H.R.3221 - Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008

A bill to provide needed housing reform and for other purposes. view all titles (84)

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  • Short: Expand and Preserve Home Ownership Through Counseling Act as passed house.
  • Short: Expanding American Homeownership Act of 2008 as passed house.
  • Short: Federal Housing Finance Reform Act of 2008 as passed house.
  • Short: FHA Manufactured Housing Loan Modernization Act of 2008 as passed house.
  • Short: Emergency Mortgage Loan Modification Act of 2008 as passed house.
  • Short: Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 as enacted.
  • Short: Building American Homeownership Act of 2008 as enacted.
  • Short: Federal Housing Finance Regulatory Reform Act of 2008 as enacted.
  • Short: FHA Manufactured Housing Loan Modernization Act of 2008 as enacted.
  • Short: FHA Modernization Act of 2008 as enacted.
  • Short: Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 as enacted.
  • Short: HOPE for Homeowners Act of 2008 as enacted.
  • Short: Housing Assistance Tax Act of 2008 as enacted.
  • Short: Housing Tax Credit Coordination Act of 2008 as enacted.
  • Short: Mortgage Disclosure Improvement Act of 2008 as enacted.
  • Short: S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 as enacted.
  • Short: Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 as enacted.
  • Short: Small Public Housing Authorities Paperwork Reduction Act as enacted.
  • Official: A bill to provide needed housing reform and for other purposes. as amended by senate.
  • Short: Biomass Research and Development Act of 2000 as passed house.
  • Short: New Direction for Energy Independence, National Security, and Consumer Protection Act and the Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2007 as passed house.
  • Short: Mortgage Disclosure Improvement Act of 2008 as passed senate.
  • Short: Green Jobs Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Short: Royalty Relief for American Consumers Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Short: Smart Grid Facilitation Act of 2007 as passed house.
  • Short: National Carbon Dioxide Storage Capacity Assessment Act of 2007 as passed house.
  • Short: Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2007 as passed house.
  • Short: Advanced Geothermal Energy Research and Development Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Short: Biofuels Research and Development Enhancement Act as introduced.
  • Short: Biomass Research and Development Act of 2000 as introduced.
  • Short: Carbon-Neutral Government Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Short: Department of Energy Carbon Capture and Storage Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Short: Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Short: Energy Policy Reform and Revitalization Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Short: Federal Consistency Appeals Decision Refinement Act as introduced.
  • Short: Global Change Research and Data Management Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Short: Global Warming Wildlife Survival Act as introduced.
  • Short: International Climate Cooperation Re-engagement Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Short: Marine Renewable Energy Research and Development Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Short: National Carbon Dioxide Storage Capacity Assessment Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Short: National Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Short: Small Energy Efficient Businesses Act as introduced.
  • Short: Smart Grid Facilitation Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Short: Solar Energy Research and Advancement Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Short: Sustainable Energy Institutional Infrastructure Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Short: Transportation Energy Security and Climate Change Mitigation Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Short: United States-Israel Energy Cooperation Act as introduced.
  • Short: New Direction for Energy Independence, National Security, and Consumer Protection Act as passed house.
  • Short: Advanced Geothermal Energy Research and Development Act of 2007 as passed house.
  • Short: Biofuels Research and Development Enhancement Act as passed house.
  • Short: Carbon-Neutral Government Act of 2007 as passed house.
  • Short: Department of Energy Carbon Capture and Storage Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 2007 as passed house.
  • Short: Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2007 as passed house.
  • Short: Energy Policy Reform and Revitalization Act of 2007 as passed house.
  • Short: Federal Consistency Appeals Decision Refinement Act as passed house.
  • Short: Global Change Research and Data Management Act of 2007 as passed house.
  • Short: Global Warming Wildlife Survival Act as passed house.
  • Short: Green Jobs Act of 2007 as passed house.
  • Short: International Climate Cooperation Re-engagement Act of 2007 as passed house.
  • Short: Marine Renewable Energy Research and Development Act of 2007 as passed house.
  • Short: National Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation Act of 2007 as passed house.
  • Short: Royalty Relief for American Consumers Act of 2007 as passed house.
  • Short: Solar Energy Research and Advancement Act of 2007 as passed house.
  • Short: Sustainable Energy Institutional Infrastructure Act of 2007 as passed house.
  • Short: Telework Enhancement Act of 2007 as passed house.
  • Short: Transportation Energy Security and Climate Change Mitigation Act of 2007 as passed house.
  • Short: United States-Israel Energy Cooperation Act as passed house.
  • Short: Building American Homeownership Act of 2008 as passed senate.
  • Short: Clean Energy Tax Stimulus Act of 2008 as passed senate.
  • Short: FHA Manufactured Housing Loan Modernization Act of 2008 as passed senate.
  • Short: FHA Modernization Act of 2008 as passed senate.
  • Short: REIT Investment Diversification and Empowerment Act of 2008 as passed senate.
  • Official: Moving the United States toward greater energy independence and security, developing innovative new technologies, reducing carbon emissions, creating green jobs, protecting consumers, increasing clean renewable energy production, and modernizing our energy infrastructure. as introduced.
  • Official: Moving the United States toward greater energy independence and security, developing innovative new technologies, reducing carbon emissions, creating green jobs, protecting consumers, increasing clean renewable energy production, and modernizing our energy infrastructure, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for the production of renewable energy and energy conservation. as amended by house.
  • Short: Small Energy Efficient Businesses Act as passed house.
  • Short: New Direction for Energy Independence, National Security, and Consumer Protection Act as introduced.
  • Short: Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 as passed senate.
  • Popular: American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act as introduced.
  • Popular: Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 as introduced.
  • Short: Housing Tax Credit Coordination Act of 2008 as passed house.
  • Short: American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 as passed house.
  • Short: Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 as passed house.
  • Short: FHA Housing Stabilization and Homeownership Retention Act of 2008 as passed house.
  • Short: Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 as passed senate.

