H.R. 2102: Major Richard Star Act

119th Congress · introduced 2025-03-14 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

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Major Richard Star Act

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Major Richard Star Act This bill allows a veteran with a combat-related disability to receive retirement pay, without reduction, concurrently with their disability compensation. This includes veterans with a combat-related disability and fewer than 20 years of creditable service. (Currently, veterans who receive combat-related special compensation and retirement pay are subject to an offset in retirement pay for concurrent receipt of such benefits.)

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Major Richard Star Act

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Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12] · 340 cosponsors

Money: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2102, Major Richard Star Act (2026-03-23); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2102, Major Richard Star Act (2026-10-27) No linked contracts or vendors yet.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr2102.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>

Record fed-us-cong119-hr2102 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills