By Rick Maze - Staff writer
Posted : Friday Jun 29, 2007 6:08:46 EDT
Service members deployed for 90 days or longer outside the U.S. would be able to cancel cell phone contracts without penalty under legislation passed Thursday by the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee.
Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wis., is the chief sponsor of the provision, attached to a larger veterans’ benefits bill. Feingold has been trying for two years to provide such relief for deployed troops, who can be forced to pay for cellular phone services they cannot use while out of the U.S. The Senate committee responsible for the Servicemembers’ Civil Relief Act, which includes financial protections for deployed troops, finally has agreed.
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