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. | PoliFocus

S. 3637116th Congress

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.

Subjects

Armed Forces and National Security

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.

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Related Legislation

H.R. 6800The Heroes Act
2020-07-23Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-517.
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H.R. 6767To 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.
2020-09-30Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
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Legislative Actions

2020-05-06
Introduced in Senate
2020-05-06
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2020-06-10
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
2020-06-10
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2898-2899)
2020-06-10
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
2020-06-10
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S2898-2899)
2020-06-15
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2020-06-15
Received in the House.
2020-06-15
Held at the desk.
2020-07-20
Mr. Takano asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider.
2020-07-20
Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H3113)
2020-07-20
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.
2020-07-20

Enacted as Public Law 116-158

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