110th CONGRESS
1st Session

H. R. 243

To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the payment of Combat-Related Special Compensation to members of the Armed Forces retired for disability with less than 20 years of active military service who were awarded the Purple Heart.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 5, 2007

Mr. WELLER of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

A BILL

To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the payment of Combat-Related Special Compensation to members of the Armed Forces retired for disability with less than 20 years of active military service who were awarded the Purple Heart.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the `Combat Military Medically Retired Veteran's Fairness Act'.

SEC. 2. EXCEPTION TO 20-YEAR SERVICE REQUIREMENT FOR MEMBERS AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART.

    (a) Entitlement- Section 1413a of title 10, United States Code, is amended--

      (1) in subsection (c), by inserting `Generally' after `Retirees';

      (2) by redesignating subsections (d) through (i) as subsections (e) through (j), respectively; and

      (3) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection (d):

    `(d) Exception to 20-Year Service Requirement for Purple Heart Recipients- In addition to members described in subsection (c), a member of the uniformed services retired under chapter 61 of this title with less than 20 years of service creditable under section 1405 of this title is an eligible combat-related uniformed services retiree for the purposes of subsection (a) if the member has a combat-related disability that is attributable to an injury for which the member was awarded the Purple Heart. The determination under subsection (b) of the amount of compensation to be paid to such a member shall be made without regard to paragraph (3) of such subsection.'.

    (b) Effective Date- Subsection (d) of section 1413a of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a)(3), shall apply with respect to payments of compensation under such section for months beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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