[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2616 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2616

To provide for statutes of limitations for certain civil actions under 
                  the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 23, 2017

   Mr. Schrader (for himself and Ms. Herrera Beutler) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for statutes of limitations for certain civil actions under 
                  the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.

    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 ``Halting Of Mortgage Exploitation of 
Servicemembers Act of 2017'' or the ``HOMES Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. STATUTES OF LIMITATIONS FOR CIVIL ACTIONS UNDER SERVICEMEMBERS 
              CIVIL RELIEF ACT.

    (a) Enforcement by Attorney General.--Section 801 of the 
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. 4041) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) Statute of Limitations.--Any action under subsection (a) 
shall be commenced not later than ten years after the date on which the 
alleged violation occurs.''.
    (b) Private Right of Action.--Section 802 of such Act (50 U.S.C. 
4042) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c) Statute of Limitations.--Any action commenced under this 
section shall be barred unless the complaint is filed within ten years 
after the right of action first accrues.''.
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