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  <summary>	6/25/2009--Passed House amended. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Division A:- Department of Defense Authorizations - Title I: Procurement - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for FY2010 for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force for aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and other procurement. (Sec. 104) Authorizes appropriations for FY2010 for: (1) defense-wide procurement; (2) National Guard and reserve equipment; and (3) the Rapid Acquisition Fund. Subtitle B: Army Programs - (Sec. 111) Prohibits (with exceptions) Army procurement funds from being obligated or expended for tactical radio systems. (Sec. 112) Authorizes the Secretary of Defense (Secretary), with respect to certain Future Combat Systems (FCS) equipment, to procure for low-rate initial production during FY2010-FY2011 only the equipment necessary for one brigade. Makes such limitation inapplicable with respect to equipment specifically intended to address an operational need requirement. Subtitle C: Navy Programs - (Sec. 121) Prohibits more than $460 million from being obligated or expended for the procurement of each Navy littoral combat ship vessel. Provides technical data package cost limitations with respect to each such vessel for FY2010. Allows adjustments to the per-vessel cost limitation for increases or decreases attributable to economic inflation, compliance with changes to federal, state, or local laws, outfitting and post-delivery costs, and costs attributable to the insertion of new technology. Requires an annual report from the Secretary to the congressional defense and appropriations committees on littoral combat ship vessels. Prohibits the vessel cost limitations from becoming effective until the Secretary: (1) has accepted delivery of Littoral Combat Ships 1 and 2 following successful trial completions; and (2) has made certain verifications concerning vessel performance, funding for future vessels, and an appropriate FY2010 contractor for the next vessel. (Sec. 122) Directs the Secretary of the Navy to report to the defense and appropriations committees on the effects of using a five-year interval for the construction of Ford-class aircraft carriers. Provides FY2010 funding limitations with respect to the aircraft carrier designated CVN-79. (Sec. 123) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to use funds available for advance procurement with respect to shipbuilding and conversion funding to enter into contracts for: (1) components, parts, or materiel, as well as production planning and other related support services that reduce the overall procurement lead time of the vessel; and (2) advanced construction efforts for the CVN-79 if such Secretary determines that cost savings, construction efficiencies, or workforce stability may be achieved through the use of such contract. (Sec. 124) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy, beginning with the FY2010 program year, to enter into a multiyear contract for the procurement of F/A-18E/F and EA-18G aircraft. Requires such Secretary to report certain related findings to the defense and appropriations committees at least 30 days before such contract is awarded. (Sec. 125) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy, beginning with the FY2010 program year, to enter into a multiyear contract for the procurement of DDG-51 Burke-class destroyers and government-furnished equipment associated with such destroyers. Requires such Secretary to report certain related findings to the defense and appropriations committees at least 30 days before such contract is awarded. (Sec. 126) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to obligate specified Navy procurement funds for the lease and conversion of either of the Navy vessels Huakai or Alakai which, as a result of default on a federally-guaranteed loan, has become the property of the United States. Requires the determination of appropriate leasing rates. Subtitle D: Air Force Programs - (Sec. 131) Repeals a provision of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Hunter Act) requiring the President to make certain certifications to the defense and appropriations committees with respect to the F-22A fighter aircraft program. (Sec. 132) Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to develop a plan for the preservation and storage of unique tooling related to the production of hardware and end items for F-22 fighter aircraft. Prohibits FY2010 Air Force aircraft procurement funding until 45 days after such Secretary reports to Congress describing such plan. (Sec. 133) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense and appropriations committees on 4.5 generation fighter aircraft procurement, including whether Congress should authorize a multiyear contract for such aircraft. Requires the Secretary, upon making a positive recommendation with respect to the multiyear contract, to submit certain related certifications to Congress at the same time that the annual defense budget is submitted. (Sec. 134) Directs the Secretary of the Air Force, at least 120 days before any C-5 aircraft is retired, to report to the defense and appropriations committees on the proposed force structure and basing of strategic airlift aircraft. (Sec. 135) Directs the Secretary of the Air Force, effective October 1, 2009, to maintain a total strategic airlift aircraft inventory of not less than 316. (Sec. 136) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2008 to repeal the requirement to maintain certain retired C-130E aircraft. Subtitle E: Joint and Multiservice Matters - (Sec. 141) Directs the Secretary to ensure that: (1) body armor is procured using funds authorized to be appropriated by this title; and (2) within each procurement account in the budget for FY2011 and thereafter, a separate procurement line item is designated for body armor. (Sec. 142) Prohibits procurement funds from being obligated or expended for an unmanned cargo-carrying-capable aerial vehicle until 15 days after the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (Under Secretary) certify to the defense and appropriations committees that the Joint Requirements Oversight Council has approved a joint and common requirement for such vehicle type. Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 201) Authorizes appropriations for FY2010 for the Armed Forces for research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&amp;amp;E). Earmarks specified amounts for the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation. Subtitle B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations - (Sec. 211) Prohibits the Secretary of the Navy from obligating more that 50% of the funds remaining for the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet Continuity of Service Contract or the Next Generation Enterprise Network (NGEN) until such Secretary submits to the defense and appropriations committees a detailed architectural specification for the NGEN. (Sec. 212) Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of funds for the Joint Multi-Mission Submersible Program until the Secretary: (1) completes an assessment of the feasibility of a Program cost-sharing agreement between the Department of Defense (DOD) and the intelligence community; (2) submits such assessment to the defense, appropriations, and intelligence committees; and (3) certifies to such committees that the agreement developed represents the most effective and affordable means of delivery under the Program. (Sec. 213) Requires the Secretary, in the budget materials submitted to Congress for FY2011 and thereafter, to ensure that in each: (1) RDT&amp;amp;E account a separate program element is assigned to the research and development (R&amp;amp;D) of individual body armor and associated components; (2) Navy RDT&amp;amp;E account and Navy aircraft procurement account a separate program element is assigned to each of the F-35B and F-35C aircraft, to the extent that such accounts include funding for each such aircraft. (Sec. 215) Prohibits more than 50% of Army RDT&amp;amp;E funds authorized for specified defense acquisition programs from being obligated until the Secretary submits to the defense and appropriations committees the comprehensive annual Selected Acquisition Report for FY2009 for each such program. (Sec. 216) Prohibits more than 25% of Army R&amp;amp;D funds for the FCS from being obligated or expended until 15 days after congressional receipt of an FCS milestone report as required under the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Warner Act). (Sec. 217) Prohibits the obligation of more than 25% of the amounts remaining for FY2010 for the Net-Enabled Command and Control system in specified program elements until the Secretary submits to the defense and appropriations committees a plan for reorganizing and consolidating the management of the system and the Global Command and Control system family of systems. (Sec. 218) Prohibits the obligation of more than 75% of the funds available for the F-35 Lightning II aircraft acquisition program until 15 days after the later of: (1) a certification from the Under Secretary that all funds for the continued development and procurement of a propulsion system for the program have been obligated; (2) a related report from the Secretary as required under the Hunter Act; or (3) the FY2010 annual program plan and certification from the Secretary as required under law. (Sec. 219) Directs the Secretary to: (1) carry out programs to develop, test, and, if appropriate, field new or upgraded Army ground combat vehicle and self-propelled artillery capabilities; and (2) report to the defense and appropriations committees with respect to such capabilities. Restricts funding for specified Army combat vehicle and artillery system program elements until 15 days after the Secretary submits such report. Subtitle C: Missile Defense Programs - (Sec. 221) Prohibits more than 25% of the funds authorized for the Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense project from being obligated until the Secretary makes a certification to the defense and appropriations committees with respect to the project's review, executability, and capability. (Sec. 222) Directs the Secretary to carry out a sustainment and modernization program to ensure the long-term reliability, availability, maintainability, and supportability of the ground-based midcourse defense system to protect the United States against limited ballistic missile attacks. Requires the Secretary: (1) in each defense budget submitted to Congress, to clearly identify to the defense and appropriations committees the amounts requested for each of the program elements under such system; and (2) to report to such committees outlining the long-term sustainment and modernization plan of DOD for such system. (Sec. 223) Prohibits any DOD funds for FY2010 or thereafter from being obligated or expended for the acquisition or deployment of a long-range missile defense system in Europe until the Secretary certifies to the defense and appropriations committees that the proposed interceptor and radars to be deployed as part of such system has demonstrated a high probability of operational effectiveness. (Sec. 224) Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States: (1) reaffirms the principles articulated in the National Missile Defense Act of 1999; (2) should continue to fund robust RDT&amp;amp;E of the current ground-based midcourse defense system; (3) should continue development of the Missile-3 Block IIA missile with Japan to provide the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense a capability to counter North Korean long-range ballistic missiles; and (4) should set future missile defense force structure and inventory requirements with a clear link to the threat and military requirements process that takes into account the views of key DOD stakeholders such as the combatant commanders and the military services. (Sec. 225) Directs the Secretary to submit to the defense and appropriations committees a strategy for ascent phase missile defense. (Sec. 226) Earmarks specified funds made available in FY2009-FY2010 for missile defense systems in Europe for RDT&amp;amp;E of a missile defense system based in the Czech Republic and Poland, and a system on the east coast of the United States that would protect the United States and Europe from the threat posed by all types of ballistic missiles. Requires a certification from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees with respect to the U.S.-Europe missile defense system. (Sec. 227) Requires the Secretary to: (1) enter into an arrangement with the JASON Defense Advisory Panel to carry out a study on the technical and scientific feasibility of the discrimination capabilities of the U.S. missile defense system; and (2) report study results to the defense, appropriations, and government affairs committees. (Sec. 228) Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary should thoroughly consider the role of ballistic missile defenses during the Quadrennial Defense Review and the Nuclear Posture Review. Subtitle D: Reports - (Sec. 231) Directs the Comptroller General (CG) to: (1) assess the degree to which the requirements, technology goals, and research and procurement investments in energy storage technologies are coordinated within and among the military departments, appropriate defense agencies, and other DOD elements; and (2) report assessment results to the defense committees. (Sec. 232) Requires the CG to: (1) conduct an annual review of the F-35 Lightning II aircraft acquisition program; and (2) for each of the years 2010 through 2015, report to the defense and appropriations committees on the results of the most recent review. (Sec. 233) Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of more than 25% of the funding for a specified program element for intelligence planning activities until 30 days after the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence submits a related report required under the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2004. (Sec. 234) Directs the Secretary of the Army to report to Congress on future R&amp;amp;D of man-portable and vehicle-mounted guided missile systems to replace the current Javelin and TOW systems. Prohibits the obligation of more than 70% of funds authorized for Army missile and rocket advanced technology RDT&amp;amp;E until such Secretary submits such report. Subtitle E: Other Matters - (Sec. 241) Requires the Director of the Test Resource Management Center to have access to all DOD records and data needed to carry out Director duties. (Sec. 242) Requires inclusion by the Secretary, in annual budget requests and in each future-years defense program, of sufficient amounts for the continued development and procurement of a competitive propulsion system for the F-35 Lightning II aircraft. Directs the Secretary to ensure the obligation and expenditure of sufficient amounts for the continued development and procurement of two options for such propulsion system. (Sec. 243) Directs the Secretary to carry out a program to provide assistance to institutions of higher education eligible for assistance under title III or V of the Higher Education Act of 1965 in order to assist DOD in defense-related RDT&amp;amp;E within the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields. Outlines program objectives, initiatives, and specific types of assistance to be provided. (Sec. 244) Extends through FY2013 DOD authority to award prizes for advanced technology achievements. (Sec. 245) Requires the Secretary to designate a senior DOD official to act as the executive agent for advanced energetics. Outlines roles, responsibilities, and authorities of such agent. (Sec. 246) Directs the Secretary and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) to jointly: (1) carry out a study on the use of thorium-liquid fueled nuclear reactors for naval power needs pursuant to the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2008; and (2) report study results to the defense and appropriations committees. (Sec. 247) Authorizes the Secretary to establish as a two-year program the Visiting NIH (National Institutes of Health) Senior Neuroscience Fellowship Program at: (1) the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency; and (2) the Defense Center of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury. (Sec. 248) Allows a federally funded research and development center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) that functions primarily as a research laboratory to participate in DOD merit-based technology research and development programs. