REAL ESTATE

Addresses

State of the Union: President Obama, S68–S73 [24JA], H151–H156 [24JA]

Amendments

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), H2648 [10MY]

——— reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), consideration (H. Res. 648), H2581 [10MY]

Civilian Property Realignment Commission: establish (H.R. 1734), H495, H498, H499, H500, H502 [6FE]

District of Columbia: promote development of southwest waterfront (H.R. 2297), S2272, S2275 [29MR], H4001 [26JN]

Articles and editorials

Fannie, Freddie Dole Out Big Bonuses, S184 [31JA]

Job Gains Reflect Hope a Recovery Is Blooming, H527 [7FE]

That Comeback Trail for the Economy? Here, It’s Littered With Foreclosures, H672 [9FE]

Bills and resolutions

Armed Forces: enhance protections accorded to servicemembers and their spouses relative to mortgages (see S. 3179), S3174 [15MY]

——— ensure that relocation of an active duty servicemember away from the servicemember’s principal residence does not prevent the refinancing of a mortgage on that residence (see H.R. 4740), H2125 [25AP]

——— improve protections for servicemembers against mortgage foreclosures (see S. 3323), S4368 [20JN] (see H.R. 5747), H2713 [15MY]

Bankruptcy: provide authority to modify certain mortgages on principal residences of debtors to prevent foreclosure (see H.R. 4058), H901 [16FE]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (see H.R. 5652), H2565 [9MY]

——— reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), consideration (see H. Res. 648), H2565 [9MY]

Civilian Property Realignment Commission: establish (see S. 2232), S2001 [22MR]

——— establish (H.R. 1734), consideration (see H. Res. 537), H475 [3FE]

Community development: provide funding through bonding or Neighborhood Stabilization Program grants to empower States to undertake significant residential and commercial structure demolition projects (see H.R. 4210), H1390 [19MR]

Consumers: establish programs to provide counseling to homebuyers regarding voluntary home inspections and train counselors to provide such counseling (see H.R. 4219), H1426 [20MR]

Credit: encourage mortgage loan modifications and suspending foreclosures and evictions (see H.R. 4848), H2204 [26AP]

——— establish a national consumer credit usury rate (see S. 3452), S5487 [26JY]

——— establish clear regulatory standards for mortgage servicers (see H.R. 3789), H77 [18JA]

——— establish shared equity appreciation mortgage modification pilot programs (see S. 2093), S494 [9FE] (see H.R. 5940), H3699 [8JN]

——— prevent foreclosure of home mortgages and provide for affordable refinancing of mortgages held by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac through mortgages having 50-year terms of maturity (see H.R. 6366), H5765 [10SE]

——— prohibit Federal agencies from guaranteeing, making, or insuring a mortgage secured by a residence in a jurisdiction that has used eminent domain to take a residential mortgage (see H.R. 6397), H5999 [13SE]

——— provide exception from definition of loan originator for certain loans made relative to manufactured homes and amend Truth in Lending Act to modify definition of high-cost mortgage (see S. 3484), S5977 [2AU] (see H.R. 3849), H218 [31JA]

——— provide for affordable refinancing of mortgages held by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (see S. 3085), S3085 [10MY] (see S. 3522), S6062 [10SE] (see H.R. 6428), H6060 [14SE]

——— provide homeowners with additional protections and safeguards against foreclosure (see H.R. 6395), H5999 [13SE]

——— require closing costs to be paid by the enterprises with respect to certain refinanced mortgage loans (see S. 2909), S2966 [8MY]

——— require lender or servicer of a home mortgage, upon a request by the homeowner for a short sale, to make a prompt decision whether to allow the sale (see S. 2120), S850 [16FE]

——— require portion of closing costs to be paid by the enterprises with respect to certain refinanced mortgage loans (see S. 3520), S5978 [2AU] (see H.R. 6467), H6231 [20SE]

——— require servicers to provide responses to mortgagors requesting residential mortgage loan refinancing (see S. 3177), S3174 [15MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: accept the quitclaim, disclaimer, and relinquishment of a railroad right of way within and adjacent to Pike National Forest originally granted to Mount Manitou Park and Incline Railway Co. (see S. 2341), S2655 [24AP] (see H.R. 4073), H943 [17FE]

Dept. of Defense: expand indemnification responsibilities applicable when property at closed military installations is conveyed (see H.R. 4407), H2029 [19AP]

——— provide for indemnification of transferees of property at any closed military installation (see S. 3644), S7040 [28NO]

Dept. of HUD: authorize use of multifamily housing subject to a mortgage insured under the National Housing Act as workforce residential housing (see S. 2035), S131 [26JA] (see H.R. 3825), H181 [25JA]

