US Congress House Bill 2618 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on May 9 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-05-29 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Addresses the process of business registration by a spouse accompanying a service member deployed away from the state of residence. The accompanying spouse shall not be deemed to have (1) lost a residence or domicile in the state, (2) acquired a residence or domicile in another state, or (3) become a resident in or of any other state. The spouse may elect to use the same residence as the member regardless of the date of marriage. The bill authorizes the Department of Defense to enter into an agreement with the Council of State Governments to assist with funding for interstate compacts on licensed occupations in order to alleviate burdens associated with relicensing when members make a permanent change of duty station to another state.

To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide a guarantee of residency for registration of businesses of spouses of members of the uniformed services, to improve occupational license portability for military spouses through interstate compacts, and for other purposes.

Rep. Jim Banks [R-IN]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]	Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]
Rep. Christopher Pappas [D-NH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-29	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
2019-05-10	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
2019-05-09	House	Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-05-09	House	Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-05-09	House	Introduced in House

SB1790 (Related) 2019-12-20 - Became Public Law No: 116-92. (TXT | PDF)
HB2500 (Related) 2020-08-11 - Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 512.
HB3072 (Same As) 2019-06-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
SB1383 (Same As) 2019-05-09 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
HR758 (Similar To) 2019-12-11 - Mr. Nadler moved to table the motion to reconsider

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2618/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr2618/BILLS-116hr2618ih.pdf