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Military Spouses Residency Relief Act

Introduced: May 15, 2008 Introduced by: Carter, John R. Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 26, 2008
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
Jun 26, 2008
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 19, 2008
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
May 16, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
May 15, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
May 15, 2008
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Military Spouses Residency Relief Act - Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to prohibit, for purposes of voting for a federal, state, or local office, deeming a person to have lost a residence or domicile in a state, acquired a residence or domicile in any other state, or become a resident in or of any other state solely because the person is absent from a state because the person is accompanying the person's spouse who is absent from the state in compliance with military or naval orders.

Prohibits a servicemember's spouse from either losing or acquiring a residence or domicile for purposes of taxation because of being absent or present in any U.S. tax jurisdiction solely to be with the servicemember in compliance with the servicemember's military orders if the residence or domicile is the same for the servicemember and the spouse.

What's happening now June 26, 2008

Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 1 Republican 9
R
Scalise, Steve
Louisiana · Sep 16, 2008
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · May 15, 2008
 R
Boozman, John
Arkansas · May 15, 2008
 R
Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · May 15, 2008
 D
Cuellar, Henry
Texas · May 15, 2008
 R
Foxx, Virginia
North Carolina · May 15, 2008
 R
Latta, Robert E.
Ohio · May 15, 2008
McCarthy, Kevin
· May 15, 2008
 R
McCaul, Michael T.
Texas · May 15, 2008
 R
Turner, Michael R.
Ohio · May 15, 2008
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · May 15, 2008
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6070: Military Spouses Residency Relief Act. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6070/
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"H.R. 6070: Military Spouses Residency Relief Act." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6070/.
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H.R. 6070, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6070/.
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