HR 3129 · 112th Congress 2011โ€“2013, ended

Family Foreclosure Rescue Corporation Act

Latest action · Jan 12, 2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.

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.

  1. IntroducedOct 6, 2011
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Family Foreclosure Rescue Corporation Act - Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish the Family Foreclosure Rescue Corporation to acquire, via the sale of bonds, home mortgages, and other obligations and liens secured by real estate which are currently in default or at foreseeable risk of default.

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Dec 15, 2011.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-VAJames P. MoranDec 15, 2011

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseFinancial Services Committee
Referred Oct 6, 2011
Capital Markets Subcommittee
Referred Jan 12, 2012
Housing and Insurance Subcommittee
Referred Jan 12, 2012
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Oct 6, 2011

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 12, 2012Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
  2. Jan 12, 2012Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
  3. Oct 6, 2011Introduced in House
  4. Oct 6, 2011Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 3

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H6673.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To establish the Family Foreclosure Rescue Corporation to provide emergency relief to refinance home mortgages of homeowners in foreclosure or default.
Short Titles as Introduced
Family Foreclosure Rescue Corporation Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Oct 6, 2011Introduced in House

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