Major Richard Star Act

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

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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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