[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3789 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3789

  To amend title 10, United States Code, to exempt the retired pay of 
 certain disabled veterans from the reduced adjustment of retired pay 
and retainer pay amounts for retired members of the Armed Forces under 
  age 62, to prevent any adverse impact of the reduced adjustment on 
annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan based on retired or retainer 
                      pay, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 19, 2013

   Mr. Miller of Florida (for himself, Mr. Barber, Mr. Barletta, Mr. 
    Benishek, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. 
Boustany, Mr. Bridenstine, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Bucshon, Mrs. Bustos, Mrs. 
Capps, Mr. Coffman, Mr. Cole, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Cook, Mr. Courtney, Mr. 
Cramer, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Culberson, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, Mr. 
Dent, Mr. DeSantis, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Duncan of South 
Carolina, Mr. Enyart, Mr. Farenthold, Mr. Fincher, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. 
 Forbes, Mr. Fortenberry, Ms. Foxx, Ms. Frankel of Florida, Mr. Franks 
    of Arizona, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Garcia, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Gibson, Mr. 
Grayson, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. Griffin of Arkansas, Mr. Grimm, Ms. 
    Hanabusa, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Honda, Mr. Huizenga of 
 Michigan, Mr. Hultgren, Mr. Hunter, Ms. Jenkins, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, 
 Mr. Jones, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Kinzinger of Illinois, Mrs. 
  Kirkpatrick, Ms. Kuster, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Lance, Mr. Lankford, Mr. 
  Larson of Connecticut, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. Sean Patrick 
     Maloney of New York, Mr. Marino, Mr. Massie, Mr. McCarthy of 
   California, Mr. McCaul, Mr. McKinley, Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, Mr. 
    Meehan, Mr. Murphy of Florida, Mr. Murphy of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
   Neugebauer, Mrs. Noem, Mr. O'Rourke, Mr. Owens, Mr. Palazzo, Mr. 
Pearce, Ms. Pingree of Maine, Mr. Posey, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Rice of South 
    Carolina, Mr. Rigell, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. Rooney, Ms. Ros-
  Lehtinen, Mr. Ross, Mr. Rothfus, Mr. Runyan, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. 
Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Sessions, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Ms. Shea-
 Porter, Mr. Simpson, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. Southerland, 
 Mr. Stivers, Mr. Takano, Mr. Terry, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Ms. 
 Titus, Mr. Turner, Mr. Valadao, Mr. Vela, Mr. Walberg, Mrs. Walorski, 
Mr. Walz, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Williams, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, 
Mr. Wittman, Mr. Yoder, Mr. Yoho, Mr. Mica, Mr. Carter, Mr. Gene Green 
   of Texas, and Mr. Perry) 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 exempt the retired pay of 
 certain disabled veterans from the reduced adjustment of retired pay 
and retainer pay amounts for retired members of the Armed Forces under 
  age 62, to prevent any adverse impact of the reduced adjustment on 
annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan based on retired or retainer 
                      pay, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. EXEMPTIONS FROM REDUCED ADJUSTMENT OF RETIRED PAY AND 
              RETAINER PAY AMOUNTS FOR RETIRED MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
              FORCES UNDER AGE 62.

    (a) Exemption of Certain Disabled Veterans.--Section 1401a(b)(4) of 
title 10, United States Code, as added by section 403 of the Bipartisan 
Budget Act of 2013, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``except as provided 
        in subparagraph (F),'' after ``each year,''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following subparagraph:
                    ``(F) Exception for service-disabled veterans.--
                Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to the retired pay of 
                any member or former member who--
                            ``(i) is retired under section 1201 of this 
                        title;
                            ``(ii) is eligible for combat-related 
                        special compensation under section 1413a of 
                        this title; or
                            ``(iii) is entitled to concurrent payment 
                        of retired pay and veterans' disability 
                        compensation under section 1414 of this 
                        title.''.
    (b) Exemption for Adjustments to Annuities Under Survivor Benefit 
Plan Based on Retired or Retainer Pay.--Section 1451(g)(1)(B) of title 
10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new sentence: ``Section 1401a(b)(4) of this title shall not apply in 
determining the percentage of the increase to be made under this 
subparagraph.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect immediately after the amendments made to section 1401a of title 
10, United States Code, by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 take 
effect.
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