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50 U.S.C. 3956: Termination of certain consumer contracts

Created in 2008 by the Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-389). Changed by 4 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    2023

    • Pub. L. 117–333, §17(a)(1), substituted "certain consumer" for "telephone, multichannel video programming, and internet access service" in section catchline. (Veterans Auto and Education Improvement Act of 2022) Law text
    • Pub. L. 117–333, §17(a)(2)(A), inserted "or dependent of a servicemember" after "servicemember" in heading. (Veterans Auto and Education Improvement Act of 2022) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 117–333, §17(a)(2)(B), substituted "after—" for "after the date the servicemember receives military orders to relocate for a period of not less than 90 days to a location that does not support the contract." and added subpars. (A) and (B). (Veterans Auto and Education Improvement Act of 2022) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 117–333, §17(a)(2)(C), added subpar. (D). (Veterans Auto and Education Improvement Act of 2022) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 117–333, §17(a)(3), added subsec. (b) and struck out former subsec. (b). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "A contract described in this subsection is a contract for commercial mobile service, telephone exchange service, internet access service, or multichannel video pr… (Veterans Auto and Education Improvement Act of 2022) Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 117–333, §17(a)(4), added par. (2) and redesignated former pars. (2) to (4) as (3) to (5), respectively. (Veterans Auto and Education Improvement Act of 2022) Law text · (g)

    2021

    • Pub. L. 116–285 added par. (4). Law text · (a)

    2018

    • Pub. L. 115–407, §304(a)(1), inserted ", multichannel video programming, and internet access" after "telephone" in section catchline. (Veterans Benefits and Transition Act of 2018) Law text
    • Pub. L. 115–407, §304(a)(2), substituted "commercial mobile service, telephone exchange service, internet access service, or multichannel video programming service" for "cellular telephone service or telephone exchange service". (Veterans Benefits and Transition Act of 2018) Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 115–407, §304(a)(3), inserted "for commercial mobile service or telephone exchange service" before "terminated". (Veterans Benefits and Transition Act of 2018) Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 115–407, §304(a)(4), substituted "commercial mobile service" for "cellular telephone service" in introductory provisions. (Veterans Benefits and Transition Act of 2018) Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 115–407, §304(a)(5), designated first sentence of existing provisions as par. (1) and second sentence of existing provisions as par. (2), inserted headings, and added par. (3). (Veterans Benefits and Transition Act of 2018) Law text · (e)
    • Pub. L. 115–407, §304(a)(6), added pars. (1) to (3), redesignated former par. (2) as (4), and struck out former par. (1) which read as follows: "The term 'cellular telephone service' means commercial mobile service, as that term is defined in section 332(d) of title 47." (Veterans Benefits and Transition Act of 2018) Law text · (g)

    2010

    • Pub. L. 111–275 amended section generally, substituting provisions relating to termination of telephone service contracts for provisions relating to termination or suspension of contracts for cellular telephone service. (Veterans' Benefits Act of 2010) Law text

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.