US Congress House Bill 303 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 8 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Allows the receipt of both military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation with respect to any service-connected disability. Under current law, only service-connected disabilities rated at 50% or more receive both without offset. Individuals who were retired or separated after at least 20 years of military service due to a service-connected disability shall be eligible for the full concurrent receipt of both veterans' disability compensation and either military retired pay or combat-related special pay.

Retired Pay Restoration Act

Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]
Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]
Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Lee Zeldin [R-NY]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]
Rep. Thomas Massie [R-KY]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Bradley Byrne [R-AL]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]
Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]	Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]
Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. John Rutherford [R-FL]	Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]
Rep. Matt Gaetz [R-FL]	Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]	Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]
Rep. Earl Carter [R-GA]	Rep. Tom Emmer [R-MN]	Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]	Rep. Greg Walden [R-OR]
Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Pete Stauber [R-MN]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Ed Case [D-HI]	Rep. Mike D. Rogers [R-AL]	Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]
Rep. Jason Smith [R-MO]	Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]	Rep. John Katko [R-NY]	Rep. Michael Simpson [R-ID]
Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Susan Brooks [R-IN]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Christopher Pappas [D-NH]	Rep. Trent Kelly [R-MS]	Rep. Greg Steube [R-FL]	Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]
Rep. Guy Reschenthaler [R-PA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Denver Riggleman [R-VA]	Rep. Richard Hudson [R-NC]
Rep. Veronica Escobar [D-TX]	Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [D-NY]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. Andy Kim [D-NJ]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]
Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Dean Phillips [D-MN]
Rep. Jack Bergman [R-MI]	Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]	Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]	Rep. Josh Gottheimer [D-NJ]	Rep. Ross Spano [R-FL]
Rep. Joe Cunningham [D-SC]	Rep. David Trone [D-MD]	Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM]	Rep. Antonio Delgado [D-NY]
Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. Joseph Neguse [D-CO]	Rep. Cindy Axne [D-IA]	Rep. Suzanne Lee [D-NV]
Rep. Kim Schrier [D-WA]	Rep. Debbie Lesko [R-AZ]	Rep. Jim Banks [R-IN]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]
Rep. Scott DesJarlais [R-TN]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon [R-PR]
Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Greg Murphy [R-NC]	Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]	Rep. Abby Finkenauer [D-IA]
Rep. James Hagedorn [R-MN]	Rep. Jackie Walorski [R-IN]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]
Rep. Tom Malinowski [D-NJ]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Anthony Gonzalez [R-OH]
Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
2019-01-24	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
2019-01-08	House	Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-01-08	House	Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-01-08	House	Introduced in House

SB208 (Related) 2019-01-24 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/303/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr303/BILLS-116hr303ih.pdf