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HR 544 112th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Housing finance and home ownership Military personnel and dependents Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to permanently extend the period of protections for servicemembers against mortgage foreclosures, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 8, 2011 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Mar 15, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Feb 8, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Feb 8, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend from 90 days to 9 months after military service the period of protection against mortgage sale or foreclosure, as well as the stay of proceedings, in the case of an obligation on real property of a servicemember that originated before the period of military service. (Under current law, such period reverted from 9 months to 90 days on January 1, 2011.)

What's happening now March 15, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1
Carnahan, Russ
· Mar 15, 2011
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Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Mar 1, 2011
Walz, Timothy
· Mar 1, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 544: To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to permanently extend the period of protections for servicemembers against mortgage foreclosures, and for other purposes.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-544/
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"H.R. 544: To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to permanently extend the period of protections for servicemembers against mortgage foreclosures, and for other purposes.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-544/.
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H.R. 544, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-544/.
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