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HR 1182 111th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Congressional elections Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Military personnel and dependents Property rights Tax administration and collection, taxpayers Voting rights

Military Spouses Residency Relief Act

Introduced: September 15, 2009 Introduced by: Carter, John R. Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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Became law
Oct 8, 2009
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
Oct 8, 2009
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Sep 24, 2009
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Feb 27, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Feb 25, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Feb 25, 2009
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. Prohibits a spouse's income from being considered income earned in a tax jurisdiction if the spouse is not a resident or domiciliary of such jurisdiction when the spouse is in that jurisdiction solely to be with a servicemember serving under military orders.

Suspends land rights residency requirements for spouses accompanying servicemembers serving under military orders.

What's happening now October 8, 2009

Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 60
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Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Oct 27, 2009
D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Oct 21, 2009
D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Oct 21, 2009
D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Oct 14, 2009
Dahlkemper, Kathleen
· Oct 14, 2009
D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Oct 14, 2009
D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Oct 7, 2009
D
Murphy, Christopher
Connecticut · Oct 7, 2009
D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Sep 30, 2009
R
Issa, Darrell
California · Sep 30, 2009
Klein, Ron
· Sep 30, 2009
D
Thompson, Mike
California · Sep 30, 2009
R
Turner, Michael R.
Ohio · Sep 30, 2009
D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Sep 30, 2009
Ellsworth, Brad
· Sep 22, 2009
Halvorson, Deborah
· Sep 22, 2009
Hodes, Paul
· Sep 21, 2009
D
Titus, Dina
Nevada · Sep 21, 2009
D
Himes, James A.
Connecticut · Sep 17, 2009
Griffith, Parker
· Sep 15, 2009
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Sep 15, 2009
Adler, John
· Sep 9, 2009
Markey, Betsy
· Sep 9, 2009
R
Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Sep 9, 2009
D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Sep 8, 2009
Giffords, Gabrielle
· Sep 8, 2009
D
Costa, Jim
California · Jul 29, 2009
D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jul 29, 2009
Nye, Glenn
· Jul 29, 2009
D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Jul 27, 2009
R
Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Jul 27, 2009
Mitchell, Harry
· Jun 26, 2009
Bright, Bobby
· Jun 18, 2009
Kosmas, Suzanne
· Jun 18, 2009
R
McClintock, Tom
California · Jun 18, 2009
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 18, 2009
Minnick, Walter
· Jun 11, 2009
R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Apr 23, 2009
Boccieri, John
· Apr 21, 2009
D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Apr 21, 2009
D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Apr 21, 2009
R
Latta, Robert E.
Ohio · Mar 31, 2009
R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Mar 31, 2009
R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Mar 19, 2009
R
Bilirakis, Gus M.
Florida · Mar 6, 2009
R
Calvert, Ken
California · Mar 6, 2009
R
Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Mar 6, 2009
R
Diaz-Balart, Mario
Florida · Mar 6, 2009
Fallin, Mary
· Mar 6, 2009
R
Foxx, Virginia
North Carolina · Mar 6, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1182: Military Spouses Residency Relief Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1182/
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"H.R. 1182: Military Spouses Residency Relief Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1182/.
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