Permanently Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2011
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.
- IntroducedDec 8, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Permanently Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2011 - Amends the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2009 to repeal its sunset date December 31, 2012 (thus making the Act permanent).
Establishes a private right of action to enforce compliance with such Act.
Cosponsors 26
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 8, 2011 to Dec 18, 2012; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Original | Dec 8, 2011 |
| D-IL | Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. | Mar 29, 2012 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | May 10, 2012 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | May 10, 2012 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | May 10, 2012 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | May 17, 2012 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | May 17, 2012 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | May 17, 2012 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | May 17, 2012 | |
| D-NC | Brad Miller | May 30, 2012 | |
| D-CA | George Miller | May 30, 2012 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | May 30, 2012 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | May 30, 2012 | |
| D-NC | Melvin L. Watt | May 30, 2012 | |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | May 30, 2012 | |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | May 30, 2012 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | May 30, 2012 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | May 30, 2012 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jun 7, 2012 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Jun 7, 2012 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Jun 20, 2012 | |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Jun 20, 2012 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Jun 27, 2012 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Jul 18, 2012 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Sep 20, 2012 | |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Dec 18, 2012 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Dec 8, 2011 |
| Housing and Insurance Subcommittee | Referred Jan 12, 2012 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 12, 2012Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
- Dec 8, 2011Introduced in House
- Dec 8, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H8319.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To permanently extend the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2009 and establish a private right of action to enforce compliance with such Act.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Permanently Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2011
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 8, 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.
