Supporting Disabled National Guardsmen Act

This bill gives disability pay and medical care to National Guard members who got physically disabled while on state active duty. State active duty means training or other work for a state governor when the member doesn't get federal pay, but it doesn't include regular drills. The bill lets these disabled members get retirement pay from the Department of Defense if they were hurt after September 1996, though this pay gets reduced if they're already getting other disability benefits. It also lets the Department of Veterans Affairs provide hospital care and medical services to treat their disability and related health problems.

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