INJURY, DISABILITY. AND DEATH COMPENSATION COVERAGE FOR ROTC CADETS DURING MILITARY TRAINING ACTIVITIES

SEC. 633. INJURY, DISABILITY. AND DEATH COMPENSATION COVERAGE FOR ROTC CADETS DURING MILITARY TRAINING ACTIVITIES (a) Authority To Prescribe Training.—(1) Subsection (a) of section 2109 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “(a) For the further practical instruction of members of, and designated applicants for membership in, the program, the Secretary of the military department concerned may prescribe and conduct practical military training, in addition to field training and practice cruises prescribed under section 2104(b)(6) of this title. The Secretary concerned may require that some or all of the training prescribed under this subsection must be completed by a member before the member is commissioned.”. (2) Subsection (b) of such section is amended— (A) by striking out “may—” and inserting in lieu thereof “, with respect to practical military training prescribed under this section and field training and practice cruises prescribed under section 2104(b)(6) of this title, may—”; and (B) by striking out “field training” each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “such training”. (3)(A) The heading of such section is amended to read as follows: “§ 2109. Practical military training”. (B) The item relating to such section in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 103 of such title is amended to read as follows: “2109. Practical military training.”. (b) Coverage for Injury, Disability, and Death.—Section 8140 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking out “disability or death from an injury” and inserting in lieu thereof “an injury, disability, or death”; and (B) by striking out “field” before “training”; (2) in subsection (f), by striking out “while attending field training or a practice cruise under chapter 103 of title 10” and inserting in lieu thereof “by a military department in a facility of a military department”; and (3) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: “(g) For purposes of this section, the term ‘applicant for membership’ includes a student enrolled, during a semester or other enroll-102 STAT. 1987ment term, in a course which is part of Reserve Officers’ Training Corps instruction at an educational institution.”. (c) Training Included Within Certain Definitions.—(1) Paragraph (22)(D) of section 101 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (A) by striking out “field”; and (B) by inserting “for a period of not less than four weeks and which must be completed by the member before the member is commissioned” after “title 10”. (2) Paragraph (23) of such section is amended— (A) by striking out “and” at the end of clause (A); (B) by striking out the period at the end of clause (B) and inserting in lieu thereof “; and”; and (C) by inserting after clause (B) the following new clause: “(C) training (other than active duty for training) by a member of, or applicant for membership (as defined in section 8140(g) of title 5) in, the Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps prescribed under chapter 103 of title 10.”. (d) Pay Status While in Certain Training.—Section 209(c) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking out “field training or practice cruises under section 2109 of title 10” and inserting in lieu thereof “training or practice cruises under chapter 103 of title 10 if the training or cruise is of at least four weeks duration and must be completed before the cadet or midshipman is commissioned.”. (e) Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section shall apply only with respect to training performed after September 30, 1988.