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 301) Authorizes appropriations for FY2010 for operation and maintenance (O&amp;amp;M) for the Armed Forces and specified activities and agencies of DOD. Subtitle B: Environmental Provisions - (Sec. 311) Specifies authorized funding sources for DOD participation in conservation banking programs as authorized under the Hunter Act. (Sec. 312) Reauthorizes title I of the Sikes Act (conservation programs on military installations) for FY2010-FY2015. (Sec. 313) Amends such Act to authorize military department Secretaries to enter into interagency agreements for land management on DOD installations. (Sec. 314) Reauthorizes for FY2010-FY2015 a pilot program under such Act concerning invasive species management for military installations on Guam. (Sec. 315) Authorizes the Secretary to reimburse the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for certain environmental cleanup costs in connection with ordnance and explosive safety hazards at the former Nansemond Ordnance Depot Site in Suffolk, Virginia. (Sec. 316) Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop methods to account for the full life-cycle costs of munitions in making decisions regarding their procurement; (2) undertake a review of live-fire practices in order to reduce unexploded ordnance and contamination without impeding military readiness; and (3) annually report to Congress on such methods and the review results. (Sec. 317) Directs the Secretary to prohibit the disposal of hazardous waste, medical waste, and solid waste containing plastic in an open-air burn pit during a contingency operation lasting longer than one year. Requires a report from the Secretary to Congress on the use of open-air burn pits in contingency operations. (Sec. 318) Requires the Secretary: (1) as part of annual budget submissions, to include funding levels requested for the Military Munitions Response Program and the Installation Restoration Program; and (2) to evaluate and report on the progress of such programs in the Defense Environmental Program's annual report to Congress. Subtitle C: Workplace and Depot Issues - (Sec. 321) Requires a public-private competition whenever DOD intends to convert to contractor performance functions previously performed by DOD civilian personnel. (Sec. 322) Sets at 540 days the time limit from the beginning of preliminary planning to a final performance decision made for public-private competitions conducted under Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-76. Requires such time limit to exclude any delays resulting from a protest before the Government Accountability Office (GAO) or the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, unless the Secretary determines that the delay is caused by issues not previously raised during the competition. (Sec. 323) Includes in the definition of &amp;quot;depot-level maintenance and repair&amp;quot; the installation of major modifications, including performance or safety modifications. (Sec. 325) Requires the Secretary of the Navy to: (1) carry out a costs-benefits analysis associated with each alternative for the performance of planned maintenance interval events and concurrent or stand-alone modifications performed on the AV-8B Harrier aircraft weapons system; and (2) report analysis results to the defense and appropriations committees. Prohibits such Secretary from entering into a contract with respect to the performance of such activities until 90 days after completing the analysis and submitting the report. (Sec. 326) Directs the Secretary to suspend all public-private competitions pending as of March 26, 2009, until the Secretary has reviewed such competitions. Requires the Secretary to terminate any study for a competition that has been conducted for longer than 18 months, or submit to Congress a written justification for continuing such study. Prohibits the Secretary from recommencing any suspended competitions until after reporting to Congress on review actions taken. (Sec. 327) Suspends, from the date of enactment of this Act through September 30, 2012, public-private competitions for conversion to contractor performance of functions currently performed by DOD civilian employees. (Sec. 328) Directs the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy to revise the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to allow for pre-award and post-award debriefings of federal employee representatives in the case of conversion to contractor performance of a function previously performed by federal employees. (Sec. 329) Makes technical and clarifying amendments to federal provisions concerning bid protest procedures by federal employees and agency officials with respect to such function conversions. Subtitle D: Energy Security - (Sec. 331) Earmarks specified O&amp;amp;M funds for the Director of Operational Energy Plans and Programs of the Department of Defense. (Sec. 332) Requires the above Director to report to the defense committees on specific actions taken with respect to CG recommendations on fuel-demand management at forward-deployed locations. (Sec. 333) Directs the Secretary to consider renewable fuels for testing, certification, and use in aviation, maritime, and ground transportation fleets. (Sec. 334) States as a DOD goal, for FY2025 and thereafter, to procure from renewable aviation fuel sources at least 25% of the total fuel consumed by DOD in the contiguous United States. (Sec. 335) Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to allow an exception to a prohibition against a federal agency contracting for the procurement of an alternative or synthetic fuel for any use other than research or testing unless the contract specifies that the emissions associated with the production and combustion of the fuel supplied under the contract must be less than or equal to the emissions from equivalent conventional fuel produced from conventional petroleum sources. Subtitle E: Reports - (Sec. 341) Amends the Hunter Act to require an annual report from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees on the procurement of military working dogs. Subtitle F: Other Matters - (Sec. 351) Authorizes the Secretary, for the five-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, to use the DOD reimbursement rate for military airlift services provided by a DOD component to any federal government element outside DOD, but only if the Secretary determines that the provision of such services will promote the improved use of airlift capacity without any negative effect on national security. Requires an annual report from the Secretary to the defense committees detailing the use of such authority. (Sec. 352) Directs the Secretary to standardize the design of future ground combat uniforms. (Sec. 353) Restricts funds authorized for DOD counterthreat finance efforts until the Secretary reports specified information to the defense and appropriations committees, including the nature and extent of the mission of such efforts and its future cost requirements. (Sec. 354) Prohibits the obligation of more than 90% of the funds authorized for FY2010 for the Office of the Secretary of Defense for budget activity 4, line 270, until information cited in the classified annex accompanying this Act related to the provision of classified justification material is provided to the defense and appropriations committees. (Sec. 355) Authorizes the Secretary of the: (1) Army to conduct a 12-month condition-based maintenance demonstration program on certain tactical wheeled vehicles; and (2) Navy to conduct a 12-month demonstration program on at least four systems or components of the guided missile destroyer class of surface combatant ships. Requires each such Secretary to report to the defense and appropriations committees assessing whether their respective department could reduce maintenance costs and improve overall readiness by implementing condition-based maintenance for the current and future tactical wheeled vehicle fleets and Navy surface combatants. (Sec. 356) Directs the Secretary to study, and report to the defense and appropriations committees on, the distribution of hemostatic agents to members serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, in order to ensure that each military department is complying with policies with respect to such agents. Expresses the sense of Congress that all members deployed in combat zones should carry life-saving resources with them, including hemostatic agents. (Sec. 357) Amends the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (Spence Act) to extend through FY2011 the Army arsenal support program initiative. Title IV: Military Personnel Authorizations - Subtitle A: Active Forces - (Sec. 401) Sets forth authorized end strengths for active-duty forces as of the end of FY2010. (Sec. 402) Revises the permanent active-duty minimum end strength levels for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force. (Sec. 403) Authorizes the Secretary to establish the active-duty end strength for the Army up to the FY2010 baseline plus 30,000, in order to support operational missions or achieve reorganizational objectives. Subtitle B: Reserve Forces - (Sec. 411) Sets forth authorized end strengths as of the end of FY2010 for members of the Selected Reserve and reserve personnel on active duty in support of the reserves. (Sec. 413) Sets forth minimum end strengths for FY2010 for Army and Air Force dual status military technicians. (Sec. 414) Provides a FY2010 limitation on the number of non-dual status Army and Air Force military technicians. (Sec. 415) Sets forth the maximum number of reserve personnel authorized to be on active duty for operational support during FY2010. (Sec. 416) Requires a report from the Secretary of the Army to the defense and appropriations committees evaluating options for creation of a Trainees, Transients, Holdees, and Students Account within the Army National Guard. Expresses the sense of Congress that an increase in Army National Guard end strengths should be considered in the deliberations of the next quadrennial defense review. Subtitle C: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 421) Authorizes appropriations for FY2010 for military personnel. (Sec. 422) Amends the Hunter Act to repeal a one-time delay in military retirement payments in 2013. Title V: Military Personnel Policy - Subtitle A: Military Personnel Policy Generally - (Sec. 501) Extends through 2012 the period during which military personnel may accumulate up to 75 (normally 60) days of leave at the end of a fiscal year. (Sec. 502) Increases the rank of the Chief of the Navy Dental Corps from rear admiral (lower half) to rear admiral (upper half). (Sec. 503) Excludes active-duty service after January 1, 2011, while pursuing a degree under the Navy's Seaman to Admiral program from the computation of years of service as an officer for voluntary retirement purposes, but counts such service in the computation of years of active-duty officer service for all other purposes. Subtitle B: Joint Qualified Officers and Requirements - (Sec. 511) Conforms federal joint professional military education reporting requirements to the joint programs and policies reporting requirements implemented by DOD under the Warner Act. Subtitle C: General Service Authorities - (Sec. 521) Provides that if a member of the Armed Forces (member) who has been deployed overseas in support of a contingency operation is diagnosed as experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or traumatic brain injury or otherwise asserts such a condition, then the Secretary of the military department concerned (Secretary concerned) may not authorize the involuntary separation of the member under conditions other than honorable until after the member receives a medical evaluation to evaluate such diagnosis. Directs the Secretary concerned to review the medical evaluation, as well as the findings and conclusions of any physical evaluation board, to determine the appropriate course of action with regard to the separation of the member. Requires the review of previous discharges and dismissals involving such diagnoses. Requires the appropriate Member of Congress, when authorized by a member, to be advised of the decision of a board conducting a review of a member's previous discharge or dismissal, and the rationale used to support the decision. (Sec. 522) Amends the Warner Act to allow data derived from existing sources to be used to evaluate job performance required under a program concerning the use of test preparation guides to improve the qualification test scores of military recruits. (Sec. 523) Directs the Secretary to modify DD Form 214 (Certificate of Discharge or Release from Active Duty) in order to permit a member to include an e-mail address on the form. (Sec. 524) Prohibits a person affiliated with a group associated with hate-related violence against groups or persons or the U.S. government from being recruited, enlisted, or retained in the Armed Forces. Requires the immediate discharge of current members determined to be so associated, but allows an exception with respect to a member who has renounced such an association. (Sec. 525) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2008 to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to develop and implement a secure electronic method of forwarding DD Form 214 (certificate of release or discharge from active duty) to the appropriate VA regional office. Subtitle D: Education and Training - (Sec. 531) Increases from 17 to 22 the number of cadets at each of the military colleges who may receive financial assistance under the early commissioning program. (Sec. 532) Increases from 10 to 20 the number of civilians authorized to attend the professional military education program at the National Defense University. (Sec. 533) Increases, from one to two, the number of appointments to each of the military service academies that may be made as a result of nominations made by delegates to Congress from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. (Sec. 534) Directs the Secretary to carry out a five-year pilot program to establish at least three Language Training Centers for members and civilian DOD personnel at accredited universities, senior military colleges, or other similar institutions of higher education, for the development of proficiency in designated critical and strategic languages. Requires the Secretary to: (1) evaluate the cost and effectiveness of each Center established; and (2) report to the defense and appropriations committees on the pilot program. (Sec. 535) Requires the Secretary concerned to allocate a portion of the scholarships offered under the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship and Financial Assistance program to assist students to pursue a degree at the masters and doctoral levels in specified disciplines that will contribute to military mental health care programs. Increases by 300 the authorized number of program participants in order to accommodate such additional students. (Sec. 536) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to carry out a pilot program to establish and support units of the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps to permit the enrollment of students in grades above sixth grade. Requires each Secretary to review each pilot program. (Sec. 537) Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to establish a nonprofit corporation, to be known as the Air Force Academy Athletic Association, to support the athletic program of the Air Force Academy. Provides for an Association Board of Directors. Allows Air Force personnel to participate in: (1) Association management, operation, and oversight; and (2) events and athletic contests sponsored by the Association. Provides funding. Subtitle E: Defense Dependents' Education - (Sec. 551) Earmarks specified DOD O&amp;amp;M funds for assistance to: (1) local educational agencies that benefit a significant number of dependents of military personnel and DOD civilian employees; and (2) schools with enrollment changes due to base closures, force structure changes, or force relocations. (Sec. 552) Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to reduce from 6,500 to 5,000 the number of weighted student units for purposes of determining the appropriate amount of impact aid funding. (Sec. 553) Amends the Defense Dependents' Education Act of 1978 to make permanent the authority of the Secretary to enroll in the defense dependents' education system in Mons, Belgium, a limited number of dependents of foreign military personnel assigned to the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe. Subtitle F: Missing or Deceased Persons - (Sec. 561) Directs the Secretary to implement a comprehensive program to account for missing persons from all U.S. conflicts from World War II to the present. Requires the program to be implemented within the DOD POW/MIA accounting community (a community of several offices, commands, and laboratories doing work related to missing military personnel and casualties). Requires: (1) each unaccounted for person to be considered a missing person for program purposes; and (2) a personnel file to be maintained for each missing person, with any new information relevant to the status of the person to be added to the file. Provides as program goals that 200 missing persons are accounted for annually beginning with FY2015, and 350 are accounted for annually beginning with FY2020. (Sec. 562) Requires the remains of a deceased member of the Armed Forces to be recovered from the theater of combat operations and returned to the United States via the Dover Port Mortuary without delay unless very specific extenuating circumstances presented by the primary next of kin dictate otherwise and can reasonably be accommodated by DOD. Directs such primary next of kin to make the decision regarding media access for the transfer of remains at Dover Air Force Base. Directs the Secretary to develop a long-term plan to obtain the preference of members regarding such media access in the event they become a casualty. Requires the Secretary concerned to provide the primary next of kin and two additional family members a travel and transportation allowance for travel to and from Dover Air Force Base to attend a transfer ceremony. Makes this section effective one year after the enactment of this Act. (Sec. 563) Directs the Secretary to report to Congress evaluating the potential effects of expanding the list of persons who may be designated by a member as the person authorized to direct disposition of the member's remains. (Sec. 564) Expresses the sense of Congress: (1) reaffirming its support for the recovery and return to the United States of the remains of members killed in battle, and for efforts by the joint POW-MIA Accounting Command to recover the remains of members from all wars; (2) recognizing the courage and sacrifice of members who fought on the island of Tarawa in World War II; (3) acknowledging the dedicated research and efforts to identify, locate, and advocate for the recovery of remains of members from Tarawa; and (4) encouraging DOD to review such research and, as appropriate, conduct new studies, research, and undertake all feasible efforts to recover, identify, and return to the United States remains of members from Tarawa. Subtitle G: Decorations and Awards - (Sec. 571) Directs the Secretary concerned to award the Vietnam Service Medal to veterans who participated in the Mayaguez rescue operation of May 12-15, 1975. (Sec. 572) Authorizes and requests the President to award the Medal of Honor to former Private First Class Anthony T. Koho'ohanohano for acts of valor during the Korean War. (Sec. 573) Authorizes and requests the Secretary of the Army to award the distinguished service cross to: (1) former Captain Jack T. Stewart for acts of valor during the Vietnam War; and (2) former Sergeant First Class William T. Miles, Jr., for acts of valor during the Korean War. (Sec. 575) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to award the Army Combat Action Badge to Army personnel who participated in combat during which the person personally engaged, or was personally engaged by, the enemy at any time beginning on December 7, 1941, and ending on September 18, 2001, if such Secretary determines that the person has not been previously recognized for such participation. (Sec. 576) Directs the Secretary concerned to issue to the Combat Medevac Badge to each person who served in combat on or after June 25, 1950, as a pilot or crew member of a helicopter medical evacuation ambulance. Subtitle H: Military Families - (Sec. 581) Directs the Secretary to enter into an agreement with the head of an executive department or agency that has an established internship program to reimburse such department or agency for costs associated with the first year of employment of a spouse of a member serving on active duty who is selected to participate