,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bcd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #g1 #bjac 
,mr4 ,reid introduced the following     
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,armed ,services   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #aj1 ,united 
,states ,code1 to permit certain retired
 members of the uniformed services who  
have a service-connected disability to  
receive both disability compensation    
from the ,department of ,veterans       
,affairs for their disability and either
 retired pay by reason of their years of
 military service or ,combat-,related   
,special ,compensation1 and for other   
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,retired ,pay       
,restoration ,act of #bjac4  #b4        
,eligibility for payment of both retired
 pay and veterans' disability           
compensation for certain military       
retirees with compensable               
service-connected disabilities  7a7     
,extension of concurrent receipt        

authority to retirees with              
service-,connected disabilities rated   
less than #ej percent  7#a7 ,repeal of  
#ej percent requirement ,section #adad  
of title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 is 
amended by striking paragraph 7#b7 of   
subsection 7a74  7#b7 ,computation      
,paragraph 7#a7 of subsection 7c7 of    
such section is amended by adding at the
 end the following new subparagraph3    
7,g7 ,for a month for which the retiree 
receives veterans' disability           
compensation for a disability rated as  
#dj percent or less or has a            
service-connected disability rated as   
zero percent1 #j4  4  7b7 ,clerical     
amendments  7#a7 ,the heading of section
 #adad of such title is amended to read 
as follows3  #adad4 ,members eligible   
for retired pay who are also eligible   
for veterans' disability compensation3  
concurrent payment of retired pay and   
disability compensation  4  7#b7 ,the   
item relating to such section in the    
table of sections at the beginning of   

chapter #ga of such title is amended to 
read as follows3  #adad4 ,members       
eligible for retired pay who are also   
eligible for veterans' disability       
compensation3 concurrent payment of     
retired pay and disability compensation4
  4  7c7 ,effective date ,the amendments
 made by this section shall take effect 
on ,january #a1 #bjad1 and shall apply  
to payments for months beginning on or  
after that date4  #c4 ,coordination of  
service eligibility for combat-related  
special compensation and concurrent     
receipt  7a7 ,amendments ,to standardize
 similar provisions  7#a7 ,qualified    
retirees ,subsection 7a7 of section     
#adad of title #aj1 ,united ,states     
,code1 as amended by section #b7;a71 is 
amended--  7,a7 by striking a member or 
and all that follows through retiree'7  
and inserting a qualified retiree2 and  
7,b7 by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph3  7#b7 ,qualified retirees
 ,for purposes of this section1 a       
qualified retiree1 with respect to any  

month1 is a member or former member of  
the uniformed services who--  7,a7 is   
entitled to retired pay 7other than by  
reason of section #abgca;b of this      
title72 and  7,b7 is also entitled for  
that month to veterans' disability      
compensation4  4  7#b7 ,disability      
retirees ,paragraph 7#b7 of subsection  
7b7 of section #adad of such title is   
amended to read as follows3  7#b7       
,special rule for retirees with fewer   
than #bj years of service ,the retired  
pay of a qualified retiree who is       
retired under chapter #fa of this title 
with fewer than #bj years of creditable 
service is subject to reduction by the  
lesser of--  7,a7 the amount of the     
reduction under sections #ecjd and #ecje
 of title #ch2 or  7,b7 the amount 7if  
any7 by which the amount of the member's
 retired pay under such chapter exceeds 
the amount equal to #b percent of the   
member's years of creditable service    
multiplied by the member's retired pay  
base under section #adjf7;b77#a7 or     

#adjg of this title1 whichever is       
applicable to the member4  4  7b7       
,effective date ,the amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on       
,january #a1 #bjad1 and shall apply to  
payments for months beginning on or     
after that date4