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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
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