Combat-Related Special Compensation Act

        [Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
[H.R. 89 Introduced in House (IH)]

110th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 89

To amend title 10, United States Code, to extend eligibility for
combat-related special compensation paid to certain uniformed services
retirees who are retired under chapter 61 of such title with fewer than
20 years of creditable service.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 4, 2007

Mr. Bilirakis 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 extend eligibility for
combat-related special compensation paid to certain uniformed services
retirees who are retired under chapter 61 of such title with fewer than
20 years of creditable service.

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-Related Special Compensation
Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF COMBAT-RELATED SPECIAL COMPENSATION ELIGIBILITY
FOR CHAPTER 61 MILITARY RETIREES.

(a) Eligibility.--Subsection (c) of section 1413a of title 10,
United States Code, is amended by striking ``entitled to retired pay
who--'' and all that follows through the end of paragraph (1) and
inserting ``who--
``(1) is entitled to retired pay (other than by reason of
section 12731b of this title); and''.
(b) Computation.--Paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of such section
is amended--
(1) by striking ``In the case of'' and inserting the
following:
``(A) In general.--In the case of''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(B) Retirees with fewer than 20 years of
service.--In the case of an eligible combat-related
disabled uniformed services retiree who is retired
under chapter 61 of this title with fewer than 20 years
of creditable service, the amount of the payment under
paragraph (1) for any month 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 the
amount equal to 2\1/2\ percent of the member's years of
creditable service multiplied by the member's retired
pay base under section 1406(b)(1) or 1407 of this
title, whichever is applicable to the member.''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect on January 1, 2008, and shall apply to payments for months
beginning on or after that date.
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