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To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide veterans with counseling and treatment for sexual trauma that occurred during inactive duty training.

H.R. 2527 · 113th Congress · Jun 2, 2014 · Lineage

AN ACT

1. Counseling and treatment for sexual trauma occurring during inactive duty for training

Section 1720D of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
(1)
in subsection (a)(1), by striking “active duty or active duty for training” and inserting “active duty, active duty for training, or inactive duty training”; and
(2)
in subsection (f)—
(A)
by striking “this section, the” and inserting the following:

“(1) The”

(B)
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

“(2) The term “veteran”, with respect to inactive duty training described in subsection (a)(1), also includes an individual who—

“(A) is not otherwise eligible for the benefits of this chapter; and

“(B) while serving in the reserve components of the Armed Forces, performed such inactive duty training but did not serve on active duty.”