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HR 2654 112th Congress House

Don't Default on Military Families Act

Official title: To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide servicemembers increased protection during a funding gap.

Introduced: July 26, 2011 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security AppropriationsBudget deficits and national debtConsumer creditDefense spending
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Department of DefenseExecutive agency funding and structureHousing finance and home ownershipMilitary personnel and dependentsWages and earnings
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Jul 29, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Jul 26, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jul 26, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 29, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Don't Default on Military Families Act - Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to, during a funding gap affecting the Armed Forces: (1) require a court order to evict a servicemember (or dependents) from a primary residence during a period of the servicemember's military service (currently, such a court order is required only when monthly rent for the residence is below a specified amount); (2) bar subjecting such premises to distress; and (3) prohibit, after a servicemember enters military service, rescinding or terminating a contract for the purchase, lease, or bailment of real or personal property for a breach occurring before or during that person's military service (currently, such protections apply only when a servicemember pays a deposit or installment before entering military service).

Modifies existing requirements for staying proceedings, adjusting obligations, or selling, foreclosing, or seizing property for a breach of obligation when an underlying mortgage or other secured interest on real or personal property originates before a funding gap that is the cause of such actions (currently, such protections apply only when the obligations originated before the period of the servicemember's military service).

Prohibits a servicemember's failure or delay to make a mortgage payment (without regard to other considerations) from providing a basis for an adverse credit report if in good faith such servicemember notifies the creditor that such a funding gap is the cause of the failed or delayed payment.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2654: Don't Default on Military Families Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2654/
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"H.R. 2654: Don't Default on Military Families Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2654/.
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