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Complete Text of Senate Bill S.2357

Below is the complete text of the Armed Forces Concurrent Retirement and Disability Payment Act of 2000: [Return to related article]


106th CONGRESS

2d Session

S. 2357

To amend title 38, United States Code, to permit retired members of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability to receive military retired pay concurrently with veterans' disability compensation.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

April 5, 2000

Mr. REID (for himself and Mr. INOUYE) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

 


A BILL

To amend title 38, United States Code, to permit retired members of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability to receive military retired pay concurrently with veterans' disability compensation.

    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 `Armed Forces Concurrent Retirement and Disability Payment Act of 2000'.

SEC. 2. CONCURRENT PAYMENT OF RETIRED PAY AND COMPENSATION FOR RETIRED MEMBERS WITH SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITIES.

    (a) CONCURRENT PAYMENT- Section 5304(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

    `(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) and section 5305 of this title, compensation under chapter 11 of this title may be paid to a person entitled to receive retired or retirement pay described in such section 5305 concurrently with such person's receipt of such retired or retirement pay.'.

    (b) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, and apply with respect to payments of compensation for months beginning on or after that date.

    (c) PROHIBITION ON RETROACTIVE BENEFITS- No benefits shall be paid to any person by virtue of the amendment made by subsection (a) for any period before the effective date of this Act as specified in subsection (b).

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