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S 624 115th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Contracts and agency Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Military personnel and dependents Television and film

A bill to allow servicemembers to terminate their cable, satellite television, and Internet access service contracts while deployed.

Introduced: March 14, 2017 Introduced by: Cantwell, Maria Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Mar 14, 2017
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to allow a service member to terminate a commercial mobile, telephone exchange, Internet access, or multichannel video programming service contract at any time after the date the service member receives military orders to relocate for at least 90 days to a location that does not support such service contract. (Currently, such provision applies to a cellular telephone service or telephone exchange service contract.)

A service member shall return any provider-owned consumer premises equipment to the service provider not later than 10 days after the service is disconnected.

What's happening now March 14, 2017

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

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Fischer, Deb
Nebraska · Mar 14, 2017
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 624: A bill to allow servicemembers to terminate their cable, satellite television, and Internet access service contracts while deployed.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-624/
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"S. 624: A bill to allow servicemembers to terminate their cable, satellite television, and Internet access service contracts while deployed.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-624/.
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S. 624, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-624/.
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