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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 237 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 7, 2011 

Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia introduced the following bill; which was 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 

A BILL 

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. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. FLEXIBLE COMMENCEMENT DATES FOR AVAIL2 ABILITY OF HOMEOWNER ASSISTANCE FOR 

3 MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES PERMA4 NENTLY REASSIGNED DURING MORTGAGE 

5 CRISIS. 

6 (a) MODIFICATION OF REASSIGNMENT, PURCHASE, 

7 AND SALE DATES.—Subsection (a)(3) of section 1013 of 

8 the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development 

9 Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374) is amended— 

10 (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘or an 

11 earlier end date designated by the Secretary’’ and by 

12 inserting ‘‘or an earlier start or end date designated 

13 by the Secretary under subsection (c)(3)(C) for a 

14 specific military base or installation’’; 

15 (2) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ‘‘, or a 

16 later purchase date designated by the Secretary 

17 under subsection (c)(3)(C) for a specific military 

18 base or installation’’ after ‘‘July 1, 2006’’; and 

19 (3) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘between 

20 July 1, 2006, and September 30, 2012, or an earlier 

21 end date designated by the Secretary’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘between the purchase date in effect for the military 

23 base or installation under subparagraph (D) and the 

24 end date in effect for the military base or installa25 tion under subparagraph (D)’’. 


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1 (b) MODIFICATION PROCESS.—Subsection (c)(3) of 

2 such section is amended by adding at the end the following 

3 new subparagraph: 

4 ‘‘(C) MODIFICATION OF REASSIGNMENT, 

5 PURCHASE, AND SALE DATES.—In exercising 

6 the authority under subsection (a)(3) to des7 ignate different reassignment, purchase, and 

8 sale dates for a specific military base or instal9 lation, the Secretary of Defense shall consult 

10 with the Secretary of Housing and Urban De11 velopment and the Secretary of the Treasury 

12 regarding the condition of housing markets in 

13 the area of the base or installation so that the 

14 Secretary of Defense has the information need15 ed to effectively assist members of the Armed 

16 Forces and their families.’’. 

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