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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 461 

To amend title 37, United States Code, to require that a member of the 

uniformed services who is wounded or otherwise injured while serving 

in a combat zone continue to be paid monthly military pay and allowances, while the member recovers from the wound or injury, at least 

equal to the monthly military pay and allowances the member received 

immediately before receiving the wound or injury, to continue the combat 

zone tax exclusion for the member during the recovery period, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 18, 2005 

Mr. ROCKEFELLER (for himself and Mr. KENNEDY) introduced the following 

bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance 

A BILL 

To amend title 37, United States Code, to require that 

a member of the uniformed services who is wounded 

or otherwise injured while serving in a combat zone 

continue to be paid monthly military pay and allowances, 

while the member recovers from the wound or injury, 

at least equal to the monthly military pay and allowances 

the member received immediately before receiving the 

wound or injury, to continue the combat zone tax exclusion for the member during the recovery period, and 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Crosby-Puller Combat 

5 Wounds Compensation Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. NO REDUCTION IN MONTHLY MILITARY PAY AND 

7 ALLOWANCES FOR MEMBERS OF THE UNI8 FORMED SERVICES WOUNDED OR INJURED 

9 IN COMBAT ZONES. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 310 of 

11 title 37, United States Code, is amended to read as fol12 lows: 

13 ‘‘(b) NO REDUCTION IN MONTHLY MILITARY PAY

14 FOR WOUNDED OR INJURED MEMBERS.— 

15 ‘‘(1) EFFECT OF WOUND OR INJURY IN COMBAT

16 ZONE.—For each month during the period specified 

17 in paragraph (2), the total amount of monthly mili18 tary pay paid to a member who was wounded or oth19 erwise injured while assigned to duty in an area for 

20 which special pay was available under this section at 

21 the time the member was wounded or otherwise in22 jured shall not be less than the total amount of mili23 tary pay paid to the member for the month during 

24 which the member was wounded or otherwise in25 jured. 
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1 ‘‘(2) DURATION.—Paragraph (1) shall apply 

2 with respect to a wounded or injured member until 

3 the end of the first month during which any of the 

4 following occurs: 

5 ‘‘(A) The member is found to be physically 

6 able to perform the duties of the member’s of7 fice, grade, rank, or rating. 

8 ‘‘(B) The member is discharged or sepa9 rated from the uniformed services. 

10 ‘‘(C) The member dies. 

11 ‘‘(3) MILITARY PAY DEFINED.—In this sub12 section, the term ‘military pay’ has the meaning 

13 given the term ‘pay’ in section 101(21) of this title, 

14 except that the term includes allowances under chap15 ter 7 of this title.’’. 

16 (b) RETROACTIVE EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection 

17 (b) of section 310 of title 37, United States Code, as 

18 amended by this section, shall apply with respect to any 

19 pay period ending on or after September 11, 2001, for 

20 members of the uniformed services described in paragraph 

21 (1) of such subsection who were wounded or otherwise in22 jured on or after that date. 
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1 SEC. 3. REPEAL OF TIME LIMITATION ON EXCLUSION OF 

2 COMBAT ZONE COMPENSATION BY REASON 

3 OF HOSPITALIZATION. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subsections (a)(2) and (b)(2) of 

5 section 112 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 are each 

6 amended by striking ‘‘; but this paragraph shall not apply 

7 for any month beginning more than 2 years after the date 

8 of the termination of combatant activities in such zone’’. 

9 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsections (a)(2) and 

10 (b)(2) of section 112 of the Internal Revenue Code of 

11 1986, as amended by this section, shall apply to com12 pensation received for months ending after September 11, 

13 2001, for members of the uniformed services described in 

14 such subsections who were wounded or otherwise injured 

15 on or after that date. 

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