,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aeic  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,october #bh1  
#bjac,mr4 ,reed 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,begich1 ,mr4 ,whitehouse1 ,mr4 ,durbin1
 and ,mr4 ,tester7 introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend the ,servicemembers ,civil ,relief
 ,act to enhance the protections        
accorded to servicemembers and their    
spouses with respect to mortgages1 and  
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,servicemember ,housing ,protection ,act
 of #bjac4  #b4 ,enhancements to        
protections accorded under the          
,servicemembers ,civil ,relief ,act  7a7
 ,protection of surviving spouse with   
respect to mortgage foreclosure  7#a7   
,in general ,section #cjc of the        
,servicemembers ,civil ,relief ,act 7#ej
 ,u4,s4,c4 ,app4 #ecc7 is amended by    
adding at the end the following new     

subsection3  7e7 ,protection of         
surviving spouse ,with respect to a     
servicemember who dies while in military
 service from a service-connected cause 
and who has a surviving spouse who is   
the servicemember's successor in        
interest to property covered under      
subsection 7a71 this section shall apply
 to the surviving spouse with respect to
 that property during the one-year      
period beginning on the date of such    
death in the same manner as if the      
servicemember had not died4  4  7#b7    
,effective date ,subsection 7e7 of      
section #cjc of the ,servicemembers     
,civil ,relief ,act1 as added by        
paragraph 7#a71 shall apply to the      
surviving spouse of a servicemember     
whose death occurs on or after the date 
of the enactment of this ,act4  7b7     
,termination of residential leases  7#a7
 ,in general ,section #cje of such ,act 
7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 ,app4 #ece7 is amended-- 
7,a7 in subsection 7a77#a7-- 7i7 in     
subparagraph 7,a71 by striking or at the

 end2  7ii7 in subparagraph 7,b71 by    
striking the period at the end and      
inserting 2 or2 and  7iii7 by adding at 
the end the following new subparagraph3 
7,c7 in the case of a lease described in
 subsection 7b77#a7 and subparagraph    
7,c7 of such subsection1 the date the   
lessee is assigned to or otherwise      
relocates to quarters or a housing      
facility as described in such           
subparagraph4  2 and  7,b7 in subsection
 7b77#a7-- 7i7 in subparagraph 7,a71 by 
striking or at the end2  7ii7 in        
subparagraph 7,b71 by striking the      
period at the end and inserting 2 or2   
and  7iii7 by adding at the end the     
following new subparagraph3  7,c7 the   
lease is executed by or on behalf of a  
person who thereafter and during the    
term of the lease is assigned to or     
otherwise relocates to quarters of the  
,united ,states or a housing facility   
under the jurisdiction of a uniformed   
service 7as defined in section #aja of  
title #cg1 ,united ,states ,code71      

including housing provided under the    
,military ,housing ,privatization       
,initiative4  4  7#b7 ,manner of        
termination ,subsection 7c77#a7 of such 
section is amended-- 7,a7 in            
subparagraph 7,a7-- 7i7 by inserting in 
the case of a lease described in        
subsection 7b77#a7 and subparagraph 7,a7
 or 7,b7 of such subsection1 before by  
delivery2 and  7ii7 by striking and at  
the end2  7,b7 by redesignating         
subparagraph 7,b7 as subparagraph 7,c72 
and  7,c7 by inserting after            
subparagraph 7,a7 the following new     
subparagraph 7,b73  7,b7 in the case of 
a lease described in subsection 7b77#a7 
and subparagraph 7,c7 of such           
subsection1 by delivery by the lessee of
 written notice of such termination1 and
 a letter from the servicemember's      
commanding officer indicating that the  
servicemember has been assigned to or is
 otherwise relocating to quarters of the
 ,united ,states or a housing facility  
under the jurisdiction of a uniformed   

service 7as defined in section #aja of  
title #cg1 ,united ,states ,code71 to   
the lessor 7or the lessor's grantee71 or
 to the lessor's agent 7or the agent's  
grantee72 and  4  7c7 ,definition of    
military orders and continental ,united 
,states for purposes of ,act  7#a7      
,transfer of definitions ,such ,act is  
further amended by transferring         
paragraphs 7#a7 and 7#b7 of section     
#cje7;i7 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 ,app4 #ece7;i77 
to the end of section #aja 7#ej         
,u4,s4,c4 ,app4 #eaa7 and redesignating 
such paragraphs1 as so transferred1 as  
paragraphs 7#aj7 and 7#aa74  7#b7       
,conforming amendments ,such ,act is    
further amended-- 7,a7 in section #cje  
7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 ,app4 #ece71 as amended  
by paragraph 7#a71 by striking          
subsection 7i72 and  7,b7 in section    
#gje 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 ,app4 #eie71 by     
striking or naval both places it        
appears4