,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eiie  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #bg1       
#bjbj,mr4 ,bilirakis 7for himself and   
,mr4 ,ruiz7 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 expand eligibility to 
certain military retirees for concurrent
 receipt of veterans' disability        
compensation and retired pay or         
combat-related special compensation1 and
 for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the ,major   
,richard ,star ,act4  #b4 ,expansions of
 eligibility to certain military        
retirees for concurrent receipt of      
veterans' disability compensation and   

retired pay or combat-related special   
compensation  7a7 ,inclusion of chapter 
#fa disability retirees with fewer than 
#bj years of service who are eligible   
for combat-,related special compensation
 ,section #adac;a7b77#c7 of title #aj1  
,united ,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7
 in subparagraph 7,a71 by striking ,in  
and inserting ,subject to subparagraph  
7,b71 in2 and  7#b7 in subparagraph     
7,b71 by striking ,in the case of and   
all that follows and inserting ,the     
retired pay of an eligible              
combat-related disabled uniformed       
services retiree1 who is retired under  
chapter #fa of this title with fewer    
than #bj years of creditable service1 is
 not subject to reduction under sections
 #ecjd and #ecje of title #ch44  7b7    
,technical and conforming amendments    
7#a7 ,section heading ,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 receipt  4     
7#b7 ,table of sections ,the item       
relating to such section #adad 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 receipt4  4    
7#c7 ,conforming amendments reflecting  
end of concurrent receipt phase-in      
period ,such section #adad is further   
amended-- 7,a7 in subsection 7a77#a7--  
7i7 by striking the second sentence2 and
  7ii7 by striking subparagraphs 7,a7   
and 7,b72  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 redesignated1 by striking       
paragraphs 7#c7 and 7#d74  7c7          
,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