[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5851 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5851

 To provide for the termination of residential or motor vehicle leases 
  and telephone service contracts for combat support agency personnel 
                working in combat theaters of operation.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 16, 2018

 Mr. Keating (for himself and Mr. Cook) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for the termination of residential or motor vehicle leases 
  and telephone service contracts for combat support agency personnel 
                working in combat theaters of operation.

    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 ``Deployed Civilian Parity Act''.

SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF RESIDENTIAL OR MOTOR VEHICLE LEASES AND 
              TELEPHONE SERVICE CONTRACTS FOR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF 
              COMBAT SUPPORT AGENCIES.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 8 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 193 the following new section:

``SEC. 193A. COMBAT SUPPORT AGENCY PERSONNEL: 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 civilian employees of combat support agencies 
(as such term is defined in section 193(f) of this title) who are 
assigned to work in a combat theater of operations for a period of 120 
days or more.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
193 the following new item:

``Sec. 193a. Combat support agency personnel: termination of 
                            residential or motor vehicle leases and 
                            telephone service contracts.''.
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