S.Amdt. 3933Senate117th Congress (2021-2023)2nd degree
S.Amdt. 3933
Sponsored by
Sen. Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH)
Submitted October 27, 2021
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October 27, 2021
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SA 3933. Ms. HASSAN (for herself and Mr. Cramer) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 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 G of title V, add the following: SEC. 596. TERMINATION OF TELEPHONE, MULTICHANNEL VIDEO PROGRAMMING, AND INTERNET ACCESS SERVICE CONTRACTS BY SERVICEMEMBERS WHO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS AFTER RECEIVING MILITARY ORDERS FOR PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION BUT THEN RECEIVE STOP MOVEMENT ORDERS DUE TO AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. (a) In General.--Section 305A(a)(1) of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. 3956) is amended-- (1) by striking ``after the date the servicemember receives military orders to relocate for a period of not less than 90 days to a location that does not support the contract.'' and inserting ``after--''; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs: ``(A) the date the servicemember receives military orders to relocate for a period of not less than 90 days to a location that does not support the contract; or ``(B) the date the servicemember, while in military service, receives military orders (as defined in section 305(i)) for a permanent change of station (as defined in section 305(i)), thereafter enters into the contract, and then after entering into the contract receives a stop movement order issued by the Secretary of Defense in response to a local, national, or global emergency, effective for an indefinite period or for a period of not less than 30 days, which prevents the servicemember from using the services provided under the contract.''. (b) Retroactive Application.--The amendments made by this section shall apply to any stop movement order issued on or after March 1, 2020. ______