H.R. 5428: Military Residency Choice Act
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H.R. 5428: Military Residency Choice Act
114th Congress · introduced 2016-06-09 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 640.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2016-06-09 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Forbes, J. Randy [R-VA-4] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 640. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Military Residency Choice Act
Plain summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Military Residency Choice Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to permit the spouse of a servicemember to elect to use the same residence as the servicemember for purposes of taxation and voting, regardless of the date on which the marriage of the spouse and the servicemember occurred.
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Official text
Military Residency Choice Act
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House without amendment)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Forbes, J. Randy [R-VA-4] · 8 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 5428, Military Residency Choice Act (2016-10-26)
Cosponsors on this site
Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Ken Calvert (R-CA), John R. Carter (R-TX), Darrell Issa (R-CA)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House without amendment)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr5428.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>
Record fed-us-cong114-hr5428 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114