US Congress House Bill 4068 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-2)
Status: Introduced on February 18 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-02-24 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

SCRA Rights Protection Act of 2014 - Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to allow the use of arbitration to resolve a controversy that arises under a contract with a servicemember (or with a servicemember and spouse jointly) that provides for arbitration, only if all parties to the controversy consent in writing to arbitration after the controversy arises. Allows a servicemember's waiver of any of such Act's rights and protections to be effective only if it is made after a specific dispute has arisen and the dispute is identified in the waiver. Allows a representative of members of an aggrieved class, or a member of such class, to bring a private civil action for a violation of any rights or protections under such Act.

SCRA Rights Protection Act of 2014

Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Spencer Bachus [R-AL]	Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]	Rep. Paul Broun [R-GA]
Rep. Doug Collins [R-GA]	Rep. John Duncan [R-TN]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Morgan Griffith [R-VA]
Rep. Thomas Massie [R-KY]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Lee Terry [R-NE]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-02-24	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
2014-02-18	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

SB1999 (Same As) 2014-02-06 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4068/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr4068/BILLS-113hr4068ih.pdf