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HR 5882 115th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Contracts and agency Family relationships Military personnel and dependents

Gold Star Spouses Leasing Relief Act

Introduced: May 18, 2018 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 15 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 25, 2018
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jul 24, 2018
Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 115-865.
Jul 24, 2018
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5882.
Jul 24, 2018
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jul 24, 2018
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7140)
Jul 24, 2018
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7140)
Jul 24, 2018
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7140-7141)
Jul 24, 2018
Mr. Roe (TN) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Jul 24, 2018
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 668.
Jul 12, 2018
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 12, 2018
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
May 23, 2018
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
May 23, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
May 18, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
May 18, 2018
Introduced in House
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Gold Star Spouses Leasing Relief Act

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to permit a widow or widower of a service member who died while in military service, or while performing full-time National Guard duty, active Guard and Reserve duty, or inactive-duty training to terminate a lease without penalty within one year of the service member's death. The bill applies to leases of premises occupied, or intended to be occupied, by the service member or the service member's dependents for a residential, professional, business, agricultural, or similar purpose.

What's happening now July 25, 2018

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 3241 Identical bill Gold Star Spouses Leasing Relief Act
 Bill text 4 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
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Titus, Dina
Nevada · Jul 23, 2018
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Jul 19, 2018
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · May 21, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5882: Gold Star Spouses Leasing Relief Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5882/
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"H.R. 5882: Gold Star Spouses Leasing Relief Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5882/.
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H.R. 5882, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5882/.
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