FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ COMPENSATION COVERAGE FORSTUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN CERTAIN OFFICER CANDIDATE PROGRAMS.

SEC. 655. FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ COMPENSATION COVERAGE FORSTUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN CERTAIN OFFICER CANDIDATE PROGRAMS. (a) Periods of Coverage.— subsection (a)(2) of section 8140 of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “(2) during the period of the member’s attendance at training or a practice cruise under chapter 103 of title 10, United States Code, beginning when the authorized travel to the training or practice cruise begins and ending when authorized travel from the training or practice cruise ends”. (b) Line of Duty.— subsection (b) of such section is amended to read as follows: “(b) For the purpose of this section, an injury, disability, death, or illness of a member referred to in subsection (a) may be considered as incurred or contracted in line of duty only if the injury, disability, or death is incurred, or the illness is contracted, by the member during a period described in that subsection. Subject to review by the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of the military department concerned (under regulations prescribed by that Secretary), shall determine whether an injury, disability, or death was incurred, or an illness was contracted, by a member in line of duty.”. (c) Clarification of Casualties Covered.— subsection (a) of such section, as amended by subsection (a) of this section, is further amended by inserting “, or an illness contracted,” after “death incurred” in the matter preceding paragraph (1). (d) Effective Date and Applicability.— The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and apply with respect to injuries, illnesses, disabilities, and deaths incurred or contracted on or after that date.