NEW: Jim introduced legislation, H.R. 5881, to amend title 10, United States Code, to eliminate the offset between military retired pay and veterans service-connected disability compensation for certain retired members of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability, and for other purposes. H.R. 5881 would completely eliminate the Disabled Veterans Tax for all affected military retirees. To see how this bill would impact you, please download this comparative spreadsheet.

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Jim co-sponsored 175 pieces of legislation during the 108th Congress (2003-04).

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Jim's sponsored bills include the following:

H.R.5881 : To amend title 10, United States Code, to eliminate the offset between military retired pay and veterans service-connected disability compensation for certain retired members of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability, and for other purposes.

H.R.4115 : To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 118 East Hancock Street in Milledgeville, Georgia, as the "Boddie Davis Simmons Post Office Building".

H.RES.270 : Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 303) to amend title 10, United States Code, to permit certain additional retired members of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability to receive both disability compensation for the Department of Veterans Affairs for their disability and either retired pay by reason of their years of military service or Combat-Related Special Compensation and to eliminate the phase-in period under current law with respect to such concurrent receipt.

H.RES.251 : Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 303) to permit retired members of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability to receive both military retired pay by reason of their years of military service and disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs for their disability.