3.0.0 4068 2023-01-11T13:26:59Z 2023-01-11T13:26:59Z House H HR 2014-02-18 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. JONES:H.R. 4068.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Pursuant to Article I, section 8 of the United StatesConstitution, the reported bill is authorized by Congress'power to ``provide for the common Defense and general Welfareof the United States.''[Page H1780]]]> hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr10 Economic Opportunity Subcommittee Referred to 2014-02-24T20:50:45Z Referred to 2014-02-18T19:01:00Z SCRA Rights Protection Act of 2014 113 1999 S 2014-02-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Identical bill CRS 2014-02-24 hsvr10 Economic Opportunity Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. Committee 2014-02-18 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2014-02-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2014-02-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress J000255 Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3] WALTER JONES R NC B. 3 N T000459 Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2] LEE TERRY R NE 2 2014-03-06 False D000533 Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2] JOHN DUNCAN R TN J. 2 2014-03-06 False B001262 Rep. Broun, Paul C. [R-GA-10] Paul Broun R GA C. 10 2014-03-14 False C001093 Rep. Collins, Doug [R-GA-9] Doug Collins R GA 9 2014-03-25 False G000568 Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9] H. Griffith R VA Morgan 9 2014-03-28 False G000559 Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-3] John Garamendi D CA 3 2014-05-08 False B000013 Rep. Bachus, Spencer [R-AL-6] SPENCER BACHUS R AL 6 2014-05-08 False B001250 Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1] Rob Bishop R UT 1 2014-05-30 False M001184 Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4] Thomas Massie R KY 4 2014-06-09 False S001170 Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1] Carol Shea-Porter D NH 1 2014-07-24 False Armed Forces and National Security Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration Civil actions and liability Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs Armed Forces and National Security 00 2014-02-18 Introduced in House 2014-04-15T21:03:20Z SCRA Rights Protection Act of 2014 - Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to allow the use of arbitration to resolve a controversy that arises under a contract with a servicemember (or with a servicemember and spouse jointly) that provides for arbitration, only if all parties to the controversy consent in writing to arbitration after the controversy arises.

Allows a servicemember's waiver of any of such Act's rights and protections to be effective only if it is made after a specific dispute has arisen and the dispute is identified in the waiver.

Allows a representative of members of an aggrieved class, or a member of such class, to bring a private civil action for a violation of any rights or protections under such Act.

]]> SCRA Rights Protection Act of 2014 Display Title SCRA Rights Protection Act of 2014 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to require the consent of parties to contracts for the use of arbitration to resolve controversies arising under the contracts and subject to provisions of such Act and to preserve the rights of servicemembers to bring class actions under such Act, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced SCRA Rights Protection Act of 2014 Introduced in House 2014-02-18T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr4068ih/xml/BILLS-113hr4068ih.xml 2014-02-24 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. 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.