,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ccc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #h1         
#bjai,mr4 ,bishop of ,georgia introduced
 the following bill2 which was referred 
to the ,committee on ,armed ,services1  
and in addition to the ,committee on    
,veterans' ,affairs1 for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #aj1 ,united 
,states ,code1 to permit retired members
 of the ,armed ,forces who have a       
service-connected disability rated less 
than #ej percent to receive concurrent  
payment of both retired pay and         
veterans' disability compensation1 to   
extend eligibility for concurrent       
receipt to chapter #fa disability       
retirees with less than #bj years of    
service1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,disabled ,veterans ,tax            

,termination ,act4  #b4 ,concurrent     
receipt of both retired pay and         
veterans' disability compensation for   
military retirees with compensable      
service-connected disabilities  7a7     
,inclusion of ,retirees ,with           
,service-,connected ,disabilities ,rated
 ,less ,than #ej ,percent ,section      
#adad7;a7 of title #aj1 ,united ,states 
,code1 is amended--  7#a7 by striking   
,compensation in the subsection heading 
and all that follows through ,subject   
and inserting ,compensation4--,subject2 
7#b7 by striking qualifying             
service-connected disability and        
inserting service-connected disability2 
and  7#c7 by striking paragraph 7#b74   
7b7 ,inclusion of disability retirees   
with less than #bj years of service     
,section #adad7;b7 of title #aj1 ,united
 ,states ,code1 is amended--  7#a7 in   
paragraph 7#a71 by striking member      
retired and inserting qualified retiree 
who is retired2 and  7#b7 by striking   
paragraph 7#b7 and inserting the        

following new paragraph3  7#b7          
,disability retirees with less 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 under sections     
#ecjd and #ecje of title #ch1 but only  
by 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  7c7 ,conforming amendments reflecting
 end of ,concurrent ,receipt phase-,in  
period ,section #adad of title #aj1     
,united ,states ,code1 is further       
amended--  7#a7 in subsection 7a71 as   
amended by subsection 7a7 of this       
section1 by striking the final sentence2
  7#b7 by striking subsection 7c7 and   
redesignating subsections 7d7 and 7e7 as

 subsections 7c7 and 7d71 respectively2 
and  7#c7 in subsection 7d71 as so      
redesignated1 by striking paragraphs    
7#c7 and 7#d74  7d7 ,clerical           
,amendments  7#a7 ,section heading ,the 
heading for section #adad of title #aj1 
,united ,states ,code1 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 ,table of sections ,the item    
relating to such section in the table of
 sections at the beginning of chapter   
#ga of title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1
 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  7e7 ,conforming       
amendment reflecting subsection         
redesignation ,section #adac;a7f7 of    
title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    

amended by striking ,subsection 7d7 and 
inserting ,subsection 7c74  7f7         
,effective ,date ,the amendments made by
 this section shall take effect on the  
first day of the first month beginning  
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act and shall apply to payments for    
months beginning on or after that date4