A RESOLUTION recognizing the filing of the Major Richard Star Act, a bill exploring an opportunity for veterans with disabilities to receive their full United States Department of Defense retirement pay and United States Department of Veterans Affairs disability compensation without offset.

Short title: Major Richard Star Act, United States Congress, recognition

Recognize the filing of the Major Richard Star Act in the United States Congress, a bill exploring an opportunity for veterans with disabilities to receive their full United States Department of Defense retirement pay and United States Department of Veterans Affairs disability compensation without offset.

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This is a Kentucky Senate resolution formally recognizing that a bill called the Major Richard Star Act has been filed in the United States Congress. That federal bill would explore allowing certain veterans with disabilities to receive both their full military retirement pay and their VA disability compensation at the same time, without one payment being reduced because of the other. The Kentucky resolution itself does not change any law but signals the Senate's awareness of the federal effort. Who it may affect: veterans with disabilities who receive both military retirement pay and VA disability compensation.

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