in the internship program. Excludes from such eligibility spouses who are: (1) legally separated from the member; (2) also a member serving on active duty; or (3) a retired member of the Armed Forces. Terminates the agreement at the end of FY2011. Requires the Secretary to report to the defense and appropriations committees on the number of spouses receiving internships under the agreement. (Sec. 582) Directs the CG to: (1) review and assess DOD progress in implementing certain recommendations to reduce domestic violence within military families; and (2) report review results to the defense and appropriations committees. (Sec. 583) Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to include phone, cable, Internet, and various utilities services among those services that a member being deployed on active duty for more than 90 days may terminate, upon receiving deployment orders, without the payment of early termination or related fees. (Currently, only contracts for the leasing of premises or automobiles are included). (Sec. 584) Provides that, if a motion for change of custody of a child of a servicemember is filed while the servicemember is deployed in support of a contingency operation, no court may act in a manner that changes such custody arrangement as of the date of the member's deployment, except that a court may enter a temporary custody order if it finds that it is in the best interests of the child. Prohibits a court from considering the absence of a servicemember due to deployment, or the possibility of deployment, in determining a child's best interests. (Sec. 585) Includes members on active duty in a foreign country within coverage under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. Includes as covered servicemembers under such Act veterans receiving medical treatment, recuperation, and therapy for a serious injury or illness and who were members of the Armed Forces at any time during the five years preceding the date on which the veteran undergoes such treatment, recuperation, or therapy. (Sec. 586) Directs the CG to report to Congress on: (1) the impact of domestic violence in military families on the children of such families; and (2) progress to ensure that such children receive adequate care and services when exposed to such violence. (Sec. 587) Establishes the Overseas Voting Advisory Board to conduct studies and issue reports with respect to the ability of U.S. citizens who reside outside the United States to register and vote in U.S. elections, as well as related matters. Requires the Board to report annually to Congress on its activities, and authorizes the defense committees to hold hearings on such reports. Authorizes appropriations for the Board. (Sec. 588) Expresses the sense of Congress that the intra-familial abduction to foreign countries of children of members constitutes a grave violation of the rights of military parents and poses a significant threat to the psychological well-being and development of the abducted children. Requires an annual report from the Secretary to the defense committees with respect to such abductions. Subtitle I: Other Matters - (Sec. 591) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to make grants to support the Navy Sea Cadet Corps, a federally chartered corporation. (Sec. 592) Requires a report from the CG to the defense and appropriations committees reviewing the capacity of each military department to investigate and adjudicate allegations of sexual assault in order to determine whether there are any barriers that negatively affect the ability of that department to facilitate such investigation and adjudication to the full extent of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop and submit to such committees a sexual assault prevention program; (2) report to such committees an evaluation of the availability of sexual assault forensic examinations in combat zones; (3) report to such committees on progress made in coverage under TRICARE (a DOD managed health care program) for forensic examinations following alleged sexual assault or domestic violence; (4) require that sexual assault statistics collected by DOD include information on whether a military protective order was issued that involved either the victim or alleged perpetrator of a sexual assault; and (5) ensure that, when such an order is issued to protect a member, the member is informed of their right to request a base transfer. (Sec. 593) Reduces the matching fund requirement for states participating in the National Guard Youth Challenge Program from 75% to 60% of program costs, beginning October 1, 2009. (Sec. 594) Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to revise generally provisions concerning arrearages and other obligations and liabilities upon servicemember termination of a residential or motor vehicle lease due to active-duty deployment for a period in excess of 90 days. (Sec. 595) Amends the Hunter Act to add certain reserve officer representatives on the Military Leadership Diversity Commission. (Sec. 596) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2008 to require the Office for Reintegration Programs to establish a program to provide National Guard and reserve members, their families, and their communities with training in suicide prevention and community healing and response to suicide. (Sec. 597) Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on progress with respect to the Defense Incident-Based Reporting System. Title VI: Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits - Subtitle A: Pay and Allowances - (Sec. 601) Waives any FY2010 pay increases tied to increases in the General Schedule of Compensation for government employees. Increases by 3.4%, effective January 1, 2010, the rates of basic pay for military personnel. (Sec. 602) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to pay a special monthly compensation allowance to members with combat-related catastrophic injuries or illnesses pending their retirement or separation due to physical disability. Requires physician certification that the member requires aid and attendance services to perform personal functions of everyday living. Provides for determination of the appropriate amount of such compensation. Terminates such allowance on the earlier of: (1) 90 days after the member's separation or retirement; (2) the first month after the member's death; or (3) the first month after the member is determined to be no longer afflicted with such injury or illness. (Sec. 603) Authorizes a member who accepts an appointment or reappointment as an officer, without a break in service, to retain the pay and allowances to which the member was entitled in the previous grade if it is more than the pay and allowances to which the member is entitled to in the new appointment or reappointment grade. (Sec. 604) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense and appropriations committees findings and recommendations on housing standards used to calculate the monthly rates of basic allowance for housing. Subtitle B: Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays - (Sec. 611) Extends through 2010 specified authorities currently scheduled to expire at the end of 2008 with respect to certain special pay and bonus programs within the regular and reserve Armed Forces. (Sec. 617) Makes technical corrections and conforming amendments to reconcile conflicting amendments regarding the continued payment of bonuses and similar benefits for certain members. (Sec. 618) Allows the monthly payment of hostile fire, imminent danger, hazardous duty, assignment, and special duty pays to be prorated to reflect the actual time that members performed qualifying service during that month. Allows reserve members to be paid a skill incentive bonus (current law allows such bonus only for active-duty members), with the same proration as above. (Sec. 619) Authorizes the Secretary to develop a program to provide additional special pays and bonuses to members (particularly those who score a 4.0 on the Foreign Service Institute test for the dominant languages of Pashto and Dari) who agree to serve on active duty in Afghanistan for six years or the duration of the U.S. mission there, whichever occurs first. Prohibits any such program from being implemented until the Secretary submits to Congress a description of the program and related information. Provides a three-year duration for any program developed. Requires a program results report from the Secretary to Congress. Terminates program authority at the end of 2012. Subtitle C: Travel and Transportation Allowances - (Sec. 631) Allows members undergoing a permanent change of station to nonforeign duty locations outside the continental United States (Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories and possessions) to transport one additional (current law allows one only) vehicle to such station, as long as the Secretary concerned approves the additional allowance in advance. (Sec. 632) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to allow members to designate three individuals, including persons not family members, to receive travel and transportation allowances to visit the wounded, injured, or ill member during hospitalization. Allows, for designated individuals, three round trips during each 60-day period. Authorizes other servicemembers to receive such allowance as a designated visitor. (Sec. 633) Authorizes a travel and transportation allowance for a qualified non-medical attendant for members determined to be seriously or very seriously wounded, ill, or injured. Requires the attendant to be so designated by the member and determined to be qualified to contribute to the member's health and welfare. Authorizes such allowance for travel from the home of the attendant to the location at which the member is receiving treatment, as well as to locations to which the member may be transferred or referred for further treatment. (Sec. 634) Increases, as of the beginning of FY2010, the weight allowance for the transportation of baggage and household effects of noncommissioned officers in grades E-5 through E-9. Subtitle D: Retired Pay and Survivor Benefits - (Sec. 641) Provides for the recomputation of retired pay and adjustment of the retired grade of reserve retirees recalled to an active status in the Selected Reserve for at least two years. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to reduce the two-year service requirement for a member so recalled to serve as an adjutant or assistant adjutant general in the National Guard when the member serves for at least six months but fails to serve for two years due to legal requirements of the state, district, or territory in which the member is serving. (Sec. 642) Allows members who serve in an active reserve status in the Selected Reserve for at least two years after becoming eligible for active-duty (regular) retirement to elect a non-regular retirement for which they are qualified in lieu of the active-duty retirement. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to reduce the two-year service requirement for a member so recalled to serve as an adjutant or assistant adjutant general in the National Guard when the member serves for at least six months but fails to serve for two years due to legal requirements of the state, district, or territory in which the member is serving. Considers a member retirement-eligible upon meeting all qualification requirements, without regard to whether the member actually retired or received retired or retainer pay. Subtitle E: Commissary and Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentality Benefits and Operations - (Sec. 651) Authorizes the use of DOD funds to purchase, operate, and maintain equipment intended to ensure that military golf courses are in compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990. (Sec. 652) Prohibits the Secretary from authorizing a DOD entity to offer or provide personal information services using DOD resources, personnel, or equipment, or to compete for contracts to provide such services, if users will be charged a fee for such services. Provides an exception if the Secretary determines that: (1) a private sector vendor is not available to provide such services at specific locations; or (2) the interests of the user population would best be served by allowing the government to provide the services. (Sec. 653) Directs the CG to report to the defense committees evaluating the impact of reimposing the requirement that all alcoholic beverages intended for resale on military installations on Guam be purchased from local sources. Subtitle F: Other Matters - (Sec. 661) Reduces from 20% to 10% the amount that may be involuntarily deducted from a member's pay to collect erroneous overpayments. Directs the Secretary concerned to consult with the member regarding the repayment rate, and to take into account the financial ability of the member to pay while avoiding the imposition of undue hardship on the member and his or her dependents. Delays such collection for up to 180 days in the case of members injured or wounded in the line of duty or in a combat operation or designated combat zone. Requires member notification of an overpayment within five years. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to consider canceling overpayment indebtedness if the member: (1) relies on social security benefits or disability compensation for more than half of their annual income; or (2) would suffer an undue hardship through repayment. (Sec. 662) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2006 to extend through 2012 the authority of the Secretary of the Army to develop and implement unique recruitment incentive programs. (Sec. 663) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to provide members or former members a compensatory benefit of up to $200 or one day of administrative absence for each day that the member or former member would have qualified for a day of administrative absence during the period beginning on January 19, 2007, and ending on the date of implementation of the Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence program. Excludes from such benefit former members discharged or released under other than honorable conditions. Terminates such authority one year after the enactment of this Act. (Sec. 664) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) members and their families and military retirees deserve ongoing recognition and support for their service and sacrifices; and (2) Congress will continue to be vigilant in identifying appropriate direct spending offsets that can be used to address shortcomings within those military programs that incur mandatory spending obligations. (Sec. 665) Requires a report from the CG to Congress on the costs incurred by cities and other municipalities that cover the difference between an employee's military salary and the municipal salary. (Sec. 666) Directs the Secretary to provide for a postal benefits program under which coupons or other evidence of credit (vouchers) are provided to members to redeem for free qualified mailings (mail not exceeding 13 ounces or parcels not exceeding 15 pounds) to the members. Authorizes members to transfer such vouchers to a family member or other selected individual to use for such mailings. Allows the use of one voucher per month. Requires the Secretary to reimburse the Postal Service for the cost of such mailings. Provides funding from Army O&amp;amp;M funds (with corresponding offsets). Title VII: Health Care Provisions - Subtitle A: Improvements to Health Benefits - (Sec. 701) Prohibits the Secretary concerned from converting any military medical or dental position to a civilian medical or dental position on or after October 1, 2007. Provides, in the case of any such position so converted from October 1, 2004, through September 30, 2008, that if the position was not filled by a civilian by the latter date, that position shall be restored to a military-only medical or dental position. (Sec. 702) Directs the Secretary to provide chiropractic services for members serving on active duty. Requires such services to be provided only by a doctor of chiropractic. Allows the Secretary to conduct one or more demonstration projects to provide such care to deployed members. (Sec. 703) Expands survivor eligibility under the TRICARE dental program to conform to survivor eligibility under other TRICARE programs. (Sec. 704) Extends TRICARE Standard coverage for certain reserve members who are qualified for non-regular retirement but are not yet 60 years old. Terminates such coverage upon attaining such age. Requires members to pay the full monthly premium for such coverage. (Sec. 705) Authorizes the Secretary to establish cooperative health care agreements between military installations and local or regional health care systems. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the defense and appropriations committees on each agreement. (Sec. 706) Extends eligibility for active-duty TRICARE coverage to reserve members who are issued or covered by a delayed-effective-date active-duty order in support of a contingency operation from 90 to 180 days before the date on which the active-duty period is to commence. (Sec. 707) Directs the Secretary to designate a National Casualty Research Center which shall consist of the combat casualty care program of the Army Medical Research and Materiel Command. Requires the Secretary to appoint a Center director. