Foreclosure Relief and Extension for Servicemembers Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1661
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2017-07-27
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action: action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-07-27
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Foreclosure Relief and Extension for Servicemembers Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 to make permanent the extended one-year period after a servicemember's military service during which: (1) a court may stay proceedings to enforce an obligation on real or personal property owned by the servicemember prior to such military service; and (2) the sale, foreclosure, or seizure of such property is invalid without a court order or agreement. (The extended one-year period expired on December 31, 2014, and returned to a nine-month period under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.)</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1661 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 27, 2017 Mr. Whitehouse (for himself, Mr. Tester , Mr. Peters , Ms. Warren , and Mr. Menendez ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To make permanent the extended period of protections for members of uniformed services relating to mortgages, mortgage foreclosure, and eviction, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Foreclosure Relief and Extension for Servicemembers Act of 2017 . 2. Making permanent 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 ; 50 U.S.C. 3953 note) is amended by striking paragraphs (1) and (3).