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HR 3146 111th Congress House Housing and Community Development Computers and information technology Cooperative and condominium housing Credit and credit markets Department of Housing and Urban Development Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Financial crises and stabilization Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government information and archives Government lending and loan guarantees Government trust funds Housing and community development funding Housing finance and home ownership

21st Century FHA Housing Act of 2009

Introduced: July 9, 2009 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 16, 2009
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Sep 15, 2009
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Sep 15, 2009
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H9520-9521)
Sep 15, 2009
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H9520-9521)
Sep 15, 2009
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3146.
Sep 15, 2009
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9520-9522)
Sep 15, 2009
Mr. Adler (NJ) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Jul 9, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Jul 9, 2009
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

21st Century FHA Housing Act of 2009 - (Sec. 2) Amends the National Housing Act to declare that the Secretary of Housing and Urban Affairs (HUD) is not subject to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 when insuring any mortgage for a one-family unit in a multifamily project that holds an undivided interest in the common areas and facilities which serve the project (condominium).

(Sec. 4) Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) appoint and fix the compensation of HUD personnel; and (2) use certain funds to maintain an appropriate level of investment in information technology in order to upgrade HUD technology systems used in carrying out personnel-related functions.

Sets a cap upon the use of premium-generated income for such upgrades, subject to approval in advance in an appropriation Act.

(Sec. 5) Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish a comprehensive training and education program to improve certain HUD services to users of Federal Housing Administration (FHA) mortgage insurance programs; and (2) conduct an ongoing review of delinquencies among recent single family housing mortgage originations; and (3) make available to certain congressional committees any information and conclusions pursuant to such review of delinquencies.

Amends the Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009 to direct the Secretary to implement procedures that analyze mortgage performance during the mandatory random review of mortgagees on one- to four-family residences who potentially present a high risk to the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund.

(Sec. 6) Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of HUD, and the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) should use their statutory and regulatory authorities to provide financial assistance to facilitate increased warehouse credit capacity by qualified warehouse lenders.

Urges that such assistance: (1) be used only to expand the amount of credit or lending capacity made available to qualified mortgage lenders by qualified warehouse lenders in order to fund residential mortgage loans; and (2) be provided in a manner which might include direct loans, guarantees, credit enhancement, and other incentives.

(Sec. 7) Amends the National Housing Act to authorize the Secretary to implement alternative insured mortgage foreclosure avoidance demonstration programs, including methods involving short sales and deeds in lieu of foreclosure, and partial or full payment of insurance benefits to the mortgagee.

What's happening now September 16, 2009

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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