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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Introduced May 1, 2025 by Thomas Jonathan Ossoff · Last progress May 1, 2025
Amends federal law to strengthen and clarify consumer financial protections for servicemembers and their dependents. It adds an explicit list of SCRA protections, requires the military to notify service members (including reservists) about their SCRA rights at specific times, and forces creditors to apply the SCRA interest-rate cap to pre-service debts from the date a member is called to service and to accept required documents by online methods, mail, or fax.
The changes aim to make protections easier to find and use, ensure servicemembers are informed when they join or are mobilized, and reduce friction when servicemembers seek relief from higher interest or other creditor practices.