110 HR 243 IH: Combat Military Medically Retired U.S. House of Representatives 2007-01-05 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
I 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 243 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 5, 2007 Mr. Weller of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the payment of Combat-Related Special Compensation to members of the Armed Forces retired for disability with less than 20 years of active military service who were awarded the Purple Heart.
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the Combat Military Medically Retired Veteran’s Fairness Act.
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Exception to 20-year service requirement for members awarded the Purple Heart
(a)
Entitlement
Section 1413a of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1)in subsection (c), by inserting generally after retirees; (2)by redesignating subsections (d) through (i) as subsections (e) through (j), respectively; and (3)by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection (d): (d)
Exception to 20-Year service requirement for Purple Heart recipients
In addition to members described in subsection (c), a member of the uniformed services retired under chapter 61 of this title with less than 20 years of service creditable under section 1405 of this title is an eligible combat-related uniformed services retiree for the purposes of subsection (a) if the member has a combat-related disability that is attributable to an injury for which the member was awarded the Purple Heart. The determination under subsection (b) of the amount of compensation to be paid to such a member shall be made without regard to paragraph (3) of such subsection. . (b)
Effective date
Subsection (d) of section 1413a of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a)(3), shall apply with respect to payments of compensation under such section for months beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.