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<dc:title>119 HR 2334 IH: To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to preempt any squatter’s rights established by State law regarding real property owned by a member of the uniformed services.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2025-03-25</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 2334</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20250325">March 25, 2025</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="M001199">Mr. Mast</sponsor> introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HVR00">Committee on Veterans' Affairs</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to preempt any squatter’s rights established by State law regarding real property owned by a member of the uniformed services.</official-title></form><legis-body id="HB5A92462EB104A18BCE7F8ADA201B42C" style="OLC"><section id="H246445A04BA242E2930BAB42DA54F644" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Servicemembers Civil Relief Act: preemption of squatters’ rights</header><subsection id="H98BF9FE048A64DFEAE93070CC4BB4D3E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Preemption</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (54 Stat. 1178; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3901">50 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by inserting, after section 301, the following new section:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H27CCCE091D9B472C916D52709F6452B3" display-inline="no-display-inline"><section id="HA52D0FB17DEB498588FF47953FA964C2"><enum>301A.</enum><header>Preemption of squatter’s rights</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Any State law establishing squatter’s rights shall not apply to premises—</text><paragraph id="H458FE1B2A2BA4D4F957EC772130E0B39"><enum>(1)</enum><text>owned by a servicemember; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H42D3C88780DD430581E65CACF2C5FEF9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>occupied by a squatter during a period of military service of such servicemember.</text></paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="HD86F98667281482098325CEFFD6CA47B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents in section 1(b) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3901">50 U.S.C. 3901(b)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 301 the following new item: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HE7E2FB4567EB452299463824EBB8C7A1" display-inline="no-display-inline"><toc regeneration="no-regeneration"><toc-entry level="section">301A. Preemption of squatter’s rights.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section></legis-body></bill> 

