Gold Star Spouses Leasing Relief Act

Bill: 115-hr-5882
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2018-05-18
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Contracts and agency

Family relationships

Military personnel and dependents
Latest action: action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-05-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Gold Star Spouses Leasing Relief Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to permit a widow or widower of a service member who died while in military service to terminate a lease of premises occupied, or intended to be occupied, by the service member or the service member's dependents for a residential, professional, business, agricultural, or similar purpose without penalty within one year of the service member's death.</p>

action_date: 2018-07-24
action_desc: Passed House amended
text: <p><b>Gold Star Spouses Leasing Relief Act</b> </p> <p>(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to permit a widow or widower of a service member who died while in military service, or while performing full-time National Guard duty, active Guard and Reserve duty, or inactive-duty training to terminate a lease without penalty within one year of the service member's death. The bill applies to leases of premises occupied, or intended to be occupied, by the service member or the service member's dependents for a residential, professional, business, agricultural, or similar purpose.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5882 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 18, 2018 Mrs. Bustos (for herself and Mr. Wenstrup ) 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 the termination by a spouse of a lessee of certain leases when the lessee dies while in military service.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Gold Star Spouses Leasing Relief Act . 2. Termination of leases of premises of deceased servicemembers who die while in military service Section 305(a) of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act ( 50 U.S.C. 3955 ) is amended— (1) in the subsection heading, by striking by lessee ; (2) in the heading for paragraph (1), by striking In general and inserting Termination by lessee ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3) Death of lessee The spouse of the lessee on a lease described in subsection (b)(1) may terminate the lease during the one-year period beginning on the date of the death of the lessee, if the lessee dies while in military service. .

tv_txt: IIB 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5882 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 25, 2018 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs AN ACT To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for the termination by a spouse of a lessee of certain leases when the lessee dies while in military service.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Gold Star Spouses Leasing Relief Act . 2. Termination of leases of premises of deceased servicemembers who die while in military service Section 305(a) of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act ( 50 U.S.C. 3955 ) is amended— (1) in the subsection heading, by striking by lessee ; (2) in the heading for paragraph (1), by striking In general and inserting Termination by lessee ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3) Death of lessee The spouse of the lessee on a lease described in subsection (b)(1) may terminate the lease during the one-year period beginning on the date of the death of the lessee, if the lessee dies while in military service or while performing full-time National Guard duty, active Guard and Reserve duty, or inactive-duty training (as such terms are defined in section 101(d) of title 10, United States Code). .

Passed the House of Representatives July 24, 2018. Karen L. Haas, Clerk

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5882 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for the termination by a spouse of a lessee of certain leases when the lessee dies while in military service.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Gold Star Spouses Leasing Relief Act . 2. Termination of leases of premises of deceased servicemembers who die while in military service Section 305(a) of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act ( 50 U.S.C. 3955 ) is amended— (1) in the subsection heading, by striking by lessee ; (2) in the heading for paragraph (1), by striking In general and inserting Termination by lessee ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3) Death of lessee The spouse of the lessee on a lease described in subsection (b)(1) may terminate the lease during the one-year period beginning on the date of the death of the lessee, if the lessee dies while in military service or while performing full-time National Guard duty, active Guard and Reserve duty, or inactive-duty training (as such terms are defined in section 101(d) of title 10, United States Code). .

Passed the House of Representatives July 24, 2018. Karen L. Haas, Clerk.

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 668 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5882 [Report No. 115–865] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 18, 2018 Mrs. Bustos (for herself and Mr. Wenstrup ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs July 24, 2018 Additional sponsors: Ms. Brownley of California , Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire , Miss González-Colón of Puerto Rico , Mr. Calvert , and Ms. Titus July 24, 2018 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed A BILL To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for the termination by a spouse of a lessee of certain leases when the lessee dies while in military service.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Gold Star Spouses Leasing Relief Act . 2. Termination of leases of premises of deceased servicemembers who die while in military service Section 305(a) of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act ( 50 U.S.C. 3955 ) is amended— (1) in the subsection heading, by striking by lessee ; (2) in the heading for paragraph (1), by striking In general and inserting Termination by lessee ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3) Death of lessee The spouse of the lessee on a lease described in subsection (b)(1) may terminate the lease during the one-year period beginning on the date of the death of the lessee, if the lessee dies while in military service. .

July 24, 2018 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed