BANKRUPTCY

Articles and editorials

American Dreams Built on a Shaky Foundation of Subprime Loans, S1402 [29FE]

Housing Bill Hammers Taxpayers, S7495 [26JY]

Rescuing Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac Is Nonsense, S7468 [25JY]

Bills and resolutions

Armed Forces: exempt from means testing certain National Guard and Reserve members (see S. 3197), S6158 [25JN]

Courts: make debts for personal injuries that result in permanent disability nondischargeable (see H.R. 5455), H993 [14FE] (see H.R. 5494), H1073 [26FE]

Credit: establish a national consumer credit usury rate (see S. 3287), S6937 [17JY]

———provide that claims arising from high cost consumer credit transactions shall be subordinated to all other claims (see S. 3259), S6650 [14JY]

Economy: help families keep their homes by restructuring loans and modifying mortgages, and protect taxpayers by regulating dividend payments by certain financial institutions (see S. 3690), S10578 [17NO] (see H.R. 7307), H10856 [20NO]

Health: provide protection for medical debt homeowners, restore protections for caregivers to ill or disabled family members, and exempt from means testing debtors whose financial problems were caused by medical problems (see H.R. 5138), H479 [28JA]

Housing: provide needed housing reform (see S. 2636), S970 [13FE] (see H.R. 5857), H2551 [22AP]

Pensions: provide necessary reforms for employee pension benefit plans (see H.R. 5754), H2150 [9AP]

Real estate: amend laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences (see H.R. 7328), H10975 [10DE]

Letters

Housing and Economic Recovery Act: Jon Corzine and Michael Rounds, National Governors Association, H6850, H6851 [23JY]

Housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises regulation reform: Representative Bachus, Committee on Financial Services (House), H6995 [23JY]

Lists

Organizations supporting H.R. 3221, Housing and Economic Recovery Act, S7226 [24JY]

States benefiting from higher loan limits, S5797 [19JN]

Remarks in House

Armed Forces: exempt from means testing certain National Guard and Reserve members (H.R. 4044), H5801-H5805 [23JN], E1327 [24JN], E1345 [25JN], E2226 [3OC]

———exempt from means testing certain National Guard and Reserve members (S. 3197), H10648-H10653 [2OC], E2226 [3OC]

Consumers: require enhanced disclosure regarding the consequences of making only minimum required payments in the repayment of credit card debt (H.R. 1510), H8605 [23SE]

Education: make certain privately issued student loans dischargeable, H758-H760 [7FE]

Housing: minority serving organizations funding for counseling and support, H2865 [30AP]

———provide needed housing reform, H1652 [13MR], H1830, H1868, H1875 [1AP], H1892 [2AP], H1975, H2000 [3AP], H2273 [15AP], H2453, H2469 [17AP], H2865 [30AP], H3056, H3058, H3059 [6MY], H3134, H3181 [7MY], H3195, H3197-H3201, H3204-H3308 [8MY], H4326 [21MY], H5977 [24JN], H6333 [9JY], H6480 [15JY], H6828, H6840, H6854-H7011, H7054, H7055 [23JY], H7062 [24JY], H7332 [30JY], H7857 [9SE], E864 [8MY], E898 [13MY], E921 [14MY], E956 [16MY], E983, E986, E988 [21MY], E1142 [4JN], E1549, E1551 [24JY], E1555, E1556, E1559, E1563, E1564 [25JY], E1581 [29JY], E1602, E1604, E1606 [30JY], E1630 [31JY], E1693 [1AU]

———provide needed housing reform (H.R. 5857), E986 [21MY], E1693 [1AU]

———simplify the historic rehabilitation tax credit, H7005 [23JY]

Real estate: amend laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences (H.R. 3609), H1807 [31MR]

Remarks in Senate

Armed Forces: exempt from means testing certain National Guard and Reserve members (S. 3197), S6166 [25JN], S10186, S10187 [30SE]

Conrad Duberstein U.S. Bankruptcy Courthouse, Brooklyn, NY: designate (H.R. 430), S6080 [24JN]

Credit: establish a national consumer credit usury rate, S2400, S2415-S2418 [3AP]

———establish a national consumer credit usury rate (S. 3287), S6941 [17JY]

———provide that claims arising from high cost consumer credit transactions shall be subordinated to all other claims (S. 3259), S9464 [25SE]

Economy: help families keep their homes by restructuring loans and modifying mortgages, and protect taxpayers by regulating dividend payments by certain financial institutions (S. 3690), S10599 [17NO]

FTC: grant rulemaking authority to allow regulation and prosecution of companies engaged in deceptive mortgage advertising, S2623 [7AP]

Housing: create a Federal Board of Certification to regulate the secondary mortgage market, S5953 [23JN]

