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Union Calendar No. 260 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3976 

[Report No. 111–451] 

To extend certain expiring provisions providing enhanced protections for 

servicemembers relating to mortgages and mortgage foreclosure. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 29, 2009 

Mr. PERRIELLO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

MARCH 22, 2010 

Additional sponsors: Mr. BUYER and Mr. TEAGUE

MARCH 22, 2010 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 

on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 


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A BILL 

To extend certain expiring provisions providing enhanced protections for servicemembers relating to mortgages and 

mortgage foreclosure. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Helping Heroes Keep 

5 Their Homes Act of 2009’’. 

6 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF ENHANCED PROTECTIONS FOR 

7 SERVICEMEMBERS RELATING TO MORT8 GAGES AND MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE 

9 UNDER SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF 

10 ACT. 

11 Section 2203(c)(2) of the Housing and Economic Re12 cover Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–289) is amended— 

13 (1) by striking ‘‘December 31, 2010’’ and in14 serting ‘‘December 31, 2015’’; and 

15 (2) by striking ‘‘January 1, 2011’’ and insert16 ing ‘‘January 1, 2016’’. 

17 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

18 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans Employment 

19 and Home Preservation Act of 2010’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF ENHANCED PROTECTIONS FOR 

2 SERVICEMEMBERS RELATING TO MORTGAGES 

3 AND MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE UNDER 

4 SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF ACT. 

5 (a) EXTENSION.—Paragraph (2) of section 2203(c) of 

6 the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (Public 

7 Law 110-289) is amended— 

8 (1) by striking ‘‘December 31, 2010’’ and insert9 ing ‘‘December 31, 2015’’; and 

10 (2) by striking ‘‘January 1, 2011’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘January 1, 2016’’. 

12 (b) PROTECTION FOR SURVIVING SPOUSE.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 303 of the 

14 Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App. 533) 

15 is amended by adding at the end the following new 

16 subsection: 

17 ‘‘(e) PROTECTION FOR SURVIVING SPOUSE.—With re18 spect to a servicemember who dies while in military service 

19 and whose death is service-connected, this section shall 

20 apply to the surviving spouse of the servicemember if such 

21 spouse is the successor in interest to property covered under 

22 subsection (a).’’. 

23 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (e) of section 

24 303 of such Act, as added by paragraph (1), shall 

25 apply to a surviving spouse of a servicemember whose 


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1 death is on or after the date of the enactment of this 

2 Act. 

3 SEC. 3. TEMPORARY REDUCTION OF REQUIRED AMOUNT OF 

4 WAGES FOR ON-THE-JOB TRAINING PRO5 GRAMS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.— 

7 (1) REDUCING REQUIREMENT.—Clause (ii) of 

8 section 3677(b)(1)(A) of title 38, United States Code, 

9 is amended by striking ‘‘85 per centum’’ and insert10 ing ‘‘60 percent’’. 

11 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

12 paragraph (1) shall take effect on October 1, 2010, 

13 and shall apply to a veteran who enrolls in a pro14 gram of training on the job approved under section 

15 3677 of such title on or after such date. 

16 (b) SUNSET.— 

17 (1) REVERSION.—Effective October 1, 2013, 

18 clause (ii) of section 3677(b)(1)(A) of title 38, United 

19 States Code, as amended by subsection (a) of this sec20 tion, is amended by striking ‘‘60 percent’’ and insert21 ing ‘‘85 percent’’. 

22 (2) APPLICATION.—The amendment made by 

23 paragraph (1) shall apply to a veteran who enrolls in 

24 a program of training on the job approved under sec25 tion 3677 of such title on or after October 1, 2013. 


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1 (c) GAO REPORT.—Not later than October 1, 2013, 

2 the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit 

3 to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Rep4 resentatives and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the 

5 Senate a report on the effects of the amendment made by 

6 subsection (a)(1) that reduces the wage increase requirement 

7 under section 3677(b)(1)(A)(ii) of title 38, United States 

8 Code. 

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to extend certain expiring provisions providing enhanced protections 

for servicemembers relating to mortgages and mortgage 

foreclosure, and for other purposes.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 260 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3976 

[Report No. 111–451] 

A BILL 

To extend certain expiring provisions providing enmortgages and mortgage foreclosure. hanced protections for servicemembers relating to 

MARCH 22, 2010 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 

dered to be printed of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and orVerDate Nov 24 2008 22:05 Mar 22, 2010 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H3976.RH H3976

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