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 708) Directs the Secretary, in the case of a member exposed to a potentially harmful material or contaminant, to notify the member of such exposure and any associated health risks. Requires the Secretary, if a member is so exposed during a deployment, to notify the member while the member is deployed. (Sec. 709) Requires: (1) the Secretary to conduct a demonstration project to assess the feasibility and efficacy of providing members a post-deployment mental health screening conducted in-person by a mental health provider; (2) the project to include a combat stress evaluation, as well as follow-ups by a case manager; (3) the project to be implemented by the end of FY2010 and to terminate by the end of FY2012; and (4) an implementation, interim, and final report on the project from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees. (Sec. 710) Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on progress made on the establishment of a Joint Virtual Electronic Lifetime Record for members to improve the quality of medical care and create a seamless integration between DOD and the VA. (Sec. 710A) Requires the Secretary to ensure that all members of the Individual Ready Reserve in units that do not muster regularly or have an established support structure receive counseling calls from properly trained personnel in order to determine the emotional, psychological, medical, and career needs and concerns of covered members at least once every 90 days while such members remain in such units. (Sec. 710B) Authorizes DOD to provide treatment for autism spectrum disorders as part of authorized medical and dental care for dependents of members. Requires such treatment if a health care professional determines it to be medically necessary. Outlines authorized treatment types. Provides funding. Subtitle B: Reports - (Sec. 711) Directs the Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs (VA) to report (and to update the report in two years) to specified congressional committees on the treatment of PTSD. (Sec. 712) Directs the Secretary to: (1) examine the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of offering TRICARE Prime in American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands; and (2) report examination results to the defense and appropriations committees. (Sec. 713) Requires the Secretary of: (1) Defense to report to such committees on the health care needs of military dependents; and (2) the Army to carry out a pilot program on the mental health care needs of military children and adolescents. Requires an interim and final report from the Secretary of the Army on the pilot program. (Sec. 714) Directs the Secretary to report to such committees on stipends paid to members of the reserves for health care for dependents determined to possess special health care needs. (Sec. 715) Requires the Secretary to report to such committees on the appropriate number of military mental health providers required to meet the mental health care needs of members, retired members, and dependents. (Sec. 716) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense and appropriations committees on rural access to DOD health care. Title VIII: Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, and Related Matters - Subtitle A: Acquisition Policy and Management - (Sec. 801) Authorizes the Secretary, in the case of a product or service to be acquired in support of military or stability operations in Afghanistan, to conduct a procurement in which: (1) competition is limited to products or services from one or more countries along a major supply route to Afghanistan; and (2) a preference is provided for products or services that are from one or more of such countries. Requires the Secretary, in conducting such a procurement, to determine that: (1) the product or service is to be used only by personnel that ship goods, or provide support for shipping goods, for military forces, police, or other security personnel of Afghanistan, or for military or civilian personnel of the United States or its allies or coalition partners participating in military or stability operations in Afghanistan; (2) it is in the US national security interest to limit procurement competition or provide a procurement preference; and (3) limiting such competition or providing such preference will not adversely affect military or stability operations in Afghanistan or the U.S. industrial base. Terminates such authority 18 months after the enactment of this Act. Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations on the use of such authority. (Sec. 802) Directs the Under Secretary to: (1) provide for an independent assessment of improvements in the procurement and oversight of services by DOD; and (2) report assessment results to the defense and appropriations committees. (Sec. 803) Directs the Secretary to include in annual defense budget materials specified contractor employee data based on the inventory of contracts for services required under the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2008. Requires an approval process related to the conversion of functions previously performed by DOD civilian employees and based on the inventory. (Sec. 804) Authorizes the Secretary to designate up to ten information technology (IT) programs annually to be included in a demonstration of an alternative acquisition process for rapidly acquiring IT capabilities. Prohibits entering into any contract for acquiring an IT system using such authority unless funds for the full cost of such system are obligated or expended in the fiscal year of system delivery. Requires an annual report from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees on the use of such authority. (Sec. 805) Allows a product support integrator function of a major defense system for which a sustainment support arrangement is employed to be performed only by a member of the Armed Forces or a DOD employee. Subtitle B: Amendments to General Contracting Authorities, Procedures, and Limitations - (Sec. 811) Directs the Secretary to revise the Defense Supplement to the FAR to require that, if a clause relating to payment of costs prior to definitization of costs is included in a DOD contract, the clause shall apply to: (1) the contract regardless of contract type; and (2) each contractual action pursuant to the contract. (Sec. 812) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2008 to revise the reporting of information relating to DOD contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan to: (1) make such report requirements applicable to grants and cooperative agreements; (2) increase from 14 to 30 days the duration of a contract for which such reporting is required; and (3) align the contract threshold after which contractors must report their employment of Iraqi nationals with the simplified acquisition threshold (generally $100,000). (Sec. 813) Revises notification requirements for awards of single source task or delivery orders exceeding $100 million to: (1) require notification to the defense and appropriations committees within 30 days; and (2) require such notification also to the intelligence committees if the source of funding for the contract is the National Intelligence Program or Military Intelligence Program. (Sec. 814) Amends the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 to require regulations regarding prime contract suspension and debarment procedures to also apply to subcontracts at any tier. (Sec. 815) Amends the Clinger-Cohen Act to extend through 2011 DOD authority to use simplified acquisition procedures for commercial items with a value of less than $5.5 million. (Sec. 816) Allows the Secretary to designate a program that qualifies as both a MDAP and a major automated information system as one or the other. (Sec. 817) Expands the definition of &amp;quot;small arms production industrial base&amp;quot; to include all domestically-based U.S. small arms manufacturers, and to also include pistols. (Sec. 818) Requires that DOD contracting officers make public the justification for the bundling of contracts at least 30 days before issuing the contract solicitation. (Sec. 819) Allows contracts awarded for DOD advanced component development or prototype units to contain on option for: (1) the provision of advanced component development and prototype of technology developed in the initial underlying contract; and (2) the delivery of initial or additional prototype items if the item or prototype is created as a result of work performed under the initial research contract. Requires delivery of a minimal amount of initial or additional prototype items to allow for the timely solicitation and award of a follow-on development or production contract for those items. Makes the contract option applicable for 12 months. Allows each military department to exercise such an option up to four times a year. Terminates option authority at the end of FY2014. Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees on the exercise of such authority. Subtitle C: Other Matters - (Sec. 821) Adds &amp;quot;critical need&amp;quot; as a basis for the expedited hiring of defense acquisition workforce positions. (Sec. 822) Revises provisions concerning the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund to authorize the Secretary to suspend or reduce the requirement that the heads of the military departments and defense agencies remit into the Fund in each fiscal year amounts used for R&amp;amp;D and military construction, if amounts appropriated to the Fund would exceed minimum Fund requirements. (Sec. 823) Revises a current report requirement with respect to major automated information system programs to replace references to &amp;quot;initial operational capability&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;full operational capability&amp;quot; with the term &amp;quot;full deployment decision&amp;quot; in order to conform such terminology with updated acquisition regulations. (Sec. 824) Directs the Secretary to prohibit the payment of award and incentive fees to any contractor found through a civil, criminal, or administrative proceeding to have caused serious injury or death to any civilian or military government personnel through gross negligence or with reckless disregard for safety. Applies the prohibition to both prime contractors and subcontractors. Authorizes the Secretary to waive such prohibition on a case-by-case basis if it would jeopardize national security. Requires notification to the defense and appropriations committees upon the exercise of such waiver. (Sec. 825) Increases from $50 million to $85 million the threshold with respect to the authority of the President to correct the industrial resource shortfall of high-purity beryllium metal. (Sec. 826) Directs the Panel on Contracting Integrity (established under the Warner Act) to: (1) review policies relating to post-employment restrictions applicable to DOD personnel to determine whether such policies adequately protect the public interest without unreasonably limiting future employment options for such personnel; (2) complete the review within one year after the enactment of this Act; and (3) report review results to the defense committees. Requires the National Academy of Public Administration to assess such review, and report assessment results to such committees. (Sec. 827) Prohibits a military exchange store or other nonappropriated fund instrumentality of DOD from purchasing for resale any military decorations, ribbons, badges, medals, insignia, or other military accoutrements not produced in the United States (Buy American requirement). Provides an exception when the Secretary determines that a satisfactory quality and sufficient quantity of an item produced in the United States cannot be procured at a reasonable cost. Includes U.S. territories and possessions within the definition of &amp;quot;United States&amp;quot; for purposes of this section. (Sec. 828) Requires a report from the CG to the defense committees on the usage of rare earth materials in the DOD supply chain, with a report objective to determine their availability as well as other uses of such materials by DOD in its weapon systems. (Sec. 829) Requires all DOD purchases of furniture in the United States and its territories and possessions to meet the same quality standards as specified by the General Services Administration (GSA) schedule program and DOD. (Sec. 830) Authorizes the commander of the special operations command to award a follow-on contract for the acquisition of an item to a contractor who previously provided such item if: (1) the item is special operations-peculiar equipment and not anticipated to be made service-common within 24 months of the initial contract; (2) the item was previously acquired using competitive procedures, under statutory authority permitting noncompetitive or limited competition procurement, or as a result of limited competition due to national security; and (3) acquisition by other means would unduly delay the fielding of the item. Limits the duration and amount of such contracts. Requires the commander to notify the defense and appropriations committees within 45 days after the use of such authority. Terminates the authority at the end of FY2013. (Sec. 831) Directs the: (1) Secretary to conduct a study of the total number of subcontractors used on the last five major weapons systems in which acquisition has been completed to determine whether fewer subcontractors could have been more cost-effective; (2) Secretary to report study results to the defense committees; and (3) CG to submit a review of the Secretary's report to such committees. (Sec. 832) Requires the CG to report to Congress on cost overruns in the performance of defense contracts. (Sec. 833) Directs the CG to: (1) convene a Procurement Professionalism Advisory Panel to study the ethics, competence, and effectiveness of acquisition personnel and the government-wide procurement process; and (2) report study results to specified congressional committees. Requires the report to be published in the Federal Register. (Sec. 834) Amends the Hunter Act to allow any Member of Congress (current law only allows the chairman and ranking member of committees with jurisdiction) access to a database of information regarding the integrity and performance of certain entities or persons awarded federal contracts and grants. (Sec. 835) Requires additional information within an annual DOD inventory of activities performed pursuant to contracts for services for or on behalf of DOD. (Sec. 836) Requires the head of an agency to justify the use of factors other than cost or price as the predominant factors in evaluating competitive proposals for defense procurement contracts. Requires a report from the Secretary to Congress (and posting on a publicly-available DOD website) describing solicitations for which such a justification was included. Title IX: Department of Defense Organization and Management - Subtitle A: Department of Defense Management - (Sec. 901) Directs the military department Secretaries to coordinate certain personnel management policy and plans affecting special operations personnel with the commander of the Special Operations Command. (Sec. 902) Revises terminology concerning special operations activities to conform to current mission requirements of the Special Operations Command. (Sec. 903) Redesignates: (1) the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps; and (2) the names of the Secretary and other statutory offices within the Department. Makes conforming amendments to other federal provisions to reflect the redesignations. (Sec. 904) Authorizes the Secretary to permit eligible private-sector employees to receive instruction at the Defense Cyber Investigations Training Academy operating within the Defense Cyber Crime Center. Makes eligible for such instruction employees engaged in providing to DOD or other federal departments or agencies significant and substantial defense-related systems, products, or services, or whose work product is relevant to national security policy or strategy. Requires an appropriate standard of conduct (equal to federal civilian employees) from such employees while so enrolled. (Sec. 905) Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees on the organizational structure of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs and the TRICARE Management Activity. (Sec. 906) Requires the Director of Operational Energy Plans and Programs to report directly to the Secretary. (Sec. 907) Increases from $10 million to $20 million the amount authorized to be used annually from the Combatant Commander Initiative Fund to purchase items with a unit cost in excess of $250,000 (currently, $15,000). Requires coordination with the Secretary of State when the Fund is used for humanitarian or civic assistance purposes. (Sec. 908) Repeals the position of Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Technology Security Policy within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. Requires 30 days' advance notification to the defense committees prior to making a significant change in the reporting structure for the Defense Technology Security Administration. (Sec. 909) Requires members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), in their capacity as military advisers, to provide advice to Congress on a particular matter when so requested. Subtitle B: Space Activities - (Sec. 911) Requires the Secretary's annual space science and technology strategy to be submitted to the defense and appropriations committees at the same time that the President's budget is submitted to Congress. Directs the CG to review and assess the first such strategy, and report results to such committees. (Sec. 912) Makes permanent the current space surveillance network pilot program. Subtitle C: Intelligence-Related Matters - (Sec. 921) Directs the Secretary to: (1) assess foreign ballistic missile intelligence gaps and shortfalls; (2) develop a plan to ensure that appropriate intelligence centers have sufficient analytical capabilities to address such gaps and shortfalls; and (3) report on such assessment and plan to the defense, appropriations, and intelligence committees. Subtitle D: Other Matters - (Sec. 931) Requires the Secretary to establish a Joint Program Office for Cyber Operations Capabilities to assist the Under Secretary in improving the development of specific leap-ahead capabilities for the military departments, defense agencies, and combatant commands. Requires an annual report, beginning in 2010, from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees on the activities of such Office. (Sec. 932) Directs the Secretary to establish a Defense Integrated Military Human Resources System Transition Council to advise the Secretary and the military department Secretaries on implementing the defense integrated military human resources system throughout DOD, including within each department. Requires the Council to report annually to the defense and appropriations committees on progress in implementing the system. (Sec. 933) Directs the Secretary to establish within DOD a School of Nursing, organized so as to graduate 25 students with a bachelor of science in nursing in the first class, 50 in the second, and 100 annually thereafter. (Sec. 934) Requires the commander of the special operations command to report to the defense and appropriations committees on the command's organization, manning, and management. (Sec. 935) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense and appropriations committees assessing challenges to the retention and professional development of cyber operations personnel within DOD. (Sec. 936) Recognizes state defense forces as an integral military component of the U.S. homeland security effort, while reaffirming that such forces remain entirely state regulated, organized, and equipped. Authorizes the Secretary to coordinate homeland security efforts with, and provide assistance to, a state defense force upon request. Prohibits such assistance if it would: (1) impede DOD ability to execute its missions; (2) take resources away from warfighting units; (3) incur nonreimbursed identifiable costs; or (4) consume resources in a manner inconsistent with the DOD mission. Allows state defense force use of DOD property and equipment in the course of training activities and state active duty. Provides for the transfer of DOD personal property to a state defense force, with limitations. Requires costs incurred by DOD with respect to such coordination and assistance to be reimbursed or borne by the appropriate state. Title X: General Provisions - Subtitle A: Financial Matters - (Sec. 1001) Authorizes the Secretary, in the national interest, to transfer up to $5 billion of the amounts made available to DOD in this Act between any such authorizations for that fiscal year, with limitations. Requires congressional notification of each transfer. (Sec. 1002) Authorizes by law any dollar amounts specified in a committee report accompanying this bill for a project, program, or activity to the same extent as if included in the text of this Act, subject to the availability of appropriations. Requires decisions by agency heads to commit, obligate, or expend funds so specified to be based on authorized, transparent criteria or merit-based selection procedures as required by law. (Sec. 1003) Reduces by specified amounts funds authorized under this Act for: (1) Air Force RDT&amp;amp;E; (2) Army O&amp;amp;M; (3) Navy O&amp;amp;M; (4) Marine Corps O&amp;amp;M; (5) Air Force O&amp;amp;M; (6) defense-wide O&amp;amp;M; and (7) military personnel accounts. Earmarks specified Navy O&amp;amp;M funds for the Navy Ship Disposal-Carrier demonstration project. Subtitle B: Counter-Drug and Counter-Terrorism Activities - (Sec. 1011) Extends by one year the requirement or authority provided in prior national defense authorization Acts to: (1) report to the defense and appropriations committees on expenditures in support of foreign counter-drug activities; (2) engage in a unified counter-drug and counter-terrorism campaign in the Republic of Colombia; and (3) support counter-drug activities of certain foreign governments. (Sec. 1012) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2004 to extend by one year the authority of a DOD joint task force to provide support to law enforcement agencies conducting counterterrorism activities. (Sec. 1013) Prohibits amounts available to DOD for drug interdiction and counter-drug activities from being used for the construction, expansion, repair, or O&amp;amp;M of any existing or proposed border coordination centers in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Provides specific limitations on the establishment of an additional center in Afghanistan. (Sec. 1014) Requires a report from the CG to the defense and appropriations committees on the performance evaluation system used to assess the effectiveness of assistance provided to foreign countries to help achieve DOD counternarcotics objectives. Subtitle C: Miscellaneous Authorities and Limitations - (Sec. 1021) Requires the senior officer of each military department to develop and prescribe guidance for an expedited process for the documentation and approval of deviations from standardized operating instructions and procedures relating to experimental military prototypes for systems and equipment that have been substantially modified for the purpose of research, development, or testing. Directs each department Secretary to report to the defense and appropriations committees documenting the guidance developed within their department. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy, under specified conditions, to convey to Piasecki Aircraft Corporation of Essington, Pennsylvania, all U.S. rights and interests to the Navy aircraft N40VT (also known as the X-49A). (Sec. 1022) Authorizes a reduction to 10 of the minimum number of operational Navy aircraft carriers during the period between the inactivation of the U.S.S. Enterprise (currently scheduled for FY2013) and the commissioning of the U.S.S. Gerald R. Ford. Requires the: (1) JCS Chairman to assess the level of increased risk that could result due to such temporary reduction; and (2) Secretary to report assessment results to the defense and appropriations committees. (Sec. 1023) Prohibits the use of any DOD funds for FY2010 or thereafter to release or transfer any individual detained at the U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who is not a citizen of the United States until 120 days after the President submits to the defense and appropriations committees a plan for the disposition of each such individual. (Sec. 1024) Requires the Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary to jointly submit to the intelligence and defense committees a revised charter for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). Subtitle D: Studies and Reports - (Sec. 1031) Directs the: (1) CG to report to the defense and appropriations committees and the Secretary on the degree to which the Secretary's 2009 quadrennial defense review complies with statutory requirements; and (2) Secretary, if the CG determines that such review deviates significantly from such requirements, to report to such committees addressing the areas of significant deviation. (Sec. 1032) Directs the Secretary, at the same time as delivery of the 2009 quadrennial defense review, to report to the defense and appropriations committees on the force structure findings of such review, as well as changes from the previous quadrennial review to minimum military requirements for major military capabilities. (Sec. 1033) Expresses the sense of Congress that the quadrennial defense review is a strategy process that necessarily produces budget plans; however, budget pressures should not determine or limit its outcomes. Provides that the existence of the review does not exempt the President or DOD from fulfilling its annual legal obligations to submit to Congress a budget and all legally required supporting documentation. (Sec. 1034) Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense, appropriations, foreign relations, and intelligence committees providing a strategic review of basing plans for the United States European Command. Directs the Secretary to notify Congress at least 30 days before the permanent relocation of a unit stationed outside the continental United States. (Sec. 1035) Establishes the National Defense Panel to review all U.S. national defense and military strategy and other materials providing the basis for, or substantial inputs to, the work of DOD on the 2009 quadrennial defense review, conduct assessments thereof, and report to the Secretary and the defense and appropriations committees on possible force structures suitable to meet review and assessment requirements. Requires an interim and final report from the Panel. Terminates the Panel 45 days after its final report. (Sec. 1036) Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees on how the notification to individuals detained by the United States in Afghanistan of their legal rights under Miranda v. Arizona may affect Operation Enduring Freedom and interrogations and intelligence-gathering activities in Afghanistan. (Sec. 1037) Directs the Secretary to report annually to the defense and appropriations committees on DOD's electronic warfare strategy. (Sec. 1038) Requires the: (1) Secretary to contract with an independent federally funded research and development center to carry out a study of policies, procedures, organization, and regulatory constraints affecting the acquisition of technologies supporting network-centric operations; (2) JCS Chairman to carry out a study of the same matters; and (3) Secretary to report both studies' results to the defense and appropriations committees. (Sec. 1039) Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on the use (or lack of use) of competitive procedures for procuring each earmark listed in the joint explanatory statement accompanying the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2008. (Sec. 1040) Requires the President to: (1) designate an executive agency to commisson a study on the design and implementation of an interagency system for the career development and support of national security professionals; and (2) report study results to Congress. Subtitle E: Other Matters - (Sec. 1041) Prohibits DOD funds from being obligated or expended for publicity or propaganda purposes within the United States not otherwise specifically authorized by law. (Sec. 1042) Extends through FY2010 DOD authority to provide rewards through government personnel of allied forces for information or assistance in combating terrorism. (Sec. 1044) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2008 to repeal a pilot program assessing the use of commercial fee-for-service air refueling aircraft in connection with Air Force operations. (Sec. 1045) Amends the above Act to: (1) extend through FY2010 the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States; and (2) require an additional follow-on report from the Commission during 2010. (Sec. 1046) Authorizes the Secretary, under certain conditions, to make certain wage-scale increase payments to Portuguese nationals employed by DOD in Portugal. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 1047) Prohibits the Secretary of the Air Force from retiring any additional legacy fighter aircraft, as announced in the Combat Air Forces restructuring plan, until 90 days after reporting to the defense committees with respect to force restructuring requirements and capability gaps resulting from such retirement, as well as ways to address such requirements and gaps. Provides an exception for the five fighter aircraft already scheduled for retirement in FY2010. (Sec. 1048) Expresses the sense of Congress that the Honorable Ellen O. Tauscher, Representative from California, has served the House of Representatives and the American people selflessly and with distinction, and deserves the sincere and humble gratitude of Congress and the nation. (Sec. 1049) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the NR-1 (research submarine) is a unique and irreplaceable part of the nation's history, and as much of the vessel as possible should be preserved at the Submarine Force Museum and Library in Groton, Connecticut; and (2) the Secretary of the Navy should ensure that as much of such vessel as possible is made available for transfer to such Museum and Library. (Sec. 1050) Directs the Secretary, with respect to the transfer or release of individuals detained at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to comply with requirements of this title requiring a plan for each individual's disposition. (Sec. 1051) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the naval combat forces should include not less than ten carrier air wings, comprised of not less than 44 strike fighter aircraft for each wing; and (2) the Secretary of the Navy should take all necessary action to include 44 strike fighter aircraft in each wing. (Sec. 1052) Expresses the sense of Congress on the necessity of DOD compliance with federal financial management and audit readiness standards. Directs the Secretary to: (1) outline a plan to achieve a full, unqualified audit of DOD by the end of FY2013; and (2) as part of such plan, identify a mechanism to conduct audits of the military intelligence programs and agencies, and to submit to Congress audited financial statements for such agencies. (Sec. 1053) Expresses the sense of Congress that as negotiations to resolve claims of American victims of torture and hostage-taking by the government of Iraq proceed, Congress continues to view provisions of the Justice for Victims of Terrorism and Torture Act as representing a fair compromise of these claims. (Sec. 1054) Amends certain prior defense authorization Acts to repeal provisions pertaining to the Joint Committee for the Review of Counterproliferation Programs of the United States. (Sec. 1055) Requires the head of a military service or department, or of a federal department or agency, that has custody or control of the Theater Internment Facility at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, or of any individual detained at such facility, to notify the International Committee of the Red Cross as soon as possible of such detention. Requires any official exercising such custody or control to ensure Red Cross access to any such detainee within 24 hours after a request for access. (Sec. 1056) Expresses the sense of Congress that the Honorable John M. McHugh, Representative from New York, has served the House of Representatives and the American people selflessly and with distinction and deserves the sincere and humble gratitude of Congress and the nation. (Sec. 1057) Directs the Secretary to release to the public, upon request, the names of, and courses taught or taken by, instructors and students at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation for any fiscal years beginning with 2005. (Sec. 1058) Requires the Secretary to: (1) ensure the videotaping or other electronic recording of each strategic intelligence interrogation of a person in the custody or control of DOD or under detention in a DOD facility; (2) provide for the appropriate classification of such tape or recording; (3) develop and adopt uniform taping guidelines; and (4) submit such guidelines to the defense committees. Title XI: Civilian Personnel Matters - (Sec. 1101) Amends the David L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 to authorize the Secretary, the head of an element of the intelligence community, the Secretaries of State or Homeland Security, or the head of any other federal agency having national security responsibilities to appoint to positions in their respective offices individuals who have successfully completed the national security education program (authorized under such Act). (Sec. 1102) Authorizes the Secretary to appoint into DOD excepted service positions individuals who have successfully completed the Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Defense Scholarship Program. (Sec. 1103) Authorizes the Secretary to appoint into DOD information technology positions individuals who have successfully completed the Defense Information Assurance Scholarship Program. (Sec. 1104) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2008 to provide additional personnel authorities for the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction. (Sec. 1105) Amends the Hunter Act to extend through 2010 the authority of the head of a federal agency to waive annual limitations on premium and aggregate pay for federal civilian employees working overseas. (Sec. 1106) Amends the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006 to extend to DOD civilians working in Pakistan the same employee benefits currently provided to DOD civilian working in Iraq and Afghanistan. (Sec. 1107) Authorizes the President to extend to employees retired from non-DOD government positions and reemployed in DOD positions the benefit (under current law provided only to reemployed DOD retirees) of an unreduced retirement benefit during such reemployment. (Sec. 1108) Directs the Secretary to annually submit to the defense and appropriations committees a strategic workforce plan for the DOD civilian employee workforce. Makes the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness responsible for developing and implementing such plan. Requires each plan to specifically address the shaping and improvement of: (1) the senior management, functional, and technical workforce of DOD; and (2) the defense acquisition workforce, both military and civilian. Directs the: (1) Secretary to require each military department Secretary to report to the Secretary on such matters; and (2) CG to report to the defense and appropriations committees on the submitted plan. (Sec. 1109) Amends the Hunter Act to eliminate certain DOD personnel hiring limitations with respect to: (1) the performance of inherently governmental functions or DOD functions; (2) the ability to maintain sufficient organic expertise and technical capability; and (3) work that, because of its critical nature, should be performed only by DOD civilian employees or members of the Armed Forces. Consolidates into one annual report certain related reports required under prior defense authorization Acts. Requires additional information in such report, including: (1) the replacement of contractor personnel performing inherently governmental functions with DOD civilian or military personnel performing such functions; and (2) the continued review of contractor personnel performing inherently governmental functions for their possible replacement. (Sec. 1110) Designates specified DOD research centers as a DOD science and technology reinvention laboratory, and requires the Secretary to convert employees at such facilities into a DOD personnel demonstration program originally established under the NDAA for Fiscal Year 1995. Excludes such positions from the National Security Personnel System (NSPS), and extends through FY2013 the exclusion from the NSPS of all personnel participating in the demonstration program. (Sec. 1111) Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements for the exchange between DOD and private sector organizations of information technology personnel. Makes such assignments for periods of three months to one year, with authorized extensions for one additional year. Terminates the exchange program at the end of FY2013. Limits to 10 the total number of employees authorized to participate in such assignments. Requires reports during FY2010-FY2015, from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees, on activities carried out under the exchange program. (Sec. 1112) Prohibits inclusion in the NSPS of all DOD appointments made after June 16, 2009. Requires the Secretary to provide for the termination of the NSPS within 12 months after the enactment of this Act, and for the conversion of remaining NSPS employees into the otherwise-appropriate statutory pay system. Directs the Secretary, if of the opinion that the NSPS should not be terminated, to report to the President and Congress on the reasons therefor. Restores full annual pay adjustments under the NSPS pending its termination. (Sec. 1113) Prohibits inclusion in the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) of all DOD appointments made after June 16, 2009. Requires the Secretary to provide for the termination of the DCIPS within 12 months after the enactment of this Act, and for the conversion of remaining DCIPS employees into the otherwise-appropriate statutory pay system. Directs the Secretary, if of the opinion that the DCIPS should not be terminated, to report to the President and Congress on the reasons therefor. (Sec. 1114) Expresses the sense of Congress that, for pay purposes for employees serving at Joint Bases McGuire/Dix/Lakehurst: (1) pay schedules and rates should be the same as for employees serving in the pay locality that includes Ocean County, New Jersey; and (2) the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) should prescribe regulations to ensure pay parity for employees serving at joint bases. Title XII: Matters Relating to Foreign Nations - Subtitle A: Assistance and Training - (Sec. 1201) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2006 to: (1) reduce from $100 million to $25 million the amount authorized for DOD general security and stabilization assistance; and (2) extend such authority through FY2010. (Sec. 1202) Amends the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 to increase from $35 million to $50 million the amount authorized for DOD support of special operations to combat terrorism. (Sec. 1203) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2008 to make permanent a report on foreign assistance-related programs carried out by DOD. (Sec. 1204) Directs the President to report to the defense, appropriations, and foreign relations committees on authorities of DOD and other federal departments and agencies to build the capacity of foreign military forces, as well as related matters. Subtitle B: Matters Relating to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan - (Sec. 1211) Prohibits the use of funds from this Act to: (1) establish any military installation or base for providing for the permanent stationing of U.S. Armed Forces in Iraq; or (2) exercise control of the oil resources of Iraq. (Sec. 1212) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2006 to: (1) reauthorize through FY2010 the Commanders' Emergency Response Program (urgent humanitarian assistance in Iraq and Afghanistan); (2) provide a FY2010 funding level; and (3) extend into 2010 required quarterly Program reports. (Sec. 1213) Authorizes the Secretary to reimburse any key cooperating (coalition) country for logistical and military support provided in connection with Operations Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom. Limits to $1.6 billion the total amount that may be provided in FY2010. Requires: (1) the Secretary to notify the defense, appropriations, and foreign relations committees at least 15 days in advance of any such reimbursement; and (2) quarterly reports from the Secretary to such committees on reimbursements made. Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2008 to extend through FY2011 required congressional notification regarding DOD coalition support funds for Pakistan. (Sec. 1214) Establishes in DOD a Pakistan Counterinsurgency Fund to provide assistance to the security forces of Pakistan to improve their counterinsurgency capabilities. Earmarks Fund amounts to provide humanitarian assistance to the people of Pakistan, but only as part of civil-military training exercises for Pakistani security forces receiving assistance from the Fund. Provides for transfers to and from the Fund. Prohibits amounts from being obligated or transferred from the Fund until 15 days after the Secretary has notified the defense, appropriations, and foreign relations committees of the purpose of the obligation or transfer. Terminates assistance authority at the end of FY2010. (Sec. 1215) Directs the Secretary to carry out a program to provide for the registration and end-use monitoring of defense articles and defense services transferred to Afghanistan and Pakistan, and to prohibit the retransfer of such articles and services without U.S. consent. Prohibits the transfer of any such articles or services until the program is established. Outlines registration and end-use monitoring requirements. Directs the Secretary to periodically review the articles and services subject to such registration and monitoring to determine their continued suitability to such requirements. Allows the Secretary to exempt an article or service from such requirements beginning 30 days after notification thereof to the defense and foreign relations committees. (Sec. 1216) Requires: (1) reports from the CG to the defense and appropriations committees containing assessments of the extent to which the campaign plans for Iraq and Afghanistan each adhere to military doctrine (as outlined in DOD's Joint Operation Planning document); and (2) report updates whenever either campaign plan is substantially updated or altered (with an exception). Terminates on: (1) December 31, 2011, the reports requirement on Iraq; and (2) September 30, 2012, the reports requirement on Afghanistan. (Sec. 1217) Directs the President to: (1) conduct semiannual assessments on progress toward defeating al Qaida and its affiliated networks and extremist allies, and on preventing the establishment of safe havens in Afghanistan for such entities; and (2) report to Congress 30 days after completing each assessment. Terminates the assessments requirement five years after the enactment of this Act. (Sec. 1218) Requires quarterly reports from the Secretary to the defense, appropriations, foreign relations, and intelligence committees on the responsible redeployment of U.S. forces from Iraq in accordance with the policy announced by the President on February 27, 2009, and the Agreement Between the United States of America and the Republic of Iraq on the Withdrawal of United States Forces From Iraq and the Organization of Their Activities During Their Temporary Presence in Iraq. (Sec. 1219) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense and appropriations committees on the Afghan Public Protection Program. (Sec. 1220) Amends the Hunter Act to authorize the inclusion in a related report requirement under the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2008 updates of a Hunter Act report concerning the command and control structure for military forces operating in Afghanistan. (Sec. 1221) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense and appropriations committees on payments made by U.S. Armed Forces to residents of Afghanistan as compensation for losses caused by U.S. military operations. Terminates the report requirement at the end of FY2012. (Sec. 1222) Requires the Secretary to: (1) assess possible alternatives to reimbursements to Pakistan for logistical, military, or other support provided to or in connection with U.S. military operations; and (2) report assessment results to the defense, appropriations, and foreign relations committees. (Sec. 1223) Directs the President to: (1) conduct semiannual assessments on progress toward long-term security and stability in Pakistan; and (2) report to Congress 30 days after completing each assessment. Terminates the assessments requirement five years after the enactment of this Act. (Sec. 1224) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2006 to repeal required quarterly updates from the CG to Congress on the costs of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. (Sec. 1225) Directs the Secretary to: (1) prepare a plan governing the disposition of specified defense items currently in Iraq and no longer necessary to support U.S. military operations there; and (2) report such plan to the defense and appropriations committees. Requires the CG to review the plan and report review results to such committees. (Sec. 1226) Authorizes the Secretary to provide civilian advisors to senior civilian and military officials of the governments of Iraq and Afghanistan for the purpose of providing advice and other training in support of stabilization efforts and U.S. military operations in those countries. Limits funding for such activities. Terminates such authority at the end of FY2010. (Sec. 1227) Directs the Secretaries of Defense and State to report to the defense, appropriations, and foreign relations committees on the status of interagency coordination in the Afghanistan and Operation Enduring Freedom theaters of operation. (Sec. 1228) Expresses the sense of Congress in support of U.S. antiterrorism and counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan. Calls for Congress to ensure that U.S. military commanders in Afghanistan have the necessary funding and resources to succeed. (Sec. 1229) Directs the Secretary to contract with a federally funded research and development center to provide analysis and support to the Commander of United States Forces for Afghanistan of force levels and types of force needed to secure the southern and eastern regions of Afghanistan. Provides funding. (Sec. 1230) Requires the addition of specified information concerning agreements with NATO ISAF countries in the report on progress toward security and stability in Afghanistan required under the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2008. (Sec. 1230A) Prohibits any funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available by this or any other Act from being obligated or expended to establish any military installation or base for the purpose of providing for the permanent stationing of U.S. Armed Forces in Afghanistan.Subtitle C: Other Matters - (Sec. 1231) Earmarks specified Army O&amp;amp;M funds for support of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) operations, specifically for the NATO Special Operations Coordination Center. Requires the Secretary to certify to the defense committees that the Secretary has assigned executive agent responsibility for the Center to an appropriate organization within DOD. (Sec. 1232) Requires the Secretary to report to the defense, appropriations, foreign relations, and intelligence committees on the current and future military strategy of Iran. (Sec. 1233) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2000 to require additional information in an annual report concerning military and security developments involving the People's Republic of China, including U.S. engagement and cooperation with China on security matters, military-to-military contacts, and U.S. strategy for engagement and cooperation in the future. (Sec. 1234) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense, appropriations, and foreign relations committees on the impacts of drawdown authorities on DOD. (Sec. 1235) Requires the Secretaries of Defense and State to jointly: (1) assess the national security risks of removing satellites and related components from the United States Munitions List; and (2) report assessment results to the defense, appropriations, and foreign relations committees. (Sec. 1236) Directs the Secretary to seek to deploy to Poland by 2012 a U.S. Army Patriot air and missile defense battery and the personnel required to operate and maintain the battery. (Sec. 1237) Requires the Secretary to report to the defense, appropriations, and foreign relations committees on potential foreign military sales of the F-22A fighter aircraft to Japan. (Sec. 1238) Authorizes the Secretary to expand the United States-Russian Federation joint center for the exchange of data from early warning systems for launches of ballistic missiles to include the exchange of data on missile defense-related activities. Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees on plans for expansion of the center. Provides funding. (Sec. 1239) Permits funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available to DOD for FY2010 to be obligated or expended to implement reductions in the strategic nuclear forces of the United States pursuant to any treaty or other agreement entered into between the United States and the Russian Federation on strategic nuclear forces after the date of enactment of this Act only if the President makes specified certifications to Congress. (Sec. 1240) Requires the Secretary of Defense to work with member states of the United Nations and local and international nongovernmental organizations to: (1) to produce a map of mineral-rich zones and areas under the control of armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; and (2) to make such map available to the public. (Sec. 1241) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the State of Israel is one of the strongest allies of the United States; (2) Israel and the United States face many common enemies; and (3) the United States should continue to work with the Israeli Prime Minister, the Israeli Government, and the people of Israel to ensure that Israel continues to receive critical military assistance, including missile defense capabilities, needed to address existential threats. Title XIII: Cooperative Threat Reduction - (Sec. 1301) Specifies the cooperative threat reduction (CTR) programs to be funded through O&amp;amp;M funds provided under this Act. Makes funds appropriated for such purpose available for three fiscal years. Allocates such funds among specified CTR programs. Prohibits such funds from being used for purposes other than those specified until 30 days after the Secretary reports to Congress on the new purposes. Provides limited authority to vary allocated amounts in the national interest, after congressional notification. (Sec. 1303) Authorizes the Secretary to enter into an agreement with any person or entity under which the person or entity contributes funds for activities conducted under the CTR program. Requires: (1) the return of amounts not used within five years; and (2) quarterly reports from the Secretary to the defense, appropriations, and foreign relations committees on the receipt and use of contributed funds. Terminates at the end of: (1) 2012 the authority to accept such contributions; and (2) 2015 the authority to retain and use such contributions. (Sec. 1304) Directs the Secretary to enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) under which NAS carries out a study to identify metrics to measure the impact and effectiveness of CTR activities in addressing threats arising from the proliferation of chemical, nuclear, and biological weapons and weapons-related materials, technologies, and expertise. Requires a report on study results from: (1) NAS to Congress and the Secretary; and (2) the Secretary to Congress. Provides funding. (Sec. 1305) Prohibits the use of more than 10% of CTR funds in a fiscal year for urgent threat reduction activities until the Secretary notifies the defense, appropriations, and foreign relations committees that such activities are urgently needed to address threats arising from the proliferation of chemical, nuclear, or biological weapons or weapons-related materials, technologies, and expertise. (Sec. 1306) Directs the Secretary to ensure that the Defense and Military Contacts Program (part of the CTR program): (1) is used to advance the CTR program mission; (2) is focused and expanded to support specific relationship-building opportunities; (3) is directly administered as part of the CTR program; and (4) includes the unified combatant commands that operate in areas in which CTR activities are carried out, as well as related diplomatic affairs. Requires information concerning the strategy and activities of the Contacts Program to be included in the annual CTR program report to Congress under the Spence Act. Title XIV: Other Authorizations - Subtitle A: Military Programs - (Sec. 1401) Authorizes appropriations to DOD for FY2010 for: (1) Defense Working Capital Funds; (2) the National Defense Sealift Fund; (3) the Defense Health Program; (4) chemical agents and munitions destruction; (5) drug interdiction and counter-drug activities; and (6) the Defense Inspector General. Subtitle B: National Defense Stockpile - (Sec. 1411) Authorizes the National Defense Stockpile (NDS) Manager, during FY2010, to obligate up to $41.179 million of the funds in the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund (Fund) for authorized Fund uses, including the disposition of hazardous materials that are environmentally sensitive. Authorizes the NDS Manager to obligate amounts in excess of such amount 45 days after notifying Congress that extraordinary or emergency conditions necessitate the additional obligations. (Sec. 1412) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 1998 to extend through FY2011 the authority to dispose of cobalt from the NDS. (Sec. 1413) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees on actions planned in response to recommendations contained in a specified DOD report concerning the reconfiguration of the NDS. Prohibits the Secretary from taking any planned action until 45 days after the submission of such report. Subtitle C: Armed Forces Retirement Home - (Sec. 1421) Authorizes appropriations for FY2010 for the Armed Forces Retirement Home. Title XV: Authorization of Additional Appropriations for Overseas Contingency Operations - (Sec. 1502) Authorizes appropriations for DOD for FY2010 to provide additional funds for overseas contingency operations, specifically for: (1) procurement; (2) the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund; (3) the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle; (4) RDT&amp;amp;E; (5) O&amp;amp;M; (6) Defense Working Capital Funds; (7) military personnel; (8) the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund; (9) the Iraq Freedom Fund; (10) the Defense Health Program; (11) drug interdiction and counterdrug activities; and (12) the Defense Inspector General. (Sec. 1504) Prohibits the obligation of more than 50% of the funds authorized for the Joint Improvised Explosive Devices Defeat Organization until the Organization reports to the defense and appropriations committees concerning the purpose, funding, and schedule of projects. Authorizes the Secretary to waive such limitation when necessary to fulfill a critical need of U.S. military forces deployed in overseas contingency operations. (Sec. 1516) Makes funds available for FY2010 for the Iraq Security Forces Fund subject to Fund use, transfer, and related limitations prescribed under the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2008. (Sec. 1517) Applies to funds authorized under this title provisions of the Hunter Act prohibiting the use of funds for the acquisition, development, or improvement of facilities in Iraq for use by the Iraqi government, its political subdivisions, or its armed forces. (Sec. 1518) Authorizes the Secretary, in the national interest, to transfer up to $4 billion of the amounts made available to DOD in this title between any such authorizations for that fiscal year. (Sec. 1519) Treats amounts authorized by this title as in addition to amounts otherwise authorized by this Act. Title XVI: Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act - Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act - (Sec. 1602) Recognizes the suffering and the loyalty of the people of Guam during the Japanese occupation of Guam in World War II. (Sec. 1603) Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make specified payments to: (1) living Guam residents who were raped, injured, interned, or subjected to forced labor or marches resulting from, or incident to, such occupation and subsequent liberation; and (2) survivors of compensable residents who died in war and survivors of compensable injured residents (such payments to be made after payments have been made to surviving Guam residents). Defines &amp;quot;compensable Guam decedent&amp;quot; as a Guam resident who died or was killed as a result of the attack and occupation of Guam by Japanese military forces during World War II, or incident to Guam's liberation by U.S. Military forces, and whose death would have been compensable under the Guam Meritorious Claims Act of 1945 if a timely claim had been filed. Defines &amp;quot;compensable Guam victim&amp;quot; as an individual who, as a result of the attack and occupation of Guam by Japanese military forces during World War II or incident to the liberation of Guam by U.S. Military forces, suffered any of the following: (1) rape or severe personal injury (such as loss of a limb, dismemberment, or paralysis); (2) forced labor or personal injury (such as disfigurement, scarring, or burns); or (3) forced march, internment, or hiding to evade internment. (Sec. 1604) Directs the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission to specify injuries that would constitute a severe personal injury or a personal injury. Authorizes the Commission to adjudicate claims and determine payment eligibility. Requires: (1) claims to be filed within one year after the Commission publishes public notice of the filing period in the Federal Register; and (2) the Commission to make filing period information available to the public through the media in Guam. Subjects false claims to criminal penalties. (Sec. 1605) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a grant program for research, educational, and media activities that memorialize the events surrounding the World War II occupation of Guam or honor the loyalty of the people of Guam during the occupation, or both. (Sec. 1606) Authorizes appropriations, which shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 2013, for: (1) Guam World War II claims payments and adjudication; and (2) the Guam World War II memorial grant program. Division B: Military Construction Authorizations - Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - (Sec. 2002) Terminates all authorizations contained in Titles XXI through XXVII, and Title XXIX of this Act on October 1, 2012, or the date of enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for FY2013, whichever is later, with an exception. Title XXI [sic]: Army - (Sec. 2101) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes such Secretary to construct or acquire family housing units, carry out architectural planning and design activities, and improve existing military family housing in specified amounts. