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S 1724 111th Congress Senate Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Fraud offenses and financial crimes Housing finance and home ownership Real estate business

Fighting Real Estate Fraud Act of 2009

Introduced: September 29, 2009 Introduced by: Schumer, Charles E. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 29, 2009
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Fighting Real Estate Fraud Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants on a competitive basis through the Bureau of Justice Assistance of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to states, local governments, and Indian tribal governments to assist prosecutors in investigating and prosecuting real estate fraud. Defines "real estate fraud" to include crimes involving purposeful misrepresentations, forgeries, omissions to general applications, tax returns, financial statements, appraisals and valuations, verifications of deposit and employment, escrow and closing documents, credit reports, and any actions that may defraud a secured creditor.

Directs the Comptroller General to report to Congress on the effectiveness of the grant program in investigating and prosecuting real estate fraud.

What's happening now September 29, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Sep 29, 2009
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Sep 29, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1724: Fighting Real Estate Fraud Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1724/
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"S. 1724: Fighting Real Estate Fraud Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1724/.
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S. 1724, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1724/.
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