Combat Military Medically Retired Veteran's Fairness Act of 2005

Combat Military Medically Retired Veteran's Fairness Act of 2005 - Authorizes the payment of special compensation to members of the Armed Forces retired due to disability with less than 20 years of active service who were awarded the Purple Heart. States that such payments shall be made without regard to special rules applicable to other disability retirees which require offsetting reductions.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 995 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 995

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the payment of 
Combat-Related Special Compensation under that title to members of the 
 Armed Forces retired for disability with less than 20 years of active 
          military service who were awarded the Purple Heart.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 1, 2005

Mr. Weller (for himself, Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida, Mr. Lewis of 
   Kentucky, Mr. Markey, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, and Mr. Wexler) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the payment of 
Combat-Related Special Compensation under that title to members of the 
 Armed Forces retired for disability with less than 20 years of active 
          military service who were awarded the Purple Heart.

    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 ``Combat Military Medically Retired 
Veteran's Fairness Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. EXCEPTION TO 20-YEAR SERVICE REQUIREMENT FOR MEMBERS WHO 
              RECEIVED PURPLE HEART.

    (a) Entitlement.--Section 1413a(c) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``For purposes of'';
            (2) by striking ``(1) has'' and inserting ``(A) has'';
            (3) by striking ``(2) has'' and inserting ``(B) has''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(2) In addition to members described in paragraph (1), a member 
of the uniformed services retired under chapter 61 of this title with 
less than 20 years of service creditable under section 1405 of this 
title is an eligible combat-related uniformed services retiree for the 
purposes of subsection (a) if the member has a combat-related 
disability described in subsection (e)(1). In the case of such a 
member, the determination under subsection (b) of the amount of 
compensation to be paid such member under this section shall be made 
without regard to paragraph (3) of that subsection.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect with respect to payments of compensation under section 
1413a of title 10, United States Code, for months beginning on or after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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