Title V — MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY

Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations · 82 sections

Subtitle A — Officer Policy and Reserve Component Management

501.Flexibility in requirements of selection boards: composition; convening 502.Requirements for removal of certain general and flag officers 503.Ranks of Judge Advocates General 504.Grades of certain chiefs of reserve components 505.Grade of Chief of the Veterinary Corps of the Army 506.Limitation on the transfer to the Space Force of certain functions of the Air National Guard 507.Inclusion of Judge Advocates in Global Force Management processes 508.Role of military chaplains

Subtitle B — Recruitment, General Service Authorities and Prohibitions, and Military Records

511.Recruitment: improvements relating to secondary schools 512.Prohibition on reduction in personnel assigned to duty with a service review agency; report on reviews of certain discharges related to PTSD 513.Selective Service System: omission of deceased persons from registration 514.Requirement of equal opportunity, racial neutrality, and exclusive use of merit in military personnel actions 515.Prohibition of hate symbols: regulations; guidance; training 516.Timely resolution of career-impacting administrative investigations 517.Prohibition on use of prediction markets by personnel of the Department of Defense 518.Pilot program on modernization of drug testing using voice-based risk assessment 519.Soldier Digital Lifecycle Modernization Initiative 519A.Authority to study the propensity of certain students to serve in the Armed Forces

Subtitle C — Member Training

521.Ineligibility of a national of a non-allied foreign nation to attend a Service Academy 522.Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics program for Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps 523.Additional nominees to the Service Academies from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 524.Elimination of cap on the number of cadets or midshipmen who may receive alternative service obligations to become professional athletes 525.Elimination of the right of cadets to automatic reexamination 526.Congressional communications officials of the Service Academies 527.Revision to decision timeframe for expedited transfers at the military service academies 528.Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps instructor pay 529.Establishment of program to promote participation of foreign students in the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps 529A.Establishment of the Military Service Academy Panel on Athletics 529B.Limitation on authority to eliminate the 70th Flying Training Squadron of the United States Air Force Academy

Subtitle D — Member Education

531.Establishment of a doctor of psychology program and a master of social work program at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences 532.Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship and Financial Assistance program: eligible institutions; continuity of payments 533.Inclusion of National Intelligence College as part of the National Defense University 534.Defense Information School: authority to grant associate’s degree in communications 535.Eligibility of an enlisted member to receive a degree from the Naval Postgraduate School

Subtitle E — Military Justice

541.Clarification of qualifications for judge advocates 542.Authority of special trial counsel to enter into pretrial agreements with respect to certain offenses 543.Clarifying amendment to completion of appellate review under article 57 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice 544.Review of courts-martial records 545.Uniform Code of Military Justice: prohibition of review of factual sufficiency in certain appeals before a Court of Criminal Appeals 546.Clarification of court of criminal appeals review of sentencing 547.Expansion of victim access to Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces 548.Modifications to offense of wrongful broadcast or distribution of intimate visual images under the Uniform Code of Military Justice 549.Authorization of death penalty for offense of rape of a child under the Uniform Code of Military Justice 549A.Punitive article on retaliation for reporting of sexual harassment under the Uniform Code of Military Justice 549B.Revision of Department of Defense Instruction regarding early release eligibility for offenders convicted of certain sexual offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice 549C.Notification required to implement changes to military legal system recommended by Special Review Panel activities 549D.Analysis of potential establishment of separate punitive article on hazing under the Uniform Code of Military Justice

Subtitle F — Investigations and Other Legal Matters

551.Extension of Special Victims’ Counsel services to domestic violence victims 552.Policies regarding the reporting of missing members of the Armed Forces 553.Authority of Naval Criminal Investigative Service to investigate sexual harassment 554.Cross-service data sharing regarding substantiated allegations of sexual misconduct 555.Inclusion of sexual harassment in Catch a Serial Offender program 556.Military domestic violence emergent housing policy 557.Requirement for standardized policies and processes to ensure the timely review, documentation, and resolution of requests for military protective orders 558.Reestablishment of Defense Advisory Committee for the Prevention of Sexual Misconduct 559.Pilot program on use of advanced monitoring and rehabilitative technologies in Army correctional facilities

Subtitle G — Career Transition

561.Establishment of separation oath for members of the Armed Forces 562.Designation of senior official for military-to-civilian transition 563.Authorization of pilot program to help members separating from certain Armed Forces obtain employment as teachers 564.Study on separation of members of the Armed Forces due to the mandate to receive the COVID-19 vaccine and the transfer of education benefits by such members

Subtitle H — Family Programs, Child Care, and Dependent Education

571.Extension of non-medical counseling services program for military families 572.Pilot program to increase payments for child care services in high-cost areas 573.Pilot program to provide financial assistance to members of the Armed Forces for in-home child care: inclusion of au pairs 574.Modifications to pilot program to provide financial assistance to members of the Armed Forces for in-home child care 575.Certain assistance to local educational agencies that benefit dependents of military and civilian personnel 576.Policies to support military families subject to court-ordered child custody arrangements 577.Authority for pilot program for certain military spouses to become special education teachers in DODEA schools 578.Pilot program for push-text notifications to members and dependents

Subtitle I — Decorations and Awards

581.Gold star survivor: definition prescribed by Secretary of Defense 582.Medal of Honor recipients: access to any military installation; liaison 583.Technical correction to authorization to award the Distinguished-Service Cross to Isaac 584.Authorization of service ribbon for a member of the National Guard who performs homeland defense duty 585.Authorization for posthumous award of Medal of Honor to Rafael Peralta for acts of valor 586.Authorization for posthumous award of Medal of Honor to Robert A. Lodge for acts of valor 587.Authorization for award of the Distinguished-Service Cross for James O. Ratliff for acts of valor during the Vietnam War 588.Authorization to award the Distinguished-Service Cross to Joseph P. Lynch for acts of valor as a member of the Army during the Vietnam War 589.Sense of Congress regarding award of medal of honor to Thomas J. Grasso for acts of valor during Operation Freedom’s Sentinel 589A.Sense of Congress regarding award of Medal of Honor to retired Colonel Philip J. Conran for acts of valor in Laos during the Vietnam war

Subtitle J — Other Matters and Miscellaneous Reports

591.Expansion of eligibility of veterans for certain military adaptive sports program 592.Expanded goals of authorized program regarding the National September 11 Memorial and Museum 593.Local agricultural procurement in Guam commissaries 594.Submission of review of operational effectiveness of Army and Marine Corps ground combat units