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HR 2102 · 119th Congress · HouseIn committee

Major Richard Star Act

In plain language: This bill allows military veterans who were medically retired due to combat-related injuries to receive both their full military retirement pay and their Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) disability compensation. Under current rules, veterans medically retired with under 20 years of service must forfeit one dollar of their military retirement pay for every dollar of VA disability pay they collect. Starting the first month after enactment, eligible combat-injured veterans will receive both monthly benefits in full without any deductions.

Provisional: our plain-language summary, pending review.

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People affected—The bill text does not state the number of eligible Chapter 61 combat-disabled retirees affected by this change.
Fiscal magnitude—CBO cost estimate published (H.R. 2102, Major Richard Star Act, 2026-03-23); dollar figure pending review extraction — see receipt
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Issues

What this bill touches.

Spending vs. restraint+25Military budget+30

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Who it affects

Who it helps · who it burdens.

Who it helps

  • Medically retired veterans with combat-related disabilitiesAllows military personnel medically retired under Chapter 61 with combat-related disabilities to receive both their full military retired pay and Department of Veterans Affairs disability compensation without statutory offsets or reductions (Sec. 2(a), Sec. 2(b)).provisional

Dollar-level funding (FEC sector totals) is coming in a later phase.

What it does

The provisions, in plain language.

  1. Prohibits reducing the military retired pay of eligible veterans receiving Combat-Related Special Compensation—including those medically retired under Chapter 61 with fewer than 20 years of service—to offset their Department of Veterans Affairs disability compensation, starting the first month after enactment.

    Sec. 2(a)provisional

  2. Entitles military personnel medically retired under Chapter 61 with combat-related disabilities to concurrently receive both full military retired pay and Department of Veterans Affairs disability compensation without statutory offset.

    Sec. 2(b)provisional

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Timeline

How it moved.

  1. Apr 4, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
  2. Mar 14, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Mar 14, 2025Introduced in House

The original text

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Sources & provenance

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