1.One-year moratorium on sale
or foreclosure of property owned by surviving spouses of servicemembers killed
in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom
(a)Section 303 of the Servicemembers Civil
Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App. 533) is amended—
(1)by redesignating
subsection (d) as subsection (e);
(2)by inserting after
subsection (c) the following new subsection (d):
(d)
(1)In the case of the surviving spouse of a
servicemember described in paragraph (2) who has an obligation described in
subsection (a), a sale, foreclosure, or seizure of property for a breach of
such an obligation shall not be valid if made during the one-year period
beginning on the date of the servicemember’s death except—
(A)upon a court order
granted before such sale, foreclosure, or seizure with a return made and
approved by the court; or
(B)if made pursuant to an agreement as
provided in section 107.
(2)A servicemember described in this paragraph is a
servicemember who dies while serving on active duty in support of Operation
Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring
Freedom.
;
and
(3)in subsection
(a)—
(A)in the matter
preceding paragraph (1), by inserting after servicemember
the
following: , or for purposes of subsection (d), the surviving spouse of
a servicemember described in paragraph (2) of that subsection,
;
and
(B)in paragraph (1), by inserting after
servicemember
the following: , or for purposes of
subsection (d), the surviving spouse of a servicemember described in paragraph
(2) of that subsection,
.
(b)The amendments made by
subsection (a), shall apply with respect to deaths occurring on or after the
date of the enactment of this Act.