[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 89 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 89

   To amend title 10, United States Code, to extend eligibility for 
combat-related special compensation paid to certain uniformed services 
retirees who are retired under chapter 61 of such title with fewer than 
                    20 years of creditable service.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 2007

Mr. Bilirakis 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 extend eligibility for 
combat-related special compensation paid to certain uniformed services 
retirees who are retired under chapter 61 of such title with fewer than 
                    20 years of creditable service.

    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 ``Combat-Related Special Compensation 
Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF COMBAT-RELATED SPECIAL COMPENSATION ELIGIBILITY 
              FOR CHAPTER 61 MILITARY RETIREES.

    (a) Eligibility.--Subsection (c) of section 1413a of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ``entitled to retired pay 
who--'' and all that follows through the end of paragraph (1) and 
inserting ``who--
            ``(1) is entitled to retired pay (other than by reason of 
        section 12731b of this title); and''.
    (b) Computation.--Paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of such section 
is amended--
            (1) by striking ``In the case of'' and inserting the 
        following:
                    ``(A) In general.--In the case of''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(B) Retirees with fewer than 20 years of 
                service.--In the case of an eligible combat-related 
                disabled uniformed services retiree who is retired 
                under chapter 61 of this title with fewer than 20 years 
                of creditable service, the amount of the payment under 
                paragraph (1) for any month shall be reduced by the 
                amount (if any) by which the amount of the member's 
                retired pay under chapter 61 of this title 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.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on January 1, 2008, and shall apply to payments for months 
beginning on or after that date.
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