Hotels for Heroes Act of 2022

Hotels for Heroes Act of 2022

This bill requires public lodging establishments to waive any minimum age requirements to obtain accommodation for members of the Armed Forces who present a valid identification card and seek to obtain accommodation while under military orders or on authorized military leave. A knowing violation of this requirement is punishable by fine.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7109 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7109

To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to require public lodging 
  establishments to waive minimum age requirements for members of the 
                             Armed Forces.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 17, 2022

 Mrs. Hartzler (for herself and Mr. Norcross) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in 
    addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to require public lodging 
  establishments to waive minimum age requirements for members of the 
                             Armed Forces.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Hotels for Heroes Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. WAIVER OF MINIMUM AGE REQUIREMENTS IN PUBLIC LODGING 
              ESTABLISHMENTS FOR MEMBERS OF ARMED FORCES.

    (a) Waiver.--Title VII of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 
U.S.C. 4021 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section:

``SEC. 708. WAIVER OF MINIMUM AGE REQUIREMENTS IN PUBLIC LODGING 
              ESTABLISHMENTS.

    ``(a) Waiver.--A public lodging establishment shall waive any 
minimum age requirement to obtain accommodation at such establishment 
for a member of the Armed Forces who presents a valid identification 
card issued by the Armed Force of such member and seeks to obtain 
accommodation at such establishment while--
            ``(1) under military orders (as defined in section 305); or
            ``(2) on authorized military leave.
    ``(b) Penalty.--Whoever knowingly violates subsection (a) shall be 
fined under title 18, United States Code.
    ``(c) Public Lodging Establishment Defined.--In this section, the 
term `public lodging establishment' includes any inn, hotel, motel, or 
other establishment that provides lodging to transient guests, other 
than an establishment located within a building that contains not more 
than five rooms for rent or hire and that is actually occupied by the 
proprietor of such establishment as the residence of such 
proprietor.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for that Act is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 707 the 
following new item:

``Sec. 708. Waiver of minimum age requirements in public lodging 
                            establishments.''.
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