——— establish a pilot program to make grants to nonprofit organizations to rehabilitate and modify homes of disabled and low-income veterans (see S. 3614), S6625 [21SE] (see H.R. 6381), H5922 [12SE]

——— provide for semiannual actuarial studies of FHA mortgage insurance program during periods that the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund does not meet minimum capital ratio requirements (see H.R. 3853), H218 [31JA]

——— require section 8 rental assistance recipients to stay current with local taxes and authorize public housing agencies to divert such assistance to pay owners’ tax debts (see H.R. 6203), H5291 [25JY]

Dept. of Justice: convey a small parcel of Bureau of Prisons land to Leon County, FL (see H.R. 4151), H1272 [7MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: make home loan guaranty programs for veterans regarding adjustable rate mortgages and hybrid adjustable rate mortgages (see H.R. 4482), H2064 [24AP]

Drugs: exempt real property from civil forfeiture due to medical-marijuana-related conduct authorized by State law (see H.R. 6335), H5706 [2AU]

Economy: create jobs and invest in communities through rehabilitation of abandoned and foreclosed residential and commercial properties (see S. 2162), S1422 [6MR]

Eminent domain: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see S. 3334), S4417 [21JN]

Fair Housing Act: protect servicemembers and veterans from housing discrimination (see S. 3283), S3900 [11JN]

Federal agencies and departments: grant authority to enter into contracts with private sector for property management (see H.R. 6264), H5629 [1AU]

Federal Housing Finance Agency: prohibit disposing of certain real estate owned of such Agency and by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac (see H.R. 5823), H3103 [17MY]

——— prohibit investments by mortgage finance agencies that create disincentives to help homeowners and stabilize the housing market (see S. 2072), S350 [6FE]

FERC: permit States to prohibit enforcement of certain requirements of a license (see H.R. 6244), H5628 [1AU]

FHA: ensure fiscal solvency of mortgage insurance programs (see S. 3678), S8041 [13DE] (see H.R. 4264), H1641 [27MR]

——— establish Second Chance at Homeownership Program (see H.R. 4172), H1304 [8MR]

Financial institutions: authorize depository institutions, holding companies, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac to lease foreclosed property held by such institutions and companies (see S. 2080), S494 [9FE]

——— exempt community banks from certain escrow requirements (see S. 2278), S2243 [29MR]

——— specify that courses offered by lenders for their own employees may not satisfy pre-licensing or continuing education requirements of mortgage loan originators (see H.R. 6158), H5077 [19JY]

FRS: require the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to conduct a small business review panel on the qualified mortgage rule before the Bureau can go forward with a final rule (see S. 3571), S6454 [19SE]

Government-sponsored enterprises: suspend compensation packages for senior executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and compensate such executives in accordance with other financial regulatory agencies (see S. 2054), S261 [1FE]

Housing: preserve affordable housing opportunities for low-income families (see H.R. 4218), H1426 [20MR]

——— prevent foreclosure of, and provide for the reduction of principal on, mortgages held by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (see H.R. 3841), H218 [31JA]

——— require all newly constructed, federally assisted single-family houses and town houses meet minimum standards of visitability for the disabled (see H.R. 5781), H2811 [16MY]

——— require holder of subordinate lien on property that secures a federally related mortgage loan, upon a request by the homeowner for a short sale, to make a timely decision whether to allow the sale (see H.R. 6153), H5077 [19JY]

Immigration: facilitate travel and investment in the U.S. by reforming visa procedures for certain foreign nationals investing in residential real estate (see H.R. 5741), H2712 [15MY]

Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act: clarify applicability to condominiums (see S. 3499), S5977 [2AU] (see H.R. 6337), H5706 [2AU]

Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act: amend (see H.R. 4253), H1542 [22MR]

Mortgages: amend the definition of mortgage originator to include certain employees of a retailer of manufactured homes (see H.R. 6694), H7424 [20DE]

National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform: adopt recommended reforms to reduce spending and make the Federal Government more efficient (see H.R. 6474), H6231 [20SE]

Postal Service: authorize the sale, at fair market value, of any post office building subject to relocation (see H.R. 6238), H5525 [31JY]

Public buildings: expedite the sale of underutilized Federal real property (see S. 2178), S1540 [8MR]

SBA: establish the Ports as Small Business Incubators Program to provide eligible small businesses with access to commercial real property (see H.R. 5813), H3102 [17MY]

——— extend availability of low-interest mortgage refinancing under the local development business loan program (see S. 2364), S2731 [25AP]

Small business: provide tax incentives for small businesses and improve SBA programs (see S. 3442), S5381 [25JY]

