may be, as described in subsection (a).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="id246C5506C2EF43C9B3729D854DBFA86E"><enum>114.</enum><header>Consolidation of Joint Network Node program and Warfighter Information Network–Tactical program into single Army tactical network program</header>
<subsection id="id5AFA3EEF6B074C35983E89CE165966B7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Consolidation required</header><text>The Secretary of the Army shall consolidate the Joint Network Node program and the Warfighter Information Network–Tactical program into a single Army tactical network program.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="idB48201AB9B3541F38D16742E1AB9BAEC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report on consolidation</header>
<paragraph id="id5C3F5578C55A429EB2EBAC313347C49B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Report required</header><text>Not later than December 31, 2007, the Secretary shall, with the concurrence of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics and the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration, submit to the congressional defense committees a report setting forth a plan to consolidate the Joint Network Node program and the Warfighter Information Network–Tactical program into a single Army tactical network program as required by subsection (a).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id3D87D8CA21F54FFEBF91BE0BC100B3D0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The report required by paragraph (1) shall include with respect to the acquisition of the single Army tactical network required by subsection (a) the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="idD351D418B1F14A2DBD454B5B710D71C0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>An analysis of how the systems specified in paragraph (1) will be integrated, including—</text>
<clause id="idE79779D88A3549B1987D454973A19917"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an analysis of whether there are opportunities to leverage technologies and equipment from the Warfighter Information Network–Tactical program as part of the continuing development and fielding of the Joint Network Node; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="id60BEAFF1B98648A3868DE83358E73FC6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an analysis of major technical challenges of integrating the two programs.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idCF518A9485B14B6E8A783E687FDB9114"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A description of the extent to which components of the systems could be used together as elements of a single Army tactical network.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idDC65CC52EF224229B296548C24AF9A78"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A description of the strategy of the Army for completing the systems engineering necessary to ensure the end-to-end interoperability of a single Army tactical network as described in subsection (a).</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id481C1B73E6614927B2DC9CC685582F0D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>An assessment of the costs of acquiring the systems.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id924AFFA4CE3B46D88B53D00C57A5E7CE"><enum>(E)</enum><text>An assessment of the technical compatibility of the systems.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id60584FEDF4A8482C9E8EBF0BFC613556"><enum>(F)</enum><text>A description and assessment of the plans of the Army relating to ownership of the technical data packages for the systems, and an assessment of the capacity of the industrial base to support Army needs.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id20D38E0E9811408F961D46CA878BE3F7"><enum>(G)</enum><text>A description of the plans and schedule of the Army for fielding the systems, and a description of the associated training schedule.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id4BC9F454507F4B459EB145137E27426C"><enum>(H)</enum><text>A description of the plans of the Army for sustaining the single Army tactical network.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idE4F758C1937E472AB85884C165288B76"><enum>(I)</enum><text>A description of the plans of the Army for the insertion of new technology into the Joint Network Node.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id0FCB800BAFD04492865441AF7573B696"><enum>(J)</enum><text>A description of the major technical challenges of integrating the two programs.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id063BDB7DAF3D4F7C977C4AF0959D3099"><enum>(K)</enum><text>An assessment as to whether other programs should be inserted into the single Army tactical network as required by subsection (a).</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idA0295F1D21C64D8183453EFA836AD895"><enum>(L)</enum><text>An analysis of the interoperability requirements between the Army tactical network and the Joint Network Node, an assessment of the technological barriers to achievement of such interoperability requirements, and a description of formal mechanisms of coordination between the Army tactical network and the Joint Network Node program.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="id376C666526714262B5836B6A79F1A9DC"><enum>C</enum><header>Navy Programs</header>
<section id="id9D3746A257654C8C963E31B843C699F9"><enum>131.</enum><header>Multiyear procurement authority for Virginia class submarine program</header>
<subsection id="ID23B50C55D8314DCEBBC64A4AD4111C73"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>The Secretary of the Navy may, in accordance with section 2306b of title 10, United States Code, enter into multiyear contracts, beginning with the fiscal year 2009 program year, for the procurement of Virginia-class submarines and government-furnished equipment.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID17A6FD60D7874FC7A1216F188E385381"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The Secretary of the Navy may not enter into a contract authorized by subsection (a) until 30 days after the date on which the Secretary submits to the congressional defense committees a certification that the Secretary has made each of the findings with respect to such contract specified in subsection (a) of section 2306b of title 10, United States Code.</text> </subsection></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="idCF5EF6D66941463D91F42D9A290F85B6"><enum>D</enum><header>Air Force Programs</header>
<section id="idB7E390FB6D5D40E195EAA59FE8CF64FB"><enum>141.</enum><header>Limitation on retirement of C–130E/H tactical airlift aircraft</header>
<subsection id="id8793705E5E9E4B349E38EB308B93BCEA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The Secretary of the Air Force may not retire C–130E/H tactical airlift aircraft during fiscal year 2008.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id5C82D44E09094E39AB190D8861672EE0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Maintenance of certain retired aircraft</header><text>The Secretary of the Air Force shall maintain each C–130E/H tactical airlift aircraft retired during fiscal year 2007 in a condition that will permit recall of such aircraft to future service.</text> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBB503DB4224F4D868660B2F2BF01208A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>142.</enum><header>Limitation on retirement of KC–135E aerial refueling aircraft</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of the Air Force shall not retire any KC–135E aerial refueling aircraft of the Air Force in fiscal year 2008 unless the Secretary provides written notification of such retirement to the congressional defense committees in accordance with established procedures.</text> </section></subtitle>
<enum>II</enum><header>RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION</header>
<subtitle id="id8DE4B2972AEC422EB6F6F1C58BF6A50A"><enum>A</enum><header>Authorization of Appropriations</header>
<section id="H02F75C70D81D4553B967A3EDEDFD2B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2008 for the use of the Department of Defense for research, development, test, and evaluation as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="H9D5EB019328E49E588F968FF1F00DA43"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For the Army, $11,268,904,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB3932601D6224856BDCE296340A358C7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For the Navy, $16,296,395,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H304AFF92A15242AAA132245D88C27CF9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For the Air Force, $25,581,989,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H57CA55B498F84C8EB1003F6DEC3CC74D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For Defense-wide activities, $21,511,739,000, of which $180,264,000 is authorized for the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation.</text> </paragraph></section>
<section id="HFE5C2D7019DC487EAB46CFF35755DB3"><enum>202.</enum><header>Amount for defense science and technology</header>
<subsection id="H659AAB0E756D48A3B180DDF7564CEF56"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Fiscal year 2008</header><text>Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 201, $11,204,784,000 shall be available for the Defense Science and Technology Program, including basic research, applied research, and advanced technology development projects.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEE264FA783744779999EBBD8EEE9202"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Basic research, applied research, and advanced technology development defined</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term <term>basic research, applied research, and advanced technology development</term> means work funded in program elements for defense research and development under Department of Defense budget activity 1, 2, or 3.</text> </subsection></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="idE73EE76C3DA24268B6E036138FBE0915"><enum>B</enum><header>Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations</header>
<section id="id4B2A0F4BEE154234A1EFA69D056703C2"><enum>211.</enum><header>Advanced Sensor Applications Program</header>
<subsection id="ID709855fc6fd74b91a51f2f1e673b3a7e"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Transfer of funds</header><text>Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(4) for research, development, test, and evaluation, Defense-wide activities, and made available for the Foreign Material Acquisition and Exploitation Program and for activities of the Office of Special Technology, an aggregate of $20,000,000 shall be transferred to the Advanced Sensor Applications Program not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID772e8337e47449f3890519e09d92d7b4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reassignment of program</header><text>Beginning not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Advanced Sensor Applications Program shall be a program of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, managed by the Director of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, and shall be executed by the Program Executive Officer for Aviation for the Navy working for the Director of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="idDD6417079332424D90795C235FEC15D8"><enum>212.</enum><header>Active protection systems</header>
<subsection id="ID1d9fa29abdda410da5b719821fe9efa7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Comparative tests required</header>
<paragraph id="id17573EA8E3FB4BEDAF85A2EE009F4231"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Defense shall undertake comparative tests, including live-fire tests, of appropriate foreign and domestic active protection systems in order—</text>
<subparagraph id="id07A8E7AE6D3A4679ABB6CEBED5FA9697"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to determine the effectiveness of such systems; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id6A6D0D640F874B75998648EC0D1E865A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to develop information useful in the consideration of the adoption of such systems in defense acquisition programs.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id710851F5C9034D0BA43855617480CABF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>Not later than March 1 of each of 2008 and 2009, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the results of the tests undertaken under paragraph (1) as of the date of such report.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID0f8e210d28ba4a948f4925c255eb7166"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Comprehensive assessment required</header>
<paragraph id="id4925632C44C9457B80BD46BF3468BB88"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall undertake a comprehensive assessment of active protection systems in order to develop information useful in the development of joint active protection systems and other defense programs.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idC7FC7D58DE694DEDB8905062E454D493"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The assessment under paragraph (1) shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="id66BD0DC4A9DA4610A27122BBCDAF95DA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an identification of the potential merits and operational costs of the use of active protection systems by United States military forces;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id58FCE1504EB74F0788B03490001B4A86"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a characterization of the threats that use of active protection systems by potential adversaries would pose to United States military forces and weapons;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id83DE3D52A4874360BB39C3171CE583FE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an identification and assessment of countermeasures to active protection systems;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id860F1A38BEBB435189E758738474F812"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an analysis of collateral damage potential of active protection systems;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id7C801711485D464FA358027703588B6E"><enum>(E)</enum><text>an identification and assessment of emerging direct-fire and top-attack threats to defense systems that could potentially deploy active protection systems; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id81B85AA5AD3F4386A6AC114775891C43"><enum>(F)</enum><text>an identification and assessment of critical technology elements of active protection systems.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id82F77F79E5B14C79BCA4A88405DB52A8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than December 31, 2008, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the assessment under paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="id380B2EBBD3E1475A8C03383D8E98E325"><enum>213.</enum><header>Obligation and expenditure of funds for competitive procurement of propulsion system for the Joint Strike Fighter</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Within amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years after fiscal year 2007 for procurement, and for research, development, test, and evaluation, for the Joint Strike Fighter Program, the Secretary of Defense shall ensure the obligation and expenditure of sufficient amounts each such fiscal year for the continued development and procurement of two options for the propulsion system for the Joint Strike Fighter in order to assure the competitive development and eventual production for the propulsion system for a Joint Strike Fighter aircraft, thereby giving a choice of engine to the growing number of nations expressing interest in procuring such aircraft.</text> </section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="idE91FAEA8D1D84D489B3BD0888D0F17D1"><enum>C</enum><header>Missile Defense Programs</header>
<section id="idD239314F6FFA42E78CF338D0AEF51429"><enum>231.</enum><header>Limitation on availability of funds for procurement, construction, and deployment of missile defenses in Europe</header>
<subsection id="ID65b8d929e2244dc98f780e4add1c0d9e"><enum>(a)</enum><header>General limitation</header><text>No funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act may be obligated or expended for procurement, site activation, construction, preparation of equipment for, or deployment of a long-range missile defense system in Europe until the following conditions have been met:</text>
<paragraph id="ID45601a132e734cd6b362767939651d47"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The governments of the countries in which major components of such missile defense system (including interceptors and associated radars) are proposed to be deployed have each given final approval to any missile defense agreements negotiated between such governments and the United States Government concerning the proposed deployment of such components in their countries.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID16d5f905b47f44cd824d3b2ae0e739b5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>45 days have elapsed following the receipt by Congress of the report required under subsection (c)(6).</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idACB7A58C2D4248D096B8A2CCE3999DC5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional limitation</header><text>In addition to the limitation in subsection (a), no funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act may be obligated or expended for the acquisition or deployment of operational missiles of a long-range missile defense system in Europe until the Secretary of Defense, after receiving the views of the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, submits to Congress a report certifying that the proposed interceptor to be deployed as part of such missile defense system has demonstrated, through successful, operationally realistic flight testing, a high probability of working in an operationally effective manner.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="IDc960b9a93ca545e0b0cf28ce8e8a826a"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report on independent assessment for ballistic missile defense in Europe</header>
<paragraph id="id731270C086AA4E28A824FA55ABB70189"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Independent assessment</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall select a federally funded research and development center to conduct an independent assessment of options for ballistic missile defense for forward deployed forces of the United States and its allies in Europe.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID271ea6871b5c47b784c09e7b1a297390"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Issues To Be assessed</header><text>In carrying out the assessment described in paragraph (1), the federally funded research and development center selected under that paragraph shall consider the following in connection with options for missile defense in Europe:</text>
<subparagraph id="IDabead238d65f474684626f5e96302f4e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The threat to Europe of ballistic missiles (including short-range, medium-range, intermediate-range, and long-range ballistic missiles) from Iran and from other nations (except Russia), including the likelihood and timing of such threats.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID8717f6ef0b4f460d9a476a4ad2d8dac1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The missile defense capabilities appropriate to meet current, near-term, and mid-term ballistic missile threats facing Europe during the period from 2008 through 2015.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID2f01e4cac8c34b9a9342552d738311a5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Alternative options for defending the European territory of members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization against the threats described in subparagraph (B).</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDb3de474269d741f1adbac63e39fbac57"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The utility and cost-effectiveness of providing ballistic missile defense of the United States with a system located in Europe, if warranted by the threat, when compared with the provision of such defense through the deployment of additional ballistic missile defense in the United States.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID9fee95eef0584a77bf4af4ff0eee881a"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The views of European members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on the desirability of ballistic missile defenses for the European territory of such nations.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID27af6b6141df40b2a37f5399f0e663ee"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Potential opportunities for participation by the Government of Russia in a European missile defense system.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID5fdd407c062d4211b6807c0c8c86062e"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Technologies To Be considered</header><text>In conducting the assessment described in paragraph (1), the federally funded research and development center selected under that paragraph shall consider, but not be limited to, the following missile defense technology options:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID9d779b21e6b1429b8fb7c784aa6595f1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Patriot PAC–3 system.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID453c770a38cc46848eb460e2bd322fea"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Medium Extended Air Defense System.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDf5be7df840c9466d99f0c142978e1192"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system, with all variants of the Standard Missile-3 interceptor.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID32c2c6c582ac406aa07dd9153509ccbf"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDe9d57bda9931466a9a5c491b1553ad1a"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The proposed deployment of Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system elements in Europe, consisting of the proposed 2-stage Orbital Boost Vehicle interceptor, and the proposed European Midcourse X-band radar.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID104466145d6e403493919d5bc044d811"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Forward-Based X-band Transportable (FBX–T) radars.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDe14b3e9f69064efe8f9da783695dc3a7"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Other non-United States, North Atlantic Treaty Organization missile defense systems.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID6600a2c809c44d1ebf4824235e264a5e"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Factors To Be considered</header><text>In conducting the assessment described in paragraph (1), the federally funded research and development center selected under that paragraph shall consider the following factors with respect to potential ballistic missile defense options:</text>
<subparagraph id="IDa8ec50edc8b04b08836226adf941020b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The missile defense needs of the European members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, including forward deployed United States forces, with respect to current, near-term, and mid-term ballistic missile threats.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDe230d7a8bfa94da68fb4f7fe9266bd65"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Operational effectiveness.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID588b58c248a84191935e696e3994c2d4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Command and control arrangements.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDf22830820de24d2bb25fb9ce4f020bbf"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Integration and interoperability with North Atlantic Treaty Organization missile defenses.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDa2725431f2aa4a76a1fbca735fc17e78"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Cost and affordability, including possible allied cost-sharing.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID525bbfa7e1794c9a8527130d2104d19d"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Cost-effectiveness.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID75bcf59357fd4fab8d89f40c5db34e76"><enum>(G)</enum><text>The degree of coverage of the European territory of members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDe601e59a3612426caa61db439e43b4ad"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Cooperation of other agencies</header><text>The Secretary of Defense, the Director of National Intelligence, and the heads of other departments and agencies of the United States Government shall provide the federally funded research and development center selected under paragraph (1) such data, analyses, briefings, and other information as the center considers necessary to carry out the assessment described in that paragraph.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID6b937830c1fe462db8a62fa326e4da64"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Report required</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the federally funded research and development center selected under paragraph (1) shall submit to the Secretary of Defense and the congressional defense committees a report on the results of the assessment described in that paragraph, including any findings and recommendations of the center as a result of the assessment.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idD032858FF7E644AA8F06D9B5A5CE8EFE"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Form</header><text>The report under paragraph (6) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID1a4b6c1247954b98ad821f0696f54768"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Construction</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit continuing obligation and expenditure of funds for missile defense, including for research and development and for other activities not otherwise limited by subsection (a) or (b).</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="idA0D543CAFE264750818AD27B5C7F4B25"><enum>232.</enum><header>Limitation on availability of funds for deployment of missile defense interceptors in Alaska</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act may be obligated or expended to deploy more than 40 Ground-Based Interceptors at Fort Greely, Alaska, until the Secretary of Defense, after receiving the views of the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, submits to Congress a certification that the Block 2006 Ground-based Midcourse Defense element of the Ballistic Missile Defense System has demonstrated, through operationally realistic end-to-end flight testing, that it has a high probability of working in an operationally effective manner.</text> </section>
<section id="idE71FF7E9435148CB8BC4D2D629A3915A"><enum>233.</enum><header>Budget and acquisition requirements for Missile Defense Agency activities</header>
<subsection id="IDb25c316149da43f4abd6254ce325b39a"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Revised budget structure</header><text>The budget justification materials submitted to Congress in support of the Department of Defense budget for any fiscal year after fiscal year 2008 (as submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) shall set forth separately amounts requested for the Missile Defense Agency for each of the following:</text>
<paragraph id="ID1e3739186d394cc4b1e2478d659886d5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Research, development, test, and evaluation.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDa8ea8e904bb248f3b6c52d5d193ced45"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Procurement.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDc88fdbc8210645db9be15b859f0b6cd6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Operation and maintenance.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID6742259bd37a430b893cb3cbc77a6740"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Military construction.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="IDa916091596344b5181e4253cc039af93"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Objectives for acquisition activities</header>
<paragraph id="idC89A5B67CC9C4CC68F56C809E29F3CAD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Commencing as soon as practicable, but not later than the submittal to Congress of the budget for the President for fiscal year 2009 under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the Missile Defense Agency shall take appropriate actions to achieve the following objectives in its acquisition activities:</text>
<subparagraph id="id2ED0CA674D0A47EAB8CA4B2105787565"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Improved transparency.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idF262605502E1484FA73944B91C17A369"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Improved accountability.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id843B61B9E2184541BE5C1C0D993D7012"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Enhanced oversight.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id41DD989F07E64EC289DE1DFC06B5DB15"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Required actions</header><text>In order to achieve the objectives specified in paragraph (1), the Missile Defense Agency shall, at a minimum, take actions as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="idE2119BE1D2B14BF59DE3AE2988F58B90"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Establish acquisition cost, schedule, and performance baselines for each Ballistic Missile Defense System element that—</text>
<clause id="idCB637C996BC8403193207E98CDBB651E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has entered the equivalent of the System Development and Demonstration phase of acquisition; or</text> </clause>
<clause id="idF029130D663247C8A237B0F9FE3F4180"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is being produced and acquired for operational fielding.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id4ECAFB52B9D54FC3B11446DDEED95372"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Provide unit cost reporting data for each Ballistic Missile Defense System element covered by subparagraph (A), and secure independent estimation and verification of such cost reporting data.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id375C6602FDA14B5891D3D5DCD005ECF3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Include each year in the budget justification materials described in subsection (a) a description of actions being taken in the fiscal year in which such materials are submitted, and the actions to be taken in the fiscal year covered by such materials, to achieve such objectives.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id9FB00DF481BD4886979152A754E1DE9D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Specification of ballistic missile defense system elements</header><text>The Ballistic Missile Defense System elements that, as of May 2007, are Ballistic Missile Defense System elements covered by paragraph (2)(A) are the following elements:</text>
<subparagraph id="id6F4F5FEF4E59471CBF5F7CD27C55FC07"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Ground-based Midcourse Defense.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id71E962412F194C919961609D1AA78057"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idFA28C80672E946408A547DF9261409E1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Terminal High Altitude Area Defense.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id9BC2C8A786E14C5893D01A3F3951ECA9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Forward-Based X-band radar-Transportable (AN/TPY–2).</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id5BBBEA10D2AC43369F71B33A2DFE11EB"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Command, Control, Battle Management, and Communications.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idB44C6ABC919741D1B78086B016D46391"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Sea-Based X-band radar.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id4CD1E9FE6DC74625AB6F4F54AAFA1C35"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Upgraded Early Warning radars.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="id598A29B0C06A40EEA465476EA5E8F22B"><enum>234.</enum><header>Participation of Director, Operational Test and Evaluation, in missile defense test and evaluation activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 139 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id2D9BE24FD7A14B1DBC60E8A4B8BE5AC0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsections (f) through (j) as subsections (g) through (k), respectively; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id41253CE8C27545CC9DD1463B229BB9C4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (e) the following new subsection (f):</text>
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<subsection id="id39300A51CE5D4BCB85BDBF1F3B2CAF57"><enum>(f)</enum>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idD9BA2CAE9FFD4E2BAA8A6E2E7AE67FB5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Director of the Missile Defense Agency shall report promptly to the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation the results of all tests and evaluations conducted by the Missile Defense Agency and of all studies conducted by the Missile Defense Agency in connection with tests and evaluations in the Missile Defense Agency.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id6C04CE20A671404DA8F05ED0AA60D596" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Director of Operational Test and Evaluation may require that such observers as the Director designates be present during the preparation for and the conduct of any test and evaluation conducted by the Missile Defense Agency.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idF9B9E055760E47D3B023BD1C519E7B1A" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Director of Operational Test and Evaluation shall have access to all records and data in the Department of Defense (including the records and data of the Missile Defense Agency) that the Director considers necessary to review in order to carry out his duties under this subsection.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section>
<section id="IDc2848680e44e4d6186129e0564304758"><enum>235.</enum><header>Extension of Comptroller General assessments of ballistic missile defense programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 232(g) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (10 U.S.C. 2431 note) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDd6eabbbf3fe548de94e54df5c18fa197"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>through 2008</quote> and inserting <quote>through 2013</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID468008b811414e9bb9942b5c4d390088"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>through 2009</quote> and inserting <quote>through 2014</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="idAD45685D84B24998AB2C5C7667661656"><enum>D</enum><header>Other Matters</header>
<section id="idDEC7314D3FCC4ACAAE47FE7632009131"><enum>251.</enum><header>Modification of notice and wait requirement for obligation of funds for foreign comparative test program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Paragraph (3) of section 2350a(g) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph id="id943C83A7FFFC424B967C56E93184A334" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Director of Defense Research and Engineering shall notify the congressional defense committees of the intent to obligate funds made available to carry out this subsection not less than 7 days before such funds are obligated.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section id="id280B484BDB8A4ED488B2F9ABDF734202"><enum>252.</enum><header>Modification of cost sharing requirement for Technology Transition Initiative</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Paragraph (2) of section 2359a(f) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph id="idB241545DC32E4F289AFD9215ECB55B03" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The amount of funds provided to a project under paragraph (1) by the military department or Defense Agency concerned shall be the appropriate share of the military department or Defense Agency, as the case may be, of the cost of the project, as determined by the Manager.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section id="id451914A6175D4E7E8B5B235266283B26"><enum>253.</enum><header>Strategic plan for the Manufacturing Technology Program</header>
<subsection id="idB687609991FE40E195972BE4396041DA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2521 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="id29D2004A33C6453E8C0103C7D1857259"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Strategic plan</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id3C38E408D5994FFA846DD2420204DCAB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary shall develop a plan for the program which includes the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="id48D2DD95BC5C46D28CB3F801B2DE2E59" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The overall manufacturing technology goals, milestones, priorities, and investment strategy for the program during the 5-fiscal year period beginning with the first fiscal year commencing after the development of the plan.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id6A5E5458C86943EFA76272C541067E7B" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>For each of the fiscal years under the period of the plan, the objectives of, and funding for, the program for each military department and each Defense Agency that shall participate in the program during the period of the plan.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id78425644ADB845228CEDD7889A18D9BD" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Secretary shall include in the plan mechanisms for assessing the effectiveness of the program under the plan.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idC14204B9B68B4F81AB1D47599FF726CF" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Secretary shall update the plan on a biennial basis.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id3C42E292BCB748A8A1F687AA44ACC779" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Secretary shall include the plan, and any update of the plan under paragraph (3), in the budget justification documents submitted in support of the budget of the Department of Defense for the applicable fiscal year (as included in the budget of the President submitted to Congress under section 1105 of title 31).</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection id="id1CDA3CAAF5FC4E75801C28ECB6E33A22"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Initial development of plan</header><text>The Secretary of Defense shall develop the strategic plan required by subsection (e) of section 2521 of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a) of this section), so that the plan goes into effect at the beginning of fiscal year 2009.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="id07B94EFB4E3243D5ADDBF79E16D2B61C"><enum>254.</enum><header>Modification of authorities on coordination of Defense Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research with similar Federal programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 257(e)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (10 U.S.C. 2358 note) is amended by striking <quote>shall</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>may</quote>.</text> </section>
<section id="id34D90528225C49E892C75E920E214246"><enum>255.</enum><header>Enhancement of defense nanotechnology research and development program</header>
<subsection id="idA221EB5BC77E4F158B08D1CCC0D35FEE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program purposes</header><text>Subsection (b) of section 246 of the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–314; 116 Stat. 2500; 10 U.S.C. 2358 note) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id995215E80A3844D59795045EB46B3072"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>in nanoscale research and development</quote> and inserting <quote>in the National Nanotechnology Initiative and with the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office under section 3 of the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act (15 U.S.C. 7502)</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id5E8FB66CF6D0456CB3AC97A2AED574F5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>portfolio of fundamental and applied nanoscience and engineering research initiatives</quote> and inserting <quote>portfolio of nanotechnology research and development initiatives</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idC0C00DB89EF44085B02FFE967B5E56ED"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Program administration</header>
<paragraph id="id6B274C7402C442ADB7CB33CA8269EE5B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Administration through Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics</header><text>Subsection (c) of such section is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="idE6BD82374E734F6083A37958BDB0DCD6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the Director of Defense Research and Engineering</quote> and inserting <quote>the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id593A0817E2144BBBB79F11441E62D9D6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Director</quote> and inserting <quote>The Under Secretary</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id8CAA623EDA094203B631EEB3DC6E24BA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other administrative matters</header><text>Such subsection is further amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="id9FFF54B295A04020924A81E75FA967FD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>the Department's increased investment in nanotechnology and the National Nanotechnology Initiative; and</quote> and inserting <quote>investments by the Department and other departments and agencies participating in the National Nanotechnology Initiative in nanotechnology research and development;</quote>;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id34ACA24FC2E145A1B2C42ABA790C6C3C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id10EA945B2C414FE2B7051A51FAC41FA4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="id883A81DFD1EF413B9B5926899BC4079B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>oversee interagency coordination of the program with other departments and agencies participating in the National Nanotechnology Initiative, including providing appropriate funds to support the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id69B4EE23765C47A093BE95021348E7FB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Program activities</header><text>Such section is further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id0930583E561C4A809F888AFC34A11B8E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subsection (d); and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id7F1C9D771DC74B8D903B3A2EA9DA5C8B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subsection (d):</text>
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<subsection id="idEC18D9CB37104123AB31AA6345D07392"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Activities</header><text>Activities under the program shall include the following:</text>
<paragraph id="id87F89E76C3F84C279776C5354DA76D3C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The development of a strategic plan for defense nanotechnology research and development that is integrated with the strategic plan for the National Nanotechnology Initiative.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id5CF36E494B7F439CAFFD8A4282CA59D8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The issuance on an annual basis of policy guidance to the military departments and the Defense Agencies that—</text>
<subparagraph id="id1D27C660A93946488F317644C4CF035D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establishes research priorities under the program;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idD5A7D43FBFC348338A45B004DBA10B69"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provides for the determination and documentation of the benefits to the Department of Defense of research under the program; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idED627E616EC142BFB3D039470DE6ACDA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>sets forth a clear strategy for transitioning the research into products needed by the Department.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id42932AC6C6114350884E1A32473FC789"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Advocating for the transition of nanotechnologies in defense acquisition programs, including the development of nanomanufacturing capabilities and a nanotechnology defense industrial base.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id0EEAD87A03A54864A219DE5F80CE89D2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>Such section is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="id4AE961B56C794697AE0B8E69F1AEA7A9"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reports</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idF7CBAD6857DD4D9FBC641D897E1F017E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Not later than March 1 of each of 2009, 2011, and 2013, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the program.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idEDBA010A0A374B63BB8759563DA5F8D6" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Each report under paragraph (1) shall include the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="idA5B3DE277D6C4F7CA8DEFD800605CE4B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A review of—</text>
<clause id="idF2092D26EA4E4AB6B2046EEC8FB25530"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the long-term challenges and specific technical goals of the program; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="idE39E3C4421A042C7B6223783C2E5EE46"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the progress made toward meeting such challenges and achieving such goals.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idD374528294C94F68BB118425B156625D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>An assessment of current and proposed funding levels for the program, including an assessment of the adequacy of such funding levels to support program activities.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id0CD6F5DDD8C34B0AACE16DFB3014467A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A review of the coordination of activities under the program within the Department of Defense, with other departments and agencies of the United States, and with the National Nanotechnology Initiative.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id9AF1C5D1C6374243A119B1B064A6E766"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A review and analysis of the findings and recommendations relating to the Department of Defense of the most recent triennial external review of the National Nanotechnology Program under section 5 of the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act (15 U.S.C. 1704), and a description of initiatives of the Department to implement such recommendations.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id4298D63F74294BE192C677F6FFC98FC0"><enum>(E)</enum><text>An assessment of technology transition from nanotechnology research and development to enhanced warfighting capabilities, including contributions from the Department of Defense Small Business Innovative Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Research programs, and the Department of Defense Manufacturing Technology program, and an identification of acquisition programs and deployed defense systems that are incorporating nanotechnologies.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id851D7299C95C4B088C9062CBD2896AB0"><enum>(F)</enum><text>An assessment of global nanotechnology research and development in areas of interest to the Department, including an identification of the use of nanotechnologies in any foreign defense systems.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idA7EF6AD17FC14B10B099ADF48E4EEF4F"><enum>(G)</enum><text>An assessment of the defense nanotechnology manufacturing and industrial base and its capability to meet the near and far term requirements of the Department.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id35035A6ECF10453C93008374FA8C1194"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Such recommendations for additional activities under the program to meet emerging national security requirements as the Under Secretary considers appropriate.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idA00CBA1747514110A11F2F67F010A0C5" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Each report under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id63C4CA87366E40C2AA7CC1840A114B72"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Comptroller General report on program</header><text>Not later than March 31, 2010, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report setting forth the assessment of the Comptroller General of the progress made by the Department of Defense in achieving the purposes of the defense nanotechnology research and development program required by section 246 of the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (as amended by this section).</text> </subsection></section></subtitle>
<enum>III</enum><header>OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE</header>
<subtitle id="idC54E9639066447E1B9BE801244B16A6A"><enum>A</enum><header>Authorization of Appropriations</header>
<section id="ID348bb04d6cdc4d3abbf2b9f7371c2b3c"><enum>301.</enum><header>Operation and maintenance funding</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2008 for the use of the Armed Forces and other activities and agencies of the Department of Defense, for expenses, not otherwise provided for, for operation and maintenance, in amounts as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="ID56a9d7624f5349d2832ec6167ab61790"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For the Army, $29,725,273,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDe5074c493d8a4306bbfc6e30cd9990da"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For the Navy, $33,307,690,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDce871c4297af444aa08aef86ccf29c47"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For the Marine Corps, $4,998,493,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID652f497d4b674002b1e950aa2d674488"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For the Air Force, $32,967,215,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID70e6d77544964a18ae87f49729e5582a"><enum>(5)</enum><text>For Defense-wide activities, $22,397,153,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID796c8293f22c4fe5a22a51d64180f16c"><enum>(6)</enum><text>For the Army Reserve, $2,512,062,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID6f65b854c5094c93900a8672c6ca302a"><enum>(7)</enum><text>For the Navy Reserve, $1,186,883,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDe4d10854836e46a1a36e73a1a6502462"><enum>(8)</enum><text>For the Marine Corps Reserve, $208,637,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID28be1e30a2b9488e9cb24ce33d7c3761"><enum>(9)</enum><text>For the Air Force Reserve, $2,821,817,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID5af512ecd1064a678ee80053b4943d1d"><enum>(10)</enum><text>For the Army National Guard, $5,861,409,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID0e6d4e46ab844b8591df72d9a892dce3"><enum>(11)</enum><text>For the Air National Guard, $5,469,368,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID730d2d58e27d43ac893c40223d338ebb"><enum>(12)</enum><text>For the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, $11,971,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDa7f5c9a7e9204969be5aa62458065e04"><enum>(13)</enum><text>For Environmental Restoration, Army, $434,879,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDb6549cf0e7824044b7cd1ae9cd26ecda"><enum>(14)</enum><text>For Environmental Restoration, Navy, $300,591,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID02a2d67b43a94c00b797a8cac9d0977c"><enum>(15)</enum><text>For Environmental Restoration, Air Force, $458,428,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID06ca86c199f54f56906f3028824cb36c"><enum>(16)</enum><text>For Environmental Restoration, Defense-wide, $12,751,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDe60427e6195a4dffb9862d8cf5353cb2"><enum>(17)</enum><text>For Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites, $270,249,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDedb6f102e9b944d29f8d37e99820f99b"><enum>(18)</enum><text>For Former Soviet Union Threat Reduction programs, $448,048,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7fecd80c34da4c809766750a56e69089"><enum>(19)</enum><text>For Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster and Civic Aid programs, $63,300,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0C58E71F3B4E4B4793EE77A7B5A10FB7"><enum>(20)</enum><text>For Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund, $5,000,000.</text> </paragraph></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="idCCEBB5AC6229480A8177EA09AE5271CD"><enum>B</enum><header>Environmental Provisions</header>
<section id="IDe52ac84c26d14b3bac65031551235d37"><enum>311.</enum><header>Reimbursement of Environmental Protection Agency for certain costs in connection with Moses Lake Wellfield Superfund Site, Moses Lake, Washington</header>
<subsection id="IDe52396684f47439cb4bdec9d9d072053"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority To reimburse</header>
<paragraph id="IDc43c516279764b8dac29337e85089ae2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Transfer amount</header><text>Using funds described in subsection (b), the Secretary of Defense may, notwithstanding section 2215 of title 10, United States Code, transfer not more than $91,588.51 to the Moses Lake Wellfield Superfund Site 10–6J Special Account.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID6324348f53ff42cdba8cc61060669bb7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purpose of reimbursement</header><text>The payment under paragraph (1) is to reimburse the Environmental Protection Agency for its costs incurred in overseeing a remedial investigation/feasibility study performed by the Department of the Army under the Defense Environmental Restoration Program at the former Larson Air Force Base, Moses Lake Superfund Site, Moses Lake, Washington.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID8f66bb6676a349b494e8e849677d25e4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Interagency agreement</header><text>The reimbursement described in paragraph (2) is provided for in the interagency agreement entered into by the Department of the Army and the Environmental Protection Agency for the Moses Lake Wellfield Superfund Site in March 1999.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="IDd363ad3f0d0a40339708548f5d768eb1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Source of funds</header><text>Any payment under subsection (a) shall be made using funds authorized to be appropriated by section 301(16) for operation and maintenance for Environmental Restoration, Defense-wide.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID79aca1c523b9494097086a303dab2169"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>The Environmental Protection Agency shall use the amount transferred under subsection (a) to pay costs incurred by the Agency at the Moses Lake Wellfield Superfund Site.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="id67A7605E9FFF485FA4F82AC40C28816D"><enum>312.</enum><header>Reimbursement of Environmental Protection Agency for certain costs in connection with the Arctic Surplus Superfund Site, Fairbanks, Alaska</header>
<subsection id="id1B3BF52A4257493298C84641D0D2BA21"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority To reimburse</header>
<paragraph id="id583C6D579FF84EF7A562FE8E93616808"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Transfer amount</header><text>Using funds described in subsection (b), the Secretary of Defense may, notwithstanding section 2215 of title 10, United States Code, transfer not more than $186,625.38 to the Hazardous Substance Superfund.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id42FFC77E7A3A4A44B011EAA181319851"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purpose of reimbursement</header><text>The payment under paragraph (1) is to reimburse the Environmental Protection Agency for costs incurred pursuant to the agreement known as <quote>In the Matter of Arctic Surplus Superfund Site, U.S. EPA Docket Number CERCLA–10–2003–0114: Administrative Order on Consent for Remedial Design and Remedial Action,</quote> entered into by the Department of Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency on December 11, 2003.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id31B306CED827466AB0002A6824E95EB2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Source of funds</header><text>Any payment under subsection (a) shall be made using funds authorized to be appropriated by section 301(16) for operation and maintenance for Environmental Restoration, Defense-wide.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1B97691D34BB47B69D59C54E9C9F8F89"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>The Environmental Protection Agency shall use the amount transferred under subsection (a) to pay costs incurred by the Agency pursuant to the agreement described in paragraph (2) of such subsection.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="ID1879932a076c4c04a2c812fe9ba1f9f3"><enum>313.</enum><header>Payment to Environmental Protection Agency of stipulated penalties in connection with Jackson Park Housing Complex, Washington</header>
<subsection id="id29913851235F424FB982B816A9BDA1A1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority To transfer funds</header>
<paragraph id="idE59962B192924859BC113DAFD0A99172"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Transfer amount</header><text>Using funds described in subsection (b), the Secretary of the Navy may, notwithstanding section 2215 of title 10, United States Code, transfer not more than $40,000.00 to the Hazardous Substance Superfund.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idD025A7CDB8F44161A074A47DDF847BB0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purpose of transfer</header><text>The payment under paragraph (1) is to pay a stipulated penalty assessed by the Environmental Protection Agency on October 25, 2005, against the Jackson Park Housing Complex, Washington, for the failure by the Navy to timely submit a draft final Phase II Remedial Investigation Work Plan for the Jackson Park Housing Complex Operable Unit (OU–3T–JPHC) pursuant to a schedule included in an Interagency Agreement (Administrative Docket No. CERCLA–10–2005–0023).</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idF072F0810DC54B119C6B9640CD5BF91D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Source of funds</header><text>Any payment under subsection (a) shall be made using funds authorized to be appropriated by section 301(14) for operation and maintenance for Environmental Restoration, Navy.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id14178EBD87B04BB685C41ACEB97CED20"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>The amount transferred under subsection (a) shall be used by the Environmental Protection Agency to pay the penalty described under paragraph (2) of such subsection.</text> </subsection></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="id0B5610E6FACD45DFBF9E0FCF6EE4017B"><enum>C</enum><header>Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations</header>
<section id="id1CA9033431D346CDAB0766786744745D"><enum>321.</enum><header>Availability of funds in Defense Information Systems Agency Working Capital Fund for technology upgrades to Defense Information Systems Network</header>
<subsection id="id5A02D391437047E8A1D93B3924BDF958"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Funds in the Defense Information Systems Agency Working Capital Fund may be used for expenses directly related to technology upgrades to the Defense Information Systems Network.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="idCC1407BDCDC547A6A8A985306E8D8BD3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation on certain projects</header><text>Funds may not be used under subsection (a) for—</text>
<paragraph id="id65E368E532DD4C39B1A77E2E7FB38F36"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any significant technology insertion to the Defense Information Systems Network; or</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idE30AEF1D76FD4852A3403BEB8081C25F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any component with an estimated total cost in excess of $500,000.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idBF75FFB785334CFBAF8404CBEC64863D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation in fiscal year pending timely report</header><text>If in any fiscal year the report required by paragraph (1) of subsection (d) is not submitted by the date specified in paragraph (2) of subsection (d), funds may not be used under subsection (a) in such fiscal year during the period—</text>
<paragraph id="idBDE1572C219E46A082612550DEC8FB63"><enum>(1)</enum><text>beginning on the date specified in paragraph (2) of subsection (d); and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idB792946B16BB42D9ADA9F4344518815E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>ending on the date of the submittal of the report under paragraph (1) of subsection (d).</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id4BC073FF81A44C71BCC31529AC3A0CC4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Annual report</header>
<paragraph id="id8B99DE77401A44D894DFD573821EF125"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Director of the Defense Information Systems Agency shall submit to the congressional defense committees each fiscal year a report on the use of the authority in subsection (a) during the preceding fiscal year.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id9618A80954FA4022AD0D1FB7C4A3C3EE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deadline for submittal</header><text>The report required by paragraph (1) in a fiscal year shall be submitted not later than 60 days after the date of the submittal to Congress of the budget of the President for the succeeding fiscal year pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id78D8C05E7C374081B781195036616D96"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text>The authority in subsection (a) shall expire on October 1, 2011.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="id1CE3C7AD4D144217982BC4BC73267680"><enum>322.</enum><header>Extension of temporary authority for contract performance of security guard functions</header>
<subsection id="ID77df950334be4b6bb2157dca3df58899"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Extension</header><text>Subsection (c) of section 332 of the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–314) is amended by striking <quote>September 30, 2009</quote> both places it appears and inserting <quote>September 30, 2012</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID87609abe31de47e69a9f72604b1ec388"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation for fiscal years 2010 through 2012</header><text>Subsection (d) of such section is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID317d5197989f406daa600f6c42356903"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID8b08e1fa259b47658b87d3c20cc6bc33"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDce49defb53484760ad12b55c96f48b8a"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:</text>
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<paragraph id="ID051c048d45834f9ab1dedecc790350b9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2010, the number equal to 70 percent of the total number of such personnel employed under such contracts on October 1, 2006;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDc6bf2c59034a4d329963b1eb777ce954"><enum>(5)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2011, the number equal to 60 percent of the total number of such personnel employed under such contracts on October 1, 2006; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID63b21d61884146929962d3bf320982fe"><enum>(6)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2012, the number equal to 50 percent of the total number of such personnel employed under such contracts on October 1, 2006.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HC8808302347C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>323.</enum><header>Report on incremental cost of early 2007 enhanced deployment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 323(b)(2) of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 10 U.S.C. 229 note) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id189B1C9951874737AB6E1CB0E31773F9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id653DD81E50C747EAB3E599881B575931"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id4E0D7B67BD42402BB2E5141E10602152"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
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<subparagraph id="idF0CC9BB5D9534AD3AE4F23550DEDD16E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>each of the military departments for the additional incremental cost resulting from the additional deployment of forces to Iraq and Afghanistan above the levels deployed to such countries on January 1, 2007.</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section>
<section id="id7B8D09AFBAD74C0CA873DC76F89C2DF8"><enum>324.</enum><header>Individual body armor</header>
<subsection id="id101681D2D5AA42B9B816C9032536867B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Assessment</header><text>The Director of Operational Test and Evaluation and the Director of Defense Research and Engineering shall jointly conduct an assessment of various domestic technological approaches for body armor systems for protection against ballistic threats at or above military requirements.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="idC837BE4A091C4BEDB7188B288C7E3FA3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header>
<paragraph id="id1FEB8194B72842E780C1156CA8B1C615"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Report required</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation and the Director of Defense Research and Engineering shall jointly submit to the Secretary of Defense, and to the congressional defense committees, a report on the assessment required by subsection (a).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id2775B1B5F1B44704829B82BE4C07E4D8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The report required under paragraph (1) shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="id188634B5CC644E8B8BAE0CFAEFC5AC0B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a detailed comparative analysis and assessment of the technical approaches covered by the assessment under subsection (a), including the technical capability, feasibility, military utility, and cost of each such approach; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idFB497807C3F945049D81D863FE51B64C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such other matters as the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation and the Director of Defense Research and Engineering jointly consider appropriate.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id8DC2690F8E534AD4A8055715262FD4D0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Form</header><text>The report submitted under paragraph (1) to the congressional defense committees shall be submitted in both classified and unclassified form.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="idC24A352805E342AEAA40BA4ED77358BC"><enum>D</enum><header>Workplace and Depot Issues</header>
<section id="idF819E6B988A54D1D83F741B6F343BC6B"><enum>341.</enum><header>Extension of authority for Army industrial facilities to engage in cooperative activities with non-Army entities</header>
<subsection id="id0F06BC5222C64D03B6853AF05AF99BCB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Extension of authority</header><text>Section 4544 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id71A139D7173444579C9CDCA2E1CAEE98"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following: <quote>This authority may be used to enter into not more than eight contracts or cooperative agreements.</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id4C9F22C1E9D145139C18C1EE92DED3F1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (k), by striking <quote>2009</quote> and inserting <quote>2014</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idDC151BEB56204BC0A7EB5AD9385CE2C7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reports</header>
<paragraph id="id0645955AA1F24CE8914F2BE04141211D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Annual report on use of authority</header><text>The Secretary of the Army shall submit to Congress at the same time the budget of the President is submitted to Congress for fiscal years 2009 through 2016 under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, a report on the use of the authority provided under section 4544 of title 10, United States Code.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id37C06306F8B34C829149045C39D4064C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Analysis of use of authority</header><text>Not later than September 30, 2012, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report assessing the advisability of making such authority permanent and eliminating the limitation on the number of contracts or cooperative arrangements that may be entered into pursuant to such authority.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="id46023782901F489AAD79238B92685977"><enum>342.</enum><header>Two-year extension of Arsenal Support Demonstration Program</header>
<subsection id="idB5FAF049BBCD42FB9B7D2D4686486E37"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Extension</header><text>Subsection (a) of section 343 of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (as enacted into law by Public Law 106–398; 10 U.S.C. 4551 note) is amended by striking <quote>fiscal years 2001 through 2008</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal years 2001 through 2010</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id8E41E88518DA493A89FAD27F750233FF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Extension of reporting requirement</header><text>The second sentence in subsection (g)(1) of such section is amended to read as follows: <quote>No report is required after fiscal year 2010.</quote>.</text> </subsection></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="id93CBD3AEF1994266B4F3B4D7F0114961"><enum>E</enum><header>Other Matters</header>
<section id="idDFA37FC93B0848FBAD5500F987C8B36E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>351.</enum><header>Enhancement of corrosion control and prevention functions within Department of Defense</header>
<subsection id="H8E7624BEED96486297CBB594DE004237"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Office of Corrosion Policy and Oversight</header>
<paragraph id="idD78930DACE01497EB94BCBE412C2E4C4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 2228 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="idE8F28F1ABAD3403E85B1D537317E336E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the section heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">Military equipment and infrastructure: prevention and mitigation of corrosion</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">Office of Corrosion Policy and Oversight</header-in-text></quote>; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id6A0B5A7BEA524ABABD95B94153F7B676"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="H4B3C6EEEC85342ACB75BC44783134033"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Office and Director</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H1A9DE1360721488D92EF77A7E031369C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>There is an Office of Corrosion Policy and Oversight within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7A4F46E1A58D4536BE7E36337098F794" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Office shall be headed by a Director of Corrosion Policy and Oversight (in this section referred to as the <quote>Director</quote>), who shall be assigned to such position by the Under Secretary from among civilian employees of the Department of Defense with the qualifications described in paragraph (3). The Director is the senior official responsible in the Department of Defense to the Secretary of Defense (after the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics) for the prevention and mitigation of corrosion of the military equipment and infrastructure of the Department of Defense. The Director shall report directly to the Under Secretary.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H862A6C575A2B4C43A6A2005F456B758D" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>In order to qualify to be assigned to the position of Director, an individual shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDADA71BEABA040CAA5A829A55763B661"><enum>(A)</enum><text>have a minimum of 10 years experience in the Defense Acquisition Corps;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5327B60C73164A55886B52844794B2F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>have technical expertise in, and professional experience with, corrosion engineering, including an understanding of the effects of corrosion policies on infrastructure; research, development, test, and evaluation; and maintenance; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H51AECD718E254FE9A39D782F74F2D9F2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>have background in and an understanding of Department of Defense budget formulation and execution, policy formulation, and planning and program requirements.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3BC6C58F816B4B078CD1F7284D9D43DF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming changes</header><text>Subsection (b) of such section is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H41CCF12ACC474E8FA96FA596369558CD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>official or organization designated under subsection (a)</quote> and inserting <quote>Director</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5D298D268022435B003857B118349BF9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>designated official or organization</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Director</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H32990081DBCE4F7DA95707F2AFA1064B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional authority for Director of Office</header><text>Such section is further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H04A67048DD6B4DAB91913ECDE459EA07"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (d) and (f), respectively; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H82F1BD4B7FFB40B9B907306D5EAD42BC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="H9876468C742F4305ABF1ADCB072C1D59"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Additional authorities for Director</header><text>The Director is authorized to—</text>
<paragraph id="H31539ED619E44894B1951E74009BE2F0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>develop, update, and coordinate corrosion training with the Defense Acquisition University;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6870078A19A94EE89544F900D1437939"><enum>(2)</enum><text>participate in the process within the Department of Defense for the development of relevant directives and instructions; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H328B5DF1E51D42C9A513D4058BB4DA99"><enum>(3)</enum><text>interact directly with the corrosion prevention industry, trade associations, other government corrosion prevention agencies, academic research institutions, and scientific organizations engaged in corrosion prevention, including the National Academy of Sciences.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id6934D4CBE1BB4ECFB16AA7A1B6BFD391"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Inclusion of cooperative research agreements as part of corrosion reduction strategy</header><text>Subparagraph (D) of subsection (d)(2) of such section, as redesignated by subsection (b), is amended by inserting after <quote>operational strategies</quote> the following: <quote>, including through the establishment of memoranda of agreement, joint funding agreements, public-private partnerships, university research centers, and other cooperative research agreements</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="HDA99F907C1B241B989B8CDA5DD2DB7E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report requirement</header><text>Such section is further amended by inserting after subsection (d), as redesignated by subsection (b), the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="H58EEA2ECFE49478A819286E4112B5287"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H92A84E6614444F30A26CFDCB4453573"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary of Defense shall submit with the defense budget materials for each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2009 a report on the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H85BA9A6075804AB795B127AB27AC9FEA" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Funding requirements for the long-term strategy developed under subsection (d).</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9EA1DEF4349A40AAA6D1AB957BE3C827" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The return on investment that would be achieved by implementing the strategy.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC44EA37224AE4F0E91A1EB679878D1B" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The funds requested in the budget compared to the funding requirements.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H77CE0494203A408A9BBAC2B9D429D2C" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>An explanation of why the Department of Defense is not requesting funds for the entire requirement.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H110B897D71B147D9A3181C642DD0E1BC" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Not later than 60 days after submission of the budget for a fiscal year, the Comptroller General shall provide to the congressional defense committees—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7C1FC5FF700845CFB240D4427BD11B3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an analysis of the budget submission for corrosion control and prevention by the Department of Defense; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE763BD09BA544F7D90A9121FC2A157DC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an analysis of the report required under paragraph (1).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection id="H564A6866257B468EAF7536B11CE2E151"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Subsection (f), as redesignated by subsection (b), is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:</text>
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<paragraph id="H8DA83A08D8314C38A2326722FFEE4F5"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The term <quote>budget</quote>, with respect to a fiscal year, means the budget for that fiscal year that is submitted to Congress by the President under section 1105(a) of title 31.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF606BD36457A49E79E8B5674D325C76B"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The term <quote>defense budget materials</quote>, with respect to a fiscal year, means the materials submitted to Congress by the Secretary of Defense in support of the budget for that fiscal year.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section>
<section id="IDbc5e50c1b4bf44c1acded7465940fe4b"><enum>352.</enum><header>Reimbursement for National Guard support provided to Federal agencies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 377 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID73e91cdfa9e442359c3a7f170f90fd8e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>To the extent</quote> and inserting <quote>Subject to subsection (c), to the extent</quote>;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDe12aee2eac204c8b817d65208c271576"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c);</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID0fd0ab549f574bc88b843ac4e9b7e0ed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="ID7d2f1014f7044987b85ffae619183f4e"><enum>(b)</enum>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id67BF46C6B5EF42D6ABD57D17592389E9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary of Defense shall require a Federal agency to which law enforcement support or support to a national special security event is provided by National Guard personnel performing duty under section 502(f) of title 32 to reimburse the Department of Defense for the costs of that support, notwithstanding any other provision of law. No other provision of this chapter shall apply to such support.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID054f04c9554c446ebd82deb1138cf60c" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Any funds received by the Department of Defense under this subsection as reimbursement for support provided by personnel of the National Guard shall be credited, at the election of the Secretary of Defense, to the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="IDbaa95277a62f4992adbc9a8ee9cd11b8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The appropriation, fund, or account used to fund the support.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID8aade97a8f88494ea36e14e6d8ee769b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The appropriation, fund, or account currently available for reimbursement purposes.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID53d8c9261d9b4c4fa9eeafa4fe070117"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (c), as redesignated by paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID20fb356de9bf40c7a27801304297f7d0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or section 502(f) of title 32</quote> after <quote>under this chapter</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID440b13b246304342b35519a3d850801f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>or personnel of the National Guard</quote> after <quote>Department of Defense</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></section>
<section id="id85D5B779497D4B16B5F8403C46E6EF5F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>353.</enum><header>Reauthorization of Aviation Insurance Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 44310 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>March 30, 2008</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2013</quote>.</text> </section>
<section id="id4458207B2A784EA4B02D02FFE5C9E31B"><enum>354.</enum><header>Property accountability and disposition of unlawfully obtained property of the Armed Forces</header>
<subsection id="IDf707d7786a404632ad89d477556f8eae"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Statutory establishment of accountability for property of Navy and Marine Corps</header>
<paragraph id="id5422839518344C67921A648F6B044734"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Chapter 661 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
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<section id="ID693d63e1ea39430e87493b1da097cab9"><enum>7864.</enum><header>Property accountability; regulations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of the Navy may prescribe regulations for the accounting for property of the Navy and the Marine Corps and for the fixing of responsibility for such property.</text> </section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idEBE992FC4DF64BDB972D9B7E5B0757F4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Unauthorized disposition and recovery of property</header><text>Such chapter is further amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
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<section id="IDaba57512ef7d497aa08964bff34a9647"><enum>7865.</enum><header>Military equipment: unauthorized disposition</header>
<subsection id="IDa5f09781609b43dba9bcc2c59f88c3d5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>No member of the Navy or the Marine Corps may sell, lend, pledge, barter, or give any clothing, arms, or equipment obtained by or furnished to the member by the United States to any person other than a member of the Navy or the Marine Corps authorized to receive it, an officer of the United States authorized to receive it, or any other individual authorized to receive it.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID9fb588537cdd4f57b305213572b0562c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Seizure of property</header><text>If a member of the Navy or the Marine Corps disposes of property in violation of subsection (a) and it is in the possession of a person who is not authorized to receive it as described in that subsection, that person has no right to or interest in the property, and any civil or military officer of the United States may seize it, wherever found, subject to applicable regulations. Possession of such property by a person who is not authorized to receive it as described in subsection (a) is prima facie evidence that it has been disposed of in violation of subsection (a).</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID77c7d8901a694969bc00db65218ab89f"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Retention of seized property</header><text>If an officer who seizes property under subsection (b) is not authorized to retain it for the United States, the officer shall deliver it to a person who is authorized to retain it.</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idA469589ED38D4B42A64A5B3EAFF5BB2D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Standardizing amendments relating to disposition of unlawfully obtained Army and Air Force property</header>
<paragraph id="idB97D7FEA32194CCD8F53CD6C24F42F98"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Army property</header><text>Section 4836 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<section id="idDA4FD800E18645BDABF46FC2060645E9"><enum>4836.</enum><header>Military equipment: unauthorized disposition</header>
<subsection id="id7A6564AA0AE54F659DE770A892875CF0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>No member of the Army may sell, lend, pledge, barter, or give any clothing, arms, or equipment obtained by or furnished to the member by the United States to any person other than a member of the Army authorized to receive it, an officer of the United States authorized to receive it, or any other individual authorized to receive it.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="idED310BC68EED4F54B36336377ABB69C8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Seizure of property</header><text>If a member of the Army disposes of property in violation of subsection (a) and it is in the possession of a person who is not authorized to receive it as described in that subsection, that person has no right to or interest in the property, and any civil or military officer of the United States may seize it, wherever found, subject to applicable regulations. Possession of such property by a person who is not authorized to receive it as described in subsection (a) is prima facie evidence that it has been disposed of in violation of subsection (a).</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id8968D8EAF2DD4DF495BA401226489533"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Retention of seized property</header><text>If an officer who seizes property under subsection (b) is not authorized to retain it for the United States, the officer shall deliver it to a person who is authorized to retain it.</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idDF0EA2444F5D4295824A19C964EF32CC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Air Force property</header><text>Section 9836 of such title is amended is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<section id="id0D4EFC9358EB4AA7BA65F4B3E69882E9"><enum>9836.</enum><header>Military equipment: unauthorized disposition</header>
<subsection id="idC9E72A4E2A13471DA325BD48E59F21CB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>No member of the Air Force may sell, lend, pledge, barter, or give any clothing, arms, or equipment obtained by or furnished to the member by the United States to any person other than a member of the Air Force authorized to receive it, an officer of the United States authorized to receive it, or any other individual authorized to receive it.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="idCC9276186EFB4D2885582F7DA1606DB2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Seizure of property</header><text>If a member of the Air Force disposes of property in violation of subsection (a) and it is in the possession of a person who is not authorized to receive it as described in that subsection, that person has no right to or interest in the property, and any civil or military officer of the United States may seize it, wherever found, subject to applicable regulations. Possession of such property by a person who is not authorized to receive it as described in subsection (a) is prima facie evidence that it has been disposed of in violation of subsection (a).</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id6615F4AA030846E89ECF8C4842E17FA9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Retention of seized property</header><text>If an officer who seizes property under subsection (b) is not authorized to retain it for the United States, the officer shall deliver it to a person who is authorized to retain it.</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idF7EA2D5141BC4E3987E2A7B60B4F7EE1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical amendments</header>
<paragraph id="id8BB4ECC0E1DF4F6B893F9D694BB5E937"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 453 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 4836 and inserting the following new item:</text>
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<toc-entry idref="idDA4FD800E18645BDABF46FC2060645E9" level="section">4836. Military equipment: unauthorized disposition.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idE0B284E20389457F854541FB76C8AC4D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 661 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new items:</text>
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<toc-entry idref="ID693d63e1ea39430e87493b1da097cab9" level="section">7864. Property accountability: regulations.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="IDaba57512ef7d497aa08964bff34a9647" level="section">7865. Military equipment: unauthorized disposition.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idFDFFFF02C7C5457DB109247DC3B3194E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 953 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 9836 and inserting the following new item:</text>
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<toc-entry idref="id0D4EFC9358EB4AA7BA65F4B3E69882E9" level="section">9836. Military equipment: unauthorized disposition.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="IDf8ef88aa8fac412799c8f4cdc9b87163"><enum>355.</enum><header>Authority to impose reasonable conditions on the payment of full replacement value for claims related to personal property transported at Government expense</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2636a(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: <quote>The regulations may require members of the armed forces or civilian employees of the Department of Defense to comply with reasonable conditions in order to receive benefits under this section.</quote>.</text> </section>
<section id="id483F6D55F6884FA9A8400170B24D103C"><enum>356.</enum><header>Authority for individuals to retain combat uniforms issued in connection with contingency operations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of a military department may authorize members of the Armed Forces under the jurisdiction of the Secretary to retain combat uniforms issued as organizational clothing and individual equipment in connection with their deployment in support of contingency operations.</text> </section>
<section id="id20438A6339984F018B940E173BB00CBB"><enum>357.</enum><header>Modification of requirements on Comptroller General report on the readiness of Army and Marine Corps ground forces</header>
<subsection id="id7D8D994C3DB5487BBD1A5FD7C2A57383"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Submittal date</header><text>Subsection (a)(1) of section 345 of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2156) is amended by striking <quote>June 1, 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>March 1, 2008</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id20F200606A344F638434F36DA85256A0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>Subsection (b) of such section is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idE686E40A903343B2B5A45B3A6AD16C99"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2);</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idFFFEB1D6C9B54331B5917C07389F1D67"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (7) as paragraphs (4) through (8), respectively; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id965917029CF74170843B3319647DE87D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraphs:</text>
