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        <text>Provisions of measure incorporated into H.R. 3949.</text>
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        <text>Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .</text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p> Helping Active Duty Deployed Act of 2009 - Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to prohibit a cell phone company from charging an early termination penalty for a cellular telephone contract entered into on behalf of a service member who has received orders for foreign deployment or for permanent change of station within the United States. (Current law provides such protection for a contract entered into by the service member.) </p> <p>Revises provisions concerning arrearages and other obligations to prohibit a lessor from charging an early termination charge with respect to a residential, professional, business, or agricultural rental lease or a motor vehicle lease entered into by a person who subsequently enters military service, or for a service member who has received orders for permanent change of station or for deployment in support of a military operation. States that: (1) lease amounts for a period preceding the lease termination shall be paid on a prorated basis; and (2) other unpaid lease charges shall be paid by the lessee.</p> <p>Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require an institution of higher education to refund the tuition and fees paid by a student whose absence is due to military service for the payment period or period of enrollment for which such student did not receive academic credit as a result of such absence.<uition relief for postsecondary students ></p> <p><br> </p>]]></text>
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    <title>Helping Active Duty Deployed Act of 2009</title>
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      <text>Provisions of measure incorporated into H.R. 3949.</text>
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