S.475 - Military Spouses Residency Relief Act

A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to guarantee the equity of spouses of military personnel with regard to matters of residency, and for other purposes. view all titles (6)

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  • Official: A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to guarantee the equity of spouses of military personnel with regard to matters of residency, and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Short: Military Spouses Residency Relief Act as introduced.
  • Short: Military Spouses Residency Relief Act as reported to senate.
  • Short: Military Spouses Residency Relief Act as passed senate.
  • Short: Military Spouses Residency Relief Act as passed house.
  • Short: Military Spouses Residency Relief Act as enacted.

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Prevents a person from losing or acquiring a residence or domicile in a state for voting or tax purposes if that person is in the state solely to accompany a spouse serving under military orders.
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Official Summary

11/11/2009--Public Law. (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Military Spouses Residency Relief Act - Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to prohibit, for purposes of voting for a federal, state, or local office, d

Official Summary

11/11/2009--Public Law. (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Military Spouses Residency Relief Act - Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to prohibit, for purposes of voting for a federal, state, or local office, deeming a person to have lost a residence or domicile in a state, acquired a residence or domicile in any other state, or become a resident in or of any other state solely because the person is absent from a state because the person is accompanying the person's spouse who is absent from the state in compliance with military or naval orders. Prohibits a servicemember's spouse from either losing or acquiring a residence or domicile for purposes of taxation because of being absent or present in any U.S. tax jurisdiction solely to be with the servicemember in compliance with the servicemember's military orders if the residence or domicile is the same for the servicemember and the spouse. Prohibits a spouse's income from being considered income earned in a tax jurisdiction if the spouse is not a resident or domiciliary of such jurisdiction when the spouse is in that jurisdiction solely to be with a servicemember serving under military orders. Suspends land rights residency requirements for spouses accompanying servicemembers serving under military orders.

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Organizations Supporting S.475

  • Operation Homefront
  • Blue Star Families
  • Military Spouse Business Association
  • Military Officers Association of America

Organizations Opposing S.475

  • None via MapLight at this time.
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11/11/09
Statement by the President on S.475

...I have signed into law S. 475, the "Military Spouses Residency Relief Act". This Act, among other things, would provide that when a service member leaves his or her home State in accord with military or naval orders, the service member's spouse may reta

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11/10/09
Statement by the President on S.475

... When the military orders service members to move, spouses who move with them often have to pay taxes in a new State or locality and lose the right to vote in the place considered to be home.  This legislation will alleviate these and other burdens on

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11/02/09
McKinney resident's military spouse bill about to become law

This afternoon the House passed S. 475, a bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to guarantee the equity of spouses of military personnel with ...

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01/02/11
HART v HART. | 73 Wire

n(2) 2 D. J. & S. 475. difficulty as the Court, after all, must give way to and cannot get over. I mentioned during the arguments the case of Tillett v. Charing Cross Bridge Company n(1) , which I have always thought was one of the ...

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12/29/10
What are the chances of the 2012 predictions actually coming true ...

... Agenda 21, NESARA, entomopters, DARPA monstrosities, Iron Mountain, Denver International Airport Murals, Georgia Guidestones, Bohemian Grove, Real ID, HR 1022, HR 875/ S. 475, vile Bush executive orders(yes they carry over! ...

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12/22/10
Balti hingedest « Tsitronkollane

Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung 1999, H4 (Jg. 48), S. 475-523. P.S. Lõpetuseks siiski Brokkeni raamatus esinevatest faktivigadest, mida on liiga palju, et neid mainimata jätta. Võõras, s.o mittebaltlane neid ehk tähele ei ...

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