,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ebff  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,august #e1    
#bjbf,mr4 ,risch introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to provide flexibility in the recoupment
 of separation pay1 severance pay1 and  
readjustment pay from members of the    
,armed ,forces receiving veterans'      
disability compensation4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,veterans' ,earned ,benefits ,access    
,act of #bjbf4  #b4 ,recoupment of      
separation1 severance1 and readjustment 
pay from members of the ,armed ,forces  
receiving veterans' disability          
compensation  7a7 ,in general ,section  
#aagd7;h77#b7 of title #aj1 ,united     
,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 by     
inserting 7,a7 after 7#b72  7#b7 by     
inserting 7as provided under            
subparagraph 7,b77 after there shall be 

deducted2 and  7#c7 by adding at the end
 the following new subparagraph3  7,b7  
,the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs   
may-- 7i7 deduct the amount described in
 subparagraph 7,a7 from the disability  
compensation of a member in monthly     
installments1 as a lump sum1 or using   
such other payment plan as the          
,secretary determines appropriate2 and  
7ii7 waive the requirement for such     
deductions in the case of a member who  
demonstrates to the ,secretary that such
 deductions would create a financial    
hardship for the member4  4  7b7        
,regulations ,not later than #ij days   
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,secretary of ,veterans       
,affairs shall prescribe regulations to 
carry out subparagraph 7,b7 of section  
#aagd7;h77#b7 of title #aj1 ,united     
,states ,code1 as added by subsection   
7a7-- 7#a7 to ensure that a deduction   
from the veterans' disability           
compensation of a member under that     
subparagraph in a month does not exceed 

#be percent of the member's veterans'   
disability compensation for that month2 
and  7#b7 to establish a process under  
which a member may apply for a hardship 
waiver under clause 7ii7 of that        
subparagraph4  7c7 ,effective date ,the 
amendments made by this section shall-- 
7#a7 take effect on the first day of the
 first month beginning after the date on
 which final regulations under          
subsection 7b7 are published in the     
,federal ,register2 and  7#b7 apply to  
veterans' disability compensation paid  
on or after that date4  7d7 ,veterans'  
disability compensation defined ,in this
 section1 the term veterans' disability 
compensation has the meaning given the  
term compensation in section #aja of    
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code4