,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dgjb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bg1 #bjba,mr4 
,cawthorn 7for himself1 ,mrs4           
,radewagen1 ,mr4 ,mann1 ,mrs4           
,miller-,meeks1 and ,mr4 ,banks7        
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend the ,servicemembers ,civil ,relief
 ,act to provide spouses of             
servicemembers an option to elect their 
home residence or domicile for filing   
,state income taxes1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,military ,spouse   
,tax ,act4  #b4 ,residence for tax      
purposes ,section #eaa7;a7 of the       
,servicemembers ,civil ,relief ,act 7#ej
 ,u4,s4,c4 #djja7;a77 is amended by     
striking paragraph 7#b7 and inserting   
the following3  7#b7 ,spouses ,a spouse 
of a servicemember shall neither lose   
nor acquire a residence or domicile for 
purposes of taxation with respect to the

 person1 personal property1 or income of
 the spouse by reason of being absent or
 present in any tax jurisdiction of the 
,united ,states solely to be with the   
servicemember in compliance with the    
servicemember's military orders4  7#c7  
,election ,for any taxable year of the  
marriage1 a servicemember and the spouse
 of such servicemember may elect to use 
for purposes of taxation1 regardless of 
the date on which the marriage of the   
servicemember and the spouse occurred1  
any of the following3 7,a7 ,the         
residence or domicile of the            
servicemember4  7,b7 ,the residence or  
domicile of the spouse4  7,c7 ,the      
permanent duty station of the           
servicemember4  4