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House again urged to allow vets to get both retirement, disability benefits
- Congress Daily
- October 9, 2003
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The existing benefits scheme is known as "concurrent receipt," but critics call it a disabled veterans tax, a controversial and unresolved issue plaguing the fiscal 2004 defense authorization conference.
Waters issued a statement after the release of a House Government Reform Committee minority staff report quantifying the cost of the existing system. The report found that Waters' state is losing $277 million in benefits each year.
Overall, the Defense Department estimates that 565,000 veterans lose a combined $3 billion-plus in benefits annually due to the tax.
"These men and women served admirably to protect our nation and we are now penalizing them for their bravery," said Waters.
A discharge petition to force a vote on a resolution opposing the system now has 203 signatures, slightly short of the 218 required.
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