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HR 578 115th 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: January 13, 2017 Introduced by: Wittman, Robert J. Republican · Virginia See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Feb 3, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Jan 13, 2017
Introduced in House
Jan 13, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Military Residency Choice Act

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 February 3, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 282 Identical bill Military Residency Choice Act
  • S 2541 Related bill Support Our Military Spouses Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Garamendi, John
California · Feb 2, 2017
 R
Issa, Darrell
California · Jan 13, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 578: Military Residency Choice Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-578/
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"H.R. 578: Military Residency Choice Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-578/.
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H.R. 578, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-578/.
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