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S 1593 113th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Civil actions and liability Housing finance and home ownership Military personnel and dependents Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Servicemember Housing Protection Act of 2013

Introduced: October 28, 2013 Introduced by: Reed, Jack Democratic · Rhode Island See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Nov 19, 2013
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Oct 30, 2013
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-280.
Oct 28, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Oct 28, 2013
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7579-7580)
Oct 28, 2013
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Servicemember Housing Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to protect a surviving spouse who is the successor in interest to a servicemember who dies from a service-connected cause while in military service against a mortgage foreclosure or residential lease termination. Extends such protection for the one-month period following the death of the servicemember.

Allows the termination of an existing lease by the lessee, without penalties, when the lessee is assigned to or otherwise relocates to federal quarters or military housing. Requires, in such case, the lessee to deliver to the lessor written notice of such termination and a letter from the servicemember's commanding officer indicating such relocation.

What's happening now November 19, 2013

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 1982 Related bill Comprehensive Veterans Health and Benefits and Military Retirement Pay Restoration Act of 2014
  • S 2413 Related bill Restoring Veterans Trust Act of 2014
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Oct 28, 2013
 D
Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Oct 28, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1593: Servicemember Housing Protection Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1593/
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