I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3789 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to exempt the retired pay of certain 
disabled veterans from the reduced adjustment of retired pay and retainer 
pay amounts for retired members of the Armed Forces under age 62, 
to prevent any adverse impact of the reduced adjustment on annuities 
under the Survivor Benefit Plan based on retired or retainer pay, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 19, 2013 
Mr. MILLER of Florida (for himself, Mr. BARBER, Mr. BARLETTA, Mr. 
BENISHEK, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. 
BOUSTANY, Mr. BRIDENSTINE, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. BUCSHON, Mrs. 
BUSTOS, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. COFFMAN, Mr. COLE, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. 
COOK, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. CULBERSON, 
Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. DENT, Mr. DESANTIS, Mr. DIAZ- 
BALART, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. DUNCAN
of South Carolina, Mr. 
ENYART, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. FINCHER, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. 
FORBES, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Ms. FOXX, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. 
FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. GARCIA, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. GIBSON, 
Mr. GRAYSON, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas, Mr. 
GRIMM, Ms. HANABUSA, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. HONDA, Mr. 
HUIZENGA of Michigan, Mr. HULTGREN, Mr. HUNTER, Ms. JENKINS, 
Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. JONES, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
KINZINGER of Illinois, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. LAMBORN, 
Mr. LANCE, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. LOBI-
ONDO, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Mr. 
MARINO, Mr. MASSIE, Mr. MCCARTHY of California, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. 
MCKINLEY, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. MURPHY of 
Florida, Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mrs. NOEM, 
Mr. O’ROURKE, Mr. OWENS, Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. PEARCE, Ms. PINGREE 
of Maine, Mr. POSEY, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. RICE of South Carolina, Mr. 
RIGELL, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. ROONEY, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. 
ROSS, Mr. ROTHFUS, Mr. RUNYAN, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. AUSTIN 
SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. SESSIONS, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Ms. SHEA- 
PORTER, Mr. SIMPSON, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. SMITH
of Texas, Mr. 
SOUTHERLAND, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. TERRY, Mr. THOMPSON 
of Pennsylvania, Ms. TITUS, Mr. TURNER, Mr. VALADAO, Mr. VELA, Mr. 
WALBERG, Mrs. WALORSKI, Mr. WALZ, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. WIL-
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LIAMS, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. YODER, Mr. 
YOHO, Mr. MICA, Mr. CARTER, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, and Mr. 
PERRY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to exempt the retired 
pay of certain disabled veterans from the reduced adjust-
ment of retired pay and retainer pay amounts for retired 
members of the Armed Forces under age 62, to prevent 
any adverse impact of the reduced adjustment on annu-
ities under the Survivor Benefit Plan based on retired 
or retainer pay, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EXEMPTIONS FROM REDUCED ADJUSTMENT 
OF 
RETIRED 
PAY 
AND 
RETAINER 
PAY 
AMOUNTS FOR RETIRED MEMBERS OF THE 
ARMED FORCES UNDER AGE 62. 
(a) EXEMPTION
OF
CERTAIN
DISABLED
VET-
ERANS.—Section 1401a(b)(4) of title 10, United States 
Code, as added by section 403 of the Bipartisan Budget 
Act of 2013, is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘except 
as provided in subparagraph (F),’’ after ‘‘each 
year,’’; and 
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(2) by adding at the end the following subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(F) EXCEPTION FOR SERVICE-DISABLED 
VETERANS.—Subparagraph (A) shall not apply 
to the retired pay of any member or former 
member who— 
‘‘(i) is retired under section 1201 of 
this title; 
‘‘(ii) is eligible for combat-related spe-
cial compensation under section 1413a of 
this title; or 
‘‘(iii) is entitled to concurrent pay-
ment of retired pay and veterans’ disability 
compensation under section 1414 of this 
title.’’. 
(b) EXEMPTION FOR ADJUSTMENTS TO ANNUITIES 
UNDER SURVIVOR BENEFIT PLAN BASED ON RETIRED 
OR RETAINER PAY.—Section 1451(g)(1)(B) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new sentence: ‘‘Section 1401a(b)(4) of this title 
shall not apply in determining the percentage of the in-
crease to be made under this subparagraph.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect immediately after the amend-
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ments made to section 1401a of title 10, United States 
Code, by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 take effect. 
Æ 
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