[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 127 (Monday, July 20, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H3113]
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  EXTENDING LEASE PROTECTIONS FOR SERVICEMEMBERS UNDER STOP MOVEMENT 
                                 ORDERS

  Mr. TAKANO. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from the 
Speaker's table the bill (S. 3637) 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, and ask for its immediate consideration in the 
House.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from California?
  There was no objection.
  The text of the bill is as follows:

                                S. 3637

       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.

  The bill was ordered to be read a third time, was read the third 
time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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