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 12 2 STA T .4 1 73PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 3 89—O CT. 10 , 2008 ‘ ‘ (8)Theav e r a g ea n n u a lst art i ng an d ending salaries of su c h individuals w ho were e mp lo y ed during the year covered b y the report . ‘‘( 9 ) The number of such individuals enrolled in an institu - tion of higher learning , as that term is defined in section 3452 (f) of this title. ‘‘( 10 ) The average number of academic credit hours, degrees, and certificates obtained by such individuals during the year covered by the report. ‘‘(11) The average number of visits such individuals made to D epartment medical facilities during the year covered by the report. ‘‘(12) The average number of visits such individuals made to non-Department medical facilities during the year covered by the report. ‘‘(13) The average annual income of such individuals. ‘‘(14) The average total household income of such individ- uals for the year covered by the report. ‘‘(15) The percentage of such individuals who own their principal residences. ‘‘(1 6 ) The average number of dependents of each such vet- eran. ’ ’. (b) CLERICA L AM E ND MEN T . — The table of sections at the begin- ning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item

‘ 312 2 .Longitud in als tud y o fv o c ational reh a b ilitation p rogra m s. ’ ’. TI T LE I V— I NSURA N C E M ATTERS SEC.401 . R E PO R T O NI NC LU SION O F SE V ERE A N D ACUTE POST - TRAU- M ATIC STRESS DISORDER AMON G CONDITIONS COVERED BY TRAUMATIC IN J URY PROTECTION COVERAGE UNDER SERVICEMEMBERS ’ GROUP LIFE INSURANCE. (a) R E PO RT RE QU IRED.— N ot later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the S ecretary of V eterans Affairs shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report setting forth the assessment of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs as to the feasability and advisability of including severe and acute post-traumatic stress disorder ( P TSD) among the conditions covered by traumatic in j ury protection coverage under Servicemembers’ G roup L ife I nsurance under section 1980A of title 38, U nited States Code. (b) CON S IDERATIONS.—In preparing the assessment re q uired by subsection (a), the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall consider the following: (1) The advisability of providing traumatic injury protection coverage under Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance under section 1980A of title 38, United States Code, for post-traumatic stress disorder incurred by a member of the Armed F orces as a direct result of military service in a combat z one that renders the member unable to carry out the daily activities of living after the member is discharged or released from mili- tary service. (2) The unique circumstances of military service, and the unique e x periences of members of the Armed Forces who are deployed to a combat zone.

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