S.Amdt. 5484

1. Adds SEC. 587. TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION OF CONTRACTS FOR WIRELESS TELEPHONE SERVICE FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES at the end of subtitle G of title V

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   "(2) No officer or employee of the Department of Defense may interfere with the ability of the Legal Counsel to give independent legal advice to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and to the Joint Chiefs of Staff.".

   Inserted: SEC. 587. TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION OF CONTRACTS FOR WIRELESS TELEPHONE SERVICE FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

   Inserted: (a) In General.--Title III of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App. 531 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 305 the following new section:

   Inserted: "SEC. 305A. TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION OF CONTRACTS FOR WIRELESS TELEPHONE SERVICE.

   Inserted: "(a) In General.--A servicemember or person who is a party to a contract for wireless telephone service and receives military orders to deploy with a military unit or in support of a contingency operation for a period of not less than 90 days, or to relocate for not less than 90 days to a location that does not support the contract, may submit to the wireless telephone service provider concerned a request for the termination or suspension of the contract. The request shall include a copy of the military orders of the servicemember or person.

   Inserted: "(b) Relief.--Upon receiving the request of a servicemember or person under subsection (a), the wireless telephone service provider concerned shall, at the election of the servicemember or person--

   Inserted: "(1) permit the servicemember or person to terminate the contract without imposition of an early termination fee, penalty, or other obligation; or

   Inserted: "(2) permit the servicemember or person to suspend the contract at no charge until the servicemember or person returns to the original area of wireless telephone service coverage under the contract without requiring, whether as a condition of suspension or otherwise, that the contract be extended.

   Inserted: "(c) Unpaid Amounts.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to relieve a servicemember or person covered by subsection (a) from the obligation to pay all outstanding amounts due under the terms of the contract before the date that the contract is terminated or suspended under subsection (b).

   Inserted: "(d) Definitions.--In this section:

   Inserted: "(1) The term 'contingency operation' has the meaning given that term in section 101(a)(13) of title 10, United States Code, except that the term may include such other deployments as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe

   Inserted: "(2) The term 'suspension', with respect to a contract, means the temporary cessation of service under the contract as provided in subsection (b)(2).

   Inserted: "(3) The term 'wireless telephone service' has the meaning given the term 'commercial mobile radio services' in section 332(c) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 332(c)).

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   Inserted: "(4) The term 'wireless telephone service provider' means any entity that provides wireless telephone service.".

   Inserted: (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for that Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 305 the following new item:

   Inserted: "Sec. 305A. Termination or suspension of contracts for wireless telephone service.".

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   At the end of subtitle G of title V, add the following:

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