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A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide a guarantee of residency for registration of businesses of spouses of members of the uniformed services, to improve occupational license…

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A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide a guarantee of residency for registration of businesses of spouses of members of the uniformed services, to improve occupational license portability for military spouses through interstate compacts, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 9, 2019 Introduced by: Cotton, Tom Republican · Arkansas See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
May 9, 2019
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill addresses the process of business registration by a spouse accompanying a service member deployed away from the state of residence.

The accompanying spouse shall not be deemed to have (1) lost a residence or domicile in the state, (2) acquired a residence or domicile in another state, or (3) become a resident in or of any other state. The spouse may elect to use the same residence as the member regardless of the date of marriage.

The bill authorizes the Department of Defense to enter into an agreement with the Council of State Governments to assist with funding for interstate compacts on licensed occupations in order to alleviate burdens associated with relicensing when members make a permanent change of duty station to another state.

What's happening now May 9, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

 Related & companion bills 4
  • HR 3072 Identical bill To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide a guarantee of residency for registration of businesses of spou…
  • HR 2500 Related bill National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
  • S 1790 Related bill National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
  • HR 2618 Identical bill To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide a guarantee of residency for registration of businesses of spou…
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 1
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Kennedy, John
Louisiana · Jul 31, 2019
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Rosen, Jacky
Nevada · Jul 17, 2019
McSally, Martha
· May 9, 2019
 D
Shaheen, Jeanne
New Hampshire · May 9, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1383: A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide a guarantee of residency for registration of businesses of spouses of members of the uniformed services, to improve occupational license portability for military spouses through interstate compacts, and for other purposes.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1383/
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"S. 1383: A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide a guarantee of residency for registration of businesses of spouses of members of the uniformed services, to improve occupational license portability for military spouses through interstate compacts, and for other purposes.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1383/.
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S. 1383, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1383/.
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[S. 1383: A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide a guarantee of residency for registration of businesses of spouses of members of the uniformed services, to improve occupational license portability for military spouses through interstate compacts, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1383/)
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