H.R. 189: Servicemember Foreclosure Protections Extension Act of 2015

114th Congress · introduced 2015-01-07 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 273.

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-01-07 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Servicemember Foreclosure Protections Extension Act of 2015

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Servicemember Foreclosure Protections Extension Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 to extend through 2016 the one-year period after a service member's military service during which: (1) a court may stay proceedings to enforce an obligation on real or personal property owned by the service member before such military service; and (2) any sale, foreclosure, or seizure of such property shall be invalid without a court order or waiver agreement signed by the service member. (Currently, the extended one-year period is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2015, and return to a nine-month period under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.) Effective January 1, 2017 (currently, January 1, 2016), the old nine-month period in place of the one-year period granted by such Act is restored.

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Servicemember Foreclosure Protections Extension Act of 2015

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9] · 2 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 189, Servicemember Foreclosure Protections Extension Act of 2015 (2015-02-25)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House without amendment)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr189.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>

Record fed-us-cong114-hr189 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114