Foreclosure Relief and Extension for Servicemembers Act of 2015
Latest action · Dec 16, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic 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 15, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Foreclosure Relief and Extension for Servicemembers Act of 2015
This bill amends the Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 to extend through 2017 the one-year period after a service member's military service during which: (1) a court may stay proceedings to enforce an obligation on real or personal property owned by the service member before such military service; and (2) any sale, foreclosure, or seizure of such property shall be invalid without a court order or waiver agreement signed by the service member. (Currently, the extended one-year period is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2015, and return to a nine-month period under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.)
Effective January 1, 2018 (currently, January 1, 2016), the old nine-month period in place of the one-year period granted by such Act shall be restored.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Dec 15, 2015.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Denny Heck | Original | Dec 15, 2015 |
| R-OH | Steve Stivers | Original | Dec 15, 2015 |
Committees 1
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 Dec 15, 2015 |
| Economic Opportunity Subcommittee | Referred Dec 16, 2015 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 16, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
- Dec 15, 2015Introduced in House
- Dec 15, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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 Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 182, December 15, 2015, page H9328.
Related bills 7
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 189 | Servicemember Foreclosure Protections Extension Act of 2015 | Related bill | Dec 1, 2015 |
| HR 190 | Making Servicemember Foreclosure Protections Permanent Act | Related bill | Feb 6, 2015 |
| S 1152 | Foreclosure Relief and Extension for Servicemembers Act of 2015 | Related bill | Apr 30, 2015 |
| S 2347 | Foreclosure Relief and Extension for Servicemembers Act of 2015 | Related bill | Dec 3, 2015 |
| S 2357 | Foreclosure Relief and Extension for Servicemembers Act of 2015 | Identical bill | Dec 3, 2015 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To extend temporarily the extended period of protection for members of uniformed services relating to mortgages, mortgage foreclosure, and eviction, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Foreclosure Relief and Extension for Servicemembers Act of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 15, 2015Introduced 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.
