To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide surviving spouses with certain protections relating to mortgages and mortgage foreclosures, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Oct 12, 2011 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 30, 2011
- Passed HouseOct 11, 2011
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend the protections against sale, foreclosure, and seizure of certain real or personal property that are applicable to servicemembers to their surviving spouses who are successors in interest to the property. Applies such protections with respect to service-connected deaths for a period of five years after enactment of this Act.
Requires each lending institution subject to specified requirements for a maximum 6% rate of interest on a servicemember's debts incurred before military service to designate one of its employees as a compliance officer responsible for: (1) ensuring the institution's compliance with such requirements, and (2) distributing information to servicemembers whose obligations and liabilities are covered by such requirements.
Requires such a lending institution that had annual assets for the preceding fiscal year of $10 billion or more to maintain a toll-free telephone number and make it available on its primary Internet website.
Extends from 9 months to 12 months after the end of military service the period of specified protections for servicemembers against mortgage foreclosures. Sunsets such extension on December 31, 2017.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 30, 2011Markup Sep 8, 2011Reported Oct 5, 2011 |
| Economic Opportunity Subcommittee | Referred Apr 15, 2011Hearings Jul 7, 2011Markup Jul 21, 2011Reported Jul 21, 2011 | |
| Senate | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Oct 12, 2011 |
Actions 18
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 12, 2011Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Oct 11, 2011Mr. Runyan moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Oct 11, 2011Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6727-6729)
- Oct 11, 2011DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1263.
- Oct 11, 2011Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6727)
- Oct 11, 2011Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Oct 11, 2011The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
- Oct 5, 2011Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 112-234.
- Oct 5, 2011Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 153.
- Sep 8, 2011Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Sep 8, 2011Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Jul 21, 2011Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 21, 2011Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
- Jul 7, 2011Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Apr 15, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
- Apr 6, 2011Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E653)
- Mar 30, 2011Introduced in House
- Mar 30, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1889 | Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Oct 18, 2011 |
| House | Debate and remarks H6727–H6729Text printed H6727 | Bob Filner D-CA, Bruce L. Braley D-IA, Jon Runyan R-NJ, Marlin A. Stutzman R-IN | Oct 11, 2011 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E653 | Bob Filner D-CA | Apr 6, 2011 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Sep 26, 2011H.R. 1263, A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide surviving spouses with certain protections relating to mortgages and mortgage foreclosuresCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on September 8, 2011
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H2107.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 112-69 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 4115, H.R. 4740, H.R. 3860, AND H.R. 574760 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Jun 21, 2012 |
| Serial No. 112-21 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 1911, H.R. 240, H.R. 1263, H.R. 120, H.R. 2274, H.R. 2301, H.R. 2302, H.R. 2345, AND H.R. 232978 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Jul 7, 2011 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide surviving spouses with certain protections relating to mortgages and mortgage foreclosures.
- Official Titles as Amended by House
- To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide surviving spouses with certain protections relating to mortgages and mortgage foreclosures, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 12, 2011Referred in Senate
- Oct 11, 2011Engrossed in House
- Oct 5, 2011Reported in House
- Mar 30, 2011Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
