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To amend the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 to provide protections to servicemembers who terminate motor vehicle or residential leases entered into before permanent change of station…

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To amend the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 to provide protections to servicemembers who terminate motor vehicle or residential leases entered into before permanent change of station or deployment orders or motor vehicle leases entered into before military service.

Introduced: September 5, 2003 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 19, 2003
See Public Law 108-189.
Sep 30, 2003
-Provision incorporated. See H. R. 100, Title III, Section 305.
Sep 29, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
Sep 5, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Sep 5, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 to allow a lessee to terminate a residential or motor vehicle lease which was entered into before military service or before receiving permanent change of station or deployment orders at any time after: (1) entry into military service; or (2) the date of the lessee's station or deployment orders. (Currently, a lessee may terminate only a residential lease and only after entry into military service.)

What's happening now December 19, 2003

See Public Law 108-189.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 100 Procedurally related Servicemembers Civil Relief Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Rogers, Mike D.
Alabama · Oct 7, 2003
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3024: To amend the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 to provide protections to servicemembers who terminate motor vehicle or residential leases entered into before permanent change of station or deployment orders or motor vehicle leases entered into before military service.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3024/
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"H.R. 3024: To amend the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 to provide protections to servicemembers who terminate motor vehicle or residential leases entered into before permanent change of station or deployment orders or motor vehicle leases entered into before military service.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3024/.
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H.R. 3024, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3024/.
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[H.R. 3024: To amend the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 to provide protections to servicemembers who terminate motor vehicle or residential leases entered into before permanent change of station or deployment orders or motor vehicle leases entered into before military service.](https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3024/)
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