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years after 2009 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Army. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. (Sec. 2105) Provides additional authority for the Secretary with respect to the construction of a military chapel for Fort Bragg, North Carolina, under the Military Construction Authorization Act (MCAA) for Fiscal Year 2009. (Sec. 2106) Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Title XXII: Navy - (Sec. 2201) Provides, with respect to the Navy, authorizations paralleling those provided for the Army under the previous title. (Sec. 2205) Amends the MCAA for Fiscal Year 2006 to increase the amount authorized for a project at the Naval Submarine Base, Bangor, Washington. Extends the authority to carry out such project until October 1, 2010, or the date of enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for FY2011, whichever is later. Title XXIII: Air Force - (Sec. 2301) Provides, with respect to the Air Force, authorizations paralleling those provided for the Army under Title XXI. (Sec. 2305) Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Title XXIV: Defense Agencies - Subtitle A: Defense Agency Authorizations - (Sec. 2401) Authorizes the Secretary to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 2009 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of DOD. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Earmarks funds for energy conservation projects for the reserves. (Sec. 2403) Amends the MCAA for Fiscal Year: (1) 2008 to increase the amount authorized for a project at the Point Loma Annex, California; and (2) 2009 to increase the amount authorized for a project in Souda Bay, Greece. (Sec. 2405) Extends a prior-year military construction project. Subtitle B: Chemical Demilitarization Authorizations - (Sec. 2411) Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 2009 for military construction and land acquisition for chemical demilitarization for the construction of: (1) phase 11 of a chemical munitions demilitarization facility at Pueblo Chemical Activity, Colorado; and (2) phase 10 of a munitions demilitarization facility at Blue Grass Army Depot, Kentucky. Title XXV: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program - (Sec. 2501) Authorizes the Secretary to make contributions for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program and authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 2009 for such Program. Title XXVI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - (Sec. 2601) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects for the National Guard and reserves. (Sec. 2606) Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 2009 for National Guard and reserve forces for acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities. (Sec. 2607) Extends certain prior-year National Guard and reserve military construction projects. Title XXVII: Base Closure and Realignment Activities - Subtitle A: Authorizations (Sec. 2701) Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 2009 for military base closure and realignment activities authorized under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 and funded through the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 1990. (Sec. 2702) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out base closure and realignment activities authorized under the above Act and funded through the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 2005. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 2009 for such purpose. Subtitle B: Amendments to Base Closure and Related Laws - (Sec. 2711) Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to replace job generation with economic redevelopment as a purpose of former military installation land conveyances. Provides conditions under which real or personal property at a military installation shall be conveyed to a redevelopment authority. Requires a report from the Secretary to Congress regarding the status of current and anticipated economic development conveyances involving surplus real and personal property at closed or realigned military installations, projected job creation as a result of such conveyances, community reinvestment, and progress made due to the implementation of amendments made by this section. Subtitle C: Other Matters - (Sec. 2721) Expresses the sense of Congress that, in implementing recommendations of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission, the Secretary should ensure that the joint basing of military installations at any of the recommended locations does not adversely affect the operational readiness of applicable military units and the ability of the commanders thereof to perform their mission. (Sec. 2722) Provides that, with respect to the closure of the Paul Doble Army Reserve Center in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and the relocation of units to a new reserve center and associated training and maintenance facilities, the new center and facilities may be located adjacent to or in the vicinity of Pease Air National Guard Base. (Sec. 2723) Expresses the sense of Congress that, with respect to an expected significant increase in local traffic due to the planned expansion of the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland: (1) multiple methods are available to DOD to implement the defense access roads program to help alleviate such traffic congestion; and (2) all efforts to alleviate traffic impact need to be pursued to ensure readily available access to health care there. Title XXVIII: Military Construction General Provisions - Subtitle A: Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing Changes - (Sec. 2801) Eliminates a fiscal year funding limit with respect to exercise-related unspecified minor military construction projects coordinated or directed by the JCS outside the United States. Allows for the use of certain funds authorized under the Hunter Act to fund the revitalization and recapitalization of defense laboratories. (Sec. 2802) Requires congressional notification of facility repair projects in excess of $7.5 million using O&amp;amp;M funds to include a comparison of repair versus replacement as well as a description of the construction contemplated in the repair. (Sec. 2803) Prohibits the scope of work for a military construction project or for the construction, improvement, or acquisition of a military family housing project from being increased beyond the amount approved by Congress (unless Congress is so notified). (Sec. 2804) Requires the acquisition of reserve facilities to be authorized by law. (Currently, such acquisition is authorized when the Secretary determines it to be necessary.) (Sec. 2805) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense and appropriations committees identifying, for each of FY2005-FY2009, the total payments made to each state for the acquisition, construction, expansion, rehabilitation, or conversion of reserve facilities. (Sec. 2806) Amends the MCAA for Fiscal Year 2004 to extend through FY2010 the use of defense-wide O&amp;amp;M funds for construction projects at locations within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. Allows an additional $10 million under such authority if the Secretary determines that such funds are required to complete contract closeouts. (Sec. 2807) Requires: (1) the Secretary of the Army to expand the First Sergeants Barracks Initiative to include all Army installations in order to improve the quality of life and living environments of single soldiers; and (2) a progress report from such Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees. (Sec. 2808) Directs the: (1) Secretary to report to the defense committees on privatization initiatives for military unaccompanied housing; and (2) CG to report to such committees evaluating the feasibility and costs of such privatization for all members of the Armed Forces. Subtitle B: Real Property and Facilities Administration - (Sec. 2811) Allows the Secretary or the Secretary concerned to enter into a lease for real property whose annual rental is in excess of $750,000 only if such lease is specifically authorized by law. Repeals the current congressional notification requirement with respect to such leases. (Sec. 2812) Consolidates into one provision, and requires additional information, with respect to notification requirements applicable to leases of real property owned by the United States. (Sec. 2813) Waives the requirement that a military department obtain authorization by law in order to acquire an interest in real property not owned by the United States when the acquisition is low-cost or when its need is urgent. (Sec. 2814) Requires, prior to the conveyance of a utility to a private organization for the contract performance of utility services, a determination by the Secretary concerned that such conveyance will realize a cost saving (over performance by DOD personnel) of 10% over a contract period of less than ten years, and 20% over a contract period of more than ten years and less than 50 years. Prohibits a utility privatization review for five years after completion of a public-private competition. (Sec. 2815) Amends the MCAA, 1974 to remove certain restrictions on environmental remediation on the island of Culebra, Puerto Rico. (Sec. 2816) Amends the Armed Forces Retirement Home Act of 1991 to require the Secretary to dispose of excess Home property according to procedures followed by the General Services Administration (GSA) for excess federal property. (Sec. 2817) Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to accept contributions from public and private entities for the environmental cleanup of the former Almaden Air Force Station, California. (Sec. 2818) Prohibits the Secretary of the Navy from establishing an outlying landing field to be used by naval aircraft if, within 90 days after issuance of a final environmental assessment or impact statement regarding its proposed location, the Secretary determines that the appropriate local governmental body is formally opposed to such establishment. Provides an exception if Congress enacts a law authorizing such establishment despite the local opposition. (Sec. 2819) Prohibits the Secretary of the Navy from undertaking any activities that would facilitate the establishment of an outlying landing field at Sandbanks or Hale's Lake, North Carolina, to support landing practice for naval aircraft operating out of Oceana Naval Air Station, Virginia. (Sec. 2820) Directs the Secretary of the Army, in selecting installations at which brigade combat teams will be stationed, to consider the availability and proximity of training spaces for the units and the capacity of the installations to support the units. (Sec. 2821) Authorizes the Secretary to provide assistance to local communities for the development of public infrastructure required by the proposed or actual establishment, realignment, or closure of a military installation. (Sec. 2822) Requires the CG to report to the defense committees on the sufficiency of the Navy's security measures in advance of the proposed public occupancy of units of the Laurelwood Housing Complex at the Naval Weapons Station, Earle, New Jersey. Subtitle C: Provisions Related to Guam Realignment - (Sec. 2831) Requires the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy to be responsible for coordinating DOD activities in connection with the realignment of military installations and relocation of military personnel on Guam. Makes such Under Secretary also responsible for activities of the Joint Guam Program Office. (Sec. 2832) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense and appropriations committees on implementation guidance developed for the use of special purpose entities to assist with the Guam realignment and relocation. Prohibits the Secretary from implementing such guidance until 30 days after the report is submitted. Applies U.S. Unified Facilities Criteria to all projects supported by the Support for United States Relocation to Guam Account, as established under the MCAA for Fiscal Year 2009. Expresses the sense of Congress that utility improvements on Guam should incorporate military and civilian utilities into a unified grid. (Sec. 2833) Amends the MCAA for Fiscal Year 2009 to require: (1) military construction contracts on Guam to comply with federal construction contract requirements; (2) a prevailing wage rate equal to the lowest rate on projects of similar character for Hawaii; (3) a required weekly employment statement to identify each employee working on the project who holds a visa issued under the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) the Secretary of Labor to make and issue a wage rate determination for projects on Guam annually until 90% of the realignment and relocation funds have been expended; and (5) a required annual report to include an assessment of the living standards of the construction workforce employed to carry out projects on Guam. (Sec. 2834) Amends the above Act to prohibit more than 30% of the total hours worked per month on a Guam construction project from being performed by persons holding immigration visas. Requires the construction contractor, in order to comply with such requirement, to advertise and solicit for construction workers in the United States and its territories in accordance with a recruitment plan developed by the Secretary of Labor. Requires reports from the Secretaries of Defense and Labor with respect to Guam project labor agreements and the recruitment of U.S. construction workers. (Sec. 2835) Establishes the Interagency Coordination Group of Inspector Generals for Guam Realignment to provide independent and objective oversight of accounting and related information relating to DOD programs and operations for military construction activities on Guam. Requires an annual report from the Coordination Group to the defense and appropriations committees on its activities and on programs and operations funded from amounts made available for military construction on Guam. Requires each such report to be made available on a publicly-available Internet website, with an authorized waiver by the President for national security reasons. Terminates the Coordination Group upon the expenditure of 90% of the funds available for Guam realignment. (Sec. 2836) Prohibits the Secretary from accepting, or authorizing any other DOD official to accept, a replacement facility in Okinawa for air operations conducted at the Marine Corps Air Station, Futenma, Okinawa, unless the Secretary certifies to the defense and appropriations committees that the replacement facility satisfies minimum naval aviation safety requirements. (Sec. 2837) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense and appropriations committees on training requirements for Marine Corps Pacific, the field command of the Marine Corps within the U.S. Pacific Command. Expresses the sense of Congress that an evaluation of such requirements: (1) should be conducted and completed as soon as possible; (2) should include a training analysis that reviews capabilities required to support a Marine Air-Ground Task Force; and (3) should not impact implementation of a recently-signed international agreement concerning the relocation of certain Marine expeditionary force personnel and their dependents from Okinawa to Guam. Subtitle D: Energy Security - (Sec. 2841) Directs the Secretary to adopt an open source energy monitoring and management system specification for use throughout DOD in connection with a military construction project, military family housing activity, or other building activity. Allows the Secretary concerned, upon notification to the defense and appropriations committees, to waive such requirement if such Secretary determines that its inclusion in a construction project is not cost effective over the project's life cycle. Directs the Secretary to report to the defense and appropriations committees on items associated with the adoption of a single specification for an energy monitoring and management system. (Sec. 2842) Directs the Secretary concerned or the head of a defense agency, in leasing or procuring motor vehicles, to