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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 333 
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 vet-
erans disability compensation, to extend eligibility for concurrent receipt 
to chapter 61 disability retirees with less than 20 years of service, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 15, 2021 
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 permit retired 
members of the Armed Forces who have a service-con-
nected disability rated less than 50 percent to receive 
concurrent payment of both retired pay and veterans 
disability compensation, to extend eligibility for concur-
rent 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 Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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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-CON-
NECTED DISABILITIES RATED LESS THAN 50 PER-
CENT.—Section 1414(a) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘COMPENSATION’’ in the sub-
section heading and all that follows through ‘‘Sub-
ject’’ and inserting ‘‘COMPENSATION.—Subject’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘qualifying service-connected 
disability’’ and inserting ‘‘service-connected dis-
ability’’; 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 re-
tired’’ and inserting ‘‘qualified retiree who is re-
tired’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 
following new paragraph: 
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‘‘(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 sub-
ject 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 21⁄2 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 appli-
cable to the member.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS REFLECTING END 
OF CONCURRENT RECEIPT PHASE-IN PERIOD.—Section 
1414 of title 10, United States Code, is further amend-
ed— 
(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.— 
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(1) SECTION HEADING.—The heading for sec-
tion 1414 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 1414. Members eligible for retired pay who are also 
eligible for veterans’ disability compensa-
tion: 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’ dis-
ability compensation: concurrent payment of retired pay and 
disability compensation.’’. 
(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENT REFLECTING SUB-
SECTION 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. 
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