June 10, 2020 - Issue: Vol. 166, No. 107 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 2nd Session

[Pages S2898-S2899]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     AMENDING THE SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF ACT TO EXTEND LEASE 
 PROTECTIONS FOR SERVICEMEMBERS UNDER STOP MOVEMENT ORDERS IN RESPONSE 
               TO A LOCAL, NATIONAL, OR GLOBAL EMERGENCY

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs be discharged from further consideration 
of S. 3637 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 3637) to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief 
     Act to extend lease protections for servicemembers under stop 
     movement orders in response to a local, national, or global 
     emergency, and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill 
be considered read a third time and passed, and that the motion to 
reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 3637) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed as follows:

                                S. 3637

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF LEASE PROTECTIONS FOR SERVICEMEMBERS 
                   UNDER STOP MOVEMENT ORDERS IN RESPONSE TO 
                   LOCAL, NATIONAL, OR GLOBAL EMERGENCY.

       (a) Termination.--Subsection (a)(1) of section 305 of the 
     Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. 3955) is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``; or'' and inserting 
     a semicolon;
       (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; or''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(C) the date of the lessee's stop movement order 
     described in paragraph (1)(C) or (2)(C) of subsection (b), as 
     the case may be.''.
       (b) Covered Leases.--

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       (1) Leases of premises.--Paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of 
     such section is amended--
       (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``; or'' and inserting 
     a semicolon;
       (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; or''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(C) the servicemember, while in military service--
       ``(i) executes a lease upon receipt of military orders for 
     a permanent change of station or to deploy with a military 
     unit, or as an individual in support of a military operation, 
     for a period of not less than 90 days; and
       ``(ii) thereafter 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 or servicemember's dependents from occupying 
     the lease for a residential, professional, business, 
     agricultural, or similar purpose.''.
       (2) Leases of motor vehicles.--Paragraph (2) of such 
     subsection is amended--
       (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``; or'' and inserting 
     a semicolon;
       (B) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking the period at the 
     end and inserting ``; or''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(C) the servicemember, while in military service--
       ``(i) executes a lease upon receipt of military orders 
     described in subparagraph (B); and
       ``(ii) thereafter 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, or the servicemember's dependents, from using 
     the vehicle for personal or business transportation.''.
       (c) Effective Date of Termination.--Paragraph (1) of 
     subsection (d) of such section is amended to read as follows:
       ``(1) Lease of premises.--
       ``(A) Entrance to military service, permanent change of 
     station, or deployment.--In the case of a lease described in 
     subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (b)(1) that provides 
     for monthly payment of rent, termination of the lease under 
     subsection (a) is effective 30 days after the first date on 
     which the next rental payment is due and payable after the 
     date on which the notice under subsection (c) is delivered. 
     In the case of any other lease described in subparagraphs (A) 
     and (B) of subsection (b)(1) termination of the lease under 
     subsection (a) is effective on the last day of the month 
     following the month in which the notice is delivered.
       ``(B) Stop movement orders.--In the case of a lease 
     described in subsection (b)(1)(C), termination of the lease 
     under subsection (a) is effective on the date on which the 
     requirements of subsection (c) are met for such 
     termination.''.
       (d) Technical Correction.--Subsection (i) is amended, in 
     the matter before paragraph (1), by inserting ``In this 
     section:'' after ``Definitions.--''.
       (e) Retroactive Application.--The amendments made by this 
     section shall apply to stop movement orders issued on or 
     after March 1, 2020.

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