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<paragraph id="idA7756562CC3E46DC8D1E23120AB6C94B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An assessment of the ability of the Army and Marine Corps to provide trained and ready forces to meet the requirements of increased force levels in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom and to meet the requirements of other ongoing operations simultaneously with such increased force levels.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id50E211D45BEB4DA487C2E72ED28940B1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>An assessment of the strategic depth of the Army and Marine Corps and their ability to provide trained and ready forces to meet the requirements of the high-priority contingency war plans of the regional combatant commands, including an identification and evaluation for each such plan of—</text>
<subparagraph id="id3401C511CE2C4D3EAD7D646B48922076"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the strategic and operational risks associated with current and projected forces of current and projected readiness;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idA38D4423BA8C4562BCBEABDCC5958EE0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the time required to make forces available and prepare them for deployment; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idABD4589C6D0B41CE9C4D1BEE3BD8BC78"><enum>(C)</enum><text>likely strategic tradeoffs necessary to meet the requirements of each such plan.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idB3BD9EEBE3F546C8AB36999CEAAFDA05"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Department of Defense cooperation</header><text>Such section is further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idF8F2BA3A7E034A28A1715DA9C29DC517"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id8B9F539390194A14BE7613C6A2B77D1D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection (c):</text>
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<subsection id="id01908D2666884A2AA760ACE91C60028F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Department of defense cooperation</header><text>The Secretary of Defense shall ensure the full cooperation of the Department of Defense with the Comptroller General for purposes of the preparation of the report required by this section.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle>
<enum>IV</enum><header>MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS</header>
<subtitle id="idEA0EA64F87A045AF8D98C21B426BDDBC"><enum>A</enum><header>Active Forces</header>
<section id="IDC4EEFC11B0654CD684C2D508999D18C3"><enum>401.</enum><header>End strengths for active forces</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Armed Forces are authorized strengths for active duty personnel as of September 30, 2008, as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="IDC7B1E7AE346741F29CCA9E713CAF5C59"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Army, 525,400.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID2D6192DCAF1A490AA32CA25552D5ABE7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Navy, 328,400.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDCB74477BF8684085A74649BE4A47F0D4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Marine Corps, 189,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID0E37709FF69348B7B86A384CB27EB147"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Air Force, 328,600.</text> </paragraph></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="id5A7FD27E27D74C3F92A70D92139D89E3"><enum>B</enum><header>Reserve Forces</header>
<section id="IDE30F0038C6EE4365A663511DF5242721"><enum>411.</enum><header>End strengths for Selected Reserve</header>
<subsection id="ID53B38487792E49169656A8B3C0C5D181"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text>The Armed Forces are authorized strengths for Selected Reserve personnel of the reserve components as of September 30, 2008, as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="ID51C18F2D1DB64F7387A942FF0ED43924"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Army National Guard of the United States, 351,300.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID4306F3F1281B44D09C1313809A5E7A6F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Army Reserve, 205,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID0521933A06D14A609448ECF70FD1C40C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Navy Reserve, 67,800.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID03827BF533F24131A32CB0B7C638FE70"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Marine Corps Reserve, 39,600.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID9F92FD8D72B34326BC569ABE06853618"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The Air National Guard of the United States, 106,700.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID45F5FD3EFCEF4847837D44658DB33A05"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The Air Force Reserve, 67,500.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID1643B0D7107B4CF4912AA3696C8355DC"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The Coast Guard Reserve, 10,000.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID39B978B309E843D69561EF0008F31673"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Adjustments</header><text>The end strengths prescribed by subsection (a) for the Selected Reserve of any reserve component shall be proportionately reduced by—</text>
<paragraph id="ID013BAD2CD2B2485293E26DDCDC2FC66E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the total authorized strength of units organized to serve as units of the Selected Reserve of such component which are on active duty (other than for training) at the end of the fiscal year; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDD05CA53F038B424EA7ADEB35FF26D66D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the total number of individual members not in units organized to serve as units of the Selected Reserve of such component who are on active duty (other than for training or for unsatisfactory participation in training) without their consent at the end of the fiscal year.</text> </paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">Whenever such units or such individual members are released from active duty during any fiscal year, the end strength prescribed for such fiscal year for the Selected Reserve of such reserve component shall be increased proportionately by the total authorized strengths of such units and by the total number of such individual members.</continuation-text></subsection></section>
<section id="IDD5BC20AAE1D442698BA7598B762EB871"><enum>412.</enum><header>End strengths for Reserves on active duty in support of the reserves</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Within the end strengths prescribed in section 411(a), the reserve components of the Armed Forces are authorized, as of September 30, 2008, the following number of Reserves to be serving on full-time active duty or full-time duty, in the case of members of the National Guard, for the purpose of organizing, administering, recruiting, instructing, or training the reserve components:</text>
<paragraph id="ID6DA55CDCB78F47988A0DD78CE66B6EF2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Army National Guard of the United States, 29,204.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID89FAEED27E8A4BCF98F420BB2B6CE6D3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Army Reserve, 15,870.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDB855E4D51DD544D18152C2BE2979CE03"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Navy Reserve, 11,579.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDC8DB751F8005452FBBB92C5CC5BA915C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Marine Corps Reserve, 2,261.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDC0C29607BBB24B6F9743F08554B7DCCD"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The Air National Guard of the United States, 13,936.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID803F4A09CDE34149B9A7526D46F9614D"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The Air Force Reserve, 2,721.</text> </paragraph></section>
<section id="IDEE38FCC5292B424ABF20F2F25AB4A46A"><enum>413.</enum><header>End strengths for military technicians (dual status)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The minimum number of military technicians (dual status) as of the last day of fiscal year 2008 for the reserve components of the Army and the Air Force (notwithstanding section 129 of title 10, United States Code) shall be the following:</text>
<paragraph id="ID9D806C851DE7488484E9E208A50DE808"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For the Army Reserve, 8,249.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDCF9047528B5D42C29A3C7E5F257D3ABA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For the Army National Guard of the United States, 26,502.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDB051FC3350944421B4401C13598ACAB1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For the Air Force Reserve, 9,909.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID3C6541A346544CE2B14A4D0900AB9E35"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For the Air National Guard of the United States, 22,553.</text> </paragraph></section>
<section id="ID5B9C0DCD370C4E78BE5AC97376AE5118"><enum>414.</enum><header>Fiscal year 2008 limitation on number of non-dual status technicians</header>
<subsection id="ID5076381A691941778C578B90AE2065A4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Limitations</header>
<paragraph id="ID83BB8C5978C541A583CF9E887FCE1C60"><enum>(1)</enum><header>National guard</header><text>Within the limitation provided in section 10217(c)(2) of title 10, United States Code, the number of non-dual status technicians employed by the National Guard as of September 30, 2008, may not exceed the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID7CB70D63F7B04198AE91650B443DA042"><enum>(A)</enum><text>For the Army National Guard of the United States, 1,600.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID2FB6AFECD5F9472987EECD2997CD199C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>For the Air National Guard of the United States, 350.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID7EB64D0FA4444AAEB99D0282E8393706"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Army reserve</header><text>The number of non-dual status technicians employed by the Army Reserve as of September 30, 2008, may not exceed 595.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDF8E81886E4974625837A75020DAC3704"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Air force reserve</header><text>The number of non-dual status technicians employed by the Air Force Reserve as of September 30, 2008, may not exceed 90.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID91BCAD75CAEE427BAE621A49C340AF70"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Non-Dual Status Technicians Defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>non-dual status technician</term> has the meaning given that term in section 10217(a) of title 10, United States Code.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="IDDEE6CAA1B60B41F7BA56E336F9529E20"><enum>415.</enum><header>Maximum number of reserve personnel authorized to be on active duty for operational support</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">During fiscal year 2008, the maximum number of members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who may be serving at any time on full-time operational support duty under section 115(b) of title 10, United States Code, is the following:</text>
<paragraph id="IDFDD1565E705642EC957CC1CCD69A2F91"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Army National Guard of the United States, 17,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDE4AFB5FCD2EB45F4BE4028CF57F0F875"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Army Reserve, 13,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID8025558CFBE34189992DBE9E5A6BA88E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Navy Reserve, 6,200.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID657552EC3F434E3C814260358296E5D8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Marine Corps Reserve, 3,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDB3705BA5F6D0491DB442424EA7317246"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The Air National Guard of the United States, 16,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID928239DD042043A5A32A28EB8D342CA0"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The Air Force Reserve, 14,000.</text> </paragraph></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="id6D616B5BAB134F7EA157956BD9DE3540"><enum>C</enum><header>Authorization of Appropriations</header>
<section id="id292741B89C5241FF848459756D53DD56"><enum>421.</enum><header>Military personnel</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2008 for military personnel, in amounts as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="ID68ca1780421a461ca7c9deeeb056588a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For the Army, $34,952,762,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID41993eb3b3da4c5c8edda153eb2366fc"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For the Navy, $23,300,841,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDcc359f33d246461b974a55c74808941f"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For the Marine Corps, $11,065,542,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID112b461d4dac48f8819b3389f3572db7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For the Air Force, $24,091,993,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID7304669bcb2442e7aa8534968e1c07cf"><enum>(5)</enum><text>For the Army Reserve, $3,701,197,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID90fb2b52109e49fcb262743384640076"><enum>(6)</enum><text>For the Navy Reserve, $1,766,408,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID4b3f16e389d243e79df6505305db9e8a"><enum>(7)</enum><text>For the Marine Corps Reserve, $593,961,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID2d4f0c1e38054cb6b844ef59929a619b"><enum>(8)</enum><text>For the Air Force Reserve, $1,356,618,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID23817e15130b4502ba4dc5cbcd18f25a"><enum>(9)</enum><text>For the Army National Guard, $5,914,979,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID49202042552a4d04a1d2dd017e83d2ac"><enum>(10)</enum><text>For the Air National Guard, $2,607,456,000.</text> </paragraph></section></subtitle>
<enum>V</enum><header>MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY</header>
<subtitle id="idC5A4D96B71AA4634A61A3ED406E5DB33"><enum>A</enum><header>Officer Personnel Policy</header>
<section id="idA9F4EEBEB6724CA394ECF9E0B7EB2C55"><enum>501.</enum><header>Increase in authorized strengths for Army officers on active duty in the grade of major to meet force structure requirements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The table in section 523(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking the items under the heading <quote>Major</quote> in the portion of the table relating to the Army and inserting the following new items:</text>
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<row><entry align="left" colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1">7,768</entry> </row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1"> 8,689</entry> </row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1"> 9,611</entry> </row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1">10,532</entry> </row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1">11,454</entry> </row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1">12,375</entry> </row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1">13,297</entry> </row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1">14,218</entry> </row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1">15,140</entry> </row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1">16,061</entry> </row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1">16,983</entry> </row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1">17,903</entry> </row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1">18,825</entry> </row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1">19,746</entry> </row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1">20,668</entry> </row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1">21,589</entry> </row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1">22,511</entry> </row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1">24,354</entry> </row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1">26,197</entry> </row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1">28,040</entry> </row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">35,412</entry> </row> </tbody> </tgroup></table> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section id="id2F5945BE24604FF39162CCADCDB317B6"><enum>502.</enum><header>Increase in authorized strengths for Navy officers on active duty in grades of lieutenant commander, commander, and captain to meet force structure requirements</header>
<subsection id="id89F6F3D50CE14EE6951E67187E9158E7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table in section 523(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<row><entry namest="column1" morerows="1" align="center" colname="column1">Total number of commissioned<linebreak/> officers (excluding officers in<linebreak/> categories specified in<linebreak/> subsection (b)) on active duty</entry><entry namest="column2" nameend="column4" morerows="0" align="center" colname="column2">Number of officers who may be serving<linebreak/> on active duty in grade of:</entry></row>
<row><entry namest="column2" morerows="0" align="center" colname="column2">Lieutenant Commander</entry><entry namest="column3" morerows="0" align="center" colname="column3">Commander</entry><entry namest="column4" morerows="0" align="center" colname="column4">Captain</entry></row></thead>
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<row><entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-clr" entry-modify="paragraph" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="col1">Navy:</entry><entry rowsep="0" entry-modify="paragraph" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="col2"/><entry rowsep="0" entry-modify="paragraph" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="col3"/><entry rowsep="0" entry-modify="paragraph" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="col4"/></row>
<row><entry align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" entry-modify="paragraph" colname="col1">30,000</entry><entry align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="col2"> 7,698</entry><entry align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="col3">5,269</entry><entry align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="col4">2,222</entry></row>
<row><entry align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" entry-modify="paragraph" colname="col1">33,000</entry><entry align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="col2"> 8,189</entry><entry align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="col3">5,501</entry><entry align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="col4">2,334</entry></row>
<row><entry align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" entry-modify="paragraph" colname="col1">36,000</entry><entry align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="col2"> 8,680</entry><entry align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="col3">5,733</entry><entry align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="col4">2,447</entry></row>
<row><entry align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" entry-modify="paragraph" colname="col1">39,000</entry><entry align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="col2"> 9,172</entry><entry align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="col3">5,965</entry><entry align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="col4">2,559</entry></row>
<row><entry align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" entry-modify="paragraph" colname="col1">42,000</entry><entry align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="col2"> 9,663</entry><entry align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="col3">6,197</entry><entry align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="col4">2,671</entry></row>
<row><entry align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" entry-modify="paragraph" colname="col1">45,000</entry><entry align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="col2">10,155</entry><entry align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="col3">6,429</entry><entry align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="col4">2,784</entry></row>
<row><entry align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" entry-modify="paragraph" colname="col1">48,000</entry><entry align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="col2">10,646</entry><entry align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="col3">6,660</entry><entry align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="col4">2,896</entry></row>
<row><entry align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" entry-modify="paragraph" colname="col1">51,000</entry><entry align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="col2">11,136</entry><entry align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="col3">6,889</entry><entry align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="col4">3,007</entry></row>
<row><entry align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" entry-modify="paragraph" colname="col1">54,000</entry><entry align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="col2">11,628</entry><entry align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="col3">7,121</entry><entry align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="col4">3,120</entry></row>
<row><entry align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" entry-modify="paragraph" colname="col1">57,000</entry><entry align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="col2">12,118</entry><entry align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="col3">7,352</entry><entry align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="col4">3,232</entry></row>
<row><entry align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" entry-modify="paragraph" colname="col1">60,000</entry><entry align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="col2">12,609</entry><entry align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="col3">7,583</entry><entry align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="col4">3,344</entry></row>
<row><entry align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" entry-modify="paragraph" colname="col1">63,000</entry><entry align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="col2">13,100</entry><entry align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="col3">7,813</entry><entry align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="col4">3,457</entry></row>
<row><entry align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" entry-modify="paragraph" colname="col1">66,000</entry><entry align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="col2">13,591</entry><entry align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="col3">8,044</entry><entry align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="col4">3,568</entry></row>
<row><entry align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" entry-modify="paragraph" colname="col1">70,000</entry><entry align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="col2">14,245</entry><entry align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="col3">8,352</entry><entry align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="col4">3,718</entry></row>
<row><entry align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" entry-modify="paragraph" colname="col1">90,000</entry><entry align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="col2">17,517</entry><entry align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="col3">9,890</entry><entry align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="col4">4,467.</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection id="idFD94F728768943518DC1AF750D080EA3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2007.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="idBA13A1483FC1489BA2DFC8D6F121C7F0"><enum>503.</enum><header>Expansion of exclusion of military permanent professors from strength limitations for officers below general and flag grades</header>
<subsection id="id53BBB37BAE3B4B709E368974A4AEA6DA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Inclusion of permanent professors of the Navy</header><text>Section 523(b)(8) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id8AC7E80B474E40A4943B3C28EC17399C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Naval Academy</quote> and inserting <quote>Navy</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id750B6AA8FA6649D9B1BE653017FCD73D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or service</quote> before the period at the end.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id100927341FF64EA5A612DAFE809B2AB9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Expansion of exclusion generally</header><text>Such section is further amended by striking <quote>50</quote> and inserting <quote>85</quote>.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="idF7E8B69E25534BDDAA1D7BA4D254903F"><enum>504.</enum><header>Mandatory retirement age for active-duty general and flag officers continued on active duty</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 637(b)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>but such period may not (except as provided under section 1251(b) of this title) extend beyond the date of the officer's sixty-second birthday</quote> and inserting <quote>except as provided under section 1253 of this title</quote>.</text> </section>
<section id="IDd5808ee92d49496cae889a5e7e310846"><enum>505.</enum><header>Authority for reduced mandatory service obligation for initial appointments of officers in critically short health professional specialties</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 651 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="ID1cb9d59e559f4993b85450121aa45412"><enum>(c)</enum>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id05A7369C42F940A584AFCBD9C85D2D24"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary of Defense may waive the service required by subsection (a) for initial appointments of commissioned officers in such critically short health professional specialties as the Secretary shall specify for purposes of this subsection.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idEE2206979A52444A9793C94CA07239E1" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The minimum period of obligated service for an officer under a waiver under this subsection shall be the greater of—</text>
<subparagraph id="idB7C0A91D919747B3A8FFAFD40CC2E09F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>two years; or</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id2809AA2B9EB2465FBEF0F371B65FF27A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of an officer who has accepted an accession bonus or executed a contract or agreement for the multiyear receipt of special pay for service in the armed forces, the period of obligated service specified in such contract or agreement.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section id="idF53D6220E7D24EFBA141BB69AA68C004"><enum>506.</enum><header>Increase in authorized number of permanent professors at the United States Military Academy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Paragraph (4) of section 4331(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph id="id879A0B7D3E0642279A850738AE512A55"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Twenty-eight permanent professors.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section id="id82BA404112D94B309426F1DD263D6E74"><enum>507.</enum><header>Expansion of authority for reenlistment of officers in their former enlisted grade</header>
<subsection id="ID895037728b14448388ae1636bea2e350"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Regular Army</header><text>Section 3258 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDd0fdf744b1224d258d889b1eb57ca038"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDc72f70dc1cf342389250ec943d330179"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>a Reserve officer</quote> and inserting <quote>an officer</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID4f037662f1e447cda25a45fb61057bc0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>a temporary appointment</quote> and inserting <quote>an appointment</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDd1a52a0816b94a5db0c45201839a92b4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID959f0f7f97224786a3017815522b8332"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>a Reserve officer</quote> and inserting <quote>an officer</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDb55c60566b8740e78565945f21aeddf8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>the Reserve commission</quote> and inserting <quote>the commission</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="IDb6adf93862da486e96830a98a9efb78f"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Regular air force</header><text>Section 8258 of such title is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID652665eb4de9455593890c2b2008a0c5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID52b8b31a2b304af094d33377788c5558"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>a reserve officer</quote> and inserting <quote>an officer</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID6c1b39f5e5104622ae3792ed69080c08"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>a temporary appointment</quote> and inserting <quote>an appointment</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID60a013e537974bb28307dde76655bf61"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID12a4314d29854ce6ac89c5975c38efc9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>a Reserve officer</quote> and inserting <quote>an officer</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDd85624335bf3438591d2213ec4f572e6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>the Reserve commission</quote> and inserting <quote>the commission</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="id6B2879D2C583465292007FCD72D20E6A"><enum>508.</enum><header>Enhanced authority for reserve general and flag officers to serve on active duty</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 526(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id733AC0F7460940C2A274268A6D0844FC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>(1)</quote> before <quote>The limitations</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id28DA9ACBA1A24EC1A5E4411DC4CA6BD6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="id0B587248E4FA40E7884D1A1E45650DAC" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The limitations of this section also do not apply to a number, as specified by the Secretary of the military department concerned, of reserve component general or flag officers authorized to serve on active duty for a period of not more than 365 days. The number so specified for an armed force may not exceed the number equal to ten percent of the authorized number of general or flag officers, as the case may be, of that armed force under section 12004 of this title. In determining such number, any fraction shall be rounded down to the next whole number, except that such number shall be at least one.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section>
<section id="ID749988cb9dd94ac8acb11d72b0dc7ba6"><enum>509.</enum><header>Promotion of career military professors of the Navy</header>
<subsection id="idDA06D15898574015AF60F144031CF3FF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Promotion</header>
<paragraph id="id6F274DB3CF1342FEBA9F1791386A3196"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Chapter 603 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="idDA67806CEBBB4DBD9210798E2327718C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating section 6970 as section 6970a; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idF6D198B9EF3144FAA5F365C0999666EE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after section 6969 the following new section 6970:</text>
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<section id="idA6F6DC91CDE345B3ABFBB15CB2495409"><enum>6970.</enum><header>Permanent professors: promotion</header>
<subsection id="idE9B100771BA04C85B5E32D7FB8D62C0E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Promotion</header><text>An officer serving as a permanent professor may be recommended for promotion to the grade of captain or colonel, as the case may be, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy. The regulations shall include a competitive selection board process to identify those permanent professors best qualified for promotion. An officer so recommended shall be promoted by appointment to the higher grade by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="idFAD37A54E88D4B16AEDE599649551F49"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date of promotion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If made, the promotion of an officer under subsection (a) shall be effective not earlier than three years after the selection of the officer as a permanent professor as described in that subsection.</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id0D5BDE7477C143DBBF01B6878B9CF782"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 603 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 6970 and inserting the following new items:</text>
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<toc-entry idref="idA6F6DC91CDE345B3ABFBB15CB2495409" level="section">6970. Permanent professors: promotion.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="idA6F6DC91CDE345B3ABFBB15CB2495409" level="section">6970a. Permanent professors: retirement for years of service; authority for deferral.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID45a635af762a41799f71f80bdaa7ea21"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text>Section 641(2) of such title is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id3BE07BE3EDBD45108CE4F4AA40917A0C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and the registrar</quote> and inserting <quote>, the registrar</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idEC5D6AD9136B456782B05DCA29B7898D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>, and permanent professors of the Navy (as defined in regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy)</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="idE9DDE9D4E8194C7EA0CAE746A9367DD3"><enum>B</enum><header>Enlisted Personnel Policy</header>
<section id="idEBEFA112D62842E491C0EA15728F3FD2"><enum>521.</enum><header>Increase in authorized daily average of number of members in pay grade E–9</header>
<subsection id="idC26376EE6A354446B002F84351A8A37C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Increase</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 517(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>1 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>1.25 percent</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id428AD072C7D14A9DA0364B6E7A61A5CF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2007, and shall apply with respect to fiscal years beginning on or after that date.</text> </subsection></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="id5EBD1B247457461482F1110F250DEEB3"><enum>C</enum><header>Reserve Component Management</header>
<section id="id9EEDF9BE50C947DB92C486BBED10930E"><enum>531.</enum><header>Revised designation, structure, and functions of the Reserve Forces Policy Board</header>
<subsection id="ID52d9b41beadd4d84a529b697d53ae407"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Modification of designation, structure, and functions of Reserve Forces Policy Board</header>
<paragraph id="idA1E4BB0FE11F4372ABD215C8C41C1BA4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 10301 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<section id="IDe173280aeaaf44f7993f837c0b1a601b"><enum>10301.</enum><header>Reserve Policy Advisory Board</header>
<subsection id="id6B9860BB77A5452DA9AF27E2771C693A"><enum>(a)</enum><text>There is in the Office of the Secretary of Defense a Reserve Policy Advisory Board.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID2deb23c5764e46c79b4b0975b4140507"><enum>(b)</enum>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id4D0658BF6E3C4631932DEED53E0F503D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Board shall consist of a civilian chairman and not more than 15 other members, each appointed by the Secretary of Defense, of whom—</text>
<subparagraph id="id326E68ADE91B4D2FBF806C59CF249287" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not more than 4 members may be Government civilian officials who must be from outside the Department of Defense; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id4903DE9A2B094EA5BA6274C8F02C03A9" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not more than 2 members may be members of the armed forces.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID61fe99611fe545ad8c3cbce6ba6ab9b1" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Each member appointed to serve on the Board shall have—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDbd0382ee56334aba8b22acafdcf9f825"><enum>(A)</enum><text>extensive knowledge, or experience with, reserve component matters, national security and national military strategies of the United States, or roles and missions of the regular components and the reserve components;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID4739dbaac42a4720857a06ae75b21d86"><enum>(B)</enum><text>extensive knowledge of, or experience in, homeland defense and matters involving Department of Defense support to civil authorities; or</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id9CCD0CE828B441349026F8EF83F94E00"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a distinguished background in government, business, personnel planning, technology and its application in military operations, or other fields that are pertinent to the management and utilization of the reserve components.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idB5929051D27645ECB8E2C3EC4A5F6CDA" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Each member of the Board shall serve for a term of 2 years, and, at the conclusion of such term, may be appointed under this subsection to serve an additional term of 2 years.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDd35d45e68cab41178137d1823fa9563e" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Upon the designation of the chairman of the Board and the approval of the Secretary of Defense, an officer of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps in the Reserves or the National Guard who is a general or flag officer shall serve as the military advisor to, and executive officer of, the Board. Such service shall be either full-time or part-time, as designated by the Secretary of Defense, and shall be in a non-voting status on the Board.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="IDb527c26ad8794ce08519316fed8f3315"><enum>(c)</enum>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id2236F8B5869F43B79882BC43DEEAE5BF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>This section does not affect the committees on reserve policies prescribed within the military departments by sections 10302 through 10305 of this title.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDd3b94500121341edb81008a89914542c" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A member of a committee or board prescribed under a section listed in paragraph (1) may, if otherwise eligible, be a member of the Reserve Policy Advisory Board.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="IDec21f263f8454dcda41dc72f310026de"><enum>(d)</enum>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id918DD58BAB5E496B804864A0F2FC147F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Board shall provide the Secretary of Defense, through the Deputy Secretary of Defense, with independent advice and recommendations on strategies, policies, and practices designed to improve the capability, efficiency, and effectiveness of the reserve components.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id9DC5A85C65514617B50434E7E63D762B" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Board shall act on those matters referred to it by the Secretary or the chairman and, in addition, on any matter raised by a member of the Board.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id827D661FDC2C4B4C8D98B72412E6D45F"><enum>(e)</enum><text>The Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness shall provide necessary logistical support to the Board.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID99f18c84350d44fc9ac037fde75b5e50"><enum>(f)</enum><text>The Board shall not be subject to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID19c4338c1e444e708add95ffe03ba3c9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 1009 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 10301 and inserting the following new item:</text>
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<toc-entry level="section">10301. Reserve Policy Advisory Board.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idAEB09A476AB84F0FBED0DADCEA1A2EDA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>References</header><text>Any reference in any law, regulation, document, record, or other paper of the United States to the Reserve Forces Policy Board shall be deemed to be a reference to the Reserve Policy Advisory Board.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id9F84BD6B6FE24B548AE57845EDAE2CCC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inclusion of matters from board in annual report on activities of Department of Defense</header><text>Paragraph (2) of section 113(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph id="idDDE1350D85FD424E848AAEEFA84AC0CE" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>At the same time the Secretary submits the annual report under paragraph (1), the Secretary may transmit to the President and Congress with such report any additional matters from the Reserve Policy Advisory Board on the programs and activities of the reserve components as the Secretary considers appropriate to include in such report.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section>
<section id="id1EF2C2BCACEB48AB998241C00F90BFBA"><enum>532.</enum><header>Charter for the National Guard Bureau</header>
<subsection id="IDf77c4ae3e3d24e9a9380fa65d3674b8b"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prescription of charter by Secretary of Defense</header><text>Section 10503 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID3e6c9152da8f44bfa480a3734d14241e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Air Force shall jointly develop and</quote> in the matter preceding paragraph (1) and inserting <quote>The Secretary of the Defense shall, in consultation with the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Air Force, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,</quote>;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID0666eaf8a2b448b9950f72c78ede29fa"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (10), by striking <quote>the Army and Air Force</quote> and inserting <quote>the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Army, and the Secretary of the Air Force</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID0a664fcd426746aba38537f3e4cc35d3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (12), by striking <quote>Secretaries</quote> and inserting <quote>Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Army, and the Secretary of the Air Force</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="IDba1cdb52330f40698fb886e4a1a3ec8b"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming and clerical amendments</header>
<paragraph id="id192DEDBC935D4DBD95159FCA57B54A01"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>The heading of section 10503 of such title is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<section id="IDdf4cabf8b0ba4f15870133be9ba0d638"><enum>10503.</enum><header>Functions of National Guard Bureau: charter from the Secretary of Defense</header> </section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID93356ed644734d988dce880a1427ce84"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 1011 of such title is amended by striking the item related to section 10503 and inserting the following new item:</text>
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<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">10503. Functions of the National Guard Bureau: charter from the Secretary of Defense.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="id50EE06CDBCA54337BC4259A493B23EF8"><enum>533.</enum><header>Appointment, grade, duties, and retirement of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau</header>
<subsection id="id66CC2A37D53744EEBC63DC8B8EA4E55E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Appointment</header><text>Subsection (a) of section 10502 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking paragraphs (1) through (3) and inserting the following new paragraphs:</text>
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<paragraph id="id78118D2B212C49EAA3AD00C12D812A2D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>are recommended for such appointment by their respective Governors or, in the case of the District of Columbia, the commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id02A82F8ABE4F4537960092357BDFEDD7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>are recommended for such appointment by the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of the Air Force;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idAAF19407D23B492D9811AE048DBFB617"><enum>(3)</enum><text>have had at least 10 years of federally recognized commissioned service in an active status in the National Guard;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idF15AF20F62FF4465A7766C7DA06722C2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>are in a grade above the grade of brigadier general;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idAEB67574647140E78B8D3D4298327F80"><enum>(5)</enum><text>are determined by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in accordance with criteria and as a result of a process established by the Chairman, to have significant joint duty experience;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idA30A8466F6414C3DB0991C72B427B5D4"><enum>(6)</enum><text>are determined by the Secretary of Defense to have successfully completed such other assignments and experiences so as to possess a detailed understanding of the status and capabilities of National Guard forces and the missions of the National Guard Bureau as set forth in section 10503 of this title;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id813F9914D92E45D989C30FD80D674B6C"><enum>(7)</enum><text>have a level of operational experience in a position of significant responsibility, professional military education, and demonstrated expertise in national defense and homeland defense matters that are commensurate with the advisory role of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id6E18FA8B85B94C3D9AD03AF5F809C00F"><enum>(8)</enum><text>possess such other qualifications as the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe for purposes of this section.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection id="IDdfd8db171bd34c7397f387d221f5880a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grade</header><text>Subsection (d) of such section is amended by striking <quote>lieutenant general</quote> and inserting <quote>general</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="idE8F0A622B5774A4F833EBDDC922A7CE5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Repeal of age 64 limitation on service</header><text>Subsection (b) of such section is amended by striking <quote>An officer may not hold that office after becoming 64 years of age.</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id9F23A61551494F37AC51500BE0CFFFA2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Advisory duties</header><text>Subsection (c) of section 10502 of such title is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="id15F95A2EE14344E5966AF87E873189DC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Advisor on National Guard matters</header><text>The Chief of the National Guard Bureau is—</text>
<paragraph id="id6C688F1C1F7446B9B516CC9D84AD69BF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an advisor to the Secretary of Defense, through the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on matters involving non-federalized National Guard forces and on other matters as determined by the Secretary of Defense; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id08DC6DF3691443D6AAC21465B665857A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the principal adviser to the Secretary of the Army and the Chief of Staff of the Army, and to the Secretary of the Air Force and the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, on matters relating to the National Guard, the Army National Guard of the United States, and the Air National Guard of the United States.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection id="idA83DEC1185F042C6AB5DDACEBCEC106C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Deferral of retirement</header><text>Section 14512(a) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="IDcd87731578b9420e8587f9d55d0cc28e" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The President may defer the retirement of an officer serving in the position specified in paragraph (2)(A), but such deferment may not extend beyond the first day of the month following the month in which the officer becomes 68 years of age.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section>
<section id="idA17471E9B39D4959BFD8D25747DE75DF"><enum>534.</enum><header>Mandatory separation for years of service of Reserve officers in the grade of lieutenant general or vice admiral</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 14508 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDae738add0cf44a74bd11f8944f88b33f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (c), (d), and (e) as subsections (d), (e) and (f), respectively; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDafbe52446eb24aeeb779a14a284f6cb0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection (c):</text>
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<subsection id="IDff80cae7075e471aa37de817e0a8e529"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Thirty-eight years of service for lieutenant generals and vice admirals</header><text>Unless retired, transferred to the Retired Reserve, or discharged at an earlier date, each reserve officer of the Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps in the grade of lieutenant general, and each reserve officer of the Navy in the grade of vice admiral, shall, 30 days after completion of 38 years of commissioned service, be separated in accordance with section 14514 of this title.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section>
<section id="ID764d153e2cd24b7b88bc27eabee3c3e9"><enum>535.</enum><header>Increase in period of temporary Federal recognition as officers of the National Guard from six to twelve months</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 308(a) of title 32, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>six months</quote> and inserting <quote>12 months</quote>.</text> </section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="id7A861DD6FB684A65855FC0D097A17355"><enum>D</enum><header>Education and Training</header>
<section id="id919925954DC641E7A8F0BC4F80ED3707"><enum>551.</enum><header>Grade and service credit of commissioned officers in uniformed medical accession programs</header>
<subsection id="id42F243221ABD4A11831CFCF8EF1C8416"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Medical students of USUHS</header><text>Section 2114(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking the second sentence and inserting the following new sentences: <quote>Medical students so commissioned shall be appointed as regular officers in the grade of second lieutenant or ensign, or if they meet promotion criteria prescribed by the Secretary concerned, in the grade of first lieutenant or lieutenant (junior grade), and shall serve on active duty with full pay and allowances of an officer in the applicable grade. Any prior service of medical students on active duty shall be deemed, for pay purposes, to have been service as a warrant officer.</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="idBBF7B550AE184A439F03605333FB0883"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Participants in Health Professions Scholarship and Financial Assistance Program</header>
<paragraph id="id957FE26181CE45B5B1D3345C0E7161E5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Grade of participants</header><text>Section 2121(c) of such title is amended by striking the second sentence and inserting the following new sentences: <quote>Persons so commissioned shall be appointed in the grade of second lieutenant or ensign, or if they meet promotion criteria prescribed by the Secretary concerned, in the grade of first lieutenant or lieutenant (junior grade), and shall serve on active duty with full pay and allowances of an officer in the applicable grade for a period of 45 days during each year of participation in the program. Any prior service of such persons on active duty shall be deemed, for pay purposes, to have been service as a warrant officer.</quote>.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idBE65814E77C947B097816F6B1435AD42"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Service credit</header><text>Subsection (a) of section 2126 of such title is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="idBE434C71FF11408685B04B924852CBA2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Service not creditable</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (b), service performed while a member of the program shall not be counted in determining eligibility for retirement other than by reason of a physical disability incurred while on active duty as a member of the program.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id7B2EC35F04FA4A0BA4F264CFF8F117C7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Officers detailed as students at medical schools</header><text>Subsection (a) of section 2004a of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new sentences: <quote>An officer detailed under this section shall serve on active duty, subject to the limitations on grade specified in section 2114(b) of this title. Any prior active service of such an officer shall be deemed, for pay purposes, to have been served as a warrant officer.</quote>.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="id057B1880A4784C6D9D264AB5733E908E"><enum>552.</enum><header>Expansion of number of academies supportable in any State under STARBASE program</header>
<subsection id="idBF30BC47710C40DE9A73CB0C95CA802D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Expansion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2193b(c)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idC69D649213304119993177FBE4D2055F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>more than two academies</quote> and inserting <quote>more than four academies</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idAA7C15D8843A459F931593F8DE90B118"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>in excess of two</quote> both places it appears and inserting <quote>in excess of four</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id7EBAEF1ACEE344DFBCA02A7790B6F9F6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2007.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="idB3AA5C613C994E60B6655ECDF2D39364"><enum>553.</enum><header>Repeal of post-2007–2008 academic year prohibition on phased increase in cadet strength limit at the United States Military Academy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4342(j)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking the last sentence.</text> </section>
<section id="idD5B7F6FFF1A94D428B9CD6E20DA0B624"><enum>554.</enum><header>Treatment of Southold, Mattituck, and Greenport High Schools, Southold, New York, as single institution for purposes of maintaining a Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps unit</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Southold High School, Mattituck High School, and Greenport High School, located in Southold, New York, may be treated as a single institution for purposes of the maintenance of a unit of the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps of the Navy.</text> </section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="idEDD0CEC3B5534179A9832C8D993C48D5"><enum>E</enum><header>Defense Dependents' Education Matters</header>
<section id="id51B4BD3858AA46878425A52247B1022D"><enum>561.</enum><header>Continuation of authority to assist local educational agencies that benefit dependents of members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense civilian employees</header>
<subsection id="ID587C9A6062484B36BC427E5B5B7CE53C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Assistance to Schools With Significant Numbers of Military Dependent Students</header><text>Of the amount authorized to be appropriated pursuant to section 301(5) for operation and maintenance for Defense-wide activities, $35,000,000 shall be available only for the purpose of providing assistance to local educational agencies under subsection (a) of section 572 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3271; 20 U.S.C. 7703b).</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="IDA354D30679314786BE4413C64FE4412E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Assistance to Schools With Enrollment Changes Due to Base Closures, Force Structure Changes, or Force Relocations</header><text>Of the amount authorized to be appropriated pursuant to section 301(5) for operation and maintenance for Defense-wide activities, $10,000,000 shall be available only for the purpose of providing assistance to local educational agencies under subsection (b) of such section 572.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID04543512A0F0460B9E297778EE135845"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Local Educational Agency Defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>local educational agency</term> has the meaning given that term in section 8013(9) of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name> (20 U.S.C. 7713(9)).</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="id93755C8D556B468EA954A07F1578A8AF"><enum>562.</enum><header>Impact aid for children with severe disabilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Of the amount authorized to be appropriated pursuant to section 301(5) for operation and maintenance for Defense-wide activities, $5,000,000 shall be available for payments under section 363 of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (as enacted into law by Public Law 106–398; 114 Stat. 1654A–77; 20 U.S.C. 7703a).</text> </section>
<section id="id68475CD801E7451589F6A7DB0FCA01F9"><enum>563.</enum><header>Inclusion of dependents of non-Department of Defense employees employed on Federal property in plan relating to force structure changes, relocation of military units, or base closures and realignments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 574(e)(3) of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2227; 20 U.S.C. 7703b note) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id1663DB1577914529A0067C2B3C741C77"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id6E1E1E73264C4F25A09C93D4A612E308"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idC4AC1382E6AB480DB4E992A55AB94BC5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
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<subparagraph id="idD6A1E2E9CF7F4382886C97AB47E4DC73"><enum>(C)</enum><text>elementary and secondary school students who are dependents of personnel who are not members of the Armed Forces or civilian employees of the Department of Defense but who are employed on Federal property.</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section>
<section id="id477F90F5250C43F5BA96F7E46D66BAE1"><enum>564.</enum><header>Authority for payment of private boarding school tuition for military dependents in overseas areas not served by Department of Defense dependents' schools</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1407(b)(1) of the Defense Dependents' Education Act of 1978 (20 U.S.C. 926(b)(1)) is amended in the first sentence by inserting <quote>, including private boarding schools in the United States,</quote> after <quote>subsection (a)</quote>.</text> </section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="id354EF9C2262445D18ED2F287734DE072"><enum>F</enum><header>Military Justice and Legal Assistance Matters</header>
<section id="id9970AA242953439BB937DC3FB358562B"><enum>571.</enum><header>Authority of judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces to administer oaths</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 936 of title 10, United States Code (article 136 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="idE6700B9025BE4363BCADEE26F4700D58"><enum>(c)</enum><text>The judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces may administer oaths.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section id="id326707612E5745F2836AF1DAB7746C05"><enum>572.</enum><header>Military legal assistance for Department of Defense civilian employees in areas without access to non-military legal assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1044(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="id624FD68E2E664D44BCBC68946264D470"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Civilian employees of the Department of Defense in locations where legal assistance from non-military legal assistance providers is not reasonably available.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section id="id897349353084423FB6E28927476DD6B5"><enum>573.</enum><header>Modification of authorities on senior members of the Judge Advocate Generals' corps</header>
<subsection id="IDD113B7C0CCED495E97ECFF73496A2646"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Department of the Army</header>
<paragraph id="ID70AA49661B024A959D149F9A330B515F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Grade of judge advocate general</header><text>Subsection (a) of section 3037 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking the third sentence and inserting the following new sentence: <quote>The Judge Advocate General, while so serving, has the grade of lieutenant general.</quote>.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDDAE6682AA2DB4A0FA86CE3DB7C460DCC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Redesignation of assistant judge advocate general as deputy judge advocate general</header><text>Such section is further amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDC5B6C22272034B71A935B77E9B44784B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>Assistant Judge Advocate General</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Deputy Judge Advocate General</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID34B628C75BF1472CBD25590D03A80311"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (d), by striking <quote>Assistant Judge Advocate General</quote> and inserting <quote>Deputy Judge Advocate General</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID95FF2FC6056345D6B59C73F8D07C801F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Conforming and clerical amendments</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ID34C958FC053A478B827F05FF46EA97E2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The heading of such section is amended by striking <quote><header-in-text>Assistant Judge Advocate General</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text>Deputy Judge Advocate General</header-in-text></quote>.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID7D8F027189814251A48CC6172F6D56F3" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 305 of such title is amended in the item relating to section 3037 by striking <quote>Assistant Judge Advocate General</quote> and inserting <quote>Deputy Judge Advocate General</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id532DE2945D5F4F75905BCEC2076E35AC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grade of Judge Advocate General of the Navy</header><text>Section 5148(b) of such title is amended in subsection by striking the last sentence and inserting the following new sentence: <quote>The Judge Advocate General, while so serving, has the grade of vice admiral or lieutenant general, as appropriate.</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID69C1B2979BCF4613A8FB5028EB703083"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Grade of Judge Advocate General of the Air Force</header><text>Section 8037(a) of such title is amended by striking the last sentence and inserting the following new sentence: <quote>The Judge Advocate General, while so serving, has the grade of lieutenant general.</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="IDD1DC816191C84BF3B73DC175C7D82963"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Exclusion From Active-Duty General and Flag Officer Strength and Distribution Limitations</header><text>Section 525(b) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="ID7C7DA57AC39F4CAEBDCA9617AD21E8CF" indent="up1"><enum>(9)</enum><text>An officer while serving as the Judge Advocate General of the Army, the Judge Advocate General of the Navy, or the Judge Advocate General of the Air Force is in addition to the number that would otherwise be permitted for that officer’s armed force for officers serving on active duty in grades above major general or rear admiral under paragraph (1) or (2), as applicable.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection id="idE06F693040854CDCB9687DB98F12435B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Legal counsel to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff</header>
<paragraph id="idC8D3149CF6D9477DA97B6678A83D8497"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Chapter 5 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
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<section id="id3283FD65A8B44C95A1E24FCBC5EFDFA9"><enum>156.</enum><header>Legal Counsel to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff</header>
<subsection id="id671F7F40653B4444A1FA5D4858361C7C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is a Legal Counsel to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="idCD5AA76EDCE24337B87AB32A9FC106B6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Selection for appointment</header><text>Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, the officer selected for appointment to serve as Legal Counsel to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall be recommended by a board of officers convened by the Secretary of Defense that, insofar as practicable, is subject to the procedures applicable to selection boards convened under chapter 36 of this title.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id847D2FF9DEFC4D46B962C3A200266637"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Grade</header><text>An officer appointed to serve as Legal Counsel to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall, while so serving, hold the grade of brigadier general or rear admiral (lower half).</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="idC66B28CF6B414CED886293CC7AC525AB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Legal Counsel of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall perform such legal duties in support of the responsibilities of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as the Chairman may prescribe.</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id462D68BA8B7045E988BA4EC043330BF5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 5 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text>
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<toc-entry idref="id3283FD65A8B44C95A1E24FCBC5EFDFA9" level="section">156. Legal Counsel to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="id99E5711EFC68488FACE8BDC310DB7067"><enum>G</enum><header>Military Family Readiness</header>
<section id="idB96E203C1B604792AADAAD9AABB8881B"><enum>581.</enum><header>Department of Defense Military Family Readiness Council</header>
<subsection id="id7655742683C946018C9B6F6C1509439B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subchapter I of chapter 88 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1781 the following new section:</text>
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<section id="idBD705F1918CC4EFFB0AFCA62C226BF9E"><enum>1781a.</enum><header>Department of Defense Military Family Readiness Council</header>
<subsection id="id6975E1327D8A464CA4956591D9E637D5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is in the Department of Defense the Department of Defense Military Family Readiness Council (hereafter in this section referred to as the <quote>Council</quote>).</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id4CCBAB576A4F434987B4F3B5B4B41F8D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Members</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idE8F7FBEF55EA488ABB4FEE25A69F5BBE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The members of the Council shall be the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="id282B7A139860428AA99089898600A858" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, who shall serve as chair of the Council.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id1040D3F57A774BA99E3C5E32F9C754F1" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>One representative of each of the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, and the Air Force, who shall be appointed by Secretary of Defense.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id735AB281F8B84D149233E1FE670234F3" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Three individuals appointed by the Secretary of Defense from among representatives of military family organizations (including military family organizations of families of members of the regular components and of families of members of the reserve components), of whom not less than two shall be members of the family of an enlisted member of the armed forces.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id6F23196D6DE54DC3AE4FE9F340C76533" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The term on the Council of the members appointed under paragraph (1)(C) shall be three years.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id9166DCA955D147A093E05AA27DE7F7CE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Meetings</header><text>The Council shall meet not less often than twice each year. Not more than one meeting of the Council each year shall be in the National Capital Region.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id41518EFC0FCE403691CA03E7C51ED4AE"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The duties of the Council shall include the following:</text>
<paragraph id="id7E2C3763FF524246B99BBE507CD80D5A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>To review and make recommendations to the Secretary of Defense on the policy and plans required under section 1781b of this title.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idA98F16CD46074F2FA8047BC03D8D5F26"><enum>(2)</enum><text>To monitor requirements for the support of military family readiness by the Department of Defense.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id7ED2F8847AFE43EC9FB905CC7F78B830"><enum>(3)</enum><text>To evaluate and assess the effectiveness of the military family readiness programs and activities of the Department of Defense.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id3C7CFF2F929541348812E873716C416A"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Annual reports</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id24C428E8F69F43658473580C520B2BFE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Not later than February 1 each year, the Council shall submit to the Secretary of Defense and the congressional defense committees a report on military family readiness.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id3BE3226BB10A474D959182F39CB75E59" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Each report under this subsection shall include the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="id373A040C84924110B455433059E05363"><enum>(A)</enum><text>An assessment of the adequacy and effectiveness of the military family readiness programs and activities of the Department of Defense during the preceding fiscal year in meeting the needs and requirements of military families.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idF0B004804423449AA538B3AE70754255"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Recommendations on actions to be taken to improve the capability of the military family readiness programs and activities of the Department of Defense to meet the needs and requirements of military families, including actions relating to the allocation of funding and other resources to and among such programs and activities.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection id="id41E16DE367C14050977B42AB6695BE19"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of subchapter I of chapter 88 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1781 the following new item:</text>
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<toc-entry idref="idBD705F1918CC4EFFB0AFCA62C226BF9E" level="section">1781a. Department of Defense Military Family Readiness Council.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section>
<section id="idF11B1388C1D746E0857AAA07E2ED4F30"><enum>582.</enum><header>Department of Defense policy and plans for military family readiness</header>
<subsection id="idF113286F4EDB42F4BA29DA57F9286A6E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Policy and plans required</header>
<paragraph id="idE0125527D0EC441F918B3093D85E3AAB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subchapter I of chapter 88 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by section 581 of this Act, is further amended by inserting after section 1781a the following new section:</text>
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<section id="id0EAC31B077E84A2D88D089521E4FDA9D"><enum>1781b.</enum><header>Department of Defense policy and plans for military family readiness</header>
<subsection id="id3700B2DDDD24424DB9619A511AA65EAC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Defense shall develop a policy and plans for the Department of Defense for the support of military family readiness.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id5F2A9927A0DF45FFB20A176E2D3442D2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The purposes of the policy and plans required under subsection (a) are as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="id977DB9C0914648CE9BA586060DD7E3CA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>To ensure that the military family readiness programs and activities of the Department of Defense are comprehensive, effective, and properly supported.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id90BD7213230F41779CC03447DCEB6986"><enum>(2)</enum><text>To ensure that support is continuously available to military families in peacetime and in war, as well as during periods of force structure change and relocation of military units.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id8335CEEE041C4E82B51C82D10A4ECDFF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>To ensure that the military family readiness programs and activities of the Department of Defense are available to all military families, including military families of members of the regular components and military families of members of the reserve components.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id04AE64C9102140F697DC23B1FA08AF19"><enum>(4)</enum><text>To ensure that the goal of military family readiness is an explicit element of applicable Department of Defense plans, programs, and budgeting activities, and that achievement of military family readiness is expressed through Department-wide goals that are identifiable and measurable.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id629285E9D6AB4767B03F2F34E9D74F08"><enum>(5)</enum><text>To ensure that the military family readiness programs and activities of the Department of Defense undergo continuous evaluation in order to ensure that resources are allocated and expended for such programs and activities in the most effective possible manner throughout the Department.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id484E34ED86734374B845F8DDD25F3B09"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Elements of policy</header><text>The policy required under subsection (a) shall include the following elements:</text>
<paragraph id="id76934EB9AF184C28B6C3FF1267F42ADE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A definition for treating a program or activity of the Department of Defense as a military family readiness program or activity.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idC0F3E9E1FF584270A42CC55B18D4109E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Department of Defense-wide goals for military family support, both for military families of members of the regular components and military families of members of the reserve components.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idA37504B250244D77934BF5498F17F6CB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Requirements for joint programs and activities for military family support.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id4AF07C7DA5C8413299E109B4335F03EE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Policies on access to military family support programs and activities based on military family populations served and geographical location.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id32BB956898784E48B6713D112C538C41"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Metrics to measure the performance and effectiveness of the military family readiness programs and activities of the Department of Defense.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id885D506E7B1943FCA7D0EA45590232FA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Elements of plans</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id756B6E06BAC14513BC656F0AEE11C7AC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Each plan under required under subsection (a) shall include the elements specified in paragraph (2) for the five-fiscal year period beginning with the fiscal year in which such plan is submitted under paragraph (3).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id44AC9EFC80DC4F449C05489406E6F3EC" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The elements in each plan required under subsection (a) shall include, for the period covered by such plan, the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="id40086706AAC2461B937CF6FFB441840F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>An ongoing identification and assessment of the effectiveness of the military family readiness programs and activities of the Department of Defense in meeting goals for such programs and activities, which assessment shall evaluate such programs and activities separately for each military department and for each regular component and each reserve component.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id15059BC5ED564F398C273DBBD76A9EC8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A description of the resources required to support the military family readiness programs and activities of the Department of Defense, including the military personnel, civilian personnel, and volunteer personnel so required.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id671BDA5F1CEF47FC87E3B39B83F957BC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>An ongoing identification in gaps in the military family readiness programs and activities of the Department of Defense, and an ongoing identification of the resources required to address such gaps.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id8B415A9A76BD4DFE9AFB7AF6A7089E51"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Mechanisms to apply the metrics developed under subsection (c)(5).</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id8F20291D7856458EB18B171D9C0903E8"><enum>(E)</enum><text>A summary, by fiscal year, of the allocation of funds (including appropriated funds and nonappropriated funds) for major categories of military family readiness programs and activities of the Department of Defense, set forth for each of the military departments and for the Office of the Secretary of Defense.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id32C50F9838AF4A31A94525611234F021" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Not later than March 1, 2008, and each year thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the plans required under subsection (a) for the five-fiscal year period beginning with the fiscal year beginning in the year in which such report is submitted. Each report shall include the plans covered by such report and an assessment of the discharge by the Department of Defense of the previous plans submitted under this subsection.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id8DA6FD667C7C40CD93FA7CF3BF0D67BA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of subchapter I of chapter 88 of such title, as so amended, is further amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1781a the following new item:</text>
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<toc-entry idref="id0EAC31B077E84A2D88D089521E4FDA9D" level="section">1781b. Department of Defense policy and plans for military family readiness.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idF7E85757C419481BA4CA25DD3B6AC4F8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report on policy</header><text>The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report setting forth the policy developed under section 1781b of title 10, United States Code (as added by this subsection), not later than February 1, 2009.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idC59EEEF23BEF4C9C87D79E5162D3E163"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Surveys of military families</header><text>Section 1782(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id4945F4D5DB7240A2B5F00AEFC175A904"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Authority</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">In general</header-in-text></quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id56852CFC50CB43EEA798F77A603A6D6D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>may conduct surveys</quote> in the matter preceding paragraph (1) and inserting <quote>shall, in fiscal year 2009 and not less often than once every three fiscal years thereafter, conduct surveys</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="id500C9A637F534A3BBABB93BA1D142E43"><enum>H</enum><header>Other Matters</header>
<section id="id7D6DC504080A49B481F41DB7FD098C48"><enum>591.</enum><header>Enhancement of carryover of accumulated leave for members of the Armed Forces</header>
<subsection id="id933C323A21174FA98B9925452303140D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Increase in accumulation of carryover amount</header>
<paragraph id="id5565C906F1F44291A165ABBD978894BF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subsection (b) of section 701 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>60 days</quote> and inserting <quote>90 days</quote>.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idE328A8361FFE4F6DA95C9ED16F820775"><enum>(2)</enum><header>High deployment members</header><text>Paragraph (1) of subsection (f) of such section is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="id0A24BB6AC68D46268BDB2AC7EE667B8A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>60 days</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>90 days</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id93231EC8310D4D83914E081D620BF4B4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>third fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>fourth fiscal year</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idC3A453CD32CF470390112C2BD0255F47"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Members serving in support of contingency operations</header><text>Paragraph (2) of subsection (f) of such section is amended by striking <quote>except for this paragraph—</quote> and all that follows and inserting <quote>except for this paragraph, would lose any accumulated leave in excess of 90 days at the end of that fiscal year, shall be permitted to retain such leave until the end of the second fiscal year after the fiscal year in which such service on active duty is terminated.</quote>.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idC6E035B90B044F5C8671D60429C4DD66"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text>Subsection (g) of such section is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="idDE152DEE67DB4773A5723BEBEF79933F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>60-day</quote> and inserting <quote>90-day</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id463EA40D93234D28A2004ED85A83111A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>90-day</quote> and inserting <quote>120-day</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idCDF8EC90643A43ACB9406A79E95A54A4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Pay</header><text>Section 501(b) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="id0FA598B570C24DACBA5FD2CB795CD824" indent="up1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>An enlisted member of the armed forces who would lose accumulated leave in excess of 120 days of leave under section 701(f)(1) of title 10 may elect to be paid in cash or by a check on the Treasurer of the United States for any leave in excess so accumulated for up to 30 days of such leave. A member may make an election under this paragraph only once.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection id="id92B60A2D9CB34E41930287F9B2B6E6F1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header>
<paragraph id="id687405E4A96248F8B3E330CE850BC608"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Increase in accumulation</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2008.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idA6C210C38A5F407089AD33F22E148AEA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Pay</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (b) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="id400EFE0812DC438D8878645E8DCF8D22"><enum>592.</enum><header>Uniform policy on performances by military bands</header>
<subsection id="IDb13d4b0cc5f04b2ea0578fe0fe0ca6e0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Chapter 49 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
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<section id="ID4f1cfafd5554424cbca5c255cc27420b"><enum>988.</enum><header>Performances by military bands</header>
<subsection id="ID23545ee5f77d4ad990f3896735dc1309"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Department of Defense bands, ensembles, choruses, or similar musical units, including individual members thereof performing in an official capacity, may not—</text>
<paragraph id="id603531BC40694115A9603C5C66182D65"><enum>(1)</enum><text>engage in the performance of music in competition with local civilian musicians; or</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id7A8DA5C5323E429A8DA0FEA3CD9BECBA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>receive remuneration for official performances.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID0a13635beb3244eabd9414e620bd62d0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Performance of music in competition with local civilian musicians defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>performance of music in competition with local civilian musicians</term>—</text>
<paragraph id="ID6218f77a2b0243b6a3040102d20668a4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>includes—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID54e3d8e49b4640039238db0a42e588e8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a performance of music that is more than incidental to an event that is not supported solely by appropriated funds or free to the public; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDbd7d20df1fe94c3bb0f0340e249c3fe1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a performance of background, dinner, dance, or other social music at any event, regardless of location, that is not supported solely by appropriated funds; but</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID9741ec5bed7042c3a544d62c4c049ce4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>does not include a performance of music—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID15e4a2e32afa4ca29b21d31d5ab1be72"><enum>(A)</enum><text>at an official Federal Government event that is supported solely by appropriated funds;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDbd298997c6d64d6dbf120b7086edf87a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>at a concert, parade, or other event of a patriotic nature (including a celebration of a national holiday) that is free to the public; or</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDed2728414507472894c4267b77cbe4ba"><enum>(C)</enum><text>that is incidental to an event that is not supported solely by appropriated funds, including a short performance of military or patriotic music at the beginning or end of an event, if the performance complies with such regulations as the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe for purposes of this section.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID045af752a7b04a7f93e75a851f0542f3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Members of department of defense bands performing in personal capacity</header><text>A member of a Department of Defense band, ensemble, chorus, or similar musical unit may perform music in the member's personal capacity, as an individual or part of a group, whether for remuneration or otherwise, if in so performing the member does not wear a military uniform or otherwise identify the member as a member of the Department of Defense, as provided in applicable regulations and standards of conduct.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="IDd2e83e41f3be4cafbcfdc21b5852c062"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Recordings</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id8631D247F46D4B60A94EA25F17D3C1DD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>When authorized pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense for purposes of this section, Department of Defense bands, ensembles, choruses, or similar musical units may produce recordings for distribution to the public, at a cost not to exceed production and distribution expenses.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idD7F0626883AF4A3797575F6B8E4A7374" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Amounts received in payment for recording distributed to the public under this subsection shall be credited to the appropriation or account providing the funds for the production of such recordings. Any amounts so credited shall be merged with amounts in the appropriation or account to which credited, and shall be available for the same purposes, and subject to the same conditions and limitations, as amounts in such appropriation or account.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID45e66631abd44f56bd2f0e08705f9b83"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming repeals</header><text>Sections 3634, 6223, and 8634 of such title are repealed.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id067A8A3085284CCEA13CBB6B46CAEF0E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical amendments</header>
<paragraph id="idABF1707290B14DD69E9F2DD1113ED935"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 49 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text>
