H.R. 333 (112th): Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act

Introduced:
Jan 19, 2011 (112th Congress, 2011–2013)
Sponsor:
Rep. Sanford Bishop Jr. [D-GA2]
Status:
Died (Referred to Committee)
See Instead:
This bill was re-introduced as H.R. 333 on Jan 22, 2013. See H.R. 333 for current action on this subject.

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Status

This bill was introduced on January 19, 2011, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted.

Progress
Introduced Jan 19, 2011
Referred to Committee Jan 19, 2011
Cosponsors
167 cosponsors (112D, 55R) (show)
Committees

House Armed Services

House Veterans' Affairs

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Full Title

To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit retired members of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability rated less than 50 percent to receive concurrent payment of both retired pay and veterans' disability compensation, to eliminate the phase-in period for concurrent receipt, to extend eligibility for concurrent receipt to chapter 61 disability retirees with less than 20 years of service, and for other purposes.

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Last updated Jan 19, 2011.
6 pages

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1/19/2011--Introduced.
Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act - Amends federal military retired pay provisions to:
(1) permit veterans with a service-connected disability of less than 50% to concurrently receive both retired pay and disability compensation;
(2) eliminate provisions requiring a phase in between January 1, 2004, and December 31, 2013, of concurrent receipt of retired pay and disability compensation;
(3) eliminate the four-year phase-in of concurrent receipt of retired pay and disability compensation for disabled veterans determined to be individually unemployable; and
(4) require a limited reduction in retired pay for combat-related disability retirees with less than 20 years of retirement-creditable service.

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