Federal - HR 333
A bill 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 veterans' disability compensation, to extend eligibility for concurrent receipt to chapter 61 disability retirees with less than 20 years of service, and for other purposes.
Introduced
January 5, 2017
Description
A bill 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 veterans' disability compensation, to extend eligibility for concurrent receipt to chapter 61 disability retirees with less than 20 years of service, and for other purposes.
Our Position
Support
Original Sponsor 1
Co-Sponsors 37
- Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH)
- Del. Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU)
- Rep. Julia Brownley (D-CA)
- Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI)
- Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN)
- Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT)
- Rep. Susan Davis (D-CA)
- Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR)
- Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA)
- Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL)
- Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL)
- Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA)
- Rep. Denny Heck (D-WA)
- Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)
- Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC)
- Rep. Derek Kilmer (D-WA)
- Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI)
- Rep. Peter King (R-NY)
- Rep. Rick Larsen (D-WA)
- Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)
- Rep. Sean Maloney (D-NY)
- Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA)
- Rep. Martha McSally (R-AZ)
- Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN)
- Rep. Scott Peters (D-CA)
- Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
- Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-CA)
- Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH)
- Rep. David Scott (D-GA)
- Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH)
- Rep. Mike Simpson (R-ID)
- Rep. Darren Soto (D-FL)
- Rep. Michael Turner (R-OH)
- Rep. Marc Veasey (D-TX)
- Rep. Filemon Vela (D-TX)
- Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA)
- Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY)
Latest Actions See More/Less
June 16, 2017 — Additional cosponsor(s): 4
Beatty, (D-Ohio) King, P. (R-N.Y.) Gaetz, (R-Fla.) Peterson, (D-Minn.) March 13, 2017 — Additional cosponsor(s): 5
Cohen, (D-Tenn.) Lofgren, (D-Calif.) Turner, (R-Ohio) Courtney, (D-Conn.) Ruiz, (D-Calif.) Feb. 14, 2017 — Additional cosponsor(s): 22
Bordallo, (D-Guam) Kilmer, (D-Wash.) Scott, D. (D-Ga.) Cicilline, (D-R.I.) Kind, R. (D-Wis.) Simpson, M. (R-Idaho) Davis, S. (D-Calif.) Larsen, R. (D-Wash.) Veasey, (D-Texas) DeFazio, (D-Ore.) Maloney, S. (D-N.Y.) Vela, (D-Texas) DelBene, (D-Wash.) McGovern, (D-Mass.) Wittman, (R-Va.) Deutch, (D-Fla.) McSally, (R-Ariz.) Yarmuth, (D-Ky.) Garamendi, (D-Calif.) Pingree, (D-Maine) Heck, (D-Wash.) Ryan, T. (D-Ohio) Jan. 13, 2017 — Additional cosponsor(s): 6
Brownley, (D-Calif.) Jones, (R-N.C.) Shea-Porter, (D-N.H.) Jackson Lee, S. (D-Texas) Peters, S. (D-Calif.) Soto, (D-Fla.) Jan. 5, 2017 — Read twice and referred to: House Armed Services, House Veterans' Affairs.Congressional Record p. H180