HR 5673 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Keep Your Home Act of 2018

Introduced May 1, 2018 Originated House Sponsor Norma J. Torres D-CA

Latest action · May 1, 2018 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.

IntroducedMay 1, 2018
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Keep Your Home Act of 2018

This bill amends the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 to reauthorize the Department of the Treasury's Hardest Hit Fund (which supports programs that assist homeowners faced with financial hardship) and otherwise modify provisions related to the fund.

Cosponsors 2

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 1, 2018 to May 7, 2018; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Maxine Waters	Original	May 1, 2018
D-CA	J. Luis Correa		May 7, 2018

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 May 1, 2018

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

May 1, 2018Introduced in House
May 1, 2018Referred 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: According to Article 1: Section 8: Clause 18: of the United States Constitution, seen below, this bill falls within the Constitutional Authority of the United States Congress. Article 1: Section 8: Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. ____________________

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 71, May 1, 2018, page H3746.

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To extend the Hardest Hit Fund of the Department of the Treasury, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Keep Your Home Act of 2018

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

May 1, 2018Introduced in House

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