[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 986 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
110th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 986
To expand eligibility for Combat-Related Special Compensation paid by
the uniformed services in order to permit certain additional retired
members who have a service-connected disability to receive both
disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs for
that disability and Combat-Related Special Compensation by reason of
that disability.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 26, 2007
Mr. Reid (for himself and Mr. Sanders) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services
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A BILL
To expand eligibility for Combat-Related Special Compensation paid by
the uniformed services in order to permit certain additional retired
members who have a service-connected disability to receive both
disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs for
that disability and Combat-Related Special Compensation by reason of
that disability.
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 of 2007''.
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 and inserting ``who--
``(1) is entitled to retired pay (other than by reason of
section 12731b of this title); and
``(2) has a combat-related disability.''.
(b) Computation.--Paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of such section
is amended--
(1) by designating the text of that paragraph as
subparagraph (A), realigning that text so as to be indented 4
ems from the left margin, and inserting before ``In the case
of'' the following heading: ``In general.--''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(B) Special rule for 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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