[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 303 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 303

To amend title 38, United States Code, to permit retired members of the 
    Armed Forces who have service-connected disabilities to receive 
compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs concurrently with 
              retired pay, without deduction from either.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 1997

 Mr. Bilirakis (for himself and Mr. Norwood) introduced the following 
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to permit retired members of the 
    Armed Forces who have service-connected disabilities to receive 
compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs concurrently with 
              retired pay, without deduction from either.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 5304(a)(1) 
of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
thereof the following: ``Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, 
emergency officers', regular, or reserve retirement pay may be paid to 
any veteran concurrently with compensation for any service-connected 
disability, without deduction from either the retirement pay or the 
compensation; however, nothing in this sentence shall permit payment of 
retirement pay and of compensation based upon the same disability.''.
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