,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #agg  #aaeth
 ,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #bhb
  ,report ,no4 #aae-bde  ,,in ,,the     
,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,january
 #d1 #bjag ,ms4 ,stefanik introduced the
 following bill2 which was referred to  
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs   
,july #bd1 #bjag;,additional sponsors3  
,mr4 ,franks of ,arizona1 ,mr4 ,jones1  
,mr4 ,calvert1 ,mr4 ,webster of         
,florida1 ,mr4 ,faso1 ,mr4 ,knight1 ,mr4
 ,taylor1 ,ms4 ,tenney1 ,mr4 ,issa1 ,mr4
 ,carter of ,texas1 and ,mr4 ,messer    
,july #bd1 #bjag ,committed to the      
,committee of the ,whole ,house on the  
,state of the ,union and ordered to be  
printed  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the       
,servicemembers ,civil ,relief ,act to  
authorize spouses of servicemembers to  
elect to use the same residences as the 
servicemembers4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,military      
,residency ,choice ,act4  #b4 ,residence
 of spouses of servicemembers for tax   
purposes  7a7 ,residence for tax        

purposes ,section #eaa7;a77#b7 of the   
,servicemembers ,civil ,relief ,act 7#ej
 ,u4,s4,c4 #djja7;a77#b77 is amended by 
adding at the end the following new     
sentence3 ,the spouse of a servicemember
 may elect to use the same residence for
 purposes of taxation as the            
servicemember regardless of the date on 
which the marriage of the spouse and the
 servicemember occurred44  7b7          
,applicability ,the amendment made by   
subsection 7a7 shall apply with respect 
to any return of ,state or local income 
tax filed for any taxable year beginning
 with the taxable year that includes the
 date of the enactment of this ,act4    
#c4 ,residence of spouses of            
servicemembers for voting  7a7 ,in      
general ,section #gje7;b7 of such ,act  
is amended-- 7#a7 by striking ,state or 
local office and all that follows       
through the period at the end of        
paragraph 7#c7 and inserting ,state or  
local office--2 and  7#b7 by adding at  
the end the following new paragraphs3   

7#a7 a person who is absent from a      
,state because the person is            
accompanying the person's spouse who is 
absent from that same ,state in         
compliance with military or naval orders
 shall not1 solely by reason of that    
absence--  7,a7 be deemed to have lost a
 residence or domicile in that ,state1  
without regard to whether or not the    
person intends to return to that ,state2
  7,b7 be deemed to have acquired a     
residence or domicile in any other      
,state2 or  7,c7 be deemed to have      
become a resident in or a resident of   
any other ,state2 and  7#b7 the spouse  
of a servicemember may elect to use the 
same residence as the servicemember     
regardless of the date on which the     
marriage of the spouse and the          
servicemember occurred4  4  7b7         
,effective date ,the amendments made by 
subsection 7a7 shall take effect on the 
date that is #ij days after the         
enactment of this ,act4  ,july #bd1     
#bjag ,committed to the ,committee of   

the ,whole ,house on the ,state of the  
,union and ordered to be printed