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H.R. 3779: Safeguarding Schoolchildren of Deployed Soldiers Act of 2004

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H.R. 3779: Safeguarding Schoolchildren of Deployed Soldiers Act of 2004

108th Congress · introduced 2004-02-04 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Committee Hearings Held.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2004-02-04 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Committee Hearings Held. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Safeguarding Schoolchildren of Deployed Soldiers Act of 2004

Plain summary

Safeguarding Schoolchildren of Deployed Soldiers Act of 2004 - Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to require a State or local educational agency, for the duration of the military service on which a child's change of residence is based and at the request of a parent, to treat a child who changes residence based on such service as if the child has the residence held before the change of residence, for purposes of enrollment in elementary or secondary school.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Safeguarding Schoolchildren of Deployed Soldiers Act of 2004

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28] · 26 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3779, Safeguarding Schoolchildren of Deployed Soldiers Act of 2004 (2003-07-23); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3779, Safeguarding Schoolchildren of Deployed Soldiers Act of 2004 (2003-07-23)

Cosponsors on this site

Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong108-hr3779 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108