Taxation: allow a credit for veteran first-time homebuyers and for adaptive housing and mobility improvements for disabled veterans (see H.R. 6627), H6586 [3DE]

——— encourage building of housing for moderate income seniors (see H.R. 6295), H5704 [2AU]

——— exclude certain farmland and family-owned business interests from the value of the gross estate of decedents (see H.R. 6271), H5629 [1AU]

——— exclude from gross income of individual taxpayers discharges of indebtedness attributable to certain foreign residential mortgage obligations (see S. 2144), S1147 [29FE]

——— exclude from income and employment taxes real property tax abatements for seniors and disabled individuals in exchange for services (see H.R. 6316), H5705 [2AU]

——— expand rehabilitation credit (see S. 2074), S350 [6FE]

——— express that the current property tax deduction on private residences should not be further restricted (see H. Res. 557), H944 [17FE]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, and repeal estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see S. 3420), S5257 [23JY]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts and other tax relief for families making less than a certain annual income and provide alternative minimum tax and estate tax relief (see S. 3393), S5085 [17JY] (see H.R. 6262), H5629 [1AU]

——— extend certain Creating Small Business Jobs Act provisions (see S. 2050), S208 [31JA]

——— extend estate and gift tax rules (see S. 3440), S5381 [25JY]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 4202), H1390 [19MR] (see H.R. 4250), H1542 [22MR] (see H.R. 4336), H1804 [29MR]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness and provide exclusions from income for certain payments under the National Mortgage Settlement (see H.R. 4290), H1740 [28MR]

——— extend the deduction for mortgage insurance (see H.R. 3999), H692 [9FE]

——— increase amount of low-income housing credit that may be allocated in States damaged by Hurricane Irene or Tropical Storm Lee (see S. 3243), S3631 [24MY] (see H.R. 3769), H26 [17JA]

——— increase the rehabilitation credit for commercial buildings and provide a rehabilitation credit for principal residences (see H.R. 5930), H3698 [8JN]

——— modify certain rules applicable to real estate investment trusts (see H.R. 5746), H2713 [15MY]

——— permanently extend Bush administration tax cuts (see H.R. 6663), H6806 [13DE]

——— permanently extend the private mortgage insurance tax deduction (see S. 3470), S5870 [1AU]

——— prevent an unfair tax burden for veterans and homeowners who have received assistance from the National Mortgage Settlement (see S. 3224), S3515 [23MY]

——— prevent homeowners from being forced to pay taxes on forgiven mortgage loan debt (see S. 2250), S2242 [29MR]

——— provide estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax relief (see H.R. 16), H5330 [30JY]

——— reduce the depreciation recovery periods for energy efficient commercial buildings (see H.R. 6705), H7429 [21DE]

——— repeal estate and gift taxes (see S. 3403), S5211 [19JY] (see H.R. 6279), H5704 [2AU]

——— replace the mortgage interest deduction with a nonrefundable credit for indebtedness secured by a residence (see H.R. 6677), H7264 [18DE]

Travel and tourism: facilitate affordable workforce housing in, and develop full-time resident communities of, high tourism areas (see H.R. 6394), H5999 [13SE]

Truth in Lending Act: add a rule of construction relative to certain payments to an employee of a mortgage originator (see H.R. 4076), H943 [17FE]

——— improve certain provisions relative to the compensation of mortgage originators (see H.R. 4163), H1272 [7MR]

U.S. Housing Act: reform the program for rental assistance under section 8 (see H.R. 4145), H1209 [6MR]

Histories

Prevent Further Restriction of Federal Income Tax Deduction for Interest Paid on Debt Secured by a First or Second Home (H. Res. 25), H5679 [2AU]

Letters

District of Columbia southwest waterfront development promotion: Representative Issa, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H4003 [26JN]

——— Representative Mica, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H4002 [26JN]

Excess Federal Building and Property Disposal Act: Representative Issa, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), H1404 [20MR]

——— Representative Mica, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H1404 [20MR]

FHA solvency and efforts to rebuild Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund: Carol J. Galante, Acting Assistant Sec. of HUD for Housing and FHA Commissioner, S8526 [30DE]

Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act: Harold A. Schaitberger, International Association of Fire Fighters, H2621 [10MY]

——— Representative Issa, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), E825 [17MY]

——— Representative Lungren, Committee on House Administration (House), E825 [17MY]

——— Representative Paul Ryan, Committee on the Budget (House), E825, E826 [17MY]

——— Stephen E. Blaire, Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, H2580, H2613 [10MY]

Motions

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), H2630 [10MY]

