119-hr2102

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2102 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2102

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for concurrent 
 receipt of veterans' disability compensation and retired pay for 
 disability retirees with combat-related disabilities, and for other 
 purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 March 14, 2025

 Mr. Bilirakis (for himself, Mr. Ruiz, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Davis of North 
 Carolina, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mrs. 
 Ramirez, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Owens, Mr. Khanna, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Keating, 
 Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Feenstra, Mr. Torres of New York, Mr. 
 Bishop, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Connolly, Mr. McGarvey, Mr. Miller of Ohio, 
 Ms. Norton, Mr. Golden of Maine, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Sherrill, Mr. 
Finstad, Mr. Ciscomani, Mr. Turner of Ohio, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Panetta, 
 Mr. Sorensen, Ms. Ross, Ms. Budzinski, Ms. Pettersen, Mr. Grijalva, 
 Mrs. Bice, Mr. Mullin, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Barr, Mr. Morelle, Ms. 
Malliotakis, Ms. Schrier, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mrs. Cammack, Ms. 
Salinas, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Carter of Georgia, 
 Ms. Brown, Ms. Perez, Mr. Lawler, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Mrvan, 
 Ms. Craig, Mr. Schneider, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mr. Norcross, Mr. 
Rutherford, Mr. Gottheimer, Ms. Van Duyne, Ms. Strickland, Ms. Letlow, 
 Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Meuser, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Carter of 
 Louisiana, Mr. Stauber, Mr. McClintock, Ms. Jacobs, Mr. Bacon, Mr. 
Carson, Mr. Pfluger, Mr. Valadao, Mrs. Torres of California, Mr. Garcia 
of California, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. 
 Van Drew, Ms. McClellan, Ms. King-Hinds, Mr. Case, Mr. Wied, Mr. 
 McDowell, Mr. Strong, Mr. Hamadeh of Arizona, Mr. Zinke, Ms. Matsui, 
 Mr. Frost, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Costa, Mrs. Kim, Ms. De La 
 Cruz, Mr. Ivey, Mr. Gimenez, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Fry, Mr. Garbarino, Mr. 
Ezell, Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas, Mrs. McClain Delaney, Ms. Titus, Ms. 
 Goodlander, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Evans of Colorado, Mr. Moskowitz, Ms. 
 Stansbury, Ms. Omar, Mr. Obernolte, Mr. Baumgartner, Mr. Hurd of 
 Colorado, Mr. Magaziner, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Hoyle of Oregon, Mr. 
 McCaul, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Moolenaar, Ms. Salazar, Mr. Higgins of 
 Louisiana, Mr. DesJarlais, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Ms. Scholten, Mr. 
 Hudson, Mr. Stanton, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. 
 Subramanyam, Mr. Landsman, Ms. Houlahan, Mr. Langworthy, Mr. Simpson, 
Mr. Moulton, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Harder of 
 California, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, 
 Mr. Crank, Ms. Meng, Mr. Kean, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Ryan, Ms. Pingree, Ms. 
 Mace, Mr. James, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Himes, Mr. Green of 
 Tennessee, Mr. Sherman, Mr. LaHood, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Thompson of 
 California, Mr. Crow, Mr. Yakym, Mr. Timmons, Mr. Levin, Mr. David 
 Scott of Georgia, Ms. Barragan, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Mr. Casten, 
 Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Courtney, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Massie, Mr. 
 Pallone, Mr. Scott Franklin of Florida, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, 
 Ms. Friedman, Mr. Pappas, Mr. Mills, Ms. Stevens, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. 
 Guest, Mr. Luttrell, Mr. Min, Mr. Foster, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Davis of 
Illinois, Mr. Gooden, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Mr. Barrett, 
 Mr. Dunn of Florida, and Ms. Simon) 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

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 A BILL

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for concurrent 
 receipt of veterans' disability compensation and retired pay for 
 disability retirees with combat-related disabilities, 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. ELIGIBILITY OF DISABILITY RETIREES WITH COMBAT-RELATED 
 DISABILITIES FOR CONCURRENT RECEIPT OF VETERANS' 
 DISABILITY COMPENSATION AND RETIRED PAY.

    (a) Concurrent Receipt in Connection With CRSC.--

Section 1413a

    (b)

    (3) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--

    (1) in subparagraph
        (A) --
        (A) by striking ``of this title, the amount'' and 
 inserting ``of this title--
 ``
            (i) the retired pay of the retiree is not 
 subject to reduction under sections 5304 and 
 5305 of title 38; and
 ``
            (ii) the amount''; and
        (B) by striking ``after any such reduction under 
 sections 5304 and 5305 of title 38''; and

    (2) in subparagraph
        (B) --
        (A) by striking ``creditable service, the amount'' 
 and inserting the following: ``creditable service--
 ``
            (i) the retired pay of the retiree is not 
 subject to reduction under sections 5304 and 
 5305 of title 38; and
 ``
            (ii) the amount''; and
        (B) by striking ``after any such reduction under 
 sections 5304 and 5305 of title 38''.

    (b) Concurrent Receipt Generally.--

Section 1414

    (b) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
 ``

    (b) Special Rule for Chapter 61 Disability Retirees.--A member or 
former member of the uniformed services who is entitled to retired pay 
under chapter 61 of this title for any month and who is also entitled 
for that month to veterans' disability compensation for a combat-
related disability (as that term is defined in 

section 1413a

    (e) of this 
title) is entitled to be paid both for that month without regard to 
sections 5304 and 5305 of title 38.''.
            (c) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--

    (1) Amendments reflecting end of concurrent receipt phase-
 in period.--

Section 1414 of title 10, United States Code, 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) .

    (2) Section heading.--The heading of such 

section 1414 is 
 amended to read as follows:
``

Sec. 1414. Members eligible for retired pay who are also eligible for 
 veterans' disability compensation: concurrent receipt.''.

    (3) Table of sections.--The table of sections at the 
 beginning of chapter 71 of such title is amended by striking 
 the item relating to 

section 1414 and inserting the following 
 new item:

``1414. Members eligible for retired pay who are also eligible for 
 veterans' disability compensation: 
 concurrent receipt.''.

    (4) Conforming amendment.--

Section 1413a

    (f) of such title 
 is amended by striking ``Subsection
            (d) '' and inserting 
 ``Subsection
            (c) ''.
            (d) 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 that date.
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