Protecting Families of Fallen Servicemembers Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2963
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2019-12-03
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Contracts and agency

Family relationships

Internet and video services

Internet, web applications, social media

Military personnel and dependents

National Guard and reserves

Telephone and wireless communication

Television and film
Latest action: action_date: 2019-12-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-12-03
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Protecting Families of Fallen Servicemembers Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill revises the conditions allowing a service member to terminate a commercial mobile, telephone exchange, Internet access, or multichannel video programming service contract at any time after the date the service member receives military orders to relocate for at least 90 days to a location that does not support such contract. It treats as individuals covered, and therefore allowed to terminate such a contract (1) a spouse or dependent of a service member who dies while in military service or a member of the reserve components performing full-time or active reserve duty or inactive-duty training; (2) a spouse or dependent of a service member who incurs a catastrophic injury or illness, if the member incurs the injury or illness while performing such duty; and (3) a member of the reserve components performing such duty.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2963 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 3, 2019 Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal , Mr. Udall , and Mrs. Blackburn ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to allow certain individuals to terminate contracts for telephone, multichannel video programming, or internet access service, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Families of Fallen Servicemembers Act of 2019 . 2. Termination of contracts for telephone, multichannel video programming, or internet access service by certain individuals under Servicemembers Civil Relief Act Section 305A(a) of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act ( 50 U.S.C. 3956(a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (4) Additional individuals covered For purposes of this section, the following individuals shall be treated as a servicemember covered by paragraph (1): (A) A spouse or dependent of a servicemember who dies while in military service or a spouse or dependent of a member of the reserve components who dies while performing duty described in subparagraph (C). (B) A spouse or dependent of a servicemember who incurs a catastrophic injury or illness (as that term is defined in section 439(g) of title 37, United States Code), if the servicemember incurs the catastrophic injury or illness while performing duty described in subparagraph (C). (C) A member of the reserve components performing military service or 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). .