The Chapter encourages members to stay abreast of the actions of Congress with respect to the military services.  Both the monthly magazine Military Officer and the MOAA National  website report regularly upon legislative proposals and recommend actions to be taken by constituents. 

National MOAA makes it particularly easy to send e-mail to your elected officials.  To take advantage of this by accessing MOAA’s Legislative Action Center, Click 

Howard Crawford is our Legislative Liaison and is responsible for staying current with all legislative pursuits of interest to the membership on a national, state, and local level and make recommendations to the board and general membership.  He can be contacted at captcraw@mac.com

Proposed legislation, PA House Bill 1257

This proposed legislation is currently up for a vote in Harrisburg.  It will allow all veterans with a 50% or greater disability rating from the VA to receive a discount on their property taxes.  Ie if you have a 100% rating, no property tax, if you have a 70%, you get a 70% discount on your property taxes.  This is a significant change if passed.  Currently, you must have a 100% combat related disability and there was an income threshold.  I highly encourage our members to reach out to their local state assembly member and support this bill.  This is not an official MOAA legislative action item from National, but affects our brothers and sisters in PA!  Don’t delay, please support.  I have attached the marked up bill for your review.