Retired Pay Restoration Act has not moved since its introduction on Jan 9, 2025, with cosponsors, all Democrats
IntroducedJan 9, 2025
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 82 words.
Retired Pay Restoration Act This bill allows the receipt of both military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation with respect to any service-connected disability. Under current law, only individuals with service-connected disabilities rated at 50% or more receive both without offset. Individuals who were retired or separated after at least 20 years of military service due to a service-connected disability shall be eligible for the full concurrent receipt of both veterans' disability compensation and either military retired pay or combat-related special pay.
Context
- Committees
- House Armed Services Committee
House Veterans' Affairs Committee - Policy area
- Armed Forces and National Security: 268 of 6,567 bills became law, 113th–118th (4.1%)
- Sponsor
- 6 of 203 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in house · 806 words
- Subjects
- Disability and paralysisVeterans' pensions and compensation
- Latest action
- Feb 11, 2025: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 0
The bill status record lists no related bills.
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]