S. 475: Military Spouses Residency Relief Act

111th Congress · introduced 2009-02-25 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Became Public Law No: 111-97.

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Where it came from: introduced 2009-02-25 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Became Public Law No: 111-97. (final step reached)
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Official title

Military Spouses Residency Relief Act

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) 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. Prohibits a spouse's income from being considered income earned in a tax jurisdiction if the spouse is not a resident or domiciliary of such jurisdiction when the spouse is in that jurisdiction solely to be with a servicemember serving under military orders. Suspends land rights residency requirements for spouses accompanying servicemembers serving under military orders.

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Official text

Military Spouses Residency Relief Act

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] · 44 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 475, Military Spouses Residency Relief Act (2009-06-26); CBO cost estimate: S. 475, Military Spouses Residency Relief Act (2009-06-26)

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Ron Wyden (D-OR), Roger F. Wicker (R-MS), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), James E. Risch (R-ID), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), John Thune (R-SD), John Barrasso (R-WY), John Cornyn (R-TX), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111s475.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/s>

Record fed-us-cong111-s475 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111