3.0.0 2331 2023-01-11T13:32:32Z 2023-01-11T13:32:32Z Senate S 2015-11-19 114 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-11-19T23:26:03Z SCRA Rights Protection Act of 2015 114 4161 HR 2015-12-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. Related bill CRS 2015-11-19 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S8165) IntroReferral 2015-11-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. N G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2015-11-19 True 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 2015-11-19 Introduced in Senate 2015-12-10T22:32:11Z SCRA Rights Protection Act of 2015

This bill amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) to make any predispute arbitration agreement invalid or unenforceable against a servicemember, or a servicemember and the servicemember's spouse jointly, with respect to any controversy subject to such Act.

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

A representative of members of an aggrieved class, or a member of such 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 A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to make invalid and unenforceable predispute arbitration agreements with respect to controversies arising under provisions of such Act and to preserve the rights of servicemembers to bring class actions under such Act, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced SCRA Rights Protection Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2331is/xml/BILLS-114s2331is.xml 2015-11-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S8165) 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.