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HR 5428 114th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Marriage and family status Military personnel and dependents Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Military Residency Choice Act

Introduced: June 9, 2016 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 14, 2016
Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 114-816.
Nov 14, 2016
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 640.
Sep 21, 2016
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Sep 21, 2016
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 21, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Jun 9, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jun 9, 2016
Introduced in House
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Military Residency Choice Act

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to permit the spouse of a servicemember to elect to use the same residence as the servicemember for purposes of taxation and voting, regardless of the date on which the marriage of the spouse and the servicemember occurred.

What's happening now November 14, 2016

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 640.

 Bill text 2 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Republican 4
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Issa, Darrell
California · Sep 21, 2016
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Jul 14, 2016
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Carter, John R.
Texas · Jul 14, 2016
Knight, Stephen
· Jul 12, 2016
 R
Stefanik, Elise M.
New York · Jul 12, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5428: Military Residency Choice Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5428/
MLA
"H.R. 5428: Military Residency Choice Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5428/.
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H.R. 5428, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5428/.
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