[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2357 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

  2d Session
                                S. 2357

To amend title 38, United States Code, to permit retired members of the 
    Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability to receive 
      military retired pay concurrently with veterans' disability 
                             compensation.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 5, 2000

  Mr. Reid (for himself and Mr. Inouye) 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 permit retired members of the 
    Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability to receive 
      military retired pay concurrently with veterans' disability 
                             compensation.

    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 ``Armed Forces Concurrent Retirement 
and Disability Payment Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. CONCURRENT PAYMENT OF RETIRED PAY AND COMPENSATION FOR RETIRED 
              MEMBERS WITH SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITIES.

    (a) Concurrent Payment.--Section 5304(a) of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) and section 
5305 of this title, compensation under chapter 11 of this title may be 
paid to a person entitled to receive retired or retirement pay 
described in such section 5305 concurrently with such person's receipt 
of such retired or retirement pay.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, and apply with 
respect to payments of compensation for months beginning on or after 
that date.
    (c) Prohibition on Retroactive Benefits.--No benefits shall be paid 
to any person by virtue of the amendment made by subsection (a) for any 
period before the effective date of this Act as specified in subsection 
(b).
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