HR 2334
Passed a chamber
Stops time spent on military service from counting toward adverse possession claims against a servicemember's real property, and requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to update its website with guidance on securing property during absence, leasing, and landlord-tenant rights.
Official title: Servicemember Residence Protection Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
25-MAR-2025
Referred
25-MAR-2025
Approved by committee
23-JUL-2025
Reported
09-SEP-2025
On the calendar
09-SEP-2025
Passed
15-SEP-2025
Senate
Received
16-SEP-2025
- Adds a subsection to Section 206 of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act providing that military service time may not be counted in computing a period of adverse possession of a servicemember's real property.
- Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, after consulting the Attorney General, to update Department of Veterans Affairs and other relevant websites within 45 days of enactment.
- Directs the website information to cover how servicemembers can secure property while absent for military service, leasing real property, landlord-tenant rights and obligations, and any other information the Secretary and Attorney General find necessary.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (25-MAR-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 15-SEP-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Veterans' Affairs Committee (House)
- Economic Opportunity Subcommittee
- Veterans' Affairs Committee (Senate)
Armed Forces and National Security
■ 1 R
1 Republican