To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for an extension of lease protections for servicemembers under stop movement orders in response to a local, national, or global emergency.
Latest action · Sep 30, 2020 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.
- IntroducedMay 8, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill provides certain lease protections for service members under stop movement orders in response to a local, national, or global emergency.
A service member may terminate a lease for premises or for a motor vehicle, and may not be charged an early termination fee for doing so, if the service member (1) enters into the lease upon receipt of certain military orders for permanent change of station, deployment with a military unit, or individual support of military operations; and (2) subsequently receives, in response to a local, national, or global emergency, a stop movement order for an indefinite period or at least 30 days.
For the bill to apply in the case of a lease for premises, the stop movement order must prevent the service member or the service member's dependents from occupying the premises.
Cosponsors 34
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 8, 2020 to Sep 1, 2020; 25 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-KY | Andy Barr | Original | May 8, 2020 |
| D-NY | Anthony Brindisi | Original | May 8, 2020 |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | Original | May 8, 2020 |
| R-AS | Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen | Original | May 8, 2020 |
| D-IL | Cheri Bustos | Original | May 8, 2020 |
| R-TX | Chip Roy | Original | May 8, 2020 |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Original | May 8, 2020 |
| D-TX | Colin Z. Allred | Original | May 8, 2020 |
| R-TN | David P. Roe | Original | May 8, 2020 |
| D-NM | Debra A. Haaland | Original | May 8, 2020 |
| D-VA | Elaine G. Luria | Original | May 8, 2020 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | May 8, 2020 |
| D-MI | Elissa Slotkin | Original | May 8, 2020 |
| D-CA | Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | Original | May 8, 2020 |
| D-MP | Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan | Original | May 8, 2020 |
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 May 8, 2020 |
| Economic Opportunity Subcommittee | Referred Sep 30, 2020 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 30, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
- May 8, 2020Introduced in House
- May 8, 2020Referred 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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 87, May 8, 2020, page H1986.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3637 | A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend lease protections for servicemembers under stop movement orders in response to a local, national, or global emergency, and for other purposes. | Identical bill | Aug 14, 2020 |
| HR 6800 | The Heroes Act | Related bill | Jul 23, 2020 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for an extension of lease protections for servicemembers under stop movement orders in response to a local, national, or global emergency.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 8, 2020Introduced 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.
