A bill to allow servicemembers to terminate their cable, satellite television, and Internet access service contracts while deployed.

3.0.0 2409 2023-01-11T13:36:47Z 2023-01-11T13:36:47Z House HR 2017-05-11 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 82 (Thursday, May 11, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania:H.R. 2409.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article l, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution[Page H4190]]]> ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-07-25T15:29:37Z hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr10 Economic Opportunity Subcommittee Hearings by 2018-05-23T13:18:25Z Referred to 2017-05-11T14:16:27Z Reported by 2018-07-24T19:26:46Z Markup by 2018-07-12T13:49:49Z Referred to 2017-05-11T18:00:31Z H. Rept. 115-866 A bill to allow servicemembers to terminate their cable, satellite television, and Internet access service contracts while deployed. 115 624 S 2017-03-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Identical bill CRS 2018-07-25 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2018-07-24 18:17:51 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2018-07-24 18:17:50 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7130-7131) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 2018-07-24 18:17:50 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7130-7131) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 2018-07-24 18:09:09 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2409. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2018-07-24 18:09:08 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7130-7131) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2018-07-24 18:09:04 Mr. Roe (TN) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2018-07-24 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 669. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00669 2018-07-24 Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 115-866. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2018-07-24 Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 115-866. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2018-07-12 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. Committee 2018-07-12 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2018-05-23 hsvr10 Economic Opportunity Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held. Committee 2017-05-11 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2017-05-11 hsvr10 Economic Opportunity Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. Committee 2017-05-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-05-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C001106 Rep. Costello, Ryan A. [R-PA-6] Ryan Costello R PA A. 6 N K000381 Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] Derek Kilmer D WA 6 2017-05-11 True M000312 Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] JAMES MCGOVERN D MA P. 2 2017-06-27 False B001290 Rep. Brat, Dave [R-VA-7] Dave Brat R VA 7 2018-02-26 False G000582 Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large] Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon R PR 0 2018-07-11 False C000059 Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-42] KEN CALVERT R CA 42 2018-07-23 False 2018-07-20T15:53:00Z H.R. 2409, a bill to allow service members to terminate their cable, satellite television, and Internet access service contracts while deployed https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54230 As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 12, 2018 Armed Forces and National Security Contracts and agency Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Military personnel and dependents Telephone and wireless communication Television and film Armed Forces and National Security

00 2017-05-11 Introduced in House 2017-10-06T14:45:59Z This bill amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to allow a service member to terminate a commercial mobile, telephone exchange, Internet access, or multichannel video programming service contract at any time after the date the service member receives military orders to relocate for at least 90 days to a location that does not support such service contract. (Currently, such provision applies to a cellular telephone service or telephone exchange service contract.)

A service member shall return any provider-owned consumer premises equipment to the service provider not later than 10 days after the service is disconnected.

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To allow servicemembers to terminate their cable, satellite television, and Internet access service contracts while deployed. Display Title To allow servicemembers to terminate their cable, satellite television, and Internet access service contracts while deployed. Official Title as Introduced To allow servicemembers to terminate their cable, satellite television, and Internet access service contracts while deployed. Introduced in House IH Referred in Senate 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr2409rfs/xml/BILLS-115hr2409rfs.xml Reported in House 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr2409rh/xml/BILLS-115hr2409rh.xml Engrossed in House 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr2409eh/xml/BILLS-115hr2409eh.xml Introduced in House 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr2409ih/xml/BILLS-115hr2409ih.xml 2018-07-25 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the 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.