S 1661
115th Congress
Senate
Armed Forces and National Security
Foreclosure Relief and Extension for Servicemembers Act of 2017
Introduced: July 27, 2017
Introduced by:
Whitehouse, Sheldon
Democratic
· Rhode Island
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 27, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jul 27, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Foreclosure Relief and Extension for Servicemembers Act of 2017
This bill amends the Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 to make permanent the extended one-year period after a servicemember's military service during which: (1) a court may stay proceedings to enforce an obligation on real or personal property owned by the servicemember prior to such military service; and (2) the sale, foreclosure, or seizure of such property is invalid without a court order or agreement. (The extended one-year period expired on December 31, 2014, and returned to a nine-month period under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.)
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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