[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4971 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4971

  To amend the Housing Act of 1949 to permit the assumption of loans 
    under the Doug Bereuter Section 502 Single Family Housing Loan 
                           Guarantee Program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 1, 2024

   Mr. Welch introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
    referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Housing Act of 1949 to permit the assumption of loans 
    under the Doug Bereuter Section 502 Single Family Housing Loan 
                           Guarantee Program.

    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 ``Rural Homeownership Continuity Act 
of 2024''.

SEC. 2. ASSUMPTION OF LOANS UNDER THE DOUG BEREUTER SECTION 502 SINGLE 
              FAMILY HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM.

    Section 502(h)(10) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 
1472(h)(10)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(10) Assumption.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary may provide for 
                the assumption of a current guaranteed loan made under 
                this subsection by any individual qualified to receive 
                a guaranteed loan under this subsection upon the 
                transfer to that individual of the property for which 
                the guaranteed loan was made.
                    ``(B) Release from liability.--If a borrower of a 
                guaranteed loan under this subsection transfers the 
                property for which the guaranteed loan was made to an 
                individual who assumes the guaranteed loan under 
                subparagraph (A), the transferor, and any co-borrower 
                or guarantor of the transferor, shall be relieved of 
                liability with respect to the guaranteed loan.
                    ``(C) Assumption of obligations, rights, and 
                interests.--The Secretary shall provide in each 
                assumption under subparagraph (A) for the assumption of 
                the obligations, rights, and interests under the terms 
                of the guaranteed loan or such other terms as the 
                Secretary determines appropriate.''.
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