[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 331 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 331

To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide that military retired 
pay for nonregular service shall be paid without regard to the age of a 
person otherwise eligible for such retired pay, rather than commencing 
           when an otherwise eligible person attains age 60.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 8, 2003

 Mr. Wilson of South Carolina 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 provide that military retired 
pay for nonregular service shall be paid without regard to the age of a 
person otherwise eligible for such retired pay, rather than commencing 
           when an otherwise eligible person attains age 60.

    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 Retirement Equity 
Act''.

SEC. 2. IMMEDIATE RECEIPT OF MILITARY RETIRED PAY FOR NONREGULAR 
              SERVICE.

    (a) Repeal of Receipt at Age 60.--Section 12731(a)(1) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraph (1); and
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (4) as 
        paragraphs (1) thru (3), respectively.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the first day of the first month beginning after the 
date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply with respect to 
retired pay payable for that month and subsequent months.
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