Pub. L. 88-647, tit. III, sec. 302

Sec. 302. Section 4 of the Act of August 1, 1956, chapter 830 (5 U.S.C. 802), is amended as follows: (1) Subsection (a) is amended to read as follows: “(a) The Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (ch. 458, 39 Stat. 742), as amended (5 U.S.C. 751–793), applies in the case of the disability or death of the following members of, and applicants for membership in, the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps of the Army, Navy, and Air Force: “(1) Any member or applicant for membership who suffers disability or death from an injury incurred in June of duty while engaged in a flight or in flight instruction under chapter 103 of title 10, United States Code; or “(2) Any member or applicant for membership who suffers disability or death from an injury incurred in line of duty while performing authorized travel to or from, or while attending, field training or a practice cruise under chapter 103 of title 10, United States Code. For the purposes of this section, an injury shall be considered to have been incurred in line of duty only if it is the proximate result of the performance of military training by the member concerned, or of his travel to or from that military training, during the periods of time indicated in clause (2). Any member or applicant for membership who contracts a disease or illness which is the proximate result of the 78 Stat. 1074performance of training during the periods of time indicated in clause (2) shall be considered for the purposes of tills section to have been injured in line of duty during that period.” (2) The last sentence of subsection (d) is amended to read as follows: “However, reimbursement may not be made for any hospitalization or medical or surgical care provided a person while attending field training or a practice cruise under chapter 103 of title 10, United States Code.”