Combat-disabled military retirees can collect both retirement and disability pay.
H.R. 10463 — Combat Veterans Retirement Restoration Act · Filed by Victoria Spartz (R-IN) · Introduced Sep 16, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill lets military members who retired from combat injuries get both payments. Right now, federal law makes them pick one or get less money. The bill sets up three groups based on years of service. It costs $9.4 billion and starts January 1, 2027.
Who it affects
Combat-disabled military retirees gain direct money by getting both payments. The Department of Defense gets the authorization to spend the money.
One thing to notice
The bill costs $9.4 billion but does not say where the money comes from. Members with 20 or more years get the full benefit. Those with fewer years get less, which creates a big jump.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Sep 16, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 16, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs and House Committee on Armed Services · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- authorization — official permission and money set aside for a government program or cost
- disability pay — money the government pays to veterans for injuries or illnesses from military service
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (4,615 characters) on Sep 25, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,975 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-25.
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