To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to guarantee the right of deployed members of the Armed Forces who are elected members of State and local legislatures to vote on matters pending before such legislatures.

3.0.0 3856 2023-01-11T20:23:54Z 2023-01-11T20:23:54Z House H HR 2007-10-16 110 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2007-10-16T13:00:30Z 2007-10-16 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2007-10-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-10-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001168 Rep. Murphy, Patrick J. [D-PA-8] Patrick Murphy D PA J. 8 N Armed Forces and National Security Government Operations and Politics Iraq compilation Legislative voting Legislators Military operations State legislators Armed Forces and National Security

00 2007-10-16 Introduced in House 2008-03-07T18:12:07Z Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to state that a person who is an elected member of a state or local legislature who is absent from the state or local area in compliance with military or naval orders shall not, solely by reason of that absence, be denied the right to vote on any pending legislative matter.

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To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to guarantee the right of deployed members of the Armed Forces who are elected members of State and local legislatures to vote on matters pending before such legislatures. Official Title as Introduced To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to guarantee the right of deployed members of the Armed Forces who are elected members of State and local legislatures to vote on matters pending before such legislatures. Introduced in House IH Display Title To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to guarantee the right of deployed members of the Armed Forces who are elected members of State and local legislatures to vote on matters pending before such legislatures. Introduced in House 2007-10-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr3856ih/xml/BILLS-110hr3856ih.xml 2007-10-16 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.