[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2047 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2047

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that receipt of 
 additional disability compensation for dependents not depend upon the 
   waiver of receipt of an equal amount of retired or retirement pay.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               April 26 (legislative day, April 11), 1994

  Mr. Chafee introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that receipt of 
 additional disability compensation for dependents not depend upon the 
   waiver of receipt of an equal amount of retired or retirement pay.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CONCURRENT AWARD OF ADDITIONAL DISABILITY COMPENSATION FOR 
              DEPENDENTS AND RETIRED PAY.

    (a) Concurrent Award.--Section 5305 of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking out ``Any person'' and inserting in lieu 
        thereof ``(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), any 
        person''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(b) The requirement under subsection (a) of this section that a 
person receiving compensation under the laws administrated by the 
Secretary waive receipt of retired or retirement pay in an amount equal 
to such compensation shall not apply to receipt by the person of 
additional compensation for dependents under section 1115 or 1134 of 
this title.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. No person shall 
be entitled to receive by reason of the amendments made by subsection 
(a) any benefits for any period before such date.

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