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[S. 3637 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.3637

                     One Hundred Sixteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday,
            the third day of January, two thousand and twenty


                                 An Act


 
To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend lease protections 
 for servicemembers under stop movement orders in response to a local, 
         national, or global emergency, 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. EXTENSION OF LEASE PROTECTIONS FOR SERVICEMEMBERS UNDER STOP 
MOVEMENT ORDERS IN RESPONSE TO LOCAL, NATIONAL, OR GLOBAL EMERGENCY.
    (a) Termination.--Subsection (a)(1) of section 305 of the 
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. 3955) is amended--
        (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``; or'' and inserting a 
    semicolon;
        (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and 
    inserting ``; or''; and
        (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
            ``(C) the date of the lessee's stop movement order 
        described in paragraph (1)(C) or (2)(C) of subsection (b), as 
        the case may be.''.
    (b) Covered Leases.--
        (1) Leases of premises.--Paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of 
    such section is amended--
            (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``; or'' and inserting 
        a semicolon;
            (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; or''; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
            ``(C) the servicemember, while in military service--
                ``(i) executes a lease upon receipt of military orders 
            for a permanent change of station or to deploy with a 
            military unit, or as an individual in support of a military 
            operation, for a period of not less than 90 days; and
                ``(ii) thereafter receives a stop movement order issued 
            by the Secretary of Defense in response to a local, 
            national, or global emergency, effective for an indefinite 
            period or for a period of not less than 30 days, which 
            prevents the servicemember or servicemember's dependents 
            from occupying the lease for a residential, professional, 
            business, agricultural, or similar purpose.''.
        (2) Leases of motor vehicles.--Paragraph (2) of such subsection 
    is amended--
            (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``; or'' and inserting 
        a semicolon;
            (B) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking the period at the 
        end and inserting ``; or''; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
            ``(C) the servicemember, while in military service--
                ``(i) executes a lease upon receipt of military orders 
            described in subparagraph (B); and
                ``(ii) thereafter receives a stop movement order issued 
            by the Secretary of Defense in response to a local, 
            national, or global emergency, effective for an indefinite 
            period or for a period of not less than 30 days, which 
            prevents the servicemember, or the servicemember's 
            dependents, from using the vehicle for personal or business 
            transportation.''.
    (c) Effective Date of Termination.--Paragraph (1) of subsection (d) 
of such section is amended to read as follows:
        ``(1) Lease of premises.--
            ``(A) Entrance to military service, permanent change of 
        station, or deployment.--In the case of a lease described in 
        subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (b)(1) that provides for 
        monthly payment of rent, termination of the lease under 
        subsection (a) is effective 30 days after the first date on 
        which the next rental payment is due and payable after the date 
        on which the notice under subsection (c) is delivered. In the 
        case of any other lease described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) 
        of subsection (b)(1) termination of the lease under subsection 
        (a) is effective on the last day of the month following the 
        month in which the notice is delivered.
            ``(B) Stop movement orders.--In the case of a lease 
        described in subsection (b)(1)(C), termination of the lease 
        under subsection (a) is effective on the date on which the 
        requirements of subsection (c) are met for such termination.''.
    (d) Technical Correction.--Subsection (i) is amended, in the matter 
before paragraph (1), by inserting ``In this section:'' after 
``Definitions.--''.
    (e) Retroactive Application.--The amendments made by this section 
shall apply to stop movement orders issued on or after March 1, 2020.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.