House to Vote on Major Richard Star Act for Veterans
The U.S. House of Representatives will vote this month on a bipartisan bill to eliminate the wounded veteran tax for 50,000 combat-injured retirees.
The United States House of Representatives is expected to vote this month on the Major Richard Star Act, a bipartisan bill designed to eliminate the wounded veteran tax. The legislation would allow more than 50,000 combat-injured military retirees to receive their full military retirement pay alongside disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs, removing the current requirement to forfeit a portion of retirement pay to receive those benefits.
The bill reached the House floor after previously stalling, eventually securing the 218 signatures required for a discharge petition. This procedural move forced the legislation forward for a full vote in November.
Disabled American Veterans is advocating for the passage of the full act rather than a scaled-down version included in the Take Care of America's Veterans Act (TCAVA). National Commander John Donovan warns that the TCAVA version would limit retirement benefits for some and include a provision that would reduce future disability compensation by $57 billion for up to 1.5 million veterans over the next decade.
