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[H.R. 3976 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 260
111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3976

                          [Report No. 111-451]

 To extend certain expiring provisions providing enhanced protections 
   for servicemembers relating to mortgages and mortgage foreclosure.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 29, 2009

Mr. Perriello introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

                             March 22, 2010

             Additional sponsors: Mr. Buyer and Mr. Teague

                             March 22, 2010

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
          on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]





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                                 A BILL


 
 To extend certain expiring provisions providing enhanced protections 
   for servicemembers relating to mortgages and mortgage foreclosure.


 


    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Helping Heroes Keep Their 
Homes Act of 2009''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF ENHANCED PROTECTIONS FOR SERVICEMEMBERS 
              RELATING TO MORTGAGES AND MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE UNDER 
              SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF ACT.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 2203(c)(2) of the Housing and Economic Recover Act 
of 2008 (Public Law 110-289) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by striking ``December 31, 2010'' and 
        inserting ``December 31, 2015''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by striking ``January 1, 2011'' and inserting 
        ``January 1, 2016''.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Employment and Home 
Preservation Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF ENHANCED PROTECTIONS FOR SERVICEMEMBERS RELATING 
              TO MORTGAGES AND MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE UNDER 
              SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF ACT.

    (a) Extension.--Paragraph (2) of section 2203(c) of the Housing and 
Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-289) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``December 31, 2010'' and inserting 
        ``December 31, 2015''; and
            (2) by striking ``January 1, 2011'' and inserting ``January 
        1, 2016''.
    (b) Protection for Surviving Spouse.--
            (1) In general.--Section 303 of the Servicemembers Civil 
        Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App. 533) is amended by adding at the end 
        the following new subsection:
    ``(e) Protection for Surviving Spouse.--With respect to a 
servicemember who dies while in military service and whose death is 
service-connected, this section shall apply to the surviving spouse of 
the servicemember if such spouse is the successor in interest to 
property covered under subsection (a).''.
            (2) Effective date.--Subsection (e) of section 303 of such 
        Act, as added by paragraph (1), shall apply to a surviving 
        spouse of a servicemember whose death is on or after the date 
        of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. TEMPORARY REDUCTION OF REQUIRED AMOUNT OF WAGES FOR ON-THE-JOB 
              TRAINING PROGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Reducing requirement.--Clause (ii) of section 
        3677(b)(1)(A) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
        striking ``85 per centum'' and inserting ``60 percent''.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1) 
        shall take effect on October 1, 2010, and shall apply to a 
        veteran who enrolls in a program of training on the job 
        approved under section 3677 of such title on or after such 
        date.
    (b) Sunset.--
            (1) Reversion.--Effective October 1, 2013, clause (ii) of 
        section 3677(b)(1)(A) of title 38, United States Code, as 
        amended by subsection (a) of this section, is amended by 
        striking ``60 percent'' and inserting ``85 percent''.
            (2) Application.--The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall 
        apply to a veteran who enrolls in a program of training on the 
        job approved under section 3677 of such title on or after 
        October 1, 2013.
    (c) GAO Report.--Not later than October 1, 2013, the Comptroller 
General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Veterans' 
Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Veterans' 
Affairs of the Senate a report on the effects of the amendment made by 
subsection (a)(1) that reduces the wage increase requirement under 
section 3677(b)(1)(A)(ii) of title 38, United States Code.
            Amend the title so as to read: ``A bill to extend certain 
        expiring provisions providing enhanced protections for 
        servicemembers relating to mortgages and mortgage foreclosure, 
        and for other purposes.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 260

111th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 3976

                          [Report No. 111-451]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 To extend certain expiring provisions providing enhanced protections 
   for servicemembers relating to mortgages and mortgage foreclosure.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             March 22, 2010

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
          on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed