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Union Calendar No. 117
118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1282
[Report No. 118-149, Part I]
To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand eligibility to certain
military retirees for concurrent receipt of veterans' disability
compensation and retired pay or combat-related special compensation,
and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 1, 2023
Mr. Bilirakis (for himself, Mr. Ruiz, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Mr. Keating,
Ms. Houlahan, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Massie, Mr. Connolly, Ms. Norton, Mr.
Cartwright, Mr. Posey, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Swalwell, Mr. Gaetz, Mrs.
Beatty, Ms. Titus, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Levin, Mr. Neguse, Mr.
Finstad, Mr. Waltz, Mr. Graves of Louisiana, Mr. Feenstra, Mr.
McClintock, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Castro of Texas,
Mrs. Harshbarger, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Evans, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Pingree, Mr.
Kilmer, Mr. Costa, Ms. Salazar, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Mr. Newhouse,
Mr. LaHood, Mr. Valadao, Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Fallon, Mrs.
Torres of California, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Mr. Mooney, Mr. Carbajal,
Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Ms. Omar, Mr. Kelly of Mississippi, Mr.
Moolenaar, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mrs. Trahan, Ms. Underwood, Mr.
Luetkemeyer, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Peters, Mr. Bishop of North
Carolina, Ms. Craig, Mr. Rutherford, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Espaillat, Ms.
Ross, Mr. Bera, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Morelle, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Golden of
Maine, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Guest, Mr. Ellzey, Mr.
Cline, Ms. DeGette, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Mr. Davis of North
Carolina, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. McGovern, Mr.
Cicilline, Mr. Phillips, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Kim of New Jersey, Mr.
Norcross, Mr. Carey, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Carson, Mr. Pfluger, Ms.
De La Cruz, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. McCaul, Ms. Kelly of
Illinois, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Thompson
of California, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Garcia of Illinois,
Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Ms. Hageman, Ms. Scanlon, Mr. Trone, Mr. Casten,
Ms. Escobar, Mr. Courtney, Ms. Wexton, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Dunn of Florida,
Ms. Brownley, Ms. Scholten, Mr. Sessions, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Mr.
Nickel, Mr. Torres of New York, Ms. Chu, Ms. Strickland, Mr. Wittman,
Mr. Obernolte, Mr. D'Esposito, Mrs. Fischbach, Mrs. Radewagen, Mr.
Cardenas, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. DesJarlais, Mrs. Lesko, Mr. Crow, Ms. Van
Duyne, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Ms. Crockett, Mr. Barr, Ms. Clarke
of New York, Mr. Garbarino, Mr. Pappas, Mr. Foster, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Nunn
of Iowa, Mr. C. Scott Franklin of Florida, Ms. Manning, Ms. Perez, Ms.
Slotkin, Mr. Moylan, Mr. Harder of California, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Luttrell,
Ms. Meng, Ms. Kuster, Mr. Correa, Mrs. Foushee, Mrs. Fletcher, Mr.
Allred, Ms. Stevens, Ms. Barragan, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Scott of Virginia,
Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Meuser, Mr. Owens, Mr. Lawler, Mr. Tiffany, Ms.
DelBene, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Smith
of New Jersey, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Santos, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr.
Goldman of New York, Ms. Wild, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Mike Garcia of
California, Mr. Zinke, Ms. Malliotakis, Mr. Jackson of North Carolina,
Mr. Cole, Mr. Timmons, Ms. Porter, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Moskowitz, Mr.
DeSaulnier, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Soto, Mr. Gooden of Texas, Mr. Kean of New
Jersey, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. Schneider, Mrs. Gonzalez-Colon,
Mr. Gallego, Mr. Higgins of New York, Mr. Stauber, Mr. Davis of
Illinois, Mr. Mills, Mr. Meeks, Ms. Greene of Georgia, Mr. Thompson of
Mississippi, Ms. Granger, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Khanna, Mr. LaLota, Mr.
Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, Ms. Castor of
Florida, Mrs. Rodgers of Washington, Ms. Schakowsky, and Mrs. Cammack)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs,
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of
the committee concerned
July 18, 2023
Additional sponsors: Mr. Larsen of Washington, Ms. Jacobs, Ms.
Sherrill, Mr. Langworthy, Ms. Lee of Nevada, Mr. Panetta, Ms.
Budzinski, Mr. Van Orden, Mr. Ezell, Mr. Joyce of Ohio, Mr. Sablan, Mr.
