S. 3637: A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend lease protections for servicemembers under stop movement orders in response to a local, national, or global emergency, and for other purposes.

S. 3637: A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend lease protections for servicemembers under stop movement orders in response to a local, national, or global emergency, and for other purposes.

116th Congress · introduced 2020-05-06 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Became Public Law No: 116-158.

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Where it came from: introduced 2020-05-06 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Became Public Law No: 116-158. (final step reached)
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Official title

A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend lease protections for servicemembers under stop movement orders in response to a local, national, or global emergency, and for other purposes.

Plain summary

This bill provides certain lease protections for service members under stop movement orders in response to a local, national, or global emergency. A service member may terminate a lease for premises or for a motor vehicle, and may not be charged an early termination fee for doing so, if the service member (1) enters into the lease upon receipt of certain military orders for permanent change of station, deployment with a military unit, or individual support of military operations; and (2) subsequently receives, in response to a local, national, or global emergency, a stop movement order for an indefinite period or at least 30 days. For the bill to apply in the case of a lease for premises, the stop movement order must prevent the service member or the service member's dependents from occupying the premises.

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Official text

A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend lease protections for servicemembers under stop movement orders in response to a local, national, or global emergency, and for other purposes.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law)

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Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] · 16 cosponsors

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Jerry Moran (R-KS), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), John Boozman (R-AR), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Jack Reed (D-RI)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116s3637.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/s>

Record fed-us-cong116-s3637 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116