113 STAT. 588 PUBLIC LAW 106-65 —OCT. 5, 1999 Sec. 514. Extension of period for retention of reserve component msgors and lieutenant commanders who twice fail of selection for promotion. Sec. 515. Computation of years of service exclusion. Sec. 516. Retention of reserve component chaplains until age 67. Sec. 517. Expansion and codification of authority for space-required travel on military aircraft for reserves performing inactive-duty training outside the continental United States. Subtitle C—Military Technicians Sec. 521. Revision to military technician (dual status) law. Sec. 522. Civil service retirement of technicians. Sec. 523. Revision to non-dual status technicians statute. Sec. 524. Revision to authorities relating to National Guard technicians. Sec. 525. Effective date. Sec. 526. Secretary of Defense review of Armv technician costing process. Sec. 527. Fiscal year 2000 limitation on number of non-dual status technicians. Subtitle D—Service Academies Sec. 531. Strength limitations at the service academies. Sec. 532. Superintendents of the service academies. Sec. 533. Dean of Academic Board, United States Military Academy and Dean of the Faculty, United States Air Force Academy. Sec. 534. Waiver of reimbursement of expenses for instruction at service academies of persons from foreign countries. Sec. 535. Expansion of foreign exchange programs of the service academies. Subtitle E—Education and Training Sec. 541. Establishment of a Department of Defense international student program at the senior military colleges. Sec. 542. Authority for Army War College to award degree of master of strategic studies. Sec. 543. Authority for Air University to confer graduate-level degrees. Sec. 544. Reserve credit for participation in health professions scholarship and financial assistance program. Sec. 545. Permanent authority for ROTC scholarships for graduate students. Sec. 546. Increase in monthly subsistence allowance for Senior ROTC cadets selected for advanced training. Sec. 547. Contingent funding increase for Junior ROTC program. Sec. 548. Change from annual to biennial reporting under the reserve component Montgomery GI bill. Sec. 549. Recodification and consolidation of statutes denying Federal grants and contracts by certain departments and agencies to institutions of higher education that prohibit Senior ROTC units or military recruiting on campus. Sec. 550. Accrual funding for Coast Guard Montgomery GI bill liabilities. Subtitle F—Reserve Component Management Sec. 551. Financial assistance program for pursuit of degrees by officer candidates in Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class program. Sec. 552. Options to improve recruiting for the Army Reserve. Sec. 553. Joint duty assignments for reserve component general and flag officers. Sec. 554. Grade of chiefs of reserve components and additional general officers at the National Guard Bureau. Sec. 555. Duties of Reserves on active duty in support of the Reserves. Sec. 556. Repeal of limitation on number of Reserves on full-time active duty in support of preparedness for responses to emergencies involving weapons of mass destruction. Sec. 557. Establishment of Office of the Coast Guard Reserve. Sec. 558. Report on use of National Guard facilities and infrastructure for support of provision of services to veterans. Subtitle G—Decorations, Awards, and Commendations Sec. 561. Waiver of time limitations for award of certain decorations to certain persons. Sec. 562. Authority for award of Medal of Honor to Alfred Rascon for valor during the Vietnam conflict. Sec. 563. Elimination of current backlog of requests for replacement of military decorations. Sec. 564. Retroactive award of Navy Combat Action Ribbon. Sec. 565. Sense of Congress concerning Presidential unit citation for crew of the U.S.S. Indianapolis.
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