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Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act
To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit retired members of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability rated less than 50 percent to receive concurrent payment of both retired pay and veterans disability compensation, to extend eligibility for concurrent receipt to chapter 61 disability retirees with less than 20 years of service, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill expands the concurrent receipt of military retired pay and veterans disability compensation. Currently, only retired service members with service-connected disabilities rated at 50 percent or higher can receive both payments without offset; this bill extends that eligibility to service members with disabilities rated below 50 percent. The bill also extends concurrent receipt eligibility to Chapter 61 disability retirees—those medically retired for disability—who have fewer than 20 years of creditable service, although their retired pay remains subject to offset by VA disability compensation, but only to the extent their retired pay exceeds a calculated threshold based on their years of service. The changes take effect the first day of the first month following enactment.
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Sponsor (1)
3 cosponsors
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Sanford D. Bishop’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- AFLAC, INC. $12,000
- PHOEBE PUTNEY $10,900
- LOTUS LANDS $9,900
- NULL $9,550
- JORDAN-BLANCHARD CAPITAL, LLC $9,300
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Sanford D. Bishop → · Outside spending →
Actions (3)
- Feb 11, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. · house
- Jan 13, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. · house
- Jan 13, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 13, 2025
Mr. Bishop introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit retired members of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability rated less than 50 percent to receive concurrent payment of both retired pay and veterans disability compensation, to extend eligibility for concurrent receipt to chapter 61 disability retirees with less than 20 years of service, and for other purposes.
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 “Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act”.
SEC. 2. CONCURRENT RECEIPT OF BOTH RETIRED PAY AND VETERANS’ DISABILITY COMPENSATION FOR MILITARY RETIREES WITH COMPENSABLE SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITIES.
(a) Inclusion of Retirees With Service-Connected Disabilities Rated Less Than 50 Percent.—Section 1414(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking “Compensation” in the subsection heading and all that follows through “Subject” and inserting “Compensation.—Subject”;
(2) by striking “qualifying service-connected disability” and inserting “service-connected disability”; and
(3) by striking paragraph (2).
(b) Inclusion of Disability Retirees With Less Than 20 Years of Service.—Section 1414(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking “member retired” and inserting “qualified retiree who is retired”; and
(2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following new paragraph:
“(2) Disability retirees with less than 20 years of service.—The retired pay of a qualified retiree who is retired under chapter 61 of this title with fewer than 20 years of creditable service is subject to reduction under sections 5304 and 5305 of title 38, but only by the amount (if any) by which the amount of the member’s retired pay under such chapter 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) Conforming Amendments Reflecting End of Concurrent Receipt Phase-In Period.—Section 1414 of title 10, United States Code, is further amended—
(1) in subsection (a), as amended by subsection (a) of this section, by striking the final sentence;
(2) by striking subsection (c) and redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively; and
(3) in subsection (d), as so redesignated, by striking paragraphs (3) and (4).
(d) Clerical Amendments.—
(1) Section heading.—The heading for section 1414 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “Sec. 1414. Members eligible for retired pay who are also eligible for veterans’ disability compensation: concurrent payment of retired pay and disability compensation”.
(2) Table of sections.—The item relating to such section in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 71 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
“1414. Members eligible for retired pay who are also eligible for veterans’ disability compensation: concurrent payment of retired pay and disability compensation.”.
(e) Conforming Amendment Reflecting Subsection Redesignation.— Section 1413a(f) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking “Subsection (d)” and inserting “Subsection (c)”.
(f) Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the first day of the first month beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to payments for months beginning on or after that date. <all>
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