Deployed Civilian Parity Act

Bill: 115-hr-5851
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2018-05-16
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Defense

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Lease and rental services

Motor vehicles

Telephone and wireless communication
Latest action: action_date: 2018-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-05-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p> <strong>Deployed Civilian Parity Act</strong></p> <p> This bill states that the terms governing the termination of residential or motor vehicle leases and telephone service contracts with respect to servicemembers who receive military orders shall apply in the same manner and to the same extent to civilian employees of combat support agencies who are assigned to work in a combat theater of operations for a period of 120 days or more.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5851 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 16, 2018 Mr. Keating (for himself and Mr. Cook ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To provide for the termination of residential or motor vehicle leases and telephone service contracts for combat support agency personnel working in combat theaters of operation.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Deployed Civilian Parity Act . 2. Termination of residential or motor vehicle leases and telephone service contracts for civilian employees of combat support agencies (a) In general Chapter 8 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 193 the following new section: 193a. Combat support agency personnel: termination of residential or motor vehicle leases and telephone service contracts The terms governing the termination of residential or motor vehicle leases and telephone service contracts described in sections 305 and 305A, respectively of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act ( 50 U.S.C. 3955 and 3956) with respect to servicemembers who receive military orders described in such Act shall apply in the same manner and to the same extent to civilian employees of combat support agencies (as such term is defined in section 193(f) of this title) who are assigned to work in a combat theater of operations for a period of 120 days or more. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 193 the following new item: Sec. 193a. Combat support agency personnel: termination of residential or motor vehicle leases and telephone service contracts. .