US HB333 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress

Status

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 59-24)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-08-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Military Personnel Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act 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.

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Title

Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act

Sponsors

Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA]
Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]Rep. David Jolly [R-FL]Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]
Rep. Dan Benishek [R-MI]Rep. Mike D. Rogers [R-AL]Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]
Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]Rep. Michael Simpson [R-ID]Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]Rep. Gwen Graham [D-FL]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]Rep. Aaron Schock [R-IL]Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]
Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]Rep. Scott Rigell [R-VA]Rep. David Valadao [R-CA]Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]
Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]Rep. Jason Smith [R-MO]Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]
Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]Rep. Greg Walden [R-OR]Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]
Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]Rep. Thomas MacArthur [R-NJ]Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]
Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]
Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]Sen. Adam Schiff [D-CA]Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]
Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA]Rep. Patrick Murphy [D-FL]Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]
Rep. Peter King [R-NY]Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]
Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]Rep. James Himes [D-CT]Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]
Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]Sen. Martha McSally [R-AZ]
Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]Rep. Mark Takai [D-HI]Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]
Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]

History

DateChamberAction
2015-08-13HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
2015-02-06HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
2015-01-13HouseReferred to House Veterans' Affairs
2015-01-13HouseReferred to House Armed Services
2015-01-13HouseReferred 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.
2015-01-13HouseIntroduced in House

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