,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bbbg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #aj1          
#bjai,mrs4 ,bustos 7for herself1 ,mr4   
,wenstrup1 ,ms4 ,brownley of            
,california1 ,miss ,gonzlez-,coln of    
,puerto ,rico1 ,mr4 ,crow1 ,mr4 ,golden1
 ,mr4 ,cisneros1 and ,mr4 ,pappas7      
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend the ,servicemembers ,civil ,relief
 ,act to authorize spouses of           
servicemembers who incur a catastrophic 
injury or illness or die while in       
military service to terminate leases of 
premises and motor vehicles1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,gold ,star    
,spouses and ,spouses of ,injured       
,servicemembers ,leasing ,relief        
,expansion ,act of #bjai4  #b4          
,termination of leases of premises and  
motor vehicles of servicemembers who    
incur catastrophic injury or illness or 

die while in military service  7a7      
,catastrophic injuries and illnesses    
,subsection 7a7 of section #cje of the  
,servicemembers ,civil ,relief ,act 7#ej
 ,u4,s4,c4 #ciee71 as amended by section
 #cja of the ,veterans ,benefits and    
,transition ,act of #bjah 7,public ,law 
#aae-djg71 is further amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph3 
7#d7 ,catastrophic injury or illness of 
lessee ,the spouse of the lessee on a   
lease described in subsection 7b7 may   
terminate the lease during the one-year 
period beginning on the date on which   
the lessee incurs a catastrophic injury 
or illness 7as that term is defined in  
section #dci7;g7 of title #cg1 ,united  
,states ,code71 if the lessee incurs the
 catastrophic injury or illness during a
 period of military service or while    
performing full-time ,national ,guard   
duty1 active ,guard and ,reserve duty1  
or inactive-duty training 7as such terms
 are defined in section #aja7;d7 of     
title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code74  4   

7b7 ,deaths ,paragraph 7#c7 of such     
subsection is amended by striking in    
subsection 7b77#a7 and inserting in     
subsection 7b74