Emergency Relief for Servicemembers Act

Bill: 117-hr-5752
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49]
Introduced: 2021-10-27
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Contracts and agency

Internet, web applications, social media

Military personnel and dependents

Military readiness

Telecommunication rates and fees

Telephone and wireless communication
Latest action: action_date: 2022-07-19
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-10-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Emergency Relief for Servicemembers Act</strong></p> <p>This bill authorizes a servicemember to terminate specified contracts (e.g., contracts for commercial mobile service or internet service) that are entered into in relation to military orders for a permanent change of station if the member then receives a stop movement order in response to a local, national, or global emergency which prevents the member from using the services provided under the contract.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5752 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 27, 2021 Mr. Levin of California (for himself and Mr. Garcia of California ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to authorize the termination of a telephone, multichannel video programming, or internet access service contract by a servicemember who enters into such contract after receiving military orders for permanent change of station but then receives a stop movement order due to an emergency situation.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Emergency Relief for Servicemembers Act . 2. Termination of telephone, multichannel video programming, and internet access service contracts by ser­vice­mem­bers who enter into contracts after receiving military orders for permanent change of station but then receive stop movement orders due to an emergency situation (a) In general Section 305A(a)(1) of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act ( 50 U.S.C. 3956 ) is amended— (1) by striking after the date the servicemember receives military orders to relocate for a period of not less than 90 days to a location that does not support the contract. and inserting after— ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs: (A) the date the servicemember receives military orders to relocate for a period of not less than 90 days to a location that does not support the contract; or (B) the date the servicemember, while in military service, receives military orders for a permanent change of station, thereafter enters into the contract, and then after entering into the contract receives a stop movement order issued by the Secretary of Defense in response to a local, national, or global emergency, effective for an indefinite period or for a period of not less than 30 days, which prevents the servicemember from using the services provided under the contract. . (b) Retroactive application The amendments made by this section shall apply to stop movement orders issued on or after March 1, 2020.