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114 STAT. 1852 PUBLIC LAW 106-419—NOV. 1, 2000 relating to staffing and levels of extended care services in fiscal years after fiscal year 1998. (c) REPORT ON VETERANS HEALTH CARE IN SOUTHERN COLO- RADO. — Not later than one year after the conveyance, if any, authorized by section 246, the Under Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs, acting through the Director of Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 19, shall submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the status of the health care system for veterans under that Network in southern Colorado. The report shall describe £uiy improvements to the system in southern Colorado that have been put into effect in the period beginning on the date of the conveyance and ending on the date of the report. TITLE III—COMPENSATION, INSUR- ANCE, HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS PROVISIONS Subtitle A—Compensation Program Changes SEC. 301. STROKES AND HEART ATTACKS INCURRED OR AGGRAVATED BY MEMBERS OF RESERVE COMPONENTS IN THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTY WHILE PERFORMING INACTIVE DUTY TRAINING TO BE CONSIDERED TO BE SERVICE-CON- NECTED. (a) SCOPE OF TERM "ACTIVE MILITARY, NAVAL, OR AIR SERVICE". —Section 101(24) is amended to read as follows: "(24) The term 'active military, naval, or air service' includes— "(A) active duty; "(B) any period of active duty for training during which the individual concerned was disabled or died from a disease or injury incurred or aggravated in line of duty; and "(C) any period of inactive duty training during which the individual concerned was disabled or died— "(i) from an injury incurred or aggravated in line of duty; or "(ii) from an acute myocardial infarction, a cardiac arrest, or a cerebrovascular accident occurring during such training.". (b) TRAVEL TO OR FROM TRAINING DUTY. —Section 106(d) is amended— (1) by inserting "(1)" after "(d)"; (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; (3) by inserting "or covered disease" after "injury" each place it appears; (4) by designating the second sentence as paragraph (2); (5) by designating the third sentence as paragraph (3); and (6) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(4) For purposes of this subsection, the term 'covered disease' megms any of the following: "(A) Acute myocardial infarction.