Senate Resolution 101

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  1  1                SENATE RESOLUTION NO. ___
  1  2                BY  KIBBIE and WARNSTADT
  1  3 A Resolution urging congressional action to allow all
  1  4    eligible veterans to receive concurrently both their
  1  5    full military retired pay and military disability
  1  6    compensation.
  1  7    WHEREAS, those persons who have served in the
  1  8 nation's armed forces should be honored for their
  1  9 service; and
  1 10    WHEREAS, veterans who become disabled while serving
  1 11 our country are rightfully compensated for their
  1 12 disability; and
  1 13    WHEREAS, veterans who have served our country and
  1 14 have earned a military retirement are rightfully
  1 15 compensated for this service; and
  1 16    WHEREAS, legislation in place since the 19th
  1 17 century has required that veterans who are retired and
  1 18 disabled have their retirement pay reduced one dollar
  1 19 for each dollar of disability compensation they
  1 20 receive; and
  1 21    WHEREAS, federal legislation has been introduced
  1 22 for several years seeking to eliminate this
  1 23 inequitable burden on our nation's veterans; and
  1 24    WHEREAS, the federal National Defense Authorization
  1 25 Act for fiscal year 2004 will phase out, over 10
  1 26 years, the ban on concurrent receipt of both military
  1 27 retired pay and disability compensation for retirees
  1 28 but only for disabilities rated 50 percent or higher;
  1 29 and
  1 30    WHEREAS, military retirees with disabilities rated
  2  1 less than 50 percent should be just as deserving of
  2  2 relief from the ban on receiving both their military
  2  3 retired pay and disability compensation that they have
  2  4 earned; NOW THEREFORE,
  2  5    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the United
  2  6 States Congress be urged to pass, and the President be
  2  7 urged to sign, legislation to provide full relief for
  2  8 all eligible veterans from the law that requires a
  2  9 dollar=for=dollar offset of military retired pay for
  2 10 disability compensation received by certain veterans
  2 11 from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs;
  2 12 and
  2 13    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That suitable copies of
  2 14 this Resolution, duly authenticated by the Iowa
  2 15 Secretary of the Senate, be transmitted to the
  2 16 Honorable George W. Bush, President of the United
  2 17 States, and to each member of the Iowa congressional
  2 18 delegation.
  2 19 LSB 5148XS 80
  2 20 ec/pj/5