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<toc-entry idref="ID4f1cfafd5554424cbca5c255cc27420b" level="section">988. Performances by military bands.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id253DB2751AA242F38DC64348EF0FF31E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 349 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 3634.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id66989F4AF13B41399D36DE440C27369C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 565 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 6223.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id32820B6300C149CF816C8DDD0FE13AE6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 849 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 8634.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="id4CF0DF2F936D47ED825E98725CED72FC"><enum>593.</enum><header>Waiver of time limitations on award of Medals of Honor to certain members of the Army</header>
<subsection id="id88AE15D4C8534C499ED2E770CFA79A4F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Waiver of time limitations</header><text>Notwithstanding the time limitations specified in section 3744 of title 10, United States Code, or any other time limitation with respect to the awarding of certain medals to persons who served in the military service, the President may award the Medal of Honor under section 3741 of that title to any of the persons named in subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f) for the acts of valor referred to in the respective subsections.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id5D9E148629AA46929D530C38A932A51F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Woodrow Keeble</header><text>Subsection (a) applies with respect to Woodrow W. Keeble, for conspicuous acts of gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty as an acting platoon leader on October 20, 1950, during the Korean War.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id5166F75BDE514CE5A4321F4C25C3586B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Leslie Sabo, Jr</header><text>Subsection (a) applies with respect to Leslie H. Sabo, Jr., for conspicuous acts of gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty on May 10, 1970, as an Army soldier, serving in the grade of Specialist Grade Four in Vietnam, with Company B, 3d Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="idC0EA85102158471D9FA4283CE3D82D2C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Philip Shadrach</header><text>Subsection (a) applies with respect to Philip G. Shadrach, for conspicuous acts of gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty on April 12, 1862, as a Union Soldier, serving in the grade of Private during the Civil War, with Company K, 2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id65B4B0E6F7D94D7EBA7376EBE4B08106"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Henry Svehla</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (a) applies with respect to Henry Svehla, for conspicuous acts of gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty on June 12, 1952, as an Army soldier, serving in the grade of Private First Class in Korea, with Company F, 32d Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id70C4F611F5C0401998B01048571D1A89"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">George Wilson</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (a) applies with respect to George D. Wilson, for conspicuous acts of gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty on April 12, 1862, as a Union Soldier, serving in the grade of Private during the Civil War, with Company B, 2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment.</text> </subsection></section></subtitle>
<enum>VI</enum><header>COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS</header>
<subtitle id="idA98ECB099D24450C8F1FE2CB2F7E5DC3"><enum>A</enum><header>Pay and Allowances</header>
<section id="id8C703183BC6C43BF8A1A83A7800D1BE2"><enum>601.</enum><header>Fiscal year 2008 increase in military basic pay</header>
<subsection id="id9830E09736A24922BE8ADD5300071D49"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Waiver of section 1009 adjustment</header><text>The adjustment to become effective during fiscal year 2008 required by section 1009 of title 37, United States Code, in the rates of monthly basic pay authorized members of the uniformed services shall not be made.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="idCB4E582CD4C14104AB534F865848EEBD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Increase in basic pay</header><text>Effective on January 1, 2008, the rates of monthly basic pay for members of the uniformed services are increased by 3.5 percent.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="idA92F93EE41FE47A1B431DEF7F5CE7600"><enum>602.</enum><header>Allowance for participation of Reserves in electronic screening</header>
<subsection id="ID64e5cb6fc6f0435c858e239ae3de8275"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Allowance for participation in electronic screening</header>
<paragraph id="id5A7DC59E8E60476F87852B03C9089A27"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Chapter 7 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 433 the following new section:</text>
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<section id="ID9184411857db40ecaa8fae992238302d"><enum>433a.</enum><header>Allowance for participation in Ready Reserve screening</header>
<subsection id="ID35fdf463b6944cfa9e01bcb539c26857"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Allowance authorized</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id079CA9A9C14A4754B58FC2366E6E0EFB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Under regulations prescribed by the Secretaries concerned, a member of the Individual Ready Reserve may be paid a stipend for participation in the screening performed pursuant to section 10149 of title 10, in lieu of muster duty performed under section 12319 of title 10, if such participation is conducted through electronic means.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idEA77E187A06A4974BF9035F08D6CDA65" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The stipend paid a member under this section shall constitute the sole monetary allowance authorized for participation in the screening described in paragraph (1), and shall constitute payment in full to the member for participation in such screening, regardless of the grade or rank in which the member is serving.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID45c6e07df3704ee2a74c2227ca9b8eff"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Maximum payment</header><text>The aggregate amount of the stipend paid a member of the Individual Ready Reserve under this section in any calendar year may not exceed $50.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID456b978d422a4207b0bd66441ab48355"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Payment requirements</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idA10503BC6A8048DF85D86E9E7840C8E6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The stipend authorized by this section may not be disbursed in kind.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id4C51272432274973A71AA1E72C793C04" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Payment of a stipend to a member of the Individual Ready Reserve under this section for participation in screening shall be made on or after the date of participation in such screening, but not later than 30 days after such date.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id1DFB4D972331443582785B7558F4900B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 7 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 433 the following new item:</text>
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<toc-entry idref="ID9184411857db40ecaa8fae992238302d" level="section">433a. Allowance for participation in Ready Reserve screening.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID78e0f55deef44bafa448723276110ca8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Bar to dual compensation</header><text>Section 206 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="ID22c906e4062244d49214ae2c3c186290"><enum>(f)</enum><text>A member of the Individual Ready Reserve is not entitled to compensation under this section for participation in screening for which the member is paid a stipend under section 433a of this title.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID028e395595784a1581306d9b0f32c3a3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Bar to retirement credit</header><text>Section 12732(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="IDbe9c1e91db69499aa1beec1a1add4dbd"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Service in the screening performed pursuant to section 10149 of this title through electronic means, regardless of whether or not a stipend is paid the member concerned for such service under section 433a of title 37.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section>
<section id="idD08D9A1008214F96A35E922D1F1956DC"><enum>603.</enum><header>Midmonth payment of basic pay for contributions of members participating in Thrift Savings Plan</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1014 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="id473E1636879945E0814ECB14C850087C"><enum>(c)</enum><text>Subsection (a) does not preclude a payment with respect to a member who elects to participate in the Thrift Savings Plan under section 211 of this title of an amount equal to one-half of the monthly deposit to the Thrift Savings Fund otherwise to be made by the member in participating in the Plan, which amount shall be deposited in the Fund at midmonth.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="id5985B8EB9E2940B7AC07A2F38D00A585"><enum>B</enum><header>Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8F431C7B81404E35950978D86007D05" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>611.</enum><header>Extension of certain bonus and special pay authorities for reserve forces</header>
<subsection id="H76507D82D8B84FA889C48B6DF3342BA2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Selected reserve reenlistment bonus</header><text>Section 308b(g) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2008</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="H1AB0BBFA11804B598DACB51684B28BD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Selected reserve affiliation or enlistment bonus</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 308c(i) of such title is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2008</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="H251B902CE6894208A15B05A508198700"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Special pay for enlisted members assigned to certain high priority units</header><text>Section 308d(c) of such title is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2008</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="H0F41EF7F5FF444E3B05BB5560548BBFD"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Ready reserve enlistment bonus for persons without prior service</header><text>Section 308g(f)(2) of such title is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2008</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="H902F33A09E98486A9365F8F061F51653"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Ready Reserve enlistment and reenlistment bonus for persons with prior service</header><text>Section 308h(e) of such title is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2008</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="H1B6A05E7D5604FB4AC6FE41112D77E00"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Selected Reserve enlistment bonus for persons with prior service</header><text>Section 308i(f) of such title is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2008</quote>.</text> </subsection></section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6576A0E6E40F4584B6BDEAB12CFAF157" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>612.</enum><header>Extension of certain bonus and special pay authorities for health care professionals</header>
<subsection id="H7E8D5D6B7B70419AB16133AEB52B898B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Nurse officer candidate accession program</header><text>Section 2130a(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2008</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="H90496F52CCBE4AA5866F009FDDF5B8B7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Repayment of education loans for certain health professionals who serve in the Selected Reserve</header><text>Section 16302(d) of such title is amended by striking <quote>January 1, 2008</quote> and inserting <quote>January 1, 2009</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="H1B3CD096BBA4457BB0419E269E7C001C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Accession bonus for registered nurses</header><text>Section 302d(a)(1) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2008</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="HAEAB4B4ACF1748DBB614BAD96E7DDBA8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Incentive special pay for nurse anesthetists</header><text>Section 302e(a)(1) of such title is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2008</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="HDDA7422B2C724FD190D89BDC9FAFCF5C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Special pay for Selected Reserve health professionals in critically short wartime specialties</header><text>Section 302g(e) of such title is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2008</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="H1437BC11E130452990B7912B23DE8E4F"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Accession bonus for dental officers</header><text>Section 302h(a)(1) of such title is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2008</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="H42BC57DCB919425BBBBB67B3F8E0593"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Accession bonus for pharmacy officers</header><text>Section 302j(a) of such title is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2008</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="H1FF98FCAEEFD4F3793B35E232EAABE05"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Accession bonus for medical officers in critically short wartime specialties</header><text>Section 302k(f) of such title is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2008</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="H0FC867E2BC014A958B0047FCEE86F993"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Accession bonus for dental specialist officers in critically short wartime specialties</header><text>Section 302l(g) of such title is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2008</quote>.</text> </subsection></section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7AA2295D4B3B4A9F8246C5A82628189B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>613.</enum><header>Extension of special pay and bonus authorities for nuclear officers</header>
<subsection id="H21E3CD120A5141319B4D982627D1D07E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Special pay for nuclear-qualified officers extending period of active service</header><text>Section 312(f) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2008</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="HD0A6A8C0B12B463199F7DED67D389BCA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Nuclear career accession bonus</header><text>Section 312b(c) of such title is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2008</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="H5D64110E5BAF4A1A836EE2DD7D9CD093"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Nuclear career annual incentive bonus</header><text>Section 312c(d) of such title is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2008</quote>.</text> </subsection></section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE935D36FDA4E4B44BF86AF59D307CDCF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>614.</enum><header>Extension of authorities relating to payment of other bonuses and special pays</header>
<subsection id="HFA113761685945FC841665D189DF3C18"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Aviation officer retention bonus</header><text>Section 301b(a) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2008</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="HAF26528925AA4722002044254D0064B9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reenlistment bonus for active members</header><text>Section 308(g) of such title is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2008</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="HF91A525C1EF540169884F95CD1D192A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Enlistment bonus</header><text>Section 309(e) of such title is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2008</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="HBE9254FC38BD457CB98BD67E516ED197"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Retention bonus for members with critical military skills or assigned to high priority units</header><text>Section 323(i) of such title is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2008</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="H408F7AA846AA43350000DB11C083876D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Accession bonus for new officers in critical skills</header><text>Section 324(g) of such title is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2008</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="H03B9C5A6D991408DA02CFC467347F87"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Incentive Bonus for Conversion to Military Occupational Specialty to Ease Personnel Shortage</header><text>Section 326(g) of such title is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2008</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="HFF1D2D4D695F47C48874C47EA041DD57"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Accession bonus for officer candidates</header><text>Section 330(f) of such title is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2008</quote>.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="idD9A1650139AA4E01B589ECC9BC2D5321"><enum>615.</enum><header>Increase in incentive special pay and multiyear retention bonus for medical officers of the Armed Forces</header>
<subsection id="idAE4C59C37F854A2B8270968986FA5288"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Incentive special pay</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 302(b)(1) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>$50,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$75,000</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="idDA8AF14CE8B54A3DBC8842156937CCD1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Multiyear retention bonus</header><text>Section 301d(a)(2) of such title is amended by striking <quote>$50,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$75,000</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="idBBE69B00ED7543E3BF253119E2666699"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2007.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="id47C0093498EA44868D47FADDD03816E4"><enum>616.</enum><header>Increase in dental officer additional special pay</header>
<subsection id="id12C114AD88D7422BAEBBD5FF7A4315E8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Increase</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 302b(a)(4) of title 37, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID7a7d6246ea61444a8d802f5d93b92d4c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>at the following rates</quote> and inserting <quote>at a rate determined by the Secretary concerned, which rate may not exceed the following</quote>;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDa2061b1c64ab4e54b7b8d06bca540d28"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>$4,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$10,000</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID9cad72b0eaa541c4866a1ee818321db9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>$6,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$12,000</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id4E05BE967DAF4719A2C21A8EBB19415E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2007, and shall apply to payments of dental officer additional special pay under agreements entered into under section 302b(b) of title 37, United States Code, on or after that date.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="id8889237139274D208E6D0C72CF89F9BB"><enum>617.</enum><header>Enhancement of hardship duty pay</header>
<subsection id="id173625F1D68E42CABEF6EE7F40A31420"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The text of section 305 of title 37, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="ID518af89818584d2b95da70008bf19b55"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>A member of a uniformed service who is entitled to basic pay may be paid special pay under this section while the member is performing duty that is designated by the Secretary of Defense as hardship duty.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id93460DEDBF34458DB7776E1808218512"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Payment on monthly or lump sum basis</header><text>Special pay payable under this section may be paid on a monthly basis or in a lump sum.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID26aaedb538e2402a9deeb2624d6bb986"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Maximum rate or amount</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id0D6D87C7D4C64AA7ABB19C41C447F3A4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The maximum monthly rate of special pay payable to a member on a monthly basis under this section is $1,500.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID5a329bae20144f7a9959a61243f77b4e" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The amount of the lump sum payment of special pay payable to a member on a lump sum basis under this section may not exceed an amount equal to the product of—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDe7cc6b2de3664805beb7498bad014df4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the maximum monthly rate authorized under paragraph (1) at the time the member qualifies for payment of special pay on a lump sum basis under this section; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID4aafcf6554bb4e2a9fb3a67e64a18dc2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number of months for which special pay on a lump sum basis under this section is payable to the member.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID7d1216c4956b4fc0af44066bcb302ddc"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Relationship to other pay and allowances</header><text>Special pay paid to a member under this section is in addition to any other pay and allowances to which the member is entitled.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID87b7d8e887da4b79a4118e6124a28af4"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Repayment</header><text>A member who is paid special pay in a lump sum under this section, but who fails to complete the period of service for which such special pay is paid, shall be subject to the repayment provisions of section 303a(e) of this title.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID18303ebecd084fd7bbe2cc6a59499768"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations for the payment of hardship duty pay under this section, including the specific rates at which special pay payable under this section on a monthly basis shall be paid.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection id="id9F6CB7872D7B49519E74F0221299DCC8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2007, and shall apply with respect to hardship duty pay payable on or after that date.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="idC8C40AF299B74499806DACCFBA75DF7D"><enum>618.</enum><header>Inclusion of service as off-cycle crewmember of multi-crewed ship in sea duty for career sea pay</header>
<subsection id="idB29C82D163BD4FA7BF4ACE332A73A897"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 305a(e)(1)(A) of title 37, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDd9162901aaf64d09a5bd2ed87d0c9944"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID631028d35ea14c00a8b477323701ebcd"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new clause:</text>
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<clause id="ID4092f18ea53d440daa1d03f3a7d33ef3" indent="up1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>while serving as an off-cycle crewmember of a multi-crewed ship; or</text> </clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id0E7FCF807FD04AEC9EC5CD5F0628458E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2007, and shall apply with respect to months beginning on or after that date.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="id2D4D2F7D5AF8459DB70C1C682FAF96B7"><enum>619.</enum><header>Modification of reenlistment bonus for members of the Selected Reserve</header>
<subsection id="idC5A5304747814D66866694EA1E650F55"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Minimum period of reenlistment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (a)(2) of section 308b of title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>for a period of three years or for a period of six years</quote> and inserting <quote>for a period of not less than three years</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="idE2B2425FEE874735AD5F54664FBC4363"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amount of bonus</header><text>Subsection (b)(1) of such section is amended by striking <quote>may not exceed—</quote> and all that follows and inserting <quote>may not exceed $15,000.</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="idD2991ADBFF7446478D497E89E8DB80FD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2007, and shall apply with respect to reenlistments or extensions of enlistment that occur on or after that date.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="ID8216021670c04921a0e78a2bb9ea991c"><enum>620.</enum><header>Increase in years of commissioned service covered by agreements for nuclear-qualified officers extending periods of active duty</header>
<subsection id="id89D3A751127F46E292594E16E54D6208"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Increase</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 312 of title 37, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDaab16763285d4f6ea13e5145ca8fac29"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(3), by striking <quote>26 years</quote> and inserting <quote>30 years</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID67f0ed41904b4733ab43e86003de7884"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (e)(1), by striking <quote>26 years</quote> and inserting <quote>30 years</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idF27A851AC39149DF93874E1BC5037171"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, and shall apply with respect to agreements, including new agreements, entered into under section 312 of title 37, United States Code, on or after that date.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="idC21EF80BF58B4ED0901E2364CFE64FC3"><enum>621.</enum><header>Authority to waive 25-year active duty limit for retention bonus for critical military skills with respect to certain members</header>
<subsection id="id61BECADDE61743ADBE4D7E714D82C6DA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 323(e) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="IDf709313bc4964e398e25c04a1539d38d" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The limitations in paragraph (1) may be waived by the Secretary of Defense, or by the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, with respect to a member who is assigned duties in a critical skill designated by such Secretary for purposes of this paragraph during the period of active duty for which the bonus is being offered.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection id="idF2F0C1FED0784489BA23FA5FE93D4EEF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2007, and shall apply with respect to written agreements that are executed, or reenlistments or extensions of enlistment that occur, under section 323 of title 37, United States Code, on or after that date.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="ID55FC8EACB42C4CAFA9E4ACEEDE66AF1B"><enum>622.</enum><header>Codification and improvement of authority to pay bonus to encourage members of the Army to refer other persons for enlistment in the Army</header>
<subsection id="id0D1C2056CF3E44529BC11A6B2CEFB288"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Codification and improvement of bonus authority</header>
<paragraph id="id0E6E960A157C4E31A37C2EAAA7B01191"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Chapter 5 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
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<section id="idEC653C5D64334D0D8402BA32C7F781DF"><enum>331.</enum><header>Bonus to encourage Army personnel to refer other persons for enlistment in the Army</header>
<subsection id="ID843BF7AC7494483AA242102D2CC2B8E3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority To Pay Bonus</header>
<paragraph id="idE5D5625F48D043F2A183087DD1021B2C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>The Secretary of the Army may pay a bonus under this section to an individual referred to in paragraph (2) who refers to an Army recruiter a person who has not previously served in an armed force and who, after such referral, enlists in the regular component of the Army or in the Army National Guard or Army Reserve.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD543FFD1F21C47DEAD5FAE47DFFED83E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Individuals eligible for bonus</header><text>Subject to subsection (c), the following individuals are eligible for a referral bonus under this section:</text>
<subparagraph id="HE8C57DEA76CB4FB083132BC871524DD3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A member in the regular component of the Army.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H52795A1D857E4AA3BF39AE24489CB691"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A member of the Army National Guard.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H21D2B033BEEF4227A95078D99FBD24E1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A member of the Army Reserve.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H33CD3932D256419DAE9571D5076D16E9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A member of the Army in a retired status, including a member under 60 years of age who, but for age, would be eligible for retired pay.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8ED73DDA07A543DDB04E79AAAA76179"><enum>(E)</enum><text>A civilian employee of the Department of the Army.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID97C8CAC3A6C8445FB1B010CEF37D1538"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Referral</header><text>For purposes of this section, a referral for which a bonus may be paid under subsection (a) occurs—</text>
<paragraph id="IDEB0533A07A1D41448AA37421DF8170B9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>when the individual concerned contacts an Army recruiter on behalf of a person interested in enlisting in the Army; or</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID2E2F3FEB3D154153B514AC6D51964E2A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>when a person interested in enlisting in the Army contacts the Army recruiter and informs the recruiter of the role of the individual concerned in initially recruiting the person.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID4A1620C12EEF43B28E0276687757E1E1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Certain Referrals Ineligible</header>
<paragraph id="ID8EA64E6B0E01441590BA82F31F2198E4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Referral of immediate family</header><text>A member of the Army may not be paid a bonus under subsection (a) for the referral of an immediate family member.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID1B06089D79BD4735AB964B364CCB8854"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Members in recruiting roles</header><text>A member of the Army serving in a recruiting or retention assignment, or assigned to other duties regarding which eligibility for a bonus under subsection (a) could (as determined by the Secretary) be perceived as creating a conflict of interest, may not be paid a bonus under subsection (a).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H632B0ECCB3E4454595C4D0972FF4151"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Junior reserve officers’ training corps instructors</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A member of the Army detailed under subsection (c)(1) of section 2031 of title 10 to serve as an administrator or instructor in the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program or a retired member of the Army employed as an administrator or instructor in the program under subsection (d) of such section may not be paid a bonus under subsection (a).</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H1E6FD0A39EE34F1D94009BB8EFFBF8E3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Amount of Bonus</header><text>The amount of the bonus payable for a referral under subsection (a) may not exceed $2,000. The amount shall be payable as provided in subsection (e).</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="H5A3C25C8719C4BF0B54610079FEBDD00"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Payment</header><text>A bonus payable for a referral of a person under subsection (a) shall be paid as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="HF0211FDCD1744BB598897CF3C00DAC4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Not more than $1,000 shall be paid upon the commencement of basic training by the person.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD2BA4EDBC4E44388989D76483CBD2308"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Not more than $1,000 shall be paid upon the completion of basic training and individual advanced training by the person.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID2FCDDE659A974D9D870EE12B8C785F72"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Relation to Prohibition on Bounties</header><text>The referral bonus authorized by this section is not a bounty for purposes of section 514(a) of title 10.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC617EFD18E534EACA1F9318B4B0FD30"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coordination With Receipt of Retired Pay</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A bonus paid under this section to a member of the Army in a retired status is in addition to any compensation to which the member is entitled under title 10, 37, or 38, or any other provision of law.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="IDA620C53185714506B63CB10CDFC22FAF"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Duration of Authority</header><text>A bonus may not be paid under subsection (a) with respect to any referral that occurs after December 31, 2008.</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id4419162DD4DC49F5B04B1C4DFFF191B5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 5 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text>
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<toc-entry idref="idEC653C5D64334D0D8402BA32C7F781DF" level="section">331. Bonus to encourage Army personnel to refer other persons for enlistment in the Army.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id79502112F81C4562B8DC89D580777CB6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Repeal of superseded authority</header><text>Section 645 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163), as amended, is repealed.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id62DBE8BE67FB4C0FB75FD42E43E7C4CD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Payment of bonuses under superseded authority</header><text>Any bonus payable under section 645 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006, as amended, as of the day before the date of the enactment of this Act shall remain payable after that date in accordance with the provisions of such section as in effect on such day.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="id16D029FA9E9849668B9ABED51FB2A56D"><enum>623.</enum><header>Authority to pay bonus to encourage Department of Defense personnel to refer other persons for appointment as officers to serve in health professions</header>
<subsection id="id12A3DF0F9334459FB7BC49C67B0C814C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Chapter 5 of title 37, United States Code, as amended by section 622 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
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<section id="idA19E8A92EE224C49A9542CD42DD6C166"><enum>331a.</enum><header>Bonus to encourage Department of Defense personnel to refer other persons for appointment as officers to serve in health professions</header>
<subsection id="idA568D919456747DAA9B4F6B39192E1EB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority To Pay Bonus</header>
<paragraph id="idBBA59AD155154E7E96C357A67532CFA6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>The appropriate Secretary may pay a bonus under this section to an individual referred to in paragraph (2) who refers to a military recruiter a person who has not previously served and, after such referral, takes an oath of enlistment that leads to appointment as a commissioned officer, or accepts an appointment as a commissioned officer, in an armed force in a health profession designated by the appropriate Secretary for purposes of this section.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idA09FA3C837B7426B8FA04F757A9CD835"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Individuals eligible for bonus</header><text>Subject to subsection (c), the following individuals are eligible for a referral bonus under this section:</text>
<subparagraph id="id8DDFCC4AD8B64CDBAD316A83743D09E6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A member of the armed forces in a regular component of the armed forced.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id90645440E370471A97B4FD838D71D41C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A member of the armed forces in a reserve component of the armed forced.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idBF0A3AED90EE4835AEA9727AC94EC7D7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A member of the armed forces in a retired status, including a member under 60 years of age who, but for age, would be eligible for retired or retainer pay.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id72FE5A3756E149CA9207D8B45792026E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A civilian employee of a military department or the Department of Defense.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idA02FA80A09CE4758A7584773482171CA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Referral</header><text>For purposes of this section, a referral for which a bonus may be paid under subsection (a) occurs—</text>
<paragraph id="id3BE53E55E971462EA86E53657E7BA46A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>when the individual concerned contacts a military recruiter on behalf of a person interested in taking an oath of enlistment that leads to appointment as a commissioned officer, or accepting an appointment as a commissioned officer, as applicable, in an armed force in a health profession; or</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id75461547DF654E71A99C31716F34FC75"><enum>(2)</enum><text>when a person interested in taking an oath of enlistment that leads to appointment as a commissioned officer, or accepting an appointment as a commissioned officer, as applicable, in an armed force in a health profession contacts a military recruiter and informs the recruiter of the role of the individual concerned in initially recruiting the person.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id49A3E4024F83481AA0669281B8689D30"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Certain Referrals Ineligible</header>
<paragraph id="id1E24FE96A0E64A62AF4CE07681E34EFF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Referral of immediate family</header><text>A member of the armed forces may not be paid a bonus under subsection (a) for the referral of an immediate family member.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id92FB46EA4D814DAC98828AB8316A1228"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Members in recruiting roles</header><text>A member of the armed forces serving in a recruiting or retention assignment, or assigned to other duties regarding which eligibility for a bonus under subsection (a) could (as determined by the appropriate Secretary) be perceived as creating a conflict of interest, may not be paid a bonus under subsection (a).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6A08AD9BFD7642D4A926C573C9694978"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Junior reserve officers’ training corps instructors</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A member of the armed forces detailed under subsection (c)(1) of section 2031 of title 10 to serve as an administrator or instructor in the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program or a retired member of the armed forces employed as an administrator or instructor in the program under subsection (d) of such section may not be paid a bonus under subsection (a).</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id14DE974900874A1F9620659E438417D0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Amount of Bonus</header><text>The amount of the bonus payable for a referral under subsection (a) may not exceed $2,000. The amount shall be payable as provided in subsection (e).</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="idE1668559886F4043B1DD5FA1E8F06222"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Payment</header><text>A bonus payable for a referral of a person under subsection (a) shall be paid as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="idD2B92F6BE2AE4B9FA953CFD2F19CE8D0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Not more than $1,000 shall be paid upon the execution by the person of an agreement to serve as an officer in a health profession in an armed force for not less than 3 years,</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idA86853BEFF604BA8834AB2602661E6A0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Not more than $1,000 shall be paid upon the completion by the person of the initial period of military training as an officer.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id415C20B1071A4A4A9B1890B6CC7406E1"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Relation to Prohibition on Bounties</header><text>The referral bonus authorized by this section is not a bounty for purposes of section 514(a) of title 10.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1818C9059C7741619E7487D391CCE851"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coordination With Receipt of Retired Pay</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A bonus paid under this section to a member of the armed forces in a retired status is in addition to any compensation to which the member is entitled under title 10, 37, or 38, or any other provision of law.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3075DC9E78104F99BE609AF78D052F4A"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Appropriate Secretary defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>appropriate Secretary</term> means—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id39D9748701D14FEC9101298C3CF69B05"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Secretary of the Army, with respect to matters concerning the Army;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBB54EB3F62B54E128536B5C609862EFA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Secretary of the Navy, with respect to matters concerning the Navy, the Marine Corps, and the Coast Guard when it is operating as a service in the Navy;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBBA3B36797C9468796B0A20892D803B5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Secretary of the Air Force, with respect to matters concerning the Air Force; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFD58DA1BC7754FF196D1C415DC0AC521"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the Secretary of Defense, with respect to personnel of the Department of Defense.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id8C13F8D49BBD4851840F777F99765559"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Duration of Authority</header><text>A bonus may not be paid under subsection (a) with respect to any referral that occurs after December 31, 2008.</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection id="idE51E635A32A043ABB647F91AF20EDA00"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 5 of such title, as so amended, is further amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text>
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<section id="id197293F9F5594683811BF4B747069A7E"><enum>624.</enum><header>Accession bonus for participants in Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship and Financial Assistance program</header>
<subsection id="idA2F76A09E111400CA0FD2BC8192BDEC2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Accession bonus authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2127 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="ID47ba6b69625f49a4adb99b7ea09587f4"><enum>(f)</enum>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idCA7BF80ADE6C4BAF8B5C784A005F7280"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In order to increase participation in the program, the Secretary of Defense may pay a person who signs an agreement under section 2122 of this title an accession bonus of not more than $20,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idF9C4C54F8445492DB48EAF8AE9C6F54E" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An accession bonus paid a person under this subsection is in addition to any other amounts payable to the person under this subchapter.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id931484D8C0984252A45C425F54E886A5" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>In the case of an individual who is paid an accession bonus under this subsection, but fails to commence or complete the obligated service required of the person under this subchapter, the repayment provisions of section 303a(e) of title 37 shall apply to the accession bonus paid the person under this subsection.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection id="id25FE1CCF292D4EF587EC0C0B6CD14E04"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2007, and shall apply with respect to agreements signed under subchapter I of chapter 105 of title 10, United States Code, on or after that date.</text> </subsection></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="id7B9BF966D15346439893F37FB9274F79"><enum>C</enum><header>Travel and Transportation Allowances</header>
<section id="id79DE918D87EC429B9147923D26859B20"><enum>641.</enum><header>Payment of expenses of travel to the United States for obstetrical purposes of dependents located in very remote locations outside the United States</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1040 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id93C5E6B1E48F4186BE7AA65CE7152E82"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsection (d) and (e), respectively; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idBC06ECF1AAB8467283F35F395B7A0978"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection (c):</text>
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<subsection id="idBB9043BABC744C30B25CEBE0F655F415"><enum>(c)</enum><text>The Secretary of Defense may pay the travel expenses and related expenses of a dependent of a member of the uniformed services assigned to a very remote location outside the United States, as determined by the Secretary, for travel for obstetrical purposes to a location in the United States.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section>
<section id="idEA64C4DE5A0749358F3103CBFD95ACB2"><enum>642.</enum><header>Payment of moving expenses for Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps instructors in hard-to-fill positions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2031 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="ID4b0e28d07e0540c485b4907498a4745d"><enum>(f)</enum>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idD94BF885F6C74EDFB351C05D176A039E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>When determined by the Secretary of the military department concerned to be in the national interest and agreed upon by the institution concerned, the institution may reimburse the moving expenses of a Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps instructor who executes a written agreement to serve a minimum of two years of employment at the institution in a position that is hard-to-fill for geographic or economic reasons and as determined by the Secretary concerned.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id5A088EEB07214B2EB9BB7B8C9FF84DD8" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Any reimbursement of an instructor under paragraph (1) is in addition to the minimum instructor pay otherwise payable to the instructor.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idB13A96EC3BC544FE84E026060673655E" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Secretary concerned shall reimburse an institution making a reimbursement under paragraph (1) in an amount equal to the amount of the reimbursement paid by the institution under that paragraph. Any reimbursement under this paragraph shall be made from funds appropriated for that purpose.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idB7B66BB282EA48F595ED2A2C18624410" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The payment of reimbursements under paragraphs (1) and (3) shall be subject to regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense for purposes of this subsection.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="id7E55E1A26FD0416B87F31FA8CEACED0A"><enum>D</enum><header>Retired Pay and Survivor Benefits</header>
<section id="id1325DAEE5A274B0091D164075AAECECC"><enum>651.</enum><header>Modification of scheme for payment of death gratuity payable with respect to members of the Armed Forces</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA8245DED868248D6A0399D862A40A632"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (a) of section 1477 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking all that follows <quote>on the following list:</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBB0B7F82C23E488CB9B5860BFA7956EB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To any individual designated by the person in writing.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id12127B7B371842D6A103784E96DCC7F4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If there is no person so designated, to the surviving spouse of the person.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB7DE53EB64994B1BAA5329E4964BEC96"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If there is none of the above, to the children (as prescribed by subsection (b)) of the person and the descendants of any deceased children by representation.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id66209CDAA61040A5890FEB13243315C4"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If there is none of the above, to the parents (as prescribed by subsection (c)) of the person or the survivor of them.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0A74936688324456800B65D254C1C8EF"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If there is none of the above, to the duly appointed executor or administrator of the estate of the person.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7B331EBA6D584B2DA7A418388AA8FE7F"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If there is none of the above, to other next of kin of the person entitled under the laws of domicile of the person at the time of the person's death.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id75E55826501344E692EA534329670A13"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such section is further amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8C7407DEF6A640DA97D5FA685396739D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b), by striking <quote>Subsection (a)(2)</quote> in the matter preceding paragraph (1) and inserting <quote>Subsection (a)(3)</quote>;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id86A0F052610D4679A0864F7FFE82AE0F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking (c) and inserting the following new subsection (c):</text>
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<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFD499418FADF42C1905CEC6DC9196214"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of subsection (a)(4), parents include fathers and mothers through adoption. However, only one father and one mother may be recognized in any case, and preference shall be given to those who exercised a parental relationship on the date, or most nearly before the date, on which the decedent entered a status described in section 1475 or 1476 of this title.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8DCD879A3F7247D781CD4A75B62B625F"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (d).</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id08FD81B1838140D09A8078B88E23031B"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id57604128DAD048E685D069538490BE1A"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding subsection (c), the provisions of section 1477 of title 10, United States Code, as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, shall continue to apply to each member of the Armed Forces covered by such section until the earlier of the following—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC2341CA088AC4A929E222FAC6CCE8CC1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date on which such member makes the designation contemplated by paragraph (1) of section 1477(a) of such title (as amended by subsection (a) of this section); or</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7AAD6ED34F794866B0B8B55A015220AF"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">January 1, 2008.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id12AA2440AAA44249A02FFE73C5AAD9D0"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id93E2794A1E1941B5A2CEE9E47DC1F8EF"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than December 1, 2007, the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations to implement the amendments to section 1477 of title 10, United States Code, made by subsection (a).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6DD73320767646519B2531DF420824C6"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Elements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The regulations required by paragraph (1) shall include forms for the making of the designation contemplated by paragraph (1) of section 1477(a) of title 10, United States Code (as amended by subsection (a)), and instructions for members of the Armed Forces in the filling out of such forms.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="id4B5D56A7147E488A9C01F46E3E2230EB"><enum>652.</enum><header>Annuities for guardians or caretakers of dependent children under Survivor Benefit Plan</header>
<subsection id="id236327D9B5094875858607853CA72F8B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Election</header><text>Section 1448(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idFAD62CB20B8F4A9C97138273137787BD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the subsection caption, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">and Former Spouse</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">, Former Spouse, and Guardian or Caretaker</header-in-text></quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idB2550ECDEEEC4457A62D1B3AAD952794"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="idC318776703284C1AA3CABEE75ADB6198"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Guardian or caretaker coverage</header>
<subparagraph id="id4DB1BE2033E54089A98F5FCE0E2F2319"><enum>(A)</enum><header>General rule</header><text>A person who is not married and has one or more dependent children upon becoming eligible to participate in the Plan may elect to provide an annuity under the Plan to a natural person (other than a natural person with an insurable interest in the person under paragraph (1) or a former spouse) who acts as a guardian or caretaker to such child or children. In the case of a person providing a reserve-component annuity, such an election shall include a designation under subsection (e).</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idA45F593E70D8476AB8B62215A03EEEEA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Termination of coverage</header><text>Subparagraphs (B) through (E) of paragraph (1) shall apply to an election under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph in the same manner as such subparagraphs apply to an election under subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1).</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id4F13E684162A4689844A08D633733042"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Election of new beneficiary upon death of previous beneficiary</header><text>Subparagraph (G) of paragraph (1) shall apply to an election under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph in the same manner as such subparagraph (G) applies to an election under subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1), except that any new beneficiary elected under such subparagraph (G) by reason of this subparagraph shall be a guardian or caretaker of the dependent child or children of the person making such election.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id6F687A304A104D388D9B94BE1DB0721D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Payment of annuity</header><text>Section 1450 of such title is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id2EE58B826A4949279D311C471726D205"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="idBD3D0795BD9147EFB15D133B64B4AD06"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Guardian or caretaker coverage</header><text>The natural person designated under section 1448(b)(6) of this title, unless the election to provide an annuity to the natural person has been changed as provided in subsection (f).</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id81521C5C71994764BB5B0F51C0676B36"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the subsection caption of subsection (f), by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">or Former Spouse</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">, Former Spouse, or Guardian or Caretaker</header-in-text></quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idECC9FB1289E04A98A524FB3C53E990FB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Amount of annuity</header><text>Section 1451(b) of such title is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id654789D6084A414391DA3DEF0C64B32A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the subsection caption, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">or Guardian or Caretaker</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Insurable interest</header-in-text></quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idE0A2D548BB7E49449268A7E302566E55"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or 1450(a)(5)</quote> after <quote>1450(a)(4)</quote> each place it appears in paragraphs (1) and (2).</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idDA3D89DF657C457581E9793E237235CC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reduction in retired pay</header><text>Section 1452(c) of such title is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id489B305B8CB644D8A92B76336C476547"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the subsection caption, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">or Guardian or Caretaker</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Insurable interest</header-in-text></quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idBF46251C45784FE1B2F0B1EE1E600357"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or 1450(a)(5)</quote> after <quote>1450(a)(4)</quote> each place it appears in paragraphs (1) and (3).</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="ID060ECCEF54CF4721ADF6742133421051"><enum>653.</enum><header>Expansion of combat-related special compensation eligibility for chapter <enum-in-header>61</enum-in-header> military retirees</header>
<subsection id="ID869C885D29D14FF6BAA6C36F902A1B64"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>Subsection (c) of section 1413a of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking “entitled to retired pay who—” and all that follows and inserting “who—</text>
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<paragraph id="ID59DC322E64D94BE7A74B6B1D9E0B7D4C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is entitled to retired pay (other than by reason of section 12731b of this title); and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDF92B4E59F6994C15B663EEE6E53A13DF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>has a combat-related disability.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID08BD021EC932490CA4111AC49B49B492"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Computation</header><text>Paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of such section is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID031257D1145B4339822DE964BA173A25"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by designating the text of that paragraph as subparagraph (A), realigning that text so as to be indented 4 ems from the left margin, and inserting before <quote>In the case of</quote> the following heading: <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">In general</header-in-text>.—</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDCC68F7E0A4624CB79814716ACC4AD945"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
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<subparagraph id="ID9DB685EDAC6E4D7B9C5B96540DABEA2B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Special rule for retirees with fewer than 20 years of service</header><text>In the case of an eligible combat-related disabled uniformed services retiree who is retired under chapter 61 of this title with fewer than 20 years of creditable service, the amount of the payment under paragraph (1) for any month shall be reduced by the amount (if any) by which the amount of the member’s retired pay under chapter 61 of this title exceeds the amount equal to 2<fraction>1/2</fraction> percent of the member’s years of creditable service multiplied by the member’s retired pay base under section 1406(b)(1) or 1407 of this title, whichever is applicable to the member.</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID4CF550E87E3D40B8828F8579D5282398"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective Date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on January 1, 2008, and shall apply to payments for months beginning on or after that date.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="id01167C203D96479CB97DF123D9828C3E"><enum>654.</enum><header>Clarification of application of retired pay multiplier percentage to members of the uniformed services with over 30 years of service</header>
<subsection id="id1825F71A28EC4F2F9306A83C3A22D0E3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Computation of retired and retainer pay for members of naval service</header><text>The table in section 6333(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended in Column 2 of Formula A by striking <quote>75 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>Retired pay multiplier prescribed under section 1409 for the years of service that may be credited to him under section 1405.</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id5FED2D24934E452E93899374BF4CE943"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Retired pay for certain members recalled to active duty</header><text>The table in section 1402(a) of such title is amended by striking Column 3.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id2857F827C7174915A44F3A6C5D7DD493"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect on January 1, 2007, and shall apply with respect to retired pay and retainer pay payable on or after that date.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="id27FA390604564D98A235F8ABFA813388"><enum>655.</enum><header>Commencement of receipt of non-regular service retired pay by members of the Ready Reserve on active Federal status or active duty for significant periods</header>
<subsection id="ID47ADEECEE09D4217B743D1A1DA799F4C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reduced Eligibility Age</header><text>Section 12731 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDBC3472F122554E7BAF9BE226FF3A61A1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="IDA48950C43BC7466BBC491238C1D9248F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>has attained the eligibility age applicable under subsection (f) to that person;</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDEA2B2D28AAA447C3B6DF5E67D8B12C1C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="ID04B152367B1043F8993CE2CC79FA86E9"><enum>(f)</enum>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="IDF25CFF06B4FA419DA2AA4882854D4E61"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Subject to paragraph (2), the eligibility age for purposes of subsection (a)(1) is 60 years of age.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID8E961424B8B14A14B04294956539D52E" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ID4584BB00E5E24BBCAA8048F23D86113B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>In the case of a person who as a member of the Ready Reserve serves on active duty or performs active service described in subparagraph (B) after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the eligibility age for purposes of subsection (a)(1) shall be reduced below 60 years of age by three months for each aggregate of 90 days on which such person so performs in any fiscal year after such date, subject to subparagraph (C). A day of duty may be included in only one aggregate of 90 days for purposes of this subparagraph.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDE4C1F4B650234841814D74498F0A4122" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ID25D4CADC92C84A01B4A431F1FA528866"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Service on active duty described in this subparagraph is service on active duty pursuant to a call or order to active duty under a provision of law referred to in section 101(a)(13)(B) or under section 12301(d) of this title. Such service does not include service on active duty pursuant to a call or order to active duty under section 12310 of this title.</text> </clause>
<clause id="ID9961AC2DF92A4BB5A1A19D56D850A303" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Active service described in this subparagraph is also service under a call to active service authorized by the President or the Secretary of Defense under section 502(f) of title 32 for purposes of responding to a national emergency declared by the President or supported by Federal funds.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID2A6854CEB2EE4EB28002D3FFD09EED1E" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The eligibility age for purposes of subsection (a)(1) may not be reduced below 50 years of age for any person under subparagraph (A).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID4F9F477A3E0E4180B510D71ECF548C92"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Continuation of Age 60 as Minimum Age for Eligibility of Non-Regular Service Retirees For Health Care</header><text>Section 1074(b) of such title is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDE63CB5D7DD86478D91BF67A04309CA02"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(1)</quote> after <quote>(b)</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDB7AC7255BC9447D59A6322F63AB06102"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="ID43578FA39DC4452FACF93132D0254881" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Paragraph (1) does not apply to a member or former member entitled to retired pay for non-regular service under chapter 1223 of this title who is under 60 years of age.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID593811953E16464384A3B167A2C2D256"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Administration of Related Provisions of Law or Policy</header><text>With respect to any provision of law, or of any policy, regulation, or directive of the executive branch that refers to a member or former member of the uniformed services as being eligible for, or entitled to, retired pay under chapter 1223 of title 10, United States Code, but for the fact that the member or former member is under 60 years of age, such provision shall be carried out with respect to that member or former member by substituting for the reference to being 60 years of age a reference to having attained the eligibility age applicable under subsection (f) of section 12731 of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), to such member or former member for qualification for such retired pay under subsection (a) of such section.</text> </subsection></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="id7C86C21635184117BEB8DA9381A2ED7C"><enum>E</enum><header>Education Benefits</header>
<section id="id268D65570B184D159D14BA7081D86B2F"><enum>671.</enum><header>Tuition assistance for off-duty training or education</header>
<subsection id="ID0eba09fe198f429cad44ba75a98d647a"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Clarification of applicability of current authority to commissioned officers on active duty</header><text>Subsection (b) of section 2007 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID8d4daa41fe2a4d56a7264b8dd43ae111"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID3d01060eb31540cab5fe6626fb4e8673"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(other than a member of the Ready Reserve)</quote> after <quote>active duty</quote> the first place it appears; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID07cabba9917e400b983b3b1fd519f78f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or full-time National Guard duty</quote> both places it appears; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID1d5518f16a184746aaf9522820abba1a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting <quote>for which ordered to active duty</quote> after <quote>active duty service</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID237fdc1b8ede45bc8a8532b1f4ea53ce"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authority To pay tuition assistance to members of the Ready Reserve</header>
<paragraph id="idE008BE818C4D42CFB5EA8000036086C4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subsection (c) of such section is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="IDdf8eab2b3d4c4d689379143088095cdb"><enum>(c)</enum>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idF3EE74DF61D240A3847EA42B393489FA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Subject to paragraphs (3)(A) and (4), the Secretary of a military department may pay the charges of an educational institution for the tuition or expenses described in subsection (a) of a member of the Selected Reserve.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id711212FDE2BE4E9A907B4FBECEECF78B" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Subject to paragraphs (3)(B) and (4), the Secretary of a military department may pay the charges of an educational institution for the tuition or expenses described in subsection (a) of a member of the Individual Ready Reserve who has a military occupational specialty designated by the Secretary for purposes of this subsection.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id7DE82FDB48A24B87B7FD728C07E65F38" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idCB12E6D2DF5F4AA4AFFC58C23848AABF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Secretary of a military department may not pay charges under paragraph (1) for tuition or expenses of an officer of the Selected Reserve unless the officer agrees to remain a member of the Selected Reserve for at least four years after completion of the education or training for which the charges are paid.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idA4703FFCDD504AD98484157AAB19BB15" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Secretary of a military department may not pay charges under paragraph (2) for tuition or expenses of an officer of the Individual Ready Reserve unless the officer agrees to remain in the Selected Reserve or Individual Ready Reserve for at least four years after completion of the education or training for which the charges are paid.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idAF34628530F74F4194B97EEFF602350B" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Secretary of a military department may require enlisted members of the Selected Reserve or Individual Ready Reserve to agree to serve for up to four years in the Selected Reserve or Individual Ready Reserve, as the case may be, after completion of education or training for which tuition or expenses are paid under paragraph (1) or (2), as applicable.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID69927264ce8d461f8d7873582efa26fa"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Repeal of superseded provision</header><text>Such section is further amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID4e743c163ee446c6a3bf54825376aff9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking subsection (d); and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID9cb81c578ec74111a0cd2c3e1497866a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID02abd98d45a74b85ba3c329265957d5b"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Repayment of unearned benefit</header><text>Subsection (e) of such section, as redesignated by paragraph (2) of this subsection, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDeed4541068664aba9dd5a8207b118e9c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(1)</quote> after <quote>(e)</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDadad252d98b141cfb83668720cfc9c88"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="IDa4b483b2d6a54ed499c3a27d6dbda7d8" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>If a member of the Ready Reserve who enters into an agreement under subsection (c) does not complete the period of service specified in the agreement, the member shall be subject to the repayment provisions of section 303a(e) of title 37.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID27cb707c06eb42bba4d937f153e46c57"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Such section is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="IDc0d0af5b96ae4a508ab03548f84c880b"><enum>(f)</enum><text>This section shall be administered under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security for the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section>
<section id="idF0E4B588CAB8436AB5AF6070FC2D8FE7"><enum>672.</enum><header>Expansion of Selected Reserve education loan repayment program</header>
<subsection id="ID82c2b6e96b374377aed88c6d11f56add"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Additional loans eligible for repayment</header><text>Paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of section 16301 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID4e5cd0171f2e4f639b0c49d674899f74"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID9b1a718bc88c4b6681b8ab5d64070ac3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID682ed878b5e345569e8c5f28ad665876"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
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<subparagraph id="ID02d58f6a549e45ab9f15b0c8872231a3" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any loan incurred for educational purposes made by a lender that is—</text>
<clause id="ID71aa94dfca8b43b48d4c43f54e5afe44"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an agency or instrumentality of a State;</text> </clause>
<clause id="ID9016b2183bcb40a8a19b6730300748ba"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a financial or credit institution (including an insurance company) that is subject to examination and supervision by an agency of the United States or any State;</text> </clause>
<clause id="IDbece6660beff47dba51c003cca07173b"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a pension fund approved by the Secretary for purposes of this section; or</text> </clause>
<clause id="ID93cf50f2e0cc4cabb6eef5d6b56c1108"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a nonprofit private entity designated by a State, regulated by such State, and approved by the Secretary for purposes of this section.</text> </clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID4393a747eeec4315b9a93678f8a4c81e"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligibility of officers</header><text>Such subsection is further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idC95D97AC00CD48D6A0AD609EE58354CD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID87e21c4b1fa242d093de0d3e64cdf929"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Except as provided in paragraph (3), the Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>The Secretary</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDdb78e7a0f11e4389810eed8df339f86e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>an enlisted member of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve of an armed force in a reserve component and military specialty</quote> and inserting <quote>a member of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve of an armed force in a reserve component and officer program or military specialty</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id34C774CE6AC343EDA55CFE4A97937A97"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3).</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="IDdf853abac48b43edbc13c4ba18c90800"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>The heading of such section is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<section id="id7978BC7A2A394A6C90F95768341034A9"><enum>16301.</enum><header>Education loan repayment program: members of the Selected Reserve</header> </section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID95516f30bb674cf49d042871270fcf11"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 1609 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 16301 and inserting the following new item:</text>
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<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">16301. Education loan repayment program: members of the Selected Reserve.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="id3E984069AC114543935F653AC81B1CE3"><enum>F</enum><header>Other Matters</header>
<section id="id50DC35433A0F44EF9CB7F1599D0E4E96"><enum>681.</enum><header>Enhancement of authorities on income replacement payments for Reserves experiencing extended and frequent mobilization for active-duty service</header>
<subsection id="idBFF3CF2AB04F4185AC1EE26BDD95DFA7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Clarification of general authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (a) of section 910 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>, when the total monthly military compensation of the member is less than the average monthly civilian income</quote> after <quote>by the Secretary</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="idBE1052F827984DB995109AE014C48EEA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>Subsection (b) of such section is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="ID36448aa1e6e0459abda9fcd46b504601"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>Subject to subsection (c), a reserve component member is entitled to a payment under this section for any full month of active duty of the member—</text>
<paragraph id="IDe0eb4a6b82974c02a120adcec0cf36da"><enum>(1)</enum><text>while on active duty under an involuntary mobilization order, following the date on which the member—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID71aa70e563bc46d1957f7341678cef3c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>completes 18 continuous months of service on active duty under such an order;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDac502a827e0b4b42b06a059c45260691"><enum>(B)</enum><text>completes 730 cumulative days of service on active duty under such an order during the previous 1,826 days; or</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDaba0a8981f224c1ab56f90f797053b08"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is involuntarily mobilized for service on active duty for a period of 180 days or more within 180 days following the member's separation from a previous period of involuntary active duty for period of 180 days or more; or</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDed157b7905dc4751a784a7209c258cd4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>while retained on active duty under subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 12301(h)(1) of title 10 because of an injury or illness incurred or aggravated while deployed to an area designated for special pay under section 310 of this title after becoming entitled to income replacement pay under paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection id="id48EA0E9D884E4B3AACCC868E4D25BC4E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>Subsection (g) of such section is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="IDf94772c12e574212bf1bd4d1e034302b"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Termination of authority</header><text>Payment under this section shall only be made for service performed on or before December 31, 2008.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section>
<section id="idF038DE63223C4474A9335A217EB84947"><enum>682.</enum><header>Overseas naturalization of military family members</header>
<subsection id="ID2b8babb5e7ef4c7bb36ca0809b6635f3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 319 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1430) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="IDa452f62bfa9a4739aaa56b32a1c83e76"><enum>(e)</enum><text>Any person who is lawfully admitted for permanent residence, is the spouse or child of a member of the Armed Forces, and is authorized to accompany such member and reside in a foreign country with the member pursuant to the member's official orders, and who is so accompanying and residing with the member (in marital union if a spouse), may be naturalized upon compliance with all the requirements of this title except that the person's residence and physical presence in such foreign country shall be treated as residence and physical presence in the United States or any State for the purpose of satisfying the requirements of section 316 or 322 for naturalization and for the purpose of satisfying the requirements of section 101(a)(13)(C)(i) or (ii).</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection id="IDd2fe4709c74c4d34be1c25a74f866ec1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Overseas naturalization authority</header><text>Section 1701(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (8 U.S.C. 1443a) is amended by inserting <quote>, and persons eligible to meet the residence or physical presence requirements for naturalization pursuant to subsection (e) of section 319 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1430),</quote> after <quote>Armed Forces</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4810062c58c04509b26f49c582815968"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act and apply to any application of naturalization pending before the Secretary of Homeland Security on or after the date of enactment.</text> </subsection></section></subtitle>
<enum>VII</enum><header>HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS</header>
<section id="id709607E055AB4F339D81AF6C16FBC4AA"><enum>701.</enum><header>Inclusion of TRICARE retail pharmacy program in Federal procurement of pharmaceuticals</header>
<subsection id="id33F4B8B970FE47BE8C07041B98978392"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1074g of title 10, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID0d8219465e014b6e883ea0c78d493061"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections (g) and (h), respectively; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID3dc81a2b9ef640e79e40b3a915f30d93"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (e) the following new subsection (f):</text>
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<subsection id="IDda5cfa6760764850a568a201f88d0f21"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Procurement of pharmaceuticals by TRICARE retail pharmacy program</header><text>With respect to any prescription filled on or after October 1, 2007, the TRICARE retail pharmacy program shall be treated as an element of the Department of Defense for purposes of the procurement of drugs by Federal agencies under section 8126 of title 38 to the extent necessary to ensure that pharmaceuticals paid for by the Department of Defense that are provided by pharmacies under the program to eligible covered beneficiaries under this section are subject to the pricing standards in such section 8126.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idA60C683FC79E4FEBAC9D7FAE55F8F104"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The Secretary of Defense shall, after consultation with the other administering Secretaries under chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, modify the regulations under subsection (h) of section 1074g of title 10, United States Code (as redesignated by subsection (a)(1) of this section), to implement the requirements of subsection (f) of section 1074g of title 10, United States Code (as amended by subsection (a)(2) of this section). The Secretary shall so modify such regulations not later than December 31, 2007.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="ID9BFF6F5919334BA680B5AD347378CAED"><enum>702.</enum><header>Surveys on continued viability of TRICARE Standard and TRICARE Extra</header>
<subsection id="ID4FF9E93B073B4AB6BC29FC8231EBA47F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement for Surveys</header>
<paragraph id="IDB58A666B11D245038424E8BFFECFC71E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Defense shall conduct surveys of health care providers and beneficiaries who use TRICARE in the United States to determine, utilizing a reconciliation of the responses of providers and beneficiaries to such surveys, each of the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="idB6B2246A98254CD0905E034AB23D3145"><enum>(A)</enum><text>How many health care providers in TRICARE Prime service areas selected under paragraph (3)(A) are accepting new patients under each of TRICARE Standard and TRICARE Extra.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idC383B472A07D43A5838C14B3102DD876"><enum>(B)</enum><text>How many health care providers in geographic areas in which TRICARE Prime is not offered are accepting patients under each of TRICARE Standard and TRICARE Extra.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id2F127B17FADA4C6BA8FBC246A9A311CA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The availability of mental health care providers in TRICARE Prime service areas selected under paragraph (3)(C) and in geographic areas in which TRICARE Prime is not offered.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id1EDC3AC6A1904E3E9F112DB1DB37D339"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Benchmarks</header><text>The Secretary shall establish for purposes of the surveys required by paragraph (1) benchmarks for primary care and specialty care providers, including mental health care providers, to be utilized to determine the adequacy of health care providers to beneficiaries eligible for TRICARE.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID2A64389F48E6483086A274681C10CE21"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Scope of surveys</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out the surveys required by paragraph (1) as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="id2D77ACA723FE45B3ACF713B3CAA03E79"><enum>(A)</enum><text>In the case of the surveys required by subparagraph (A) of that paragraph, in at least 20 TRICARE Prime service areas in the United States in each of fiscal years 2008 through 2011.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id3E6E61357E494F3E9C5E4D3DB38ADC49"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In the case of the surveys required by subparagraph (B) of that paragraph, in 20 geographic areas in which TRICARE Prime is not offered and in which significant numbers of beneficiaries who are members of the Selected Reserve reside.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id65E17DFCCD6045E1818198B8079EFD26"><enum>(C)</enum><text>In the case of the surveys required by subparagraph (C) of that paragraph, in at least 40 geographic areas.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDF2ED95449A7F4CCD952F7C79DAABC38D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Priority for surveys</header><text>In prioritizing the areas which are to be surveyed under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="id4B857BB1430C40CFB4BB256060C649AE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>consult with representatives of TRICARE beneficiaries and health care and mental health care providers to identify locations where TRICARE Standard beneficiaries are experiencing significant levels of access-to-care problems under TRICARE Standard or TRICARE Extra; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id4583164CD9C143CA8EF94D5080A648AE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>give a high priority to surveying health care and mental health care providers in such areas.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id3AE7BCE4AA434D4692C08A1C32AB5EA5"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Information from providers</header><text>The surveys required by paragraph (1) shall include questions seeking to determine from health care and mental health care providers the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="idA460A8E9ADD74A29937CED91F627F9F3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Whether the provider is aware of the TRICARE program.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idBD885E3FF3F74E3898F606CACBF7CD6A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>What percentage of the provider's current patient population uses any form of TRICARE.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id71D305802CD14AA7B8693DA616D35A75"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Whether the provider accepts patients for whom payment is made under the medicare program for health care and mental health care services.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idC985700A88C44C5595D870B185B6B72E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>If the provider accepts patients referred to in subparagraph (C), whether the provider would accept additional such patients who are not in the provider's current patient population.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id815B120C59B34B58A8DE0D7D93877B4C"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Information from beneficiaries</header><text>The surveys required by paragraph (1) shall include questions seeking information to determine from TRICARE beneficiaries whether they have difficulties in finding health care and mental health care providers willing to provide services under TRICARE Standard or TRICARE Extra.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID3DA1EA44C77E4E758DD1EFFE106C5CB6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Supervision</header>
<paragraph id="IDFFA9689116CE41DC928AC1F556C2E6CC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Supervising official</header><text>The Secretary shall designate a senior official of the Department of Defense to take the actions necessary for achieving and maintaining participation of health care and mental health care providers in TRICARE Standard and TRICARE Extra throughout TRICARE in a number that is adequate to ensure the viability of TRICARE Standard for TRICARE beneficiaries.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID03C0F4C3F3D34AC2B5E9E50A53D2CAEC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The official designated under paragraph (1) shall have the following duties:</text>
<subparagraph id="idAFAC5234EAD448DFA1E45941C923946F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>To make recommendations to the Secretary for purposes of subsection (a)(2) on appropriate benchmarks for measuring the adequacy of health care and mental health care providers in TRICARE Prime service areas and geographic areas in the United States in which TRICARE Prime is not offered.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID0AC5DEE1E0ED4CA2B52A5B8E8013E184"><enum>(B)</enum><text>To educate health care and mental health care providers about TRICARE Standard and TRICARE Extra.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID4F9A15B8CF164427886FC37F306842E8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>To encourage health care and mental health care providers to accept patients under TRICARE Standard and TRICARE Extra.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID7C0479E42D964C8BB4C386DE7C1B3D97"><enum>(D)</enum><text>To ensure that TRICARE beneficiaries have the information necessary to locate TRICARE Standard and TRICARE Extra providers readily.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDE61B4ADBBA434A069FE57614C53BD833"><enum>(E)</enum><text>To recommend adjustments in TRICARE Standard provider payment rates that the official considers necessary to ensure adequate availability of TRICARE Standard providers for TRICARE Standard beneficiaries.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="IDE1AED11DC0694980B9F72BE858F96BD8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>GAO Review</header>
