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HR0722LRB104 21121 MST 35388 r

1HOUSE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, Major Richard Star was an Iraq and Afghanistan 

3veteran who, after exposure to burn pits during his service, 

4received a diagnosis of lung cancer; and

5 WHEREAS, Major Richard Star, due to his diagnosis, was 

6forced to retire before completing 20 years of service and was 

7therefore unable to collect his retirement and disability 

8benefits; and

9 WHEREAS, For every dollar of disability pay they receive, 

10veterans with less than 20 years of service and a disability 

11rating of less than 50 percent will have their retirement pay 

12reduced by a dollar; and

13 WHEREAS, An estimated 50,000 retired service members are 

14ineligible for concurrent benefits under the current rules; 

15and

16 WHEREAS, According to the Congressional Budget Office, in 

172022, the average offset was approximately $1,900 a month; and

18 WHEREAS, The Major Richard Star Act would remove these 

19restrictions and ensure that all service members who have 

20medically retired can receive full access to retirement pay 

HR0722- 2 -LRB104 21121 MST 35388 r

1and disability benefits from the Department of Veterans 

2Affairs; and

3 WHEREAS, Mayor Richard Star lost his battle with lung 

4cancer in 2021, and his widow stated that his greatest goal was 

5to get legislation passed providing for the removal of these 

6restrictions; and

7 WHEREAS, The United States owes these benefits to its 

8veterans regardless of the cost associated with their 

9allocation; therefore, be it

10 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 

11HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 

12we urge the U.S. Congress to support the Major Richard Star Act 

13to allow med