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HR 1223 113th 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 2013

Introduced: March 15, 2013 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Apr 2, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Mar 15, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Mar 15, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fairness for Military Homeowners Act of 2013 - 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 April 2, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 1
JONES, WALTER
· Mar 19, 2013
DAVIS, SUSAN
· Mar 15, 2013
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Turner, Michael R.
Ohio · Mar 15, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1223: Fairness for Military Homeowners Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1223/
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"H.R. 1223: Fairness for Military Homeowners Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1223/.
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H.R. 1223, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1223/.
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