S. 1032 · Where this bill is now
In committee
Introduced in the Senate, Mar 13, 2025
What this bill does
In plain words · AI-written from the official summaryVeterans can receive full retirement and disability pay
Right now, veterans with combat-related disabilities who get both retirement pay and disability compensation lose some retirement money due to an offset. This bill would let them receive both payments in full, without any reduction. It would even apply to veterans who haven't completed 20 years of service but have a combat-related disability.
How it affects you
If you're a veteran with a combat-related disability receiving both retirement and disability payments, you would no longer face a reduction in your retirement pay. This means you'd get the full amount of both benefits instead of having one reduced to offset the other.
Read the official summary (Introduced in Senate, Mar 13, 2025)
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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.)
Written by AI (Claude) using only the official summary by the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress’s nonpartisan research staff. It can miss nuance, so check the official summary and the bill text for details.
1st SessionS. 1032
A BILL
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Sponsor: Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) · Introduced Mar 13, 2025 · Armed Forces and National Security · 1 version of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Mar 13, 2025: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.”