receive credit for such service in determining eligibility 
for early receipt of non-regular service retired pay. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ELIGIBILITY FOR PAYMENT OF BOTH RETIRED 
PAY AND VETERANS’ DISABILITY COMPENSA-
TION FOR CERTAIN ADDITIONAL MILITARY 
RETIREES 
WITH 
COMPENSABLE 
SERVICE- 
CONNECTED DISABILITIES. 
(a) EXTENSION OF CONCURRENT RECEIPT AUTHOR-
ITY TO RETIREES WITH SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABIL-
ITIES RATED LESS THAN 50 PERCENT.—Subsection (a) 
of section 1414 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘COMPENSATION’’ in the sub-
section heading and all that follows through ‘‘Sub-
ject’’ and inserting ‘‘COMPENSATION.—Subject’’; 
and 
(2) by striking paragraph (2). 
(b) REPEAL OF PHASE-IN OF CONCURRENT RECEIPT 
OF RETIRED PAY
AND VETERANS’ DISABILITY COM-
PENSATION.—Such section is further amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), as amended by subsection 
(a) of this section, by striking the final sentence; 
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(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). 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) SECTION HEADING.—The heading for sec-
tion 1414 of such title is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘§ 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 such title is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘1414. Members eligible for retired pay who are also eligible for veterans’ dis-
ability compensation: concurrent payment of retired pay and 
disability compensation.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect as of January 1, 2012, and 
shall apply to payments for months beginning on or after 
that date. 
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SEC. 2. COORDINATION OF SERVICE ELIGIBILITY FOR COM-
BAT-RELATED SPECIAL COMPENSATION AND 
CONCURRENT RECEIPT. 
(a) ELIGIBILITY FOR TERA RETIREES.—Subsection 
(c) of section 1413a of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘entitled to retired pay who—’’ and 
all that follows through the end of paragraph (1) and in-
serting ‘‘who— 
‘‘(1) is entitled to retired pay, other than a 
member retired under chapter 61 of this title with 
less than 20 years of service creditable under section 
1405 of this title and less than 20 years of service 
computed under section 12732 of this title; and’’. 
(b) AMENDMENTS TO STANDARDIZE SIMILAR PROVI-
SIONS.— 
(1) CLERICAL
AND
CONFORMING
AMEND-
MENTS.—Section 1413a of such title is further 
amended— 
(A) in the heading for paragraph (3) of 
subsection (b), by striking ‘‘RULES’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘RULE’’; and 
(B) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘Sub-
section (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘Subsection (c)’’. 
(2) SPECIFICATION
OF
QUALIFIED
RETIREES 
FOR
CONCURRENT
RECEIPT
PURPOSES.—Section 
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1414 of such title, as amended by section 3, is 
amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘a member or’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘is entitled’’ and in-
serting ‘‘an individual who is a qualified 
retiree for any month is entitled’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘retired pay and vet-
erans’ 
disability 
compensation’’ 
after 
‘‘both’’; and 
(B) in subsection (d), by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) QUALIFIED RETIREE.—The term ‘qualified 
retiree’ means a member or former member of the 
uniformed services who, with respect to any 
month— 
‘‘(A) is entitled to retired pay, other than 
in the case of a member retired under chapter 
61 of this title with less than 20 years of serv-
ice creditable under section 1405 of this title 
and less than 20 years of service computed 
under section 12732 of this title; and 
‘‘(B) is entitled to veterans’ disability com-
pensation.’’. 
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(3) STANDARDIZATION WITH CRSC RULE FOR 
CHAPTER 61 RETIREES.—Subsection (b) of section 
1414 of such title is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘SPECIAL RULES’’ in the 
subsection heading and all that follows through 
‘‘is subject to’’ and inserting ‘‘SPECIAL RULE 
FOR CHAPTER 61 DISABILITY RETIREES.—In 
the case of a qualified retiree who is retired 
under chapter 61 of this title, the retired pay 
of the member is subject to’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (2). 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect as of January 1, 2012, and 
shall apply to payments for months beginning on or after 
that date. 
SEC. 3. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT OF REDUCTION OF SBP 
SURVIVOR ANNUITIES BY DEPENDENCY AND 
INDEMNITY COMPENSATION. 
(a) REPEAL.— 
(1) REPEAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 73 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended as follows: 
(A) In section 1450, by striking subsection 
(c). 
(B) In section 1451(c)— 
(i) by striking paragraph (2); and 
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(ii) by redesignating paragraphs (3) 
and (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respec-
tively. 
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Such sub-
chapter is further amended as follows: 
(A) In section 1450— 
(i) by striking subsection (e); and 
(ii) by striking subsection (k). 
(B) In section 1451(g)(1), by striking sub-
paragraph (C). 
(C) In section 1452— 
(i) in subsection (f)(2), by striking 
‘‘does not apply—’’ and all that follows 
and inserting ‘‘does not apply in the case 
of a deduction made through administra-
tive error.’’; and 
(ii) by striking subsection (g). 
(D) In section 1455(c), by striking ‘‘, 
1450(k)(2),’’. 
(b) PROHIBITION ON RETROACTIVE BENEFITS.—No 
benefits may be paid to any person for any period before 
the effective date provided under subsection (f) by reason 
of the amendments made by subsection (a). 
(c) PROHIBITION
ON RECOUPMENT
OF CERTAIN 
AMOUNTS PREVIOUSLY REFUNDED
TO SBP RECIPI-
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