HR 303 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Retired Pay Restoration Act

Introduced Jan 5, 2017 Originated House Sponsor Gus M. Bilirakis R-FL

Latest action · Feb 21, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJan 5, 2017
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Retired Pay Restoration Act

This bill: (1) allows the receipt of both military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation with respect to any service-connected disability (currently, only for a disability rated at 50% or more), and (2) repeals provisions phasing in the full concurrent receipt of such pay through December 31, 2013.

Individuals who were retired or separated from military service due to a service-connected disability shall be eligible for the full concurrent receipt of both veterans' disability compensation and either military retired pay or combat-related special pay.

Cosponsors 98

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 12, 2017 to Oct 12, 2018.

Seat	Cosponsor	Signed on
D-ME	Chellie Pingree	Jan 12, 2017
R-OK	Tom Cole	Jan 12, 2017
R-TX	Blake Farenthold	Feb 2, 2017
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte	Feb 2, 2017
R-NC	David Rouzer	Feb 2, 2017
D-WA	Derek Kilmer	Feb 2, 2017
R-NY	Elise M. Stefanik	Feb 2, 2017
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo	Feb 2, 2017
D-CA	John Garamendi	Feb 2, 2017
R-CA	Ken Calvert	Feb 2, 2017
R-FL	Matt Gaetz	Feb 2, 2017
R-PA	Ryan A. Costello	Feb 2, 2017
R-FL	Vern Buchanan	Feb 2, 2017
R-NC	Walter B. Jones	Feb 2, 2017
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith	Feb 7, 2017
R-CA	David G. Valadao	Feb 7, 2017
D-TX	Filemon Vela	Feb 7, 2017
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes	Feb 7, 2017
R-ND	Kevin Cramer	Feb 7, 2017
D-GU	Madeleine Z. Bordallo	Feb 7, 2017
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei	Feb 7, 2017
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson	Feb 7, 2017
R-FL	Neal P. Dunn	Feb 7, 2017
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio	Feb 7, 2017
R-UT	Rob Bishop	Feb 7, 2017
R-VA	Thomas A. Garrett, Jr.	Feb 7, 2017
R-VA	Barbara Comstock	Feb 14, 2017
R-AL	Bradley Byrne	Feb 14, 2017
D-NH	Carol Shea-Porter	Feb 14, 2017
R-AK	Don Young	Feb 14, 2017
R-MI	Jack Bergman	Feb 14, 2017
R-OH	Michael R. Turner	Feb 14, 2017
R-PA	Patrick Meehan	Feb 14, 2017
D-AZ	Ruben Gallego	Feb 14, 2017
D-NY	Sean Patrick Maloney	Feb 14, 2017
D-NY	Brian Higgins	Mar 1, 2017
D-GA	David Scott	Mar 1, 2017
D-WA	Denny Heck	Mar 1, 2017
R-KY	James Comer	Mar 1, 2017
R-MO	Jason Smith	Mar 1, 2017
D-OR	Kurt Schrader	Mar 1, 2017
I-AZ	Kyrsten Sinema	Mar 1, 2017
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur	Mar 1, 2017
D-CA	Raul Ruiz	Mar 1, 2017
R-OH	Robert E. Latta	Mar 1, 2017
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman	Mar 1, 2017
D-WI	Ron Kind	Mar 1, 2017
R-MN	Tom Emmer	Mar 1, 2017
D-IA	David Loebsack	Mar 7, 2017
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	Mar 7, 2017
R-FL	John H. Rutherford	Mar 7, 2017
D-OH	Joyce Beatty	Mar 7, 2017
R-NC	Richard Hudson	Mar 7, 2017
D-MN	Richard M. Nolan	Mar 7, 2017
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren	Mar 7, 2017
D-CT	Joe Courtney	Mar 15, 2017
R-MI	Mike Bishop	Mar 15, 2017
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers	Mar 21, 2017
R-IA	David Young	Mar 21, 2017
R-OH	Bill Johnson	May 24, 2017
R-ME	Bruce Poliquin	May 24, 2017
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer	May 24, 2017
D-MD	John K. Delaney	May 24, 2017
R-AZ	Martha McSally	May 24, 2017
D-CA	Scott H. Peters	May 24, 2017
R-KY	Thomas Massie	May 24, 2017
D-MA	William R. Keating	May 24, 2017
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson	Jun 15, 2017
R-NY	Peter T. King	Jun 15, 2017
D-VT	Peter Welch	Jun 15, 2017
R-PR	Jenniffer González-Colón	Jun 20, 2017
R-GA	Earl L. "Buddy" Carter	Jul 27, 2017
D-OH	Marcia L. Fudge	Nov 21, 2017
R-OH	Steve Stivers	Nov 21, 2017
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici	Nov 21, 2017
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger	Nov 30, 2017
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch	Nov 30, 2017
R-FL	Bill Posey	Feb 23, 2018
D-TX	Beto O'Rourke	Mar 5, 2018
R-PA	Glenn Thompson	Mar 8, 2018
R-OR	Greg Walden	Mar 8, 2018
R-LA	Mike Johnson	Mar 8, 2018
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez	Mar 8, 2018
D-NM	Michelle Lujan Grisham	Mar 15, 2018
D-NJ	Donald Norcross	Mar 22, 2018
R-PA	Mike Kelly	Apr 10, 2018
D-NY	Thomas R. Suozzi	Apr 10, 2018
R-NY	Lee M. Zeldin	Apr 13, 2018
D-WI	Mark Pocan	Apr 13, 2018
R-FL	Carlos Curbelo	Apr 24, 2018
D-TX	Vicente Gonzalez	May 1, 2018
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly	May 9, 2018
R-PA	Brian K. Fitzpatrick	Jun 19, 2018
R-NY	John J. Faso	Aug 31, 2018
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Sep 4, 2018
R-PA	Tom Marino	Sep 12, 2018
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.	Sep 17, 2018
D-NJ	Josh Gottheimer	Oct 12, 2018

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Armed Services Committee	Referred Jan 5, 2017
	Military Personnel Subcommittee	Referred Feb 21, 2017
House	Veterans' Affairs Committee	Referred Jan 5, 2017
	Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee	Referred Jan 19, 2017

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 21, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Jan 19, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Jan 5, 2017Introduced in House
Jan 5, 2017Referred 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.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the United States and Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the Constitution of the United States. Article I, section 8 of the United State Constitution, which grants Congress the power to raise and support an Army; to provide and maintain a Navy; to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces; and provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 3, January 5, 2017, page H182.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 303	Retired Pay Restoration Act	Reintroduced Bill	Feb 1, 2019
HR 303	Retired Pay Restoration Act	Reintroduction of	Aug 13, 2015

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit additional retired members of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability to receive both disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs for their disability and either retired pay by reason of their years of military service or combat-related special compensation.
Short Titles as Introduced: Retired Pay Restoration Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 5, 2017Introduced in House

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