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HR 5851 115th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Department of Defense Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Lease and rental services Motor vehicles Telephone and wireless communication

Deployed Civilian Parity Act

Introduced: May 16, 2018 Introduced by: Keating, William R. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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May 17, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
May 16, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
May 16, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Deployed Civilian Parity Act

This bill states that the terms governing the termination of residential or motor vehicle leases and telephone service contracts with respect to servicemembers who receive military orders shall apply in the same manner and to the same extent to civilian employees of combat support agencies who are assigned to work in a combat theater of operations for a period of 120 days or more.

What's happening now May 17, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5167 Related bill Foreign Service Officer Civil Relief Act of 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5851: Deployed Civilian Parity Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5851/
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"H.R. 5851: Deployed Civilian Parity Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5851/.
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H.R. 5851, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5851/.
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