S.Amdt. 1864

SA 1864. Mr. REED (for himself, Mr. Tester, and Mr. Whitehouse)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S.
4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 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 appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

SEC. ___. ENHANCEMENTS TO PROTECTIONS ACCORDED SERVICEMEMBERS
WITH RESPECT TO RESIDENTIAL LEASES.

(a) Termination of Residential Leases.--
(1) In general.--Section 305 of the Servicemembers Civil
Relief Act (50 U.S.C. 3955) is amended--
(A) in subsection (a)(1)--
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or'' at the end;
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end
and inserting ``; or''; and
(iii) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(C) in the case of a lease described in subsection (b)(1)
and subparagraph (C) of such subsection, the date the lessee
is assigned to or otherwise relocates to quarters or a
housing facility as described in such subparagraph.''; and
(B) in subsection (b)(1)--
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or'' at the end;
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end
and inserting ``; or''; and
(iii) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(C) the lease is executed by or on behalf of a person who
thereafter and during the term of the lease is assigned to or
otherwise relocates to quarters of the United States or a
housing facility under the jurisdiction of a uniformed
service (as defined in section 101 of title 37, United States
Code), including housing provided under the Military Housing
Privatization Initiative.''.
(2) Manner of termination.--Subsection (c)(1) of such
section is amended--
(A) in subparagraph (A)--
(i) by inserting ``in the case of a lease described in
subsection (b)(1) and subparagraph (A) or (B) of such
subsection,'' before ``by delivery''; and
(ii) by striking ``and'' at the end;
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C);
and
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new
subparagraph (B):
``(B) in the case of a lease described in subsection (b)(1)
and subparagraph (C) of such subsection, by delivery by the
lessee of written notice of such termination, and a letter
from the servicemember's commanding officer indicating that
the servicemember has been assigned to or is otherwise
relocating to quarters of the United States or a housing
facility under the jurisdiction of a uniformed service (as
defined in section 101 of title 37, United States Code), to
the lessor (or the lessor's grantee), or to the lessor's
agent (or the agent's grantee); and''.
(b) Definition of Military Orders, Continental United
States, and Permanent Change of Station for Purposes of
Act.--
(1) Transfer of definitions.--Such Act is further amended
by transferring paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of section
305(i) (50 U.S.C. 3955(i)) to the end of section 101 (50
U.S.C. 3911) and redesignating such paragraphs, as so
transferred, as paragraphs (10), (11), and (12),
respectively.
(2) Conforming amendments.--Such Act is further amended--
(A) in section 305 (50 U.S.C. 3955), as amended by
paragraph (1), by striking subsection (i); and
(B) in section 705 (50 U.S.C. 4025), by striking ``or
naval'' both places it appears.
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