3.0.0 624 2023-01-11T13:36:16Z 2023-01-11T13:36:16Z Senate S 2017-03-14 115 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-03-14T20:26:29Z To allow servicemembers to terminate their cable, satellite television, and Internet access service contracts while deployed. 115 2409 HR 2018-07-25 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Identical bill CRS 2017-03-14 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2017-03-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA N F000463 Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE] Deb Fischer R NE 2017-03-14 True Armed Forces and National Security Contracts and agency Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Military personnel and dependents Television and film Armed Forces and National Security 00 2017-03-14 Introduced in Senate 2017-10-06T14:45:37Z 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.

]]> A bill to allow servicemembers to terminate their cable, satellite television, and Internet access service contracts while deployed. Display Title A bill to allow servicemembers to terminate their cable, satellite television, and Internet access service contracts while deployed. Official Title as Introduced A bill to allow servicemembers to terminate their cable, satellite television, and Internet access service contracts while deployed. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s624is/xml/BILLS-115s624is.xml 2017-03-14 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.