Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents
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This Act may be cited as the . Justice for Servicemembers and Veterans Act of 2017 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. TITLE I—Employment and reemployment rights Sec. 101. Action for relief in enforcement of employment and reemployment rights of members of uniformed services with respect to a State or private employer. Sec. 102. Waiver of sovereign immunity for enforcement of employment and reemployment rights of members of uniformed services.
Sec. 103. Venue for cases against private employers for violations of employment and reemployment rights of members of uniformed services. Sec. 104. Standing in cases involving violations of employment and reemployment rights of members of uniformed services by States and private employers. Sec. 105. Civil investigative demands by Attorney General in enforcement of employment and reemployment rights of members of uniformed services with respect to States and private employers.
Sec. 106. Treatment of disability discovered after employee entitled to reemployment by reason of uniformed service status resumes employment. Sec. 107. Burden of identifying proper reemployment positions for employees entitled to reemployment by reason of uniformed service status. Sec. 108. Clarifications regarding scope of employment and reemployment rights of members of the uniformed services. TITLE II—Civil relief Sec. 201. Improved protection of members of uniformed services against default judgments.
Sec. 202. Authority for issuance and service of civil investigative demands by Attorney General. Sec. 203. Oral notice sufficient to invoke interest rate cap. Sec. 204. Harmonization of sections. Sec. 205. Expansion of protection for termination of residential and motor vehicle leases. Sec. 206. Portability of professional licenses of members of the uniformed services and their spouses.