US Congress House Bill 1898 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 8-4)
Status: Introduced on May 8 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-05-24 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide that if a court renders a temporary order for custodial responsibility for a child based solely on a deployment or anticipated deployment of a parent-servicemember, then the court shall require that upon the return of that servicemember from deployment the custody order that was in effect preceding such deployment shall be reinstated, unless the court finds that reinstatement in not in the child's best interest. Prohibits a servicemember's deployment or possible deployment from being considered as the sole factor in the determination of a child's best interest in a motion seeking a permanent order to modify custody. Provides that under a temporary custody order, if a state law provides a higher standard of protection to the deploying parent-servicemember, then the appropriate court shall apply the higher standard.

To protect the child custody rights of deployed members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]	Rep. Robert Andrews [D-NJ]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA]	Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. John Kline [R-MN]
Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Jon Runyan [R-NJ]	Rep. Matt Salmon [R-AZ]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-05-24	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
2013-05-08	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

HB4435 (Related) 2014-06-05 - Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 425.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1898/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr1898/BILLS-113hr1898ih.pdf