EXPANSION OF COMBAT ZONE FILING RULES TO CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS.

SEC. 104. EXPANSION OF COMBAT ZONE FILING RULES TO CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS.(a) In General.—Section 7508(a) (relating to time for performing certain acts postponed by reason of service in combat zone) is amended—(1) by inserting “, or when deployed outside the United States away from the individual’s permanent duty station while participating in an operation designated by the Secretary of Defense as a contingency operation (as defined in section 101(a)(13) of title 10, United States Code) or which became such a contingency operation by operation of law” after “section 112”,(2) by inserting in the first sentence “or at any time during the period of such contingency operation” after “for purposes of such section”,(3) by inserting “or operation” after “such an area”, and(4) by inserting “or operation” after “such area”.(b) Conforming Amendments.—(1) Section 7508(d) is amended by inserting “or contingency operation” after “area”.(2) The heading for section 7508 is amended by inserting “or contingency operation” after “combat zone”.(3) The item relating to section 7508 in the table of sections for chapter 77 is amended by inserting “or contingency operation” after “combat zone”.(c) Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section shall apply to any period for performing an act which has not expired before the date of the enactment of this Act.