Emergency Relief for Servicemembers Act
Latest action · Jul 19, 2022 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
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 27, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Emergency Relief for Servicemembers Act
This bill authorizes a servicemember to terminate specified contracts (e.g., contracts for commercial mobile service or internet service) that are entered into in relation to military orders for a permanent change of station if the member then receives a stop movement order in response to a local, national, or global emergency which prevents the member from using the services provided under the contract.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 27, 2021 to Sep 13, 2022; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CA | Mike Garcia | Original | Oct 27, 2021 |
| R-AS | Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen | Sep 13, 2022 |
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 27, 2021Markup Jul 19, 2022 |
| Economic Opportunity Subcommittee | Referred Nov 2, 2021Discharged Jul 18, 2022 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 19, 2022Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 19, 2022Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Jul 18, 2022Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity Discharged.
- Nov 2, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
- Oct 27, 2021Introduced in House
- Oct 27, 2021Referred 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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Sep 20, 2022H.R. 5752, Emergency Relief for Servicemembers ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 19, 2022
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 189, October 27, 2021, page H5959.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3084 | Emergency Relief for Servicemembers Act of 2021 | Related bill | Oct 27, 2021 |
| HR 4350 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 | Related bill | Mar 1, 2022 |
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 authorize the termination of a telephone, multichannel video programming, or internet access service contract by a servicemember who enters into such contract after receiving military orders for permanent change of station but then receives a stop movement order due to an emergency situation.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Emergency Relief for Servicemembers 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 27, 2021Introduced 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.
