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H.R. 3976: Helping Heroes Keep Their Homes Act of 2010

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H.R. 3976: Helping Heroes Keep Their Homes Act of 2010

111th Congress · introduced 2009-10-29 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2009-10-29 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Perriello, Thomas S.P. [D-VA-5] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 176 (2010): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR3976 (2010-03-23), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Helping Heroes Keep Their Homes Act of 2010

Plain summary

Helping Heroes Keep Their Homes Act of 2010 - Amends the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 to extend through December 31, 2015, specified protections for servicemembers relating to mortgages and mortgage foreclosures. Delays until January 1, 1916, revival of provisions of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act: (1) allowing, or upon servicemember application requiring, a stay of court proceedings to enforce and adjust a mortgage obligation when the servicemember's ability to comply with such obligation is materially affected by military service; and (2) invalidating the sale, foreclosure, or seizure of property due to a servicemember's breach of obligation, except in certain circumstances. Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to state that its requirements governing a servicemember's real or personal property secured by a mortgage apply also to the surviving spouse of a servicemember who dies while in military service and whose death is service-connected, if the spouse is the successor in interest to such property.

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Official text

Helping Heroes Keep Their Homes Act of 2010

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Perriello, Thomas S.P. [D-VA-5] · 2 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3976, Veterans Employment and Home Preservation Act of 2010 (2010-03-16); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3976, Veterans Employment and Home Preservation Act of 2010 (2010-03-16)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong111-hr3976 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111