[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2368 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2368

    To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for immediate 
 implementation of full concurrent receipt for retired members of the 
 Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability of both military 
   retired pay paid by reason of their years of military service and 
disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs paid by 
                      reason of their disability.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 16, 2005

  Mr. Filner introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
   Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on 
 Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for immediate 
 implementation of full concurrent receipt for retired members of the 
 Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability of both military 
   retired pay paid by reason of their years of military service and 
disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs paid by 
                      reason of their disability.

    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 ``Immediate and Full Repeal of the 
Disabled Veterans Tax Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. IMMEDIATE IMPLEMENTATION OF FULL CONCURRENT RECEIPT.

    (a) Revisions to Fiscal Year 2004 Amendments.--Section 1414 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking the second 
                sentence; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``50 percent'' 
                and inserting ``10 percent'';
            (2) by striking subsection (c); and
            (3) in subsection (e), by striking paragraphs (3) and (4).
    (b) Clerical Amendments.--(1) The heading for such section is 
amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 1414. Members eligible for retired pay who are also eligible for 
              veterans' disability compensation: concurrent payment of 
              retired pay and veterans' disability compensation''.
    (2) The item relating to that section in the table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 71 of such title is amended to read as 
follows:

``1414. Members eligible for retired pay who are also eligible for 
                            veterans' disability compensation: 
                            concurrent payment of retired pay and 
                            veterans' disability compensation.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments 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 with respect to 
payments for months beginning on or after that day.
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