3 “(c) DEFINITIONS.-In this section, the terms 'child', 2 'elementary school', 'local educational agency', 'parent', 3 'secondary school', and 'State educational agency' have the 4 meanings given those terms in section 9101 of the Ele5 mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6 7801).". 7 (b) TRANSITIONAL PROVISION.-Not later than 30 8 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, a State 9 educational agency or local educational agency that serves 10 the area where a child is deemed to reside pursuant to 11 section 707(a) of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, as 12 added by subsection (a), shall facilitate the re-enrollment 13 of the child if such re-enrollment is necessary to be in com14 pliance with such section. 15 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.-The table of contents 16 in section 1(b) of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act is 17 amended by adding at the end the following new item: “707. Attendance at school of children with parents in military service.”. Mr. BROWN of South Carolina introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on A BILL To amend chapter 43 of title 38, United States Code, to extend the period for which an individual may elect to continue employer-sponsored health care coverage under the Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 4 This Act may be cited as the "USERRA Health Care 5 Coverage Extension Act of 2004". F:\V81061004\061004.002 F:\M8\BROWSC\BROWSC.034 [Discussion Draft] 2 H.L.C. 1 SEC. 2. TWO-YEAR PERIOD OF CONTINUATION OF EM 2 3 4 PLOYER-SPONSORED HEALTH CARE COV. ERAGE. (a) IMPROVEMENT IN PERIOD OF COVERAGE.-Sub 5 section (a)(1)(A) of section 4317 of title 38, United States 6 Code, is amended by striking "18-month period" and in7 serting "24-month period". 8 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.-The amendment made by 9 subsection (a) shall apply to elections made under such 10 section 4317 on or after the date of the enactment of this 11 Act. 12 SEC. 3. REINSTATEMENT OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 13 Section 4332 of title 38, United States Code, is 14 amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by strik15 ing "no later than February 1, 1996, and annually there16 after through 2000" and inserting "no later than Feb17 ruary 1, 2005, and annually thereafter". FAV810610041061004.002 F:\RWC\VA04\SCRA_01.XML [DISCUSSION DRAFT] H.L.C. 108TH CONGRESS H.R. To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to make certain improvements and technical corrections to that Act. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. SMITH of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on A BILL To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to make certain improvements and technical corrections to that Act. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 4 This Act may be cited as the "Servicemembers Legal 5 Protection Act of 2004". F:\V810609041060904.089 F:\RWC\VA04\SCRA_01.XML 2 H.L.C. 1 SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF MEANING OF “JUDGMENT” AS 2 3 USED IN THE ACT. Section 101 of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act 4 (50 U.S.C. App. 511) is amended by adding at the end 5 the following new paragraph: 6 7 8 “(9) JUDGMENT.-The term 'judgment' means any judgment, decree, order, or ruling, final or tem porary.". 9 SEC. 3. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO WAIVER OF RIGHTS 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 2 2 2 2 2 23 (1) In subsection (a), by inserting after the first sentence the following new sentence: "Any such waiver that applies to an action listed in subsection (b) of this section is effective only if it is in writing and is executed as an instrument separate from the obligation or liability to which it applies."; (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol lowing new subsection (c): "(c) PROMINENT DISPLAY OF CERTAIN CONTRACT 24 RIGHTS WAIVERS.-Any waiver in writing of a right or 25 protection provided by this Act that applies to a contract, F:\V81060904\060904.089 |