S. 527: HAMP Termination Act of 2011
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S. 527: HAMP Termination Act of 2011
112th Congress · introduced 2011-03-09 · Housing and Community Development · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-03-09 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
HAMP Termination Act of 2011
Plain summary
HAMP Termination Act of 2011 - Amends the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 to terminate the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to provide new mortgage modification assistance under the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP), except with respect to existing obligations on behalf of homeowners already extended an offer to participate in the program.
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Official text
HAMP Termination Act of 2011
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC] · 3 cosponsors
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Roger F. Wicker (R-MS)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112s527.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/s>
Record fed-us-cong112-s527 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112