<paragraph id="ID55E3940FAAFD4A9A935C9417C4B1C997"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Ongoing review</header><text>The Comptroller General shall, on an ongoing basis, review—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID7B241AFC597E4C14A0530C68943F11CE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the processes, procedures, and analysis used by the Department of Defense to determine the adequacy of the number of health care and mental health care providers—</text>
<clause id="IDAB1EBA78342A426E88D5645162F82152"><enum>(i)</enum><text>that currently accept TRICARE Standard or TRICARE Extra beneficiaries as patients under TRICARE Standard in each TRICARE area as of the date of completion of the review; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="IDCB71805EE41346C08742C9597D5E2E76"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that would accept TRICARE Standard or TRICARE Extra beneficiaries as new patients under TRICARE Standard or TRICARE Extra, as applicable, within a reasonable time after the date of completion of the review; and</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID80844B33EACE48F68A9B5D4A81CD8198"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the actions taken by the Department of Defense to ensure ready access of TRICARE Standard beneficiaries to health care and mental health care under TRICARE Standard in each TRICARE area, including any pending or resolved requests for waiver of payment limits in order to improve access to health care or mental health care in a specific geographic area.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID2884B2E142BA40768DA0AE7B3F43520D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>The Comptroller General shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives on a bi-annual basis a report on the results of the review under paragraph (1). Each report shall include the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID04D2206E35444CBC9412DC205D625C0C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>An analysis of the adequacy of the surveys under subsection (a).</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID10147D3828564BAF8600C24C3C1A68E8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>An identification of any impediments to achieving adequacy of availability of health care and mental health care under TRICARE Standard or TRICARE Extra.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id1AA13A9CAB5C4A38A1E36C5AF67884D7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>An assessment of the adequacy of Department of Defense education programs to inform health care and mental health care providers about TRICARE Standard and TRICARE Extra.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID54444AE0D7924271AB8E665B50BAA183"><enum>(D)</enum><text>An assessment of the adequacy of Department of Defense initiatives to encourage health care and mental health care providers to accept patients under TRICARE Standard and TRICARE Extra.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID288C2CC9041447D19809AE3B1867C663"><enum>(E)</enum><text>An assessment of the adequacy of information available to TRICARE Standard beneficiaries to facilitate access by such beneficiaries to health care and mental health care under TRICARE Standard and TRICARE Extra.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDCCE8AB7C8AD54B20813FFEB1653AEB2C"><enum>(F)</enum><text>An assessment of any need for adjustment of health care and mental health care provider payment rates to attract participation in TRICARE Standard by appropriate numbers of health care and mental health care providers.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id5DC062FAB24342268B3DF2D1E37E7380"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>This section shall take effect on October 1, 2007.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="idA00D62D4F30F4BBF9DF99C798A7A294A"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Repeal of superseded requirements and authority</header><text>Section 723 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (10 U.S.C. 1073 note) is repealed, effective as of October 1, 2007.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID0E11289A1FFE4A859A9177440970A914"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="id7406FC0618C14693A16B7A80A0C60C9C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The term <term>TRICARE Extra</term> means the option of the TRICARE program under which TRICARE Standard beneficiaries may obtain discounts on cost-sharing as a result of using TRICARE network providers.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id195671A2227C4A5B8AFEFD242140DF02"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The term <term>TRICARE Prime</term> means the managed care option of the TRICARE program.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idCF83323F6F434EEBA8474B381068C67F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The term <term>TRICARE Prime service area</term> means a geographic are designated by the Department of Defense in which managed care support contractors develop a managed care network under TRICARE Prime.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDB2257520B58E4FB4AB27FB111D8537B4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The term <term>TRICARE Standard</term> means the option of the TRICARE program that is also known as the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services, as defined in section 1072(4) of title 10, United States Code.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7C323B10BCF14378915E7BC70E0BC4C2"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The term <term>United States</term> means the United States (as defined in section 101(a) of title 10, United States Code), its possessions (as defined in such section), and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<enum>VIII</enum><header>ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED MATTERS</header>
<subtitle id="id42B9D9A5E6D748999FB9002FFC77D9F3"><enum>A</enum><header>Provisions Relating to Major Defense Acquisition Programs</header>
<section id="id1CD73DE2414E47A58CC09314DFF6154F"><enum>801.</enum><header>Substantial savings under multiyear contracts</header>
<subsection id="IDd7c9a34df7344f69a99d3b94d45d65d3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition in regulations of substantial savings under multiyear contracts</header>
<paragraph id="idECC4FDBDA3E1456BB0D1C4A919FBFC65"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall modify the regulations prescribed pursuant to subsection (b)(2)(A) of section 2306b of title 10, United States Code, to define the term <term>substantial savings</term> for purposes of subsection (a)(1) of such section. Such regulations shall specify that—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID2127ce3f889c4667baa864f24b95c57b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>savings that exceed 10 percent of the total anticipated costs of carrying out a program through annual contracts shall be considered to be substantial;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDac31c0503eb54c2988e68e2676852444"><enum>(B)</enum><text>savings that exceed 5 percent of the total anticipated costs of carrying out a program through annual contracts, but do not exceed 10 percent of such costs, shall not be considered to be substantial unless the Secretary determines in writing that an exceptionally strong case has been made with regard to the findings required by paragraphs (2) through (6) of section 2306b(a) of such title; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID46f852fcbfbe45abae4ab145ffe987cc"><enum>(C)</enum><text>savings that do not exceed 5 percent of the total anticipated costs of carrying out a program through annual contracts shall not be considered to be substantial.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id64AA69782AE04413894C3AEF9946F8B6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The modification required by paragraph (1) shall apply with regard to any multiyear contract that is authorized after the date that is 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id1BEE85C1E0BC4FEE88C931B14BEF5D5E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report on basis for determination</header><text>Section 2306b(i)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>after the head of the agency concerned submits to the congressional defense committees a report on the specific facts supporting the determination of the head of that agency under subsection (a)</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID05c41820cdb34517b55ca79c5539ccec"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reports on savings achieved</header>
<paragraph id="idD130C1C760124E8F9052BC70F62F6EAD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Reports required</header><text>Not later than January 15 of 2008, 2009, and 2010, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the savings achieved through the use of multiyear contracts that were entered under the authority of section 2306b of title 10, United States Code, and the performance of which was completed in the preceding fiscal year.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idEEE01173696C4BB481D2BA11B437C3A4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>Each report under paragraph (1) shall specify, for each multiyear contract covered by such report—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID5af03c9f1c7345a7978c60cb6ef5954a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the savings that the Department of Defense estimated it would achieve through the use of the multiyear contract at the time such contract was awarded; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID4fd8a0cbdfdc4d53a7cfcd8069cec6ae"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the best estimate of the Department on the savings actually achieved under such contract.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="idA877DB52D5004B16AD1D800F48BB4D91"><enum>802.</enum><header>Changes to Milestone B certifications</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2366a of title 10, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id2DDF8839092D4493918AD2F1EE019A0B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by inserting <quote>, after receiving a business case analysis,</quote> after <quote>the milestone decision authority</quote> in the matter preceding paragraph (1);</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID11372518965d451aa7393298860cadfb"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e) as subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f), respectively;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDb57a061f838146dca3189efc5c14fcb1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection (b):</text>
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<subsection id="ID4fedbeb11a98460cb5c3d7af32a4806c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Changes to certification</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id5C3DEFAD5CB941FEA1F69408FC7E4FB1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The program manager for a major defense acquisition program that has received certification under subsection (a) shall immediately notify the milestone decision authority of any changes to the program that are—</text>
<subparagraph id="idD3B7A2F3A7EE4647B1BC026F6C81FCBE" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>inconsistent with such certification; or</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idAB62521E6C0D4C69BEC5D394AD23C888" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>deviate significantly from the material provided to the milestone decision authority in support of such certification.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idBBAAE22851A54AA1B04D6495B0EC37A0" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Upon receipt of information under paragraph (1), the milestone decision authority may withdraw the certification concerned or rescind Milestone B approval (or Key Decision Point B approval in the case of a space program) if the milestone decision authority determines that such action is in the best interest of the national security of the United States.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID71e08b51d93f4875b16bfefbe585a215"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (c), as redesignated by paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDb5248d7a3cb84008b30eeeba8fb4fe94"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(1)</quote> before <quote>The certification</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDadd3f3e1a6c246e2ae685e3653c295a4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph (2):</text>
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<paragraph id="IDcf850f78b10f42a083a2f4ffd1bc94a0" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Any information provided to the milestone decision authority pursuant to subsection (b) shall be summarized in the first Selected Acquisition Report submitted under section 2432 of this title after such information is received by the milestone decision authority.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID8ef63adbf3214ae78342aa44bb9c233c"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (e), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>subsection (c)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (d)</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section>
<section id="id13F8A752FD1744E9B0357F3FE3D094B7"><enum>803.</enum><header>Comptroller General report on Department of Defense organization and structure for major defense acquisition programs</header>
<subsection id="ID4c8ed8e6953b44bc9c7b323b1de77547"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report required</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on potential modifications of the organization and structure of the Department of Defense for major defense acquisition programs.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="IDcf3e693e6220490397bb70b98d7c324b"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The report required by subsection (a) shall include the results of a review, conducted by the Comptroller General for purposes of the report, regarding the feasibility and advisability of, at a minimum, the following:</text>
<paragraph id="ID61ebf0a4b07d4bc893100a9f6c0515c5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Establishing system commands within each military department, each of which commands would be headed by a 4-star general or flag officer, to whom the program managers and program executive officers for major defense acquisition programs would report.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID7a0565d65274432086912404fb71d0fa"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Revising the acquisition process for major defense acquisition programs by establishing shorter, more frequent acquisition program milestones.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID9289e1b4ed6246d3a0fd2599a4b22e18"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Requiring certifications of program status to the defense acquisition executive and Congress prior to milestone approval for major defense acquisition programs.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID82be436562c648cc8f43ffafcff830a9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Establishing a new office (to be known as the <quote>Office of Independent Assessment</quote>) to provide independent cost estimates and performance estimates for major defense acquisition programs.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id8B8AB8CFC213469FA79D39BA3E787627"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Establishing a milestone system for major defense acquisition programs utilizing the following milestones (or such other milestones as the Comptroller General considers appropriate for purposes of the review):</text>
<subparagraph id="id31D69C8D3B6C41779AE8A4A2B2AD246E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Milestone 0</header><text>The time for the development and approval of a mission need statement for a major defense acquisition program.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idDBD72EF0E1BB4C449C0B602C185673B7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Milestone 1</header><text>The time for the development and approval of a capability need definition for a major defense acquisition program, including development and approval of a certification statement on the characteristics required for the system under the program and a determination of the priorities among such characteristics.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idE9D9C0409E5F4170BCFCE354EB9E9F66"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Milestone 2</header><text>The time for technology development and assessment for a major defense acquisition program, including development and approval of a certification statement on technology maturity of elements under the program.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id8E50E80C44B64E4A9BD51F176C1DABE0"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Milestone 3</header><text>The time for system development and demonstration for a major defense acquisition program, including development and approval of a certification statement on design proof of concept.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id4438DCFB4F8143E3A3A2DC1240621F9D"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Milestone 4</header><text>The time for final design, production prototyping, and testing of a major defense acquisition program, including development and approval of a certification statement on cost, performance, and schedule in advance of initiation of low-rate production of the system under the program.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id2EC1ABCECFFC493DB06E5C6D2189327E"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Milestone 5</header><text>The time for limited production and field testing of the system under a major defense acquisition program.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id6EB16EC10C8B4088B2B227B69BE6503E"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Milestone 6</header><text>The time for initiation of full-rate production of the system under a major defense acquisition program.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID9c1042adefda45ec93e15f447fac28ba"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Requiring the Milestone Decision Authority for a major defense acquisition program to specify, at the time of Milestone B approval, or Key Decision Point B approval, as applicable, the period of time that will be required to deliver an initial operational capability to the relevant combatant commanders.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID61603e7985be4d84b245dd29ca53a1e2"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Establishing a materiel solutions process for addressing identified gaps in critical warfighting capabilities, under which process the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics circulates among the military departments and appropriate Defense Agencies a request for proposals for technologies and systems to address such gaps.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id0056B72330034C798026D975CFB37218"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Modifying the role played by chiefs of staff of the Armed Forces in the requirements, resource allocation, and acquisition processes.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID2f14cf60ddd74f46be11af21c74e9793"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In conducting the review required under subsection (b) for the report required by subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall obtain the views of the following:</text>
<paragraph id="IDe8d73f5326f44a788ebda8192076731c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Senior acquisition officials currently serving in the Department of Defense.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID550deda2572f4b97bf97022132d41662"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Individuals who formerly served as senior acquisition officials in the Department of Defense.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDb0d737de33e646bcad2edecd1f619325"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Participants in previous reviews of the organization and structure of the Department of Defense for the acquisition of major weapon systems, including the President's Blue Ribbon Commission on Defense Management in 1986.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDf76e304064374b8aa44024153e9a503f"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Other experts on the acquisition of major weapon systems.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID685fb44da6b24e07852c1a3bd354eab5"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Appropriate experts in the Government Accountability Office.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="id9634302472AE421197E71FCB482EE446"><enum>804.</enum><header>Investment strategy for major defense acquisition programs</header>
<subsection id="ID05e402966d1f425f9c5f36d401c114bc"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report required</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the strategies of the Department of Defense for the allocation of funds and other resources under major defense acquisition programs.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="IDda22237c166a4d41a397c36d3ceb3dde"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The report required by subsection (a) shall address, at a minimum, Department of Defense organizations, procedures, and approaches for the following purposes:</text>
<paragraph id="ID85758bdc0c72412b8cee0547582c6440"><enum>(1)</enum><text>To establish priorities among needed capabilities under major defense acquisition programs, and to assess the resources (including funds, technologies, time, and personnel) needed to achieve such capabilities.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID36448c758e9d49b0a95757a1863f7247"><enum>(2)</enum><text>To balance cost, schedule, and requirements for major defense acquisition programs to ensure the most efficient use of Department of Defense resources.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDcb893d9a336846e0b3236bdda7b4be26"><enum>(3)</enum><text>To ensure that the budget, requirements, and acquisition processes of the Department of Defense work in a complementary manner to achieve desired results.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id8C547F059BC3449AA4E0D06A278AEF23"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Role of tri-chair committee in resource allocation</header>
<paragraph id="id629840AC186A472B821F28B45A351006"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The report required by subsection (a) shall also address the role of the committee described in paragraph (2) in the resource allocation process for major defense acquisition programs.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id98DCB7AB22EE45F7AAE3C52BBCC90835"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Committee</header><text>The committee described in this paragraph is a committee (to be known as the <quote>Tri-Chair Committee</quote>) composed of the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="id1E734C06A96B404D94309691BE42422F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, who is one of the chairs of the committee.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id29107A94035D4CA497D8DBBC9720A497"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who is one of the chairs of the committee.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idEB16153685A84218BEC96DB130CC627A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The Director of Program Analysis and Evaluation, who is one of the chairs of the committee.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id4C69FFFB3DFE40B8AA9856A2EE084480"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Any other appropriate officials of the Department of Defense, as jointly agreed upon by the Under Secretary and the Vice Chairman.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID4d25cc37a04843c79979befba2c42d7d"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Recommendations</header><text>The report required by subsection (a) shall include any recommendations, including recommendations for legislative action, that the Secretary considers appropriate to improve the organizations, procedures, and approaches described in the report.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="id5B6C79154DB04B5DB710F333A8D821BD"><enum>805.</enum><header>Report on implementation of recommendations on total ownership cost for major weapon systems</header>
<subsection id="IDff91c5c16a15482da788fed3d2711dee"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report required</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the extent of the implementation of the recommendations set forth in the February 2003 report of the Government Accountability Office entitled <quote>Setting Requirements Differently Could Reduce Weapon Systems' Total Ownership Costs</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID59aa2905b34144598c1a9382f75efaa2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The report required by subsection (a) shall include the following:</text>
<paragraph id="IDc5761f9e50434c989f391cfea23ee25a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For each recommendation described in subsection (a) that has been implemented, or that the Secretary plans to implement—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDc3298d82927540f597133f005ade24da"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a summary of all actions that have been taken to implement such recommendation; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID6fb1ccbf05e5409e92b5e82718e0bd92"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a schedule, with specific milestones, for completing the implementation of such recommendation.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID74dc20951952417dbe60223674bb1bfe"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For each recommendation that the Secretary has not implemented and does not plan to implement—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDb814f1cb5d674228ac544fdc8a0aec58"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the reasons for the decision not to implement such recommendation; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID6717d68f3c46401d9491fe383c53413b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a summary of any alternative actions the Secretary plans to take to address the purposes underlying such recommendation.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDa9a96a263cd1460cba72ff66507ece54"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A summary of any additional actions the Secretary has taken or plans to take to ensure that total ownership cost is appropriately considered in the requirements process for major weapon systems.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="id723961B9644446C9A4BA72FF13CF4649"><enum>B</enum><header>Amendments Relating to General Contracting Authorities, Procedures, and Limitations</header>
<section id="id7E49DA8F2437465EBED4A77B0A0C9413"><enum>821.</enum><header>Enhanced competition requirements for task and delivery order contracts</header>
<subsection id="ID019dd41ae21143dfa03c151c5e67d461"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Limitation on single award contracts</header><text>Section 2304a(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id0D23C943E53A453A91C79CFB95F74E62"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id61C1A991FB524493B85887A9C17E7E42"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph (3):</text>
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<paragraph id="IDe1c3611a243340e6910ae013797dbc59" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>No task or delivery order contract in an amount estimated to exceed $100,000,000 (including all options) may be awarded to a single contractor unless the head of the agency determines in writing that—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDde87fe212aeb48a59efe14bcd0df2139"><enum>(A)</enum><text>because of the size, scope, or method of performance of the requirement, it would not be practical to award multiple task or delivery order contracts;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID7ab42b177ca84701bcaf78557667c4b8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the task or delivery orders expected under the contract are so integrally related that only a single contractor can reasonably perform the work;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDd93cff0bf8e1439aa947d799d7bd0bf6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the contract provides only for firm, fixed price task orders or delivery orders for—</text>
<clause id="ID955d5c3d31c34550953382c251a7bcf3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>products for which unit prices are established in the contract; or</text> </clause>
<clause id="ID8224c85acc5f483bb303613efb074b95"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>services for which prices are established in the contract for the specific tasks to be performed; or</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID572a053e3e1c4b4aaa6e82eb9883fc73"><enum>(D)</enum><text>only one contractor is qualified and capable of performing the work at a reasonable price to the government.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID52ee06efcd1b4f10884df15bd7385492"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Enhanced competition for orders in excess of $5,000,000</header><text>Section 2304c of such title is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID8f8bbe3e186646d89fa069faa0b78060"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (d), (e), and (f) as subsections (e), (f), and (g), respectively;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID13636e4e3fcc469bb249b6762eb00c20"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection (d):</text>
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<subsection id="ID9f30c888fa8548ecad9b1594e7d732ac"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Enhanced competition for orders in excess of $5,000,000</header><text>In the case of a task or delivery order in excess of $5,000,000, the requirement to provide all contractors a fair opportunity to be considered under subsection (b) is not met unless all such contractors are provided, at a minimum—</text>
<paragraph id="ID770b2ee5a5d84229af4c0b94614b280a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a notice of the task or delivery order that includes a clear statement of the agency's requirements;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDe4360a8a799e48af9fe33fa4cb74babf"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a reasonable period of time to provide a proposal in response to the notice;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID9c035edcac7f4a108d2694ed160f96cf"><enum>(3)</enum><text>disclosure of the significant factors and subfactors, including cost or price, that the agency expects to consider in evaluating such proposals, and their relative importance;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID0dc584b407414272b8f438b4454af35c"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in the case of an award that is to be made on a best value basis, a written statement documenting the basis for the award and the relative importance of quality and price or cost factors; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDa3501f4ef78d4243b734213d1720cb74"><enum>(5)</enum><text>an opportunity for a post-award debriefing consistent with the requirements of section 2305(b)(5) of this title.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idAF32F79CF16F443AA2E8F0EC32845454"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking subsection (e), as redesignated by paragraph (1), and inserting the following new subsection (e):</text>
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<subsection id="id01C16A2ACA974ECBB074E0695C6D7F50"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Protests</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id6196A9D64E2A4C41A8F0A679B9C42F4F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A protest is not authorized in connection with the issuance or proposed issuance of a task or delivery order except for—</text>
<subparagraph id="id874876E7AB4E49A9956FE5126E52C0AE" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a protest on the ground that the order increases the scope, period, or maximum value of the contract under which the order is issued; or</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id64369A6D13B84799B8CFD96B0D321E87" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a protest of an order valued in excess of $5,000,000.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id82C81FC88BCC4A4F8608A2F5524514E3" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Notwithstanding section 3556 of title 31, the Comptroller General of the United States shall have exclusive jurisdiction of a protest authorized under paragraph (1)(B).</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="IDb18aeb6e49d54d8e81b9194615631f16"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective dates</header>
<paragraph id="ID515a8124a2094d879a2ccce3e614336e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Single award contracts</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and shall apply with respect to any contract awarded on or after such date.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDe8457c3066054c84a8c608c3c1b63eed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Orders in excess of $5,000,000</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (b) shall take effect on the date that is 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and shall apply with respect to any task or delivery order awarded on or after such date.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="id048D0614C9104B2EA95B6C216EB6FB82"><enum>822.</enum><header>Clarification of rules regarding the procurement of commercial items</header>
<subsection id="ID14ed4d4a054b4a7d97e29f643d000c87"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Treatment of subsystems, components, and spare parts as commercial items</header>
<paragraph id="id05C83B2D81094733856685342600A585"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 2379 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="id473FE4F178DA42E89FE8C8210CC0A96F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following new subsection (b):</text>
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<subsection id="id8C4F981D499D48D4885A745175BA7B31"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Treatment of subsystems as commercial items</header><text>A subsystem of a major weapon system shall be treated as a commercial item and purchased under procedures established for the procurement of commercial items only if—</text>
<paragraph id="id91A0483CFBCA43F6BAB2A45B98D55E1E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the subsystem is intended for a major weapon system that is being purchased, or has been purchased, under procedures established for the procurement of commercial items in accordance with the requirements of subsection (a);</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id67B1D3EFEBA74C9CA79F6D2A7D0538FB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Secretary of Defense determines that—</text>
<subparagraph id="id3D7A1730F5E045F7A2A39B51089CE730"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the subsystem is a commercial item, as defined in section 4(12) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(12)); and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idB0A563A912D440A9B1BAEB306417134B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the treatment of the subsystem as a commercial item is necessary to meet national security objectives; or</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idC5501EF039F34CC682D277D5818E122F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the contractor demonstrates that it has sold, leased, or licensed the subsystem or an item that is the same as the subsystem, but for modifications described in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 4(12) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act, in significant quantities to the general public.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDa30689eedb3c46c98e1e611134489c27"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDbc2d2c44a9ef404ebaa9720c6d3f8b4f"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsections (c) and (d):</text>
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<subsection id="ID6b8366e4ad4641dab652618b6dff147c"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Treatment of components and spare parts as commercial items</header><text>A component or spare part for a major weapon system may be treated as a commercial item, and purchased under procedures established for the procurement of commercial items, only if—</text>
<paragraph id="IDa42ee94d4efa452d982837cbaad93d4b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the component or spare part is intended for—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDf71f3a31fa1042c1a1710416b526c2aa"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a major weapon system that is being purchased, or has been purchased, under procedures established for the procurement of commercial items in accordance with the requirements of subsection (a); or</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDd2177c68f919475f8f7d217a6e8b762d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a subsystem of a major weapon system that is being purchased, or has been purchased, under procedures established for the procurement of commercial items in accordance with the requirements of subsection (b); or</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID312fa6171b6f4c41aeeae185cea0c02a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the contractor demonstrates that it has sold, leased, or licensed the component or spare part, or an item that is the same as the component or spare part, but for modifications described in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 4(12) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act, in significant quantities to the general public.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="IDd7f7fa5bb95347528241f971e2768674"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Price information</header><text>In the case of any major weapon system, subsystem, component, or spare part purchased under procedures established for the procurement of commercial items under the authority of this section, the contractor shall provide data other than certified cost or pricing data, including information on prices at which the same item or similar items have previously been sold to the general public, that is adequate for evaluating, through price analysis, the reasonableness of the price of the contract, subcontract, or modification of the contract or subcontract pursuant to which such major weapon system, subsystem, component or spare part, as the case may be, will be purchased.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idB4DE43D0DFAC446C9601A4484E97E102"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendment to technical data provision</header><text>Section 2321(f)(2) of such title is amended by striking <quote>(whether or not under a contract for commercial items)</quote> and inserting <quote>(other than technical data for a subsystem, component, or spare part that is determined to be a commercial item in accordance with the requirements of section 2379 of this title)</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID90e5afa2e2844a3c93eb31f705323002"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sales of commercial items to nongovernmental entities</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall modify the regulations of the Department of Defense on the procurement of commercial items in order to clarify that the terms <term>general public</term> and <term>nongovernmental entities</term> in such regulations do not include the following:</text>
<paragraph id="id4DD53285CF9C49A29519392D144A4853"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Federal Government or a State, local, or foreign government.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id95B52B9A6E9E4EF2BAF9A1ECCEDAA4E7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A contractor or subcontractor acting on behalf of the Federal Government or a State, local, or foreign government.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id6FCB0A3B64C945C6A097C173D4AE44C8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Harmonization of thresholds for cost or pricing data</header><text>Section 2306a(b)(3)(A) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>$500,000</quote> and inserting <quote>the amount specified in subsection (a)(1)(A)(i), as adjusted from time to time under subsection (a)(7),</quote>.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="id638BDE9450A9433FBECDC79AB4C5DB3F"><enum>823.</enum><header>Clarification of rules regarding the procurement of commercial services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 8002(d) of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 (41 U.S.C. 264 note), the Secretary of Defense shall modify the regulations of the Department of Defense on procurements for or on behalf of the Department of Defense in order to prohibit the use of time and materials contracts or labor-hour contracts to purchase as commercial items any category of commercial services other than the following:</text>
<paragraph id="IDeb59448b2b4c4b32a433fdafde138027"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Commercial services procured for support of a commercial item, as described in section 4(12)(E) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(12)(E)).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDde2c48bfb6c64e8795f37abe0659b12d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Emergency repair services.</text> </paragraph></section>
<section id="idF2B864EAB5EF468E8D16BD66EBAEC5DD"><enum>824.</enum><header>Modification of competition requirements for purchases from Federal Prison Industries</header>
<subsection id="id7B6ACF43675A49CF82AEC39F6344A6ED"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Modification of competition requirements</header>
<paragraph id="idFF231386B3D2411397F13BAC07C585D1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 2410n of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting the following new subsections (a) and (b):</text>
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<subsection id="idC53A6C7834CB4A5495283137BD2AB46F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Products for which Federal Prison Industries does not have significant market share</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id4B5623AF6F744EC5B6F663CC98CE3D72"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Before purchasing a product listed in the latest edition of the Federal Prison Industries catalog under section 4124(d) of title 18 for which Federal Prison Industries does not have a significant market share, the Secretary of Defense shall conduct market research to determine whether the product is comparable to products available from the private sector that best meet the needs of the Department in terms of price, quality, and time of delivery.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idC2E0C7DE2E3342D3ABF5608E330C3362" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>If the Secretary determines that a Federal Prison Industries product described in paragraph (1) is not comparable in price, quality, or time of delivery to products of the private sector that best meets the needs of the Department in terms of price, quality, and time of delivery, the Secretary shall use competitive procedures for the procurement of the product, or shall make an individual purchase under a multiple award contract in accordance with the competition requirements applicable to such contract. In conducting such a competition, the Secretary shall consider a timely offer from Federal Prison Industries.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id9209812047CE497F8AB65D8EC7A3BC57"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Products for which Federal Prison Industries has significant market share</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id7CD5B7480E9E4C7B85200847901B763D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary of Defense may purchase a product listed in the latest edition of the Federal Prison Industries catalog for which Federal Prison Industries has a significant market share only if the Secretary uses competitive procedures for the procurement of the product or makes an individual purchase under a multiple award contract in accordance with the competition requirements applicable to such contract. In conducting such a competition, the Secretary shall consider a timely offer from Federal Prison Industries.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id6B832B9F3AA944F99703D47FEB152B4C" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For purposes of this subsection, Federal Prison Industries shall be treated as having a significant share of the market for a product if the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of Federal Procurement Policy, determines that the Federal Prison Industries' share of the Department of Defense market for the category of products including such product is greater than 5 percent.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id70A20ED943E34EB4B05D3634B0FDC407"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id73A17869F4374BF4A09D08781C6014BC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>List of products for which Federal Prison Industries has significant market share</header>
<paragraph id="id3384C799EC314BDFACE0CB878E9CCD72"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Initial list</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall publish a list of product categories for which Federal Prison Industries' share of the Department of Defense market is greater than 5 percent, based on the most recent fiscal year for which data is available.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idC4B281A5CFC54812B613EE1CAB50E388"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Modification</header><text>The Secretary may modify the list published under paragraph (1) at any time if the Secretary determines that new data require adding a product category to the list or omitting a product category from the list.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idACD77AC1ECBD423EAC769E808CC99FBB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out this subsection in consultation with the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="idD95FAB2F75FA4051AF6C1BD6EEEF3BAA"><enum>825.</enum><header>Five-year extension of authority to carry out certain prototype projects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 845(i) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (10 U.S.C. 2371 note) is amended by striking <quote>September 30, 2008</quote> and inserting <quote>September 30, 2013</quote>.</text> </section>
<section id="id278BFEC12DB14B2A87800ABB1E0A56F6"><enum>826.</enum><header>Multiyear procurement authority for electricity from renewable energy sources</header>
<subsection id="idBD3AF1B28A4044AE8C1C9F3B62B1A779"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Multiyear procurement authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 141 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
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<section id="ID59e7534df25b4baea9de9aa6f8c12400"><enum>2410q.</enum><header>Multiyear procurement authority: purchase of electricity from renewable energy sources</header>
<subsection id="ID9e2b9925268e45d69a9559478f3d25e8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Multiyear contracts authorized</header><text>Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of Defense may enter into contracts for a period not to exceed 10 years for the purchase of electricity from sources of renewable energy, as that term is defined in section 203(b)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15852(b)(2)).</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="IDb047bdf6184e4dab9be78bb08d57e84e"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitations on contracts for periods in excess of five years</header><text>The Secretary may exercise the authority in subsection (a) to enter a contract for a period in excess of five years only if the Secretary determines, on the basis of a business case prepared by the Department of Defense that—</text>
<paragraph id="ID9f4b1134658647d18dd9ffa286823909"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the proposed purchase of electricity under such contract is cost effective for the Department of Defense; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID624bf7fead7244489dd1f4202189f1d9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>it would not be possible to purchase electricity from the source in an economical manner without the use of a contract for a period in excess of five years.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection id="idB69F0EAEAA1F4B03BCB6E71CDFF775F0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 141 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text>
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<toc-entry idref="ID59e7534df25b4baea9de9aa6f8c12400" level="section">2410q. Multiyear procurement authority: purchase of electricity from renewable energy sources.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="idC824ADF4A5FE43F1B298E25A3079CA49"><enum>C</enum><header>Acquisition Policy and Management</header>
<section id="id5D810065C79B4756AD853CC0088CE884"><enum>841.</enum><header>Joint Requirements Oversight Council</header>
<subsection id="id303C794126B241CD84ADCB7ACF64099D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Advisors</header><text>Section 181 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idD1F0AD601C0C4D4CA772109214318240"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idC4249EABD85544DC8A264B03F9B3BD25"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection (c):</text>
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<subsection id="id6F783D7B78F64F56882D6354BE8213BF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Advisors</header><text>The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics and the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) shall serve as advisors to the Council on matters within their authority and expertise.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id7333619DCA404F4ABC2BC18B4E794D0E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>Section 2433(e)(2) of such title is amended by inserting <quote>, after consultation with the Joint Requirements Oversight Council regarding program requirements,</quote> after <quote>Secretary of Defense</quote> in the matter preceding subparagraph (A).</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="id14E199E85FC3420197CE5D27612160A0"><enum>842.</enum><header>Management structure for the procurement of contract services</header>
<subsection id="ID5c32902c4b3946e2991c9394948253c4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority To establish contract support acquisition centers</header><text>Subsection (b) of section 2330 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="ID8c2095e5802e4887bd123b9538df2911" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Each senior official responsible for the management of acquisition of contract services is authorized to establish a center (to be known as a <quote>Contract Support Acquisition Center</quote>) to act as executive agent for the acquisition of contract services. Any center so established shall be subject to the provisions of subsection (c).</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection id="IDbb7b1bbcd0b64a468968c55bfd02541d"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Direction, staff, and support</header><text>Such section is further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID3a98851ae69b4ed78663ff853bc606a7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDaa44c5e123e44266a67ad868a6f50260"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection (c):</text>
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<subsection id="ID694ad5895b0e46d4b23fda3b33f6e62c"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Direction, staff, and support of contract support acquisition centers</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idB7057D20F6D548698731D50BF84F4481"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Contract Support Acquisition Center established by a senior official responsible for the management of acquisition of contract services under subsection (b)(4) shall be subject to the direction, supervision, and oversight of such senior official.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id686F6DBAD5024F489DD6D81EE9CBF860" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the military department concerned may transfer to a Contract Support Acquisition Center any personnel under the authority of such Secretary whose principal duty is the acquisition of contract services.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id07A6B7E027AE48AF99B13AFFBF517812" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idB2B3A3DF2A044DE0A4BD3520011973A2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (E), the Secretary of Defense may accept from the head of a department or agency outside the Department of Defense a transfer to any Contract Support Acquisition Center under subsection (b)(4) of all or part of any organizational unit of such other department or agency that is primarily engaged in the acquisition of contract services if, during the most recent year for which data is available before such transfer, more than 50 percent of the contract services acquired by such organizational unit (as determined on the basis of cost) were acquired on behalf of the Department of Defense.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID4543A69887B240B583E99C75343DEF3F" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The head of a department or agency outside the Department of Defense may transfer in accordance with this paragraph an organizational unit that is authorized to be accepted under subparagraph (A).</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID422893C4745D46B59F5EBE8286AD2E11" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A transfer under this paragraph may be made and accepted only pursuant to a memorandum of understanding entered into by the head of the department or agency making the transfer and the Secretary of Defense.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID2F6086FAD6044C41A77FB7EE9A3C2931" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A transfer of an organizational unit under this paragraph shall include the transfer of the personnel of such organizational unit, the assets of such organizational unit, and the contracts of such organizational unit, to the extent provided in the memorandum of understanding governing the transfer of the unit.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDFE157813996F4D9C9B784A08BCB20FE8" indent="up1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>This paragraph does not authorize a transfer of the multiple award schedule program of the General Services Administration as described in section 2302(2)(C) of this title.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="idCDDB462B9B234E30A24406E5CF8DFA11"><enum>843.</enum><header>Specification of amounts requested for procurement of contract services</header>
<subsection id="IDfdd968a675074dd9bc4d45ef54fc8385"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Specification of amounts requested</header><text>The budget justification materials submitted to Congress in support of the budget of the Department of Defense for any fiscal year after fiscal year 2008 shall identify clearly and separately the amounts requested in each budget account for the procurement of contract services.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="idB23F97787D6C40F0967E9FC62D764D4C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contract services defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>contract services</term>—</text>
<paragraph id="idF605F604BE0D41DA9B761CEA3AF7D9CC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>means services from contractors; but</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id90E5488EECF7456D955FF82CBD9B7D2A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>excludes services relating to research and development and services relating to military construction.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="id7DB7BF21E093471DBAA74335735C6EE7"><enum>844.</enum><header>Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund</header>
<subsection id="ID9ef935d2a81349c893d5d45a402de539"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of this section is to ensure that the Department of Defense acquisition workforce has the capacity, in both personnel and skills, needed to properly perform its mission, provide appropriate oversight of contractor performance, and ensure that the Department receives the best value for the expenditure of public resources.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID04685f63584f478793bb83acb4cac786"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Department of defense acquisition workforce development fund</header>
<paragraph id="id7F08A202A4D14659A55BE0C8CD7285D9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary of Defense shall establish a fund to be known as the <quote>Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Fund</quote> (in this section referred to as the <quote>Fund</quote>) to provide funds for the recruitment, training, and retention of acquisition personnel of the Department of Defense for the purpose of this section.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idE3976CD22A974B20960BE276D4914419"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Management</header><text>The Fund shall be managed by a senior official of the Department of Defense designated by the Secretary for that purpose.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idBE6DBD9F039E4FAFAF0BACF153AFCC80"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Elements</header>
<paragraph id="idF640B3DCD9EA48AD97329DC2C17FBC99"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Fund shall consist of amounts as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="id0C1D05655F6C42CB89FE202CC9442C6B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Amounts credited to the Fund under paragraph (2).</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id32533F059D1141BE865D9E0177D729E9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Any other amounts appropriated to, credited to, or deposited into the Fund by law.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id64D239340C5D4CA1A1C4554BD86F40AA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Credits to the fund</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idF80367029C184B4DBC25DF8CE5F3EB10"><enum>(A)</enum><text>There shall be credited to the Fund an amount equal to the applicable percentage for a fiscal year of all amounts expended by the Department of Defense in such fiscal year for contract services, other than services relating to research and development and services relating to military construction.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idF68A9D3B48634757868A0F9514E78088" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Not later than 30 days after the end of the first fiscal year quarter of fiscal year 2008, and 30 days after the end of each fiscal year quarter thereafter, the head of each military department and Defense Agency shall remit to the Secretary of Defense an amount equal to the applicable percentage for such fiscal year of the amount expended by such military department or Defense Agency, as the case may be, during such fiscal year quarter for services covered by subparagraph (A). Any amount so remitted shall be credited to the Fund under subparagraph (A).</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id4AA03D5B44F44E8EBE6F028C88C85416" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>For purposes of this paragraph, the applicable percentage for a fiscal year is a percentage as follows:</text>
<clause id="id71C7109A62CD4CFB9E127F80957D3186"><enum>(i)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2008, 0.5 percent.</text> </clause>
<clause id="idAEE65D307BD0409A99479D3DE74E6B10"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2009, 1 percent.</text> </clause>
<clause id="id578B4D0C32D944F0A30B0E877C9FBCDD"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2010, 1.5 percent.</text> </clause>
<clause id="idFE351CDAAC8E4770ADC9CF04FF9A0C53"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>For any fiscal year after fiscal year 2010, 2 percent.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="IDc5020b43c62b4bc3b98bc8ac965e8d3f"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Availability of funds</header>
<paragraph id="IDa2acb4fa2f14439da64de995d65ee77b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to the provisions of this subsection, amounts in the Fund shall be available to the Secretary of Defense for expenditure, or for transfer to a military department or Defense Agency, for the recruitment, training, and retention of acquisition personnel of the Department of Defense for the purpose of this section, including for the provision of training and retention incentives to the acquisition workforce of the Department as of the date of the enactment of this Act.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDeb4aa53792384fe4adb51d53a5f8d7bc"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation on payments to or for contractors</header><text>Amounts in the Fund shall not be available for payments to contractors or contractor employees, other than for the purpose of providing training to Department of Defense employees.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID4ed1903d45c6479f8d688d1b262abf29"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Prohibition on payment of base salary of current employees</header><text>Amounts in the Fund may not be used to pay the base salary of any person who is an employee of the Department as of the date of the enactment of this Act.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID618ec448656948579d73101162647917"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Duration of availability</header><text>Amounts credited to the Fund under subsection (c)(2) shall remain available for expenditure in the fiscal year for which credited and the two succeeding fiscal years.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID0dc59a07880c463b99051a1519bbddcd"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Annual report</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the end of each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2008, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the operation of the Fund during such fiscal year. Each report shall include, for the fiscal year covered by such report, the following:</text>
<paragraph id="ID7bec24e686c346a5ad0de0cf2e7ed45f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A statement of the amounts remitted to the Secretary for crediting to the Fund for such fiscal year by each military department and Defense Agency, and a statement of the amounts credited to the Fund for such fiscal year.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID842ebdad84e24418bbb82cb98e341bf7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A description of the expenditures made from the Fund (including expenditures following a transfer of amounts in the Fund to a military department or Defense Agency) in such fiscal year, including the purpose of such expenditures.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDb3767f433eac462ebaabe49bf4839afc"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A description and assessment of improvements in the Department of Defense acquisition workforce resulting from such expenditures.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDab04491235ff4f17a9266805ae65ebbe"><enum>(4)</enum><text>A statement of the balance remaining in the Fund at the end of such fiscal year.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idA6BA08E2269B41F1A1AE201F43028C5F"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Defense agency defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>Defense Agency</term> has the meaning given that term in section 101(a) of title 10, United States Code.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id6BF27C2B290F459DBC27EB167C42F306"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Expedited hiring authority</header>
<paragraph id="id4661DAB3AD76442F8E79B9A90C27DE61"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For purposes of sections 3304, 5333, and 5753 of title 5, United States Code, the Secretary of Defense may—</text>
<subparagraph id="id5E7CD1D484A44440AA906EA2FF39B52F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>designate any category of acquisition positions within the Department of Defense as shortage category positions; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idC3CD9C8621C24856B4D8523E8F272285"><enum>(B)</enum><text>utilize the authorities in such sections to recruit and appoint highly qualified persons directly to positions so designated.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id2CF666C4ED7647F3A7181B93D65A28F5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text>The Secretary may not appoint a person to a position of employment under this subsection after September 30, 2012.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="IDda850ac05252424091deb8763efa576b"><enum>845.</enum><header>Inventories and reviews of contracts for services based on cost or time of performance</header>
<subsection id="IDbc221cd2c74f4a979bbec4f4dd0b1f98"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Preparation of lists of activities under contracts for services</header>
<paragraph id="id4FBE6CEFD1514C4E8B034828E76190D9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Preparation of lists</header><text>Not later than the end of the third quarter of each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2008, the Secretary of each military department and the head of each Defense Agency shall submit to the Secretary of Defense a list of the activities performed during the preceding fiscal year pursuant to contracts for services for or on behalf of such military department or Defense Agency, as the case may be, under which the contractor is paid on the basis of the cost or time of performance, rather than specific tasks performed or results achieved.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id2A78089A93E342DC946A0CCD7B9B0509"><enum>(2)</enum><header>List elements</header><text>The entry for an activity on a list under paragraph (1) shall include, for the fiscal year covered by such entry, the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="IDef86822761c64138813f943b676e85c7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The fiscal year for which the activity first appeared on a list under this section.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID8e0950ab49e94877a905bc1cc51e8069"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The number of full-time contractor employees (or its equivalent) paid for the performance of the activity.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDf5a2b7adf4254fcfad9a504496fff594"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A determination whether the contract pursuant to which the activity is performed is a personal services contract.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID8820d6f27bca456988b250f49a79a898"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The name of the Federal official responsible for the management of the contract pursuant to which the activity is performed.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID9a7b00da591f4e69a8493557737dd202"><enum>(E)</enum><text>With respect to a list for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2008, information on plans and written determinations made pursuant to subsection (c)(2).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID30fba7fccd1244b182aadcae851dad84"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Public availability of lists</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date on which lists are required to be submitted to the Secretary of Defense under subsection (a), the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="id781B07426CAB4B49844B512829F03021"><enum>(1)</enum><text>transmit to the congressional defense committees a copy of the lists so submitted to the Secretary;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id4D9D03FEEB3542A68343D0875259A01B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>make such lists available to the public; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id6A3988759B6D43009364DB7F97A7DAFF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>publish in the Federal Register a notice that such lists are available to the public.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="IDa93ce61267d24f66a543633756e19946"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Review and planning requirements</header>
<paragraph id="IDf9407446f89547c7ad8f400e7f1bc2e7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Review of lists</header><text>Within a reasonable time after the date on which a notice of the public availability of a list is published under subsection (b)(3), the Secretary of the military department or head of the Defense Agency concerned shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="id83B5456047894DB294B5B6D261305F2A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>review the contracts and activities included on the list;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDaede144f28f746feb56f50a44ff3d6f0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ensure that—</text>
<clause id="ID96f99b5a52be4f4d9d5e78fa1cbd41b5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>each contract on the list that is a personal services contract has been entered into, and is being performed, in accordance with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements;</text> </clause>
<clause id="ID3362b36763dd4c3191f84aa846f6b3b9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the activities on the list do not include any inherently governmental functions; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="ID4360feac5139485ab0b462ce1ae3b932"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to the maximum extent practicable, the activities on the list do not include any functions closely associated with inherently governmental functions; and</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDc85ee6ae64934947926897aa867ab343"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for each activity on the list, either—</text>
<clause id="idD7F3F4496D874B41812B56C51D8D8D27"><enum>(i)</enum><text>develop a plan to convert the activity to performance by Federal employees, convert the contract to a performance-based contract, or terminate the activity; or</text> </clause>
<clause id="ID4a02d4b5f3e54a65a4ab79dbc57d8825"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>make a written determination that it is not practicable for the military department or Defense Agency, as the case may be, to take any of the actions otherwise required under clause (i).</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID6331badb2c96444b923e81a6f3fa2618"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements of determination</header><text>A written determination pursuant to subparagraph (B)(ii) shall be accompanied by—</text>
<subparagraph id="id005D4BD387BD44B88519BA61638E6FE4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a statement of the basis for the determination; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idF9D32DB0B6CD4039848644A8F258FDE5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a description of the resources that will be made available to ensure adequate planning, management, and oversight for each contract covered by the determination.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID67753cb09b6a436b860627ae3877416f"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Challenges to lists</header>
<paragraph id="IDc5deeb500931428992a89892eb412183"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An interested party may submit to the Secretary of the military department or head of the Defense Agency concerned a challenge to the omission of a particular activity from, or the inclusion of a particular activity on, a list made available to the public under subsection (b).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDfe0f3d3db4c344928a73674eeadb1a46"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Interested party defined</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>interested party</term>, with respect to an activity referred to in subsection (a), means—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID35048a6ac82d41bcbd19ebeff2a97f85"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the contractor performing the activity;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDc557396d76bf42d2b077b773d88bc59e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an officer or employee of an organization within the military department or Defense Agency concerned that is responsible for the performance of the activity; or</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID079f5a9b1a6649aba8541f9e9e32161e"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the head of any labor organization referred to in section 7103(a)(4) of title 5, United States Code, that includes within its membership officers or employees or an organization described in subparagraph (B).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID748727556b0f410ea0fef391fcf50917"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Deadline for challenge</header><text>A challenge to a list shall be submitted under paragraph (1) not later than 30 days after the date of the publication of the notice of public availability of the list under subsection (b)(3).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDd082f69af65a4cbdb3ddfbb2f6671c2e"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Resolution of challenge</header><text>Not later than 30 days of the receipt by the Secretary of a military department or head of a Defense Agency of a challenge to a list under this subsection, an official designated by the Secretary of the military department or the head of the Defense Agency, as the case may be, shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="idD0BE9A87004F413C919C0682386FA676"><enum>(A)</enum><text>determine whether or not the challenge is valid; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id374D3103EC2441CEB67FA7EA11CE0FE1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>submit to the interested party concerned a written notification of the determination, together with a discussion of the rationale for the determination.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDfc80bee8d7b4425e98681299ab4ee1ee"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Action following determination of valid challenge</header><text>If the Secretary of a military department or head of a Defense Agency determines under paragraph (4)(A) that a challenge under this subsection to a list under this section is valid, such official shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="idFD25810CB29E43E5A71532D53D44AB56"><enum>(A)</enum><text>notify the Secretary of Defense of the determination; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id5130DB6517EE41009BE7E935C60BED80"><enum>(B)</enum><text>adjust the next list submitted by such official under subsection (a) after the date of the determination to reflect the resolution of the challenge.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID27e2575337a94c128488c06f1adfda78"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Rules of construction</header>
<paragraph id="ID656ffbfeeb6f430a82a0d68f422f64f9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>No authorization of performance of personal services</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the performance of personal services by a contractor except where expressly authorized by a provision of statute other than this section.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDbdddb595e8de4a879895a55cf66944fc"><enum>(2)</enum><header>No public-private competition for conversion of performance of certain functions</header><text>No public-private competition may be required under this section, Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76, or any other provision of law or regulation before a function closely associated with inherently governmental functions is converted to performance by Federal employees.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID15fda920033142088d9b974fde3e21ed"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="idCE2C43AD553A43D0A92A2322BA226BDB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The term <term>Defense Agency</term> has the meaning given that term in section 101(a) of title 10, United States Code.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID08d906c640dc404e809590d25cfd182a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The term <term>function closely associated with inherently governmental functions</term> has the meaning given that term in section 2383(b)(3) of title 10, United States Code.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id905A6E25F916475FA2A6A1F7CDC9E05C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The term <term>inherently governmental functions</term> has the meaning given that term in section 2383(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDc25ed583087c4be5b79428362f37fc79"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The term <term>personal services contract</term> means a contract under which, as a result of its terms or conditions or the manner of its administration during performance, contractor personnel are subject to the relatively continuous supervision and control of one or more Government officers or employees, except that the giving of an order for a specific article or service, with the right to reject the finished product or result, is not the type of supervision or control that makes a contract a personal services contract.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="id2B8B62C3DB8847209FD303F4220B2E37"><enum>846.</enum><header>Internal controls for procurements on behalf of the Department of Defense by certain non-defense agencies</header>
<subsection id="IDb493f28d8478429692dd398a3cbee73f"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Limitation on procurements on behalf of department of defense</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (b), no official of the Department of Defense may place an order, make a purchase, or otherwise procure property or services for the Department of Defense in an amount in excess of $100,000 through a non-defense agency in any fiscal year if—</text>
<paragraph id="ID6c424392752e435ab2dc66356838baf1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the head of the non-defense agency has not certified that the non-defense agency will comply with defense procurement requirements during that fiscal year;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDe0085559ee2746d994e99365239a35a5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the case of a covered non-defense agency that has been determined under this section to be not compliant with defense procurement requirements, such determination has not been terminated in accordance with subsection (c); or</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID1d54d68d875b4ea8ad31cfcc22189549"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in the case of a covered non-defense agency for which a memorandum of understanding is required by subsection (e)(4), the Inspector General of the Department of Defense and the Inspector General of the non-defense agency have not yet entered into such a memorandum of understanding.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="IDe540ea0c4fa843e89af2ee5a3b1f4b89"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exception for procurements of necessary property and services</header>
<paragraph id="ID496ba5699a5b4bc4bbfdeca1912ba241"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply to the procurement of property and services on behalf of the Department of Defense by a non-defense agency during any fiscal year for which there is in effect a written determination of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics that it is necessary in the interest of the Department of Defense to procure property and services through the non-defense agency during such fiscal year.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID486acb00a3304fdf962795b6c2fc02f2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Scope of particular exception</header><text>A written determination with respect to a non-defense agency under paragraph (1) shall apply to any category of procurements through the non-defense agency that is specified in the determination.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID268a6b7a75c549039a9fe7e1d02e50ea"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Termination of applicability of certain limitation</header><text>In the event the limitation under subsection (a)(2) applies to a covered non-defense agency, the limitation shall cease to apply to the non-defense agency on the date on which the Inspector General of the Department of Defense and the Inspector General of the non-defense agency jointly—</text>
<paragraph id="ID1405afda840e4d39bcc16529a696660f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>determine that the non-defense agency is compliant with defense procurement requirements; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID136d4d8e37454d91a4e1f7f428c991a0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>notify the Secretary of Defense of that determination.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID1e38190a03c94d07be354a47bf6f1730"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Compliance with defense procurement requirements</header><text>For the purposes of this section, a non-defense agency is compliant with defense procurement requirements if the procurement policies, procedures, and internal controls of the non-defense agency applicable to the procurement of products and services on behalf of the Department of Defense, and the manner in which they are administered, are adequate to ensure the compliance of the non-defense agency with the requirements of laws and regulations (including applicable Department of Defense financial management regulations) that apply to procurements of property and services made directly by the Department of Defense.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID7185175d764e416886df8cb2799e3396"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Inspectors general reviews and determinations</header>
<paragraph id="ID7cfb93eb71c745eba5b5522b7df22027"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For each covered non-defense agency, the Inspector General of the Department of Defense and the Inspector General of such non-defense agency shall, not later than the date specified in paragraph (2), jointly—</text>
<subparagraph id="idDCCAF0156B3E4AFF811315E2DADDB836"><enum>(A)</enum><text>review—</text>
<clause id="ID6d5f40f0718a43de99e1d74a21463b71"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the procurement policies, procedures, and internal controls of such non-defense agency that are applicable to the procurement of property and services on behalf of the Department by such non-defense agency; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="IDc843d3a4d2f045609822e723eca627c0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the administration of such policies, procedures, and internal controls; and</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID6a98cbba3b5044e9b77ba76e58e3c105"><enum>(B)</enum><text>determine in writing whether such non-defense agency is or is not compliant with defense procurement requirements.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID20eb8df0f6da4947907d9383d668cc30"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deadline for reviews and determinations</header><text>The reviews and determinations required by paragraph (1) shall take place as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID959d9ca392ba456db8d8ebee6ea5409d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>In the case of the General Services Administration, by not later than March 15, 2010.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID023cb4f558f64a2cbbf546f7b12d6314"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In the case of each of the Department of the Treasury, the Department of the Interior, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, by not later than March 15, 2011.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID035d1a7db7e94b1f8411c6c6bd2fa5d0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>In the case of each of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the National Institutes of Health, by not later than March 15, 2012.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDca12f7fbbbe4417998b2d736e1670875"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Separate reviews and determinations</header><text>The Inspector General of the Department of Defense and the Inspector General of a covered non-defense agency may by joint agreement conduct separate reviews of the procurement of property and services on behalf of the Department of Defense that are conducted by separate business units, or under separate governmentwide acquisition contracts, of the non-defense agency. If such separate reviews are conducted, the Inspectors General shall make a separate determination under paragraph (1)(B) with respect to each such separate review.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID07f08ac55ed849d2b7570feaea5737f2"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Memoranda of understanding for reviews and determinations</header><text>Not later than one year before a review and determination is required under this subsection with respect to a covered non-defense agency, the Inspector General of the Department of Defense and the Inspector General of the covered non-defense agency shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with each other to carry out such review and determination.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID5db5dc8394bc4b7a8b69347b577723e1"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Treatment of procurements for fiscal year purposes</header><text>For the purposes of this section, a procurement shall be treated as being made during a particular fiscal year to the extent that funds are obligated by the Department of Defense for the procurement in that fiscal year.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID44440c777b4b4a72b1c8e4031e7b0ada"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Resolution of disagreements</header><text>If the Inspector General of the Department of Defense and the Inspector General of a covered non-defense agency are unable to agree on a joint determination under subsection (c) or (e), a determination by the Inspector General of the Department of Defense under such subsection shall be conclusive for the purposes of this section.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID0b92d7b93c5f46f0a0bd037e90a2b214"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="IDb6de38b62170448cad3bd464ab3f82ad"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The term <term>covered non-defense agency</term> means each of the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="IDcf8a27956e274f00807a6320eca8b4ab"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The General Services Administration.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDcd0f1e7d9ca44463b34b91001e37dfcb"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Department of the Treasury.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDa83bfea53465469d81d6df84554d78e3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The Department of the Interior.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDc6542c616ecd4a39a7929be9168d45c2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The National Aeronautics and Space Administration.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID8beb664243ad4cc88ca16f4c2b6fd96a"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The Department of Veterans Affairs.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDd4bab2d2cd044a4c9aea96199cd39032"><enum>(F)</enum><text>The National Institutes of Health.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDbcda6084b2c04b0ab9055832860e9a47"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The term <term>governmentwide acquisition contract</term>, with respect to a covered non-defense agency, means a task or delivery order contract that—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID9f702b16947f4b38a43251adaaa88635"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is entered into by the non-defense agency; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDb58646db9f844fe9a6e901ff75578003"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may be used as the contract under which property or services are procured for one or more other departments or agencies of the Federal Government.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="id298CB870D6884EF3B7361AA030DEBD9F"><enum>D</enum><header>Department of Defense Contractor Matters</header>
<section id="id65CC1C9817444EE59794D16C7D85FF1B"><enum>861.</enum><header>Protection for contractor employees from reprisal for disclosure of certain information</header>
<subsection id="idB1C875C7D52D4E34BBCF5F08B78CEE1E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Increased protection from reprisal</header><text>Subsection (a) of section 2409 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id2061B4ED2451455994F074E67085C6E9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>disclosing to a Member of Congress or an authorized official of an agency or the Department of Justice</quote> and inserting <quote>disclosing to a Member of Congress, a representative of a committee of Congress, an Inspector General, the Government Accountability Office, a Department of Defense employee responsible for contract oversight or management, or an authorized official of an agency or the Department of Justice, including in the case of a disclosure made in the ordinary course of an employee's duties,</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idA78F57E91F714EDE9547380AF5DBA861"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>information relating to a substantial violation of law related to a contract</quote> and inserting <quote>information that the employee reasonably believes is evidence of gross mismanagement of a Department of Defense contract, a gross waste of Department of Defense funds, a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety, or a violation of law related to a Department of Defense contract</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idF0376431174D4A5ABB3DBABD8F75945A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Acceleration of schedule for denying relief or providing remedy</header><text>Subsection (c) of such section is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id24B622B982354D3EAA58F292EBEA1E48"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id2F2F775239A64FB688AEC54EB04BDE6A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting after <quote>(1)</quote> the following: <quote>Not later than 90 days after receiving an Inspector General report pursuant to subsection (b), the head of the agency concerned shall determine whether the contractor concerned has subjected the complainant to a reprisal prohibited under subsection (a).</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id3888BDD0BA46410FA9B5325C008CAF7F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:</text>
