H.R. 6069: Making Home Affordable Improvements Act

111th Congress · introduced 2010-07-30 · Housing and Community Development · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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Where it came from: introduced 2010-07-30 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Making Home Affordable Improvements Act

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Making Home Affordable Improvements Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to provide assistance in specified amounts to the National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling Program (Program) of the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation (NRC) for foreclosure mitigation counseling activities in connection with the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) of the Making Home Affordable initiative. Directs the Program to distribute funds to grantee housing counseling agencies in good standing. Directs the NRC to establish a procedure by which the Program shall direct funds to such agencies. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) revise HAMP guidelines to provide for monthly collection by the Secretary of the Treasury from each participating mortgage servicer and lender of comprehensive data on its activities; and (2) report such data to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), report it to Congress, and make it publicly available on the Treasury World Wide Web site.

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Making Home Affordable Improvements Act

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Sponsor: Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3] · 0 cosponsors

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111hr6069.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/hr>

Record fed-us-cong111-hr6069 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111