[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5167 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5167

 To provide for the termination of residential or motor vehicle leases 
 and telephone service contracts for Foreign Service officers, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 5, 2018

    Mr. McCaul (for himself and Mr. Castro of Texas) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for the termination of residential or motor vehicle leases 
 and telephone service contracts for Foreign Service officers, 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 ``Foreign Service Officer Civil Relief 
Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF RESIDENTIAL OR MOTOR VEHICLE LEASES AND 
              TELEPHONE SERVICE CONTRACTS FOR CERTAIN FOREIGN SERVICE 
              OFFICERS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 9 of title I of the Foreign Service Act of 
1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section:

``SEC. 907. TERMINATION OF RESIDENTIAL OR MOTOR VEHICLE LEASES AND 
              TELEPHONE SERVICE CONTRACTS.

    ``The terms governing the termination of residential or motor 
vehicle leases and telephone service contracts described in sections 
305 and 305A, respectively of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 
U.S.C. 3955 and 3956) with respect to servicemembers who receive 
military orders described in such Act shall apply in the same manner 
and to the same extent to members of the Service who are posted abroad 
at a Foreign Service post in accordance with this Act.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 2 of the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980 is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 906 the following new item:

``Sec. 907. Termination of residential or motor vehicle leases and 
                            telephone service contracts.''.
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