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<subparagraph id="id25E615610DC04F26BBC8830B51CB3CFE" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>In the event the disclosure relates to a cost-plus contract, prohibit the contractor from receiving one or more award fee payments to which the contractor would otherwise be eligible until such time as the contractor takes the actions ordered by the head of the agency pursuant to subparagraphs (A) through (C).</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idBA5E1026E29A46A2AA3DAE666D80B5A0" indent="up1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Take the reprisal into consideration in any past performance evaluation of the contractor for the purpose of a contract award.</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id8AE0CD4F08EC488DA82D618F99E86F02"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idE1EF734CC7E54E5C9F48529774585222"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="id76E6E2D93534456692EAA032506F71BC" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id5DC481F97D4E46CE8CAF77514A8C65A3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>In the case of a disclosure that relates to a contract covered under subsection (f), not later than 90 days after receipt of a written determination under paragraph (1), a complainant who is aggrieved by the determination or by an action that the agency head has taken or failed to take pursuant to such determination may bring an action at law or equity for de novo review to seek compensatory damages and other relief available under this section in the appropriate district court of the United States, which shall have jurisdiction over such an action without regard to the amount in controversy. Such an action shall, at the request of either party to the action, be tried by the court with a jury.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id5AED3822F53D40AE9CEBC0EE4004471B" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In the event that a determination by an agency head pursuant to paragraph (1) has not been made within 15 months after a complaint is submitted under subsection (b), and such delay is not shown to be due to the bad faith of the complainant, the complainant shall be deemed to have exhausted the complainant's administrative remedies with respect to the complaint and may bring an action at law or equity described under subparagraph (A).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id72CD862894F4416A90E9FDA44BF6F625"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Legal burden of proof</header><text>Such section is further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id6AC8988C48C746939D2839D8A6A69DE8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (g); and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id1EDDC60688A64C4E9AE15E8C03DE028D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (d) the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="id47A50FB2A3CB4CDB8C880B195F32EFFE"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Legal burden of proof</header><text>The legal burdens of proof specified in section 1221(e) of title 5 shall be controlling for the purposes of any investigation conducted by an inspector general, decision by the head of an agency, or hearing to determine whether discrimination prohibited under this section has occurred.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id09C2AD6FE7454D9CA5F0925AB86DAA0B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Requirement To notify employees of rights related to protection from reprisal</header><text>Such section, as amended by subsection (c), is further amended by inserting after subsection (e) the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="idDA9E9CBA2FA54C2DA334207A36065F81"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Notice of rights related to protection from reprisal</header>
<paragraph id="id8EA2E2A0DB89419A885FE73ED76321C9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each Department of Defense contract in excess of $5,000,000, other than a contract for the purchase of commercial items, shall include a clause requiring the contractor to ensure that all employees of the contractor who are working on Department of Defense contracts are notified of—</text>
<subparagraph id="id4B1236752D85414C9B5AFBE9D5B1BD6C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>their rights under this section;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idF1E1E83B3E21430C98563844F5C358A2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the fact that the restrictions imposed by any employee contract, employee agreement, or non-disclosure agreement may not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter the employee rights provided for under this section; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id06012E001E6C4DF19B67F21DC779A12D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the telephone number for the whistleblower hotline of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idFB42AAD74AF1499E81C3730D888ABB29"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Form of notice</header><text>The notice required by paragraph (1) shall be made by posting the required information at a prominent place in each workplace where employees working on the contract regularly work.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section>
<section id="IDD757B230AAE84FC080490A1E69EA235C"><enum>862.</enum><header>Requirements for defense contractors relating to certain former Department of Defense officials</header>
<subsection id="ID26E59A7575394A7FA51CC1827FF4D643"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirements</header>
<paragraph id="IDD610CD7A850741C28E017ADA97661717"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Chapter 141 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by section 826 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
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<section id="IDA71A955EC17F49EAB7E311EAB5453B61"><enum>2410r.</enum><header>Defense contractors: requirements concerning former Department of Defense officials</header>
<subsection id="IDC87ED6F1125C4C108DAE898BAFEDEDCA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text>Each contract for the procurement of goods or services in excess of $10,000,000, other than a contract for the procurement of commercial items, that is entered into by the Department of Defense shall include a provision under which the contractor agrees to submit to the Secretary of Defense, not later than April 1 of each year such contract is in effect, a written report setting forth the information required by subsection (b).</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID5C5833D5CD624D4595D498F06F3C8F09"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report Information</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (c), a report by a contractor under subsection (a) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="IDB702058AB0FB436F897162587E926D58"><enum>(1)</enum><text>list the name of each person who—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID1DEC831D33DE4E769407D4941DC89376"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is a former officer or employee of the Department of Defense or a former or retired member of the armed forces who served—</text>
<clause id="ID6827AC666ECE43D29EF53717E854D0E7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in an Executive Schedule position under subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 5;</text> </clause>
<clause id="ID6CA70BE21DD74FD28EE0FD456CF4EB86"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in a position in the Senior Executive Service under subchapter VIII of chapter 53 of title 5;</text> </clause>
<clause id="IDD5A1FCAAD21C47D6B4F55359A24A72FA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in a general or flag officer position compensated at a rate of pay for grade 0–7 or above under section 201 of title 37; or</text> </clause>
<clause id="IDDF4ADB17FAE2462FB778A74B97B8F5EB"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>as a program manager, deputy program manager, procuring contracting officer, administrative contracting officer, source selection authority, member of the source selection evaluation board, or chief of a financial or technical evaluation team for a contract with a value in excess of $10,000,000; and</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID16BB86AC7DF34930B17FFDC28348D3C7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>during the preceding calendar year was provided compensation by the contractor, if such compensation was first provided by the contractor not more than two years after such officer, employee, or member left service in the Department of Defense; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID924E2B8EB60448F3AA8038F74FEEDAFC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the case of each person listed under paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID415766EDFBDE4D70B46486C5A19F6FD7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identify the agency in which such person was employed or served on active duty during the last two years of such person’s service with the Department of Defense;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID6E66A1BBDB8649B58E85BE13962D5446"><enum>(B)</enum><text>state such person’s job title and identify each major defense system, if any, on which such person performed any work with the Department of Defense during the last two years of such person’s service with the Department; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID724BA69274F94DF9AEE8B350712B7F2A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>state such person’s current job title with the contractor and identify each major defense system on which such person has performed any work on behalf of the contractor.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="IDEFA46B1439A04437A8AE8C95601C1918"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Duplicate Information Not Required</header><text>An annual report submitted by a contractor pursuant to subsection (b) need not provide information with respect to any former officer or employee of the Department of Defense or former or retired member of the armed forces if such information has already been provided in a previous annual report filed by such contractor under this section.</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID73B2E0882154452ABD3FF20637A31634"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 141 of such title, as so amended, is further amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text>
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<toc-entry level="section">2410r. Defense contractors: requirements concerning former Department of Defense officials.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="IDE27D36420ADE438B9124530924F09C56"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective Date</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, and shall apply with respect to contracts entered into on or after that date.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="id1E5617328EB54A428D022991FE122D73"><enum>863.</enum><header>Report on contractor ethics programs of major defense contractors</header>
<subsection id="id73AF0F9E232E4E8EB226C72D6C8DAEC8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report required</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the internal ethics programs of major defense contractors.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="idEA83912B4D254BD9B4C96A0B541E8B96"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The report required by subsection (a) shall address, at a minimum—</text>
<paragraph id="id383B73199CCF4B98BB2B2F69C2FC7423"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the extent to which major defense contractors have internal ethics programs in place;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idB911E0EB726A4B4BA9DD9C41FB1542BD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the extent to which the ethics programs described in paragraph (1) include—</text>
<subparagraph id="id558C926EEB274A819BEF33A2E3C0D866"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the availability of internal mechanisms, such as hotlines, for contractor employees to report conduct that may violate applicable requirements of law or regulation;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id9D23CFC8B94042E9A6FD428CA460B756"><enum>(B)</enum><text>notification to contractor employees of the availability of external mechanisms, such as the hotline of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, for the reporting of conduct that may violate applicable requirements of law or regulation;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id1EFACF1996264214ABC8ACC6467C4E26"><enum>(C)</enum><text>notification to contractor employees of their right to be free from reprisal for disclosing a substantial violation of law related to a contract, in accordance with section 2409 of title 10, United States Code;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idC2321819F43D46479612F1EFC5A0210D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>ethics training programs for contractor officers and employees;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idB5196CCB9D5B4AFDA8DC03B3236B3391"><enum>(E)</enum><text>internal audit or review programs to identify and address conduct that may violate applicable requirements of law or regulation;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idFF14B6FA7CA9483B925E7709B3AE5E02"><enum>(F)</enum><text>self-reporting requirements, under which contractors report conduct that may violate applicable requirements of law or regulation to appropriate government officials;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id6805E5C37AD942FA934F93000CE73A1B"><enum>(G)</enum><text>disciplinary action for contractor employees whose conduct is determined to have violated applicable requirements of law or regulation; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idB10545AD1A524E21A3B7C483615F95A3"><enum>(H)</enum><text>appropriate management oversight to ensure the successful implementation of such ethics programs;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id10569E6037C545349194095219C4A146"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the extent to which the Department of Defense monitors or approves the ethics programs of major defense contractors; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id859BA8E6B5444A338E99A530929C4A59"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the advantages and disadvantages of legislation requiring that defense contractors develop internal ethics programs and requiring that specific elements be included in such ethics programs.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id40A183163B7B40559A98982772000E50"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Access to information</header><text>In accordance with the contract clause required pursuant to section 2313(c) of title 10, United States Code, each major defense contractor shall provide the Comptroller General access to information requested by the Comptroller General that is within the scope of the report required by this section.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id99F99E3609894DDC978BD94BEBFFE322"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Major defense contractor defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>major defense contractor</term> means any company that received more than $500,000,000 in contract awards from the Department of Defense during fiscal year 2006.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="ID9A5A77D8E70E44DBAA7DE35C4EDAD777"><enum>864.</enum><header>Report on Department of Defense contracting with contractors or subcontractors employing members of the Selected Reserve</header>
<subsection id="ID9373D017C3884162ACA532270677D199"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study Required</header><text>The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a study on contracting with the Department of Defense by actual and potential contractors and subcontractors of the Department who employ members of the Selected Reserve of the reserve components of the Armed Forces.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="IDF66887BD9CDA4B60BA7490603D8B9D10"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The study required by subsection (a) shall address the following:</text>
<paragraph id="ID70570F5B072545699BAEE5DCC1705989"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The extent to which actual and potential contractors and subcontractors of the Department, including small businesses, employ members of the Selected Reserve.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID224D1398907C4BE88C5F003EADE9A139"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The extent to which actual and potential contractors and subcontractors of the Department have been or are likely to be disadvantaged in the performance of contracts with the Department, or in competition for new contracts with the Department, when employees who are such members are mobilized as part of a United States military operation overseas.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDE67350AA3BA84E4183A2C116FD61F315"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Any actions that, in the view of the Secretary, should be taken to address any such disadvantage, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDF14B64FE7C05462EBC2848C9F9D1F15C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the extension of additional time for the performance of contracts to contractors and subcontractors of the Department who employ members of the Selected Reserve who are mobilized as part of a United States military operation overseas; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID2919FCEE32184602AB27E731824CAFD9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the provision of assistance in forming contracting relationships with other entities to ameliorate the temporary loss of qualified personnel.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="IDD79F2BB318BC4922A7A8D1726D226F6D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the study required by this section. The report shall set forth the findings and recommendations of the Secretary as a result of the study.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID89FB01DF8E3141A6A2DA16D440C70C59"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Repeal of Superseded Authority</header><text>Section 819 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3385; 10 U.S.C. 2305 note) is repealed.</text> </subsection></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="idB282CCAD73054E46B0D69E91F26F85D1"><enum>E</enum><header>Other Matters</header>
<section id="id3ED80F68756E41D5AD71EE1A9BD7DCF3"><enum>871.</enum><header>Contractors performing private security functions in areas of combat operations</header>
<subsection id="ID1fb58c0cff1447b98886bfaea64e45d8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Regulations on contractors performing private security functions</header>
<paragraph id="ID711c32e99fd74522bfc4b5cd00556cbb"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations on the selection, training, equipping, and conduct of personnel performing private security functions under a covered contract or covered subcontract in an area of combat operations.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDa7d97bc9402f4572b13480a82d32a45e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The regulations prescribed under subsection (a) shall, at a minimum, establish—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID40e82e0a9d6e4f658b4708557c43f5c6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a process for registering, processing, and accounting for personnel performing private security functions in an area of combat operations;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID5b61900787ff4a2ab4c283b4369d5124"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a process for authorizing and accounting for weapons to be carried by, or available to be used by, personnel performing private security functions in an area of combat operations;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID9c1cd8367db941cdbf5982fdf72bfb8e"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a process for the reporting of all incidents in which—</text>
<clause id="ID2e85451d49ac4017bf960cd598f1aa2c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a weapon is discharged by personnel performing private security functions in an area of combat operations; or</text> </clause>
<clause id="ID99b55100806041949a98fb2888223b2c"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>personnel performing private security functions in an area of combat operations are killed or injured;</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id3E0AB13FD2E94BD89B6E26B3633BF9CB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a process for investigating—</text>
<clause id="idFB43492B876344568F53B99D723B7A8A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>incidents reported pursuant to subparagraph (C); and</text> </clause>
<clause id="idCA66278B22FE457787F7242313258F20"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>incidents of alleged misconduct by personnel performing private security functions in an area of combat operations;</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDe8c061db8e8f44f78265da088e522333"><enum>(E)</enum><text>qualification, training, screening, and security requirements for personnel performing private security functions in an area of combat operations;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID642df3c80ac9495dbeb4cd397fb13194"><enum>(F)</enum><text>guidance to the commanders of the combatant commands on the issuance of—</text>
<clause id="ID0963a58146994c2685176804b8102355"><enum>(i)</enum><text>orders, directives, and instructions to contractors and subcontractors performing private security functions relating to force protection, security, health, safety, or relations and interaction with locals; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="ID51682b56432245608e97de73bf826675"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>rules of engagement for personnel performing private security functions in an area of combat operations; and</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDa4489d7b14ec4e929d1e562fd8fffde1"><enum>(G)</enum><text>a process by which a commander of a combatant command may request an action described in subsection (b)(3).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID7a43d622ce704f42a00972e372783617"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contract clause on contractors performing private security functions</header>
<paragraph id="ID57e64ae065a94e8c88e4a9cd4c82c967"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement under far</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Acquisition Regulation issued in accordance with section 25 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 421) shall be revised to require the insertion into each covered contract and covered subcontract of a contract clause addressing the selection, training, equipping, and conduct of personnel performing private security functions under such contract or subcontract.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID4adbfda1e1ba47bbaf7c86d772057c7e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clause requirement</header><text>The contract clause required by paragraph (1) shall require, at a minimum, that the contractor or subcontractor concerned shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID650c86c6bfe4415792cd64bbe4a32c65"><enum>(A)</enum><text>comply with Department of Defense procedures for—</text>
<clause id="ID1d3a848998ec4cbab617a81e674cbbe1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>registering, processing, and accounting for personnel performing private security functions in an area of combat operations;</text> </clause>
<clause id="IDbc05f57764584202a6ed031f7fd2b7b0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>authorizing and accounting of weapons to be carried by, or available to be used by, personnel performing private security functions in an area of combat operations; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="ID8fb6d05dd5714ad6861ae8935a23b0e7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the reporting of incidents in which—</text>
<subclause id="IDe0146e4a0a9e4c4084249b820e5b5f6b"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a weapon is discharged by personnel performing private security functions in an area of combat operations; or</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="IDad082bb673b7472ebfeea19e723c9d9e"><enum>(II)</enum><text>personnel performing private security functions in an area of combat operations are killed or injured;</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID7d2ad3540f154ea88e532f5a8ee43c59"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ensure that all personnel performing private security functions under such contract or subcontract comply with—</text>
<clause id="IDd39073ee361c490483cd93cf29be3674"><enum>(i)</enum><text>qualification, training, screening, and security requirements established by the Secretary of Defense for personnel performing private security functions in an area of combat operations;</text> </clause>
<clause id="IDa01b439516ba4a06b65b838a00f2f966"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>applicable laws and regulations of the United States and the host country, and applicable treaties and international agreements, regarding the performance of the functions of the contractor or subcontractor;</text> </clause>
<clause id="ID101dee9629374f569b1fcdf8bb4feb21"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>orders, directives, and instructions issued by the applicable commander of a combatant command relating to force protection, security, health, safety, or relations and interaction with locals; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="IDa0446bdfa4304f4db9d60f43c9c22a4d"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>rules of engagement issued by the applicable commander of a combatant command for personnel performing private security functions in an area of combat operations; and</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id66918F0F548D43C5A617863A62FEB985"><enum>(C)</enum><text>cooperate with any investigation conducted by the Department of Defense pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(D) by providing access to employees of the contractor or subcontractor, as the case may be, and relevant information in the possession of the contractor or subcontractor, as the case may be, regarding the incident concerned.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID97150c08b0884d6f93c90d4dbb888b1c"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Noncompliance of personnel with clause</header><text>The contracting officer for a covered contract or subcontract may direct the contractor or subcontractor, at its own expense, to remove or replace any personnel performing private security functions in an area of combat operations who violate or fail to comply with applicable requirements of the clause required by this subsection. If the violation or failure to comply is significant or repeated, the contract or subcontract may be terminated for default.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDe4073fa17c814be5a74e19d1744a48a1"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>The contract clause required by this subsection shall be included in all covered contracts and covered subcontracts awarded on or after the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. Federal agencies shall make best efforts to provide for the inclusion of the contract clause required by this subsection in covered contracts and covered subcontracts awarded before such date.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idCBA3C4B28AD247DB934FF660AE254CC6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Areas of combat operations</header>
<paragraph id="id0067933A53594F9D8B43CCAC62FCF5E4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Designation</header><text>The Secretary of Defense shall designate the areas constituting an area of combat operations for purposes of this section by not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idD3961DCE4697412EBA9CF6D2A6F8E8DA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Particular areas</header><text>Iraq and Afghanistan shall be included in the areas designated as an area of combat operations under paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id4E87D964C3604A1B8E9F485DFCC71BFC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Additional areas</header><text>The Secretary may designate any additional area as an area constituting an area of combat operations for purposes of this section if the Secretary determines that the presence or potential of combat operations in such area warrants designation of such area as an area of combat operations for purposes of this section.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id443A2B0356FB4ED9831F85B6D186626E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Modification or elimination of designation</header><text>The Secretary may modify or cease the designation of an area under this subsection as an area of combat operations if the Secretary determines that combat operations are no longer ongoing in such area.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID41363efcaa374125895868a80f07d4e2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="ID16dc2e7c0100490da737f8482efffb67"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The term <term>covered contract</term> means a contract of a Federal agency for the performance of services in an area of combat operations, as designated by the Secretary of Defense under subsection (c).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID830bd8a76a504979b754b2430fc8c705"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The term <term>covered subcontract</term> means a subcontract for the performance of private security functions at any tier under a covered contract.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDf72d6fe99c2b4fd4b1f92443ac383dc2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The term <term>private security functions</term> means activities engaged in by a contractor or subcontractor under a covered contract or subcontract as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID36398d57cfe04fe8b5fed0687214a75c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Guarding of personnel, facilities, or property of a Federal agency, the contractor or subcontractor, or a third party.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDddd2b1e10e5e4e3ebff19bf63e142587"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Any other activity for which personnel are required to carry weapons in the performance of their duties.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="id7879DCDAD2794CC7979EC557F9E32401"><enum>872.</enum><header>Enhanced authority to acquire products and services produced in Iraq and Afghanistan</header>
<subsection id="IDb69627c0f6d2482086720e29c8029716"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In the case of a product or service to be acquired in support of military operations or stability operations in Iraq or Afghanistan (including security, transition, reconstruction, and humanitarian relief activities) for which the Secretary of Defense makes a determination described in subsection (b), the Secretary may conduct a procurement in which—</text>
<paragraph id="ID57e586e1a72e47c9b8b949c0515effa1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>competition is limited to products or services that are from Iraq or Afghanistan;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDec926c2716204e628ed1a86685e6aa09"><enum>(2)</enum><text>procedures other than competitive procedures are used to award a contract to a particular source or sources from Iraq or Afghanistan; or</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID42cb91f6c3bb4e9a8767edc65c0f7f8e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a preference is provided for products or services that are from Iraq or Afghanistan.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID41b15b812b04425daf3b18efced4eec5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Determination</header><text>A determination described in this subsection is a determination by the Secretary that—</text>
<paragraph id="ID02b316fd7c27485fa1a8b23ae9925928"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the product or service concerned is to be used only by the military forces, police, or other security personnel of Iraq or Afghanistan; or</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID82b8f7f6e4fe49e9ba2f4064074f825e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>it is in the national security interest of the United States to limit competition, use procedures other than competitive procedures, or provide a preference as described in subsection (a) because—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID65d7a752f4394479899e905d0a97baba"><enum>(A)</enum><text>such limitation, procedure, or preference is necessary to provide a stable source of jobs in Iraq or Afghanistan; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID89577a3aeda849da988c8e8e155f25c5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such limitation, procedure, or preference will not adversely affect—</text>
<clause id="ID4fe10c43f338414ea339ef4587f49553"><enum>(i)</enum><text>military operations or stability operations in Iraq or Afghanistan; or</text> </clause>
<clause id="ID766008a0eaeb49b9a88a53eb066ebf15"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the United States industrial base.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID74b0feda50164d359111af9adca433ce"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Products, services, and sources from Iraq or Afghanistan</header><text>For the purposes of this section:</text>
<paragraph id="ID72d59ae63a6e4905b40b7d5f9a0151b2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A product is from Iraq or Afghanistan if it is mined, produced, or manufactured in Iraq or Afghanistan.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDa92862aa785346f9861b402286c4b904"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A service is from Iraq or Afghanistan if it is performed in Iraq or Afghanistan by citizens or permanent resident aliens of Iraq or Afghanistan.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID134d6d6242224bf6bcdfd864a3cb8dcc"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A source is from Iraq or Afghanistan if it—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID5d729bde05de495cb723f502d7272c6d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is located in Iraq or Afghanistan; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDf826eb1180e74d18af9d6a8430d96d9d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>offers products or services that are from Iraq or Afghanistan.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="idE596BD27002A4157B178F50C819D5639"><enum>873.</enum><header>Defense Science Board review of Department of Defense policies and procedures for the acquisition of information technology</header>
<subsection id="idB6D5874ED1D44C7AB8A72719FA48F630"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Review required</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall direct the Defense Science Board to carry out a review of Department of Defense policies and procedures for the acquisition of information technology.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID2da0e016ee53414e907231d870d0ccc0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Matters To be addressed</header><text>The matters addressed by the review required by subsection (a) shall include the following:</text>
<paragraph id="IDc74f43ef9e28466d965d5699b8bc366f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Department of Defense policies and procedures for acquiring national security systems, business information systems, and other information technology.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID4c7c12289c2b4c93b5b53a484b455ca5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The roles and responsibilities in implementing such policies and procedures of—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID2bc763df56c646fd87da8bca153b32c5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID0c54836c0caa48f1a3fd45611e268990"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idC170500C8F2B42A39188994C2BF408B8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Director of the Business Transformation Agency;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDb4930cfb35694e19b6089590413d518d"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the service acquisition executives;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID13c8943895c74bd7a4a1e1e5f32cd756"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the chief information officers of the military departments;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID47e10005b9904711828485a579624e27"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Defense Agency acquisition officials; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID0f07b7cb7dd84742b22c5b3753f88a8b"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the information officers of the Defense Agencies.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID70f8bf6541a4494f8a085d6e9a6fc02d"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The application of such policies and procedures to information technologies that are an integral part of weapons or weapon systems.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDc95a61eb2d694673a2d317eb51b8ca6a"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The requirements of the Clinger-Cohen Act (division E of Public Law 104–106) and the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 regarding performance-based and results-based management, capital planning, and investment control in the acquisition of information technology.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID788d400d44af4064878e8467daa8d53e"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Department of Defense policies and procedures for maximizing the usage of commercial information technology while ensuring the security of the microelectronics, software, and networks of the Department.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID6a361c952a7345728d8bfe5a45dedaa2"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The suitability of Department of Defense acquisition regulations, including Department of Defense Directive 5000.1 and the accompanying milestones, to the acquisition of information technology systems.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID89df669b5e724a84bd85fea5d46355bb"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The adequacy and transparency of performance metrics currently used by the Department of Defense for the acquisition of information technology systems.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID179d804e60d14490941bfae2a3a34a8e"><enum>(8)</enum><text>The effectiveness of existing statutory and regulatory reporting requirements for the acquisition of information technology systems.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID20081342b13145fba06824eb35c9237a"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report required</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the results of the review required by subsection (a). The report shall include the findings and recommendations of the Defense Science Board pursuant to the review, including such recommendations for legislative or administrative action as the Board considers appropriate, together with any comments the Secretary considers appropriate.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="idFF043A74283340039F658F532F406019"><enum>874.</enum><header>Enhancement and extension of acquisition authority for the unified combatant command for joint warfighting experimentation</header>
<subsection id="id175E5940580A4852A433CB55557E01D6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sustainment of equipment</header>
<paragraph id="id506A05AE6B15423FB7B762F25A12D32C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subsection (a) of section 167a of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>and acquire</quote> and inserting <quote>, acquire, and sustain</quote>.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idA2D0EE1BFC39433EB08FACEFEECF7300"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Subsection (d) of such section is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking <quote>or acquisition</quote> and inserting <quote>, acquisition, or sustainment</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id53907E0C33444225B5A687237B0B8FBD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Two-year extension</header><text>Subsection (f) of such section is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idEE2AF762A14B4203BB8D1994D934A568"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>through 2008</quote> and inserting <quote>through 2010</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id62EA1399AE0B42C78C7957F7414D9447"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>September 30, 2008</quote> and inserting <quote>September 30, 2010</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9326F4D38C264E568B420DE8D64FD085" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>875.</enum><header>Repeal of requirement for identification of essential military items and military system essential item breakout list</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 813 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108–136; 117 Stat. 1543) is repealed.</text> </section></subtitle>
<enum>IX</enum><header>DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT</header>
<subtitle id="id9B46FD190DD743F6A90303E20D37B3EC"><enum>A</enum><header>Department of Defense Management</header>
<section id="id8AF1B397750B424D9DEC2FFEDADB7F09"><enum>901.</enum><header>Repeal of limitation on major Department of Defense headquarters activities personnel</header>
<subsection id="id11C21705ED4D4DF9A4ACAB52C3A93128"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text>Section 130a of title 10, United States Code, is repealed.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id3B69BE1ADAC4457B8881955DE0659DF4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical Amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 3 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 130a.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="idF358EC13FF124C278C72E54D5CC97245"><enum>902.</enum><header>Chief management officers of the Department of Defense</header>
<subsection id="IDedaa6d38ac2848d7b66b4ac6b2872569"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Service of deputy secretary of defense as chief management officer of department of defense</header><text>Section 132 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id9608A8265C704BC2ABC8521295840BD9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idB3529066FA9E4778B166C2519CC8EED6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection (c):</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id490A62E191E640C28614C21F2AB7AA74"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Deputy Secretary—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID7afcacfc37c24992ae2bf3164ce49a90" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>serves as the Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDae0d4101bf7048089f3b38cc106a9375" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is the principal adviser to the Secretary of Defense on matters relating to the management of the Department of Defense, including the development, approval, implementation, integration, and oversight of policies, procedures, processes, and systems for the management of the Department of Defense that relate to the performance of the following functions:</text>
<clause id="ID2a079e2dcd584520b1aa9ef6eb5101a0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Planning and budgeting, including performance measurement.</text> </clause>
<clause id="ID8b3ef8fcb24f4665a05639ad49820432"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Acquisition.</text> </clause>
<clause id="IDf295e9b54f1146bba8a4b74324ddce83"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Logistics.</text> </clause>
<clause id="IDf9b812e46243421f8086bddac0949221"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Facilities, installations, and environment.</text> </clause>
<clause id="ID861ef9040a524181b9e72c82d7cf8bec"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Financial management.</text> </clause>
<clause id="ID3ad8ae815ae8486cb06582322fc7a979"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>Human resources and personnel.</text> </clause>
<clause id="ID97f755c8a34c459c9feecd4450b80b34"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>Management of information resources, including information technology, networks, and telecommunications functions.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDe986ca5c45b24c409eb4ee3dfa0a25d0" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In carrying out the duties of Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense, the Deputy Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID19b5d8cb113548519968373ab9d4b144"><enum>(A)</enum><text>develop and maintain a departmentwide strategic plan for business reform identifying key initiatives to be undertaken by the Department of Defense and its components, together with related resource needs;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID2420ddf9be4c4ab5a1e4fdd48be80583"><enum>(B)</enum><text>establish performance goals and measures for improving and evaluating the overall economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of the business operations of the Department of Defense;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDd3136b00a14642ee82b1dd43435f411d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>monitor the progress of the Department of Defense and its components in meeting performance goals and measures established pursuant to subparagraph (B);</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID2afeb095fc74435aa2f71f3a9782fdd7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>review and approve plans and budgets for business reform, including any proposed changes to policies, procedures, processes, and systems, to ensure the compatibility of such plans and budgets with the strategic plan for business reform established pursuant to subparagraph (A);</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID9e29b28ff2f34f72a8b75dc7630dd4c7"><enum>(E)</enum><text>oversee the development of, and review and approve, all budget requests for defense business systems, including the information to be submitted to Congress under section 2222(h) of this title; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDea05a1c120b24ce1bedc74ac76fb48ab"><enum>(F)</enum><text>subject to the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of Defense, perform the responsibilities of the Secretary under section 2222 of this title.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID8ab701ac155c4023ac88d4c7ca739042" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Deputy Secretary exercises the authority of the Secretary of Defense in the performance of the duties of Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense under this subsection subject to the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary. The exercise of that authority is binding on the Secretaries of the military departments and the heads of the other elements and components of the Department of Defense.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="IDb9647d3f19b6414b875bd6a7b1c5cb41"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deputy chief management officer</header>
<paragraph id="id043232BB25DA48D58B490B83737FB5A9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Chapter 4 of such title is amended by inserting after section 133b the following new section:</text>
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<section id="ID3689bb4703224353911e5d1e673cdfea"><enum>133c.</enum><header>Under Secretary of Defense for Management (Deputy Chief Management Officer)</header>
<subsection id="IDee38e1e8cdbc4df8bc910b1855eddf03"><enum>(a)</enum><text>There is an Under Secretary of Defense for Management (Deputy Chief Management Officer), appointed from civilian life by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, from among persons who have—</text>
<paragraph id="IDad1300766d8c4d0c84ba6c36eb7a876a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>extensive executive level leadership and management experience in the public or private sector;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID089202f69c4a4fb784b05c873a90b772"><enum>(2)</enum><text>strong leadership skills;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID716e8cd6c7e2421db0877e91d7b53eb6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a demonstrated ability to manage large and complex organizations; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID553ad29642474d2e9fd6047418808a3b"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a record of achieving positive operational results.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID652087c4cb1a4de9b415b155c4aeb7c8"><enum>(b)</enum><text>The Under Secretary of Defense for Management (Deputy Chief Management Officer) shall assist the Deputy Secretary of Defense in the performance of his duties as Chief Management Officer. The Under Secretary of Defense for Management (Deputy Chief Management Officer) shall act for, and exercise the powers of, the Chief Management Officer when the Deputy Secretary is absent or disabled or there is no Deputy Secretary.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id816AD7A36D98465BAACC02755BC709F0"><enum>(c)</enum>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idCE6FE7205F654B0F80D68102BD707213"><enum>(1)</enum><text>With respect to all matters for which he has responsibility by law or by direction of the Secretary of Defense, the Under Secretary of Defense for Management (Deputy Chief Management Officer) takes precedence in the Department of Defense after the Secretary of Defense and the Deputy Secretary of Defense.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id9E8FE9D7ADF34E16BCABB9FF5EC0F5D4" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>With respect to all matters other than matters for which he has responsibility by law or by direction of the Secretary of Defense, the Under Secretary takes precedence in the Department of Defense after the Secretaries of the military departments and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idA2ED9B2C3F564714A140A54A636C29F7"><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 133b the following new item:</text>
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<toc-entry idref="ID3689bb4703224353911e5d1e673cdfea" level="section">133c. Under Secretary of Defense for Management (Deputy Chief Management Officer).</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idD48969D91BBA4A86958585254C3A29AF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Executive schedule level III</header><text>Section 5314 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence the following new item:</text>
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<paragraph id="IDa9c1146a0ae440098b3c1c1083213872"><enum></enum><text>Under Secretary of Defense for Management (Deputy Chief Management Officer).</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID61979da043f64d99ac3282ce1d76b972"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Placement in osd</header><text>Section 131(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="id713F35A4CEE149FFAA1DCA1924E9C03A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (E) as subparagraphs (C) through (F), respectively; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id86350C8A6DFC4BE097069D864A46712D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new subparagraph (B):</text>
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<subparagraph id="IDb753391f08d4443c8ab2d41aee005c4c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Under Secretary of Defense for Management (Deputy Chief Management Officer).</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id763301E8B85C4D34A32FA3352DB440A4"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 134(c) of such title is amended by striking <quote>the Secretary of Defense</quote> and all that follows and inserting <quote>the Under Secretary of Defense for Management (Deputy Chief Management Officer).</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idA968155289DD4923881A696F4386BE36"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Chief management officers of the military departments</header>
<paragraph id="ID9a482c4b40304f138d836ab9e138591b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Department of the Army</header><text>Section 3015 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="IDb3c53b78d4a74b70ae7fd40356076f90"><enum>(c)</enum>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idB2311D083C0B478FABFC41F85C8A532D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Under Secretary serves as the Chief Management Officer of the Department of the Army.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id82CA1AD28B66424BB12CA785D93FCF50" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Under Secretary is the principal adviser to the Secretary of the Army on matters relating to the management of the Department of the Army, including the development, approval, implementation, integration, and oversight of policies, procedures, processes, and systems for the management of the Department of the Army that relate to the performance of the following functions:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID4e9bb13b00c24d8f91559842f1c100b7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Planning and budgeting, including performance measurement.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID22313baaaf1b47c399c12f5ccf55c8c0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Acquisition.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID9f089b962a724031aaaa4f2b0d7df791"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Logistics.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDc74f2d4535424deb964abd26de4b3817"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Facilities, installations, and environment.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID033a2a30bac041af83e3ee2a6c18ecd4"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Financial management.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID881d21e2bfd643ee9f9999a8b81d9b9c"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Human resources and personnel.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID1b18bc7e46db49859061dd0d88d977a0"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Management of information resources, including information technology, networks, and telecommunications functions.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id0F55A302FE0349C294A74991E0EA6435" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Subject to the direction and oversight of the Chief Management Officer and Deputy Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense, the Under Secretary shall be responsible for—</text>
<subparagraph id="id431E2AAD37D94C79A83857E46439B21B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>developing and maintaining a strategic plan for business reform that identifies key initiatives to be undertaken by the Department of the Army for business reform, together with related resource needs;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id28F729225F664EE4858AB4D76FF2FE77"><enum>(B)</enum><text>establishing performance goals and measures for improving and evaluating the overall economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of the business operations of the Department of the Army;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id95203443CD7E41A9BEE9F8E8A79933E5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>monitoring the progress of the Department of the Army and its components in meeting the performance goals and measures established pursuant to subparagraph (B);</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idDF65BB91BBBD42D38F76F1F757DFEF45"><enum>(D)</enum><text>reviewing and approving the plans and budgets of the Department of the Army for business reform, including any proposed changes to policies, procedures, processes, and systems, to ensure the compatibility of such plans and budgets with the strategic plan for business reform established pursuant to subparagraph (A); and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idD623F09023D64D58A678FFE50C409FDF"><enum>(E)</enum><text>overseeing the development of, and reviewing and approving, all budget requests for defense business systems by the Department of the Army, including the information to be submitted to Congress under section 2222(h) of this title.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID9d968e26af7648e9b4b4504396ace508"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Department of the navy</header><text>Section 5015 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="id8D9A5F9436624B58909A95F1245861DA"><enum>(c)</enum>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id6D0BD21D50E54E0C952AEDE8FA5D25EB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Under Secretary serves as the Chief Management Officer of the Department of the Navy.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id3EB1E9F93FE74FD3BC304ACEBCB16DA2" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Under Secretary is the principal adviser to the Secretary of the Navy on matters relating to the management of the Department of the Navy, including the development, approval, implementation, integration, and oversight of policies, procedures, processes, and systems for the management of the Department of the Navy that relate to the performance of the following functions:</text>
<subparagraph id="idFEC904B2C5334C21B0B95E8D252CFA6A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Planning and budgeting, including performance measurement.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id8ECC1775E6FF45B8A2DB4109D6C45A1D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Acquisition.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idC4DBF4F1263C4027A4E8F475F84ABCB5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Logistics.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id38EC84F042A14A37BBE6439A841524F9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Facilities, installations, and environment.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id5F2DBC108DCB4BB7AEFEA0C764834476"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Financial management.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idBB310EECA5954E1E8C6C303CE6ED1747"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Human resources and personnel.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id80353579307A4BA186664C2AEFBCB7C2"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Management of information resources, including information technology, networks, and telecommunications functions.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idC723050CB5554647B271868AF662BD38" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Subject to the direction and oversight of the Chief Management Officer and Deputy Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense, the Under Secretary shall be responsible for—</text>
<subparagraph id="id03B3F95B68614FB6A220381AA7D94250"><enum>(A)</enum><text>developing and maintaining a strategic plan for business reform that identifies key initiatives to be undertaken by the Department of the Navy for business reform, together with related resource needs;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id0CC07986C8AA421AA8111AE43B339432"><enum>(B)</enum><text>establishing performance goals and measures for improving and evaluating the overall economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of the business operations of the Department of the Navy;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id79BE7A84316D433B8CB0D97EED538E58"><enum>(C)</enum><text>monitoring the progress of the Department of the Navy and its components in meeting the performance goals and measures established pursuant to subparagraph (B);</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id785E24BE14CD4D3AAABE3F54E366F494"><enum>(D)</enum><text>reviewing and approving the plans and budgets of the Department of the Navy for business reform, including any proposed changes to policies, procedures, processes, and systems, to ensure the compatibility of such plans and budgets with the strategic plan for business reform established pursuant to subparagraph (A); and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id8577073CCAF44816BEDE2471CF98E460"><enum>(E)</enum><text>overseeing the development of, and reviewing and approving, all budget requests for defense business systems by the Department of the Navy, including the information to be submitted to Congress under section 2222(h) of this title.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID2340471b68fb4b888463828c54548d4d"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Department of the air force</header><text>Section 8015 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="idF794DD1B5C42485EB95C1003BE1357A9"><enum>(c)</enum>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id82CC2E283C03418EACC0D034DD8D3C26"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Under Secretary serves as the Chief Management Officer of the Department of the Air Force.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idA05DD3A773184F1C966CED794AAF3E16" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Under Secretary is the principal adviser to the Secretary of the Air Force on matters relating to the management of the Department of the Air Force, including the development, approval, implementation, integration, and oversight of policies, procedures, processes, and systems for the management of the Department of the Air Force that relate to the performance of the following functions:</text>
<subparagraph id="id9D4BD8D2A4294512B2A40911C240A938"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Planning and budgeting, including performance measurement.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id5AFEF004EF1A4A3F804A37416A61FBB6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Acquisition.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idDFEAD1024DA34FB7910971A8B573F16E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Logistics.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id5B88FDC5EFB247A4B7BA1B3867758B93"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Facilities, installations, and environment.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idA4A853AD72D7439380033B987EB47316"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Financial management.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id850D55D603574450B14100F79242E1FB"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Human resources and personnel.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id2A27720B94F14008B4C045CB356AF9E9"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Management of information resources, including information technology, networks, and telecommunications functions.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id23A664A0D9DC4E2F83ECD809CA1ABB83" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Subject to the direction and oversight of the Chief Management Officer and Deputy Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense, the Under Secretary shall be responsible for—</text>
<subparagraph id="id33AF7D72CFE148B980450C54474CD6E7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>developing and maintaining a strategic plan for business reform that identifies key initiatives to be undertaken by the Department of the Air Force for business reform, together with related resource needs;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id528ED35051494D80B467372BFEE64563"><enum>(B)</enum><text>establishing performance goals and measures for improving and evaluating the overall economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of the business operations of the Department of the Air Force;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id1ABC1B6A96184033AF6CF270EB2D6D7C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>monitoring the progress of the Department of the Air Force and its components in meeting the performance goals and measures established pursuant to subparagraph (B);</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id07A02955D54644D2A09BD76F122013BE"><enum>(D)</enum><text>reviewing and approving the plans and budgets of the Department of the Air Force for business reform, including any proposed changes to policies, procedures, processes, and systems, to ensure the compatibility of such plans and budgets with the strategic plan for business reform established pursuant to subparagraph (A); and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id564CC61CD2544A22B5E795AB4937094A"><enum>(E)</enum><text>overseeing the development of, and reviewing and approving, all budget requests for defense business systems by the Department of the Air Force, including the information to be submitted to Congress under section 2222(h) of this title.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idA34D98991B7E4CBAB610861ADE463622"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Matters relating to Financial Management Modernization Executive Committee</header><text>Section 185(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idBA89995D468A49DAAC5C5C26863694C1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id7E4DBE7B1CEB46B389D9B7A0C50E13D7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (E) as subparagraphs (C) though (G), respectively; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id4299B2B67C2D45E7A4346ABFF05DC476"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting before subparagraph (C), as redesignated by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, the following new subparagraphs:</text>
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<subparagraph id="id9C684083547C4E38BDAD06CE9A2DDBA8" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Deputy Secretary of Defense, who shall be the chairman of the committee.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id1C8335AB78A842568529CEB1526472D0" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Under Secretary of Defense for Management (Deputy Chief Management Officer), who shall act as the chairman of the committee in the absence of the Deputy Secretary of Defense.</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id4630CAD033CE44E6B0A81B9859B6EDC3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>, who shall be the chairman of the committee</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id4513C4BF5AB5476EAC0CDE208F65AB58"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by inserting <quote>the Under Secretary of Defense for Management (Deputy Chief Management Officer),</quote> after <quote>the Deputy Secretary of Defense,</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id8517395E362840B99CCC0197DA5994BB"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Matters relating to Defense Business System Management Committee</header><text>Section 186 of such title is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id9757707BD2384C0591F8C65294810E0C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDa3168fd7a2b14b8298a10564d7d3057a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (7) as paragraphs (3) through (8), respectively; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID39318fa971bf4a30a561df70c4edb485"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph (2):</text>
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<paragraph id="ID66a94994a53348d7953c0f3a70339c09"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Under Secretary of Defense for Management (Deputy Chief Management Officer).</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idE6729318D0034EEB8F9F65AC9F4F82E1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking the second sentence and inserting the following new sentence: <quote>The Under Secretary of Defense for Management (Deputy Chief Management Officer) shall serve as the vice chairman of the committee, and shall act as the chairman of the committee in the absence of the Deputy Secretary of Defense.</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id8F973881DC974979ADA452FC6B617065"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Management of Defense Business Transformation Agency</header><text>Section 192(e)(2) of such title is amended by striking <quote>that the Agency</quote> and all that follows and inserting <quote>that the Director of the Agency shall report directly to the Under Secretary of Defense for Management (Deputy Chief Management Officer).</quote>.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="id94E2DCDDBFA9421CBB9231CE0D2E80D4"><enum>903.</enum><header>Modification of background requirement of individuals appointed as Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 133(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>in the private sector</quote>.</text> </section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id46F522BA33B84726B8AE6884B95D392C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>904.</enum><header>Department of Defense Board of Actuaries</header>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2EFE6870894F46C799315CE265C7911E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA0B9A883BD654395976A04C3E4DB622E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Chapter 7 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 182 the following new section:</text>
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<section id="idF06BEE73AE2C403DB096442EE920413C"><enum>183.</enum><header>Department of Defense Board of Actuaries</header>
<subsection id="IDb988c8cd2a8843a4a97b66f43a319d82"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There shall be in the Department of Defense a Department of Defense Board of Actuaries (hereinafter in this section referred to as the <quote>Board</quote>).</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id90B731E0E97B411D8E42552CAFF69472"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Members</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idB822E7CC679140D283BFDB14C11F039D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Board shall consist of three members who shall be appointed by the Secretary of Defense from among qualified professional actuaries who are members of the Society of Actuaries.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id825B9BDA01B84F8297976EE06BC5FB71" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The members of the Board shall serve for a term of 15 years, except that a member of the Board appointed to fill a vacancy occurring before the end of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall only serve until the end of such term. A member may serve after the end of the member's term until the member's successor takes office.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id3107BF9B274549DAAD43E3320B2DD598" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A member of the Board may be removed by the Secretary of Defense only for misconduct or failure to perform functions vested in the Board.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id1AADC61AC78E4C59887F1AAFB407B904" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>A member of the Board who is not an employee of the United States is entitled to receive pay at the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay of the highest rate of basic pay then currently being paid under the General Schedule of subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5 for each day the member is engaged in the performance of the duties of the Board and is entitled to travel expenses, including a per diem allowance, in accordance with section 5703 of that title in connection with such duties.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idDD835DAF1D65449F904093B73855B546"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Board shall have the following duties:</text>
<paragraph id="id21DB4E463E1E4B83886A1BAC16999DA2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>To review valuations of the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund in accordance with section 1465(c) of this title and submit to the President and Congress, not less often than once every four years, a report on the status of that Fund, including such recommendations for modifications to the funding or amortization of that Fund as the Board considers appropriate and necessary to maintain that Fund on a sound actuarial basis.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id6FE78833E7C24DB3A5214D50CC7B2AC0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>To review valuations of the Department of Defense Education Benefits Fund in accordance with section 2006(e) of this title and make recommendations to the President and Congress on such modifications to the funding or amortization of that Fund as the Board considers appropriate to maintain that Fund on a sound actuarial basis.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id5590651C1B5A4BA78455113DB8D4A3E7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>To review valuations of such other funds as the Secretary of Defense shall specify for purposes of this section and make recommendations to the President and Congress on such modifications to the funding or amortization of such funds as the Board considers appropriate to maintain such funds on a sound actuarial basis.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID5c6fcc33d7eb4cfeaf3df534f885c201"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Records</header><text>The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the Board has access to such records regarding the funds referred to in subsection (c) as the Board shall require to determine the actuarial status of such funds.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID1c85b289d37047b786d00aba58b79d52"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reports</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id53D9A9CEB54942088CB4648D04E017BA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Board shall submit to the Secretary of Defense on an annual basis a report on the actuarial status of each of the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="idDFE38697DC9F4A3DB0D8D3B7F8E907C0" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id3175A8B0D8B64429AD9BC5ABFFCEF2DD" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Department of Defense Education Benefits Fund.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id9AC98EFFF8114DB49F237FBAF987C322" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Each other fund specified by Secretary under subsection (c)(3).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idBE7A9CD2EA474B0EBFEA2C129013695D" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Board shall also furnish its advice and opinion on matters referred to it by the Secretary.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFFF36337B69B401F8AC599479E64816A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 7 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 182 the following new item:</text>
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<toc-entry idref="idF06BEE73AE2C403DB096442EE920413C" level="section">183. Department of Defense Board of Actuaries.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id56990EF0E9C2469D8FD6412FDBFC698B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Initial service as board members</header><text>Each member of the Department of Defense Retirement Board of Actuaries or the Department of Defense Education Benefits Board of Actuaries as of the date of the enactment of this Act shall serve as an initial member of the Department of Defense Board of Actuaries under section 183 of title 10, United States Code (as added by paragraph (1)), from that date until the date otherwise provided for the completion of such individual's term as a member of the Department of Defense Retirement Board of Actuaries or the Department of Defense Education Benefits Board of Actuaries, as the case may be, unless earlier removed by the Secretary of Defense.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="IDb1482395ade44a4fa4cff7e4efc45e71"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Termination of existing boards of actuaries</header>
<paragraph id="id1633D159B438414CBB17A95B305B4DEA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Department of defense retirement board of actuaries</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id0E849E870B71463B92761593B67D9EF3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Section 1464 of title 10, United States Code, is repealed.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idDB83DB32F65A444B939A83A591C49E2A" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 74 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 1464.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idD004A62E05CC4E22B5A3283A4F3D3BB8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Department of defense education benefits board of actuaries</header><text>Section 2006 of such title is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="idC440B44D5E84458BA8237C9E2D7CC30C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(1), by striking <quote>subsection (g)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (f)</quote>;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id114F6601A74E46839084FE1D0BD4AB28"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subsection (e);</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idCA83307C38C94517B7770605E36096C4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (f), (g), and (h) as subsections (e), (f), and (g), respectively;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id2C797618AF61439DB17683723E56E3F8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subsection (e), as redesignated by subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>subsection (g)</quote> in paragraph (5) and inserting <quote>subsection (f)</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idBDFBB344127840428735B32820C7F390"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in subsection (f), as so redesignated—</text>
<clause id="idE118B9324ED541CEA2409032D85F2CC1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A), by striking <quote>subsection (f)(3)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (e)(3)</quote>; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="id03E23C6BA53C4E2D82D093643D825166"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(B), by striking <quote>subsection (f)(4)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (e)(4)</quote>.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID666d7f57a28d4c68a29b62ffa802af3f"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph id="IDd61d7217e87f4c168dac1fdf86b5a0c0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 1175(h)(4) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>Retirement</quote> the first place it appears.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID0066ac1f7c7042c5b66039c50243010a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 1460(b) of such title is amended by striking <quote>Retirement</quote>.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDb454e35f1e2e4db4919eb2343680e40f"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 1466(c)(3) of such title is amended by striking <quote>Retirement</quote>.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID63c32d30a06a4ee9ae0110c11f6877cb"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section 12521(6) of such title is amended by striking <quote>Department of Defense Education Benefits Board of Actuaries referred to in section 2006(e)(1) of this title</quote> and inserting <quote>Department of Defense Board of Actuaries under section 183 of this title</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="idE4140D2D70424EACB205DF599FF3911C"><enum>905.</enum><header>Assistant Secretaries of the military departments for acquisition matters; principal military deputies</header>
<subsection id="IDeceaa99f6d9b48a5a749063f07a2b9b7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Department of the Army</header><text>Section 3016(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="IDa67d3f698d354a88bf90d6d17aa878e8" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id418BC8A1231449FC9A516F4685402041"><enum>(A)</enum><text>One of the Assistant Secretaries shall be the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics. The principal duty of the Assistant Secretary shall be the overall supervision of acquisition, technology, and logistics matters of the Department of the Army.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id07E1186BA2D240AC96149EC0493D5D47" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Assistant Secretary shall have a Principal Deputy, who shall be a lieutenant general of the Army on active duty. The Principal Deputy shall be appointed from among officers who have significant experience in the areas of acquisition and program management.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID4f5e5a7568c149a4a81274a55316da60"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Department of the Navy</header><text>Section 5016(b) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="ID7111dcc34113498588e6b78823ba2dff" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id18759A470B344FA9B969F68ED7CD883C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>One of the Assistant Secretaries shall be the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition. The principal duty of the Assistant Secretary shall be the overall supervision of research, development, and acquisition matters of the Department of the Navy.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id68FD6190A2B74B6DBAECEA3917F7CF88" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Assistant Secretary shall have a Principal Deputy, who shall be a vice admiral of the Navy or a lieutenant general of the Marine Corps on active duty. The Principal Deputy shall be appointed from among officers who have significant experience in the areas of acquisition and program management.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection id="IDe3515728dc874205949b4614bf9277c8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Department of the Air Force</header><text>Section 8016(b) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="ID84366267966547e787159723c1833f1f" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idDD5C949D9CB744069FC185818471722E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>One of the Assistant Secretaries shall be the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition. The principal duty of the Assistant Secretary shall be the overall supervision of acquisition matters of the Department of the Air Force.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id79CB56900AD0461084484C2B85AEA3AD" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Assistant Secretary shall have a Principal Deputy, who shall be a lieutenant general of the Air Force on active duty. The Principal Deputy shall be appointed from among officers who have significant experience in the areas of acquisition and program management.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection id="idEB4FB83D823D47BCB432E013101BD6C2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Duty of principal military deputies To inform service chiefs on major defense acquisition programs</header><text>Each Principal Deputy to a service acquisition executive shall be responsible for keeping the Chief of Staff of the Armed Force concerned informed of the progress of major defense acquisition programs.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID4e05936696f046fe81a8f813824e5db6"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Exclusion of principal military deputies from distribution and strength in grade limitations</header>
<paragraph id="id8DE952A87C874F7D875C2A481DF6F735"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Distribution</header><text>Section 525(b) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="id17113E25DF6C47EEA7FF0FE356F9D93B" indent="up1"><enum>(9)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idDF7AFAABBA674E7D8D7D7CA7D9C139A8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>An officer while serving in a position specified in subparagraph (B) is in addition to the number that would otherwise be permitted for that officer's armed force for the grade of lieutenant general or vice admiral, as applicable.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id26D3B9FD10FA450D9D225F4D2365CBD3" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A position specified in this subparagraph is each position as follows:</text>
<clause id="idCEAAC535D6114968BF10FE67D914175F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Principal Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology.</text> </clause>
<clause id="idFC15B41A69D947DBAE777EEA5337711A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Principal Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition.</text> </clause>
<clause id="idFA7D2F4801894C188D86F35EFDA230B1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Principal Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idABBD9659BD3049209F5F764F9B26F23B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authorized strength</header><text>Section 526 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="id4BD2C0856EB742CBA8D3DF4D6FFE2750"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Exclusion of principal deputies to Assistant Secretaries of the military departments for acquisition matters</header><text>The limitations of this section do not apply to a general or flag officer who is covered by the exclusion under section 525(b)(9) of this title.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5FA434DB595D416CBC3B8A902801DD9E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>906.</enum><header>Flexible authority for number of Army Deputy Chiefs of Staff and Assistant Chiefs of Staff</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (b) of section 3035 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="ID2af588554dc549889c9f3811df2546ea"><enum>(b)</enum><text>The Secretary of the Army shall prescribe the number of Deputy Chiefs of Staff and Assistant Chiefs of Staff. The aggregate number of such positions may not exceed eight positions.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section id="id8F45BA90856A470495E987090824F4A0"><enum>907.</enum><header>Sense of Congress on term of office of the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that the term of office of the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation of the Department of Defense should be not less than five years.</text> </section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="id37F03671D6C245E49E94994144B255B4"><enum>B</enum><header>Space Matters</header>
<section id="idDA7917453AB14662BE16B135D358A91B"><enum>921.</enum><header>Space posture review</header>
<subsection id="IDD105C80F55B24687995A11A8CF21EA20"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement for comprehensive review</header><text>In order to clarify the national security space policy and strategy of the United States for the near term, the Secretary of Defense and the Director of National Intelligence shall jointly conduct a comprehensive review of the space posture of the United States over the posture review period.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID2AF8064815FB404FB82B7A066CE214AD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements of review</header><text>The review conducted under subsection (a) shall include, for the posture review period, the following:</text>
<paragraph id="ID5CF8D7DD4AD84192ADC5B1D1272A9471"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The definition, policy, requirements, and objectives for each of the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="id54D1C9785B5C4FB1B2B66472ED641712"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Space situational awareness.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idA6EE1E65815B49968D5BF1E57FAE6D58"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Space control.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id62487FE5509B4E3396D5FBADEE14AFF5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Space superiority, including defensive and offensive counterspace.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idC53D729AA06141BA846BACEC205E4E36"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Force enhancement and force application.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id52A7D492B1C3440087CB0164ACE2B6AC"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Space-based intelligence and surveillance and reconnaissance from space.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id930F9FD842544C94B130C6B16785D032"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Any other matter the Secretary considers relevant to understanding the space posture of the United States.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idB85B182FE70B4E069DA9C1A06AD52BF2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A description of current and planned space acquisition programs that are in acquisition categories 1 and 2, including how each such program will address the policy, requirements, and objectives described under each of subparagraphs (A) through (F) of paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idF54FC42738DE4CBA8A445004DE072335"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A description of future space systems and technology development (other than such systems and technology in development as of the date of the enactment of this Act) necessary to address the policy, requirements, and objectives described under each of subparagraphs (A) through (F) of paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idD0F3C94FF09B4730A01F23DF24BAE53F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>An assessment of the relationship among the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="id8F575C87BE9342D682DD72825DA95286"><enum>(A)</enum><text>United States military space policy.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idFA68F67B3E88403FAD7C4A813F6BE478"><enum>(B)</enum><text>National security space policy.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idED0A2CAE1990485A92240B460A95842B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>National security space objectives.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idD83635C99E8C40EA822BC4D5BA187339"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Arms control policy.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id6E2DD08BB43F4BD0941203082089B0F5"><enum>(5)</enum><text>An assessment of the effect of the military and national security space policy of the United States on the proliferation of weapons capable of targeting objects in space or objects on Earth from space.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idAF0AC25FC39F4D0D88AE220827963231"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header>
<paragraph id="idBA3C40C1D6E44215ABDA9C5F65887491"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than December 1, 2009, the Secretary of Defense and the Director of National Intelligence shall jointly submit to the congressional committees specified in paragraph (3) a report on the review conducted under subsection (a).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idDB0EBF38E0514D8D9B3D97269D9CF8D8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Form of report</header><text>The report under this subsection shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id657639DFF0E04DB19FE0D9E6578369B3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Committees</header><text>The congressional committees specified in this paragraph are—</text>
<subparagraph id="id22500B041ECA48D2B642935D784CC583"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee on Armed Services and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id6DD2C484A1CA43699D9558182D7972AF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on Armed Services and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id6F9D6D0A40C546CE98FA5690D092D716"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Posture review period defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>posture review period</term> means the 10-year period beginning on February 1, 2009.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="idBC2A72A10C95461D8AADA375097BCECC"><enum>922.</enum><header>Additional report on oversight of acquisition for defense space programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 911(b)(1) of the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–314; 116 Stat. 2621) is amended by inserting <quote>, and March 15, 2008,</quote> after <quote>March 15, 2003,</quote>.</text> </section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="id1DABFF27E4524362A3FBCC8CBBB9D7C4"><enum>C</enum><header>Other Matters</header>