provide a preference for vehicles using electric or hybrid propulsion systems if such vehicles meet DOD requirements and are commercially available at a reasonable cost. Provides an exception with respect to vehicles designed for use in combat. (Sec. 2843) Revises the DOD definition of &amp;quot;renewable energy source&amp;quot; to include non-electric energies such as solar and wind power. (Sec. 2844) Requires a report from the CG to Congress on all renewable energy initiatives being funded by DOD or a military department down to the base commander level. (Sec. 2845) Directs the Secretary to: (1) study the feasibility of developing nuclear power plants on military installations; and (2) report study results to the defense committees. (Sec. 2846) Directs the Secretary to permit and encourage the military department Secretaries and heads of defense agencies and other DOD instrumentalities to participate in programs for the management of energy demand or the reduction of energy usage during peak periods. Requires financial incentives received from an energy utility for participation in such programs to be available to the installation where the proceeds were derived, and at least 25% of such amount to be designated for energy management initiatives at the installation. Subtitle E: Land Conveyances - (Sec. 2851) Amends the Port Chicago National Memorial Act of 1992 to direct the Secretary to transfer to the Secretary of the Interior specified real property at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine, in order to administer the Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to provide as much public access to the Memorial as possible without interfering with military needs. Expresses the sense of Congress that the: (1) Secretary should remediate remaining environmental contamination at the site; and (2) both Secretaries should develop a process for timely future repairs and necessary modifications to the Memorial. (Sec. 2852) Directs the Secretary of the Navy to convey to the Hawaii Community Development Authority six parcels of real property at the former Naval Station, Barbers Point, Hawaii. (Sec. 2853) Amends the MCAA for Fiscal Year 2005 to authorize the Secretary of the Air Force to convey an additional parcel of land at the former Griffiss Air Force Base, New York. (Sec. 2854) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to the Chambersburg Area School District, Pennsylvania, the Army Reserve Center in Chambersburg for educational, educational support, and community activities. (Sec. 2855) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to convey to Virginia Beach, Virginia, parcels of property at the Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia, to permit the city to expand services to support the Marine Animal Care Center. (Sec. 2856) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to the Chilkoot Indian Association specified property at the former Haines Fuel Terminal, Alaska, to permit the Association to develop a deep sea port, and for other industrial and commercial development purposes. (Sec. 2857) Amends the MCAA for Fiscal Year 2002 to require (under current law, authorizes) the Secretary of the Army to complete a land exchange and consolidation at Fort Lewis, Washington. (Sec. 2858) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to convey to the city of Ferndale, California, real property comprising the Ferndale Housing project (which previously supported the now-closed Centerville Beach Naval Facility), for low- and moderate-income housing for seniors, families, or both. Subtitle F: Other Matters - (Sec. 2871) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2008 to authorize the Secretary to permit the John Burnam Monument Foundation, Inc. (under current law, authorizes the National War Dogs Monument, Inc.) to establish and maintain a national monument to honor U.S. Armed Forces working dog teams. (Sec. 2872) Designates the child development center at Fort Wood, Missouri, as the &amp;quot;S. Lee Kling Child Development Center.&amp;quot; (Sec. 2873) Prohibits FY2010 military construction funding from being obligated to commence construction of a cooperative security location at the German Olano Airbase in Palanquero, Colombia, until 15 days after certification from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees that an agreement has been entered into with Colombia that will allow such construction in a manner than enables the U.S. Southern Command to execute its Theater Posture Strategy in cooperation with the armed forces of Colombia. (Sec. 2874) Amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to provide that the designation of the Bridgeport Winter Recreation Area, California, is not intended to restrict or preclude activities conducted by the U.S. Armed Forces at the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center. Title XXIX: Overseas Contingency Operations Military Construction Authorizations - (Sec. 2901) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects at specified installations and locations outside the United States in support of overseas contingency operations. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 2009 for military construction, land acquisitions, and military family housing functions of the Army. (Sec. 2902) Provides, with respect to the Air Force, authorizations paralleling those provided for the Army, above. (Sec. 2903) Authorizes the Secretary to use specified DOD military construction funds to plan, design, and construct facilities on the U.S. Embassy Compound in Islamabad, Pakistan, in support of the Office of the Defense Representative-Pakistan (ODRP). Requires four semiannual reports from the Secretary to the defense and foreign relations committees on the number of personnel and activities of the ODRP. Division C: Department of Energy National Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations - Title XXXI [sic]: Department of Energy National Security Programs - Subtitle A: National Security Programs Authorizations - (Sec. 3101) Authorizes appropriations for the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY2010 for: (1) activities of the National Nuclear Security Administration in carrying out programs necessary for national security, with specified allocations for weapons activities, defense nuclear nonproliferation activities, naval reactors, and the Office of the Administrator for Nuclear Security (Administrator); and (2) environmental restoration and waste management activities and plant projects in carrying out national security programs, with specified allocations for defense environmental cleanup, other defense activities, defense nuclear waste disposal, and energy security and assurance. Subtitle B: Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations - (Sec. 3111) Amends provisions of the Atomic Energy Defense Act concerning the establishment of the stockpile stewardship program (program) to direct the Secretary of Energy (Secretary, for purposes of this title) to: (1) implement the program through the Administrator; and (2) establish a stewardship program to ensure the preservation of the core intellectual and technical competencies of the United States in nuclear weapons and to ensure that the nuclear weapons stockpile is safe, secure, and reliable without the use of underground testing. Includes as additional program elements material support for: (1) the use of, and experiments facilitated by, specified advanced experimental facilities of the United States; and (2) the sustainment and modernization of facilities with production and manufacturing capabilities necessary to ensure the safety, security, and reliability of the nuclear weapons stockpile. Repeals a provision authorizing program appropriations for FY1994. (Sec. 3112) Repeals provisions of such Act relating to the reliable replacement warhead program. Replaces the nuclear weapons stockpile life replacement program with the stockpile management program, the latter to provide for effective management of weapons in the nuclear weapons stockpile. Provides additional guidelines for stockpile management, requiring any changes made to conform to such guidelines. (Sec. 3113) Requires the Secretary's annual plan for maintaining the nuclear weapons stockpile to include a joint assessment of the stockpile stewardship program by the heads of the national security laboratories. (Sec. 3114) Requires the Administrator, in support of required annual nuclear weapons assessments, to establish dual validation teams to provide Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory with independent evaluations of the condition of each warhead for which such laboratory has lead responsibility. Requires validation team evaluations to be included in related nuclear weapons assessment and certification reports. (Sec. 3115) Expresses as the policy of the United States that sustainment, modernization, and refurbishment of the nuclear security complex is mandatory for maintaining the future viability of the U.S. nuclear deterrent, and a prerequisite for any reductions to the U.S. Nuclear weapons stockpile. Requires the Administrator to include with the nuclear security budget materials for each fiscal year: (1) a plan for the modernization and refurbishment of the nuclear security complex; and (2) a certification that both the budget for that fiscal year and the future-years nuclear security program provide for funding of such complex at a level sufficient for the modernization and refurbishment outlined in the plan. Requires that, if a budget is insufficient for the required modernization and refurbishment, the Administrator shall include with budget materials the risks and implications associated with the ability of the complex to adequately support the stockpile and maintain its long-term safety, security, and reliability. Subtitle C: Reports - (Sec. 3121) Directs the CG to: (1) review the effects of contracts entered into by DOE in 2006 and 2007 which provide for the management and operation of the Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore national laboratories; and (2) report review results to the defense and appropriations committees. (Sec. 3122) Requires the Secretary to: (1) prepare a plan to ensure that DOE national laboratories maintain a robust technical capability to monitor, analyze, and evaluate foreign nuclear weapons activities; and (2) report on such plan to the defense, appropriations, and intelligence committees. Title XXXII: Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board - (Sec. 3201) Authorizes appropriations for FY2010 for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. Title XXXIV [sic]: Naval Petroleum Reserves - (Sec. 3401) Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Energy for FY2010 to carry out activities relating to the naval petroleum reserves. Title XXXV: Maritime Administration - (Sec. 3501) Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Transportation for FY2010 for the Maritime Administration for specified activities, including: (1) operation and training; (2) maintaining a U.S.-flag merchant fleet; and (3) the disposal of obsolete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet. (Sec. 3502) Authorizes the Administrator of the Maritime Administration to make lump-sum payments to personnel previously employed by nonappropriated fund instrumentalities at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, such payments representing unused leave balances when such employees were either terminated or their positions converted to General Schedule positions under the Hunter Act. (Sec. 3503) Amends the Hunter Act to make permanent the authority to hire adjunct professors at the Merchant Marine Academy for periods of more than one year. Requires notification to the defense and transportation committees on the use of such authority. (Sec. 3504) Expresses congressional findings in support of the maritime loan guarantee program (a program facilitating construction of commercial vessels in domestic shipyards). (Sec. 3505) Requires vessels under operating agreements with the United States to have an emergency preparedness agreement that requires a vessel operating in hazardous carriage to be equipped with appropriate nonlethal defense measures to protect the vessel, crew, and cargo from unauthorized seizure at sea. (Sec. 3506) Directs the Secretary to embark military personnel on board a U.S.-flag vessel carrying government-impelled cargoes if the vessel is operated in an area designated as a high risk for piracy and determined by the Coast Guard to be at risk of being boarded by pirates. Provides a conditional termination date for such requirement. (Sec. 3507) Makes technical corrections to the state maritime academies student incentive program. (Sec. 3508) Requires the Maritime Administrator to notify the Secretary of the Navy if, as a consequence of default on a maritime loan guaranteed by the United States, the United States acquires a financial interest in either of the motor vessels Huakai or Alakai (currently owned by the Hawaiian Superferry Company). Prohibits such Secretary from disposing of such a financial interest until 180 days following such notification. Division D: Disabled Military Retiree Relief Act of 2009 - Disabled Military Retiree Relief Act of 2009 - Title I: Compensation and Benefits for Members of the Armed Forces and Military Retirees - Subtitle A: Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays - (Sec. 101) Extends through 2010 specified authorities currently scheduled to expire at the end of 2009 with respect to certain special pay and bonus programs within the regular and reserve Armed Forces. Subtitle B: Retired Pay Benefits - (Sec. 111) Provides for the recomputation of retired pay and adjustment of the retired grade of reserve retirees recalled to an active status in the Selected Reserve for at least two years. Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to reduce the two-year service requirement for a member so recalled to serve as an adjutant or assistant adjutant general in the National Guard when the member serves for at least six months but fails to serve for two years as required by the laws of the state, district, or territory in which the member is serving. (Sec. 112) Allows members who serve in an active reserve status in the Selected Reserve for at least two years after becoming eligible for active-duty (regular) retirement to elect a non-regular retirement for which they are qualified in lieu of the active-duty retirement. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to reduce the two-year service requirement for a member so recalled to serve as an adjutant or assistant adjutant general in the National Guard when the member serves for at least six months but fails to serve for two years as required by the laws of the state, district, or territory in which the member is serving. Subtitle C: Concurrent Receipt of Military Retired Pay and Veterans' Disability Compensation - (Sec. 121) Extends through 2013 eligibility for the concurrent receipt of military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation for veterans who were retired or separated due to physical disability, regardless of their disability rating or years of service. Title II: Federal Employee Benefits - Subtitle A: General Provisions - (Sec. 201) Provides, with respect to federal employees, credit for unused sick leave for annuity computation purposes. (Sec. 202) Extends to federal employees who separated before March 1, 1991, (under current law, October 1, 1990) eligibility to receive an actuarially-reduced annuity under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS). (Sec. 203) Revises the computation of certain annuities based on part-time service performed before April 7, 1986. (Sec. 204) Allows federal employees under the Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS) to deposit retirement refunds received, with interest. (Sec. 205) Provides limited federal retirement credit for service in the District of Columbia (D.C.) of certain employees who transferred to federal government service after the D.C. service, but prohibits any D.C. service from being included in the federal annuity computation. Outlines the types of D.C. service that will qualify for the federal retirement credit. Requires certification of performance of the qualifying service. Subtitle B: Non-Foreign Area Retirement Equity Assurance - Non-Foreign Area Retirement Equity Assurance Act of 2009 or Non-Foreign AREA Act of 2009 - (Sec. 212) Revises federal employee locality-based comparability payments provisions to include U.S. territories and possessions, including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, within a pay locality. Sets forth maximum rates of pay for Senior Executive Service (SES) personnel in such areas. Revises the calculation of allowances based on living costs and conditions of environment for pay of employees stationed outside the continental United States or in Alaska to apply it only to areas designated as of December 31, 2009. Provides a formula for adjustment of such rate using a transition schedule for calendar years 2010 and thereafter. (Sec. 213) Requires adjustment of special rates of pay determined to be necessary to obtain or retain the services of persons specified by statute in such a cost-of-living area in accordance with regulations to be prescribed by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) under this Act. (Sec. 214) Provides a phased transition schedule for the amount of special rates during the transition period of January 1, 2010, to January 1, 2012, allowing the full amount thereafter. (Sec. 215) Expresses the sense of the Congress with respect to the correction of pay disparities for federal positions located in Alaska, Hawaii, or a U.S. territory and sets forth savings provisions. (Sec. 216) Applies the non-foreign area pay adjustment provisions of this Subtitle to certain other federal employees, including employees of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and postal employees. (Sec. 217) Allows an employee subject to this Act's transition schedule who retires from service during the period from January 1, 2010, through December 31, 2012, to elect to have any COLA paid during that period considered as basic pay for purposes of annuity computation. Provides for appropriate contributions into the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Retirement Fund. Title III: Deepwater Oil and Gas Research and Development Funding Source Repeal - (Sec. 301) Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal provisions: (1) requiring the deposit of certain funds received from oil and gas leases into the Ultra-Deepwater and Unconventional Natural Gas and Other Petroleum Research Fund; and (2) establishing the Fund.</summary>
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