[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 593 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 593

    To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand the authorized 
 concurrent receipt of disability severance pay from the Department of 
    Defense and compensation for the same disability under any law 
    administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs to cover all 
veterans who have a combat-related disability, as defined under section 
                          1413a of such title.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 15, 2009

 Mr. Smith of Washington (for himself, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Shea-Porter, 
 Mr. Ellison, Mr. Walz, Mr. Mitchell, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Ms. Edwards of 
Maryland, Mr. Peterson, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Courtney, Mr. 
 Gordon of Tennessee, Mr. Ross, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Nye, Mr. Hall of New 
  York, Mr. Kagen, Mr. Michaud, Ms. Tsongas, and Mr. Young of Alaska) 
 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 expand the authorized 
 concurrent receipt of disability severance pay from the Department of 
    Defense and compensation for the same disability under any law 
    administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs to cover all 
veterans who have a combat-related disability, as defined under section 
                          1413a of such title.

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

SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RECEIPT OF DISABILITY SEVERANCE PAY FROM THE 
              DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND COMPENSATION FOR THE SAME 
              DISABILITY UNDER LAWS ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF 
              VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    (a) No Deduction.--Section 1212(d)(2) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ``disability incurred in line of duty in a 
combat zone or incurred during performance of duty in combat-related 
operations as designated by the Secretary of Defense.'' and inserting 
``combat-related disability (as defined in section 1413a of this 
title).''.
    (b) Retroactive Application of Amendment.--The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect as of January 28, 2008, as if included 
in section 1646 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2008 (Public Law 110-181; 122 Stat. 472), as enacted.
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