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07/07/08
The Crisis of Choice

FOR FURTHER READING: Housing bill ( HR 3221 ), CQ Weekly, pp. 1712, 1414, 1271; background, p. 35; Strategic Petroleum Reserve deposits (PL 110-232), p. ...

Source: CQPolitics.com, DC
07/07/08
Hidden provision could endanger economy, civil liberties

Senators Christopher Dodd and Richard Shelby quietly attached to HR 3221 a sweeping amendment (S. Amdt. 4983) requiring pioneers in electronic commerce to ...

Source: The Eureka Reporter, CA
07/07/08
Congress Returns, Vote for Foreclosure Prevention Act to Happen ...

Among the bills for discussion this week: HR 3221, the Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008. With an 84 to 12 vote on April 10, the bill passed the Senate ...

Source: DSNews.com, TX
07/07/08
Foreclosed by confusion, delays, inflexibility

The proposed American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act (HR 3221) contains a provision that protects servicers from investor lawsuits if they ...

Source: WOOD-TV, MI
07/06/08
Most e-mailed stories

The American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 (HR 3221) contains a provision that would provide a temporary, first-time home-buyer tax ...

Source: Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX
07/05/08
Should the Feds be handed all of your credit card transactions?

By Paul Kruger Senator Dodd is trying to pull a fast one in HR 3221 by slipping in a provision, totally unrelated to preventing foreclosures, ...

Source: OpEdNews, PA
07/05/08
Congress want's to spy on your credit card purchases.

Senator Dodd is trying to pull a fast one in HR 3221 by slipping in a provision, totally unrelated to preventing foreclosures, that would require that ...

Source: OpEdNews, PA
07/05/08
Data Mining

You might like to know that, and without debate or discussion, the US Senate included an amendment to a housing reform bill HR 3221 to require major credit ...

Source: Boca Raton News,  USA
07/03/08
League of California Cities Supports Federal Legislation to Help ...

... the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (HR 3221), that includes $4 billion for cities that can be used to purchase and rehabilitate foreclosed ...

Source: eMediaWorld.com Newswire Press Release Distribution Service (Press Release), AZ
07/03/08
US Conference of Mayors: Congress Should Help Neighborhoods ...

The US Conference of Mayors has issued a statement to US Congress saying the conference supports HR 3221—a comprehensive housing bill that will fund $300 ...

Source: DSNews.com, TX
07/02/08
Housing Bill: US Conference of Mayors President Miami Mayor Manny ...

... to take action on a major bill (HR 3221) that proposes $300 billion in loan guarantees to help families who face losing their homes to foreclosure. ...

Source: NewsBlaze, CA
07/02/08
Cantwell at odds with Democrats over energy plan

"He's put in jeopardy a bill that could make a difference," Dodd said. The bill is HR 3221. Congress: http://thomas.loc.gov.

Source: Longview Daily News, WA
07/02/08
League of California Cities Supports Federal Legislation to Help ...

... the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (HR 3221), that includes $4 billion for cities that can be used to purchase and rehabilitate foreclosed ...

Source: Market Wire (press release)
07/01/08
White House: Time is Running Out on Housing Bill

The Senate is set to consider the housing pacakage when it returns on July 7th — the housing package, HR 3221, is scheduled for debate beginning at 3pm ...

Source: Housing Wire
06/29/08
Congress considers allowing IRS to look at credit cards

... to shield 21 million taxpayers from the alternative minimum tax (HR 6275) and Senate legislation to help homeowners and the housing industry (HR 3221). ...

Source: MLive.com, MI
06/28/08
Washington Post: Political maneuvers delay bill after bill in Senate

But then Ensign demanded an amendment to add the renewable-energy credits, noting that the housing bill had begun life as HR 3221, the Renewable Energy and ...

Source: The Capital Times, WI
06/27/08
Home Builders Hire Some Jumbo Lobbying Help

The legislation ( HR 3221 ) is Congress’ most significant response to the housing downturn to date. It combines several major pieces of legislation, ...

Source: CQPolitics.com, DC
06/25/08
House Prepared to Pass AMT ‘Patch’

The credit card provision is also part of the housing bill ( HR 3221 ) being considered in the Senate, and given that bill’s relative good chances of ...

Source: CQPolitics.com, DC
06/25/08
Their Say Inhofe: Senate should get facts before voting on housing ...

following a failed vote last week to recommit the Housing Bill (HR 3221) back to the Senate Banking Committee, urged the Senate to get the facts before ...

Source: Sand Springs Leader, OK
06/25/08
Ethics Committee Seeks Fuller Disclosure of Senators’ Mortgage Deals

The committee crafted the proposal as an amendment to broader housing legislation ( HR 3221 ) pending in the Senate that aims to address the current ...

Source: CQPolitics.com, DC
06/24/08
Senate Nears Final Agreement on Comprehensive Housing Package

The measure ( HR 3221 ) won overwhelming support on a key procedural vote Tuesday, suggesting the package’s long-term prospects are very good, ...

Source: CQPolitics.com, DC
06/24/08
Mortgage Rescue Bill Passes Senate

The bill, HR 3221, modernizes the Federal Housing Administration and creates an agency to regulate mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, ...

Source: Hartford Courant, United States
06/23/08
eBay Responds to E-Payment Requirements in Amended Bill

By Ina Steiner "eBay responded to amendments to proposed legislation (HR 3221) that would require electronic payment systems to report the annual gross ...

Source: Auctionbytes
06/20/08
Real Estate

Advocating for the enactment of HR 3221, The Foreclosure Prevention Act, was a top priority for NJAR® members at the midyear meetings. ...

Source: Howell Times
06/20/08
Chambers Expect Agreement on Housing, Hope to Send Bill to Bush in ...

Most of them, including budgetary concerns over a set of housing-focused tax breaks, don’t present a big enough threat to derail the measure ( HR 3221 ). ...

Source: CQPolitics.com, DC
06/19/08
Democrats drive up oil costs

4, 2007: the House voted down an amendment to HR 3221 that would have included provisions for more oil and gas from Alaska, the OCS and oil shale; ...

Source: Hillsboro Times Gazette, OH
06/19/08
Real Estate

Advocating for the enactment of HR 3221, The Foreclosure Prevention Act, was a top priority for NJAR® members at the midyear meetings. ...

Source: Jakson Time, NJ
06/19/08
Housing Bill Faces Unexpected Veto Threat

While the measure ( HR 3221 ) enjoys bipartisan support — including an endorsement from the Banking Committee’s ranking Republican, Richard C. Shelby of ...

Source: CQPolitics.com, DC
06/18/08
US Senate can either help the mortgage crisis or make it worse

The House-passed housing stimulus bill, HR 3221, makes the $729750 limits permanent. Senate bills cap the limits at $550440. Our 1.2 million members applaud ...

Source: Thousand Oaks Acorn,  USA
06/16/08
Congress Moves to Expand Housing Tax Credit Program

The Senate has passed foreclosure relief legislation (HR 3221) that also includes additional housing bond authority, along with funds for state and local ...

Source: Affordable Housing Finance, CA

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