Servicemembers Opportunity Act

Bill: 113-hr-4050
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Heck, Denny [D-WA-10]
Introduced: 2014-02-11
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Interest, dividends, interest rates

Personnel records

Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Latest action: action_date: 2014-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-02-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Servicemembers Opportunity Act - Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to allow any appropriate indicator of military service, including a certified letter from a commanding officer or information from the Defense Manpower Database Center, as proof of service for purposes of interest rate limitations provided to servicemembers under such Act.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4050 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 11, 2014 Mr. Heck of Washington (for himself and Mr. Kilmer ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs A BILL To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for alternate means of proof of period of military service for purposes of the interest rate limitation.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Servicemembers Opportunity Act . 2. Proof of period of military service for purposes of interest rate limitation under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act Section 207(b)(1) of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act ( 50 U.S.C. App. 527(b)(1) ) is amended by inserting after calling the servicemember to military service the following: , or other appropriate indicator of military service, including a certified letter from a commanding officer or information from the Defense Manpower Database Center, .