VERITAS Observations of the BL Lac Object PG 1553+113 Between May 2010
  and May 2011
  VERITAS, an array of imaging atmospheric-Cherenkov telescopes, studies
blazars in the energy range between ~100 GeV and ~30 TeV. With its excellent
sensitivity at these energies, and ever-deepening source exposures, VERITAS is
in a position to probe distant blazars for clear absorption signatures in their
very-high-energy gamma-ray spectra due to interactions with the extragalactic
background light (EBL). We discuss results from recent VERITAS observations of
PG 1553+113 (z > 0.4) which have resulted in the most significant
very-high-energy detection ever obtained for this source. The most recent
VERITAS spectral measurements are used to place an upper limit on the source
redshift of z < 0.5 at the 95% confidence level. Also discussed are the
prospects of using these observations, along with those of other hard- spectrum
blazars, to place constraints on the EBL.
