,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bifc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #c1  
#bjai,mr4 ,cornyn 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,blumenthal1 ,mr4 ,udall1 and ,mrs4     
,blackburn7 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  
allow certain individuals to terminate  
contracts for telephone1 multichannel   
video programming1 or internet access   
service1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,protecting ,families of ,fallen    
,servicemembers ,act of #bjai4  #b4     
,termination of contracts for telephone1
 multichannel video programming1 or     
internet access service by certain      
individuals under ,servicemembers ,civil
 ,relief ,act ,section #cje;,a7a7 of the
 ,servicemembers ,civil ,relief ,act    
7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #cief7;a77 is amended by 
adding at the end the following new     

paragraph3  7#d7 ,additional individuals
 covered ,for purposes of this section1 
the following individuals shall be      
treated as a servicemember covered by   
paragraph 7#a73  7,a7 ,a spouse or      
dependent of a servicemember who dies   
while in military service or a spouse or
 dependent of a member of the reserve   
components who dies while performing    
duty described in subparagraph 7,c74    
7,b7 ,a spouse or dependent of a        
servicemember who incurs a catastrophic 
injury or illness 7as that term is      
defined in section #dci7;g7 of title    
#cg1 ,united ,states ,code71 if the     
servicemember incurs the catastrophic   
injury or illness while performing duty 
described in subparagraph 7,c74  7,c7 ,a
 member of the reserve components       
performing military service or          
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