,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ahih  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #h1 #bjac ,mr4  
,turner 7for himself and ,mr4 ,andrews7 
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
protect the child custody rights of     
deployed members of the ,armed ,forces1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,protection
 of child custody arrangements for      
parents who are members of the ,armed   
,forces  7a7 ,child custody protection  
,title ,,ii of the ,servicemembers      
,civil ,relief ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 ,app4
 #eba et seq47 is amended by adding at  
the end the following new section3      
#bjh4 ,child custody protection  7a7    
,restriction on temporary custody order 
,if a court renders a temporary order   
for custodial responsibility for a child
 based solely on a deployment or        
anticipated deployment of a parent who  
is a servicemember1 then the court shall
 require that1 upon the return of the   

servicemember from deployment1 the      
custody order that was in effect        
immediately preceding the temporary     
order shall be reinstated1 unless the   
court finds that such a reinstatement is
 not in the best interest of the child1 
except that any such finding shall be   
subject to subsection 7b74  7b7         
,limitation on consideration of member's
 deployment in determination of ,child's
 ,best ,interest ,if a motion or a      
petition is filed seeking a permanent   
order to modify the custody of the child
 of a servicemember1 no court may       
consider the absence of the             
servicemember by reason of deployment1  
or the possibility of deployment1 as the
 sole factor in determining the best    
interest of the child4  7c7 ,no ,federal
 jurisdiction or right of action or     
removal ,nothing in this section shall  
create a ,federal right of action or    
otherwise give rise to ,federal         
jurisdiction or create a right of       
removal4  7d7 ,preemption ,in any case  

where ,state law applicable to a child  
custody proceeding involving a temporary
 order as contemplated in this section  
provides a higher standard of protection
 to the rights of the parent who is a   
deploying servicemember than the rights 
provided under this section with respect
 to such temporary order1 the           
appropriate court shall apply the higher
 ,state standard4  7e7 ,deployment      
,defined ,in this section1 the term     
deployment means the movement or        
mobilization of a servicemember to a    
location for a period of longer than #fj
 days and not longer than #edj days     
pursuant to temporary or permanent      
official orders--  7#a7 that are        
designated as unaccompanied2  7#b7 for  
which dependent travel is not           
authorized2 or  7#c7 that otherwise do  
not permit the movement of family       
members to that location4  4  7b7       
,clerical amendment ,the table of       
contents in section #a7;b7 of such ,act 
is amended by adding at the end of the  

items relating to title ,,ii the        
following new item3  #bjh4 ,child       
custody protection4  4