H.R. 6070: Military Spouses Residency Relief Act

110th Congress · introduced 2008-05-15 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .

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Where it came from: introduced 2008-05-15 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Military Spouses Residency Relief Act

Plain summary

Military Spouses Residency Relief Act - Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to prohibit, for purposes of voting for a federal, state, or local office, deeming a person to have lost a residence or domicile in a state, acquired a residence or domicile in any other state, or become a resident in or of any other state solely because the person is absent from a state because the person is accompanying the person's spouse who is absent from the state in compliance with military or naval orders. Prohibits a servicemember's spouse from either losing or acquiring a residence or domicile for purposes of taxation because of being absent or present in any U.S. tax jurisdiction solely to be with the servicemember in compliance with the servicemember's military orders if the residence or domicile is the same for the servicemember and the spouse.

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Military Spouses Residency Relief Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31] · 72 cosponsors

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Joe Wilson (R-SC), Robert E. Latta (R-OH), Tom Cole (R-OK), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Michael R. Turner (R-OH), Michael T. McCaul (R-TX) and 12 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31] reported raising $1.5 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-110hr6070.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/110/hr>

Record fed-us-cong110-hr6070 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110