Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2102) to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for concurrent receipt of veterans' disability compensation and retired pay for disability retirees with combat-related disabilities, and for other purposes.

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This resolution is a procedural measure that simply sets the terms for considering H.R. 2102, a bill that would allow certain veterans with combat-related disabilities to receive both disability compensation and retired pay. The resolution itself does not enact any substantive policy, and the underlying bill is a beneficial adjustment to veterans' benefits that falls squarely within Congress's enumerated powers. No constitutional rights are infringed, and the measure does not consolidate power upward inappropriately.

• ✓ Passes · Enumerated powers
  Congress has explicit authority under Article I, Section 8, Clause 12 to raise and support Armies, and under Clause 13 to provide and maintain a Navy. Providing for the consideration of a bill that adjusts veterans' disability compensation and retired pay is a direct exercise of Congress's power to provide for the common defense and to make rules for the military. The resolution itself is purely p…
• ✓ Passes · Bill of Rights
  The resolution does not implicate any of the first ten amendments. It does not restrict speech, religion, assembly, press, petition, arms, quartering, search and seizure, self-incrimination, due process, takings, trial rights, or cruel and unusual punishment. The underlying bill expands benefits for veterans, which does not infringe any enumerated right.
• ✓ Passes · Individual sovereignty
  The resolution does not restrict any individual's person, property, speech, labor, or belief. The underlying bill would provide additional compensation to certain veterans, which enhances their economic sovereignty rather than restricting it. There is no burden on individual freedom.
• ✓ Passes · Decentralization
  This is a federal matter because the Constitution assigns the federal government responsibility for the military and veterans' benefits. An individual cannot unilaterally provide for concurrent receipt of federal benefits, and local communities or states cannot set federal military retirement policy. The action does not consolidate decision-making upward beyond the constitutional minimum because t…
• ✓ Passes · Due process and takings
  The resolution does not bypass due process or take property. It is a procedural rule for considering a bill that would grant benefits, not take them away. The underlying bill does not deprive anyone of life, liberty, or property without due process, and it does not involve a taking of private property for public use.

Sources: Congress.gov: HRES 1247 summary