[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 89 (Thursday, June 20, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E947]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  EN BLOC PACKAGE: AMENDMENT 60--MILITARY FAMILY HOME PROTECTION HR. 
     1960, NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014

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                        HON. ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 20, 2013

  Mr. CUMMINGS. Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the bill's managers for 
including in this en bloc amendment a provision I submitted to amend 
the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.
  Under current law, certain disabled veterans, servicemembers and 
their families are not receiving the critical protection they need. As 
a result, banks are foreclosing on their homes at the very moment when 
our heroes most deserve our support.
  Our amendment extends foreclosure protections to all servicemembers 
receiving hostile fire or imminent danger pay, to the surviving spouses 
of servicemembers killed in the line of duty, and to veterans who 
become disabled due to service-connected injuries.
  Last Congress, I introduced a similar amendment that passed the house 
with overwhelming bipartisan support.
  I ask Members to vote in favor of this amendment.

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