———enhance mortgage disclosure requirements with additional safeguards for certain adjustable rate mortgages and loans, S5782 [19JN], S6138 [25JN]

———provide needed housing reform, S1217-S1220 [27FE], S1342, S1346-S1348, S1358-S1371, S1374-S1376 [28FE], S1393-S1398, S1401-S1409, S1413, S1416 [29FE], S1437-S1440, S1443-S1446 [3MR], S1549, S1550, S1586-S1590 [5MR], S1663, S1687 [6MR], S1728, S1735 [7MR], S1971 [12MR], S2207, S2212, S2218 [31MR], S2254-S2263, S2266-S2275, S2277-S2284 [1AP], S2314-S2319, S2321-S2333, S2336 [2AP], S2367-S2371, S2375-S2396, S2400-S2424 [3AP], S2591-S2610 [4AP], S2619-S2625, S2628-S2632 [7AP], S2710, S2716-S2731, S2733-S2738 [8AP], S2780, S2782-S2790, S2792, S2794, S2797-S2811 [9AP], S2829, S2832, S2836-S2861 [10AP], S3932 [7MY], S5384 [9JN], S5772-S5776, S5781-S5788, S5790, S5791, S5796, S5814-S5819 [19JN], S5921, S5925-S5928 [20JN], S5949, S5952-S5954 [23JN], S5975-S5978, S5980-S5983, S6004, S6082 [24JN], S6101, S6105-S6108, S6112-S6114, S6137-S6143 [25JN], S6185, S6270, S6274 [26JN], S6354-S6356 [7JY], S6494 [9JY], S6512, S6516-S6521, S6524, S6540, S6543, S6547 [10JY], S6585, S6590-S6595 [11JY], S6646 [14JY], S6713 [15JY], S6884 [17JY], S7089, S7111, S7112, S7130, S7131 [23JY], S7217, S7223-S7226, S7248, S7255, S7256, S7268-S7270 [24JY], S7438, S7443, S7448-S7451, S7454, S7456, S7458, S7459, S7468, S7472 [25JY], S7489-S7496, S7498-S7506, S7511, S7513, S7518 [26JY], S7566 [28JY], S7620 [29JY], S7985, S7999 [1AU]

———provide needed housing reform, unanimous-consent agreement, S4243 [15MY]

———provide needed housing reform (S. 2636), S992 [13FE], S993 [14FE], S1183-S1185 [26FE], S1724 [7MR], S8828 [16SE]

Real estate: amend laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences, S1445 [3MR], S2267 [1AP], S2316 [2AP], S2371, S2375-S2377, S2380-S2383, S2387-S2395, S2402 [3AP], S2606 [4AP], S2717, S2718, S2723-S2725 [8AP], S2804 [9AP], S2841 [10AP]

———amend laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences (S. 2136), S684 [6FE], S2261 [1AP]

———authorize courts to take certain actions relative to mortgage loans in bankruptcy, S2380, S2381 [3AP], S2718, S2723-S2725 [8AP]

———authorize courts to take certain actions relative to mortgage loans in bankruptcy (S. 2133), S2261 [1AP]

Taxation: allow certain companies to substitute alternative minimum tax and research and development tax credits in lieu of bonus depreciation deductions, S2404-S2407 [3AP], S2592 [4AP]

Reports filed

Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2136), S7628 [29JY]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2136) (S. Rept. 110-514), S9655 [26SE]

National Guard and Reservists Debt Relief Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 4044) (H. Rept. 110-726), H5795 [20JN]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 3197), S8528 [15SE]

Statements

Housing and Economic Recovery Act: Executive Office of the President, H6850 [23JY]

Housing-Related Government-Sponsored Enterprises Regulation Reform: Several Housing Organizations, H6993 [23JY]

Summaries

Foreclosure Prevention Act (H.R. 3221): Senate Amendments, H3138 [7MY]

Texts of

H.R. 3221, American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act, H3219-H3282 [8MY]

H.R. 3221, Foreclosure Prevention Act, H3204-H3219 [8MY]

H.R. 3221, Housing and Economic Recovery Act, H6916-H6987 [23JY]

H.R. 4044, National Guard and Reservists Debt Relief Act, H5801 [23JN]

S. 2636, Foreclosure Prevention Act, S981-S983 [13FE]

S. 3197, National Guard and Reservists Debt Relief Act, S6166 [25JN], S10186 [30SE], H10648 [2OC]

S. 3259, Consumer Credit Fairness Act, S6652 [14JY]

S. 3287, Protecting Consumers From Unreasonble Credit Rates Act, S6941 [17JY]

S. 3690, Homeowner Assistance and Taxpayer Protection Act, S10600 [17NO]