H.R. 3024: To amend the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 to provide protections to servicemembers who terminate motor vehicle or residential leases entered into before permanent change of station or deployment orders or motor vehicle leases entered into before military service.

H.R. 3024: To amend the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 to provide protections to servicemembers who terminate motor vehicle or residential leases entered into before permanent change of station or deployment orders or motor vehicle leases entered into before military service.

108th Congress · introduced 2003-09-05 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: See Public Law 108-189.

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Where it came from: introduced 2003-09-05 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Buyer, Steve [R-IN-4] · what a sponsor is
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Where it stands now: See Public Law 108-189. (final step reached)
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Official title

To amend the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 to provide protections to servicemembers who terminate motor vehicle or residential leases entered into before permanent change of station or deployment orders or motor vehicle leases entered into before military service.

Plain summary

Amends the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 to allow a lessee to terminate a residential or motor vehicle lease which was entered into before military service or before receiving permanent change of station or deployment orders at any time after: (1) entry into military service; or (2) the date of the lessee's station or deployment orders. (Currently, a lessee may terminate only a residential lease and only after entry into military service.)

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Official text

To amend the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 to provide protections to servicemembers who terminate motor vehicle or residential leases entered into before permanent change of station or deployment orders or motor vehicle leases entered into before military service.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Buyer, Steve [R-IN-4] · 3 cosponsors

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Mike Rogers (R-AL)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-108hr3024.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/108/hr>

Record fed-us-cong108-hr3024 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108