<section id="HDAC0DEB25E0741C88D56266141F91B47" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>931.</enum><header>Department of Defense consideration of effect of climate change on Department facilities, capabilities, and missions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 118 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="HF2635CB074664B2D8CB329C97DA54698"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Consideration of effect of climate change on Department facilities, capabilities, and missions</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H84337C6089F940A291FCE84DE409D3D8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The first national security strategy and national defense strategy prepared after the date of the enactment of this subsection shall include guidance for military planners—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE2A9DE45A5D041A3A75780CFBB0FE4F" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to assess the risks of projected climate change to current and future missions of the armed forces;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H65A08B39366B40C281C0401874383DE3" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to update defense plans based on these assessments, including working with allies and partners to incorporate climate mitigation strategies, capacity building, and relevant research and development; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0B6DD0C3DF954CBC9C247500D4D5DECE" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to develop the capabilities needed to reduce future impacts.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0F35ECB6EA53496BA4FA92F1F7535213" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The first quadrennial defense review prepared after the date of the enactment of this subsection shall also examine the capabilities of the armed forces to respond to the consequences of climate change, in particular, preparedness for natural disasters from extreme weather events and other missions the armed forces may be asked to support inside the United States and overseas.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H100ABD2C17044A868BFC5B8780E1C357" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For planning purposes to comply with the requirements of this subsection, the Secretary of Defense shall use—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDE6E138C758749B48555B3BEEDD149A6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the mid-range projections of the fourth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEC2B2E13EACE4102A20019315C26E3D0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subsequent mid-range consensus climate projections if more recent information is available when the next national security strategy, national defense strategy, or quadrennial defense review, as the case may be, is conducted; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1FB34D3CDCF4430DB69C37FDDFCBE82F"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">findings of appropriate and available estimations or studies of the anticipated strategic, social, political, and economic effects of global climate change and the implications of such effects on the national security of the United States.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id02FD63EBC6C84409BDB5DEC44A7074E7" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Secretary shall ensure that this subsection is implemented in a manner that does not have a negative impact on national security.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8A6416200B734122A97E9F6997C0C3BC" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection, the term <term>national security strategy</term> means the annual national security strategy report of the President under section 108 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 404a).</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section id="idD444FD3BF2AC42E985FBA1C3E17F7398"><enum>932.</enum><header>Board of Regents for the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences</header>
<subsection id="id2250556D9CDB4174B9C91BB18FFD33D6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Appointments</header>
<paragraph id="id9548B207F39041B18C53ABA881C266B4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 2113 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="id69DDEF4C43D64439A2A0192C20408610"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(1), by striking <quote>by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate</quote> and inserting <quote>by the Secretary of Defense</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idED485B3A2FF94A24819C5BF4AA5D7189"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<clause id="idA55D8FCC539742FA851EA0D9E5849DF0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </clause>
<clause id="id9224C5D6EACB405FA62832AF2B8BC30F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2); and</text> </clause>
<clause id="idED9766A7C5654FE994157E3A17AE6BF6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id4AB59E3950AA4A718684CFF1E26EA678"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Chairman</header><text>Subsection (c) of such section is amended by striking <quote>the President</quote> and inserting <quote>the Secretary</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id790F0157252E44F1838DA2A95F23A999"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Statutory redesignation of Dean as President</header>
<paragraph id="id2C4D39586AE34C39AE4D63B96AEF38A7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 2113 of such title is further amended by striking <quote>Dean</quote> each place it appears in subsections (d) and (f)(1) and inserting <quote>President</quote>.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idF0E202AA325447B1B089CC2525FCFC75"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 2114(e) of such title is amended by striking <quote>Dean</quote> each place it appears in paragraphs (3) and (5).</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id7739EB4B346F4B2A9DA6229E4950CB36"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Compensation of members for performance of duties</header><text>Subsection (e) of section 2113 of such title is further amended by striking <quote>but not exceeding $100 per diem</quote>.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="ID4AFDD73B5FC245F0924A963A68D99E9B"><enum>933.</enum><header>United States Military Cancer Institute</header>
<subsection id="IDD7847423E6244DB096FB77F429F9EC90"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Chapter 104 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
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<section id="ID8AFB3F8A52BF440FB247F04DF036CCDE"><enum>2117.</enum><header>United States Military Cancer Institute</header>
<subsection id="ID8FBD1E1A0ECB42AE95517A3C2905433F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary of Defense shall establish in the University the United States Military Cancer Institute. The Institute shall be established pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID23CF83D254D94674A38F5CC803ABD7B7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The purposes of the Institute are as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="ID1683D7553FA14699AFC4B6683001B29D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>To establish and maintain a clearinghouse of data on the incidence and prevalence of cancer among members and former members of the armed forces.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID2FA19BD5285342E686D108E9F7AA9DF0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>To conduct research that contributes to the detection or treatment of cancer among the members and former members of the armed forces.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID90CA7617E881427681921E6CBB87BC00"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Head of Institute</header><text>The Director of the United States Military Cancer Institute is the head of the Institute. The Director shall report to the President of the University regarding matters relating to the Institute.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="IDC7E88971247C418DAE788AB3D3A1C057"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Elements</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ID7205AC883F524DDCAB5BFFDE53AF5757"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Institute is composed of clinical and basic scientists in the Department of Defense who have an expertise in research, patient care, and education relating to oncology and who meet applicable criteria for affiliation with the Institute.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDD1EC6AAA67B64CCCA31FAD882075D57C" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The components of the Institute include military treatment and research facilities that meet applicable criteria and are designated as affiliates of the Institute.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID75A3EC522A6C44F590CC52A259B9CDD5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Research</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="IDF3E56124A7394B6B91CCBC2DAD2C59DF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Director of the United States Military Cancer Institute shall carry out research studies on the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID5AB9DAB24AEC46F2B1628994892EE5B4" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The epidemiological features of cancer, including assessments of the carcinogenic effect of genetic and environmental factors, and of disparities in health, inherent or common among populations of various ethnic origins within the members of the armed forces.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDD034873F4B594E8589BC5E0D170B1A4B" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The prevention and early detection of cancer among members and former members of the armed forces.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDE213B49232594875898D306D9878D30A" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Basic, translational, and clinical investigation matters relating to the matters described in subparagraphs (A) and (B).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID35BB7E9E60A74D90892DBA7F7DA9AC7B" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The research studies under paragraph (1) shall include complementary research on oncologic nursing.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="IDFD97B995471A497D83BD182DF803E593"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Collaborative Research</header><text>The Director of the United States Military Cancer Institute shall carry out the research studies under subsection (e) in collaboration with other cancer research organizations and entities selected by the Institute for purposes of the research studies.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="IDC0DE59CB9C2C4093B5F8F17E66ED1DC9"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Annual Report</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ID334E9B6AC2B5459DA1A6764EB50063FA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Not later than November 1 each year, the Director of the United States Military Cancer Institute shall submit to the President of the University a report on the current status of the research studies being carried out by the Institute under subsection (e).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDF20BFABA7108457FA1F5E39F9AAB75FB" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Not later than 60 days after receiving a report under paragraph (1), the President of the University shall transmit such report to the Secretary of Defense and to Congress.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID79B2C7376B5549C494AA9B4612E1E241"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical Amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 104 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text>
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<toc-entry level="section">2117. United States Military Cancer Institute.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section>
<section id="ID2108ae27e860419c829348ef41cb4bb8"><enum>934.</enum><header>Western Hemisphere Center for Excellence in Human Rights</header>
<subsection id="ID8ddd992961f7401599a25129eee4f28a"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Center authorized</header><text>The Secretary of Defense may establish and operate a center to be known as the Western Hemisphere Center for Excellence in Human Rights.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID7cd8a35494644e9da2d9cd03f938fc58"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Missions</header><text>The missions of the Center shall be as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="ID3dfa411f79b54180965e88df0d085864"><enum>(1)</enum><text>To provide and facilitate education, training, research, strategic planning, and reform on the integration of respect for human rights into all aspects of military operations, doctrine, education, judicial systems, and other internal control mechanisms, and into the relations of the military with civil society, including the development of programs to combat the growing phenomenon of trafficking in persons.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID891249bd2d8b4f6fa864049b9d20fd51"><enum>(2)</enum><text>To sponsor conferences, symposia, seminars, academic exchanges, and courses, as well as special projects such as studies, reviews, design of curricula, and evaluations, on the matters covered by paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID2ccd70e1edb34728b2df76762bdf3277"><enum>(3)</enum><text>In carrying out its other mission, to place special emphasis on the implementation of reforms that result in measurable improvements in respect for human rights in the provision of effective security.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID9b2dde228a4f444bb4a4ba02cfe30ff9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Formulation and execution of programs</header>
<paragraph id="ID95f9fbdedcad4e0798ab9ec7f4ed2033"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Concurrence of secretary of state</header><text>The Secretary of Defense may carry out this section only with the concurrence of the Secretary of State.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDab1bb3a603fc445bae6924192def0382"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Formulation and execution of programs</header><text>The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="id472F60CA6B1D49AE895F8805F23ECECE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>jointly formulate any program or other activities undertaken under this section; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id801FA4990CDA436DAA184E4780F6C0DA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall coordinate with one another, under procedures that they jointly establish, to ensure appropriate implementation of such programs and activities, including in a manner that—</text>
<clause id="idF7EECD35CBED41258BB9578AF1EA7FE8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>incorporates appropriate vetting procedures, irrespective of the source of funding for the activity; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="id696647E5FA9242BA9D73139DB02F3030"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>avoids duplication with existing programs.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID79d9e3632afe457e9fb8728e0dc506d4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Joint operation with educational institutions and nongovernmental organizations authorized</header><text>The Secretary of Defense may enter into agreements with appropriate officials of institutions of higher education and nongovernmental organizations to provide for the joint operation of the Center by the Secretary and such entities. Any such agreement may provide for the institution or organization concerned to furnish necessary administrative services for the Center, including administration and allocation of funds.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID0ad12adc5acc4d98b83f4e5113c892fc"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Acceptance of gifts and donations</header>
<paragraph id="IDf4e92959b854425c957eaab1bae5fa33"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Acceptance authorized</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary of Defense may accept, on behalf of the Center, gifts and donations to be used to defray the costs of the Center or to enhance the operation of the Center. Any such gift or donation may be accepted from any State or local government, any foreign government, any foundation or other charitable organization (including any that is organized or operates under the laws of a foreign country), or any other private source in the United States or a foreign country.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID52fdfffc7abc4a23b8c7e1ca9dde5742"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The Secretary may not accept a gift or donation under paragraph (1) if acceptance of the gift or donation would compromise or appear to compromise—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID95d38e82f9f84449a6acccb17285d882"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the ability of the Department of Defense, any employee of the Department, or members of the Armed Forces to carry out any responsibility or duty of the Department in a fair and objective manner; or</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDd8717553ab3e4fd6a5c9d1a45a0175d3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the integrity of any program of the Department or of any person involved in such a program.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id3EA7DB458CB74A14A7C1363FC8EAE31E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Crediting</header><text>Amounts accepted as a gift or donation under paragraph (1) shall be credited to the appropriation available to the Department of Defense for the Western Hemisphere Center for Excellence in Human Rights. Amounts so credited shall be merged with the appropriation to which credited, and shall be available to the Center for the same purposes, and subject to the same conditions and limitations, as amounts in the appropriation with which merged.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id22C836521D3B4D679FA36BD5FEB89F7D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Annual report</header><text>Not later than January 31 each year, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the gifts or donations accepted under paragraph (1) during the preceding year. Each report shall include, for the year covered by such report, a description of each gift of donation so accepted, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="idE39A7D459E304152ACD23125104C2C8F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the source of the gift or donation;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id647A2A7383A140E4B3608B358A61E1AA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the amount of the gift or donation; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idB650C9E473E64A9E9221FA75C22E38C2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the use of the gift or donation.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="ID29979610AE164B0E9E8F199700AFEC33"><enum>935.</enum><header>Inclusion of commanders of Western Hemisphere combatant commands in Board of Visitors of Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subparagraph (F) of section 2166(e)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subparagraph id="IDE1D178960C5D47DEA475C4764CEB9E79" indent="up1"><enum>(F)</enum><text>The commanders of the combatant commands having geographic responsibility for the Western Hemisphere, or the designees of those officers.</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section id="idA3EDF50CD63B41D48B04BBE51E6585B4"><enum>936.</enum><header>Comptroller General assessment of proposed reorganization of the office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy</header>
<subsection id="id74AA52F5EBD344E3AE320828EDBC50D1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Assessment required</header><text>Not later than March 1, 2008, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing an assessment of the proposed reorganization of the office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, including an assessment with respect to the matters set forth in subsection (b).</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="idF2931DDA222C48FB95D6C8479B597B97"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Matters To be assessed</header><text>The matters to be included in the assessment required by subsection are as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="IDe6ce56f2ac71439b82a282b35eff254a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Whether the proposed reorganization of the office will further the stated purposes of the proposed reorganization in the short-and long-term, namely whether the proposed reorganization will enhance the ability of the Department of Defense—</text>
<subparagraph id="id7BECAFF58C444CAA86421C71A86E80E2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to address current security priorities, including the war in Iraq and the global war on terrorism in Afghanistan and elsewhere;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id32982F7ED9C04A7785EF5C5226F219BB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to manage geopolitical defense relationships; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id2520ED4C631C40E1820D971B415860FF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to anticipate future strategic shifts.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID13237e58d30a49dda211677d17206dfc"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Whether, and to what extent, the proposed reorganization adheres to generally accepted principles of effective organization such as establishing clear goals, identifying clear lines of authority and accountability, and developing an effective human capital strategy.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idF7221F0CE2BD4C79AE865CC7558E2171"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The extent to which the Department has developed detailed implementation plans for the proposed reorganization, and the current status of the implementation of all aspects of the reorganization.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id0089EDAC57094B88AA605562A6120447"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The extent to which the Department has worked to mitigate congressional concerns and address other challenges that have arisen since the proposed reorganization was announced.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id1B695E2A931842689FD17314DCD2511E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Whether the Department plans to evaluate progress in achieving the stated goals of the proposed reorganization and what metrics, if any, the Department has established to assess the results of the reorganization.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id6EB4AF44487B4359915E55644232E933"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The impact of the large span of responsibilities for the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict under the proposed reorganization on the ability of the Assistant Secretary to carry out the principal duties of the Assistant Secretary under law.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id585CEAECCC1B4784A3864222A4226B7F"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The impact of the large span of responsibility for the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict under the proposed reorganization, including responsibility under the proposed reorganization for each of the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="id759571D71D1B42C8AB80323DDC3E7CC9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Strategic capabilities.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id4228F55AF9EC4C2C838DE65507295602"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Forces transformation.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id2D15F76EE642434E8261A4A94C90853C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Major budget programs.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id04543E9770854F3889F804B7A3A52C1F"><enum>(8)</enum><text>The relationship between any global war on terrorism task force that reports directly to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict, and the Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy in managing policy on combating terrorism.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idC3F93FCB6EA642B58DAC54F8CA3B78BF"><enum>(9)</enum><text>The impact of the large span of responsibilities for the proposed Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counternarcotics, Counterproliferation, and Global Threats under the proposed reorganization.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id2CAFD5C0C5074EAC879E827D21A2BE26"><enum>(10)</enum><text>The impact of the proposed reorganization on counternarcotics program execution.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id83F09BDD95C945B291FE39CBD043BFFD"><enum>(11)</enum><text>The unique placement under the proposed reorganization of both functional and regional issue responsibilities under the single proposed Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Americas’ Security Affairs.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id211C2623AEDA4AB2B554BFAD7D3E7816"><enum>(12)</enum><text>The differentiation between the responsibilities of the proposed Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Building Partnership Capacity Strategy and the proposed Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Security Cooperation Options under the proposed reorganization, and the relationship between such officials.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle>
<enum>X</enum><header>GENERAL PROVISIONS</header>
<subtitle id="idFCB886B900B84EEF927492B988CCAF73"><enum>A</enum><header>Financial Matters</header>
<section id="idC8A8A99B11D946FDAA617FC3791F128F"><enum>1001.</enum><header>General transfer authority</header>
<subsection id="IDa40219da11684eaba5842ed210dfaefc"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority To transfer authorizations</header>
<paragraph id="ID718a27ec0f6c41728d1a32801ea14f78"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>Upon determination by the Secretary of Defense that such action is necessary in the national interest, the Secretary may transfer amounts of authorizations made available to the Department of Defense in this division for fiscal year 2008 between any such authorizations for that fiscal year (or any subdivisions thereof). Amounts of authorizations so transferred shall be merged with and be available for the same purposes as the authorization to which transferred.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID63b394716c01449fbba1f080752ba1b5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (3), the total amount of authorizations that the Secretary may transfer under the authority of this section may not exceed $5,000,000,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idD000C66FC2214836B442781FC4DC2536"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Exception for transfers between military personnel authorizations</header><text>A transfer of funds between military personnel authorizations under title IV shall not be counted toward the dollar limitation in paragraph (2).</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="IDa8a078f18bb24d14852ab4de2d207436"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>The authority provided by this section to transfer authorizations—</text>
<paragraph id="ID086f03271fba469c8c7dba095621a0a4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>may only be used to provide authority for items that have a higher priority than the items from which authority is transferred; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDdef1fdd092b24038ab561170a25f590c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>may not be used to provide authority for an item that has been denied authorization by Congress.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID9d5916286fec4ab5992e2732832a0524"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effect on authorization amounts</header><text>A transfer made from one account to another under the authority of this section shall be deemed to increase the amount authorized for the account to which the amount is transferred by an amount equal to the amount transferred.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID3ce4c22edc9a4348ad8c8db9b3ee43f0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Notice to congress</header><text>The Secretary shall promptly notify Congress of each transfer made under subsection (a).</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="ID65be026b019a4737b7005137664c207d"><enum>1002.</enum><header>Authorization of additional emergency supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2007</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Amounts authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2007 in the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364) are hereby adjusted, with respect to any such authorized amount, by the amount by which appropriations pursuant to such authorization are increased by a supplemental appropriation or by a transfer of funds, or decreased by a rescission, or any thereof, pursuant to the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 (Public Law 110–28).</text> </section>
<section id="ID868336eb21a64b46a6ae2b117809502a"><enum>1003.</enum><header> Modification of fiscal year 2007 general transfer authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1001(a) of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2371) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="IDd4c7b23c33fb496c805f87380fb134dc"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Exception for certain transfers</header><text>The following transfers of funds shall be not be counted toward the limitation in paragraph (2) on the amount that may be transferred under this section:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID5ec05a1831f74fa8bfe47df7bef71fa3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The transfer of funds to the Iraq Security Forces Fund under reprogramming FY07–07–R PA.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id547A37E3AFA34198B81170D8E8B01BFA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The transfer of funds to the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund under reprogramming FY07–11 PA.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id2C770DF82D6347FEA8FEF5CDFD8CF929"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The transfer of funds back from the accounts referred to in subparagraphs (A) and (B) to restore the sources used in the reprogrammings referred to in such subparagraphs.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8785048443A3454AA1AF9723EA155E9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1004.</enum><header>United States contribution to NATO common-funded budgets in fiscal year 2008</header>
<subsection id="HAD2D01D6D2584449AC7068E6D99735FF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Fiscal year 2008 limitation</header><text>The total amount contributed by the Secretary of Defense in fiscal year 2008 for the common-funded budgets of NATO may be any amount up to, but not in excess of, the amount specified in subsection (b) (rather than the maximum amount that would otherwise be applicable to those contributions under the fiscal year 1998 baseline limitation).</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="HEFD057085B264818BA30431714214773"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Total amount</header><text>The amount of the limitation applicable under subsection (a) is the sum of the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H74695813A7A34E3BB0337613043B8EEE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The amounts of unexpended balances, as of the end of fiscal year 2007, of funds appropriated for fiscal years before fiscal year 2008 for payments for those budgets.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H028C3512B7B44448B497D7ACB041F9C7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The amount specified in subsection (c)(1).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1070EC60C7AA4DAA805BDCA9D938C5ED"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The amount specified in subsection (c)(2).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H995125E4F92F43DABF944FA5403C606F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The total amount of the contributions authorized to be made under section 2501.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H37F572DC6C924C3C9E6F8128A8F3E295"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorized amounts</header><text>Amounts authorized to be appropriated by titles II and III of this Act are available for contributions for the common-funded budgets of NATO as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="H2DD3BAA1FCA441D3936700C7FEF0053"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Of the amount provided in section 201(1), $1,031,000 for the Civil Budget.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H01393535CB054F02A88401C134ACD5AC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Of the amount provided in section 301(1), $362,159,000 for the Military Budget.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HFA37159150294B7DB997E6B869262041"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H18D9B7897B2348BA93D2504FCD97921"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Common-funded budgets of nato</header><text>The term <term>common-funded budgets of NATO</term> means the Military Budget, the Security Investment Program, and the Civil Budget of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (and any successor or additional account or program of NATO).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE38D0E15706D4FBE81B057ED552D943E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Fiscal year 1998 baseline limitation</header><text>The term <term>fiscal year 1998 baseline limitation</term> means the maximum annual amount of Department of Defense contributions for common-funded budgets of NATO that is set forth as the annual limitation in section 3(2)(C)(ii) of the resolution of the Senate giving the advice and consent of the Senate to the ratification of the Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on the Accession of Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic (as defined in section 4(7) of that resolution), approved by the Senate on April 30, 1998.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="idED016828E7794A5D85FE0E291606F020"><enum>1005.</enum><header>Financial management transformation initiative for the Defense Agencies</header>
<subsection id="id13D7BBA21879482883D0558F8D9D8124"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Financial management transformation initiative</header>
<paragraph id="id42028F500F9449C58E3A2315233ED68D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Director of the Business Transformation Agency of the Department of Defense shall carry out an initiative for financial management transformation in the Defense Agencies. The initiative shall be known as the <quote>Defense Agencies Initiative</quote> (in this section referred to as the <quote>Initiative</quote>).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id093E7FAC0F5E46A8A7C113C9CC2F3042"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Scope of authority</header><text>In carrying out the Initiative, the Director of the Business Transformation Agency may require the heads of the Defense Agencies to carry out actions that are within the purpose and scope of the Initiative.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="IDc1076d5da3ea4df188d626213ea6f4dd"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The purposes of Initiative shall be as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="ID6cb054a4965a4f7d8af6ac0fd95eebe6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>To eliminate or replace financial management systems of the Defense Agencies that are duplicative, redundant, or fail to comply with the standards set forth in subsection (d).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID0f8ae003557242d181b33747fe36bfae"><enum>(2)</enum><text>To transform the budget, finance, and accounting operations of the Defense Agencies to enable the Defense Agencies to achieve accurate and reliable financial information needed to support financial accountability and effective and efficient management decisions.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID79efa971159c4dd5808302dd6bec29e6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Required elements</header><text>The Initiative shall include, to the maximum extent practicable—</text>
<paragraph id="IDa9e583637bad40f3ab9d77078e62f97e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the utilization of commercial, off-the-shelf technologies and web-based solutions;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDb8012b995b6943a2b4edd93fb52cca6b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a standardized technical environment and an open and accessible architecture; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID40e3801663734265ba4b0da264a9d5d2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the implementation of common business processes, shared services, and common data structures.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID6689cae9c2194c5a9188542010d09b4f"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Standards</header><text>In carrying out the Initiative, the Director of the Business Transformation Agency shall ensure that the Initiative is consistent with—</text>
<paragraph id="IDe6864d610a264b5a83be9b3e1d805ecd"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the requirements of the Business Enterprise Architecture and Transition Plan developed pursuant to section 2222 of title 10, United States Code;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID2e51604f22844f57a1fa39a58b4baae3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Standard Financial Information Structure of the Department of Defense;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDaef712052a3a4666bc95297341dd282c"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996 (and the amendments made by that Act); and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDa00c22605ec74072bfbb27371f352fe5"><enum>(4)</enum><text>other applicable requirements of law and regulation.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="IDc329dff56ed44ee39c929dc8527355c3"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Scope</header><text>The Initiative shall be designed to provide, at a minimum, capabilities in the major process areas for both general fund and working capital fund operations of the Defense Agencies as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="IDc5afabbe34d64e5e98fae9e1276fee1d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Budget formulation.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDbe83deda1b55483fb7d9728486ef6e33"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Budget to report, including general ledger and trial balance.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDeb7d5d5f1513489d8b71208f274fe86d"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Procure to pay, including commitments, obligations, and accounts payable.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDbc1d93b717fe497a8e05a661cdbc2222"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Order to fulfill, including billing and accounts receivable.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID9ab96f663cf64d36b23699830f47052a"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Cost accounting.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID4386dd17e6c24cf9aac4a032f07a217e"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Acquire to retire (account management).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID5720085ad7b946faa9448977ca263f19"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Time and attendance and employee entitlement.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID850e6d00e3de4988b2628d16ecd093a0"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Grants financial management.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID0a7e1b211b90477c8ee6639079c00664"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Program control</header><text>In carrying out the Initiative, the Director of the Business Transformation Agency shall establish—</text>
<paragraph id="IDd60a7aa921254cb7b9b020a9214b7d7e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a board (to be known as the <quote>Configuration Control Board</quote>) to manage scope and cost changes to the Initiative; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDd4c43d1aba5c46b0b751dcecc3eae437"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a program management office (to be known as the <quote>Program Management Office</quote>) to control and enforce assumptions made in the acquisition plan, the cost estimate, and the system integration contract for the Initiative, as directed by the Configuration Control Board.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID927dcb8d0e4f4e23b14a2e02a0184dfa"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Plan on development and implementation of Initiative</header><text>Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Business Transformation Agency shall submit to the congressional defense committees a plan for the development and implementation of the Initiative. The plan shall provide for the implementation of an initial capability under the Initiative as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="id03854E6B59FF442A9633539F362D4034"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In at least one Defense Agency by not later than eight months after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id4E034A4ED21D45FBB19E990B115BA07E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In not less than six Defense Agencies by not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="id3A39001F9B3C4E95B463C9FE4B43FBFC"><enum>1006.</enum><header>Repeal of requirement for two-year budget cycle for the Department of Defense</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1405 of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (Public Law 99–145; 99 Stat. 744; 31 U.S.C. 1105 note) is repealed.</text> </section>
<section id="idD46D0333DF4841F39A7F54041B5B9708"><enum>1007.</enum><header>Extension of period for transfer of funds to Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Defense account</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2779 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDC5F06A3563BB40E6AF2FEFF8AC5929B5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(2), by striking <quote>second fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>fifth fiscal year</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID27B36E724A1A4CA7ACC6F7E64B621278"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(2), by striking <quote>second fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>fifth fiscal year</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="idF22F7130D03E4FFFA2C05F676F37BC94"><enum>B</enum><header>Counter-Drug Activities</header>
<section id="id31861ECA93EA4DFCB6F54B96A012B448"><enum>1011.</enum><header>Expansion of Department of Defense authority to provide support for counter-drug activities to certain additional foreign governments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1033(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105–85; 111 Stat. 1881), as amended by section 1021(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108–136; 117 Stat. 1593) and section 1022(b) of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2382), is further amended by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:</text>
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<paragraph id="id409A01CCB02444CDB4817209D75E2FD5"><enum>(17)</enum><text>The Government of the Dominican Republic.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id3337D62C42EB46009470386820504609"><enum>(18)</enum><text>The Government of Mexico.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="idD71F3C009529408884AB9D1AD6B8F1ED"><enum>C</enum><header>Miscellaneous Authorities and Limitations</header>
<section id="id79CFD070E9D24ED08D075EB22A82A28B"><enum>1021.</enum><header>Enhancement of authority to pay rewards for assistance in combating terrorism</header>
<subsection id="id5CE183190D504AAFB541252959EE5CAE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Increase in amount of reward</header><text>Subsection (b) of section 127b of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>, or $5,000,000 during fiscal year 2008</quote> after <quote>$200,000</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id8765DC94B11C40169B299F85166C0304"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Delegation of authority to commanders of combatant commands</header><text>Subsection (c)(1)(B) of such title is amended by inserting <quote>, or $1,000,000 during fiscal year 2008</quote> after <quote>$50,000</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="idD3E52A75348F4B6AB28A024EFC1BDDF6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consultation with Secretary of State in award</header><text>Subsection (d)(2) of such section is amended by inserting <quote>, or $2,000,000 during fiscal year 2008</quote> after <quote>$100,000</quote>.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="idF7E09F9656BF47348BE3DD7CD3446C65"><enum>1022.</enum><header>Repeal of modification of authorities relating to the use of the Armed Forces in major public emergencies</header>
<subsection id="id5D4D7C95DA744F2BB9E4C24B35B07096"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repeal</header>
<paragraph id="id4458831C062141C8965768AB73C8B86B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 333 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by section 1076 of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2404), is amended to read as such section read on October 16, 2006, which is the day before the date of the enactment of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id0E19E1954F264BC5A54A963308260596"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming clerical amendments</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id01BC8FF7D5EC44DA9835915858D863F0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The heading of such section 333, as so amended, is amended to read as such heading read on October 16, 2006.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id4DBB1E8C93924481BC09A47471AD3C09" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The item relating to such section 333 in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 15 of such title, as so amended, is amended to read as such item read on October 16, 2006.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id4E62DC91150D422EBBC625DD112B6DBD" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The heading of chapter 15 of such title, as so amended, is amended to read as such heading read on October 16, 2006.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idC967A8766E8A4E50BC4DA734F86275B2" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The item relating to chapter 15 of such title in the tables of chapters at the beginning of subtitle A of such title, and at the beginning of part I of such subtitle, as so amended, is amended to read as such item read on October 16, 2006.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idAEEE93D583484361A9EEBEE68759E79B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Other conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph id="idF25B7AC217D2440CA8228F243F0B4102"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Conforming repeal</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id8B6B7E6D45FD468A8A293AE507EB06C4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Section 2567 of title 10, United States Code, is repealed.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idCFC5CAF6DC76472686D61FA39A6FA2EC" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 152 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 2567.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idF09769D1571E4B04ABFDC1F321682C50"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional amendment</header><text>Section 12304(c)(1) of such title, as amended by section 1076 of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007, is amended to read as such section read on October 16, 2006.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="id02A1BAC3ED7A44D5BDAFE0204360492D"><enum>1023.</enum><header>Procedures for Combatant Status Review Tribunals; modification of military commission authorities</header>
<subsection id="ID848c7ad249214a67bb4135320c3a1476"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Determination of status of certain combatants</header><text>Subsection (b) of section 1005 of the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 (title X of Public Law 109–148; 10 U.S.C. 801 note) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="ID5ff73cb1e3b4418fb319cc9820b210f1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Determination of status of certain combatants</header>
<paragraph id="IDa01e999c7a27421fbad7eff0338bde2e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Defense shall determine the status of each detainee described in paragraph (2) through a Combatant Status Review Tribunal (in this subsection referred to as a <quote>Tribunal</quote>) conducted in accordance with the requirements of this subsection.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idB49049D6B85D45B191AFDA711C4580E9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Covered detainees</header>
<subparagraph id="idBFF16C14D30644AB810F39A93973F005"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A detainee described in this paragraph is a detainee who—</text>
<clause id="id27311E122B004B39A42E1A2E3A59B87E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is held by the Department of Defense as an unlawful enemy combatant on or after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="id2248674082B64BB1AFE57D970D2D0089"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has been detained by the United States for a period of more than two years.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idE58707CB19AA41FF98BDCFC5DA97E535"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Unlawful enemy combatant defined</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>unlawful enemy combatant</term> has the meaning given such term in section 948a(1) of title 10, United States Code.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID4f25c81526b44295a63c0bb0e7d275c7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Standard of proof</header><text>A Tribunal shall determine whether or not a detainee is an unlawful enemy combatant by a preponderance of the evidence. Weight shall be accorded to evidence based on the credibility, reliability, and probative value of the evidence.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDacdbc8fe7d1f4bf1998888bc46c21628"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Procedures</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, the Secretary shall prescribe procedures for Tribunals under this subsection. Such procedures shall ensure, at a minimum, that—</text>
<subparagraph id="id4561CBF3F1474AE38ECD63E494C5F288"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the President of a Tribunal is a military judge—</text>
<clause id="idB7CBFE4BB8D94151AC86B51B868233A7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>who shall meet the qualification requirements of section 948j(b) of title 10, United States Code, and</text> </clause>
<clause id="id2F2B89E71AE54E03A87AABB5045672A2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>who shall rule on all questions of law and exclude evidence that would not have probative value to a reasonable person;</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDfe76c1354c574f9892a5eaa9ef269d1d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>each detainee is represented in the same manner as provided for the accused before a military commission under section 949c of title 10, United States Code;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDa6a5c401adcc4a8cac5d0e95251762c3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>each detainee is afforded a reasonable opportunity to obtain witnesses and other evidence, including a process to compel witnesses to appear and testify and to compel the production of other evidence, <deleted-phrase reported-display-style="strikethrough">that is similar to that provided for defense counsel in a military commission under section 949j of title 10, United States Code;</deleted-phrase><added-phrase reported-display-style="italic">that is consistent with the procedures to obtain witnesses and other evidence under section 949j of title 10, United States</added-phrase><added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"> Code;</added-phrase></text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDaca1220461a24457a5158f391c8ed250"><enum>(D)</enum><text>each detainee is permitted to present evidence in his defense, to cross-examine the witnesses who testify against him, and to examine and respond to evidence admitted against him, while providing for the handling of classified information in a manner so that—</text>
<clause id="id54346AE3C86F43468247B598EBED91E3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>counsel for the detainee is provided access to the relevant classified evidence, including both evidence admitted against the detainee and any potentially exculpatory evidence, consistent with the procedures for the protection of classified information in section 949d(f) of title 10, United States Code; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="id8870037255274002B2F4A002CDC7CDC7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the detainee is provided access—</text>
<subclause id="idC2CDDEC015D548A4A8D86EA5479912A5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to all unclassified evidence; and</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="id4D480474EF7A44B4B13CDEE4C76E7DD6"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to <deleted-phrase reported-display-style="strikethrough">a summary</deleted-phrase><added-phrase reported-display-style="italic">an unclassified summary</added-phrase> of the classified evidence admitted against the detainee that is sufficiently specific to provide the detainee a fair opportunity to respond, with the assistance of counsel, to such evidence;</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID26bfaf1bdf384637bfbf5298ec515378"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in making a determination of status of any such detainee, a Tribunal may not consider a statement that was obtained through methods that amount to torture; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDa9ed5a89e03d4a018090b06c638d4236"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in making a determination of status of a detainee, a Tribunal may not consider a statement in which the degree of coercion is disputed unless—</text>
<clause id="ID7137a990434a496faf7e8de01d58571f"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the totality of the circumstances renders the statement reliable and possessing sufficient probative value;</text> </clause>
<clause id="IDa58acc41dcb34f559326b8d45bcf418e"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the interests of justice would best be served by admission of the statement into evidence; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="IDecb321cd65e245a484a30f88a8dc71a2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Tribunal determines that—</text>
<subclause id="IDb18d91bfa6324c9686cf5e1fdfd160e6"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the alleged coercion was incident to the lawful conduct of military operations at the point of apprehension;</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="ID56be4da88e284ffc8e44403633913c64"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the statement was voluntary; or</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="IDbbc607dd7b244dd699670ea5f556d2f2"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the interrogation methods used to obtain the statement do not amount to cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment prohibited by section 1003 of this Act.</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID19f410a800d743bc8b49d09d465d211e"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Scheduling</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that a Tribunal is scheduled for a detainee described in paragraph (2) not later than 180 days after the date on which a Tribunal becomes required for such detainee under paragraph (1), except that—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDbc7558851a79437f976d604c3a4b8858"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Secretary shall schedule a Tribunal for a detainee who is eligible for such a Tribunal on the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 not later than one year after the date on which procedures are required to be prescribed by paragraph (4); and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id605C6214FE644C779F33DBCEDE297205"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary shall not be required to schedule a Tribunal for—</text>
<clause id="id8CAF156890284CA3A77B00AAE0D12CDE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a detainee upon whom charges have been served in accordance with section 948s of title 10, United States Code, until after final judgment has been reached on such charges; or</text> </clause>
<clause id="idF0F75AF83578422EA71650ABEED873EC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a detainee who has been convicted by a military commission under chapter 47A of such title of an offense under subchapter VII of that chapter.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection id="IDdd6489cc3dda44cfb32563079b7e85bb"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Modifications of military commission authorities</header>
<paragraph id="ID2f777b2597ea4b6da2a70a3d28e27878"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Enemy combatant status</header><text>Paragraph (1) of section 948a of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph id="id223C4798E9674DBC81398DB856390C0F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Unlawful enemy combatant</header><text>The term <term>unlawful enemy combatant</term> means a person who is not a lawful enemy combatant who—</text>
<subparagraph id="idB0C9BBE574DB49CD944989F1F4FD0913"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has engaged in hostilities against the United States;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idAF80DE89C90F427AB24C4F2829A4A55F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has purposefully and materially supported hostilities against the United States (other than hostilities engaged in by lawful enemy combatants); or</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id3C7DD274F54547ED9E9BFE93B987C5CE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>has been a knowing and active participant in an organization that engaged in hostilities against the United States.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDb5dc4ecc88ec4ffe959ba54c4f36f49d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Repeal of dispositive nature of previous csrt determinations</header><text>Section 948d of such title is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="id494E377F1DC04BBD84BF9893A912F493"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking subsection (c); and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idEA6E3AC4B2CC4A7AB463AD8E94102B27"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID9c11a9072ab8430c8c8c0751f2315451"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Statements obtained through cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment</header><text>Section 948r of such title is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="id406847DE1FA743399C97D500C7A0C97D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking subsections (c) and (d); and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id26AF9B70D3F14E3FAA2BAB74626E654A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding after subsection (b) the following new subsection (c):</text>
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<subsection id="IDd811b4a12e244e5f88cd2788fbaafc6e"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Statements obtained through cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment</header><text>A statement in which the degree of coercion is disputed may be admitted if the military judge finds that—</text>
<paragraph id="ID542cfb325a7d416581a4b81e7ff80e43"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the totality of the circumstances renders the statement reliable and possessing sufficient probative value;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID7953025c06ac4bd594b1893081b1c3be"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the interests of justice would best be served by admission of the statement into evidence; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID7374c8ac9dfa445eaceacf6de3aaf1a2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>one of the following circumstances is met:</text>
<subparagraph id="IDa652dbac97074b9293d214bcda8de18e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The alleged coercion was incident to the lawful conduct of military operations at the point of apprehension.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID85174c09230c4b10b353d04fde3d353f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The statement was voluntary.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDda00447e3251460e924f69bbe3367025"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The interrogation methods used to obtain the statement do not amount to cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment prohibited by section 1003 of the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 2000dd).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID585191a2a5b34fe59d34c3ef3d92e5c8"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Admittance of hearsay evidence</header><text>Subparagraph (E) of section 949a(b)(2) of such title is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subparagraph id="ID8ab0157499ad4394af0972b9631577b2" indent="up1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Hearsay evidence not otherwise admissible under the rules of evidence applicable in trial by general courts-martial may be admitted in a trial by military commission if—</text>
<clause id="ID8cf37e35aae64ce2ba537b90206c7c75"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the proponent of the evidence makes known to the adverse party, sufficiently in advance of trial or hearing to provide the adverse party with a fair opportunity to meet the evidence, the proponent's intention to offer the evidence, and the particulars of the evidence (including information on the circumstances under which the evidence was obtained); and</text> </clause>
<clause id="ID32c0156b47024441a745d8b75cf77be7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the military judge finds that the totality of the circumstances render the evidence more probative on the point for which it is offered than other evidence which the proponent can procure through reasonable efforts, taking into consideration the unique circumstances of the conduct of military and intelligence operations during hostilities.</text> </clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id2EDE296135D447789FC60605699A065B"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Technical and conforming amendments</header>
<subparagraph id="idA55A2D6077A04547BABD7B670EE75FFF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Technical amendment</header><text>The heading of section 950j of such title is amended by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">Finality or</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">Finality of</header-in-text></quote>.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id87FE9E41E1FC423995243D915BFBD1DE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of subchapter VI of chapter 47A of such title is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">950j. Finality of proceedings, findings, and sentences.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="idD48077CA6B5D4FC68E0DC2C74170D0CD"><enum>1024.</enum><header>Gift acceptance authority</header>
<subsection id="id8A8F5BF8540647C5ABE5822DA9D41370"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Permanent authority To accept gifts on behalf of the wounded</header><text>Section 2601(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (4).</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="idF86EE64F97A24CFA8B6748BAD88D6190"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation on solicitation of gifts</header><text>The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations implementing sections 2601 and 2608 of title 10, United States Code, that prohibit the solicitation of any gift under such sections by any employee of the Department of Defense if the nature or circumstances of such solicitation would compromise the integrity or the appearance of integrity of any program of the Department of Defense or of any individual involved in such program.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="ID9da6cccde5bd4830868791fbb3349c4c"><enum>1025.</enum><header>Expansion of cooperative agreement authority for management of cultural resources</header>
<subsection id="IDcc91d5f323f04211a3ab034f3ca7eaca"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subsection (a) of section 2684 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="ID540d6cca014d49da9f6225dc5ba52e8e"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id43C98AA3970449BBBAEF672B41D8A082"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of a military department may enter into a cooperative agreement with a State or local government, tribal government, or other entity for any purpose as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID989844a5f54643488d221d20c1a5a1c3" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>For the preservation, management, maintenance, and improvement of cultural resources.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDe9db9bccd7514d82b9457f4abd967bec" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>For the conduct of research regarding cultural resources.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID24b990fc473147f88fdbc98161ccb8b1" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>To be covered under a cooperative agreement under this subsection, cultural resources shall be located—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDb6624cfaf2504f7e88f12fc21022f687"><enum>(A)</enum><text>on a military installation; or</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID7e27b6a2f7c041ca8edd7263a740d5dc"><enum>(B)</enum><text>off a military installation, but only if the cooperative agreement directly relieves or eliminates current or anticipated restrictions that would or might restrict, impede, or otherwise interfere (whether directly or indirectly) with current or anticipated military training, testing, or operations on the installation.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDe98f25ff4e0e47909b5588713a4feae8" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Activities under a cooperative agreement under this subsection shall be subject to the availability of funds to carry out the cooperative agreement.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID49496aed6f2b4feaaf5a5f34a61499b6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inclusion of Indian sacred sites in cultural resources</header><text>Subsection (c) of such section is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="IDfbc348e22c3844258b677c561bdb34ec"><enum>(5)</enum><text>An Indian sacred site, as the that term is defined in section 1(b)(iii) of Executive Order 13007.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section>
<section id="IDD5BB51353CCF40A9BBD79EAC308742F6"><enum>1026.</enum><header>Minimum annual purchase amounts for airlift from carriers participating in the Civil Reserve Air Fleet</header>
<subsection id="ID9F84033200BC4851B290235BC0E2578D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text>Chapter 931 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
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<section id="ID039F45D73C4C47E9948E0E2E96866E83"><enum>9515.</enum><header>Airlift services: minimum annual purchase amount for carriers participating in Civil Reserve Air Fleet</header>
<subsection id="IDE878960694C8499797DADFA718528C0B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text>The Secretary of Defense may award to air carriers participating in the Civil Reserve Air Fleet on a fiscal year basis a one-year contract for airlift services with a minimum purchase amount determined in accordance with this section.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="IDDBA7593C80914B189D68B95CD2B0AFC3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Minimum Purchase Amount</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="IDE2AA16365C5E4186AE8FF716F0B3C48C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The aggregate amount of the minimum purchase amount for all contracts awarded under subsection (a) for a fiscal year shall be based on forecast needs, but may not exceed the amount equal to 80 percent of the annual average expenditure of the Department of Defense for airlift during the five-fiscal year period ending in the fiscal year before the fiscal year for which such contracts are awarded.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDDB4E2053E34E408BB8CBF8061AA0F17C" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In calculating the annual average expenditure of the Department of Defense for airlift for purposes of paragraph (1), the Secretary of Defense shall omit from the calculation any fiscal year exhibiting unusually high demand for airlift if the Secretary determines that the omission of such fiscal year from the calculation will result in a more accurate forecast of anticipated airlift for purposes of that paragraph.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID68553C44562B44C8AFD7EF6DB5FEFB8C" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The aggregate amount of the minimum purchase amount for all contracts awarded under subsection (a) for a fiscal year, as determined under paragraph (1), shall be allocated among all carriers awarded contracts under that subsection for such fiscal year in proportion to the commitments of such carriers to the Civil Reserve Air Fleet for such fiscal year.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID4EC5A74576404911B690C84D5284FEFE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Adjustment to Minimum Purchase Amount for Periods of Unavailability of Airlift</header><text>In determining the minimum purchase amount payable under a contract under subsection (a) for airlift provided by a carrier during the fiscal year covered by such contract, the Secretary of Defense may adjust the amount allocated to the carrier under subsection (b)(3) to take into account periods during such fiscal year when services of the carrier are unavailable for usage by the Department of Defense, including during periods of refused business or suspended operations or when the carrier is placed in nonuse status pursuant to section 2640 of this title for safety issues.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID33226A1965DE43E8AD28BEBCF482F149"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Distribution of Amounts</header><text>If any amount available under this section for the minimum purchase of airlift from a carrier for a fiscal year under a contract under subsection (a) is not utilized to purchase airlift from the carrier in such fiscal year, such amount shall be provided to the carrier before the first day of the following fiscal year.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="IDF879E5CBA0CB4CC0AA715392C1A3413C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Transfer of Funds</header><text>At the beginning of each fiscal year, the Secretary of each military department shall transfer to the transportation working capital fund a percentage of the total amount anticipated to be required in such fiscal year for payment of minimum purchase amounts under all contracts awarded under subsection (a) for such fiscal year equivalent to the percentage of the anticipated use of airlift by such military department during such fiscal year from all carriers under contracts awarded under subsection (a) for such fiscal year.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="IDBC5D329A6CC441D39BF3642C919BDFE3"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Availability of Airlift</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="IDCCE8296B466A402283231CD03D20920E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>From the total amount of airlift available for a fiscal year under all contracts awarded under subsection (a) for such fiscal year, a military department shall be entitled to obtain a percentage of such airlift equivalent to the percentage of the contribution of the military department to the transportation working capital fund for such fiscal year under subsection (e).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDE2B78EEB396A4EF6B6ACBA086C498AA3" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A military department may transfer any entitlement to airlift under paragraph (1) to any other military department or to any other agency, element, or component of the Department of Defense.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id456B011C32C146CCBF1E7E29BD8001AC"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text>The authorities in this section shall expire on December 31, 2015.</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection id="IDBD2469EFBF754B929012122F2E1E0F8F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical Amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 931 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text>
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<toc-entry level="section">9515. Airlift services: minimum annual purchase amount for carriers participating in Civil Reserve Air Fleet.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section>
<section id="id93E651342E054500A1226B3E8EE6CECA"><enum>1027.</enum><header>Provision of Air Force support and services to foreign military and state aircraft</header>
<subsection id="ID6A35BA2A1715451BB1CF5A4C9CACDCD9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Provision of Support and Services</header>
<paragraph id="ID16FC14A2631E42328B3F5D916D1CE27A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 9626 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<section id="IDE1389818BC4B46B097FD3B7FF262382B"><enum>9626.</enum><header>Aircraft supplies and services: foreign military or other state aircraft</header>
<subsection id="IDF8D62C8B4D3B4DB9B197B1F15425016E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Provision of supplies and services on reimbursable basis</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id06F01295944047558FBB9751EE2B61CE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary of the Air Force may, under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe and when in the best interests of the United States, provide any of the supplies or services described in paragraph (2) to military and other state aircraft of a foreign country, on a reimbursable basis without an advance of funds, if similar supplies and services are furnished on a like basis to military aircraft and other state aircraft of the United States by the foreign country.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idA46EFE9C40214BFF9BC2E2FB650ABF81" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The supplies and services described in this paragraph are supplies and services as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID9C92B867E30F4214A6F1232A6B72174E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Routine airport services, including landing and takeoff assistance, servicing aircraft with fuel, use of runways, parking and servicing, and loading and unloading of baggage and cargo.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDD487CFC4798642329DD80D44396D3E2C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Miscellaneous supplies, including Air Force-owned fuel, provisions, spare parts, and general stores, but not including ammunition.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="IDAA0E774921904CC58C96AB64182AB402"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Provision of routine airport services on non-reimbursable basis</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="IDCE7EAB77EBE14EBF9579118D6F02C452"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Routine airport services may be provided under this section at no cost to a foreign country under circumstances as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="id5E33D9C7F2744E8594BB9B1FA8F90A2C" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>If such services are provided by Air Force personnel and equipment without direct cost to the Air Force.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idE0AF308DFA5F4DFDA9926C0939670FBB" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>If such services are provided under an agreement with the foreign country that provides for the reciprocal furnishing by the foreign country of routine airport services to military and other state aircraft of the United States without reimbursement.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID12B63276429E4131B4A6F9FFB4CE96E2" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>If routine airport services are provided under this section by a working-capital fund activity of the Air Force under section 2208 of this title and such activity is not reimbursed directly for the costs incurred by the activity in providing such services by reason of paragraph (1)(B), the working-capital fund activity shall be reimbursed for such costs out of funds currently available to the Air Force for operation and maintenance.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID9EBCE2A4B47E44969CEBC881B4C7BF0D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 939 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 9626 and inserting the following new item:</text>
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<toc-entry level="section">9626. Aircraft supplies and services: foreign military or other state aircraft.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID00FAB4B209E942EBA8836584E8E18D15"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming Amendment</header><text>Section 9629(3) of such title is amended by striking <quote>for aircraft of a foreign military or air attaché</quote>.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="id8019B2B79BF04E0EAD4D7E1ED749C7CC"><enum>1028.</enum><header>Participation in Strategic Airlift Capability Partnership</header>
<subsection id="ID1ce9a48d55ca485f85a05aaf18a18b82"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority to participate in partnership</header><text>The Secretary of Defense may—</text>
<paragraph id="ID2d9693a5ded74e138371acfbfd41290b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>enter into a multilateral memorandum of understanding authorizing the Strategic Airlift Capability Partnership to conduct activities necessary to accomplish its purpose, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDb9549fe700fc4f0c9c85abfa45d99f5f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the acquisition, equipping, ownership, and operation of strategic airlift aircraft; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID98bbe02f145e4808904ff86cc87e61d2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the acquisition or transfer of airlift and airlift-related services and supplies among members of the Strategic Airlift Capability Partnership, or between the Partnership and non-member countries or international organizations, on a reimbursable basis or by replacement-in-kind or exchange of airlift or airlift-related services of an equal value; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDfd7f8c7b1fca46cc969933fa66244d63"><enum>(2)</enum><text>pay from funds available to the Department of Defense for such purpose the United States equitable share of the recurring and non-recurring costs of the activities and operations of the Strategic Airlift Capability Partnership, including costs associated with procurement of aircraft components and spare parts, maintenance, facilities, and training, and the costs of claims.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID0607ca60921f489388e08509e0f3ecab"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorities under partnership</header><text>In carrying out the memorandum of understanding entered into under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense may do the following:</text>
<paragraph id="ID7b6adb8de99a463a846547ad601166c2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Waive reimbursement of the United States for the cost of the functions performed by Department of Defense personnel with respect to the Strategic Airlift Capability Partnership as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="IDed411743c6384940982ff2f414e04964"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Auditing.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDb08026a5a5cb456781f8abb71f2b67e0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Quality assurance.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID825d9904c8eb4193a2f20ccb89cb640e"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Inspection.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID343e9947832c44499beda1ec807f8db4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Contract administration.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID2d84a854f49e484ab2f438ea349a6fd7"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Acceptance testing.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDe511bc78a7db4c4284ba61c2eddccf36"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Certification services.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID907363f47a684affb37c7ca2a928e1ff"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Planning, programming, and management services.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDbf79721c90844a4787d4803e2f67ff79"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Waive the imposition of any surcharge for administrative services provided by the United States that would otherwise be chargeable against the Strategic Airlift Capability Partnership.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDfd5f12411e2046639eca7d9dc3bfb19a"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Pay the salaries, travel, lodging, and subsistence expenses of Department of Defense personnel assigned for duty to the Strategic Airlift Capability Partnership without seeking reimbursement or cost-sharing for such expenses.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID7d2a4c6b7b214587985fe6d0cb04dec9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Crediting of receipts</header><text>Any amount received by the United States in carrying out the memorandum of understanding entered into under subsection (a) shall be credited, as elected by the Secretary of Defense, to the following:</text>
<paragraph id="ID85b8a8049246470f9a4109efa5d0d0b8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The appropriation, fund, or account used in incurring the obligation for which such amount is received.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID1d566b120f264cc88894104a26cd707d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An appropriation, fund, or account currently providing funds for the purposes for which such obligation was made.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="IDdcaf2238d333448996229fb15650c839"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authority To transfer aircraft</header>
<paragraph id="idD6D53D281B9D4A47A4E03858140D23BE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Defense is authorized to transfer one strategic airlift aircraft to the Strategic Airlift Capability Partnership in accordance with the terms and conditions of the memorandum of understanding entered into under subsection (a).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id8FF28EBD701448C584217767400490C7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 30 days before the date on which the Secretary transfers a strategic airlift aircraft under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the strategic airlift aircraft to be transferred, including the type of strategic airlift aircraft to be transferred and the tail registration or serial number of such aircraft.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID5a98267236554228ae60f97a1b96eed1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Strategic Airlift Capability Partnership Defined</header><text>In this section the term <term>Strategic Airlift Capability Partnership</term> means the strategic airlift capability consortium established by the United States and other participating countries.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="id2041FE05477F4C1F9A0FE22D977904FB"><enum>1029.</enum><header>Responsibility of the Air Force for fixed-wing support of Army intra-theater logistics</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Defense shall, acting through the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, prescribe directives or instructions to provide that the Air Force shall have responsibility for the missions and functions of fixed-wing support for Army intra-theater logistics.</text> </section>
<section id="id1AE7480D1EF444FE96ACE44DFBD5CD52"><enum>1030.</enum><header>Prohibition on sale of parts for F–14 fighter aircraft</header>
<subsection id="IDacf0e0cafa374149969ab8077def73ce"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibition on sale by department of defense</header>
<paragraph id="IDb2d83d34c32b48c9b5712186cfa72608"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Department of Defense may not sell (whether directly or indirectly) any parts for F–14 fighter aircraft, whether through the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service or through another agency or element of the Department.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID45414c9cdf4746febd6da65dbc53d17e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to the sale of parts for F–14 fighter aircraft to a museum or similar organization located in the United States that is involved in the preservation of F–14 fighter aircraft for historical purposes.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="IDa46e39663b3541c9813fdf82ee2ec978"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prohibition on export license</header><text>No license for the export of parts for F–14 fighter aircraft to a non-United States person or entity may be issued by the United States Government.</text> </subsection></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="idD3E21CE6CE6A4F51849919262B424D3D"><enum>D</enum><header>Reports</header>
<section id="idD7A763EE20774B03AFFA26AFDD2A84C4"><enum>1041.</enum><header>Renewal of submittal of plans for prompt global strike capability</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1032(b)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108–136; 117 Stat. 1605; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) is amended by inserting <quote>and each of 2007, 2008, and 2009,</quote> after <quote>2004, 2005, and 2006,</quote>.</text> </section>
<section id="idBE2C9DAEA6E24FDEAB0586CDA6935381"><enum>1042.</enum><header>Report on threats to the United States from ungoverned areas</header>
<subsection id="idD974072C35E84FB090FB2FE073907FE5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report required</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State shall jointly, in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, submit to Congress a report on the threats posed to the United States from ungoverned areas, including the threats to the United States from terrorist groups and individuals located in such areas who direct their activities against the United States and its allies.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="idC95BA3B14B3A4D39AFC6E50616F3F547"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The report required by subsection (a) shall include the following:</text>
<paragraph id="id93700DC6148347388F2449558C6867ED"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A description of the intelligence capabilities and skills required by the United States Government to support United States policy aimed at managing the threats described in subsection (a), including, specifically, the technical, linguistic, and analytical capabilities and the skills required by the Department of Defense and the Department of State.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idF4663D8F63B043D5B89AAFDBD16A6413"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An assessment of the extent to which the Department of Defense and the Department of State possess the capabilities described in paragraph (1) as well as the necessary resources and organization to support United States policy aimed at managing the threats described in subsection (a).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id9C8FD340C6C144FE9189BDB82E4D58FF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A description of the extent to which the implementation of Department of Defense Directive 3000.05, entitled <quote>Military Support for Stability, Security, Transition, and Reconstruction Operations</quote>, will support United States policy for managing such threats.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idD9F821CDCE5744A68E80012FE9641F41"><enum>(4)</enum><text>A description of the actions, if any, to be taken to improve the capabilities and skills of the Department of Defense and the Department of State described in paragraph (1), and the schedule for implementing any actions so described.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="id1A72ECA6A8F747B0B72B775DBADE8070"><enum>1043.</enum><header>Study on national security interagency system</header>
<subsection id="idBE036D7A969F41A582805E8ED748C1B4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study required</header><text>The Secretary of Defense shall enter into an agreement with an independent, non-profit, non-partisan organization to conduct a study on the national security interagency system.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="idFDF3669F2366442FBC25631DD49CFA20"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The agreement entered into under subsection (a) shall require the organization to submit to Congress and the President a report containing the results of the study conducted pursuant to such agreement and any recommendations for changes to the national security interagency system (including legislative or regulatory changes) identified by the organization as a result of the study.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id94016EE8371A4F95BE26DF5E7BF3F917"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Submittal date</header><text>The agreement entered into under subsection (a) shall require the organization to submit the report required under subsection (a) not later than 180 days after the date on which the Secretary makes funds available to the organization under subsection (e) for purposes of the study.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="idBD359FE681864D18967F0857A275041D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>National security interagency system defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>national security interagency system</term> means the structures, mechanisms, and processes by which the departments, agencies, and elements of the Federal Government that have national security missions coordinate and integrate their policies, capabilities, expertise, and activities to accomplish such missions.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id77B6D7B8907A455C8002571EB9691B42"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Funding</header>
<paragraph id="id5A132ECF0C344CA5897BA54D77749C16"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 301(5) for operation and maintenance for Defense-wide activities, not more than $3,000,000 may be available to carry out this section.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id1E929B419B9F4DB687BA31FC4655BB68"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Matching funding requirement</header><text>The amount provided by the Secretary for the agreement entered into under subsection (a) may not exceed the value of contributions (whether money or in-kind contributions) obtained and provided by the organization for the study from non-government sources.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="id455EC3B6AE8E4548ABC68B70D454B616"><enum>E</enum><header>Other Matters</header>
<section id="idD4E19404E9E642E8B849432C1A958D9D"><enum>1061.</enum><header>Revised nuclear posture review</header>
<subsection id="ID0072e9457cdc436a943ae15bf10c3cb7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement for comprehensive review</header><text>In order to clarify United States nuclear deterrence policy and strategy for the near term, the Secretary of Defense shall conduct a comprehensive review of the nuclear posture of the United States for the next 5 to 10 years. The Secretary shall conduct the review in consultation with the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of State.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID3c763c8a4925448493a2e0088f942a91"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements of review</header><text>The nuclear posture review shall include the following elements:</text>