Carl, Mr. Horsford, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Moore of Utah, Ms. Adams, Mr. Moore
of Alabama, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Miller of Ohio, Mr. Landsman, Mr. Green of
Texas, Mr. Reschenthaler, Mr. Neal, Mr. Johnson of Louisiana, Mr.
Ciscomani, Mr. Molinaro, Mr. Kustoff, Mr. Williams of Texas, Mr.
Deluzio, Ms. Caraveo, Mr. Turner, Mr. Sorensen, Mr. Raskin, Ms.
Spanberger, Mr. Payne, Mrs. Peltola, Ms. Velazquez, Mrs. Steel, Mr. Van
Drew, Mrs. Kim of California, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Mr. Lieu,
Mr. Mrvan, Mr. Takano, Mr. Yakym, Ms. Schrier, Mr. Lucas, Mrs.
Napolitano, Mr. Case, Mrs. McClellan, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Mrs. McBath,
Ms. Stansbury, Mr. Issa, Ms. Hoyle of Oregon, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr.
Cleaver, Mrs. Chavez-DeRemer, Ms. Brown, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Moran,
Ms. Matsui, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Ms. Pettersen, Mr. Green of Tennessee, Mr.
Sarbanes, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr.
Stanton, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Mfume, Mr. Good of Virginia, Mr. Wilson of
South Carolina, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Murphy,
Mr. Burgess, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Gimenez, Mr. Vasquez, Mr. Frost, Mr.
McGarvey, Mr. Williams of New York, Mrs. Ramirez, Mr. Gosar, Ms. Mace,
Mrs. Luna, Mr. Pence, Ms. Letlow, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Thanedar, Mr.
Aguilar, Mr. Fry, Mr. Mullin, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Garamendi,
Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Himes, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Kiley, Mr.
Walberg, Mr. Banks, Mr. Ivey, Mr. Huizenga, Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia,
Mr. Nadler, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Alford, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Tony
Gonzales of Texas, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Bucshon, Mr. James,
Mr. Robert Garcia of California, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Lamborn, Ms. Plaskett,
and Mrs. Bice
July 18, 2023
Reported from the Committee on Armed Services with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
July 18, 2023
Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged; committed to the Committee
of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March
1, 2023]
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A BILL
To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand eligibility to certain
military retirees for concurrent receipt of veterans' disability
compensation and retired pay or combat-related special compensation,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Major Richard Star Act''.
SEC. 2. EXPANSIONS OF ELIGIBILITY TO CERTAIN MILITARY RETIREES FOR
CONCURRENT RECEIPT OF VETERANS' DISABILITY COMPENSATION
AND RETIRED PAY OR COMBAT-RELATED SPECIAL COMPENSATION.
(a) Inclusion of Chapter 61 Disability Retirees With Fewer Than 20
Years of Service Who Are Eligible for Combat-Related Special
Compensation.--Section 1413a(b)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``In'' and inserting
``Subject to subparagraph (B), in''; and
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``In the case of'' and
all that follows and inserting ``The retired pay of an eligible
combat-related disabled uniformed services retiree, who is
retired under chapter 61 of this title with fewer than 20 years
of creditable service, is not subject to reduction under
sections 5304 and 5305 of title 38.''.
(b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Section heading.--The heading of section 1414 of such
title is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 1414. Members eligible for retired pay who are also eligible for
veterans' disability compensation: concurrent receipt''.
(2) Table of sections.--The item relating to such section
1414 in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 71 of
such title is amended to read as follows:
``1414. Members eligible for retired pay who are also eligible for
veterans' disability compensation:
concurrent receipt.''.
(3) Conforming amendments reflecting end of concurrent
receipt phase-in period.--Such section 1414 is further
amended--
(A) in subsection (a)(1)--
(i) by striking the second sentence; and
(ii) by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B);
(B) by striking subsection (c) and redesignating
subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (c) and (d),
respectively; and
(C) in subsection (d), as redesignated, by striking
paragraphs (3) and (4).
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect on the first day of the first month beginning after the date of
the enactment of this Act and shall apply to payments for months
beginning on or after such date.
Union Calendar No. 117
118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1282
[Report No. 118-149, Part I]
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A BILL
To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand eligibility to certain
military retirees for concurrent receipt of veterans' disability
compensation and retired pay or combat-related special compensation,
and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
July 18, 2023
Reported from the Committee on Armed Services with an amendment
July 18, 2023
Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged; committed to the Committee
of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed