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Veteran Benefits Enhancement Act
To amend the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to clarify that military retirement pay shall not be considered to be a social insurance payment.
Summary
This bill would amend the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA) to exempt military retirement pay from being counted as a social insurance payment. Under current law, railroad workers receiving RUIA benefits may have those benefits reduced if they receive other social insurance payments such as pensions or government benefits. The bill would create an exception for qualified military retirement benefits, meaning that military retirement income would not trigger a reduction in RUIA benefits. This change would allow railroad workers who are military retirees to receive both their military retirement pay and RUIA benefits without having one reduced due to the other. The effect would provide enhanced benefits for railroad employees who have prior military service and are receiving military retirement compensation.
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Sponsor (1)
1 cosponsor
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN)
Actions (3)
- Nov 8, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. · house
- Nov 7, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. · house
- Nov 7, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 7, 2025
Ms. Stansbury introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to clarify that military retirement pay shall not be considered to be a social insurance payment.
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 “Veteran Benefits Enhancement Act”.
SEC. 2. MILITARY RETIREMENT PAY.
Section 4(a-1)(ii) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 354(a-1)(ii)) is amended by inserting after “any other social insurance payments under any law” the following: “(except for a qualified military benefit (as defined in section 134(b) of title 26, United States Code))”. <all>
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