Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act
- Last Action
- 2/21/2017
Actions
- 2017-02-21Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- 2017-02-03Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
- 2017-01-05Referred 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.
- 2017-01-05Referred 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.
- 2017-01-05Referred 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.
- 2017-01-05Introduced in House
- 2017-01-05Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2017-01-05 (00)
Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act
This bill 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 a 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 qualified disability retirees with less than 20 years of retirement-creditable service.
Cosponsors (20)
- Julia Brownley (D-CA)
- SHEILA JACKSON LEE (D-TX)
- WALTER JONES (R-NC)
- Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH)
- Darren Soto (D-FL)
- Scott Peters (D-CA)
- JAMES MCGOVERN (D-MA)
- David Scott (D-GA)
- John Yarmuth (D-KY)
- Sean Maloney (D-NY)
- TIM RYAN (D-OH)
- Derek Kilmer (D-WA)
- RICK LARSEN (D-WA)
- PETER DEFAZIO (D-OR)
- Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
- David Cicilline (D-RI)
- MICHAEL SIMPSON (R-ID)
- Suzan DelBene (D-WA)
- Filemon Vela (D-TX)
- Marc Veasey (D-TX)
Subjects
- Disability and paralysis
- Military personnel and dependents
- Veterans' pensions and compensation
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