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 PUBLIC LAW 107-107—DEC. 28, 2001 115 STAT. 1093 SEC. 513. IMPROVED DISABILITY BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN RESERVE COMPONENT MEMBERS. (a) MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE.— Sections 1074a(a)(3) and 1076(a)(2)(C) of title 10, United States Code, are each amended by striking ", if the" and all that follows through "member's residence". (b) ELIGIBILITY FOR DISABILITY RETIREMENT OR SEPARATION.— Sections 1204(2)(B)(iii) and 1206(2)(B)(iii) of title 10, United States Code, are each amended by striking ", if the" and all that follows through "member's residence". (c) RECOVERY, CARE, AND DISPOSITION OF REMAINS.—Section 1481(a)(2)(D) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking ", if the site is outside reasonable commuting distance from the member's residence". (d) ENTITLEMENT TO BASIC PAY.— Subsections (g)(1)(D) and (h)(1)(D) of section 204 of title 37, United States Code, are amended by striking ", if the site is outside reasonable commuting distance from the member's residence". (e) COMPENSATION FOR INACTIVE-DUTY TRAINING.—Section 206(a)(3)(C) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking ", if the site is outside reasonable commuting distance from the member's residence". SEC. 514. TIME -IN-GRADE REQUIREMENT FOR RESERVE COMPONENT OFFICERS RETIRED WITH A NONSERVICE CONNECTED DIS- ABILITY. Section 1370(d)(3)(B) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "(B) A person covered by subparagraph (A) who has completed at least six months of satisfactory service in grade may be credited with satisfactory service in the grade in which serving at the time of transfer or discharge, notwithstanding failure of the person to complete three years of service in that grade, if that person is transferred from an active status or discharged as a reserve commissioned officer— "(i) solely due to the requirements of a nondiscretionary provision of law requiring that transfer or discharge due to the person's age or years of service; or "(ii) because the person no longer meets the qualifications for membership in the Ready Reserve solely because of a physical disability, as determined, at a minimum, by a medical evaluation board and at the time of such transfer or discharge such person (pursuant to section 12731b of this title or otherwise) meets the service requirements established by section 12731(a) of this title for eligibility for retired pay under chapter 1223 of this title, unless the disability is described in section 12731b of this title.". SEC. 515. EQUAL TREATMENT OF RESERVES AND FULL-TIME ACTIVE DUTY MEMBERS FOR PURPOSES OF MANAGING PER- SONNEL DEPLOYMENTS. (a) RESIDENCE OF RESERVES AT HOME STATION. —Paragraph (2) of section 991(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "(2) In the case of a member of a reserve component who is performing active service pursuant to orders that do not establish a permanent change of station, the housing referred to in paragraph

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