MODIFICATION OF SPECIAL UNEMPLOYMENT STUDY TO COVER VETERANS OF POST 9/11 GLOBAL OPERATIONS.

SEC. 317. MODIFICATION OF SPECIAL UNEMPLOYMENT STUDY TO COVER VETERANS OF POST 9/11 GLOBAL OPERATIONS.(a) Modification of Study.—Subsection (a)(1) of section 4110A is amended—(1) in the matter before subparagraph (A), by striking “a study every two years” and inserting “an annual study”; and(2) by striking subparagraphs (A) through (E) and inserting the following new subparagraphs:“(A) Veterans who were called to active duty while members of the National Guard or a Reserve Component.“(B) Veterans who served in combat or in a war zone in the Post 9/11 Global Operations theaters.122 STAT. 4168“(C) Veterans who served on active duty during the Post 9/11 Global Operations period who did not serve in the Post 9/11 Global Operations theaters.“(D) Veterans of the Vietnam era who served in the Vietnam theater of operations during the Vietnam era.“(E) Veterans who served on active duty during the Vietnam era who did not serve in the Vietnam theater of operations.“(F) Veterans discharged or released from active duty within four years of the applicable study.“(G) Special disabled veterans.”.(b) Definitions.—Such section is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:“(c) In this section:“(1) The term ‘Post 9/11 Global Operations period’ means the period of the Persian Gulf War beginning on September 11, 2001, and ending on the date thereafter prescribed by Presidential proclamation or law.“(2) The term ‘Post 9/11 Global Operations theaters’ means Afghanistan, Iraq, or any other theater in which the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal is awarded for service.”.