[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 83 (Wednesday, May 25, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3203]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4173. Mr. REID submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of part II of subtitle D of title V, add the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. STANDARDIZATION OF AMOUNTS RECEIVABLE BY DISABILITY 
                   RETIREES WITH LESS THAN 20 YEARS OF SERVICE 
                   UNDER COMBAT-RELATED SPECIAL COMPENSATION AND 
                   CONCURRENT RECEIPT OF RETIRED PAY AND VETERANS' 
                   DISABILITY COMPENSATION.

       (a) Standardization of Similar Provisions.--Paragraph (2) 
     of section 1414(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``(2) Special rule for retirees with fewer than 20 years of 
     service.--The retired pay of a qualified retiree who is 
     retired under chapter 61 of this title with fewer than 20 
     years of creditable service is subject to reduction by the 
     lesser of--
       ``(A) the amount of the reduction under sections 5304 and 
     5305 of title 38; or
       ``(B) the amount (if any) by which the amount of the 
     member's retired pay under such chapter exceeds the amount 
     equal to 2\1/2\ percent of the member's years of creditable 
     service multiplied by the member's retired pay base under 
     section 1406(b)(1) or 1407 of this title, whichever is 
     applicable to the member.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on July 1, 2017, and shall apply to 
     payments for months beginning on or after that date.
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