text: SECTION 1. RELIEF WITH RESPECT TO RENT AND MORTGAGE PAYMENTS FOR 
                RESERVE COMPONENTS MEMBERS ORDERED TO ACTIVE DUTY.
  
      (a) Rent and Mortgage Relief.--Title III of the Servicemembers 
  Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App. 531 et seq.) is amended by adding at 
  the end the following new section:
  
  ``SEC. 309. RENT AND MORTGAGE RELIEF.
  
      ``(a) Rent.--A member of a reserve component who is ordered to 
  report for military service for a period of more than 90 days and who 
  on the date of such order is a lessee of real property that is occupied 
  by the member or dependents of the member as the primary residence of 
  the member or dependents shall not be required to pay rent under that 
  lease for any period of such military service during which the member 
  is assigned to duty at a location sufficiently distant from such 
  property that the member is unable to reside at such property.
      ``(b) Mortgages.--
              ``(1) In general.--A member of a reserve component who is 
          ordered to report for military service for a period of more 
          than 90 days and who on the date of such order resides at real 
          property that is occupied by the member or dependents of the 
          member as the primary residence of the member or dependents, is 
          owned by the member, and is secured by a mortgage shall be not 
          be required during the period of such military service to make 
          any payment of principal or interest on the mortgage. Any 
          payment not paid by reason of the preceding sentence shall be 
          deferred and shall be appended, on a month-for-month basis, to 
          the end of the term of the mortgage, in the same amount as 
          originally due.
              ``(2) Mortgage.--In this subsection, the term `mortgage' 
          includes a trust deed or other security in the nature of a 
          mortgage.''.
      (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 1(b) of 
  such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 308 
  the following new item:
  
  ``Sec. 309. Rent and mortgage relief.''.
      (c) Effective Date.--Section 309 of the Servicemembers Civil Relief 
  Act, as added by subsection (a), shall apply with respect to 
  obligations to make lease payments or mortgage payments that become due 
  on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
  
  SEC. 2. REFUNDABLE TAX CREDIT FOR LESSORS WITH RESPECT TO RENT RELIEF 
                FOR RESERVE COMPONENTS MEMBERS ORDERED TO ACTIVE DUTY.
  
      (a) In General.--Subpart C of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 
  of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to refundable credits) 
  is amended by redesignating section 36 as section 37 and by inserting 
  after section 35 the following new section:
  
  ``SEC. 36. CREDIT FOR LESSORS WITH RESPECT TO RENT RELIEF FOR RESERVE 
                COMPONENTS MEMBERS ORDERED TO ACTIVE DUTY.
  
      ``(a) General Rule.--In the case of a lessor, there shall be 
  allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by this chapter for the 
  taxable year an amount equal to the reserve component rent relief 
  credit.
      ``(b) Limitation Based on Previous Rent.--For purposes of this 
  section--
              ``(1) In general.--In the case of a property which was 
          rented for the entire preceding taxable year, the amount taken 
          into account under this section as rent not received with 
          respect to such property shall not exceed the amount for which 
          such property was rented for the preceding taxable year.
              ``(2) Property rented for less than full year.--In the case 
          of a property which was rented for less than the entire 
          preceding taxable year, the amount taken into account under 
          this section as rent not received with respect to such property 
          shall not exceed the amount for which such property was rented 
          for the preceding taxable year, annualized under such methods 
          as the Secretary may prescribe by regulation.
              ``(3) Property not rented during preceding year.--This 
          subsection shall not apply in the case of a property which was 
          not rented during the preceding taxable year.
      ``(c) Reserve Component Rent Relief Credit.--For purposes of 
  subsection (a), the reserve component rent relief credit for a taxable 
  year is the aggregate amount of rent not received on leases held by the 
  taxpayer by reason of section 309(a) of the Servicemembers Civil Relief 
  Act.
      ``(d) Denial of Double Benefit.--No deduction shall be allowed 
  under this chapter with respect to amounts taken into account in 
  determining the credit allowed under this section.
      ``(e) Regulations.--The Secretary shall issue such regulations as 
  may be necessary or appropriate to carry out this section.''.
      (b) Technical Amendment.--Paragraph (2) of section 1324(b) of title 
  31, United States Code, is amended by inserting ``or from section 36 of 
  such Code'' before the period at the end.
      (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for subpart C of 
  part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
  1986 is amended by redesignating the item relating to section 36 as an 
  item relating to section 37 and by inserting after the item relating to 
  section 35 the following new item:
  
  ``Sec. 36. Credit for lessors with respect to rent relief for reserve 
                              components members ordered to active 
                              duty.''.
      (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
  apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of 
  this Act.
target: Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to allow a military reservist who is ordered to active duty for a period of more than 90 days: (1) an exemption during the period of active duty from payment of rent on a primary residence occupied by such member or dependents; and (2) a deferral of mortgage payments on a principal residence.
  
  Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow lessors of military reservists granted an exemption from rent payments under this Act a refundable tax credit for the exempted lease amounts.
feat_title: To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide relief with respect to rent and mortgage payments for members of the reserve components who are called to active duty and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a refundable credit to lessors for payments foregone by reason of such relief.