[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1247 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1247

     To amend title 38, United States Code, to limit the amount of 
 recoupment from veterans' disability compensation that is required in 
the case of veterans who have received special separation benefits from 
                       the Department of Defense.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 1, 1997

Mr. Jeffords (for himself, Mr. Conrad, Ms. Collins, Mr. Murkowski, Mr. 
  Reid, and Mr. Akaka) 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 limit the amount of 
 recoupment from veterans' disability compensation that is required in 
the case of veterans who have received special separation benefits from 
                       the Department of Defense.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Special Separation Benefits 
Improvement Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON INCENTIVE RECOUPMENT FROM VETERANS COMPENSATION 
              BENEFITS.

    (a) In General.--(1) Chapter 53 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 5304 the following new section:
``Sec. 5304A. Recoupment of special separation benefits from 
              compensation: limitation
    ``In the case of a veteran with a service-connected disability who 
is entitled to compensation and who is paid special separation benefits 
under section 1174a of title 10, the amount of compensation otherwise 
payable to that veteran that is deducted pursuant to section 1174a(g) 
of title 10 by reason of the payment to that veteran of such benefits 
may not exceed 75 percent of the total amount of the benefits paid to 
the veteran.''.
    (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is 
amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``5304A. Recoupment of special separation benefits from compensation: 
                            limitation.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--Section 5304A of title 38, United States Code, 
as added by subsection (a), shall apply with respect to payment of 
compensation by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for months beginning 
after December 5, 1991.
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