[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 189 (Wednesday, October 27, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7429]
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SA 3933. Ms. HASSAN (for herself and Mr. Cramer) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr.
Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2022 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 G of title V, add the following:
SEC. 596. TERMINATION OF TELEPHONE, MULTICHANNEL VIDEO
PROGRAMMING, AND INTERNET ACCESS SERVICE
CONTRACTS BY SERVICEMEMBERS WHO ENTER INTO
CONTRACTS AFTER RECEIVING MILITARY ORDERS FOR
PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION BUT THEN RECEIVE
STOP MOVEMENT ORDERS DUE TO AN EMERGENCY
SITUATION.
(a) In General.--Section 305A(a)(1) of the Servicemembers
Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. 3956) is amended--
(1) by striking ``after the date the servicemember receives
military orders to relocate for a period of not less than 90
days to a location that does not support the contract.'' and
inserting ``after--''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:
``(A) the date the servicemember receives military orders
to relocate for a period of not less than 90 days to a
location that does not support the contract; or
``(B) the date the servicemember, while in military
service, receives military orders (as defined in section
305(i)) for a permanent change of station (as defined in
section 305(i)), thereafter enters into the contract, and
then after entering into the contract 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 from using the services
provided under the contract.''.
(b) Retroactive Application.--The amendments made by this
section shall apply to any stop movement order issued on or
after March 1, 2020.
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