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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5060 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to extend eligibility for concurrent 

payment of both retired pay and veterans’ disability compensation to 

chapter 61 disability retirees with less than 20 years of service who 

are not eligible for combat-related special compensation, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 13, 2019 

Mr. BISHOP of Georgia 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 extend eligibility 

for concurrent payment of both retired pay and veterans’ 

disability compensation to chapter 61 disability retirees 

with less than 20 years of service who are not eligible 

for combat-related special compensation, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Medical Retiree Pay 

3 Restoration Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. CONCURRENT RECEIPT OF BOTH RETIRED PAY AND 

5 VETERANS’ DISABILITY COMPENSATION FOR 

6 CHAPTER 61 DISABILITY RETIREES WITH 

7 LESS THAN 20 YEARS OF SERVICE WHO ARE 

8 NOT ELIGIBLE FOR COMBAT-RELATED SPE9 CIAL COMPENSATION. 

10 (a) INCLUSION OF DISABILITY RETIREES WITH

11 LESS THAN 20 YEARS OF SERVICE WHO ARE NOT ELIGI12 BLE FOR COMBAT-RELATED SPECIAL COMPENSATION.— 

13 Section 1414(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amend14 ed— 

15 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘member re16 tired’’ and inserting ‘‘qualified retiree who is re17 tired’’; and 

18 (2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 

19 following new paragraph: 

20 ‘‘(2) DISABILITY RETIREES WITH LESS THAN 20

21 YEARS OF SERVICE AND WHO ARE NOT ELIGIBLE

22 FOR COMBAT-RELATED SPECIAL COMPENSATION.— 

23 The retired pay of a qualified retiree who is retired 

24 under chapter 61 of this title with fewer than 20 

25 years of creditable service, and who is not an eligible 

26 combat-related disabled uniformed services retiree 


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1 under section 1413a of this title, is not subject to 

2 reduction under sections 5304 and 5305 of title 

3 38.’’. 

4 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS REFLECTING END

5 OF CONCURRENT RECEIPT PHASE-IN PERIOD.—Section 

6 1414 of title 10, United States Code, is further amend7 ed— 

8 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘During 

9 the period beginning on January 1, 2004, and end10 ing on December 31, 2013,’’ and all that follows 

11 through the end of the paragraph; 

12 (2) by striking subsection (c) and redesignating 

13 subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (c) and (d), 

14 respectively; and 

15 (3) in subsection (d), as so redesignated, by 

16 striking paragraphs (3) and (4). 

17 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT REFLECTING SUB18 SECTION REDESIGNATION.—Section 1413a(f) of title 10, 

19 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Subsection 

20 (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘Subsection (c)’’. 

21 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

22 this section shall take effect on the first day of the first 

23 month beginning after the date of the enactment of this 


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1 Act and shall apply to payments for months beginning on 

2 or after that date. 

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