US Congress House Bill 237 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-3)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-03-23 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amends the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 to expand access to Department of Defense (DOD) homeowners assistance for qualified members of the Armed Forces permanently reassigned during a designated mortgage crisis to allow the Secretary of Defense greater flexibility regarding the dates of the availability of such assistance. Directs the Secretary, in exercising such authority, to consult with the Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Treasury regarding the condition of housing markets in the area of a base or installation.

To amend the Homeowners Assistance Program of the Department of Defense to give the Secretary of Defense flexibility regarding setting the commencement date for homeowner assistance for members of the Armed Forces permanently reassigned during the mortgage crisis.

Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Shelley Berkley [D-NV]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]
Rep. Jerry Costello [D-IL]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]	Rep. Joseph Heck [R-NV]
Rep. Larry Kissell [D-NC]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]
Rep. Silvestre Reyes [D-TX]	Rep. Steven Rothman [D-NJ]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Sen. Adam Schiff [D-CA]
Rep. Michael Simpson [R-ID]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-03-23	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
2011-02-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
2011-01-07	House	Referred to House Financial Services
2011-01-07	House	Referred to House Armed Services
2011-01-07	House	Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/237/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr237/BILLS-112hr237ih.pdf