[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3620 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3620

    To amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the four-year 
 requirement for the time following retirement from active duty during 
    which a retired member of the Armed Forces must have received a 
 disability rating in order to be eligible for the special disability 
        compensation provided under section 1413 of that title.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 23, 2002

  Mr. Jeff Miller of Florida introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the four-year 
 requirement for the time following retirement from active duty during 
    which a retired member of the Armed Forces must have received a 
 disability rating in order to be eligible for the special disability 
        compensation provided under section 1413 of that title.

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

SECTION 1. REPEAL OF FOUR-YEAR DISABILITY DETERMINATION REQUIREMENT FOR 
              ELIGIBILITY FOR SPECIAL DISABILITY COMPENSATION.

    (a) Repeal of Four-Year Requirement.--Section 1413(d)(2) of title 
10, United States Code, is amended by striking ``disabling--'' and all 
that follows through ``uniformed services.'' and inserting 
``disabling.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the first day of the first month beginning on or after 
the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to payments under 
section 1413 of title 10, United States Code, for months that begin on 
or after that date.
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