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S 2963 116th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Contracts and agency Family relationships Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Military personnel and dependents National Guard and reserves Telephone and wireless communication Television and film

Protecting Families of Fallen Servicemembers Act of 2019

Introduced: December 3, 2019 Introduced by: Cornyn, John Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Dec 3, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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Protecting Families of Fallen Servicemembers Act of 2019

This bill revises the conditions allowing 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 contract. It treats as individuals covered, and therefore allowed to terminate such a contract (1) a spouse or dependent of a service member who dies while in military service or a member of the reserve components performing full-time or active reserve duty or inactive-duty training; (2) a spouse or dependent of a service member who incurs a catastrophic injury or illness, if the member incurs the injury or illness while performing such duty; and (3) a member of the reserve components performing such duty.

What's happening now December 3, 2019

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

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4356 Related bill Protecting Families of Fallen Servicemembers Act
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 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Dec 3, 2019
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Dec 3, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2963: Protecting Families of Fallen Servicemembers Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2963/
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"S. 2963: Protecting Families of Fallen Servicemembers Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2963/.
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S. 2963, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2963/.
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