[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1593 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1593
To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to enhance the protections
accorded to servicemembers and their spouses with respect to mortgages,
and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
October 28, 2013
Mr. Reed (for himself, Mr. Begich, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Durbin, and Mr.
Tester) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
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A BILL
To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to enhance the protections
accorded to servicemembers and their spouses with respect to mortgages,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Servicemember Housing Protection Act
of 2013''.
SEC. 2. ENHANCEMENTS TO PROTECTIONS ACCORDED UNDER THE SERVICEMEMBERS
CIVIL RELIEF ACT.
(a) Protection of Surviving Spouse With Respect to Mortgage
Foreclosure.--
(1) In general.--Section 303 of the Servicemembers Civil
Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App. 533) is amended by adding at the end
the following new subsection:
``(e) Protection of Surviving Spouse.--With respect to a
servicemember who dies while in military service from a service-
connected cause and who has a surviving spouse who is the
servicemember's successor in interest to property covered under
subsection (a), this section shall apply to the surviving spouse with
respect to that property during the one-year period beginning on the
date of such death in the same manner as if the servicemember had not
died.''.
(2) Effective date.--Subsection (e) of section 303 of the
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, as added by paragraph (1),
shall apply to the surviving spouse of a servicemember whose
death occurs on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) Termination of Residential Leases.--
(1) In general.--Section 305 of such Act (50 U.S.C. App.
535) is amended--
(A) in subsection (a)(1)--
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or''
at the end;
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking the
period at the end and inserting ``; or''; and
(iii) by adding at the end the following
new subparagraph:
``(C) in the case of a lease described in
subsection (b)(1) and subparagraph (C) of such
subsection, the date the lessee is assigned to or
otherwise relocates to quarters or a housing facility
as described in such subparagraph.''; and
(B) in subsection (b)(1)--
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or''
at the end;
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking the
period at the end and inserting ``; or''; and
(iii) by adding at the end the following
new subparagraph:
``(C) the lease is executed by or on behalf of a
person who thereafter and during the term of the lease
is assigned to or otherwise relocates to quarters of
the United States or a housing facility under the
jurisdiction of a uniformed service (as defined in
section 101 of title 37, United States Code), including
housing provided under the Military Housing
Privatization Initiative.''.
(2) Manner of termination.--Subsection (c)(1) of such
section is amended--
(A) in subparagraph (A)--
(i) by inserting ``in the case of a lease
described in subsection (b)(1) and subparagraph
(A) or (B) of such subsection,'' before ``by
delivery''; and
(ii) by striking ``and'' at the end;
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as
subparagraph (C); and
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the
following new subparagraph (B):
``(B) in the case of a lease described in
subsection (b)(1) and subparagraph (C) of such
subsection, by delivery by the lessee of written notice
of such termination, and a letter from the
servicemember's commanding officer indicating that the
servicemember has been assigned to or is otherwise
relocating to quarters of the United States or a
housing facility under the jurisdiction of a uniformed
service (as defined in section 101 of title 37, United
States Code), to the lessor (or the lessor's grantee),
or to the lessor's agent (or the agent's grantee);
and''.
(c) Definition of Military Orders and Continental United States for
Purposes of Act.--
(1) Transfer of definitions.--Such Act is further amended
by transferring paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 305(i) (50
U.S.C. App. 535(i)) to the end of section 101 (50 U.S.C. App.
511) and redesignating such paragraphs, as so transferred, as
paragraphs (10) and (11).
(2) Conforming amendments.--Such Act is further amended--
(A) in section 305 (50 U.S.C. App. 535), as amended
by paragraph (1), by striking subsection (i); and
(B) in section 705 (50 U.S.C. App. 595), by
striking ``or naval'' both places it appears.
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