A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to permit certain retired members of the uniformed services who have a service-connected disability to receive both disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs for their disability and either retired pay by reason of their years of military service or Combat-Related Special Compensation, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressS-66| Senate
| Updated: 1/9/2017
Dean Heller
Republican Senator
Nevada
Cosponsors (13)
Tammy Duckworth (Democratic)Edward J. Markey (Democratic)Christopher A. Coons (Democratic)Amy Klobuchar (Democratic)John Boozman (Republican)Roy Blunt (Republican)Sheldon Whitehouse (Democratic)Chris Van Hollen (Democratic)Jon Tester (Democratic)Debbie Stabenow (Democratic)Tammy Baldwin (Democratic)Robert Menendez (Democratic)Lisa Murkowski (Republican)
Armed Services Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Retired Pay Restoration Act This bill allows the receipt of both military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation with respect to any service-connected disability (under current law, such a disability must be rated as not less than 50% disabling). The bill makes eligible for the full concurrent receipt of both veterans' disability compensation and either military retired pay or combat-related special pay those individuals who were retired or separated from military service due to a service-connected disability.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Armed Forces and National Security
Disability and paralysisVeterans' pensions and compensation
A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to permit certain retired members of the uniformed services who have a service-connected disability to receive both disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs for their disability and either retired pay by reason of their years of military service or Combat-Related Special Compensation, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressS-66| Senate
| Updated: 1/9/2017
Retired Pay Restoration Act This bill allows the receipt of both military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation with respect to any service-connected disability (under current law, such a disability must be rated as not less than 50% disabling). The bill makes eligible for the full concurrent receipt of both veterans' disability compensation and either military retired pay or combat-related special pay those individuals who were retired or separated from military service due to a service-connected disability.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Dean Heller
Republican Senator
Nevada
Cosponsors (13)
Tammy Duckworth (Democratic)Edward J. Markey (Democratic)Christopher A. Coons (Democratic)Amy Klobuchar (Democratic)John Boozman (Republican)Roy Blunt (Republican)Sheldon Whitehouse (Democratic)Chris Van Hollen (Democratic)Jon Tester (Democratic)Debbie Stabenow (Democratic)Tammy Baldwin (Democratic)Robert Menendez (Democratic)Lisa Murkowski (Republican)
Armed Services Committee
Armed Forces and National Security
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Disability and paralysisVeterans' pensions and compensation