HR 6920 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Improving SCRA Benefit Utilization Act

Latest action · Jan 30, 2024 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 9, 2024
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 17

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 9, 2024 to Mar 5, 2024; 12 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalJan 9, 2024
R-PABrian K. FitzpatrickOriginalJan 9, 2024
D-PAChrissy HoulahanOriginalJan 9, 2024
D-PAChristopher R. DeluzioOriginalJan 9, 2024
D-NVDina TitusOriginalJan 9, 2024
D-NCDonald G. DavisOriginalJan 9, 2024
R-GUJames C. MoylanOriginalJan 9, 2024
D-FLJared MoskowitzOriginalJan 9, 2024
D-HIJill N. TokudaOriginalJan 9, 2024
D-NJJosh GottheimerOriginalJan 9, 2024
R-NYMichael LawlerOriginalJan 9, 2024
D-KYMorgan McGarveyOriginalJan 9, 2024
D-ORAndrea SalinasJan 11, 2024
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.Jan 12, 2024
D-CAJulia BrownleyJan 31, 2024
D-MASeth MoultonFeb 20, 2024
D-WASuzan K. DelBeneMar 5, 2024

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseVeterans' Affairs Committee
Referred Jan 9, 2024
Economic Opportunity Subcommittee
Referred Jan 30, 2024
HouseArmed Services Committee
Referred Jan 9, 2024

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 30, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
  2. Jan 9, 2024Introduced in House
  3. Jan 9, 2024Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, clause 3 provides Congress with the power to ``regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.'' The single subject of this legislation is: to modernize, improve awareness of, and increase usage of, the existing SCRA interest rate reduction benefit among active-duty servicemembers.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 4, January 9, 2024, page H13.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 4102Improving SCRA Benefit Utilization ActIdentical billApr 10, 2024

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend title 10, United States Code, to include training regarding financial protections under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act in certain financial literacy training programs for members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Improving SCRA Benefit Utilization 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.

  1. Jan 9, 2024Introduced in House

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