HR 578 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Military Residency Choice Act

Introduced Jan 13, 2017 Originated House Sponsor Robert J. Wittman R-VA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Feb 3, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

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.

  1. IntroducedJan 13, 2017
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Military Residency Choice Act

This bill amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to permit the spouse of a servicemember to elect to use the same residence as the servicemember for purposes of taxation and voting, regardless of the date on which the marriage of the spouse and the servicemember occurred.

Cosponsors 7

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 13, 2017 to Feb 28, 2017, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-CADarrell IssaOriginalJan 13, 2017
R-UTRob BishopJan 30, 2017
D-OHTim RyanJan 30, 2017
R-NCWalter B. JonesJan 30, 2017
D-CAJohn GaramendiFeb 2, 2017
D-NHCarol Shea-PorterFeb 3, 2017
R-NYJohn KatkoFeb 28, 2017

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 3, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
  2. Jan 13, 2017Introduced in House
  3. Jan 13, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 282Military Residency Choice ActIdentical billJul 25, 2017
S 2541Support Our Military Spouses ActRelated billMar 13, 2018

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 13, 2017Introduced in House

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