A resolution urging the members of Congress to support the Major Richard Star Act to allow medically retired service members to receive full access to their much-deserved retirement pay and benefits.
This resolution (HR 106) urges Congress to support the Major Richard Star Act, which would change current rules affecting medically retired veterans. It directly impacts approximately 50,000 service members who retired before completing 20 years of service due to medical conditions and have a disability rating below 50% - they currently lose $1 of retirement pay for every $1 of disability pay received. The resolution does not change the law itself but calls for Congress to pass the Major Richard Star Act, which would eliminate this offset and allow these veterans to receive full retirement pay and VA disability benefits. It is a symbolic action, not a policy change, referencing the case of Major Richard Star, an Iraq/Afghanistan veteran who died of burn pit-related lung cancer.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
House Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 17, 2026
Last action Feb 18, 2026
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
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Actions timeline
Total actions
2
Key actions
1
Committee
0
Feb 18, 2026
Lower · Passed
Resolution adopted.
lower
Feb 17, 2026
Introduced
Resolution filed, laid over under Rule 25.
lower
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Aime Wichtendahl
DDemocratic
P
Bobby Kaufmann
RRepublican
P
Jerome Amos
DDemocratic
P
Ken Croken
DDemocratic
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