A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to permit retired servicemembers who have a service-connected disability to receive disability compensation and either retired pay or Combat-Related Special Compensation and to eliminate the phase-in period with respect to such concurrent receipt.

Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 79.

S.845 through Congress

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SenateApr 19, 2005IntroducedOfficial record

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Separate related House measures (2)

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Related House bill: H.R.303 Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2005

Related House bill: H.R.2076 Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2005

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Official summary

Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Apr 19, 2005

Expresses the sense of Congress that military retired pay should not be reduced because a military retiree is also eligible for veterans' disability compensation awarded for a service-connected disability.

Allows the receipt of both military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation with respect to any service-connected disability (currently, only a disability rated at 50 percent or more). Repeals provisions phasing in the full concurrent receipt of such pay through December 31, 2013.

Makes eligible for the full concurrent receipt of both veterans' disability compensation and either military retired pay or combat-related special pay those individuals who were retired or separated from military service due to a service-connected disability.

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People & committees

Who introduced it

Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] · D–NV

Committees

1 cosponsorship records, including any withdrawals

Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]

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Actions

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Apr 20, 2005
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 79.
Apr 19, 2005
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3901-3902)
Apr 19, 2005
Introduced in Senate

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Discuss S.845, 109th Congress: A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to permit retired servicemembers who have a service-connected disability to receive disability compensation and either retired pay or Combat-Related Special Compensation and to eliminate the phase-in period with respect to such concurrent receipt.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/senate-bill/845

Text version to examine: Placed on Calendar Senate · 2005-04-20.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/109/bills/s845/BILLS-109s845pcs.htm

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Analyze S.845 as objectively as possible. Explain its main provisions, who would be affected, possible benefits and harms, implementation, exceptions, and uncertainties. Present the strongest arguments for and against it, and identify evidence needed to assess its public impact.

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Discuss S.845, 109th Congress: A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to permit retired servicemembers who have a service-connected disability to receive disability compensation and either retired pay or Combat-Related Special Compensation and to eliminate the phase-in period with respect to such concurrent receipt.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/senate-bill/845

Text version to examine: Placed on Calendar Senate · 2005-04-20.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/109/bills/s845/BILLS-109s845pcs.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2018-02-05T15:22:01Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

Read the official text before answering. If you cannot access it, say so and ask me to provide it; do not assume a link means you have read the document. Distinguish proposals from enacted law, cite sources, and separate facts, interpretation, and uncertain predictions. Include counterarguments even when using a particular perspective.

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Discuss S.845, 109th Congress: A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to permit retired servicemembers who have a service-connected disability to receive disability compensation and either retired pay or Combat-Related Special Compensation and to eliminate the phase-in period with respect to such concurrent receipt.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/senate-bill/845

Text version to examine: Placed on Calendar Senate · 2005-04-20.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/109/bills/s845/BILLS-109s845pcs.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2018-02-05T15:22:01Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

Read the official text before answering. If you cannot access it, say so and ask me to provide it; do not assume a link means you have read the document. Distinguish proposals from enacted law, cite sources, and separate facts, interpretation, and uncertain predictions. Include counterarguments even when using a particular perspective.

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Discuss S.845, 109th Congress: A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to permit retired servicemembers who have a service-connected disability to receive disability compensation and either retired pay or Combat-Related Special Compensation and to eliminate the phase-in period with respect to such concurrent receipt.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/senate-bill/845

Text version to examine: Placed on Calendar Senate · 2005-04-20.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/109/bills/s845/BILLS-109s845pcs.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2018-02-05T15:22:01Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

Read the official text before answering. If you cannot access it, say so and ask me to provide it; do not assume a link means you have read the document. Distinguish proposals from enacted law, cite sources, and separate facts, interpretation, and uncertain predictions. Include counterarguments even when using a particular perspective.

Examine S.845 through a civil-liberties and limited-government lens. Consider individual rights, privacy, voluntary choice, accountability, and government power. Explain tradeoffs, possible safeguards, and the strongest counterarguments without assuming the proposal is beneficial or harmful.