A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to eliminate the recoupment of separation pay, special separation benefits, and voluntary separation incentive payments from members of the Armed Forces who subsequently receive disability compensation under laws administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs and to impose limitations on the authority of the Secretary of Defense to recoup such pay from members who subsequently receive military retired or retainer pay.

Based on the bill's title, this legislation would amend federal law to prevent the Department of Defense from recouping separation pay, special separation benefits, and voluntary separation incentive payments from service members who later receive disability compensation from the VA. The bill would also impose new limitations on the Secretary of Defense's authority to recoup such payments from members who subsequently receive military retirement or retainer pay.

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