S1032Referred to Committee
Major Richard Star Act
Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-03-13
Introduced
80
Cosponsors
S
ⓘType
Sponsor
Richard Blumenthal
Democrat · CT · Senator
Votes with party: 85.7% (904 recorded votes)
Full profile: /officials/B001277
Source: Congress.gov · FEC
Cosponsors (80)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
- Alex Padilla (D-CA)Original· 2025-03-13
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)Original· 2025-03-13
- Andy Kim (D-NJ)Original· 2025-03-13
- Angus S. King Jr. (I-ME)Original· 2025-03-13
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)Original· 2025-03-13
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)Original· 2025-03-13
- Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)Original· 2025-03-13
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)Original· 2025-03-13
- Cory A. Booker (D-NJ)Original· 2025-03-13
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)Original· 2025-03-13
- Gary C. Peters (D-MI)Original· 2025-03-13
- Jacky Rosen (D-NV)Original· 2025-03-13
- James C. Justice (R-WV)Original· 2025-03-13
- James E. Risch (R-ID)Original· 2025-03-13
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)Original· 2025-03-13
- Jerry Moran (R-KS)Original· 2025-03-13
- John Boozman (R-AR)Original· 2025-03-13
- John Cornyn (R-TX)Original· 2025-03-13
- John Fetterman (D-PA)Original· 2025-03-13
- John Kennedy (R-LA)Original· 2025-03-13
- John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO)Original· 2025-03-13
- Katie Boyd Britt (R-AL)Original· 2025-03-13
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND)Original· 2025-03-13
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY)Original· 2025-03-13
- Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)Original· 2025-03-13
- Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH)Original· 2025-03-13
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ)Original· 2025-03-13
- Mark R. Warner (D-VA)Original· 2025-03-13
- Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI)Original· 2025-03-13
- Michael F. Bennet (D-CO)Original· 2025-03-13
- Mike Crapo (R-ID)Original· 2025-03-13
- Patty Murray (D-WA)Original· 2025-03-13
- Pete Ricketts (R-NE)Original· 2025-03-13
- Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA)Original· 2025-03-13
- Richard J. Durbin (D-IL)Original· 2025-03-13
- Rick Scott (R-FL)Original· 2025-03-13
- Roger Marshall (R-KS)Original· 2025-03-13
- Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)Original· 2025-03-13
- Steve Daines (R-MT)Original· 2025-03-13
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)Original· 2025-03-13
- Ted Cruz (R-TX)Original· 2025-03-13
- Tom Cotton (R-AR)Original· 2025-03-13
- Todd Young (R-IN)· 2025-03-14
- Ben Ray Luján (D-NM)· 2025-03-25
- Brian Schatz (D-HI)· 2025-03-25
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)· 2025-03-25
- Josh Hawley (R-MO)· 2025-03-25
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)· 2025-03-25
- John Barrasso (R-WY)· 2025-03-27
- Maria Cantwell (D-WA)· 2025-03-27
- Christopher A. Coons (D-DE)· 2025-04-01
- Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)· 2025-04-01
- Deb Fischer (R-NE)· 2025-04-03
- Lindsey Graham (R-SC)· 2025-04-03
- Tina Smith (D-MN)· 2025-04-03
- Peter Welch (D-VT)· 2025-04-08
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)· 2025-04-08
- Tim Kaine (D-VA)· 2025-04-10
- Adam B. Schiff (D-CA)· 2025-04-28
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)· 2025-04-28
- Elissa Slotkin (D-MI)· 2025-04-28
- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)· 2025-04-28
- Martin Heinrich (D-NM)· 2025-04-28
- Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)· 2025-04-28
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)· 2025-04-28
- Tim Scott (R-SC)· 2025-04-28
- Tim Sheehy (R-MT)· 2025-04-28
- Angela D. Alsobrooks (D-MD)· 2025-04-30
- John Hoeven (R-ND)· 2025-04-30
- Susan M. Collins (R-ME)· 2025-05-12
- Jim Banks (R-IN)· 2025-05-15
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)· 2025-06-02
- David McCormick (R-PA)· 2025-06-05
- Mike Rounds (R-SD)· 2025-06-05
- Ashley Moody (R-FL)· 2025-06-11
- Bill Cassidy (R-LA)· 2025-06-17
- Bernie Moreno (R-OH)· 2025-12-03
- Dan Sullivan (R-AK)· 2026-03-05
- Edward J. Markey (D-MA)· 2026-04-16
Latest Action
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Committee Activity
Previously
- Armed Services CommitteeReferred To · 2025-03-13
- Senate Committee on Armed ServicesReferred To · 2025-03-13
Plain-English Summary
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.)
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
Subjects
Armed Forces and National Security
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