TERMINATION OF LEASES.

SEC. 704. TERMINATION OF LEASES.(a) Joint Leases.—Subsection (a) of section 305 of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App. 535) is amended to read as follows:“(a) Termination by Lessee.—118 STAT. 3625“(1) In general.—The lessee on a lease described in subsection (b) may, at the lessee’s option, terminate the lease at any time after—“(A) the lessee’s entry into military service; or“(B) the date of the lessee’s military orders described in paragraph (1)(B) or (2)(B) of subsection (b), as the case may be.“(2) Joint leases.—A lessee’s termination of a lease pursuant to this subsection shall terminate any obligation a dependent of the lessee may have under the lease.”.(b) Motor Vehicles Leases.—(1) Applicability to pcs orders from states outside conus.—Subparagraph (B) of subsection (b)(2) of such section is amended by striking “military orders for” and all that follows through “or to deploy” and inserting “military orders—“(i) for a change of permanent station—“(I) from a location in the continental United States to a location outside the continental United States; or“(II) from a location in a State outside the continental United States to any location outside that State; or“(ii) to deploy”.(2) Definitions.—Such section is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:“(i) Definitions.—“(1) Military orders.—The term ‘military orders’, with respect to a servicemember, means official military orders, or any notification, certification, or verification from the servicemember’s commanding officer, with respect to the servicemember’s current or future military duty status.“(2) Conus.—The term ‘continental United States’ means the 48 contiguous States and the District of Columbia.”.(c) Coverage of Individual Deployments.—Subsection (b) of such section is further amended in paragraph (1)(B) and paragraph (2)(B)(ii) (as designated by subsection (b) of this section) by inserting “, or as an individual in support of a military operation,” after “deploy with a military unit”.