S.Amdt. 1131

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SA 1131. Mr. REID submitted an amendment to be proposed by him to the
bill S. 1867, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follow:

       At the appropriate place in title VI, insert the following:

     SEC. __. CLARIFICATION OF COMPUTATION OF COMBAT-RELATED
                   SPECIAL COMPENSATION FOR CHAPTER 61 DISABILITY
                   RETIREES.

       (a) In General.--Section 1413a(b)(3) of title 10, United
     States Code, is amended by striking ``shall be reduced by the
     amount (if any) by which the amount of the member's retired
     pay under chapter 61 of this title exceeds'' both places it
     appears and inserting ``may not, when combined with the
     amount of retired pay payable to the retiree after any such
     reduction under sections 5304 and 5305 of title 38, cause the
     total of such combined payment to exceed''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section
     shall take effect on January 1, 2012, and shall apply to
     payments for months beginning on or after that date.
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