Major Richard Star Act
Latest action · Mar 13, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
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.
- IntroducedMar 13, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.)
Cosponsors 80
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 13, 2025 to Aug 3, 2026; 42 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Alex Padilla | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| R-MS | Cindy Hyde-Smith | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| R-WV | James C. Justice | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| R-ID | James E. Risch | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| R-KS | Jerry Moran | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| D-PA | John Fetterman | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| R-LA | John Kennedy | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| D-CO | John W. Hickenlooper | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| R-AL | Katie Boyd Britt | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| D-AZ | Mark Kelly | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| D-VA | Mark R. Warner | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| R-NE | Pete Ricketts | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| D-GA | Raphael G. Warnock | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| R-FL | Rick Scott | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| R-KS | Roger Marshall | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| R-MT | Steve Daines | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| R-TX | Ted Cruz | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| R-AR | Tom Cotton | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| R-IN | Todd Young | Mar 14, 2025 | |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Mar 25, 2025 | |
| D-HI | Brian Schatz | Mar 25, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Mar 25, 2025 | |
| R-MO | Josh Hawley | Mar 25, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Mar 25, 2025 | |
| R-WY | John Barrasso | Mar 27, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Mar 27, 2025 | |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Apr 1, 2025 | |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Apr 1, 2025 | |
| R-NE | Deb Fischer | Apr 3, 2025 | |
| R-SC | Lindsey Graham | Apr 3, 2025 | |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Apr 3, 2025 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Apr 8, 2025 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Apr 8, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Tim Kaine | Apr 10, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Apr 28, 2025 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Apr 28, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Elissa Slotkin | Apr 28, 2025 | |
| D-GA | Jon Ossoff | Apr 28, 2025 | |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Apr 28, 2025 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Apr 28, 2025 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Apr 28, 2025 | |
| R-SC | Tim Scott | Apr 28, 2025 | |
| R-MT | Tim Sheehy | Apr 28, 2025 | |
| D-MD | Angela D. Alsobrooks | Apr 30, 2025 | |
| R-ND | John Hoeven | Apr 30, 2025 | |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | May 12, 2025 | |
| R-IN | Jim Banks | May 15, 2025 | |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Jun 2, 2025 | |
| R-PA | David McCormick | Jun 5, 2025 | |
| R-SD | Mike Rounds | Jun 5, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Ashley Moody | Jun 11, 2025 | |
| R-LA | Bill Cassidy | Jun 17, 2025 | |
| R-OH | Bernie Moreno | Dec 3, 2025 | |
| R-AK | Dan Sullivan | Mar 5, 2026 | |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Apr 16, 2026 | |
| R-SC | Darline Graham | Aug 3, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Armed Services Committee | Referred Mar 13, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 13, 2025Introduced in Senate
- Mar 13, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
In the Congressional Record 4
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2875–S2877 | Richard Blumenthal D-CT, Thom Tillis R-NC | Jun 17, 2026 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2675–S2677, S2675–S2678, S2685 | Jerry Moran R-KS, Rand Paul R-KY, Richard Blumenthal D-CT | Jun 9, 2026 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S744–S747 | Jerry Moran R-KS, Richard Blumenthal D-CT, Ron Johnson R-WI | Mar 3, 2026 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7012–S7014 | Richard Blumenthal D-CT, Roger F. Wicker R-MS | Oct 8, 2025 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2102 | Major Richard Star Act | Identical bill | Apr 4, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for concurrent receipt of veterans' disability compensation and retired pay for disability retirees with combat-related disabilities, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Major Richard Star 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.
- Mar 13, 2025Introduced in Senate
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