119-s1032

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1032 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1032

 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 March 13, 2025

 Mr. Blumenthal (for himself, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Scott of Florida, Ms. 
 Warren, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Booker, Mr. Boozman, Mrs. Britt, Mrs. Capito, 
 Mr. Cornyn, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Cruz, Mr. 
Daines, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Fetterman, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. 
Hassan, Mr. Hickenlooper, Ms. Hirono, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Justice, Mr. 
Kelly, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kim, Mr. King, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Marshall, Mr. 
 Moran, Ms. Murkowski, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Peters, Mr. 
Ricketts, Mr. Risch, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Shaheen, 
 Mr. Warner, and Mr. Warnock) introduced the following bill; which was 
 read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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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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