[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3719 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3719

   To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to require that the 
   Department of Defense notify the creditors of persons in military 
 service and persons entering military service, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 8, 2005

 Mr. Ryan of Ohio (for himself and Mr. Meek of Florida) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to require that the 
   Department of Defense notify the creditors of persons in military 
 service and persons entering military service, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Ease Our Soldiers' Minds Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF ACT.

    (a) In General.--Section 105 of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act 
(Public Law 108-189) is amended--
            (1) in the heading for the section, by striking ``of 
        benefits'' and inserting ``with respect to benefits'';
            (2) by inserting ``(a) Notification of Benefits to 
        Servicemember.--'' before ``The Secretary''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Notification to Creditors.--
            ``(1) Submission of information.--In providing the notice 
        under subsection (a) to a person, the Secretary concerned shall 
        request that the person submit information relating to the 
        creditors of such person not later than the following date, as 
        applicable:
                    ``(A) In the case of a person entering military 
                service, within a reasonable time period but not later 
                than 30 days after the date on which the person enters 
                such service.
                    ``(B) In the case of a person in military service, 
                within a reasonable time period but not later than 30 
                days after the date on which the person receives the 
                request from the Secretary.
            ``(2) Notification to creditors.--In the case of the 
        creditors for which a person provides information under 
        paragraph (1), the Secretary concerned shall ensure that notice 
        of the benefits accorded by this Act to the person is provided 
        in writing to such creditors, within a reasonable time period 
        but not later than 30 days after the date on which the person 
        submits the information.
            ``(3) Additional creditors.--After the initial submission 
        of information under paragraph (1) by a person, if the person 
        submits to the Secretary concerned information on additional 
        creditors of the person, the Secretary shall provide a notice 
        described in paragraph (2) to such creditors.
            ``(4) Notification to consumer reporting agencies.--
        Promptly after the date of the enactment of the Ease Our 
        Soldiers' Minds Act, the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that 
        notification of the benefits accorded by this Act is provided 
        in writing to all consumer reporting agencies that compile and 
        maintain files on consumers on a nationwide basis (as defined 
        in section 603(p) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 
        1681a(p)).''.
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