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H.R. 4068: SCRA Rights Protection Act of 2014

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H.R. 4068: SCRA Rights Protection Act of 2014

113th Congress · introduced 2014-02-18 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2014-02-18 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. 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

SCRA Rights Protection Act of 2014

Plain summary

SCRA Rights Protection Act of 2014 - Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to allow the use of arbitration to resolve a controversy that arises under a contract with a servicemember (or with a servicemember and spouse jointly) that provides for arbitration, only if all parties to the controversy consent in writing to arbitration after the controversy arises. Allows a servicemember's waiver of any of such Act's rights and protections to be effective only if it is made after a specific dispute has arisen and the dispute is identified in the waiver. Allows a representative of members of an aggrieved class, or a member of such class, to bring a private civil action for a violation of any rights or protections under such Act.

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Official text

SCRA Rights Protection Act of 2014

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3] · 10 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Thomas Massie (R-KY)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr4068 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113