A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to make a technical correction to ensure that the extended lease protections for servicemembers under stop movement orders in response to a local, national, or global emergency applies to members of the Coast Guard when the Coast Guard is operating in the service of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-4576
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2020-09-15
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Latest action: action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-09-15
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill extends certain lease protections for service members under stop movement orders in response to a local, national, or global emergency to members of the U.S. Coast Guard when the Coast Guard is operating in the service of the Department of Homeland Security.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4576 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 15, 2020 Mr. Wicker (for himself and Ms. Cantwell ) 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 make a technical correction to ensure that the extended lease protections for servicemembers under stop movement orders in response to a local, national, or global emergency applies to members of the Coast Guard when the Coast Guard is operating in the service of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

1. Technical correction regarding extension of lease protections for servicemembers under stop movement orders in response to local, national, or global emergency (a) In general Section 305(b) of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act ( 50 U.S.C. 3955(b) ), as amended by Public Law 116–158 , is further amended— (1) in paragraph (1)(C)(ii), by inserting (or, in the case of the Coast Guard when operating in the service of the Department of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Homeland Security) after Secretary of Defense ; and (2) in paragraph (2)(C)(ii), by inserting (or, in the case of the Coast Guard when operating in the service of the Department of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Homeland Security) after Secretary of Defense . (b) Retroactive application The amendments made by this section shall apply to stop movement orders issued on or after March 1, 2020.