3.0.0 4161 2023-01-11T13:32:30Z 2023-01-11T13:32:30Z House HR 2015-12-02 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 174 (Wednesday, December 2, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. JONES:H.R. 4161.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution, thereported bill is authorized by Congress' power to ``to makeRules for the Government and Regulation of the land and navalForces.''[Page H8971]]]> hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr10 Economic Opportunity Subcommittee Referred to 2015-12-03T20:58:06Z Referred to 2015-12-02T15:00:30Z SCRA Rights Protection Act of 2015 114 2331 S 2015-11-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S8165) Related bill CRS 2015-12-03 hsvr10 Economic Opportunity Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. Committee 2015-12-02 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2015-12-02 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-12-02 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 G000568 Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9] H. Griffith R VA Morgan 9 2015-12-02 True M001184 Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4] Thomas Massie R KY 4 2015-12-02 True G000571 Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2] Tulsi Gabbard D HI 2 2015-12-02 True C001093 Rep. Collins, Doug [R-GA-9] Doug Collins R GA 9 2015-12-09 False R000435 Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-27] ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN R FL 27 2016-05-25 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 2015-12-02 Introduced in House 2015-12-08T22:07:50Z SCRA Rights Protection Act of 2015

This bill amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) 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.

A servicemember's waiver of any SCRA rights and protections shall be effective only if it is made after a specific dispute has arisen and is identified in the waiver.

A representative of members of an aggrieved class, or a member of the class, may bring a private civil action for a violation of any SCRA rights or protections.

]]> SCRA Rights Protection Act of 2015 Display Title SCRA Rights Protection Act of 2015 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 2015 Introduced in House 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr4161ih/xml/BILLS-114hr4161ih.xml 2015-12-03 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.