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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 com-
mencement 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 De-
partment 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. FLEXIBLE COMMENCEMENT DATES FOR AVAIL-
ABILITY OF HOMEOWNER ASSISTANCE FOR 
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES PERMA-
NENTLY REASSIGNED DURING MORTGAGE 
CRISIS. 
(a) MODIFICATION OF REASSIGNMENT, PURCHASE, 
AND SALE DATES.—Subsection (a)(3) of section 1013 of 
the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development 
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘or an 
earlier end date designated by the Secretary’’ and by 
inserting ‘‘or an earlier start or end date designated 
by the Secretary under subsection (c)(3)(C) for a 
specific military base or installation’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ‘‘, or a 
later purchase date designated by the Secretary 
under subsection (c)(3)(C) for a specific military 
base or installation’’ after ‘‘July 1, 2006’’; and 
(3) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘between 
July 1, 2006, and September 30, 2012, or an earlier 
end date designated by the Secretary’’ and inserting 
‘‘between the purchase date in effect for the military 
base or installation under subparagraph (D) and the 
end date in effect for the military base or installa-
tion under subparagraph (D)’’. 
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(b) MODIFICATION PROCESS.—Subsection (c)(3) of 
such section is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) MODIFICATION
OF
REASSIGNMENT, 
PURCHASE, AND
SALE
DATES.—In exercising 
the authority under subsection (a)(3) to des-
ignate different reassignment, purchase, and 
sale dates for a specific military base or instal-
lation, the Secretary of Defense shall consult 
with the Secretary of Housing and Urban De-
velopment and the Secretary of the Treasury 
regarding the condition of housing markets in 
the area of the base or installation so that the 
Secretary of Defense has the information need-
ed to effectively assist members of the Armed 
Forces and their families.’’. 
Æ 
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