,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bjh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,january #bd1       
#bjai,mr4 ,tester 7for himself1 ,ms4    
,murkowski1 ,mrs4 ,murray1 ,mr4         
,blumenthal1 ,mr4 ,menendez1 ,mr4       
,whitehouse1 ,mr4 ,coons1 ,ms4          
,klobuchar1 ,ms4 ,baldwin1 ,mr4 ,blunt1 
,mr4 ,boozman1 ,mr4 ,markey1 ,mr4 ,van  
,hollen1 ,ms4 ,stabenow1 ,ms4           
,duckworth1 and ,ms4 ,sinema7 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 ,act4
  #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 ,section #adad of 
title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended by striking paragraph 7#b7 of   
subsection 7a74  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 #bjbj1 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 #bjbj1 and shall apply to  
payments for months beginning on or     
after that date4