STROKES AND HEART ATTACKS INCURRED OR AGGRAVATED BY MEMBERS OF RESERVE COMPONENTS IN THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTY WHILE PERFORMING INACTIVE DUTY TRAINING TO BE CONSIDERED TO BE SERVICE-CONNECTED.

SEC. 301. STROKES AND HEART ATTACKS INCURRED OR AGGRAVATED BY MEMBERS OF RESERVE COMPONENTS IN THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTY WHILE PERFORMING INACTIVE DUTY TRAINING TO BE CONSIDERED TO BE SERVICE-CONNECTED. (a) Scope of Term “Active Military, Naval, or Air service”.—Section 101(24) is amended to read as follows: “(24) The term ‘active military, naval, or air service’ includes— “(A) active duty; “(B) any period of active duty for training during which the individual concerned was disabled or died from a disease or injury incurred or aggravated in line of duty; and “(C) any period of inactive duty training during which the individual concerned was disabled or died— “(i) from an injury incurred or aggravated in line of duty; or “(ii) from an acute myocardial infarction, a cardiac arrest, or a cerebrovascular accident occurring during such training.”. (b) Travel to or From Training Duty.—Section 106(d) is amended— (1) by inserting “(1)” after “(d)”; (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; (3) by inserting “or covered disease” after “injury” each place it appears; (4) by designating the second sentence as paragraph (2); (5) by designating the third sentence as paragraph (3); and (6) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(4) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘covered disease’ means any of the following: “(A) Acute myocardial infarction. 114 STAT. 1853 “(B) A cardiac arrest. “(C) A cerebrovascular accident.”.