,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ejfj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ac1       
#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 extend eligibility for
 concurrent payment of both retired pay 
and veterans' disability compensation to
 chapter #fa disability retirees with   
less than #bj years of service who are  
not eligible for combat-related special 
compensation1 and for other purposes4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,medical ,retiree ,pay          
,restoration ,act4  #b4 ,concurrent     
receipt of both retired pay and         
veterans' disability compensation for   

chapter #fa disability retirees with    
less than #bj years of service who are  
not eligible for combat-related special 
compensation  7a7 ,inclusion of         
disability retirees with less than #bj  
years of service who are not eligible   
for combat-related special compensation 
,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 and who are not        
eligible for combat-related special     
compensation ,the retired pay of a      
qualified retiree who is retired under  
chapter #fa of this title with fewer    
than #bj years of creditable service1   
and who is not an eligible              
combat-related disabled uniformed       
services retiree under section #adac;a  
of this title1 is not subject to        

reduction under sections #ecjd and #ecje
 of title #ch4  4  7b7 ,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    
7a77#a71 by striking ,during the period 
beginning on ,january #a1 #bjjd1 and    
ending on ,december #ca1 #bjac1 and all 
that follows through the end of the     
paragraph2  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  7c7          
,conforming amendment reflecting        
subsection redesignation ,section       
#adac;a7f7 of title #aj1 ,united ,states
 ,code1 is amended by striking          
,subsection 7d7 and inserting           
,subsection 7c74  7d7 ,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