<paragraph id="ID99068960c0444ba482a7b3ab97700b8d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The role of nuclear forces in United States military strategy, planning, and programming.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDf51cee296ca14f08b768ee0f82d15c7f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The policy requirements and objectives for the United States to maintain a safe, reliable, and credible nuclear deterrence posture.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID4acc25b3ca0a434995a6c6aa58b99f01"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The relationship among United States nuclear deterrence policy, targeting strategy, and arms control objectives.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID6140850496db46c3bdffab2228f82e0f"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The role that missile defense capabilities and conventional strike forces play in determining the role and size of nuclear forces.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id53F3B4CFA65D42F998FB3EFC6C1410BD"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The levels and composition of the nuclear delivery systems that will be required for implementing the United States national and military strategy, including any plans for replacing or modifying existing systems.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDf64490e9c90941b08845722aafcbc18f"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The nuclear weapons complex that will be required for implementing the United States national and military strategy, including any plans to modernize or modify the complex.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDaacd8cae919b4767848995b944795552"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The active and inactive nuclear weapons stockpile that will be required for implementing the United States national and military strategy, including any plans for replacing or modifying warheads.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID846be4c30af04d46a4a7c82867104d35"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text>The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress, in unclassified and classified forms as necessary, a report on the results of the nuclear posture review conducted under this section. The report shall be submitted concurrently with the quadrennial defense review required to be submitted under section 118 of title 10, United States Code, in 2009.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID90adb2e4213244548639946964b9a6e3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that the nuclear posture review conducted under this section should be used as a basis for establishing future United States arms control objectives and negotiating positions.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="idBE324A6745D349E893F92E33A7DD148D"><enum>1062.</enum><header>Termination of Commission on the Implementation of the New Strategic Posture of the United States</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1051 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3431) is repealed.</text> </section>
<section changed="deleted" id="ID9C6F4085D65F481684D4F24923FFDDE2" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>1063.</enum><header>Communications with the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives</header>
<subsection id="id42AA8F9ABE194600ACE32D68E2D4D38C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requests of committees</header><text>The Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, the Director of a national intelligence center, or the head of any department, agency, or element of the intelligence community shall, not later than 15 days after receiving a request from the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate or the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives for any intelligence assessment, report, estimate, legal opinion, or other intelligence information relating to matters within the jurisdiction of such Committee, make available to such committee such assessment, report, estimate, legal opinion, or other information, as the case may be.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID7E84ADC9198542379CCE487974573316"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Assertion of Privilege</header><text>In response to a request covered by subsection (a), the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, the Director of a national intelligence center, or the head of any department, agency, or element of the intelligence community shall provide the document or information covered by such request unless the President certifies that such document or information is not being provided because the President is asserting a privilege pursuant to the Constitution of the United States.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id8E981D665B174004A4B9A96CFAB2D66A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Independent testimony of intelligence officials</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No officer, department, agency, or element within the Executive branch shall have any authority to require the head of any department, agency, or element of the intelligence community, or any designate of such a head—</text>
<paragraph id="IDd0f58f31ff9c48fe90d2400abb5a9c13"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to receive permission to testify before the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate or the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives; or</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID303f8932a7a14cb2817354d0228f1736"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to submit testimony, legislative recommendations, or comments to any officer or agency of the Executive branch for approval, comments, or review prior to the submission of such recommendations, testimony, or comments to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate or the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives if such testimony, legislative recommendations, or comments include a statement indicating that the views expressed therein are those of the head of the department, agency, or element of the intelligence community that is making the submission and do not necessarily represent the views of the Administration.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section changed="deleted" id="id363FCC4677A442CCA2BD7945D32AC7FD" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>1064.</enum><header>Repeal of standards for disqualification from issuance of security clearances by the Department of Defense</header>
<subsection id="id6510B313DF5F4426BB799C3F6D2B5A11"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text>Section 986 of title 10, United States Code, is repealed.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id188A26B1E2BA4365ABF283BB1AFFE1BD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 49 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 986.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="id228C9E20154043C49D9541512CB991D7"><enum>1065.</enum><header>Advisory panel on Department of Defense capabilities for support of civil authorities after certain incidents</header>
<subsection id="IDefb66a3b4ab143439307fc6590a05351"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Defense shall establish an advisory panel to carry out an assessment of the capabilities of the Department of Defense to provide support to United States civil authorities in the event of a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or high-yield explosive (CBRNE) incident.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="IDf30b86ab821243a6abf6205fe2988423"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Panel matters</header>
<paragraph id="id61418F3427BF4D4A8FE71A1353E9FF90"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The advisory panel required by subsection (a) shall consist of individuals appointed by the Secretary of Defense (in consultation with the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives) from among private citizens of the United States with expertise in the legal, operational, and organizational aspects of the management of the consequences of a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or high-yield explosive incident.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID2ecb44a9ecee43769bffea6f7101230f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deadline for appointment</header><text>All members of the advisory panel shall be appointed under this subsection not later than 30 days after the date on which the Secretary enters into the contract required by subsection (c).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID1c32bd86e48049d8bbdac7700161cec4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Initial meeting</header><text>The advisory panel shall conduct its first meeting not later than 30 days after the date that all appointments to the panel have been made under this subsection.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID22370a9b69e9481cb2ed0a9dbca73562"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Procedures</header><text>The advisory panel shall carry out its duties under this section under procedures established under subsection (c) by the federally funded research and development center with which the Secretary contracts under that subsection. Such procedures shall include procedures for the selection of a chairman of the advisory panel from among its members.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id04A1DAEED83E4B42BC5E3C66BCBCE7B0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Support of federally funded research and development center</header>
<paragraph id="idAE3FC42C009E4D28A4D5A251B1EFF4B2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Defense shall enter into a contract with a federally funded research and development center for the provision of support and assistance to the advisory panel required by subsection (a) in carrying out its duties under this section. Such support and assistance shall include the establishment of the procedures of the advisory panel under subsection (b)(4).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id540C9D0845E54D84ABA6582AABBD5FD9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deadline for contract</header><text>The Secretary shall enter into the contract required by this subsection not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="IDe13b77d36c19495fa75a45a5a6cbb649"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Duties of panel</header><text>The advisory panel required by subsection (a) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="ID90bae648aa814375be8bfba8816f641c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>evaluate the authorities and capabilities of the Department of Defense to conduct operations in support to United States civil authorities in the event of a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or high-yield explosive incident, including the authorities and capabilities of the military departments, the Defense Agencies, the combatant commands, any supporting commands, and the reserve components of the Armed Forces (including the National Guard in a Federal and non-Federal status);</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID7e83488c120a4257bdd375a97fd7b0e2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>assess the adequacy of existing plans and programs of the Department of Defense for training and equipping dedicated, special, and general purposes forces for conducting operations described in paragraph (1) across a broad spectrum of scenarios, including current National Planning Scenarios as applicable;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID56293d78671e4f21bf212429b7382503"><enum>(3)</enum><text>assess policies, directives, and plans of the Department of Defense in support of civilian authorities in managing the consequences of a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or high-yield explosive incident;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID7c465e6dbcfa4b31939a1bcbdb18da4c"><enum>(4)</enum><text>assess the adequacy of policies and structures of the Department of Defense for coordination with other department and agencies of the Federal Government, especially the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Energy, the Department of Justice, and the Department of Health and Human Services, in the provision of support described in paragraph (1);</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDa061088a9fdf4ef8bf4cd6dd3f838d81"><enum>(5)</enum><text>assess the adequacy and currency of information available to the Department of Defense, whether directly or through other departments and agencies of the Federal Government, from State and local governments in circumstances where the Department provides support described in paragraph (1) because State and local response capabilities are not fully adequate for a comprehensive response;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idE1AECB2E97A8473BB5177DAF41547097"><enum>(6)</enum><text>assess the equipment capabilities and needs of the Department of Defense to provide support described in paragraph (1); and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDa78eccef8ea54f8ca6512d8d67e4376e"><enum>(7)</enum><text>develop recommendations for modifying the capabilities, plans, policies, equipment, and structures evaluated or assessed under this subsection in order to improve the provision by the Department of Defense of the support described in paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID4701125c473f4981848d29d1347efb11"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Cooperation of other agencies</header>
<paragraph id="id66D54B69988D45E8BD18453CF39AD835"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The advisory panel required by subsection (a) may secure directly from the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Energy, the Department of Justice, the Department of Health and Human Services, and any other department or agency of the Federal Government information that the panel considers necessary for the panel to carry out its duties.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idEA35BCEEB6454F6B82DD331A85E75F32"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cooperation</header><text>The Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Secretary, the Secretary of Energy, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and any other official of the United States shall provide the advisory panel with full and timely cooperation in carrying out its duties under this section.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID5cdb50bec4b1440fbb023f74f3976665"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 12 months after the date of the initial meeting of the advisory panel required by subsection (a), the advisory panel shall submit to the Secretary of Defense, and to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, a report on activities under this section. The report shall set forth—</text>
<paragraph id="id470306C99F5546379AF596AFD6876430"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the advisory panel for improving the capabilities of the Department of Defense to provide support to United States civil authorities in the event of a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or high-yield explosive incident; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id34A4AA6D71754363B6797E68AC905948"><enum>(2)</enum><text>such other findings, conclusions, and recommendations for improving the capabilities of the Department for homeland defense as the advisory panel considers appropriate.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H204B8195E87743FB845E2BA24102DC2"><enum>1066.</enum><header>Sense of Congress on the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="HD3D0260638C64E39B3520888CD00168B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the education and training facility of the Department of Defense known as the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation has the mission of providing professional education and training to eligible military personnel, law enforcement officials, and civilians of nations of the Western Hemisphere that support the democratic principles set forth in the Charter of the Organization of American States, while fostering mutual knowledge, transparency, confidence, and cooperation among the participating nations and promoting democratic values and respect for human rights; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8D6EB1A3A40441199CD7177DC01FF780"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">therefore, the Institute is an invaluable education and training facility which continues to foster a spirit of partnership and interoperability among the United States military and the militaries of participating nations.</text> </paragraph></section>
<section id="id4B03D8AA7AA54F3F9174EE2F3AC174EA"><enum>1067.</enum><header>Technical amendments to title 10, United States Code, arising from enactment of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004</header>
<subsection id="idA6E3523FA7DF4773A1DBCEB81BA2121D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>References to head of intelligence community</header>
<paragraph id="idFA04E2D6027B41DE8FCCD05812DB763B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>References</header><text>Title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>Director of Central Intelligence</quote> each place it appears in the following provisions and inserting <quote>Director of National Intelligence</quote>:</text>
<subparagraph id="idB6A83AEA06694E6992BFB16B5BA57CEF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Section 192(c)(2).</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id09402A1130DE4441B1218345E4D61152"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Section 193.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id99C2DB1164134103A71C196384061A89"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Section 201(a).</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id1E52BCD3A8C34F8BB4CB4C15367DE824"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Section 201(c)(1).</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idD43D27626E424A689FBA2ED6F804F4FF"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Section 425(a).</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id959C98FC76154768B122B6DA27FE21FA"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Section 426.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id83A91391F4C24578949C726835616E04"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Section 441.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idAD9FFE25F57F426FA4173A6C7F9A172D"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Section 443(d).</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id020AE244B0C34223BC319D8B294387D1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Section 2273(b)(1).</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id0CAD2D7620C644C2A4A258AA2A22D4CC"><enum>(J)</enum><text>Section 2723(a).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idBD1CC9F524604208AC36E33A309B29D0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Caption amendments</header><text>Title 10, United States Code, is further amended by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="USC">Director of Central Intelligence</header-in-text></quote> each place it appears in the heading of the following provisions and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="USC">Director of National Intelligence</header-in-text></quote>:</text>
<subparagraph id="id37E9349F1F3841AA85D23FC7A012058B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Section 441(c).</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id20B77C6D82DD4C47859851BCB0B9577D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Section 443(d).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id4387C47AB8794DDB81EE4E0341868084"><enum>(b)</enum><header>References to head of Central Intelligence Agency</header><text>Title 10, United States Code, is further amended by striking <quote>Director of Central Intelligence</quote> each place it appears in the following provisions and inserting <quote>Director of the Central Intelligence Agency</quote>:</text>
<paragraph id="id3686A0D6F4F54175A750F176AB86970E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 431(b)(1).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id413D0DE4B7C94D51AF02AE42485C68C5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 444.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id556175651BD441A18D72AB785D3F87AC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 1089(g)(1).</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id3A881A7AF35D4371AEC2B65CF91C8D85"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Other amendments</header><text>Section 201 of title 10, United States Code, is further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id9459580250824E4B8150925D81D1C26D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) of subsection (b), by striking <quote>Before submitting</quote> and all that follows and inserting <quote>In the event of a vacancy in a position referred to in paragraph (2), the making by the Secretary of Defense of a recommendation to the President regarding the appointment of an individual to such position shall be governed by the provisions of section 106(b) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 403–6(b)), relating to the concurrence of the Director of National Intelligence in appointments to positions in the intelligence community.</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id5E453E1935BF442AA66D20DE09B0EC67"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by striking <quote>National Foreign Intelligence Program</quote> and inserting <quote>National Intelligence Program</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="id364855E25EFB46998D34E49401AC2285"><enum>1068.</enum><header>Establishment of National Foreign Language Coordination Council</header>
<subsection id="H37FB92B47B7F467FAC99F77C64F2E7B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established in the Executive Office of the President a National Foreign Language Coordination Council (in this section referred to as the <term>Council</term>).</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="HF1B0792715BF4EF98D839B511C4000D3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The Council shall consist of the following members or their designees:</text>
<paragraph id="HD112744E7B1D46D7BDDDF708DC5127C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The National Language Director, who shall serve as the chairperson of the Council.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB7EECD7A5BEB415F9156EDA398AAD09B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Secretary of Education.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBADB825E290642DBA5D5FA18E5F998DE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Secretary of Defense.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFB9CFD915DB64827AA2BF6CBEC00B8B5"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Secretary of State.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8B921480469649B68DF2B7AAC79DBE6B"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2132FC70591C4F66B1BA41D23F5255E8"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The Attorney General.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2490A2B34DC7450D86CB6D3F27FD5CD6"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The Director of National Intelligence.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0CB5A8251C6D45E688E8A133B0D39D81"><enum>(8)</enum><text>The Secretary of Labor.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF1C91271571945A885B41300156EC644"><enum>(9)</enum><text>The Director of the Office of Personnel Management.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H176AEBC2F5B54BEEB9017D7B88A0FF2B"><enum>(10)</enum><text>The Director of the Office of Management and Budget.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC432E2FFE19045AF8C54145FB1E9517F"><enum>(11)</enum><text>The Secretary of Commerce.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HADFB7120D9FC49FA875FE9005882DFDC"><enum>(12)</enum><text>The Secretary of Health and Human Services.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF0ACC4D56477448DABB5F27B422CE86"><enum>(13)</enum><text>The Secretary of the Treasury.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD2BC252303C24924A23177A5CA20650"><enum>(14)</enum><text>The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1A160088DBAB499C004486A000EB7D8B"><enum>(15)</enum><text>The Secretary of Agriculture.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2AF68C0FF467440C858894D9BC15254B"><enum>(16)</enum><text>The Chairman and President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H551D3394DB0E4A9DA6E200703B1EB073"><enum>(17)</enum><text>The heads of such other Federal agencies as the Council considers appropriate.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H322217667FCE45988018C050FA00965C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header>
<paragraph id="H04DC2E01276F4EEAA9BB83FFEC556054"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Council shall be charged with—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6FB26258EE074B159F62E2D0AAB62E12"><enum>(A)</enum><text>overseeing, coordinating, and implementing the National Security Language Initiative;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4F86AABA867D405BA900C83EADF47C05"><enum>(B)</enum><text>developing a national foreign language strategy, building upon the efforts of the National Security Language Initiative, within 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, in consultation with—</text>
<clause id="H7283FAE9877D44B396853C35F92BD129"><enum>(i)</enum><text>State and local government agencies;</text> </clause>
<clause id="H348A74B8200B460499589647C2DCD35"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>academic sector institutions;</text> </clause>
<clause id="HCA9F3DD865AC4B48B9E425908736B6B3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>foreign language related interest groups;</text> </clause>
<clause id="H0C263DE723734F06AE21898100C8118"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>business associations;</text> </clause>
<clause id="HFD85CCB3771343169069980624ACB1F4"><enum>(v)</enum><text>industry;</text> </clause>
<clause id="HAEC481818A534F46B507C35E9B3636D1"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>heritage associations; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="HAF617C3A08464CAEBA07A5C1CAE2DE3"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>other relevant stakeholders;</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF9BC708646974CA6877D8CF4E31536EF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>conducting a survey of the status of Federal agency foreign language and area expertise and agency needs for such expertise; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H458A2960629D4BB49E4E894C024237DC"><enum>(D)</enum><text>monitoring the implementation of such strategy through—</text>
<clause id="HC90215C463AD4358ABCA1BBD30DB28A7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>application of current and recently enacted laws; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="HE4986E0AD5644ABCB3DAB4EB73F5B130"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the promulgation and enforcement of rules and regulations.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9292F42E49134863858CCBEAF271AA9B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Strategy content</header><text>The strategy developed under paragraph (1) shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="idE67F5C9357B24F1184E7CC63693DCAD6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>recommendations for amendments to title 5, United States Code, in order to improve the ability of the Federal Government to recruit and retain individuals with foreign language proficiency and provide foreign language training for Federal employees;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4FBEBBA6C2724D50816C0059A08D42AD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the long term goals, anticipated effect, and needs of the National Security Language Initiative;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5E2D63A801A94F15A09F51C0C141EAF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>identification of crucial priorities across all sectors;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H15184DEF86E7412EA6006293EE7DCE52"><enum>(D)</enum><text>identification and evaluation of Federal foreign language programs and activities, including—</text>
<clause id="HCED05254348B4AAA9EEA018FEC5D3460"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any duplicative or overlapping programs that may impede efficiency;</text> </clause>
<clause id="HCD3143E3E3D948F99B3D412C3EA38F85"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>recommendations on coordination;</text> </clause>
<clause id="H42732A9F787A415CB4802977D58873F5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>program enhancements; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="HB0AF2AAB7119498684FCC49174E5100"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>allocation of resources so as to maximize use of resources;</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H51864C5352B14DAAA317C5DBF9C15886"><enum>(E)</enum><text>needed national policies and corresponding legislative and regulatory actions in support of, and allocation of designated resources to, promising programs and initiatives at all levels (Federal, State, and local), especially in the less commonly taught languages that are seen as critical for national security and global competitiveness during the next 20 to 50 years;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0DA38C7FD91844D0A9990323652799AA"><enum>(F)</enum><text>effective ways to increase public awareness of the need for foreign language skills and career paths in all sectors that can employ those skills, with the objective of increasing support for foreign language study among—</text>
<clause id="HBFA9814FB23F4903AE67DEDFB217E38"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Federal, State, and local leaders;</text> </clause>
<clause id="HDF25933F0AC94FE985A48DDFFA7F7769"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>students;</text> </clause>
<clause id="HC59B4C12E093441F827370AECFEBB9FB"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>parents;</text> </clause>
<clause id="H4FD996303BDE43158752E8EFC43F435D"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>elementary, secondary, and postsecondary educational institutions; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="H42FA97EDB62B44C8A23F8FC7A093BCF0"><enum>(v)</enum><text>employers;</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H129C7405CC714549B6B2577687DF1FB3"><enum>(G)</enum><text>recommendations for incentives for related educational programs, including foreign language teacher training;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB8523F16FA1248F584F8378E3FCD81AE"><enum>(H)</enum><text>coordination of cross-sector efforts, including public-private partnerships;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0760E992B9EB4250AEEE5BF1DA537C83"><enum>(I)</enum><text>coordination initiatives to develop a strategic posture for language research and recommendations for funding for applied foreign language research into issues of national concern;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDA6D47CF188E480800D565CC1BB1F431"><enum>(J)</enum><text>recommendations for assistance for—</text>
<clause id="H45EE094A1A8647CD9C4BED00906FFF92"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the development of foreign language achievement standards; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="HDABA6201D87245CFA5FE31053C0366AC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>corresponding assessments for the elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education levels, including the National Assessment of Educational Progress in foreign languages;</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6D64F705205349A683B67377250538C9"><enum>(K)</enum><text>recommendations for development of—</text>
<clause id="H15237C76A54C4E078C5C872EC5D99D49"><enum>(i)</enum><text>language skill-level certification standards;</text> </clause>
<clause id="H0C6BFA9867D746488866C700FDCC66D9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>frameworks for pre-service and professional development study for those who teach foreign language;</text> </clause>
<clause id="H05F2B4CA24BB4B5AB37B951630D92442"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>suggested graduation criteria for foreign language studies and appropriate non-language studies, such as—</text>
<subclause id="H20B60F8F85F14486BF00E16F00EFBF7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>international business;</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="H51C8A37D6F5F4190007CE6F9C10028B6"><enum>(II)</enum><text>national security;</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="H06F2F910CBB14BB199C400E65B2774EA"><enum>(III)</enum><text>public administration;</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="H00BBAEE6696B4F7E96C700BB20A31060"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>health care;</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="HC3726C9A9D664D4D8970413F70D8C7B7"><enum>(V)</enum><text>engineering;</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="HEDAB30845C0D40F18C148D74A44200EC"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>law;</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="H6427B3C92CF846DB8F76CE6FED311691"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>journalism; and</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="HB1A163142E334D7BA576C5021FD59291"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text>sciences;</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA105CF96B43A42359D7397C2E284B19"><enum>(L)</enum><text>identification of and means for replicating best practices at all levels and in all sectors, including best practices from the international community; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H103A180432234E11858FBD77821E1BD9"><enum>(M)</enum><text>recommendations for overcoming barriers in foreign language proficiency.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7B3A44415B414793B33BEA907E389E15"><enum>(3)</enum><header>National Security Language Initiative</header><text>The term <term>National Security Language Initiative</term> means the comprehensive national plan of the President announced on January 5, 2006, and under the direction of the Secretaries of State, Education, and Defense and the Director of National Intelligence to expand foreign language education for national security purposes in the United States.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H832202870CBD495BB5DE2398B67EAC43"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Submission of strategy to President and Congress</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this section, the Council shall prepare and transmit to the President and the relevant committees of Congress the strategy required under subsection (c).</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="H719FB2D5D171408F9099F3D9B43C5ED"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Meetings</header><text>The Council may hold such meetings, and sit and act at such times and places, as the Council considers appropriate, but shall meet in formal session at least 2 times a year. State and local government agencies and other organizations (such as academic sector institutions, foreign language-related interest groups, business associations, industry, and heritage community organizations) shall be invited, as appropriate, to public meetings of the Council at least once a year.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="HB3D0F0A72FAD43F7B526D316729D63DF"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Staff</header>
<paragraph id="H4EFAC14BB2004803ADED8B303BD4BD67"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Director may—</text>
<subparagraph id="H63D2E24EDC7B4B4FB8DB24ACDBBEB397"><enum>(A)</enum><text>appoint, without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing the competitive service, such personnel as the Director considers necessary; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H92895B78DFEF4CEF89CCA3FA18DD3EEB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>compensate such personnel without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of that title.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H11C93AE610364CD1BCE8A76521029113"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Detail of government employees</header><text>Upon request of the Council, any Federal Government employee may be detailed to the Council without reimbursement, and such detail shall be without interruption or loss of civil service status or privilege</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0FB3703F32964989BA3781CB8389B2A1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Experts and consultants</header><text>With the approval of the Council, the Director may procure temporary and intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7E0139A492CD47F993FC7DA377B39FFE"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Travel expenses</header><text>Council members and staff 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 their homes or regular places of business in the performance of services for the Council.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4C752B4514BA46659E50FA38B841FE61"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Security clearance</header>
<subparagraph id="H081E8CAEFF2C4757A55FA28283438E5E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), the appropriate Federal agencies or departments shall cooperate with the Council in expeditiously providing to the Council members and staff appropriate security clearances to the extent possible pursuant to existing procedures and requirements.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H399B2500A0C74219BD4C7D73CA09A1DF"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>No person shall be provided with access to classified information under this section without the appropriate required security clearance access.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA45922FEBE814FCB81008C6733E52680"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Compensation</header><text>The rate of pay for any employee of the Council (including the Director) may not exceed the rate payable for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States Code.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HD63BA6ACF01947539E3F6100AAC20774"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Powers</header>
<paragraph id="H4C89086E8EC849A0AD83F2F3101990D4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Delegation</header><text>Any member or employee of the Council may, if authorized by the Council, take any action that the Council is authorized to take in this section.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF5435A0239594EAABBC79B4F84836640"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Information</header>
<subparagraph id="HAFFAA3AE19314B5ABFDABA21D62EBF9F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Council authority to secure</header><text>The Council may secure directly from any Federal agency such information, consistent with Federal privacy laws, including The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g) and Department of Education's General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232(h)), the Council considers necessary to carry out its responsibilities.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFC62667A0F094E198164A90687241D0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirement to furnish requested information</header><text>Upon request of the Director, the head of such agency shall furnish such information to the Council.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8E184A35B0CF4A188ED1AB01FF58DE1F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Donations</header><text>The Council may accept, use, and dispose of gifts or donations of services or property.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCEF5DD76D2684BA2A6A3F907B4FDC85"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Mail</header><text>The Council may use the United States mail in the same manner and under the same conditions as other Federal agencies.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H1A2793A4528B49B3BDD062F7BCAF4645"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Conferences, newsletter, and website</header><text>In carrying out this section, the Council—</text>
<paragraph id="H0334A366660D42BEB47875465471A200"><enum>(1)</enum><text>may arrange Federal, regional, State, and local conferences for the purpose of developing and coordinating effective programs and activities to improve foreign language education;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDAE1CF88F7AD4454B6E19BAC476444F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>may publish a newsletter concerning Federal, State, and local programs that are effectively meeting the foreign language needs of the nation; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC0BFECD9E34F483F84008FBCA468C53"><enum>(3)</enum><text>shall create and maintain a website containing information on the Council and its activities, best practices on language education, and other relevant information.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HD968916AF02145FA00CD73974F635F4"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Annual Report</header>
<paragraph id="H0ABC5AA4816743778599433614FDE05"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Council shall prepare and transmit to the President and the relevant committees of Congress a report that describes—</text>
<subparagraph id="H66085B371F954ADC80CB572B99FE46AB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the activities of the Council;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2C00FAE494A848BFB18800015EC30060"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the efforts of the Council to improve foreign language education and training; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1B6C2E1D528146099BC08400095148A5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>impediments to the use of a National Foreign Language program, including any statutory and regulatory restrictions.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H444AF40B52724176BADD19387FCBB333"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Relevant Committees</header><text>For purposes of paragraph (1), the relevant committees of Congress include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H79422A5E078A417AB86DC254A59EC211"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the House of Representatives—</text>
<clause id="HE345746174C24FFD001EAE8E9D624B76"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Committee on Appropriations;</text> </clause>
<clause id="H011652BD97C94B19B7539B326DAA2719"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Committee on Armed Services;</text> </clause>
<clause id="HE43749BEE56C452D92A400BEC5E52D07"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Committee on Education and Labor;</text> </clause>
<clause id="HCA02A9E22D27491EB7A05881874D228F"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform;</text> </clause>
<clause id="HC0AB8E517E7C46948E6DB423FC66BB8B"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the Committee on Small Business;</text> </clause>
<clause id="id9EC1FB0FB11E415D8D8F8352E6AB7771"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the Committee on Foreign Affairs; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="id3A6346170DB34DA0964EBC09963313D3"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence;</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2163B2866B864A93A700F645A87032D0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the Senate—</text>
<clause id="HC34EE18563D14423A51582BED83DB333"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Committee on Appropriations;</text> </clause>
<clause id="HBD6AEA88FF6643FE929E3F2C69AAD13"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Committee on Armed Services;</text> </clause>
<clause id="HC89CD5F41BA04A318D7EC02DC00006F3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions;</text> </clause>
<clause id="HDDE2291E736E4CF0929187FBDA817748"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs;</text> </clause>
<clause id="id8A3A2B1DCE764EED84D874133192FDBF"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the Committee on Foreign Relations; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="idCF778944C3B143CEAB0AD504D5AA65D0"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the Select Committee on Intelligence.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H8C02BE0416584DCEACC8FD2435A38DB"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Establishment of a National Language Director</header>
<paragraph id="H3BDE895D70294A96AF3F2380D6654C6D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is established a National Language Director who shall be appointed by the President. The National Language Director shall be a nationally recognized individual with credentials and abilities across the sectors to be involved with creating and implementing long-term solutions to achieving national foreign language and cultural competency.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA859721D27564ABDAE5F41BCD2E525CF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>The National Language Director shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAFEFB15BB77B464DAA777E2B362C43D9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>develop and monitor the implementation of a national foreign language strategy, built upon the efforts of the National Security Language Initiative, across all sectors;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6339358CD18C419B93B358ACFEF7B279"><enum>(B)</enum><text>establish formal relationships among the major stakeholders in meeting the needs of the Nation for improved capabilities in foreign languages and cultural understanding, including Federal, State, and local government agencies, academia, industry, labor, and heritage communities; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDB3616F540174A6F921B24B45C03C7E2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>coordinate and lead a public information campaign that raises awareness of public and private sector careers requiring foreign language skills and cultural understanding, with the objective of increasing interest in and support for the study of foreign languages among national leaders, the business community, local officials, parents, and individuals.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H1FFC9B8A6B36422400C414504619AD2C"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Encouragement of state involvement</header>
<paragraph id="H95F76D97E36A448900D7A3905AE1922"><enum>(1)</enum><header>State contact persons</header><text>The Council shall consult with each State to provide for the designation by each State of an individual to serve as a State contact person for the purpose of receiving and disseminating information and communications received from the Council.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA77FA717DFCC4F46AD34B936129687B9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State interagency councils and lead agencies</header><text>Each State is encouraged to establish a State interagency council on foreign language coordination or designate a lead agency for the State for the purpose of assuming primary responsibility for coordinating and interacting with the Council and State and local government agencies as necessary.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HF5E43F8B19A143FB8BF540C5CD2F7FAB"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Congressional notification</header><text>The Council shall provide to Congress such information as may be requested by Congress, through reports, briefings, and other appropriate means.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="idA0A10B1C9E7C4B57938021919DB6A0FD"><enum>1069.</enum><header>Qualifications for public aircraft status of aircraft under contract with the Armed Forces</header>
<subsection id="id3A0DF3502CB643B88AE783C560702C6C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of public aircraft</header><text>Section 40102(a)(41)(E) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id1D0F2D4BAEAE420FAF810765648B20B4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or an operational support service</quote> after <quote>transportation</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id7A21470A756746A3AF0D27CC351E8176"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new sentence: <quote>The term <term>an operational support service</term> means a mission performed by an aircraft operator that uses fixed or rotary winged aircraft to provide a service other than transportation.</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id7C7C41A703BE4C80BE47CF89D3FB0E83"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Armed forces operational mission</header><text>Section 40125(c) of such title is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idCC68287E58EC4E8C9AA87F091267BA79"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(C), by inserting <quote>or an operational support service</quote> after <quote>transportation</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id8C3B5E9E20DC49DBA45D689AFD55A06F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="id0C6AE7BF790340D2BD1F5F0AAAFB8A31"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Compliance with Federal aviation regulations</header><text>If the Secretary of Defense (or the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating) does not make a designation under paragraph (1)(C) with regard to a chartered aircraft, the transportation or operational support service provided to the armed forces by such aircraft shall be in compliance with the Federal Aviation Regulations under title 14, Code of Federal Regulations.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idC8D0053E2A7C433B8561F5CF83C8DC85"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Technical corrections</header>
<paragraph id="idF11C6790458D42C7BB3E6E079E55B0E2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 40125(b) of such title is amended by striking <quote>40102(a)(37)</quote> and inserting <quote>40102(a)(41)</quote>.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id870480F3665F4C908825813B315BB0EA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 40125(c)(1) of such title is amended by striking <quote>40102(a)(37)(E)</quote> appears and inserting <quote>40102(a)(41)(E)</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle>
<enum>XI</enum><header>CIVILIAN PERSONNEL MATTERS</header>
<section id="idF850BBB1F0AE44AD9152F01F30EF355E"><enum>1101.</enum><header>Compensation of Federal wage system employees for certain travel hours</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5544(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended in the third sentence in the matter following paragraph (3) by inserting <quote>, including travel by the employee to such event and the return of the employee from such event to the employee's official duty station,</quote> after <quote>event</quote>.</text> </section>
<section id="id2787F2A6E6F24541B2097E289A0448E1"><enum>1102.</enum><header>Retirement service credit for service as cadet or midshipman at a military service academy</header>
<subsection id="idEC245E301D3A48B7BB37A89549A23E6B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Civil Service Retirement System</header><text>Section 8331(13) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>but</quote> and inserting <quote>and includes service as a cadet at the United States Military Academy, the United States Air Force Academy, or the United States Coast Guard Academy, or as a midshipman at the United States Naval Academy, but</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="idDE50897C5EE14B309A80C6C72D8D2837"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Federal Employees' Retirement System</header><text>Section 8401(31) of such title is amended by striking <quote>but</quote> and inserting <quote>and includes service as a cadet at the United States Military Academy, the United States Air Force Academy, or the United States Coast Guard Academy, or as a midshipman at the United States Naval Academy, but</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id5474519574164B52AC52B6EFA13DC75A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to—</text>
<paragraph id="idCE550DE5307049C5AB7EBA19AF3A03A4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any annuity, eligibility for which is based upon a separation occurring before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id34F185A4FB6B4FCFA33C55FD98F471BB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any period of service as a cadet at the United States Military Academy, the United States Air Force Academy, or the United States Coast Guard Academy, or as a midshipman at the United States Naval Academy, occurring before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="ID8B24108B9BA34115A5E406E0C780DF80"><enum>1103.</enum><header>Continuation of life insurance coverage for Federal employees called to active duty</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8706(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="ID704D39468745403392333AFF11BCDF39" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>In the case of an employee enrolled in life insurance under this chapter who is a member of a reserve component of the armed forces called or ordered to active duty, is placed on leave without pay to perform active duty pursuant to such call or order, and serves on active duty pursuant to such call or order for a period of more than 30 consecutive days, the life insurance of the employee under this chapter may continue for up to 24 months after discontinuance of pay by reason of the performance of such active duty.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section id="idEC3BB412678E446AABD8AE045AE80528"><enum>1104.</enum><header>Department of Defense National Security Personnel System</header>
<subsection id="id8F59446388F946FFAD4E870D2D1BCEAD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Exclusion of wage-grade employees</header><text>Subsection (b) of section 9902 of title 5, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idF3F8D94633D94EDF8515084BC90A00B4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) as paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), respectively; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idB197DBBFB8E3430AB60AA698DB460C8C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph (4):</text>
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<paragraph id="id7B91425CFC9E4A3A8FA1DEA746E3BD45"><enum>(4)</enum><text>not apply to any prevailing rate employees, as defined in section 5342(a)(2);</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idD04933064F25420B861812D0A4F7E327"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clarification of requirements regarding labor-management relations</header>
<paragraph id="id7CA27EB5271D446D9E7E5BE2A807E0CA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Such section is further amended by striking subsection (m).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id83093051BA8E4DB4ACAB1EAC686A3A9D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text>Such section is further amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="id6DC77B43C0B84E1BB744C6B2BF479137"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (f)(1)(D)(i), by inserting <quote>subject to the requirements of chapter 71,</quote> before <quote>develop a method</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id3AD1DC23984F41CEBB5D426472C62965"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (g)(2)—</text>
<clause id="idE8116EBC6D4E4B19A22CFAE3DA4072B7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </clause>
<clause id="id430C48387C3A4272B3A760A2A050EE01"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a period; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="id700529313541490E82C2B05DC52B0475"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (D).</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id27D26391281947188EF1FB00E8937E84"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Construction of pay establishment or adjustment</header><text>Subsection (e) of such section is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="id9E86705E95654F059CD90A24875C0FD3" indent="up1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Any rate of pay established or adjusted in accordance with the requirements of this section shall be a matter covered by section 7103(a)(14)(C) of this title.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="ID178F6D4F8AB747AB8291F6A650D85FB7"><enum>1105.</enum><header>Authority to waive limitation on premium pay for Federal civilian employees working overseas under areas of United States Central Command</header>
<subsection id="ID6BCADE18209F465D8077207CEEAA4EEC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Waiver Authority</header>
<paragraph id="id0358685FF94B468E99A08725947EA342"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding section 5547 of title 5, United States Code, during 2008, the head of an Executive agency (as that term is defined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code) may waive limitations on total compensation, including limitations on the aggregate of basic pay and premium pay payable in a calendar year, to an employee who performs work while in an overseas location that is in the area of responsibility of the Commander of the United States Central Command in direct support of, or directly related to—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID836BE624D02647B18086296D4CEE6CC0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a military operation, including a contingency operation; or</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID0759F4968AC64134AEF4C66926E0E53C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an operation in response to a declared emergency.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idC51C2A90263C4D0297942D5608957771"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The total compensation payable to an employee pursuant to a waiver under this subsection in a calendar year may not exceed $212,100.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID567BDCF39966447CA3F35C9194F6C2B0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional Pay Not Considered Basic Pay</header><text>To the extent that a waiver under subsection (a) results in payment of additional premium pay of a type that is normally creditable as basic pay for retirement or any other purpose, such additional pay shall not be considered to be basic pay for any purpose, nor shall such additional pay be used in computing a lump-sum payment for accumulated and accrued annual leave under section 5551 of title 5, United States Code.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID338677278998410EAFDAD421BEAEFF34"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The Director of the Office of Personnel Management may prescribe regulations to ensure appropriate consistency among heads of Executive agencies in the exercise of the authority granted by this section.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="id923600AD2B5A412C871CDF5E775B83CD"><enum>1106.</enum><header>Authority for inclusion of certain Office of Defense Research and Engineering positions in experimental personnel program for scientific and technical personnel</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1101(b)(1) of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (5 U.S.C. 3104 note) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id718C7AD3B65F406DAB9FA685E2252632"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id4B242760DC05417D9B5908A1C0C845FC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idCFA1BF4B08E84CEBB3075C6D12D5240C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding after subparagraph (C) the following new subparagraph (D):</text>
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<subparagraph id="id10533B21B8344C20BE0A9E106F3D7874"><enum>(D)</enum><text>not more than a total of 20 scientific and engineering positions in the Office of the Director of Defense Research and Engineering;</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section>
<enum>XII</enum><header>MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN NATIONS</header>
<subtitle id="id25E57EB1E72344EA95C0982C80FF41B1"><enum>A</enum><header>Assistance and Training</header>
<section id="IDE38045F9BBF74863ADA2AE5947B61F1D"><enum>1201.</enum><header>Authority to equip and train foreign personnel to assist in accounting for missing United States personnel</header>
<subsection id="id2F6CB25548184E1BB9E62258B322D0BE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Chapter 20 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
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<section id="idED0EB400B2B34FFABB3B233274591DDB"><enum>408.</enum><header>Equipment and training of foreign personnel to assist in Department of Defense accounting for missing United States personnel</header>
<subsection id="IDB67A8F5D449F4C00981BEE05D5D015BC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text>The Secretary of Defense may, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, provide assistance to any foreign nation to assist the Department of Defense with recovery of and accounting for missing United States personnel.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="IDD5288CE5FA9748B2A96FF3FBA95691E7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Types of Assistance</header><text>The assistance provided under subsection (a) may include the following:</text>
<paragraph id="ID4AD7C757BBAB45FE9AC34F9ACF34BB4C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Equipment.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDB982AF7D7EB34BB7910C7F564FF6EC6B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Supplies.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID62D42D6D870741BB84101C4183CA670C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Services.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID9E497E7078BF485F85713200F7E3E381"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Training of personnel.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="IDFA5D187CFB38498E89CA72DA4037C797"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The amount of assistance provided under this section in any fiscal year may not exceed $1,000,000.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="IDC4384CBAB77D44138753C7F459B44EBC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Construction With Other Assistance</header><text>The authority to provide assistance under this section is in addition to any other authority to provide assistance to foreign nations under law.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="idCC246A94ABEC4429A14DA88049113805"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Annual reports</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id700EEA27FD6244A5B1485B34A6895DFF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Not later than December 31 each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the assistance provided under this section during the fiscal year ending in such year.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id383AD944397843EA9BD0409DAB3383CC" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Each report under paragraph (1) shall include, for the fiscal year covered by such report, the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="id2C0D470A001745DCA5261EF3471BE1B0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A statement of each foreign nation provided assistance under this section.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id9F9AA069CADF4CC5B9928DD47DE84F7A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>For each nation so provided assistance, a description of the type and amount of such assistance.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection id="idAD2BDD43BFF6461094CC3259BC892788"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 20 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text>
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<toc-entry idref="idED0EB400B2B34FFABB3B233274591DDB" level="section">408. Equipment and training of foreign personnel to assist in Department of Defense accounting for missing United States personnel.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection id="idFBA242E796344B0BBEF4148B6589458C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2007.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="idFE54CF6570314D3199DC63C745FD5F20"><enum>1202.</enum><header>Extension and enhancement of authority for security and stabilization assistance</header>
<subsection id="id95AEE1D6824640A090D5767FD5D53F04"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Increase in amount of authorized assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (b) of section 1207 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3458) is amended by striking <quote>$100,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$200,000,000</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id79D4D8CE51CC4412A516D78716D3104F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Program for assistance</header><text>Such section is further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id877EF5A2ADAE467E9651C946A0FA578F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (d), (e), and (f) as subsection (e), (f), and (g), respectively; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id1A29CA8E29674E039A83CB01F0B290D2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection (d):</text>
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<subsection id="id50C0BC3D11DC4B85AAFC3247AA786457"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Formulation and implementation of program for assistance</header><text>The Secretary of State shall coordinate with the Secretary of Defense in the formulation and implementation of a program of reconstruction, security, or stabilization assistance to a foreign country that involves the provision of services or transfer of defense articles or funds under subsection (a).</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id6D6D43AB99B945B9975E5CAD1824A3B7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>One-year extension</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (g) of such section, as redesignated by subsection (b) of this section, is amended by striking <quote>September 30, 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>September 30, 2008</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id05A62019E1C442C39CA59E4AD516129A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2007.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="idAF73C03BF9B943B39050777DB672CB6B"><enum>1203.</enum><header>Commanders’ Emergency Response Program</header>
<subsection id="IDA7DF2D078A3245C08ADE30F008794563"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority for Fiscal Year 2008</header><text>During fiscal year 2008, from funds made available to the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance for such fiscal year, not to exceed $977,441,000 may be used by the Secretary of Defense in such fiscal year to provide funds—</text>
<paragraph id="IDEDAEF7A1619A4DC58BDC2917113CB1A0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for the Commanders’ Emergency Response Program in Iraq for the purpose of enabling United States military commanders in Iraq to respond to urgent humanitarian relief and reconstruction requirements within their areas of responsibility by carrying out programs that will immediately assist the Iraqi people; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID2829B66F2D36467DB7CA3CDBC3585ABC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for a similar program to assist the people of Afghanistan.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID7A98A11E548C4E848DEA4719ADE41548"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Waiver Authority</header><text>For purposes of exercising the authority provided by this section or any other provision of law making funds available for the Commanders’ Emergency Response Program in Iraq or any similar program to assist the people of Afghanistan, the Secretary may waive any provision of law not contained in this section that would (but for the waiver) prohibit, restrict, limit, or otherwise constrain the exercise of that authority.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID01A0153E1BC849B6BE81B761B3557443"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Quarterly Reports</header><text>Not later than 15 days after the end of each fiscal-year quarter of fiscal year 2008, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report regarding the source of funds and the allocation and use of funds during that quarter that were made available pursuant to the authority provided in this section or under any other provision of law for the purposes of the programs referred to in subsection (a).</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID09B8C33F54304F8981925D8CB8A341D5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Submittal of modifications of guidance</header><text>In the event any modification is made after the date of the enactment of this Act in the guidance issued to the Armed Forces by the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) on February 18, 2005, concerning the allocation of funds through the Commanders’ Emergency Response Program in Iraq and any similar program to assist the people of Afghanistan, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a copy of such modification not later than 15 days after the date of such modification.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="ID83b59f2efb374ea696a54017dc111c17"><enum>1204.</enum><header>Government Accountability Office report on Global Peace Operations Initiative</header>
<subsection id="idCC3C1506F89D4595BD22BFAFE9AFB91C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report required</header><text>Not later than March 1, 2008, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the congressional defense committees, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report assessing the Global Peace Operations Initiative.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id983031796A2C4F73ACF3123C3C23010B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Content</header><text>The report required under subsection (a) shall include the following:</text>
<paragraph id="IDebc44757709a4eb393e28242a987c3b5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An assessment of whether, and to what extent, the Global Peace Operations Initiative has met the goals set by the President at the inception of the program in 2004.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id798201023E6B47A7BA5154E8BE2D9CF9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Which goals, if any, remain unfulfilled.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id608D64F4803342C78DB2896C9B17CCC5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A description of activities conducted by each member state of the Group of Eight (G–8), including the approximate cost of the activities, and the approximate percentage of the total monetary value of the activities conducted by each G–8 member, including the United States, as well as efforts by the President to seek contributions or participation by other G–8 members.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id86819BC2AA16410DB2A89AC5B470F0E0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>A description of any activities conducted by non-G–8 members, or other organizations and institutions, as well as any efforts by the President to solicit contributions or participation.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idD2BC801BDA944D67BE0E042A18F66D13"><enum>(5)</enum><text>A description of the extent to which the Global Peace Operations Initiative has had global participation.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idE651191A11464D8FA8057187D99886C7"><enum>(6)</enum><text>A description of the administration of the program by the Department of State and Department of Defense, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="id329E42D44F4F42099477148BEA4F2E46"><enum>(A)</enum><text>whether each Department should concentrate administration in one office or bureau, and if so, which one;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id374FFB9F9ED743B58B2EB1C0E37400F9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the extent to which the two Departments coordinate and the quality of their coordination; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idD1383CA301D849C299BD73C57C9B4B1D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the extent to which contractors are used and an assessment of the quality and timeliness of the results achieved by the contractors, and whether the United States Government might have achieved similar or better results without contracting out functions.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id0AE1025DFD0C49A09FC4CA05707BEBAC"><enum>(7)</enum><text>A description of the metrics, if any, that are used by the President and the G–8 to measure progress in implementation of the Global Peace Operations Initiative, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="idAE7D7D54AE914C4D8DAAB82EA990E7AE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>assessments of the quality and sustainability of the training of individual soldiers and units;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idE038047E239042E682A83C2544D0A3C8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the extent to which the G–8 and participating countries maintain records or databases of trained individuals and units and conduct inspections to measure and monitor the continued readiness of such individuals and units;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id23EF871A70784A8DBCAC9891CDDCF09D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the extent to which the individuals and units are equipped and remain equipped to deploy in peace operations; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id58F0BB24A0114284A17BD1956FF5A964"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the extent to which, the timeline by which, and how individuals and units can be mobilized for peace operations.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idC549C6C4BE584C7DA85EFCC8971BC8A7"><enum>(8)</enum><text>The extent to which, the timeline by which, and how individuals and units can be and are being deployed to peace operations.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id6455618514CC4999A54F23F54472505B"><enum>(9)</enum><text>An assessment of whether individuals and units trained under the Global Peace Operations Initiative have been utilized in peace operations subsequent to receiving training under the Initiative, whether they will be deployed to upcoming operations in Africa and elsewhere, and the extent to which such individuals and units would be prepared to deploy and participate in such peace operations.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idCE54941EBBC0405A934BE29D9A26BCB4"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Recommendations as to whether participation in the Global Peace Operations Initiative should require reciprocal participation by countries in peace operations.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id3B30AC6619A149E7A71CC533C35F302B"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Any additional measures that could be taken to enhance the effectiveness of the Global Peace Operations Initiative in terms of—</text>
<subparagraph id="id97B66338B44F4E34A3EA8B078D524F60"><enum>(A)</enum><text>achieving its stated goals; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id89B327D7203E45019CBE9F7ACEB7F89B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ensuring that individuals and units trained as part of the Initiative are regularly participating in peace operations.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="id7A5A0C5F2B0B4174A31DBFEBC3308A5E"><enum>B</enum><header>Other Authorities and Limitations</header>
<section id="ID6FEF1FE40A5944EEA1C720857C20229B"><enum>1211.</enum><header>Cooperative opportunities documents under cooperative research and development agreements with NATO organizations and other allied and friendly foreign countries</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2350a(e) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDF44403C9150F4FB6B2192E648553F8A8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id7BE5C85F38CB4BD8978C1ED60C7F3279"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(A)</quote>;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID20C4BAF27AFF4802A677176296293F8A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>an arms cooperation opportunities document</quote> and inserting <quote>a cooperative opportunities document before the first milestone or decision point</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id9407F30FF23F4D7FBAF2676186ED8CA9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B); and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDBF207234567541B5B8247A2B8371F551"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>An arms cooperation opportunities document</quote> and inserting <quote>A cooperative opportunities document</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section>
<section id="id891CC0011F674489B1D6D7D27BCBD291"><enum>1212.</enum><header>Extension and expansion of temporary authority to use acquisition and cross-servicing agreements to lend military equipment for personnel protection and survivability</header>
<subsection id="id862293633CED4CCA8A234214162AE881"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Expansion to nations engaged in certain peacekeeping operations</header><text>Subsection (a) of section 1202 of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2412) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idED21838BB09B4C42B2D3401FBB0CC81C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>or participating in combined operations with the United States as part of a peacekeeping operation under the Charter of the United Nations or another international agreement</quote> after <quote>Iraq or Afghanistan</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id1E22848FE92243DB919C25744467C20D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3) by inserting <quote>, or in a peacekeeping operation described in paragraph (1), as applicable,</quote> after <quote>Iraq or Afghanistan</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id21E93BE17A644FBF8A360F1D92C4BBA4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>One-year extension</header><text>Subsection (e) of such section is amended by striking <quote>September 30, 2008</quote> and inserting <quote>September 30, 2009</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="idAEAC54E1ACD44A7384A599A6841C3A76"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>The heading of such section is amended by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">foreign forces in Iraq and Afghanistan</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">certain foreign forces</header-in-text></quote>.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="ID83D5C328CD9041DCB968D12743B6F3A3"><enum>1213.</enum><header>Acceptance of funds from the Government of Palau for costs of military Civic Action Teams</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 104(a) of Public Law 99–658 (48 U.S.C. 1933(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID4B98E02507E44678826BEEEB6032AA1F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(1)</quote> before <quote>In recognition</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDC231FC603DE243FCAB2588B280DB50C3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="IDB696CED3789B429BA16DEAAF1279FC2A" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Secretary of Defense may accept from the Government of Palau the amount available for the use of the Government of Palau under paragraph (1). Any amount so accepted by the Secretary under this paragraph shall be credited to the appropriation or account available to the Department of Defense for the Civic Action Team with respect to which such amount is so accepted. Amounts so credited shall be merged with the appropriation or account to which credited, and shall be available to the Civic Action Team for the same purposes, and subject to the same conditions and limitations, as the appropriation or account with which merged.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section>
<section id="id2E1B81B799D6453F9CCDE632DB712C03"><enum>1214.</enum><header>Extension of participation of the Department of Defense in multinational military centers of excellence</header>
<subsection id="idEC06F34AA58043868D9C96F347E66D1C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Extension of participation</header><text>Section 1205 of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2416) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idA4559C3783F24972B00F7ED79B9522A6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>fiscal year 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>during fiscal years 2007 and 2008</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id5010D02C03A74C0CB5B0C5549C5AA5CE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (e)(2), by inserting <quote>or 2008</quote> after <quote>in fiscal year 2007</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idFAC111B4954B45E1A4234772C4650699"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reporting requirements</header><text>Subsection (g) of such section is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id3E1FE84E107C49959E202A1AAA804DA5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idFDEBA16F05134B50BD09F11F61A54B10"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>October 31, 2007,</quote> and inserting <quote>October 31 of each of 2007 and 2008,</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id4AC1744090364DD9A28FF1C26E8F79B5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>fiscal year 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal year 2007 or 2008, as applicable</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id33B5CB55214E42D4AD8C706BEB4CA9CD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idAAA00F11D5764530AD8D220359243A2C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)—</text>
<clause id="idDB616FE9ADB5414C8874064F606BA239"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The report</quote> and inserting <quote>Each report</quote>; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="idD4292608A20C421F864E73F2642A5172"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, for the fiscal year covered by such report,</quote> after <quote>shall include</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idFD3B43BFB2FE42BEAF93C57EBF404BBA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>fiscal year 2007</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="id0039F22C8D4C46B58E719B82EA9A5D26"><enum>1215.</enum><header>Limitation on assistance to the Government of Thailand</header>
<subsection id="id49962098AE2542BF800257A892F727D1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act may be obligated or expended to provide direct assistance to the Government of Thailand unless the President certifies to the congressional defense committees that a democratically-elected government has taken office in Thailand on or after October 1, 2007.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id93FFA58D7EB8439AABA02B27AFA57163"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to funds as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="idBB4057CC31DA4656928B32DDBAE3EFC4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Amounts authorized to be appropriated for Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id4391A7C840AE46439A425023EE9251C6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated by this Act and available for humanitarian or emergency assistance for other nations.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id2D48BF38848A4FF69E10B30ECC274AD0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The President may waive the limitation in subsection (a) if the President certifies to the congressional defense committees in writing that the waiver of the limitation is in the national security interests of the United States.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="id73148BFF24EA4027B5B909A88B05C1D0"><enum>1216.</enum><header>Presidential report on policy objectives and United States strategy regarding Iran</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not more than 75 percent of the amount authorized to be appropriated by this Act and available for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy may be obligated or expended for that purpose until the President submits to Congress the report required by section 1213(b) of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2422).</text> </section>
<section id="idF73B591A6D1949E5B59A65B1F19E7325"><enum>1217.</enum><header>Limitation on availability of certain funds pending implementation of requirements regarding North Korea</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense by this Act or any other Act for the provision of security and stabilization assistance as authorized by section 1207 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (as amended by section 1202 of this Act) may be obligated or expended for that purpose until the President certifies to Congress that all the provisions of section 1211 of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–163; 120 Stat. 2420) have been or are being carried out.</text> </section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="idDC249C52CED14531933CA23B083F7113"><enum>C</enum><header>Reports</header>
<section id="id5D615FEFE7964741A32B439CA8C52846"><enum>1231.</enum><header>Reports on United States policy and military operations in Afghanistan</header>
<subsection id="ID49ee74c6324f466e826f5d798e39d57b"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reports required</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and every 180 days thereafter through the end of fiscal year 2009, the President shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on United States policy and military operations in Afghanistan.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="IDaf533a0b39f14de0aced4b3e5503f10d"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>Each report required by subsection (a) shall include the following:</text>
<paragraph id="ID1823d1eeb63e45e6ae49f63eff261045"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A comprehensive strategy, coordinated between and among the departments and agencies of the United States Government, for achieving the objectives of United States policy and military operations in Afghanistan.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID48a26ca0d0c944a9ac377d920d40e069"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A description of current and proposed efforts to assist the Government of Afghanistan in increasing the size and capability of the Afghan Security Forces, including key criteria for measuring the capabilities and readiness of the Afghan National Army, the Afghan National Police, and other Afghan security forces.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID23867a2fbbae4fbe87b89f1d0f74fd52"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A description of current and proposed efforts of the United States Government to work with coalition partners to strengthen the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) led by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Afghanistan, including efforts—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDed2483583950440a95a36efd6c25c810"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to encourage North Atlantic Treaty Organization members to make or fulfill commitments to meet North Atlantic Treaty Organization mission requirements with respect to the International Security Assistance Force; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID99b922119ecb44aeabd6fbd9e21c8bc3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to remove national restrictions on the use of forces of members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization deployed as part of the International Security Assistance Force mission.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDa52508074d62416b91a5e06cb1f5866c"><enum>(4)</enum><text>A description of current and proposed efforts to improve provincial governance and expand economic development in the provinces of Afghanistan, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID3ceefedc790b434e99e1e08939e4aa78"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a statement of the mission and objectives of the Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Afghanistan;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id87596D1695164635B032C7D7A78C90D8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a description of the number, funding (including the sources of funding), staffing requirements, and current staffing levels of the Provincial Reconstruction Teams, set forth by United States Government agency;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID89d43358ffb643f08028aa0758e60177"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an evaluation of the effectiveness of each Provincial Reconstruction Team, including each team under the command of the United States and each team under the command of the International Security Assistance Force, in achieving its mission and objectives; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idB8BD78B48D40456C811E56AB9FA874AC"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a description of the collaboration, if any, between the United States Agency for International Development and Special Operations Forces in such efforts, and an assessment of the results of such collaboration.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID84455816ecd64592a0058f004137e7b8"><enum>(5)</enum><text>With respect to current counternarcotics efforts in Afghanistan—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID86aa870d0ba74cb0a5c644eb87752e98"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a description of the counternarcotics plan of the United States Government in Afghanistan, including a statement of priorities among United States counterdrug activities (including interdiction, eradication, and alternative livelihood programs) within that plan, and a description of the specific resources allocated for each such activity;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID0b4be3749c744304bf2cc13e30dde172"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a description of the counternarcotics roles and missions assumed by the local and provincial governments of Afghanistan, the Government of Afghanistan, particular departments and agencies of the United States Government, the International Security Assistance Force, and other governments;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID140ceaed18ed4c47998b5cabc849a793"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a description of the extent, if any, to which counternarcotics operations in or with respect to Afghanistan have been determined to constitute a United States military mission, and the justification for that determination;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id61146133CDE2419A9B28FA07DCF2DB82"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a description of United States efforts to destroy drug manufacturing facilities; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDedd630da3e1a42c0bfa18ee07fdf0591"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a description of United States efforts to apprehend or eliminate major drug traffickers in Afghanistan, and a description of the extent to which such drug traffickers are currently assisting United States counterterrorist efforts.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDdb26259944fc401993a2072faa8143ef"><enum>(6)</enum><text>A description of current and proposed efforts to help the Government of Afghanistan fight public corruption and strengthen the rule of law.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDd8655c9613d64e4d9e09e2bc257c6417"><enum>(7)</enum><text>A description of current and proposed diplomatic and other efforts to encourage and assist the Government of Pakistan to eliminate safe havens for Taliban, Al Qaeda, and other extremists within the territory of Pakistan which threaten the stability of Afghanistan, and an evaluation of the cooperation of the Government of Pakistan in eliminating such safe havens.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID6e5d62efd94a4e63b5003dd82eae2061"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Form</header><text>Each report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form to the maximum extent practicable, but may include a classified annex.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="id253E0EC7017046BA86B2EB3875EC671A"><enum>1232.</enum><header>Strategy for enhancing security in Afghanistan by eliminating safe havens for violent extremists in Pakistan</header>
