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H.R. 2102119th CongressArmed Forces and National Security
Major Richard Star Act
Sponsored by Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL) · 340 active : 135 Republicans, 205 Democrats
Latest action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Where it standsBefore the House2 representatives score as swing votes
Hasn’t passed either chamber
- House: next
- Senate: not yet
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govMajor 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.)
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Armed Services · HouseReferred to
- House Committee on Veterans' Affairs · HouseReferred to
- Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs · HouseReferred to
Subjects
No legislative subjects recorded yet. Similar-vote matching falls back to the policy area.
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 6Swing 70–100
- 79Middle 30–70
- 15Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score. The bill is not before the Senate right now; these scores show where members would stand.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
340 activeShow all 340 cosponsors
- Abraham J. Hamadeh (R-AZ-8)
- Addison P. McDowell (R-NC-6)
- Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13)
- Andrea Salinas (D-OR-6)
- Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-2)
- André Carson (D-IN-7)
- Andy Barr (R-KY-6)
- Angie Craig (D-MN-2)
- April McClain Delaney (D-MD-6)
- August Pfluger (R-TX-11)
- Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS-2)
- Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24)
- Bill Foster (D-IL-11)
- Brad Finstad (R-MN-1)
- Brad Sherman (D-CA-32)
- Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL-10)
- Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-2)
- Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1)
- Brittany Pettersen (D-CO-7)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
