,i  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ajcac  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of 
,,representatives  ,december #e1        
#bjbd,ms4 ,sherrill introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,servicemembers
 ,civil ,relief ,act to provide for the 
automatic extension of residential      
leases during the deployment of the     
lessee1 and for other purposes4  #a4    
,automatic extension of residential     
lease during deployment by lessee under 
,servicemembers ,civil ,relief ,act  7a7
 ,in general ,the ,servicemembers ,civil
 ,relief ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #cija et   
seq47 is amended by inserting after     
section #cje;,a 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #cief7   
the following new section3  #cje;,b4    
,extension of residential lease  7a7    
,automatic extension ,subject to        
subsection 7b71 the term of a           
residential lease of premises occupied  
or intended to be occupied by a         
servicemember that shall end during a   

deployment of such servicemember shall  
be extended on a monthly basis through  
the month in which the day that is #cj  
days after the end of such deployment   
occurs4  7b7 ,waiver ,a servicemember   
described in subsection 7a7 may1 in     
writing to the lessor-- 7#a7 waive the  
protection under subsection 7a7 before  
the first extension of the term2 or     
7#b7 elect to end a term extended under 
subsection 7a7 at the end of a month of 
such extended term4  7c7 ,deployment    
defined ,in this section1 the term      
deployment means the movement or        
mobilization of a servicemember to a    
location for a period of longer than #cj
 days and not longer than #edj days     
pursuant to temporary or permanent      
official orders-- 7#a7 that are         
designated as unaccompanied2  7#b7 for  
which dependent travel is not           
authorized2 or  7#c7 that otherwise do  
not permit the movement of family       
members to that location4  4  7b7       
,conforming amendment ,the table of     

contents in section #a of such ,act 7#ej
 ,u4,s4,c4 #cija7 is amended by         
inserting1 after the item relating to   
section #cje;,a1 the following new item3
  #cje;,b4 ,extension of residential    
lease4  4