H.R. 2102 · 119th Congress

Major Richard Star Act

Introduced on Mar 14, 2025 by Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12). 340 cosponsors, 205 of them from another party. Latest action (Apr 4, 2025): Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Mar 14, 2025
Cosponsors
340
205 from the other party
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for concurrent receipt of veterans' disability compensation and retired pay for disability retirees with combat-related disabilities, and for other purposes.

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Mar 14, 2025). Public domain.

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.)

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Gus M. BilirakisR-FL-12Sponsor

Democrats · 205

Republicans · 135

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Mar 14, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Mar 14, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Mar 14, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  4. Mar 14, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  5. Apr 4, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

Analisa's mapping of committee jurisdiction to federal agencies; the bill may touch others, or none of these.

Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS6 reports
    $910.6K reported (all issues)
  2. Fleet Reserve Association6 reports
    $720K reported (all issues)
  3. Military Officers Association of America6 reports
    $3.6M reported (all issues)
  4. PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA6 reports
    $572.6K reported (all issues)
  5. Wounded Warrior Project6 reports
    $1.2M reported (all issues)
  6. ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY, (INC.)5 reports
    $532.5K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: THE ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY$20K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  7. With Honor Action, Inc.4 reports
    $320K reported (all issues)
  8. Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Inc.3 reports
    $360K reported (all issues)
  9. Air Force Sergeants Association2 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AIR FORCE SERGEANTS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100%
  10. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE WORKERS2 reports
    $1.5M reported (all issues)
  11. Peace Officers Research Association of California2 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)
  12. K9S FOR WARRIORS, INC.1 report
    $40K reported (all issues)
  13. National Alliance on Mental Illness1 report
    $20K reported (all issues)
  14. VOTEVETS ACTION FUND, INC.1 report
    $140.1K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.