Servicemembers Telecom Contract Relief Act
Latest action · Jun 19, 2008 Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedOct 9, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Servicemembers Telecom Contract Relief Act - Allows a person in military service to terminate a telecommunications contract for cellular phone service, cable or satellite television service, or internet service at any time after: (1) entry into military service; or (2) the date of the station or deployment orders.
Requires for termination that: (1) the contract is executed by or on behalf of a person who thereafter and during the term of the contract enters military service (or receives order to enter military service) under an order specifying a period of not less than 90 days (or who enters military service under an order specifying a period of 90 days or less and who, without a break in service, receives orders extending the period of military service to a period of not less than 90 days); or (2) the person enters into the contract while in military service and thereafter receives military orders for a permanent change of station outside of the continental United States, or to deploy with a military unit for a period of not less than 90 days, to a location that does not support continuation of the service under the contract.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 9, 2007 to Jun 18, 2008; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Original | Oct 9, 2007 |
| D-TN | Bart Gordon | Original | Oct 9, 2007 |
| D-SC | John M. Spratt, Jr. | Original | Oct 9, 2007 |
| D-AR | Marion Berry | Original | Oct 9, 2007 |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Original | Oct 9, 2007 |
| D-NC | Heath Shuler | Oct 30, 2007 | |
| R-NE | Lee Terry | Oct 30, 2007 | |
| D-WI | Steve Kagen | Oct 30, 2007 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Jun 18, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Oct 9, 2007 |
| Economic Opportunity Subcommittee | Referred Oct 15, 2007Hearings Jun 19, 2008 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 19, 2008Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Oct 15, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
- Oct 9, 2007Introduced in House
- Oct 9, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 110-93 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 2721, H.R. 3786, H.R. 6070, H.R. 4255, H.R. 6221, H.R. 6224, H.R. 6225, AND H.R. 627271 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Jun 19, 2008 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to allow individuals called to military service to terminate telecommunications contracts entered into before the individual receives notice of a permanent change of station or deployment orders.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Servicemembers Telecom Contract Relief Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 9, 2007Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
