Servicemember Foreclosure Protections Extension Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-189
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2015-01-07
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership

Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Latest action: action_date: 2015-12-01
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 273.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-01-07
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Servicemember Foreclosure Protections Extension Act of 2015</strong></p> <p>Amends the Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 to extend through calendar year 2016 the one-year period after a service member's military service during which: (1) a court may stay proceedings to enforce an obligation on real or personal property owned by the service member before such military service; and (2) any sale, foreclosure, or seizure of such property shall be invalid without a court order or waiver agreement signed by the service member. (Currently, the extended one-year period is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2015, and return to a nine-month period under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.)</a></p> <p>Revives, effective January 1, 2017 (currently, January 1, 2016), the old nine-month period in place of the one-year period granted by such Act.</p>

action_date: 2015-12-01
action_desc: Reported to House without amendment
text: <p>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)</p> <p><strong>Servicemember Foreclosure Protections Extension Act of 2015</strong></p> <p>(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 to extend through 2016 the one-year period after a service member's military service during which: (1) a court may stay proceedings to enforce an obligation on real or personal property owned by the service member before such military service; and (2) any sale, foreclosure, or seizure of such property shall be invalid without a court order or waiver agreement signed by the service member. (Currently, the extended one-year period is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2015, and return to a nine-month period under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.)</a></p> <p> Effective January 1, 2017 (currently, January 1, 2016), the old nine-month period in place of the one-year period granted by such Act is restored.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 189 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 7, 2015 Mr. Grayson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To extend foreclosure and eviction protections for servicemembers, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Servicemember Foreclosure Protections Extension Act of 2015 . 2. Temporary extension of extended period of protections for members of uniformed services relating to mortgages, mortgage foreclosure, and eviction Section 710(d) of the Honoring America’s Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 ( Public Law 112–154 ; 126 Stat. 1208) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking December 31, 2015 and inserting December 31, 2016 ; and (2) in paragraph (3), by striking January 1, 2016 and inserting January 1, 2017 .

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 273 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 189 [Report No. 114–356] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 7, 2015 Mr. Grayson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs December 1, 2015 Additional sponsors: Ms. Brown of Florida and Ms. Kuster December 1, 2015 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed A BILL To extend foreclosure and eviction protections for servicemembers, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Servicemember Foreclosure Protections Extension Act of 2015 . 2. Temporary extension of extended period of protections for members of uniformed services relating to mortgages, mortgage foreclosure, and eviction Section 710(d) of the Honoring America’s Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 ( Public Law 112–154 ; 126 Stat. 1208) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking December 31, 2015 and inserting December 31, 2016 ; and (2) in paragraph (3), by striking January 1, 2016 and inserting January 1, 2017 .

December 1, 2015 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed