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HR 4740 112th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Housing finance and home ownership Military personnel and dependents Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Fairness for Military Homeowners Act of 2012

Introduced: April 25, 2012 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 28, 2012
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
Jun 28, 2012
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 21, 2012
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
May 11, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Apr 25, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Apr 25, 2012
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fairness for Military Homeowners Act of 2012 - Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to prohibit the absence of a servicemember from his or her principal place of residence due to active-duty military service from preventing such servicemember from refinancing a mortgage on such residence. Makes such prohibition inapplicable to a servicemember who entered into a refinancing on such residence within the past five years.

What's happening now June 28, 2012

Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 2 Republican 3
JONES, WALTER
· May 8, 2012
 R
Carter, John R.
Texas · Apr 25, 2012
 D
Heinrich, Martin
New Mexico · Apr 25, 2012
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Apr 25, 2012
 R
Turner, Michael R.
Ohio · Apr 25, 2012
 R
Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Apr 25, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4740: Fairness for Military Homeowners Act of 2012. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4740/
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"H.R. 4740: Fairness for Military Homeowners Act of 2012." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4740/.
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H.R. 4740, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4740/.
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