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 108 STAT. 2804 PUBLIC LAW 103-337—OCT. 5, 1994 (1) by inserting before the period at the end the following: ", unless the Secretary certifies to Congress that the number of such personnel to be reduced in a particular military department is excess to the current and projected needs for personnel in the Selected Reserve of that military department"; and (2) by adding at the end the following new sentence: "The assessment of current and projected personnel needs under this subsection shall be consistent with the wartime requirements for Selected Reserve personnel identified in the final report on the comprehensive study of the military medical care system prepared pursuant to section 733 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (Public Law 102-190; 10 U.S.C. 1071 note).". SEC. 717. IMPLEMENTATION OF ANNUAL HEALTH CARE SURVEY REQUIREMENT. Section 724 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law 102-484; 106 Stat. 2440; 10 U.S.C. 1071 note) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection (b): "(b) EXEMPTION.— An annual survey under subsection (a) shall be treated as not a collection of information for the purposes for which such term is defined in section 3502(4) of title 44, United States Code.". Subtitle C—Persian Gulf Illness 10 USC 1074 SEC. 721. PROGRAMS RELATED TO DESERT STORM MYSTERY ILLNESS. "°*®' (a) OUTREACH PROGRAM TO PERSIAN GULF VETERANS AND FAMI- LIES. —The Secretary of Defense shall institute a comprehensive outreach program to inform members of the Armed Forces who served in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during the Persian Gulf Conflict, and the families of such members, of illnesses that may result from such service. The program shall be carried out through both medical and command channels, as well as any other means the Secretary considers appropriate. Under the program, the Secretary shall— (1) inform such individuals regarding— (A) common disease S3miptoms reported by Persian Gulf veterans that may be due to service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations; (B) blood donation policy; (C) available counseling and medical care for such members; and (D) possible health risks to children of Persian Gulf veterans; (2) inform such individuals of the procedures for registering in either the Persian Gulf Veterans Health Surveill£ince System of the Department of Defense or the Persian Gulf War Health Registry of the Department of Veterans Affairs; and (3) encourage such members to report any symptoms they may have and to register in the appropriate health surveillance registry.

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