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HI SCR195
Concurrent Resolution
Status
3/31/2021
Primary Sponsor
Kurt Fevella
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AI Summary
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Urges U.S. Congress to amend 10 U.S. Code section 1414 to allow all retired veterans with service-connected disabilities to receive concurrent retirement and disability payments regardless of disability rating or years of service.
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Currently, only retired veterans with 20+ years of service and a 50%+ disability rating qualify for concurrent payments; all other disabled retirees have their retirement payments offset by disability compensation.
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Congressional Budget Office estimated in 2017 that extending concurrent payments to veterans with disability ratings below 50% would cost approximately $30 billion over ten years, and extending to veterans with less than 20 years of service would cost approximately $5.8 billion over ten years.
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Directs Hawaii's legislature to transmit certified copies of this resolution to the U.S. Senate Majority Leader, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and Hawaii's congressional delegation.
Legislative Description
Urging The United States Congress To Amend The United States Code To Permit All Retired, Disabled Veterans To Receive Concurrent Retirement And Disability Payments.
Disabled Veterans
Last Action
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) McDermott excused (1).
4/8/2021