HR 1354 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Permanently Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2015

Introduced Mar 13, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Keith Ellison D-MN

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Mar 13, 2015 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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. IntroducedMar 13, 2015
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Permanently Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2015

This bill amends the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2009 to repeal its sunset date December 31, 2014 (thus making the Act permanent).

This bill restores and revives such Act, the provisions of law amended or repealed by it, and any regulations promulgated pursuant to it, as were in effect on December 31, 2014, as if the sunset had not taken effect.

Cosponsors 30

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 13, 2015 to Jul 28, 2015; 24 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-WAAdam SmithOriginalMar 13, 2015
D-TXAl GreenOriginalMar 13, 2015
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalMar 13, 2015
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalMar 13, 2015
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalMar 13, 2015
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalMar 13, 2015
D-MDElijah E. CummingsOriginalMar 13, 2015
D-NCG. K. ButterfieldOriginalMar 13, 2015
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalMar 13, 2015
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalMar 13, 2015
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.OriginalMar 13, 2015
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalMar 13, 2015
D-RIJames R. LangevinOriginalMar 13, 2015
D-GAJohn LewisOriginalMar 13, 2015
D-MAKatherine M. ClarkOriginalMar 13, 2015
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterOriginalMar 13, 2015
D-OHMarcy KapturOriginalMar 13, 2015
D-WIMark PocanOriginalMar 13, 2015
D-CAMark TakanoOriginalMar 13, 2015
D-CAMaxine WatersOriginalMar 13, 2015
D-MAMichael E. CapuanoOriginalMar 13, 2015
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalMar 13, 2015
D-TXRuben HinojosaOriginalMar 13, 2015
D-MAStephen F. LynchOriginalMar 13, 2015
D-PAMatt CartwrightMar 19, 2015
D-MAJoseph P. Kennedy IIIApr 13, 2015
D-RIDavid N. CicillineJul 7, 2015
D-CAJared HuffmanJul 10, 2015
D-OHMarcia L. FudgeJul 13, 2015
D-TNSteve CohenJul 28, 2015

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseFinancial Services Committee
Referred Mar 13, 2015

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 13, 2015Introduced in House
  2. Mar 13, 2015Referred 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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, Clause 3 and Clause 18.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 43, March 13, 2015, page H1635.

Related bills 3

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 915Permanently Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2017Reintroduced BillFeb 7, 2017
S 1491Community Lender Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act of 2015Related billOct 28, 2015
HR 2642Community Lender Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act of 2015Related billJun 3, 2015

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.
Short Titles as Introduced
Permanently Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2015

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 13, 2015Introduced in House

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