S. 1032 explained · 119th Congress · Pending in Congress
Major Richard Star Act
Cosponsors: 80 (42 D, 36 R, 2 other) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-12
Introduced: 2025-03-13
Latest action (2025-03-13): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
What S. 1032 does, in plain terms
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.)
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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