[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1879 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1879

 To allow homeowners facing foreclosure to avoid deficiency judgments, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 16, 2015

     Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico (for herself and Mr. 
 Cartwright) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To allow homeowners facing foreclosure to avoid deficiency judgments, 
                        and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Foreclosure Fairness Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. DEFICIENCY JUDGMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, in 
the case of any federally related mortgage loan made after that date, a 
court may not enter a deficiency judgment pertaining to that loan after 
the date of any foreclosure sale of the mortgaged property.
    (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed 
to preempt any more restrictive State or local law pertaining to 
deficiency judgments.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Deficiency judgment.--The term ``deficiency judgment'' 
        means any order by a court entered after a sale of a property 
        subject to a federally related mortgage that has been 
        foreclosed on, requiring the payment by the mortgagor of an 
        amount equal to any balance remaining on the mortgage loan 
        after the foreclosure sale.
            (2) Federally related mortgage loan.--The term ``federally 
        related mortgage loan'' has the meaning given such term under 
        section 3 of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 
        (12 U.S.C. 2602).
            (3) Mortgaged property.--The term ``mortgaged property'' 
        means, with respect to a federally related mortgage loan, the 
        residential real property that is subject to the lien securing 
        such mortgage loan.
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