Protecting Families of Fallen Servicemembers Act of 2019
United States116th CongressS-2963Senate
Updated: Dec 3, 2019
Summary
Protecting Families of Fallen Servicemembers Act of 2019 This bill revises the conditions allowing a service member to terminate a commercial mobile, telephone exchange, Internet access, or multichannel video programming service contract at any time after the date the service member receives military orders to relocate for at least 90 days to a location that does not support such contract. It treats as individuals covered, and therefore allowed to terminate such a contract (1) a spouse or dependent of a service member who dies while in military service or a member of the reserve components performing full-time or active reserve duty or inactive-duty training; (2) a spouse or dependent of a service member who incurs a catastrophic injury or illness, if the member incurs the injury or illness while performing such duty; and (3) a member of the reserve components performing such duty.
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Timeline
Latest companion bill action
HR-4356: Protecting Families of Fallen Servicemembers ActSigned by President.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Senate
Introduced in Senate
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