US Congress House Bill 5798 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on December 4 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-12-04 - Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Pending: House Veterans' Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Stability for Service Members Act - Amends the Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 to extend through calendar year 2015 the one-year period after a service member's military service during which: (1) a court may stay proceedings to enforce an obligation on real or personal property owned by the service member before such military service; and (2) any sale, foreclosure, or seizure of such property shall be invalid without a court order or waiver agreement signed by the service member. (Currently, the extended one-year period is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2014, and return to a nine-month period under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.) Revives, effective January 1, 2016 (currently, January 1, 2015), the old nine-month period in place of the one-year period granted by such Act.

Stability for Service Members Act

Rep. Stephen Fincher [R-TN]

Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-12-04	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2014-12-04	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1741-1742)

SB2404 (Related) 2014-05-22 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
SB3008 (Related) 2014-12-18 - Became Public Law No: 113-286.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/5798/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr5798/BILLS-113hr5798ih.pdf