,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dccg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #af1      
#bjai,mr4 ,des,jarlais introduced the   
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,servicemembers
 ,civil ,relief ,act to prohibit the    
enforcement of certain policies of      
homeowners associations regarding real  
property of servicemembers4  #a4 ,short 
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,property ,rights for ,patriots ,act4   
#b4 ,prohibition on enforcement of      
certain policies of homeowners          
associations regarding real property of 
servicemembers  7a7 ,prohibition ,title 
,,iii of the ,servicemembers ,civil     
,relief ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #ciej et    
seq47 is amended--  7#a7 by             
redesignating section #cjh as section   
#cji2 and  7#b7 by inserting after      
section #cjg the following new section  
#cjh3  #cjh4 ,enforcement of policies of
 homeowners associations  7a7           

,prohibition ,no homeowners association 
may seek to enforce a policy-- 7#a7 that
 restricts the right of a member of the 
association to lease the real property  
of that member2 and  7#b7 against a     
servicemember-- 7,a7 whose residence is 
that real property2  7,b7 during a      
period of military service of the       
servicemember of not less than #ij days4
  7b7 ,misdemeanor ,a person who        
knowingly violates this section1 or who 
knowingly attempts to do so1 shall be   
fined as provided in title #ah1 ,united 
,states ,code1 or imprisoned for not    
more than one year1 or both4  7c7       
,homeowners association defined ,in this
 section1 the term homeowners           
association has the meaning given that  
term in section #ebh7;c77#a7 of the     
,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf 7#bf  
,u4,s4,c4 #ebh7;c77#a774  4  7b7        
,clerical amendment ,the table of       
contents at the beginning of such ,act  
is amended by striking the item relating
 to section #cjh and inserting the      

following new items3  #cjh4 ,enforcement
 of policies of homeowners associations4
 #cji4 ,extension of protections to     
dependents4  4