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H.R. 3856

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To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to guarantee the right of deployed members of the Armed Forces who are elected members of State and local legislatures to vote on matters pending before such legislatures.
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Committee
Latest Action · October 16, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Congress
110th (2007–2009)
Introduced
October 16, 2007
Cosponsors (0)
None
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Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to state that a person who is an elected member of a state or local legislature who is absent from the state or local area in compliance with military or naval orders shall not, solely by reason of that absence, be denied the right to vote on any pending legislative matter.

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