Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73
§4087 Termination of residential or motor vehicle leases and telephone service contracts
Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 52— - FOREIGN SERVICE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IX— - TRAVEL, LEAVE, AND OTHER BENEFITS › § 4087
Summary
Sections 305 and 305A of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. 3955 and 3956), which allow military members to end housing, vehicle leases, and phone contracts early, also apply to Foreign Service members assigned in the United States or abroad under this chapter.
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Title 22, §4087
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The terms governing the termination of residential or motor vehicle leases and telephone service contracts described in section 305 and 305A, respectively, of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. 3955 and 3956) with respect to servicemembers who receive military orders described in such Act [50 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.] shall apply in the same manner and to the same extent to members of the Foreign Service who are posted in the United States or posted abroad in accordance with this chapter.
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The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, referred to in text, is act Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, 54 Stat. 1178, which is classified generally to chapter 50 (§ 3901 et seq.) of Title 50, War and National Defense. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 3901 of Title 50 and Tables. This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 96–465, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2071, known as the Foreign Service Act of 1980, which is classified principally to this chapter (§ 3901 et seq.). For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title
note set out under section 3901 of this title and Tables.
Amendments
2024—Pub. L. 118–159 substituted “Foreign Service who are posted in the United States or posted abroad” for “Service who are posted abroad at a Foreign Service post”.
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22 U.S.C. § 4087
Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73