Title: To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to prohibit the enforcement of certain policies of homeowners associations regarding real property of servicemembers.
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
This bill prohibits a homeowners association from seeking to enforce a policy (1) that restricts the right of a member to lease the real property of such member, and (2) against a servicemember whose residence is that property during a period of military service of at least 90 days.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6911 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6911

     To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to prohibit the 
 enforcement of certain policies of homeowners associations regarding 
                    real property of servicemembers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 26, 2018

Mr. DesJarlais introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to prohibit the 
 enforcement of certain policies of homeowners associations regarding 
                    real property of servicemembers.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN POLICIES OF HOMEOWNERS 
              ASSOCIATIONS REGARDING REAL PROPERTY OF SERVICEMEMBERS.

    (a) Prohibition.--Title III of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act 
(50 U.S.C. 3950 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating section 308 as section 309; and
            (2) by inserting after section 307 the following new 
        section 308:

``SEC. 308. ENFORCEMENT OF POLICIES OF HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS.

    ``(a) Prohibition.--No homeowners association may seek to enforce a 
policy--
            ``(1) that restricts the right of a member of the 
        association to lease the real property of that member; and
            ``(2) against a servicemember--
                    ``(A) whose residence is that real property;
                    ``(B) during a period of military service of the 
                servicemember of not less than 90 days.
    ``(b) Misdemeanor.--A person who knowingly violates this section, 
or who knowingly attempts to do so, shall be fined as provided in title 
18, or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
    ``(c) Homeowners Association Defined.--In this section, the term 
`homeowners association' has the meaning given that term in section 
528(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 
528(c)(1)).''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents at the beginning of 
such Act is amended by striking the item relating to section 308 and 
inserting the following new items:

``308. Enforcement of policies of homeowners associations.
``309. Extension of protections to dependents.''.
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