REPEAL OF PHASE-IN OF CONCURRENT RECEIPT OF RETIRED PAY AND VETERANS’ DISABILITY COMPENSATION FOR MILITARY RETIREES WITH SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITIES RATED AS 100 PERCENT.

SEC. 642. REPEAL OF PHASE-IN OF CONCURRENT RECEIPT OF RETIRED PAY AND VETERANS’ DISABILITY COMPENSATION FOR MILITARY RETIREES WITH SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITIES RATED AS 100 PERCENT.(a) Termination of Phase-In at End of 2004.—Subsection (a)(1) of section 1414 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: “, except that in the case of a qualified retiree receiving veterans’ disability compensation for a disability rated as 100 percent, payment of retired pay to such veteran is subject to subsection (c) only during the period beginning on January 1, 2004, and ending on December 31, 2004”.118 STAT. 1958(b) Conforming Amendment.—Subsection (c) of such section is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by inserting “that pursuant to the second sentence of subsection (a)(1) is subject to this subsection” after “a qualified retiree”.