H4575

Memorializes Congress to pass the Major Richard Star Act, ensuring full retirement benefits for medically retired service members.

The Major Richard Star Act memorializes Congress to allow all medically retired service members to receive full access to their retirement pay and benefits. Named after Major Richard Star, an Iraq and Afghanistan veteran who died from lung cancer after exposure to burn pits, the act aims to remove restrictions that currently prevent service members with less than twenty years of service and a disability rating of less than fifty percent from collecting their retirement and disability benefits.