[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 99 (Thursday, June 13, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3595]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 595. Mr. REED (for himself, Mr. Tester, and Mr. Whitehouse) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 
1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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 appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

     SEC. __. ENHANCEMENTS TO PROTECTIONS ACCORDED UNDER THE 
                   SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF ACT.

       (a) Protection of Surviving Spouse With Respect to Mortgage 
     Foreclosure.--
       (1) In general.--Section 303 of the Servicemembers Civil 
     Relief Act (50 U.S.C. 3953) is amended by adding at the end 
     the following new subsection:
       ``(e) Protection of Surviving Spouse.--With respect to a 
     servicemember who dies while in military service from a 
     service-connected cause and who has a surviving spouse who is 
     the servicemember's successor in interest to property covered 
     under subsection (a), this section shall apply to the 
     surviving spouse with respect to that property during the 
     one-year period beginning on the date of such death in the 
     same manner as if the servicemember had not died.''.
       (2) Effective date.--Subsection (e) of section 303 of the 
     Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, as added by paragraph (1), 
     shall apply to the surviving spouse of a servicemember whose 
     death occurs on or after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act.
       (b) Termination of Residential Leases.--
       (1) In general.--Section 305 of such Act (50 U.S.C. 3955) 
     is amended--
       (A) in subsection (a)(1)--
       (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or'' at the end;
       (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting''; or''; and
       (iii) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(C) in the case of a lease described in subsection (b)(1) 
     and subparagraph (C) of such subsection, the date the lessee 
     is assigned to or otherwise relocates to quarters or a 
     housing facility as described in such subparagraph.''; and
       (B) in subsection (b)(1)--
       (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or'' at the end;
       (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; or''; and
       (iii) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(C) the lease is executed by or on behalf of a person who 
     thereafter and during the term of the lease is assigned to or 
     otherwise relocates to quarters of the United States or a 
     housing facility under the jurisdiction of a uniformed 
     service (as defined in section 101 of title 37, United States 
     Code), including housing provided under the Military Housing 
     Privatization Initiative.''.
       (2) Manner of Termination.--Subsection (c)(1) of such 
     section is amended--
       (A) in subparagraph (A)--
       (i) by inserting ``in the case of a lease described in 
     subsection (b)(1) and subparagraph (A) or (B) of such 
     subsection,'' before ``by delivery''; and
       (ii) by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); 
     and
       (C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new 
     subparagraph (B):
       ``(B) in the case of a lease described in subsection (b 
     )(1) and subparagraph (C) of such subsection, by delivery by 
     the lessee of written notice of such termination, and a 
     letter from the servicemember's commanding officer indicating 
     that the servicemember has been assigned to or is otherwise 
     relocating to quarters of the United States or a housing 
     facility under the jurisdiction of a uniformed service (as 
     defined in section 101 of title 37, United States Code), to 
     the lessor (or the lessor's grantee), or to the lessor's 
     agent (or the agent's grantee); and''.
       (c) Definition of Military Orders and Continental United 
     States for Purposes of Act.--
       (1) Transfer of definitions.--Such Act is further amended 
     by transferring paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 305(i) (50 
     U.S.C. 3955(i)) to the end of section 101 (50 U.S.C. 3911) 
     and redesignating such paragraphs, as so transferred, as 
     paragraphs (10) and (11), respectively.
       (2) Conforming amendments.--Such Act is further amended--
       (A) in section 305 (50 U.S.C. 3955), as amended by 
     paragraph (1), by striking subsection (i); and
       (B) in section 705 (50 U.S.C. 4025), by striking ``or 
     naval'' both places it appears.

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