S.Amdt. 778

SA 778. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1050, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 155, between lines 10 and 11, insert the following:

SEC. 644. ELIGIBILITY OF RESERVES FOR SPECIAL COMPENSATION FOR CERTAIN COMBAT-RELATED DISABLED UNIFORMED SERVICES RETIREES.

(a) Eligibility.--Section 1413a(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

“(c) Eligible Retirees.--(1) For purposes of this section, an eligible combat-related disabled uniformed services retiree referred to in subsection (a) is a member of the uniformed services entitled to retired pay who has a qualifying combat-related disability, except as provided in paragraph (2).

“(2) For purposes of this section, a member is not an eligible combat-related disabled uniformed services retiree referred to in subsection (a) if the member--

“(A) was retired under chapter 61 of this title with less than 20 years of service creditable under section 1405 of this title when so retired; or

“(B) was retired under section 4403 of the Defense Conversion, Reinvestment, and Transition Assistance Act of 1992 (division D of Public Law 102-484; 10 U.S.C. 1293 note).”.

(b) Effective Date and Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2003, and shall apply with respect to months beginning on or after that date.