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House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law

To amend title 38, United States Code, to permit retired members of the Armed Forces who have service-connected disabilities to receive compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs concurrently with retired pay, without deduction from either.

H.R. 303Introduced Jan 7, 1997Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
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Where it went

Latest action: Jan 7, 1997 — Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

146 cosponsors — 72 Republicans, 74 Democrats

75 of 146 cosponsors (51%) are from the other party.

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Scotty Baesler (D-KY), James Barcia (D-MI), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Robert Borski (D-PA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), George Brown (D-CA), Ed Bryant (R-TN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Dave Camp (R-MI), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Helen Chenoweth-Hage (R-ID), Jon Christensen (R-NE), Bob Clement (D-TN), Mac Collins (R-GA), Larry Combest (R-TX), Gary Condit (D-CA), Merrill Cook (R-UT), Robert Cramer (D-AL), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Pat Danner (D-MO), Danny Davis (D-IL), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and 116 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Bilirakis.

Sponsor’s state and district

Florida in Congress · FL-9 district

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Data as of Sep 29, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.