REQUIREMENT FOR SUBMISSION OF ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES ON CONCURRENT PAYMENT OF RETIRED OR RETAINER PAY AND VETERANS’ DISABILITY COMPENSATION.

SEC. 641. REQUIREMENT FOR SUBMISSION OF ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES ON CONCURRENT PAYMENT OF RETIRED OR RETAINER PAY AND VETERANS’ DISABILITY COMPENSATION. (a) Requirement for Submission of Alternatives.—The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on alternative approaches to permit the concurrent payment to members and former members of the Armed Forces of unreduced retired or retainer pay and unreduced compensation for service-connected disabilities payable under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. The report shall include alternative formulas to integrate those two benefits. (b) Deadline for Report.—The report shall be submitted not later than April 1, 1993. (c) Recommendations for Legislation.—The Secretary may include with the report such recommendations for legislation as the Secretary considers to be appropriate.