S.Amdt. 4547

SA 4547. Mr. BROWN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle I of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1097. PROHIBITION ON DISCRIMINATION AGAINST CERTAIN
SERVICEMEMBERS WITH RESPECT TO CREDIT
TRANSACTIONS.

(a) In General.--Title II of the Servicemembers Civil
Relief Act (50 U.S.C. 3931 et seq.) is amended by adding at
the end the following:

``SEC. 209. PROHIBITION ON DISCRIMINATION IN CREDIT
TRANSACTIONS.

``(a) Prohibition.--It shall be unlawful for any creditor
to discriminate against a covered servicemember with respect
to any aspect of a credit transaction because of the status
of the covered servicemember as a covered servicemember.
``(b) Enforcement.--In addition to the enforcement
authority under title VIII, the Bureau of Consumer Financial
Protection shall be authorized to enforce the requirements of
this section.
``(c) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) The term `covered servicemember' means a service
member as follows:
``(A) A servicemember on active duty, as defined in section
101(d)(1) of title 10, United States Code.
``(B) A servicemember on active duty for a period of more
than 30 days, as defined in section 101(d)(2) of title 10,
United States Code.
``(C) A servicemember on active Guard and Reserve duty, as
defined in section 101(d)(6) of title 10, United States Code.
``(2) The term `creditor' has the meaning given that term
in section 702 of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (15 U.S.C.
1691a).''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section
1(b) of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. 3901
et seq.) is amended by inserting after the item relating to
section 208 the following new item:

``Sec. 209. Prohibition on discrimination in credit transactions.''.
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