<subsection id="ID8d5dc0c462a74bed89854da2c9c0f614"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress makes the following findings:</text>
<paragraph id="ID39a37155eeb04980ba8524d71c63b6b2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Since September 11, 2001, the Government of Pakistan has been an important partner in helping the United States remove the Taliban regime from Afghanistan.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDa4f708b6a21e4c878e4f1cda947c8be2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In early September 2006, the Government of Pakistan signed a peace agreement with pro-Taliban militants in Miramshah, North Waziristan, Pakistan. Under the agreement, local tribesmen in North Waziristan agreed to halt cross-border movement of pro-Taliban insurgents from the North Waziristan area to Afghanistan and to remove all foreigners who do not respect the peace and abide by the agreement.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID7a2ec0d981c04935a2f8434ae5e6d4cc"><enum>(3)</enum><text>In late September 2006, United States military officials in Kabul, Afghanistan, reported two-fold, and in cases three-fold, increases in the number of cross-border attacks along the Afghanistan border with Pakistan in the weeks following the signing of the agreement referred to in paragraph (2).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDd06b1674d8b244779e15032ff9bdda1f"><enum>(4)</enum><text>On February 13, 2007, Lieutenant General Karl W. Eikenberry, the former commanding general of Combined Forces Command—Afghanistan, stated in a written statement to the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives that <quote>Al Qaeda and Taliban leadership presence inside Pakistan remains a significant problem that must be satisfactorily addressed if we are to prevail in Afghanistan and if we are to defeat the global threat posed by international terrorism</quote>.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID2c4a40093bcb4be3bea163141e54d678"><enum>(5)</enum><text>On February 27, 2007, John McConnell, the Director of National Intelligence, stated in a written statement to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate that <quote>[e]liminating the safehaven that the Taliban and other extremists have found in Pakistan's tribal areas is not sufficient to end the insurgency in Afghanistan but it is necessary</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="IDa150ed98ea7448a3b5190a0f7cb96190"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Strategy relating to pakistan</header>
<paragraph id="idA8BA875808DC4A7397CECF97D4E5BABC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report describing the long-term strategy of the United States to engage with the Government of Pakistan—</text>
<subparagraph id="idC1DFAE642605404DAD9CFD9A68827CA1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to prevent the movement of Taliban, Al Qaeda, and other violent extremist forces across the border of Pakistan into Afghanistan; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idC605B4C9A7224D1284D3D243271810FF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to eliminate safe havens for such forces on the national territory of Pakistan.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idA25C7014F4704E5F881FF1FCCEEA0BDE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Form</header><text>The report shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="IDc0feaa8ccd8949179ae6f2e671713a9d"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation on availability of Department of Defense coalition support funds for Pakistan</header>
<paragraph id="ID21bfed8c9ed540eb9fce841e0827944c"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>For fiscal years 2008 and 2009, the Government of Pakistan may not be reimbursed in any fiscal year quarter for the provision to the United States of logistical, military, or other support utilizing funds appropriated or otherwise made available by an Act making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2007 for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, or any other Act, for the purpose of making payments to reimburse key cooperating nations for the provision to the United States of such support unless the President certifies to the congressional defense committees for such fiscal year quarter that the Government of Pakistan is making substantial and sustained efforts to eliminate safe havens for the Taliban, Al Qaeda and other violent extremists in areas under its sovereign control, including in the cities of Quetta and Chaman and in the Northwest Frontier Province and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID0b9b2968033f4f58abc6a90bc49b5492"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Content of certification</header><text>Each certification submitted under paragraph (1) shall include a detailed description of the efforts made by the Government of Pakistan to eliminate safe havens for the Taliban, Al Qaeda, and other violent extremists in areas under its sovereign control.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID430f8810e68f44ff84d15a247438102f"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Form</header><text>Each certification submitted under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID7718dfdf5c844a8e8aaba8965af69de7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The President may waive the limitation on reimbursements under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year quarter if the President determines and certifies to the congressional defense committees that it is important to the national security interest of the United States to do so.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF734A0FEECD842F8858C17450B92AE55" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1233.</enum><header>One-year extension of update on report on claims relating to the bombing of the Labelle Discotheque</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1225(b)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3465) is amended by striking <quote>Not later than one year after enactment of this Act,</quote> and inserting <quote>Not later than each of January 6, 2007, and January 7, 2008,</quote>.</text> </section></subtitle>
<enum>XIII</enum><header>COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION WITH STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION</header>
<section id="id1C0A67A5244249A1941F438182203CD5"><enum>1301.</enum><header>Specification of Cooperative Threat Reduction programs and funds</header>
<subsection id="H73EF40959C484CCB80F0F498F2F11200"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Specification of Cooperative Threat Reduction programs</header><text>For purposes of section 301 and other provisions of this Act, Cooperative Threat Reduction programs are the programs specified in section 1501(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (50 U.S.C. 2362 note), as amended by section 1303 of this Act.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="H8EC8B4163AED407892C2A81062764FB9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Fiscal year 2008 Cooperative Threat Reduction funds defined</header><text>As used in this title, the term <term>fiscal year 2008 Cooperative Threat Reduction funds</term> means the funds appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 301 for Cooperative Threat Reduction programs.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA60A2A01B155413DB8D55FB0A0A21972"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Availability of funds</header><text>Funds appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 301 for Cooperative Threat Reduction programs shall be available for obligation for three fiscal years.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="idC11B839A4F644351AA73929E0CC1B897"><enum>1302.</enum><header>Funding allocations</header>
<subsection id="HCE2DBA7B92404D74B6ED6B7D08AB3D00"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Funding for specific purposes</header><text>Of the $428,048,000 authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2008 in section 301(19) for Cooperative Threat Reduction programs, the following amounts may be obligated for the purposes specified:</text>
<paragraph id="H89C07FD8C9224EF48CEEF6E5B7B84FB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For strategic offensive arms elimination in Russia, $102,885,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0D60DB8D823F406B9015737694F83969"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For nuclear weapons storage security in Russia, $22,988,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3B01503A46014816AB1709A07C784F5B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For nuclear weapons transportation security in Russia, $37,700,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4A691DF571944C2FB386821D1550E898"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For weapons of mass destruction proliferation prevention in the states of the former Soviet Union, $51,986,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB48AE1C06AD44EA9B4CED316E75B4D94"><enum>(5)</enum><text>For biological weapons proliferation prevention in the former Soviet Union, $194,489,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB6B13E496EB24CB2BBB6C26E0081B03"><enum>(6)</enum><text>For chemical weapons destruction in Russia, $1,000,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H306251A3C5A340839EE1B4F97609F528"><enum>(7)</enum><text>For threat reduction outside the former Soviet Union, $10,000,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idA969666C8E314E008521FB63F398170B"><enum>(8)</enum><text>For defense and military contacts, $8,000,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4C21D7AC940E4624B9ADFD7E002B2158"><enum>(9)</enum><text>For activities designated as Other Assessments/Administrative Support, $19,000,000.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H431CD99A278840EF9253766D121B784B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report on obligation or expenditure of funds for other purposes</header><text>No fiscal year 2008 Cooperative Threat Reduction funds may be obligated or expended for a purpose other than a purpose listed in paragraphs (1) through (9) of subsection (a) until 30 days after the date that the Secretary of Defense submits to Congress a report on the purpose for which the funds will be obligated or expended and the amount of funds to be obligated or expended. Nothing in the preceding sentence shall be construed as authorizing the obligation or expenditure of fiscal year 2008 Cooperative Threat Reduction funds for a purpose for which the obligation or expenditure of such funds is specifically prohibited under this title or any other provision of law.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="H566F2E57F2AB44688251CCF9C501F374"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limited authority To vary individual amounts</header>
<paragraph id="H5DD5F2E4CE194917B232D5B72B95AF3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), in any case in which the Secretary of Defense determines that it is necessary to do so in the national interest, the Secretary may obligate amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2008 for a purpose listed in paragraphs (1) through (9) of subsection (a) in excess of the specific amount authorized for that purpose.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H638944653E9E490B8465DF40D17F1EF0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Notice-and-wait required</header><text>An obligation of funds for a purpose stated in paragraphs (1) through (9) of subsection (a) in excess of the specific amount authorized for such purpose may be made using the authority provided in paragraph (1) only after—</text>
<subparagraph id="H764992A050BF4E72998DDDA720468F3E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Secretary submits to Congress notification of the intent to do so together with a complete discussion of the justification for doing so; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCA1C515F5A0C465589321B3D90DCF0AC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>15 days have elapsed following the date of the notification.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="id23DA726CFE5B428BB12D91E4DA29CD98"><enum>1303.</enum><header>Specification of Cooperative Threat Reduction programs in states outside the former Soviet Union</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1501 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (50 U.S.C. 2362 note) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id830DA6E6C0574CB3A93C338F3A48CF10"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>subsection (b)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsections (b) and (c)</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id4E2B154039A04F1E9AB1008F3113CFD1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="ID92bc4fb9fbe943b5bda1cd99b2e9aa99"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Specified programs with respect to states outside the former Soviet Union</header><text>The programs referred to in subsection (a) are the following programs with respect to states that are not states of the former Soviet Union:</text>
<paragraph id="ID78181884a897493fa5e2f733112ff16d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Programs to facilitate the elimination, and safe and secure transportation and storage, of biological, or chemical weapons, materials, weapons components, or weapons-related materials.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID35ef6d4098e745c9959770bd0f198219"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Programs to prevent the proliferation of nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons, weapons components, and weapons-related military technology and expertise.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID66d43f663e1046439ae0f9c2fdd8f05d"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Programs to facilitate detection and reporting of highly pathogenic diseases or other diseases that are associated with or that could be utilized as an early warning mechanism for disease outbreaks that could impact the Armed Forces of the United States or allies of the United States.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section>
<section id="id43D50D75C1A84B61A447B76BD65F5927"><enum>1304.</enum><header>Modification of authority to use Cooperative Threat Reduction funds outside the former Soviet Union</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1308 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108–136; 117 Stat. 1662; 22 U.S.C. 5963) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idD55914AC80DC4F5BAA3DFD0C66ED29F4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), by striking <quote>the President</quote> the second place it appears and inserting <quote>the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State,</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id923E3CEAC45D471588CEC5B6C47D42C9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id9B33D44AED0F481DBA3F5541884C6BE3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>the President</quote> the second place it appears and inserting <quote>the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State,</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id0AD13C6B1B3348D3B41661AE00A94661"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>the President</quote> and inserting <quote>the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></section>
<section id="ID9FDDD1472A81436F98CDD85B11B54BD7"><enum>1305.</enum><header>Repeal of restrictions on assistance to states of the former Soviet Union for cooperative threat reduction</header>
<subsection id="id53541633D91048ABA9679B474890F710"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header>
<paragraph id="ID21755E53B7274677B83515360FE443EF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Soviet Nuclear Threat Reduction Act of 1991</header><text>The Soviet Nuclear Threat Reduction Act of 1991 (title II of Public Law 102–228; 22 U.S.C. 2551 note) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="id3408F219B255490E971D1216AE35AB5B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking section 211; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id91109B8487BE45EBA4EFA03175ED26A7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in section 212, by striking <quote>, consistent with the findings stated in section 211,</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID12CE139481374F2EAFFC22229D7059E6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cooperative Threat Reduction Act of 1993</header><text>Section 1203 of the Cooperative Threat Reduction Act of 1993 (22 U.S.C. 5952) is amended by striking subsection (d).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDAE840753DF054B7B97DA0C9B972736AB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Russian Chemical Weapons Destruction Facilities</header><text>Section 1305 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (Public Law 106–65; 22 U.S.C. 5952 note) is repealed.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id836E335318DD406B9D51314EF8D467DE"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Conforming repeal</header><text>Section 1303 of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108–375; 22 U.S.C. 5952 note) is repealed.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8BF9EAEB74734812B601B6C549FCEE79"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inapplicability of other restrictions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 502 of the Freedom for Russia and Emerging Eurasian Democracies and Open Markets Support Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 5852) shall not apply to any Cooperative Threat Reduction program.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="idA5EEE35122364397A6348A545BA9E775"><enum>1306.</enum><header>National Academy of Sciences study of prevention of proliferation of biological weapons</header>
<subsection id="IDc60716f3657244f3a6e9d489ce9385ed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study required</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences under which the Academy shall carry out a study to identify areas for cooperation with states other than states of the former Soviet Union under the Cooperative Threat Reduction program of the Department of Defense in the prevention of proliferation of biological weapons.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID8102fa7e21d741d9accdc09b938b12b6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Matters To be included in study</header><text>The Secretary shall provide for the study under subsection (a) to include the following:</text>
<paragraph id="ID4603e3e8b6d34011aa02495800f559bf"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An assessment of trends in the biological sciences and biotechnology that will affect the capabilities of governments of developing countries to control the containment and use of dual-use technologies of potential interest to terrorist organizations or individuals with hostile intentions.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDdb8cfd36dc874f958e1203f12169af74"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An assessment of the approaches to cooperative threat reduction used by the states of the former Soviet Union that are of special relevance in preventing the proliferation of biological weapons in other areas of the world.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDaa0ce4ce17d343d7a251f24f95fc7072"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A review of programs of the United States Government and other governments, international organizations, foundations, and other private sector entities used in developing countries that are not states of the former Soviet Union that may contribute to the prevention of the proliferation of biological weapons.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID2f2381f0641f4d0d979560399817fd15"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Recommendations on steps for integrating activities of the Cooperative Threat Reduction program relating to the prevention of the proliferation of biological weapons with activities of other departments and agencies of the United States addressing problems and opportunities in developing countries that are not states of the former Soviet Union.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H5E2A29C0DCDA4B9FB91EFAAB5947398F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header>
<paragraph id="H2651A666B0414C1FA669C19533795CCB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than December 31, 2008, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report on the study carried out under subsection (a).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDB1119FE4A424DA600F0C3E79DC7DBF7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Matters to be included</header><text>The report under paragraph (1) shall include the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="HA8B8D2DF117E44AE824900864E19F9F0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The results of the study carried out under subsection (a), including any report received by the Secretary from the National Academy of Sciences on the study.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2A8C74E5148748ABBFF25E9E724A900"><enum>(B)</enum><text>An assessment by the Secretary of the study.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF37751C22FF548D4B52305892648FB9B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A statement of the actions, if any, to be undertaken by the Secretary to implement any recommendations in the study.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1DD7C3857ECC4BA5811F7B36547E014D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Form</header><text>The report under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0868AC4DD06A4133B10914BC8EF1EF07"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 301(18) for Cooperative Threat Reduction programs, not more than $2,500,000 may be obligated or expended to carry out this section.</text> </subsection></section>
<enum>XIV</enum><header>OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS</header>
<subtitle id="id02DBF1E6BD574E34A08C58F48839AB6C"><enum>A</enum><header>Military Programs</header>
<section id="id5D67B498AA5D40B88749282ACDBA0D63"><enum>1401.</enum><header>Working capital funds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2008 for the use of the Armed Forces and other activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for providing capital for working capital and revolving funds in amounts as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="H6B6E78215ED8451692B98E36001BBC9D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the Defense Working Capital Funds, $102,446,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD65DC270C7D045A2B33E4B92E0C94EE6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the Defense Working Capital Fund, Defense Commissary, $1,250,300,000.</text> </paragraph></section>
<section id="idD061B09470F84F61BEB71B997A4D8BBD"><enum>1402.</enum><header>National Defense Sealift Fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2008 for the National Defense Sealift Fund in the amount of $1,044,194,000.</text> </section>
<section id="id112CBFBF2CBF4518A9609793150348C3"><enum>1403.</enum><header>Defense Health Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2008 for expenses, not otherwise provided for, for the Defense Health Program, in the amount of $22,543,124,000, of which—</text>
<paragraph id="HB1B5084B924742CCB8DB079C2C9C7FC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$22,044,381,000 is for Operation and Maintenance;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB650E6063958401BA46ECE1BA509EA13"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$136,482,000 is for Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE99F16F3649C44A6816473BBF6A552FD"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$362,261,000 is for Procurement.</text> </paragraph></section>
<section id="IDAD3DC900FEEF43B09E2618F8F3AF2F9F"><enum>1404.</enum><header>Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense</header>
<subsection id="IDA64D9FFCF88546048C65D3B387B9EBB5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of Appropriations</header><text>Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2008 for expenses, not otherwise provided for, for Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense, in the amount of $1,491,724,000, of which—</text>
<paragraph id="ID05CB2BBC312C4ED3B573018C1F56E570"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$1,186,452,000 is for Operation and Maintenance;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID9A2A444F89614279ADF392C701EA1A93"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$274,846,000 is for Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id9F8A0D40742A4F8A8CD08CC35CACA7BE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$30,426,000 is for Procurement.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="IDE27CA7F46464402193A90775C99B9947"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use</header><text>Amounts authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a) are authorized for—</text>
<paragraph id="IDB7BFAB0AB184471CB622E69AE53E5721"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the destruction of lethal chemical agents and munitions in accordance with section 1412 of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521); and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID7A04B53BFDEE4A8AADF6A8461AA7AEFC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the destruction of chemical warfare materiel of the United States that is not covered by section 1412 of such Act.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="id6E29D372F05F4B26A8A6CF0E6D44D353"><enum>1405.</enum><header>Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2008 for expenses, not otherwise provided for, for Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide, in the amount of $959,322,000.</text> </section>
<section id="id5BE07141AA2E498B887BD8DC18A6C3DB"><enum>1406.</enum><header>Defense Inspector General</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2008 for expenses, not otherwise provided for, for the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, in the amount of $225,995,000, of which—</text>
<paragraph id="H579823A659C14CABA3660005D7E7A055"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$224,995,000 is for Operation and Maintenance; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H40C88351590743869FA9B3E163A8A23"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$1,000,000 is for Procurement.</text> </paragraph></section>
<section id="idA4A2BE675BC646D0AFAAB02E9F773666"><enum>1407.</enum><header>Reduction in certain authorizations due to savings from lower inflation</header>
<subsection id="idC25BA86DA9884220AB8B0DD22322BB81"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reduction</header><text>The aggregate amount authorized to be appropriated by this division is the amount equal to the sum of all the amounts authorized to be appropriated by the provisions of this division reduced by $1,627,000,000, to be allocated as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="idFBDD8EF4F7764AB2846AE4812F901370"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Procurement</header><text>The aggregate amount authorized to be appropriated by title I is hereby reduced by $601,000,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id4AFC02E1EF7345029D205A51DEC71CB4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Research, development, test, and evaluation</header><text>The aggregate amount authorized to be appropriated by title II is hereby reduced by $451,000,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idD0B1783656084B3E8FAA3169F0F52337"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Operation and maintenance</header><text>The aggregate amount authorized to be appropriated by title III is hereby reduced by $554,000,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id8E6FAA3F6B194E2A99F46673CFF7DAF3"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Other authorizations</header><text>The aggregate amount authorized to be appropriated by title XIV is hereby reduced by $21,000,000.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id11E7148043EE4ACF8B743925AABA192D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Source of savings</header><text>Reductions required in order to comply with subsection (a) shall be derived from savings resulting from lower-than-expected inflation as a result of the difference between the inflation assumptions used in the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2008 when compared with the inflation assumptions used in the budget of the President for fiscal year 2008, as submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1005 of title 31, United States Code.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id1E602507228D4BE7994B68FEB8176986"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Allocation of reductions</header><text>The Secretary of Defense shall allocate the reductions required by this section among the amounts authorized to be appropriated for accounts in titles I, II, III, and XIV to reflect the extent to which net savings from lower-than-expected inflations are allocable to amounts authorized to be appropriated to such accounts.</text> </subsection></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="id0A843A897A114CA69FB93D5DB82BC6E9"><enum>B</enum><header>National Defense Stockpile</header>
<section id="id8F4696236A6C419FA54BBBE798E7C72C"><enum>1411.</enum><header>Disposal of ferromanganese</header>
<subsection id="IDc478848d65ae41128e1a39564ab08062"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Disposal authorized</header><text>The Secretary of Defense may dispose of up to 50,000 tons of ferromanganese from the National Defense Stockpile during fiscal year 2008.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID6bbca4828f1c465f8a9f80b43ed70e3d"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contingent authority for additional disposal</header>
<paragraph id="id0F53EE034252455684726511471D7C95"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If the Secretary of Defense completes the disposal of the total quantity of ferromanganese authorized for disposal by subsection (a) before September 30, 2008, the Secretary of Defense may dispose of up to an additional 25,000 tons of ferromanganese from the National Defense Stockpile before that date.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDee775b990483488d98e19a81d8495db6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional amounts</header><text>If the Secretary completes the disposal of the total quantity of additional ferromanganese authorized for disposal by paragraph (1) before September 30, 2008, the Secretary may dispose of up to an additional 25,000 tons of ferromanganese from the National Defense Stockpile before that date.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID2b3c85c874094f10bb0f61b58d5c2000"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>The Secretary of Defense may dispose of ferromanganese under the authority of paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (b) only if the Secretary submits written certification to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives, not later than 30 days before the commencement of disposal under the applicable paragraph, that—</text>
<paragraph id="IDe8526454077d4ea884368774de018ce2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the disposal of the additional ferromanganese from the National Defense Stockpile is in the interest of national defense;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID9eaa8ef8691e46c9a621b57c30d0271b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the disposal of the additional ferromanganese will not cause disruption to the usual markets of producers and processors of ferromanganese in the United States; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDf322237fb30645c6af6d61b2682b23c8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the disposal of the additional ferromanganese is consistent with the requirements and purpose of the National Defense Stockpile.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="IDf955f5afc94c44a08153b0ed4cf1babe"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Delegation of responsibility</header><text>The Secretary of Defense may delegate the responsibility of the Secretary under subsection (c) to an appropriate official within the Department of Defense.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="IDa2286572ca40471cbe5fb8f07c4b6212"><enum>(e)</enum><header>National defense stockpile defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>National Defense Stockpile</term> means the stockpile provided for in section 4 of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98c).</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="id60B5795A5A724BC888703A490BC9F72F"><enum>1412.</enum><header>Disposal of chrome metal</header>
<subsection id="IDe4b26a92d87f44ef933cd24bdaf29abd"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Disposal authorized</header><text>The Secretary of Defense may dispose of up to 500 short tons of chrome metal from the National Defense Stockpile during fiscal year 2008.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="IDc3e71f747f114b3cbe306ae90015be57"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contingent authority for additional disposal</header>
<paragraph id="id8D48C5A8FCC54892A36BF33603328D0D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If the Secretary of Defense completes the disposal of the total quantity of chrome metal authorized for disposal by subsection (a) before September 30, 2008, the Secretary of Defense may dispose of up to an additional 250 short tons of chrome metal from the National Defense Stockpile before that date.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDad738d0c21d64ff6982866cd8896d9c7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional amounts</header><text>If the Secretary completes the disposal of the total quantity of additional chrome metal authorized for disposal by paragraph (1) before September 30, 2008, the Secretary may dispose of up to an additional 250 short tons of chrome metal from the National Defense Stockpile before that date.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID9c43b257e17041ebb76da7a96f9b8aa2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>The Secretary of Defense may dispose of chrome metal under the authority of paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (b) only if the Secretary submits written certification to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives, not later than 30 days before the commencement of disposal under the applicable paragraph, that—</text>
<paragraph id="ID28c5d58b800a4862bf04f33ddfc1b1b1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the disposal of the additional chrome metal from the National Defense Stockpile is in the interest of national defense;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID78ca9b7fe8aa4267b8d90ef793bbecc7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the disposal of the additional chrome metal will not cause disruption to the usual markets of producers and processors of chrome metal in the United States; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDc0f107d371bf467fab08e6aa695a3a88"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the disposal of the additional chrome metal is consistent with the requirements and purpose of the National Defense Stockpile.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID0c98817327c04d2794ddacaca2061fd4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Delegation of responsibility</header><text>The Secretary of Defense may delegate the responsibility of the Secretary under subsection (c) to an appropriate official within the Department of Defense.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="IDf41af1db2ef048a880fe92a9376d64fd"><enum>(e)</enum><header>National defense stockpile defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>National Defense Stockpile</term> means the stockpile provided for in section 4 of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98c).</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="id52D9307D595F42AEBFB541E967605344"><enum>1413.</enum><header>Modification of receipt objectives for previously authorized disposals from the national defense stockpile</header>
<subsection id="IDdc6090480e664e8f8a9424868710ec92"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Fiscal year 2000 disposal authority</header><text>Paragraph (5) of section 3402(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (Public Law 106–65; 50 U.S.C. 98d note), as amended by section 3302(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3546), is further amended by striking <quote>$600,000,000 before</quote> and inserting <quote>$729,000,000 by</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID59fd29c40e194f3fa2c604bae2ca2cac"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Fiscal year 1999 disposal authority</header><text>Paragraph (7) of section 3303(a) of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105–261; 50 U.S.C. 98d note), as amended by section 3302(a) of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2513), is further amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8D8163015F334E55ADDDEB34793963AD" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idD0B1893B2EA24918BE3D03842B3E4107"><enum>(7)</enum><text>$1,469,102,000 by the end of fiscal year 2015.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="idDABADFE453A3468CA49A348BDCFFBCF4"><enum>C</enum><header>Civil Programs</header>
<section id="IDDCA46D5B7DF0493EA965D0A96FC73251"><enum>1421.</enum><header>Armed Forces Retirement Home</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2008 from the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund the sum of $61,624,000 for the operation of the Armed Forces Retirement Home.</text> </section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="idB58B1B10AD9944F4B9CDBCD8FAE1F21B"><enum>D</enum><header>Chemical Demilitarization Matters</header>
<section id="id6F7704798BCF4CD98F5B2D909C8F7D42"><enum>1431.</enum><header>Modification of termination requirement for Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commissions</header>
<subsection id="id7019D99A0E134795804491080253B68F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Modification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (h) of section 172 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (50 U.S.C. 1521 note) is amended by striking <quote>after the stockpile located in that commission's State has been destroyed</quote> and inserting “upon the earlier of—</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE6CAABF8F86C4196ABC4A2AED8EF6716" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id05AE610AB5B144348082DF851AE74F14"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the completion of closure activities for the chemical agent destruction facility in the commission's State as required pursuant to regulations promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.); or</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idECD5D5EC7A1B4825B723DBA13FED266D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the request of the Governor of the commission's State.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection id="id1D16205AC12842A19481103BE733EA9D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical amendments</header><text>Subsections (b), (f), and (g) of such section are each amended by striking <quote>Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research, Development, and Acquisition)</quote> and inserting <quote>Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology)</quote>.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="id171BF5E22FA04AC7A8DC7D96E9D79B61"><enum>1432.</enum><header>Repeal of certain qualifications requirement for director of chemical demilitarization management organization</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1412(e)(3) of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521(e)(3)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id716A6CE4AC5042049074EADEAAFA94D3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id8DB1D1EDD34E42A598F09B3DA20BBD17"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B); and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idFA91E0AAB1A64CDAB5DE23050AF4B58A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B).</text> </paragraph></section>
<section id="id0C501376409B4F9484D9567942E67647"><enum>1433.</enum><header>Sense of Congress on completion of destruction of United States chemical weapons stockpile</header>
<subsection id="IDd8e518b60a1a476d82acf43016681f18"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress makes the following findings:</text>
<paragraph id="IDb80282a0ea184b4488ae07539d9a5cdc"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, done at Paris on January 13, 1993 (commonly referred to as the <quote>Chemical Weapons Convention</quote>), requires that destruction of the entire United States chemical weapons stockpile be completed by not later than April 29, 2007.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID97b774d45b3b4ac69a9b6dd09e5dfca1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In 2006, under the terms of the Chemical Weapons Convention, the United States requested and received a one-time, 5-year extension of its chemical weapons destruction deadline to April 29, 2012.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID9b4df610d28c4452acf27e0a2e74fbd6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>On April 10, 2006, the Secretary of Defense notified Congress that the United States would not meet even the extended deadline under the Chemical Weapons Convention for destruction of the United States chemical weapons stockpile, but would <quote>continue working diligently to minimize the time to complete destruction without sacrificing safety and security</quote> and would also <quote>continue requesting resources needed to complete destruction as close to April 2012 as practicable</quote>.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID670f1244e51a4eeebf00a47a8b2e03c8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Destroying the remaining stockpile of United States chemical weapons is imperative for public safety and homeland security, and doing so by April 2012, in accordance with the current destruction deadline provided under the Chemical Weapons Convention, is required by United States law.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDa042a9b1ecd34b4793646957489bc653"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The elimination of chemical weapons anywhere they exist in the world, and the prevention of their proliferation, is of utmost importance to the national security of the United States.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID44058d8ae1c244bba52f527a54211af9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="ID29335ca324d6431082ae7694e8805aa0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the United States is, and must remain, committed to making every effort to safely dispose of its entire chemical weapons stockpile by April 2012, the current destruction deadline provided under the Chemical Weapons Convention, or as soon thereafter as possible, and must carry out all of its other obligations under the Convention; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID86d4e64d618e4dbda49d842689ba0f7f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Secretary of Defense should make every effort to plan for, and to request in the annual budget of the President submitted to Congress adequate funding to complete, the elimination of the United States chemical weapons stockpile in accordance with United States obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention and in a manner that will protect public health, safety, and the environment, as required by law.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID0d26039f58bd426fb7c4f00fc7e0a0a8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reports required</header>
<paragraph id="id1C839C49FF754955A9838FC0A5F20A78"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than March 15, 2008, and every 180 days thereafter until the year in which the United States completes the destruction of its entire stockpile of chemical weapons under the terms of the Chemical Weapons Convention, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the members and committees of Congress referred to in paragraph (3) a report on the implementation by the United States of its chemical weapons destruction obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idED7899DBAF81480080B565BBC4C9FC18"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>Each report under paragraph (1) shall include the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID7c1cc7e32a1f4d94bf529b9359d4e71a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The anticipated schedule at the time of such report for the completion of destruction of chemical agents, munitions, and materiel at each chemical weapons demilitarization facility in the United States.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID7676ea8e19b348dda901b765f8695141"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A description of the options and alternatives for accelerating the completion of chemical weapons destruction at each such facility, particularly in time to meet the destruction deadline of April 29, 2012, currently provided by the Chemical Weapons Convention.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDfb989d0416c347de918897811ade9a5a"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A description of the funding required to achieve each of the options for destruction described under subparagraph (B).</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID3e3e0e85f27c4523a75278f96d8887ba"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A description of all actions being taken by the United States to accelerate the destruction of its entire stockpile of chemical weapons, agents, and materiel in order to meet the current destruction deadline under the Chemical Weapons Convention of April 29, 2012, or as soon thereafter as possible.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id90E88D64814E4A8D8BC44B0969D8CAB1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Members and committees of Congress</header><text>The members and committees of Congress referred to in this paragraph are—</text>
<subparagraph id="id372C8F92E65848EFA824A523195360C5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the majority leader of the Senate, the minority leader of the Senate, and the Committees on Armed Services and Appropriations of the Senate; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80D18A3FC0E6404C8C4495EF3B35FEE7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the majority leader of the House of Representatives, the minority leader of the House of Representatives, and the Committees on Armed Services and Appropriations of the House of Representatives.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle>
<enum>XV</enum><header>OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM AND OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM</header>
<subtitle id="id35FF82F7873D4C1F8A6E9950D72CE310"><enum>A</enum><header>Authorization of Additional War-Related Appropriations</header>
<section id="IDFB24BBE1739A4A7F992412AFF5C3C78A"><enum>1501.</enum><header>Army procurement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2008 for procurement accounts of the Army in amounts as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="IDC450D33167E141FAABEF0074CE06C216"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For aircraft procurement, $890,786,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDBA3CB1EC41B7430FA1106FCCB6394A5D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For missiles, $492,734,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDC96F6620B4D243E8B3C3358094DBC9C8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For weapons and tracked combat vehicles procurement, $1,249,177,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id90BD0302CEB143729F239D388E2705EC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For ammunition, $303,000,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID5F7F550DD0F74937B033A7EA56EAAC41"><enum>(5)</enum><text>For other procurement, $10,310,055,000.</text> </paragraph></section>
<section id="ID7B8C2E15070141148A5F986CB517C9DF"><enum>1502.</enum><header>Navy and Marine Corps procurement</header>
<subsection id="ID67B015DF188446D4A51A4F30BE51EE1E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Navy</header><text>Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2008 for procurement accounts for the Navy in amounts as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="ID018DB1D2AEC94029AD1023026FC0BD33"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For aircraft procurement, $2,263,018,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDB075A11780754BDA92F13D6CF9B1BF9A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For weapons procurement, $251,281,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDD8CC57688F864331929B3294FCB02FF9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For other procurement, $814,311,000.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="IDAA3B88EDB16E4EC39FCE7166C8B8F900"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Marine Corps</header><text>Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2008 for the procurement account for the Marine Corps in the amount of $4,236,140,000.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="IDEE129963BDE94D699D75B11B0AEFB539"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Navy and Marine Corps Ammunition</header><text>Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2008 for the procurement account for ammunition for the Navy and the Marine Corps in the amount of $590,090,000.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="IDFD685325D97E49C3B559AD5776733C7E"><enum>1503.</enum><header>Air Force procurement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2008 for procurement accounts for the Air Force in amounts as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="ID8D5FA28610F24296AACF027A75E1AF90"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For aircraft procurement, $2,069,009,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idF5F76A5AECF54981B967C2907A1107FD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For ammunition, $74,005,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id59DF1735797D4D88A78B1FA0CF37B04A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For missile procurement, $1,800,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDB837201A21284CACA411ACA289EDA667"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For other procurement, $4,163,450,000.</text> </paragraph></section>
<section id="ID84F7E95CAE4E4DAEB880668B36567484"><enum>1504.</enum><header>Defense-wide activities procurement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2008 for the procurement account for Defense-wide in the amount of $593,768,000.</text> </section>
<section id="ID4E9E32E821994008967841633E38C1D7"><enum>1505.</enum><header>Research, development, test, and evaluation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2008 for the use of the Department of Defense for research, development, test, and evaluation as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="ID02CB829FD15E465DBBD67F62EECC4A80"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For the Army, $121,653,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID2EF3816EF4FE464BA4D763E95FA1BF4B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For the Navy, $370,798,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id8BBB04B0A88D4EB0BB46DC1E91F075BB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For the Air Force, $922,791,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id2D1486E8336E43839E58AB95B6A25334"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For Defense-wide activities, $535,087,000.</text> </paragraph></section>
<section id="IDDAA9951BCDA547FC8944F05879169E56"><enum>1506.</enum><header>Operation and maintenance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2008 for the use of the Armed Forces for expenses, not otherwise provided for, for operation and maintenance, in amounts as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="ID8CCEA260C6094F7BB811172054FBB3B2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For the Army, $45,519,264,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDE6A2327FDCF54B26BC12909D020B9345"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For the Navy, $5,190,000,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDA27C384C25894CAE805BA374A60FAFAF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For the Marine Corps, $4,013,093,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID7F301D3E07404355A17DFE2C296A4392"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For the Air Force, $10,532,630,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDA45B4547A4334151B241654BF5F81EAA"><enum>(5)</enum><text>For Defense-wide activities, $5,976,216,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id85477AEE2A3543E5B17625293AFB7DE8"><enum>(6)</enum><text>For the Army Reserve, $158,410,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id8926D2A0EC714476BE29338E1D0EC566"><enum>(7)</enum><text>For the Navy Reserve, $69,598,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idC926D47D66BF42069608BB16FF422145"><enum>(8)</enum><text>For the Marine Corps Reserve, $68,000,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID92D96355C4734CD6A1F37CFD9E64984C"><enum>(9)</enum><text>For the Army National Guard, $466,150,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID361EA58EA452457C8C99F75F1EF87D8F"><enum>(10)</enum><text>For the Air National Guard, $31,168,000.</text> </paragraph></section>
<section id="ID353F333A28CC4861ADF4B8CDB697FC75"><enum>1507.</enum><header>Military personnel</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2008 for the Department of Defense for military personnel in amounts as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="id11D8323FAE024DF5AF5B326B7859ECBC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the Army, $9,140,516,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idFFE7F3F9B6CB448CA5234DB64A96C648"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For the Navy, $752,089,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idB129DC3171004F17BEAAA9A6E4D11829"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For the Marine Corps, $817,475,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id0F94F77C07254A519767656F0C9483FE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For the Air Force, $1,411,890,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id376FF1FC253A405F81A90EC16181CD68"><enum>(5)</enum><text>For the Army Reserve, $235,000,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id0BB9053750B647E39D211F2D8F4C2C1A"><enum>(6)</enum><text>For the Navy Reserve, $70,000,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id02E8C86E600E4E1B87BA6A973D70F5B5"><enum>(7)</enum><text>For the Marine Corps Reserve, $15,420,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id55DFE3A49FB24C238C8CC435737FF456"><enum>(8)</enum><text>For the Air Force Reserve, $3,000,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id9298B9DC58B545959DAE6FA8E9336CC1"><enum>(9)</enum><text>For the Army National Guard, $476,584,000.</text> </paragraph></section>
<section id="id0F7A89289F814746BEF9024FE3787572"><enum>1508.</enum><header>Defense Health Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2008 for the Department of Defense for expenses, not otherwise provided for, for the Defense Health Program, in the amount of $1,022,842,000, for operation and maintenance.</text> </section>
<section id="id8328968D91244AEABCC62CABFDC8D4A3"><enum>1509.</enum><header>Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2008 for the Department of Defense for expenses, not otherwise provided for, for Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide, in the amount of $257,618,000.</text> </section>
<section id="id6BC23067EFAF4AF089FDEB042A69C72B"><enum>1510.</enum><header>Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund</header>
<subsection id="id78829589BCC848EC9E3277949EF75DB6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of Appropriation</header><text>Funds are hereby authorized for fiscal year 2008 for the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund in the amount of $4,500,000,000.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id3224A6522A9A4E21962DFE7995E17D14"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of Funds</header><text>Funds appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) shall be available to the Secretary of Defense for the purpose of allowing the Director of the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization to investigate, develop, and provide equipment, supplies, services, training, facilities, personnel, and funds to assist United States forces in the defeat of improvised explosive devices.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="idFF4159CE04B346A491B2E336E7437CE9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Transfer Authority</header>
<paragraph id="idEEAE955305C44FA9988EE9893B7A41F4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Transfers authorized</header><text>Amounts authorized to be appropriated by subsection (a) may be transferred from the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund to any of the following accounts and funds of the Department of Defense to accomplish the purposes provided in subsection (b):</text>
<subparagraph id="idD04049CCDB224A27AEC6CEA3515FDE8A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Military personnel accounts.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idDCC14CB08B6141ED889A834CDFB3339F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Operation and maintenance accounts.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id0B1649D8F8BD4093B92A8C2A60A822D7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Procurement accounts.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idFCAE236406E74911A9C9F3E39DD50A4E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Research, development, test, and evaluation accounts.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idA590BC69CA824987BE8EFF325CC36234"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Defense working capital funds.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id1E9F0239CF33470D9F10D5604168DBCA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional transfer authority</header><text>The transfer authority provided by paragraph (1) is in addition to any other transfer authority available to the Department of Defense.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id79C54195E0534094B4E6AB80A206EFEC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Transfers back to the fund</header><text>Upon determination that all or part of the funds transferred from the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund under paragraph (1) are not necessary for the purpose provided, such funds may be transferred back to the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id0BC38C00E71B4421ACA821661E2E847C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Effect on authorization amounts</header><text>A transfer of an amount to an account under the authority in paragraph (1) shall be deemed to increase the amount authorized for such account by an amount equal to the amount transferred.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idDA6524A64E9C4A36932DDF2CE59234C6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Notice to Congress</header><text>Funds may not be obligated from the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund, or transferred under the authority provided in subsection (c)(1), until five days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense notifies the congressional defense committees in writing of the details of the proposed obligation or transfer.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="idB4B457E9CB224A5A8DFCA42B2ACC6A2D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Management Plan</header>
<paragraph id="idCF3125D046E249D3B5EE30A20B67A4F2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Plan required</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a plan for the intended management and use of the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id923281C5662E4AE2BD219156DA489C94"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Matter to be included</header><text>The plan required by paragraph (1) shall include an update of the plan required in the paragraph under the heading <quote>Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund</quote> in chapter 2 of title I of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006 (Public Law 109–234; 120 Stat. 424), including identification of—</text>
<subparagraph id="idCB9E0BD469364315B45AA82EB045C2F9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>year-to-date transfers and obligations; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id81E9327847DF4D39A0CE4D6892F421F0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>projected transfers and obligations through September 30, 2008.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id495BD3FB796449AD95448C39874DD832"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Quarterly Reports</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal-year quarter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report summarizing the detail of any obligation or transfer of funds from the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund plan required by subsection (e).</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id6DA89BCB94664564BF567EE8BB280E35"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Duration of Authority</header><text>Amounts appropriated to the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund are available for obligation or transfer from the Fund until September 30, 2009.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="id33AB6E4E301344AEB5678E50ADA7E123"><enum>1511.</enum><header>Iraq Security Forces Fund</header>
<subsection id="id3C6EB6702E7147D0AC1E08FDB368EFF8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of Appropriations</header><text>Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2008 for the Iraq Security Forces Fund in the amount of $2,000,000,000.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="idC44CFD8F883E4DDB85AC5CDBCEC24A8A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of Funds</header>
<paragraph id="idD4C88B344E6B4D9DB940A83CF0286940"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Funds appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) shall be available to the Secretary of Defense for the purpose of allowing the Commander, Multi-National Security Transition Command—Iraq, to provide assistance to the security forces of Iraq.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idF3B1BBAEDFE1448A96AD245F560EB93C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Types of assistance authorized</header><text>Assistance provided under this section may include the provision of equipment, supplies, services, training, facility and infrastructure repair, renovation, construction, and funding.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id61B283B713C14841AD4AB65B9164B239"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Secretary of state concurrence</header><text>Assistance may be provided under this section only with the concurrence of the Secretary of State.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id25BF796E65334EA8977A451A4B035ACC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authority in Addition to Other Authorities</header><text>The authority to provide assistance under this section is in addition to any other authority to provide assistance to foreign nations.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id3059366728D34C23892EA04F761604CA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Transfer Authority</header>
<paragraph id="id2E9C2C8D86044B5B87202737B5A6BAD0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Transfers authorized</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), amounts authorized to be appropriated by subsection (a) may be transferred from the Iraq Security Forces Fund to any of the following accounts and funds of the Department of Defense to accomplish the purposes provided in subsection (b):</text>
<subparagraph id="id378F98297D6146E0B39783185E28446F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Military personnel accounts.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idE5F5B997576044F880F026583C18CA45"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Operation and maintenance accounts.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idE2B27EE256C04A12BDC9A9CF4FDB4567"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Procurement accounts.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id7F0D74974FAE4387AB72ABBB6AA30F2A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Research, development, test, and evaluation accounts.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idCAD8C635696642289D05AF38360E3891"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Defense working capital funds.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id93CA1D83FC3649F9A8426061AF0A56E7"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid account.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id233EF43047AC4916BD8280847A7C54B4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional authority</header><text>The transfer authority provided by paragraph (1) is in addition to any other transfer authority available to the Department of Defense.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id1999D581D1E34AD9ACBCE5FA73FD0493"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Transfers back to the fund</header><text>Upon determination that all or part of the funds transferred from the Iraq Security Forces Fund under paragraph (1) are not necessary for the purpose provided, such funds may be transferred back to the Iraq Security Forces Fund.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id110F25EC04F742E0A92FCC0B1863F1D5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Effect on authorization amounts</header><text>A transfer of an amount to an account under the authority in paragraph (1) shall be deemed to increase the amount authorized for such account by an amount equal to the amount transferred.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id88618BF4C68844B3AA653D121B1A27B7"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Notice to Congress</header><text>Funds may not be obligated from the Iraq Security Forces Fund, or transferred under the authority provided in subsection (d)(1), until five days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense notifies the congressional defense committees in writing of the details of the proposed obligation or transfer.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID8e06cb444c3d4e10a1b8f86a480201e4"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Contributions</header>
<paragraph id="ID64b48926c8304b27872a675015a48303"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority to accept contributions</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of Defense may accept contributions of amounts to the Iraq Security Forces Fund for the purposes provided in subsection (b) from any person, foreign government, or international organization. Any amounts so accepted shall be credited to the Iraq Security Forces Fund.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID95361ac7d9844c2e99110293f2e195d0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The Secretary may not accept a contribution under this subsection if the acceptance of the contribution would compromise or appear to compromise the integrity of any program of the Department of Defense.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id33ACBA639952400486B834E081759194"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Use</header><text>Amounts accepted under this subsection shall be available for assistance authorized by subsection (b), including transfer under subsection (d) for that purpose.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDace4fec707084e0486e4d376cd10f781"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>The Secretary shall notify the congressional defense committees in writing upon the acceptance, and upon the transfer under subsection (d), of any contribution under this subsection. Such notice shall specify the source and amount of any amount so accepted and the use of any amount so accepted.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="IDe0052fbbdd5d4ce29b1eaec140741330"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Quarterly reports</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal-year quarter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report summarizing the details of any obligation or transfer of funds from the Iraq Security Forces Fund during such fiscal-year quarter.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="IDb7728a1a1756462db1f48838123a32d0"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Duration of authority</header><text>Amounts authorized to be appropriated or contributed to the Fund during fiscal year 2008 are available for obligation or transfer from the Iraq Security Forces Fund in accordance with this section until September 30, 2009.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="ID2e18cbafafe645d6a65fe867b694cb9d"><enum>1512.</enum><header>Afghanistan Security Forces Fund</header>
<subsection id="IDe728886a736040d29f9c5384b8c80566"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2008 for the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund in the amount of $2,700,000,000.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="IDee3346bb0d434b959697b2613b4f01f7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of funds</header>
<paragraph id="ID239c3059fad647e3a2cf671b8e1c7de5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Funds authorized to be appropriated by subsection (a) shall be available to the Secretary of Defense for the purpose of allowing the Commander, Office of Security Cooperation–Afghanistan, to provide assistance to the security forces of Afghanistan.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID9d35b10be351414b92e25f7d24f50461"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Types of assistance authorized</header><text>Assistance provided under this section may include the provision of equipment, supplies, services, training, facility and infrastructure repair, renovation, construction, and funds.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID270fab0bb26349e08d26c64b99c3eb9f"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Secretary of State concurrence</header><text>Assistance may be provided under this section only with the concurrence of the Secretary of State.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID9c7b4aaa13e94506961d89e6212c7a07"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authority in addition to other authorities</header><text>The authority to provide assistance under this section is in addition to any other authority to provide assistance to foreign nations.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID2a34c30352804c7c87657beacbfe514a"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Transfer authority</header>
<paragraph id="IDf902f2c5935d4d3680fd81656dd39a1e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Transfers authorized</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), amounts authorized to be appropriated by subsection (a) may be transferred from the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund to any of the following accounts and funds of the Department of Defense to accomplish the purposes provided in subsection (b):</text>
<subparagraph id="IDcd70a26747f44ce9b30a33d94f7edcff"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Military personnel accounts.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID33674e348e7c472cb393ccb8ecefd125"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Operation and maintenance accounts.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID2d16642a9f694035bf3d2603bfed866f"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Procurement accounts.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID8dbb18a277eb4f269af4fef7757b3037"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Research, development, test, and evaluation accounts.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDcf611f8449c74fa5935915dac713d029"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Defense working capital funds.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID78a443aec90a45398ad878b649b1386f"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID2d227c436f4449548efd5929bb561f50"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional authority</header><text>The transfer authority provided by paragraph (1) is in addition to any other transfer authority available to the Department of Defense.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID232afe4d41e24e32a54825f55676e59d"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Transfers back to fund</header><text>Upon a determination that all or part of the funds transferred from the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund under paragraph (1) are not necessary for the purpose for which transferred, such funds may be transferred back to the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDb9e535d83a01462fb3854ba5317be735"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Effect on authorization amounts</header><text>A transfer of an amount to an account under the authority in paragraph (1) shall be deemed to increase the amount authorized for such account by an amount equal to the amount transferred.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID448aefb74ac247769c4032620b5279ce"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Prior notice to Congress of obligation or transfer</header><text>Funds may not be obligated from the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund, or transferred under subsection (d)(1), until five days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense notifies the congressional defense committees in writing of the details of the proposed obligation or transfer.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="idA286F020C7D948278B1498548D17B160"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Contributions</header>
<paragraph id="id13A8E4C799904DCC90FF44410ED1E866"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority to accept contributions</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of Defense may accept contributions of amounts to the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund for the purposes provided in subsection (b) from any person, foreign government, or international organization. Any amounts so accepted shall be credited to the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id3B70B850C2D44EE6839BF9B9F3910FF8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The Secretary may not accept a contribution under this subsection if the acceptance of the contribution would compromise or appear to compromise the integrity of any program of the Department of Defense.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idDC095E5291A94A92A514D86334F8A2B2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Use</header><text>Amounts accepted under this subsection shall be available for assistance authorized by subsection (b), including transfer under subsection (d) for that purpose.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id678A8018B9854C1B95DB2ABBDEF9501B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>The Secretary shall notify the congressional defense committees in writing upon the acceptance, and upon the transfer under subsection (d), of any contribution under this subsection. Such notice shall specify the source and amount of any amount so accepted and the use of any amount so accepted.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id78C808A9CC3A42078078E312D9CAD4E5"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Quarterly reports</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal-year quarter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report summarizing the details of any obligation or transfer of funds from the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund during such fiscal-year quarter.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="idA941C826EB054543B5DB78556081DCB3"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Duration of authority</header><text>Amounts authorized to be appropriated or contributed to the Fund during fiscal year 2008 are available for obligation or transfer from the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund in accordance with this section until September 30, 2009.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="id7B5BB10E362548D68197D7A0E89E0E37"><enum>1513.</enum><header>Iraq Freedom Fund</header>
<subsection id="id63BAEBE0057E4981A65EBE04298F1051"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text>Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2008 for the Iraq Freedom Fund in the amount of $107,500,000.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id6277B89ABC0B4CC8A32AEBF0D0D49061"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Transfer</header>
<paragraph id="id32F13A3F0C0740BEA72F1695078EFD30"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Transfer authorized</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), amounts authorized to be appropriated by subsection (a) may be transferred from the Iraq Freedom Fund to any accounts as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="idE35BC0A142674915939AF6483F9CA2F5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Operation and maintenance accounts of the Armed Forces.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id7F95E7C601684C119D81EC3E293355D9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Military personnel accounts.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idBF1C275A92BF472191261E9617AA6CC3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Research, development, test, and evaluation accounts of the Department of Defense.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id26C929CB3B0C487E993697CD0EA1354F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Procurement accounts of the Department of Defense.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id7002C834A13E490DB20E93D878FF272A"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Accounts providing funding for classified programs.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idD3B0A4CF172B49A3B211B95ABEBF796D"><enum>(F)</enum><text>The operating expenses account of the Coast Guard.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id63FB2FC4DBD74DAA9A9324F476E6CD18"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Notice to congress</header><text>A transfer may not be made under the authority in paragraph (1) until five days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense notifies the congressional defense committees in writing of the transfer.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idE06E415E2B9044D3B25293A5E0179324"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Treatment of transferred funds</header><text>Amounts transferred to an account under the authority in paragraph (1) shall be merged with amounts in such account and shall be made available for the same purposes, and subject to the same conditions and limitations, as amounts in such account.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idD994FD1B20D8412189CF27A8E32470C7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Effect on authorization amounts</header><text>A transfer of an amount to an account under the authority in paragraph (1) shall be deemed to increase the amount authorized for such account by an amount equal to the amount transferred.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="idC021A67B67DC4100B454DFF8ED5A8CD5"><enum>1514.</enum><header>Defense Working Capital Funds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2008 for the use of the Armed Forces and other activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for providing capital for the Defense Working Capital Funds in the amount of $1,676,275,000.</text> </section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8A19143FBF1F4A76B779D1C3975ADE10" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1515.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Defense Sealift Fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2008 for the National Defense Sealift Fund in the amount of $5,100,000.</text> </section>
<section id="id0333ACFD4CF84FF0B35FEFD656B4AB1C"><enum>1516.</enum><header>Defense Inspector General</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2008 for the Department of Defense for expenses, not otherwise provided for, for the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Defense in the amount of $4,394,000, for Operation and Maintenance.</text> </section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="idFE7E3CA5B753418D83B038FFD9C5F857"><enum>B</enum><header>General Provisions Relating to Authorizations</header>
<section id="idC2DA88BD61C349E98C74D3F6630D73DD"><enum>1521.</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purpose of this title is to authorize additional appropriations for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2008 for the incremental costs of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.</text> </section>
<section id="id1566C6F4697E4737A3AE45D00D065543"><enum>1522.</enum><header>Treatment as additional authorizations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The amounts authorized to be appropriated by this title are in addition to amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated by this Act.</text> </section>
<section id="ID4E25FD82C3E44E81B55ABAEC6BAFEEF5"><enum>1523.</enum><header>Special transfer authority</header>
<subsection id="IDA461A4F87BDE40A8AFECD0A97F1503F0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority To Transfer Authorizations</header>
<paragraph id="IDD06641A81E4D42F28171480AE7063DAE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>Upon determination by the Secretary of Defense that such action is necessary in the national interest, the Secretary may transfer amounts of authorizations made available to the Department of Defense in this title for fiscal year 2008 between any such authorizations for that fiscal year (or any subdivisions thereof). Amounts of authorizations so transferred shall be merged with and be available for the same purposes as the authorization to which transferred.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDBCDCCDB3BB3D45BBA5A781655D89135E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The total amount of authorizations that the Secretary may transfer under the authority of this section may not exceed $3,500,000,000.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idACF627E9D065446EAF5601041F7E0B44"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Terms and conditions</header><text>Transfers under this section shall be subject to the same terms and conditions as transfers under section 1001.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id80A424645C40446680945CDA8F739545"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Additional authority</header><text>The transfer authority provided by this section is in addition to the transfer authority provided under section 1001.</text> </subsection></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="id0E81C98121604A7F954141C154E7F040"><enum>C</enum><header>Other Matters</header>
<section id="id0B82F2E4ACDF465FA66C7C6C82E67114"><enum>1531.</enum><header>Limitation on availability of funds for certain purposes relating to Iraq</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">No funds appropriated pursuant to an authorization of appropriations in this Act may be obligated or expended for a purpose as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="H036E459DD3B94BAC8BC94EBEF7D792B2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>To establish any military installation or base for the purpose of providing for the permanent stationing of United States Armed Forces in Iraq.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5B3B4FBDA4EE4E70A7AE8BA4209F3565"><enum>(2)</enum><text>To exercise United States control of the oil resources of Iraq.</text> </paragraph></section>
<section id="id8E5607A5A9B642E98A07FA498B3080C0"><enum>1532.</enum><header>Reimbursement of certain coalition nations for support provided to United States military operations</header>
<subsection id="id60A67891E4394098B91F1235C502A10D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>From funds made available for the Department of Defense by section 1506 for operation and maintenance, Defense-wide activities, the Secretary of Defense may reimburse any key cooperating nation for logistical and military support provided by that nation to or in connection with United States military operations in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id6E68F3EA3D454CB585486F34D59E1640"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amounts of reimbursement</header>
<paragraph id="idD9F1DD5D314846CB9AD1601883953312"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Reimbursement authorized by subsection (a) may be made in such amounts as the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State and in consultation with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, may determine, based on documentation determined by the Secretary of Defense to adequately account for the support provided.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id3FA162421FF6423F85AED65CAF648657"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Standards</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe standards for determining the kinds of logistical and military support to the United States that shall be considered reimbursable under the authority in subsection (a). Such standards may not take effect until 15 days after the date on which the Secretary submits to the congressional defense committees a report setting forth such standards.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id1D2FBE6B26E6464A81111BD5C5275F52"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitations</header>
<paragraph id="id47C9823977B345B897B405BB62A020EC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Limitation on amount</header><text>The total amount of reimbursements made under the authority in subsection (a) during fiscal year 2008 may not exceed $1,200,000,000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id1A2837849FD24782B1B049DC46E6FE78"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Prohibition on contractual obligations to make payments</header><text>The Secretary of Defense may not enter into any contractual obligation to make a reimbursement under the authority in subsection (a).</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idDF6371A8F5174F759EECEB46FE325E83"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Notice to Congress</header><text>The Secretary of Defense shall—</text>
<paragraph id="idB79D25924C4B42B79F9F2ED46403FA68"><enum>(1)</enum><text>notify the congressional defense committees not less than 15 days before making any reimbursement under the authority in subsection (a); and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id8AEE41A5E99F4C119A3B95B5B7AD8167"><enum>(2)</enum><text>submit to the congressional defense committees on a quarterly basis a report on any reimbursements made under the authority in subsection (a) during such quarter.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="id3945C43C11B140DDA7F853120F4D1BC8"><enum>1533.</enum><header>Logistical support for coalition forces supporting operations in Iraq and Afghanistan</header>
<subsection id="IDe88a07a61fb940cc9152cf42333d4ac9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Availability of funds for logistical support</header><text>Subject to the provisions of this section, amounts available to the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2008 for operation and maintenance may be used to provide supplies, services, transportation (including airlift and sealift), and other logistical support to coalition forces supporting United States military and stabilization operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="idD26A8724C97E492AAD9D249D843671E3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Required determination</header><text>The Secretary may provide logistical support under the authority in subsection (a) only if the Secretary determines that the coalition forces to be provided the logistical support—</text>
<paragraph id="id3D5ED9A28E5B4345B6A5FAD344FB08FD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>are essential to the success of a United States military or stabilization operation; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idC7D27609EE88422693FF83076F1DB1DD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>would not be able to participate in such operation without the provision of the logistical support.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idF65CE798F5EC404ABAE1981D6D61EF7C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Coordination with export control laws</header><text>Logistical support may be provided under the authority in subsection (a) only in accordance with applicable provisions of the Arms Export Control Act and other export control laws of the United States.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID9ebd7c54f37f4e6cbad921aea6de217a"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limitation on value</header><text>The total amount of logistical support provided under the authority in subsection (a) in fiscal year 2008 may not exceed $400,000,000.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID6fb9c31b72764ef1afaa2a17a643fa91"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Quarterly reports</header>
<paragraph id="idBCD86F049E83428D9C602FBAE494B2AD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Reports required</header><text>Not later than 15 days after the end of each fiscal-year quarter of fiscal year 2008, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the provision of logistical support under the authority in subsection (a) during such fiscal-year quarter.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id515910F19C9E42EDA45FD7083CAA1BB7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>Each report under paragraph (1) shall include, for the fiscal-year quarter covered by such report, the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="id0D2F2A5C6C814085B7098DBED22A0844"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Each nation provided logistical support under the authority in subsection (a).</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id0452F4E8796A4C1E86EB04889F38472F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>For each such nation, a description of the type and value of logistical support so provided.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="idDE98D412F1134AC49474AF98C7093701"><enum>1534.</enum><header>Competition for procurement of small arms supplied to Iraq and Afghanistan</header>
<subsection id="id464B41286EA54DFD90F8167F27B0004C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Competition requirement</header><text>For the procurement of pistols and other weapons described in subsection (b), the Secretary of Defense shall ensure, consistent with the provisions of section 2304 of title 10, United States Code, that—</text>
<paragraph id="idB108B3BFFB654252AC55A7A03121CEAF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>full and open competition is obtained to the maximum extent practicable;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id6633904B209A4EED9F5C8F32E9880508"><enum>(2)</enum><text>no responsible United States manufacturer is excluded from competing for such procurements; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idA4A0853874AC4C948FE5CC36800FFB29"><enum>(3)</enum><text>products manufactured in the United States are not excluded from the competition.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id4488BDCAAF0047F1AAA82F01627FA3E4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Procurements covered</header><text>This section applies to the procurement of the following:</text>
<paragraph id="id81F56E95B48B482189E2C741ABE7E7BF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Pistols and other weapons less than 0.50 caliber for assistance to the Army of Iraq, the Iraqi Police Forces, and other Iraqi security organizations.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3F1ADA4A98F8403D8A1C08512BE57781"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Pistols and other weapons less than 0.50 caliber for assistance to the Army of Afghanistan, the Afghani Police Forces, and other Afghani security organizations.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle>
June 29, 2007
Reported with amendments