S.Amdt. 595

SA 595. Mr. REED (for himself, Mr. Tester, and Mr. Whitehouse)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S.
1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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 UNDER THE
SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF ACT.

(a) Protection of Surviving Spouse With Respect to Mortgage
Foreclosure.--
(1) In general.--Section 303 of the Servicemembers Civil
Relief Act (50 U.S.C. 3953) is amended by adding at the end
the following new subsection:
``(e) Protection of Surviving Spouse.--With respect to a
servicemember who dies while in military service from a
service-connected cause and who has a surviving spouse who is
the servicemember's successor in interest to property covered
under subsection (a), this section shall apply to the
surviving spouse with respect to that property during the
one-year period beginning on the date of such death in the
same manner as if the servicemember had not died.''.
(2) Effective date.--Subsection (e) of section 303 of the
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, as added by paragraph (1),
shall apply to the surviving spouse of a servicemember whose
death occurs on or after the date of the enactment of this
Act.
(b) Termination of Residential Leases.--
(1) In general.--Section 305 of such 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''.
(c) Definition of Military Orders and Continental United
States for Purposes of Act.--
(1) Transfer of definitions.--Such Act is further amended
by transferring paragraphs (1) and (2) 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) and (11), 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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