Major Richard Star Act

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Introduced 2025-03-14Topic: veterans military

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Summary by the Congressional Research Service

Major Richard Star Act This bill allows a veteran with a combat-related disability to receive retirement pay, without reduction, concurrently with their disability compensation. This includes veterans with a combat-related disability and fewer than 20 years of creditable service. (Currently, veterans who receive combat-related special compensation and retirement pay are subject to an offset in retirement pay for concurrent receipt of such benefits.)

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Action history

Date	Chamber	Action	Status effect
2025-04-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.	refer
2025-03-14	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.	refer
2025-03-14	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.	refer
2025-03-14		Introduced in House	introduce
2025-03-14		Introduced in House	introduce

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