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<title>SCRA Rights Protection Act of 2014</title>
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<action-date>2014-02-18</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p>]]></summary-text>
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