[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 89 (Tuesday, June 7, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3595]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4547. Mr. BROWN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
       At the end of subtitle I of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1097. PROHIBITION ON DISCRIMINATION AGAINST CERTAIN 
                   SERVICEMEMBERS WITH RESPECT TO CREDIT 
                   TRANSACTIONS.

       (a) In General.--Title II of the Servicemembers Civil 
     Relief Act (50 U.S.C. 3931 et seq.) is amended by adding at 
     the end the following:

     ``SEC. 209. PROHIBITION ON DISCRIMINATION IN CREDIT 
                   TRANSACTIONS.

       ``(a) Prohibition.--It shall be unlawful for any creditor 
     to discriminate against a covered servicemember with respect 
     to any aspect of a credit transaction because of the status 
     of the covered servicemember as a covered servicemember.
       ``(b) Enforcement.--In addition to the enforcement 
     authority under title VIII, the Bureau of Consumer Financial 
     Protection shall be authorized to enforce the requirements of 
     this section.
       ``(c) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) The term `covered servicemember' means a service 
     member as follows:
       ``(A) A servicemember on active duty, as defined in section 
     101(d)(1) of title 10, United States Code.
       ``(B) A servicemember on active duty for a period of more 
     than 30 days, as defined in section 101(d)(2) of title 10, 
     United States Code.
       ``(C) A servicemember on active Guard and Reserve duty, as 
     defined in section 101(d)(6) of title 10, United States Code.
       ``(2) The term `creditor' has the meaning given that term 
     in section 702 of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (15 U.S.C. 
     1691a).''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 
     1(b) of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. 3901 
     et seq.) is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
     section 208 the following new item:

``Sec. 209. Prohibition on discrimination in credit transactions.''.
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