119-hr3356

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Service Member Residence Protection Act

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Introduced:
May 13, 2025
Policy Area:
Armed Forces and National Security

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May 13, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Type: IntroReferral | Source: House floor actions | Code: H11100
May 13, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Library of Congress | Code: Intro-H
May 13, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Library of Congress | Code: 1000
May 13, 2025

Subjects (4)

Armed Forces and National Security (Policy Area) Federal preemption Military personnel and dependents Property rights

Text Versions (1)

Introduced in House

May 13, 2025

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Length: 1,827 characters Version: Introduced in House Version Date: May 13, 2025 Last Updated: Nov 14, 2025 6:20 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3356 Introduced in House

(IH) ]

<DOC>

119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3356

To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to preempt any squatter's
rights established by State law regarding real property owned by a
member of the uniformed services.

_______________________________________________________________________

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 13, 2025

Mr. Mast introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Veterans' Affairs

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to preempt any squatter's
rights established by State law regarding real property owned by a
member of the uniformed services.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.

This Act may be cited as the ``Service Member Residence Protection
Act''.
SEC. 2.
RIGHTS.

(a) Preemption.--The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (54 Stat.
1178; 50 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.) is amended by inserting, after
section 301, the following new section: ``

``
SEC. 301A.

``Any State law establishing squatter's rights shall not apply to
premises--
``

(1) owned by a servicemember; and
``

(2) occupied by a squatter during a period of military
service of such servicemember.''.

(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in
section 1 (b) of such Act (50 U.

(b) of
such Act (50 U.S.C. 3901

(b) ) is amended by inserting after the item
relating to
section 301 the following new item: ``301A.

``301A. Preemption of squatter's rights.''.
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