DETERMINATION OF DELIMITING PERIOD.

SEC. 420. DETERMINATION OF DELIMITING PERIOD. (a) Minimum Requirement for Active Duty Service.—(1) Section 1431 is amended— (A) by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(g) For purposes of subsection (a) of this section, an individual’s last discharge or release from active duty shall not include any discharge or release from a period of active duty of less than 90 days of continuous service unless the individual involved is discharged or released for a service-connected disability, for a medical condition which preexisted such service and which the Secretary determines is not service connected, for hardship, or as a result of a reduction in force as described in section 1411(a)(1)(A)(ii)(III) of this title.”; and (B) in subsection (a), by inserting “, and subject to subsection (g),” before “of this section,” in the material preceding clause (1). (2) Section 1632(a) is amended— (A) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(4) For purposes of paragraph (1) of this subsection, a veteran’s last discharge or release from active duty shall not include any discharge or release from a period of active duty of less than 90 days of continuous service unless the individual involved is discharged or released for a service-connected disability, for a medical condition which preexisted such service and which the Secretary determines is not service connected, for hardship, or as a result of a reduction in force as described in section 1411(a)(1)(A)(ii)(III) of this title ”; and (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting “, and subject to paragraph (4),” before “of this subsection,”. (3) Section 1662(a) is amended— (A) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(4) For purposes of paragraph (1) of this subsection, a veteran’s last discharge or release from active duty shall not include any discharge or release from a period of active duty of less than 90 days 103 STAT. 2088of continuous service unless the individual involved is discharged or released for a service-connected disability, for a medical condition which preexisted such service and which the Secretary determines is not service connected, for hardship, or as a result of a reduction in force as described in section 141 1(a)(1)(A)(ii)(III) of this title.”; and (B) in paragraph (1), by striking out “No” and inserting in lieu thereof “Subject to paragraph (4) of this subsection, no”. (b) Special Rule.—Section 1431(e) is amended— (1) by striking out “(e) In” and inserting in lieu thereof “(e)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, in”; and (2) by adding at the end the following: “(2) In the case of an individual to which paragraph (1) of this subsection is applicable and who is described in section 1652(a)(1)(B) of this title, the 10-year period prescribed in subsection (a) of this section shall not be reduced by any period in 1977 before the individual began serving on active duty ”.