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S. 208: Retired Pay Restoration Act

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S. 208: Retired Pay Restoration Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-01-24 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-01-24 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Retired Pay Restoration Act

Plain summary

Retired Pay Restoration Act This bill authorizes the receipt of both military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation with respect to any service-connected disability. Under current law, only veterans with service-connected disabilities rated at 50% or more receive both without offset. Individuals who were retired or separated from military service due to a service-connected disability shall be eligible for the full concurrent receipt of both veterans' disability compensation and either military retired pay or combat-related special pay.

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Official text

Retired Pay Restoration Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] · 32 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Patty Murray (D-WA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), John Boozman (R-AR), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Tina Smith (D-MN), Gary C. Peters (D-MI), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Bernard Sanders (I-VT)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-s208 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116