110 HR 6790 IH: Expanding Access to Foreclosure U.S. House of Representatives 2008-08-01 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 110th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6790 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 1, 2008 Mr. Cardoza introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To ensure that amounts made available for mortgage loss mitigation counseling in areas having the highest foreclosure rates are used in such areas.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Expanding Access to Foreclosure Counseling Act of 2008.

2.

Counseling intermediaries

The third proviso of section 2305 of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–289; 122 Stat. 2654) is amended in clause (1) by inserting after highest home foreclosure rates, the following: or, in the case of any of such 100 metropolitan statistical areas not having adequate counseling intermediaries and legal organizations that provide legal assistance in such area, provide legal assistance in areas near such metropolitan statistical area and have the capacity to provide such assistance in such metropolitan statistical area,.