[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 136 (Thursday, August 16, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S5699]
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  SA 3720. Ms. WARREN (for herself and Mr. Portman) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 6157, making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title VIII of division A, 
     insert the following:
       Sec. ___. (a) This section may be cited as the ``Gold Star 
     Spouses Leasing Relief Act''.
       (b) Section 305(a) of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act 
     (50 U.S.C. 3955) is amended--
       (1) in the subsection heading, by striking ``by Lessee'';
       (2) in the heading for paragraph (1), by striking ``In 
     general''and inserting ``Termination by lessee''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(3) Death of lessee.--The spouse of the lessee on a lease 
     described in subsection (b)(1) may terminate the lease during 
     the one-year period beginning on the date of the death of the 
     lessee, if the lessee dies while in military service or while 
     performing full-time National Guard duty, active Guard and 
     Reserve duty, or inactive-duty training (as such terms are 
     defined in section 101(d) of title 10, United States 
     Code).''.
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