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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Housing finance</title>
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  <updated>2008-06-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.6081 Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008</title>
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    <updated>2008-06-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide benefits for military personnel, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;June 17, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-245.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.6081 Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h6081/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-17:/action/161057</id>
    <updated>2008-06-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide benefits for military personnel, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;June 17, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.6081 Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-06:/action/159412</id>
    <updated>2008-06-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide benefits for military personnel, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;June 06, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.6081 Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-22:/action/157891</id>
    <updated>2008-05-22T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide benefits for military personnel, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May 22, 2008: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.6081 Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-16:/action/157879</id>
    <updated>2008-05-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide benefits for military personnel, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.6021 To prohibit the purchase or lease of housing acquired using Federal loan or grant funds appropriated for the purchase and rehabilitation of foreclosed housing under the Neighborhood Stabilization Act of 2008 by any individual convicted under Federal or State law of a drug-dealing offense, a sex offense, or mortgage fraud.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h6021/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-12:/action/156880</id>
    <updated>2008-05-12T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To prohibit the purchase or lease of housing acquired using Federal loan or grant funds appropriated for the purchase and rehabilitation of foreclosed housing under the Neighborhood Stabilization Act of 2008 by any individual convicted under Federal or State law of a drug-dealing offense, a sex offense, or mortgage fraud.&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>
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    <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: H.R.5818 Neighborhood Stabilization Act of 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-16:/action/150176</id>
    <updated>2008-04-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make loans to States to acquire foreclosed housing and to make grants to States for related costs.&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>
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    <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.5155 Combat Veterans Debt Elimination Act of 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-29:/action/144093</id>
    <updated>2008-01-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from collecting certain debts to the United States in the case of veterans who die as a result of a service-connected disability incurred or aggravated on active duty in a combat zone, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.5148 Combat Veterans Debt Elimination Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5148/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-28:/action/143998</id>
    <updated>2008-01-28T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from collecting certain debts owed to the United States by members of the Armed Forces and veterans who die as a result of an injury incurred or aggravated on active duty in a combat zone, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2550 Combat Veterans Debt Elimination Act of 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-23:/action/142513</id>
    <updated>2008-01-23T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from collecting certain debts owed to the United States by members of the Armed Forces and veterans who die as a result of an injury incurred or aggravated on active duty in a combat zone, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2536 Combat Veterans Debt Elimination Act of 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-22:/action/142356</id>
    <updated>2008-01-22T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from collecting certain debts to the United States in the case of veterans who die as a result of a service-connected disability incurred or aggravated on active duty in a combat zone, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.3996 Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2007</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-26:/action/141730</id>
    <updated>2007-12-26T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December 26, 2007: Became Public Law No: 110-166.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.3996 Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2007</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-26:/action/141689</id>
    <updated>2007-12-26T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December 26, 2007: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.3648 Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007</title>
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    <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.3996 Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3996/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-20:/action/141677</id>
    <updated>2007-12-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December 20, 2007: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.3648 Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007</title>
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    <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: S.2523 National Affordable Housing Trust Fund Act of 2007</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-19:/action/141550</id>
    <updated>2007-12-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to establish the National Affordable Housing Trust Fund in the Treasury of the United States to provide for the construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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