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H.R. 650: Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act of 2015

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H.R. 650: Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act of 2015

114th Congress · introduced 2015-02-02 · Housing and Community Development · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-02-02 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Fincher, Stephen Lee [R-TN-8] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 2 recorded votes in our records. Latest: House roll call 150 (2015): On Motion to Recommit with Instructions, HR650 (2015-04-14), Failed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and 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.
  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

Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act of 2015

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) Amends the Truth in Lending Act to revise the exclusion from the meaning of "mortgage originator" of any employee of a retailer of manufactured homes who does not for compensation or gain take residential mortgage loan applications, for compensation or gain offer or negotiate terms of a residential mortgage loan, or advise a consumer on loan terms (including rates, fees, and other costs). Excludes from the meaning of "mortgage originator," instead, any retailer of manufactured or modular homes or its employees unless the retailer or its employees receive compensation or gain for engaging in certain activities in excess of any compensation or gain received in a comparable cash transaction. (Sec. 3) Revises the definition of "high cost mortgage."

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Official text

Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act of 2015

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Fincher, Stephen Lee [R-TN-8] · 43 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 650, Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act of 2015 (2015-04-06)

Cosponsors on this site

Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Andy Barr (R-KY), Frank D. Lucas (R-OK), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Marlin A. Stutzman (R-IN), David Schweikert (R-AZ), J. French Hill (R-AR), Scott Perry (R-PA), Roger Williams (R-TX), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN)

Recorded votes

Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr650 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114