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FY2027 NDAA

Title VI — MILITARY COMPENSATION AND OTHER BENEFITS

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Title VI of the FY2027 NDAA (MILITARY COMPENSATION AND OTHER BENEFITS) contains 23 sections. Open any section for a TL;DR, the statutory text, and linked funding tables.

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Sec. 601
One-year extension of certain expiring bonus and special pay authorities

Section 910(g) of title 37, United States Code, relating to income replacement payments for reserve component members experiencing extended and frequent…

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Sec. 602
Authorizing board certification incentive pay for medical officers with doctoral degrees

Section 335(c)(2) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by inserting , or holds a doctoral degree that the Secretary concerned determines appropriate…

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Sec. 603
One-time corrective increase and annual adjustments for certain special and incentive pays for members of the armed forces; clarification of special and incentive pay authorities for members of reserve components

Adjustments(1)In generalChapter 19 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:1017.Adjustments to amounts of…

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Sec. 604
Payment of maximum amount of aviation incentive pay to aviation officers with more than 8 years of aviation service; enhancement of retention incentives available to aviation officers

Payment of maximum amount of aviation incentive pay to officers with more than 8 years of aviation serviceSection 334(c) of title 37, United States Code, is…

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Sec. 605
Expansions of authorities to contract with members of the Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps

Expansion of authority to contract with members ineligible for advanced trainingSection 2103a(a) of title 10, United States Code is amended in the matter…

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Sec. 606
Retroactive granting of waivers for aviation incentive pay

Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary of the Navy shall—(1)waive the requirements relating to months of operational flight for the receipt of aviation…

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Sec. 611
Basic needs allowance: exclusion of basic allowance for housing from the calculation of gross household income of an eligible member of the Armed Forces

Section 402b(k)(1)(B) of title 37, United States Code, is amended—(1)by striking in and all that follows through portion of; and(2)by striking that the…

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Sec. 612
Basic allowance for housing: permanent authority to make certain temporary increases

Area covered by a major disaster declaration or containing an installation experiencing an influx of military personnelSubsection (b) of section 403 of title…

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Sec. 613
Temporary adjustment to a rate of the basic allowance for housing for members of the uniformed services: lower threshold; permanent authority

Section 403(b)(8) of title 37, United States Code, is amended—(1)in subparagraph (A), by striking 20 percent and inserting 15 percent; and(2)by striking…

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Sec. 614
Modifications to cost-of-living allowance in the continental United States for members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force

Section 403b of title 37, United States Code, is amended—(1)by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection (j); and(2)by inserting after subsection (h) the…

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Sec. 615
Payment of costs to ship breast milk of a member performing certain duty

Section 453 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:(j)Costs to ship breast milk(1)The Secretary…

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Sec. 621
Accrual of leave for members of the Armed Forces

Section 701(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking 2½ calendar days and inserting 3½ calendar days.

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Sec. 622
Accumulation of leave for members of the Armed Forces

Accumulation of leave for members of the Armed ForcesSection 701 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1)by striking subsections (b), (e), and…

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Sec. 623
Bereavement leave for a member of the Armed Forces in the case of a loss of pregnancy or stillbirth

Subsection (l)(1)(A) of section 701 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1)by striking the death of an immediate family member. and inserting an em…

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Sec. 631
Payment to participant in Survivor Benefit Plan whose spouse dies before the participant

Subchapter II of chapter 73 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting, after section 1448a, the following new section:1448b.Payment to…

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Sec. 632
Increase in and cost-of-living adjustment of death gratuity

Increase in death gratuity(1)IncreaseSection 1478(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking $100,000 and inserting…

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Sec. 641
Use of commissary stores by employees of the Department of Defense Education Activity and military child development centers

Section 1066(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:(3)An employee of the Department of Defense…

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Sec. 642
Single-use shopping bags in commissary stores

Section 2485 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:(j)Single-use shopping bagsThe Defense Commissary…

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Sec. 643
Limitation on implementation of Supply Chain Transformation Initiative of the Defense Commissary Agency

No funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2027 may be obligated or expended to…

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Sec. 651
Career flexibility programs: eligibility of a member already subject to a period of obligated service; minimum length of program

Eligibility of a member already subject to a period of obligated serviceSection 710 of title 10, United States Code, is amended, in subsection (a), by adding…

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Sec. 652
Provision of information regarding food access and child care for members receiving orders for a change of permanent station

Section 1056(b)(2)(F) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1)in clause (v), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon;(2)by redesignating clause…

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Sec. 653
Reserves and retired members: acceptance of employment, payments, and awards from foreign governments through private entities

Section 908(a) of title 37, United States Code, is amended—(1)by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), respectively…

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Sec. 654
Program to provide to certain patrons a discount on motor fuel sold at exchange stores

The Secretary of Defense may, if there is a tax described in subsection (b) applicable to motor fuel, carry out a program to provide to eligible patrons a…

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