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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
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    WHEREAS, The call to protect our nation has led to the use 
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of the armed services in the State of Illinois; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Many men and women from the State of Illinois are 
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currently engaged in combat overseas and are permanently under 
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medical retirement under chapter 61 of the United States Code 
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due to the injuries that they received defending our nation; 
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and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Those who are permanently under medical 
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retirement receive Combat-Related Special Compensation Pay 
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because of their 100% combat related disabilities, but have 
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served less than 20 years in the military and are subsequently 
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unable to receive Concurrent Receipt for their retirement pay; 
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and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Those who have served less than 20 years in the 
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military are denied their military medical retired pay under 
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Concurrent Receipt once they received their United States 
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Department of Veterans Affairs compensation pay; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Federal legislation enacted in 2003 granted 
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retired military personnel with 20 years of service, or those 
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who took early retirement with 15 years of service, to receive 
 


 






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Concurrent Receipt; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Combat-wounded Purple Heart recipients should not 
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be denied a quality life or be forced to live in poverty as a 
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result of answering our nation's call to arms; therefore, be it
  
 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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urge the United States Congress to pass legislation to 
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eliminate the required reduction in the amount of 
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combat-related special compensation paid to uniformed service 
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retirees who received combat-related disabilities under 
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Chapter 61 of Title 10 of the United States Code, whose 
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disability is attributed to an injury for which the members 
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were awarded a Purple Heart; and be it further
  
 
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    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be 
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presented to the Majority and Minority Leaders of the United 
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States Senate, the Speaker and Minority Leader of the United 
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States House of Representatives, and the  members of the 
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Illinois congressional delegation.