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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 771
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 allow-
ances, 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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 10, 2005
Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. EVANS, Mr. DICKS, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. KIL-
DEE, Mr. BACA, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. MEE-
HAN, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. HOLT, Mr. WYNN, Mr. 
KUCINICH, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. 
BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. OWENS, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, and 
Mr. HONDA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and 
Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
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 exclu-
sion for the member during the recovery period, 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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Crosby-Puller Combat 
Wounds Compensation Act’’. 
SEC. 2. NO REDUCTION IN MONTHLY MILITARY PAY AND 
ALLOWANCES FOR MEMBERS OF THE UNI-
FORMED SERVICES WOUNDED OR INJURED 
IN COMBAT ZONES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 310 of 
title 37, United States Code, is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(b) NO REDUCTION IN MONTHLY MILITARY PAY 
FOR WOUNDED OR INJURED MEMBERS.—
‘‘(1) EFFECT OF WOUND OR INJURY IN COMBAT 
ZONE.—For each month during the period specified 
in paragraph (2), the total amount of monthly mili-
tary pay paid to a member who was wounded or oth-
erwise injured while assigned to duty in an area for 
which special pay was available under this section at 
the time the member was wounded or otherwise in-
jured shall not be less than the total amount of mili-
tary pay paid to the member for the month during
which the member was wounded or otherwise in-
jured. 
‘‘(2) DURATION.—Paragraph (1) shall apply 
with respect to a wounded or injured member until 
the end of the first month during which any of the 
following occurs: 
‘‘(A) The member is found to be physically 
able to perform the duties of the member’s of-
fice, grade, rank, or rating. 
‘‘(B) The member is discharged or sepa-
rated from the uniformed services. 
‘‘(C) The member dies. 
‘‘(3) MILITARY
PAY
DEFINED.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘military pay’ has the meaning 
given the term ‘pay’ in section 101(21) of this title, 
except that the term includes allowances under chap-
ter 7 of this title.’’. 
(b) RETROACTIVE EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection 
(b) of section 310 of title 37, United States Code, as 
amended by this section, shall apply with respect to any 
pay period ending on or after September 11, 2001, for 
members of the uniformed services described in paragraph 
(1) of such section who were wounded or otherwise injured 
on or after that date.
SEC. 3. REPEAL OF TIME LIMITATION ON EXCLUSION OF 
COMBAT ZONE COMPENSATION BY REASON 
OF HOSPITALIZATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsections (a)(2) and (b)(2) of 
section 112 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 are each 
amended by striking ‘‘; but this paragraph shall not apply 
for any month beginning more than 2 years after the date 
of the termination of combatant activities in such zone’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—Subsections (a)(2) and 
(b)(2) of section 112 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986, as amended by this section, shall apply to com-
pensation received for months ending on or after Sep-
tember 11, 2001, for members of the uniformed services 
described in such subsections who were wounded or other-
wise injured on or after that date.
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