SCR 70 — CONGRESS: Memorializes Congress and the administration of United States President Donald Trump to pass the Major Richard Star Act.

SLS 26RS-2222 ORIGINAL Regular Session ENROLLED SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.

70 BY SENATOR CLOUD CONGRESS.AND REPRESENTATIVE OWEN A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To memorialize the Congress of the United States and the administration of United States President Donald Trump to take such actions as are necessary to pass the Major RichardStarActtoensurethatcombat-wounded,medicallyretiredservicemembers receive full military entitlements.

Memorializes Congress and the administration of United States President Donald Trump to pass the Major Richard Star Act.

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To memorialize the Congress of the United States and the administration of United States President Donald Trump to take such actions as are necessary to pass the Major RichardStarActtoensurethatcombat-wounded,medicallyretiredservicemembers receive full military entitlements.

and WHEREAS, support of the Major Richard Star Act includes six members of the Louisianacongressionaldelegation:Louisianacongressionaldelegation:RepresentativesJuliaLetlow(R-LA-5),TroyA.Carter (D-LA-2), Cleo Fields (D-LA-6), and Clay Higgins (R-LA-3) in the House of Representatives,andSenatorsJohnKennedy(R-LA)andBill Cassidy(R-LA)intheUnited States Senate;

RepresentativesJuliaLetlow(R-LA-5),TroyA.Carterand (D-LA-2),WHEREAS, Cleothe FieldsMajor (D-LA-6),Richard andStar ClayAct, Higginsreintroduced (R-LA-3)in the 119th Congress as H.R.2101 in the House of PageRepresentatives 1and S.1032 in the Senate, would eliminate the offset for veterans with combat-related disabilities and allow service members to receive, without reduction, both the earned retirement pay from the Department of 3Defense SLSand 26RS-2222a ORIGINALdisability SCRcompensation NO.from the Department of Veterans Affairs;

70and Representatives,andSenatorsJohnKennedy(R-LA)andBillPage Cassidy(R-LA)intheUnited1 Statesof Senate;2 SCR NO.

and70 WHEREAS,theMajorRichardStarAct,reintroducedinthe119thCongressasH.R.ENROLLED WHEREAS, H.R.2102, sponsored by Representative Gus M.

2101 in the House of Representatives and S.1032 in the Senate, would eliminate the offset for veteranswith combat-relateddisabilities and allow servicemembers to receive,without reduction, both the earned retirement payfrom the Department of Defense and a disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs;

and WHEREAS, H.R.2102, sponsored by Representative Gus M.

and WHEREAS, the Legislature of Louisiana is deeply disappointed that the United States Congress has failed to enact the Major Richard Star Act, thereby neglecting to properlycareforourcombat-injuredveteranswhoproperlycareforour combat-injuredveteranswho have sacrificedso much for our freedom and security;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution shall be transmitted to the president of the United States, the secretarysecretaryof of the United States Senate, the clerk of the House of Representatives, and each member of the Louisiana delegation to the United PageStates 2Congress in recognition of 3the SLSurgent 26RS-2222need ORIGINALto SCRsupport NO.our nation's combat-wounded, medically retired service members.

70PRESIDENT StatesOF CongressTHE inSENATE recognitionSPEAKER ofOF theTHE urgentHOUSE needOF toREPRESENTATIVES supportPage our2 nation'sof combat-wounded,2 medically retired service members.

The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the legislative instrument, were prepared bySenate Legislative Services.

The keyword, summary, and digest do not constitute part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent.

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1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] DIGEST SCR 70 Original 2026 Regular Session Cloud MemorializesCongressandtheadministrationofU.S.PresidentDonaldTrumptotakesuch actionsasarenecessaryto passthe Major Richard Star Act to ensurethatcombat-wounded, medically retired service members receive full militaryentitlements.

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