Gold Star Spouses and Spouses of Injured Servicemembers Leasing Relief Expansion Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1118
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2019-04-10
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis

Landlord and tenant

Lease and rental services

Military education and training

Military personnel and dependents

Motor vehicles

National Guard and reserves
Latest action: action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-04-10
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Gold Star Spouses and Spouses of Injured Servicemembers Leasing Relief Expansion Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill authorizes spouses of military servicemembers to terminate leases of premises and motor vehicles in certain situations. Specifically, the bill allows the spouse of a servicemember lessee to terminate the leases within one year of the date on which the servicemember incurs a catastrophic injury or illness connected with their military service. </p> <p>The bill also allows the spouse of a servicemember lessee who died in military service to terminate a motor vehicle lease within one year of the death of the servicemember. </p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1118 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 10, 2019 Ms. Warren (for herself, Mr. Portman , Ms. Sinema , Mr. Tillis , and Mr. Reed ) 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 authorize spouses of servicemembers who incur a catastrophic injury or illness or die while in military service to terminate leases of premises and motor vehicles, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Gold Star Spouses and Spouses of Injured Servicemembers Leasing Relief Expansion Act of 2019 . 2. Termination of leases of premises and motor vehicles of servicemembers who incur catastrophic injury or illness or die while in military service (a) Catastrophic injuries and illnesses Subsection (a) of section 305 of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act ( 50 U.S.C. 3955 ), as amended by section 301 of the Veterans Benefits and Transition Act of 2018 ( Public Law 115–407 ), is further amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (4) Catastrophic injury or illness of lessee The spouse of the lessee on a lease described in subsection (b) may terminate the lease during the one-year period beginning on the date on which the lessee incurs a catastrophic injury or illness (as that term is defined in section 439(g) of title 37, United States Code), if the lessee incurs the catastrophic injury or illness during a period of 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). . (b) Deaths Paragraph (3) of such subsection is amended by striking in subsection (b)(1) and inserting in subsection (b) .