Major Richard Star Act

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1282 To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand eligibility to certain military retirees for concurrent receipt of veterans’ disability compensa- tion and retired pay or combat-related special compensation, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 24, 2021 Mr. BILIRAKIS (for himself, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. RUTHER- FORD, Mr. WELCH, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. POSEY, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. NEGUSE, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. MULLIN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. MASSIE, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. KILMER, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. RYAN, Mr. HUDSON, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. VAN DREW, Ms. OMAR, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Mr. RUSH, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. BUDD, Mr. COLE, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Ms. SLOTKIN, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mrs. BEATTY, Mrs. ROD- GERS of Washington, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. PINGREE, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. ZELDIN, Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. DELGADO, Ms. HOULAHAN, Mr. MURPHY of North Caro- lina, Mr. KELLY of Mississippi, Mrs. LEE of Nevada, Mrs. AXNE, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. LEVIN of California, Mr. SWALWELL, Ms. TITUS, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. KEATING, and Mr. BUCHANAN) 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 A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand eligibility to certain military retirees for concurrent receipt of vet- VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:57 Mar 21, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H1282.IH H1282 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1282 IH erans’ disability compensation and retired pay or combat- related special compensation, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Major Richard Star 4 Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. EXPANSIONS OF ELIGIBILITY TO CERTAIN MILI- 6 TARY RETIREES FOR CONCURRENT RECEIPT 7 OF VETERANS’ DISABILITY COMPENSATION 8 AND RETIRED PAY OR COMBAT-RELATED 9 SPECIAL COMPENSATION. 10 (a) INCLUSION OF CHAPTER 61 DISABILITY RETIR- 11 EES WITH FEWER THAN 20 YEARS OF SERVICE WHO 12 ARE ELIGIBLE FOR COMBAT-RELATED SPECIAL COM- 13 PENSATION.—Section 1413a(b)(3) of title 10, United 14 States Code, is amended— 15 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘In’’ and 16 inserting ‘‘Subject to subparagraph (B), in’’; and 17 (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘In the 18 case of’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘The re- 19 tired pay of an eligible combat-related disabled uni- 20 formed services retiree, who is retired under chapter 21 61 of this title with fewer than 20 years of cred- 22 itable service, is not subject to reduction under sec- 23 tions 5304 and 5305 of title 38.’’. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:57 Mar 21, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1282.IH H1282 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 1282 IH (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 1 (1) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of section 2 1414 of such title is amended to read as follows: 3 ‘‘§ 1414. Members eligible for retired pay who are also 4 eligible for veterans’ disability compensa- 5 tion: concurrent receipt’’. 6 (2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The item relating to 7 such section 1414 in the table of sections at the be- 8 ginning of chapter 71 of such title is amended to 9 read as follows: 10 ‘‘1414. Members eligible for retired pay who are also eligible for veterans’ dis- ability compensation: concurrent receipt.’’. (3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS REFLECTING 11 END OF CONCURRENT RECEIPT PHASE-IN PERIOD.— 12 Such section 1414 is further amended— 13 (A) in subsection (a)(1)— 14 (i) by striking the second sentence; 15 and 16 (ii) by striking subparagraphs (A) and 17 (B); 18 (B) by striking subsection (c) and redesig- 19 nating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections 20 (c) and (d), respectively; and 21 (C) in subsection (d), as redesignated, by 22 striking paragraphs (3) and (4). 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:57 Mar 21, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1282.IH H1282 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 1282 IH (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 1 this section shall take effect on the first day of the first 2 month beginning after the date of the enactment of this 3 Act and shall apply to payments for months beginning on 4 or after that date. 5 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:57 Mar 21, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1282.IH H1282 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS