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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Loan defaults</title>
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  <updated>2008-05-21T00:00:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.493 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008</title>
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    <updated>2008-05-21T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May 21, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-233.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.493 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h493/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-21:/action/158495</id>
    <updated>2008-05-21T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May 21, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.493 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-19:/action/158494</id>
    <updated>2008-05-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May 19, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2992 Armed Forces Housing Security Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2992/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-07:/action/156496</id>
    <updated>2008-05-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance housing loan authorities for veterans and to otherwise assist veterans and members of the Armed Forces in avoiding the foreclosure of their homes, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.493 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h493/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-01:/action/152189</id>
    <updated>2008-05-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May 01, 2008: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2895 PLUS Loan Borrower Protection Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2895/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-21:/action/150594</id>
    <updated>2008-04-21T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to maintain eligibility, for Federal PLUS loans, of borrowers who are 90 or more days delinquent on mortgage loan payments, or for whom foreclosure proceedings have been initiated, with respect to their primary residence.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.5830 FHA Housing Stabilization and Homeownership Retention Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5830/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-17:/action/150499</id>
    <updated>2008-04-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To create a voluntary FHA program that provides mortgage refinancing assistance to allow families to stay in their homes, protect neighborhoods, and help stabilize the housing market.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2764 A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to enhance protections for servicemembers relating to mortgages and mortgage foreclosures, and for other purposes.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2764/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-13:/action/147877</id>
    <updated>2008-03-13T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to enhance protections for servicemembers relating to mortgages and mortgage foreclosures, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.5579 Emergency Mortgage Loan Modification Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5579/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-11:/action/147309</id>
    <updated>2008-03-11T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To remove an impediment to troubled debt restructuring on the part of holders of residential mortgage loans, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.5565 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a Federal income tax credit for certain home purchases.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5565/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-10:/action/147064</id>
    <updated>2008-03-10T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a Federal income tax credit for certain home purchases.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2734 Security Against Foreclosures and Education Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2734/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-07:/action/147024</id>
    <updated>2008-03-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to aid families and neighborhoods facing home foreclosure and address the subprime mortgage crisis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2658 A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend from 90 days to one year the period after release of a member from the Armed Forces from active duty during which the member is protected from mortgage foreclosure.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2658/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-25:/action/146001</id>
    <updated>2008-02-25T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend from 90 days to one year the period after release of a member from the Armed Forces from active duty during which the member is protected from mortgage foreclosure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2636 Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2636/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-13:/action/145482</id>
    <updated>2008-02-13T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to provide needed housing reform.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2595 Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2595/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-06:/action/144520</id>
    <updated>2008-02-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to create a national licensing system for residential mortgage loan originators, to develop minimum standards of conduct to be enforced by State regulators, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2566 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a Federal income tax credit for certain home purchases.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2566/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-29:/action/144027</id>
    <updated>2008-01-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a Federal income tax credit for certain home purchases.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.3648 Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3648/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-20:/action/141670</id>
    <updated>2007-12-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude discharges of indebtedness on principal residences from gross income, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December 20, 2007: Became Public Law No: 110-142.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.3648 Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3648/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-20:/action/141614</id>
    <updated>2007-12-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude discharges of indebtedness on principal residences from gross income, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December 20, 2007: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.3648 Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3648/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-19:/action/141613</id>
    <updated>2007-12-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude discharges of indebtedness on principal residences from gross income, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December 19, 2007: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.4883 To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for a limitation on the sale, foreclosure, or seizure of property owned by a servicemember during the one-year period following the servicemember's period of military service.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h4883/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-19:/action/141348</id>
    <updated>2007-12-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for a limitation on the sale, foreclosure, or seizure of property owned by a servicemember during the one-year period following the servicemember's period of military service.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.3648 Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3648/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-18:/action/141147</id>
    <updated>2007-12-18T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude discharges of indebtedness on principal residences from gross income, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December 18, 2007: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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