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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. 1118
To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to authorize spouses of
servicemembers who incur a catastrophic injury or illness or die while
in military service to terminate leases of premises and motor vehicles,
and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
APRIL 10, 2019
Ms. WARREN (for herself, Mr. PORTMAN, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. TILLIS, and Mr.
REED) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to authorize
spouses of servicemembers who incur a catastrophic in-
jury or illness or die while in military service to termi-
nate leases of premises and motor vehicles, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Gold Star Spouses and
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Spouses of Injured Servicemembers Leasing Relief Expan-
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sion Act of 2019’’.
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•S 1118 IS
SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF LEASES OF PREMISES AND
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MOTOR
VEHICLES
OF
SERVICEMEMBERS
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WHO INCUR CATASTROPHIC INJURY OR ILL-
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NESS OR DIE WHILE IN MILITARY SERVICE.
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(a) CATASTROPHIC INJURIES AND ILLNESSES.—Sub-
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section (a) of section 305 of the Servicemembers Civil Re-
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lief Act (50 U.S.C. 3955), as amended by section 301 of
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the Veterans Benefits and Transition Act of 2018 (Public
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Law 115–407), is further amended by adding at the end
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the following new paragraph:
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‘‘(4) CATASTROPHIC
INJURY
OR
ILLNESS
OF
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LESSEE.—The spouse of the lessee on a lease de-
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scribed in subsection (b) may terminate the lease
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during the one-year period beginning on the date on
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which the lessee incurs a catastrophic injury or ill-
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ness (as that term is defined in section 439(g) of
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title 37, United States Code), if the lessee incurs the
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catastrophic injury or illness during a period of mili-
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tary service or while performing full-time National
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Guard duty, active Guard and Reserve duty, or inac-
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tive-duty training (as such terms are defined in sec-
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tion 101(d) of title 10, United States Code).’’.
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(b) DEATHS.—Paragraph (3) of such subsection is
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amended by striking ‘‘in subsection (b)(1)’’ and inserting
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‘‘in subsection (b)’’.
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