H.R. 4201Servicemember Family Protection Act

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Sponsor: Michael R. Turner [R-OH-03]
Cosponsors: 72 · 64 Republicans · 8 Democrats
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Committee: Veterans' Affairs Committee
Latest action: Jun 4, 2012 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

IntroducedMar 16, 2012
Passed the HouseMay 30, 2012
Passed the SenateNot yet reached
Sent to the PresidentNot yet reached
Became lawNot yet reached

What the measure doesCRS summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Servicemember Family Protection Act - Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide that if a court renders a temporary order for custodial responsibility for a child based solely on a deployment or anticipated deployment of a parent-servicemember, then the court shall require that upon the return of that servicemember from deployment the custody order that was in effect preceding such deployment shall be reinstated, unless the court finds that reinstatement in not in the child's best interest. Prohibits a servicemember's deployment or possible deployment from being considered in the determination of a child's best interest in a motion seeking a permanent order to modify custody. Provides that under a temporary custody order, if a state law provides a higher standard of protection to the deploying parent-servicemember, then the appropriate court shall apply the higher standard.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 4201 as passed House without amendment on May 30, 2012. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

How every member votedHouse roll call 295

House May 30, 2012

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

Servicemember Family Protection Act

Passed · Two-thirds required

390 Yea 2 Nay 39 not voting

Crossed both parties 2 of 392 voting members broke with their own party: 2 Republicans.

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How the chamber split

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All members431 members

Democratic190 members

Republican241 members

marks half of the votes cast. A party’s majority is the side most of its voting members took.

Cosponsors72 · 64 Republicans · 8 Democrats

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 4201 and vote against it. 1 signed when it was filed.

DROBERT ANDREWS [D-NJ-01]Original

RTodd Young [R-IN-09]Joined Apr 17, 2012

RBill Shuster [R-PA-09]Joined Apr 17, 2012

DTIM RYAN [D-OH-17]Joined Apr 17, 2012

DROBERT BRADY [D-PA-01]Joined Apr 17, 2012

DJAMES LANGEVIN [D-RI-02]Joined Apr 17, 2012

DMark Critz [D-PA-12]Joined Apr 17, 2012

RWILLIAM THORNBERRY [R-TX-13]Joined Apr 17, 2012

RJon Runyan [R-NJ-03]Joined Apr 17, 2012

RMike Coffman [R-CO-06]Joined Apr 17, 2012

RRobert J. Wittman [R-VA-01]Joined Apr 19, 20122026 profile

RDoug Lamborn [R-CO-05]Joined Apr 19, 2012

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H.R. 4201Servicemember Family Protection Act

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 295

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

How the chamber split

Cosponsors72 · 64 Republicans · 8 Democrats

H.R. 4201Servicemember Family Protection Act

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 295

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

How the chamber split

Cosponsors72 · 64 Republicans · 8 Democrats

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