Civilian Property Realignment Commission: establish (H.R. 1734), H531 [7FE]

Remarks in House

Accomack County, VA: require appraisal and payment of fair market value for a parcel of public land next to NASA Wallops Flight Facility, H1415, H1416 [20MR]

——— require independent appraisal of public land parcel next to NASA Wallops Flight Facility prior to removal of deed restriction, H1416, H1417 [20MR]

Armed Forces: improve protections for servicemembers against mortgage foreclosures, H3058, H3059 [17MY]

Bankruptcy: provide authority to modify certain mortgages on principal residences of debtors to prevent foreclosure (H.R. 4058), H806 [16FE], E211 [16FE], E530 [16AP]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), H2455 [9MY], H2583–H2633 [10MY], H2702–H2705 [15MY], H2783 [16MY], H3135 [18MY], H3392 [1JN], H3586 [7JN], H4922–H4925 [18JY], H5295 [26JY], H5521 [31JY], H5958 [13SE], H6575 [30NO], H6751 [12DE], E755 [9MY], E802 [15MY], E823 [16MY], E825 [17MY], E908 [30MY], E2018 [31DE]

——— reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), consideration (H. Res. 648), H2573–H2583 [10MY]

——— reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), motion to recommit, H2631 [10MY]

Civilian Property Realignment Commission: ensure compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act, H491–H494 [6FE]

——— establish (H.R. 1734), H39 [18JA], H464 [3FE], H479, H490–H503 [6FE], H529–H533 [7FE], E151 [7FE]

——— establish (H.R. 1734), consideration (H. Res. 537), H485–H488 [6FE]

——— establish (H.R. 1734), motion to recommit, H531, H532 [7FE]

——— exempt certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities from decommissioning, H531, H532 [7FE]

——— protect ability of Federal agencies to work with local governments to preserve appropriate excess Federal property as open space, H499 [6FE]

——— provide assistance to small, minority, and woman-owned businesses seeking to be awarded contracts to redevelop Federal property, H500–H502 [6FE]

——— provide for review of properties for use for the homeless, H491–H494, H498, H503 [6FE]

——— require use of life-cycle cost analysis in the design or lease of Federal buildings meeting certain funding, construction costs, and size requirements, H502, H503 [6FE]

Community development: provide funding through bonding or Neighborhood Stabilization Program grants to empower States to undertake significant residential and commercial structure demolition projects (H.R. 4210), H4117 [27JN]

Conine, Kent: Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers (organization) honoree, E28 [17JA]

Cox, Thomas: Encore.org (organization) Purpose Prize recipient, E1930 [13DE]

Credit: require lender or servicer of a home mortgage, upon a request by the homeowner for a short sale, to make a prompt decision whether to allow the sale (H.R. 1498), H385 [2FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: accept the quitclaim, disclaimer, and relinquishment of a railroad right of way within and adjacent to Pike National Forest originally granted to Mount Manitou Park and Incline Railway Co. (H.R. 4073), H5432, H5433 [31JY], H5599 [1AU]

Dept. of HUD: allow public housing agencies to use operating and capital funds directly without going through the Operating Fund Financing Program, H4119 [27JN]

——— establish a pilot program to make grants to nonprofit organizations to rehabilitate and modify homes of disabled and low-income veterans, H6123 [19SE]

——— expand percentage of Neighborhood Stabilization Program funding that can be used for demolition projects, H4117, H4118, H4123 [27JN]

——— Housing Counseling Assistance Program funding, H4054, H4055 [26JN]

——— Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS program funding, H4056 [26JN]

——— prohibit funding for finalizing regulatory standards against the use of discriminatory disparate impact analysis in risk-based lending and insurance underwriting for housing, H4144–H4146 [27JN]

——— section 8 housing voucher program funding, H4100 [27JN]

Dept. of Justice: prohibit funding for a single or multi-State court settlement where funds are removed from any residential mortgage-backed securitization trust, H2503, H2504 [9MY]

District of Columbia: promote development of southwest waterfront (H.R. 2297), Senate amendment, H4001–H4003 [26JN]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H808 [16FE]

Eminent domain: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (H.R. 1433), H952 [27FE], H997–H1003 [28FE], E253 [27FE]

FBI: provide additional resources for Federal investigations and prosecutions of crimes related to the recent financial crisis (H.R. 1350), H673–H675 [9FE]

FERC: prohibit approval of permit for the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline if private property rights have been forfeited through the threat of eminent domain, H769, H770 [15FE]

FHA: ensure fiscal solvency of mortgage insurance programs (H.R. 4264), H5737–H5740 [10SE]

Financial institutions: Federal-State civil settlement resulting from probe of abusive foreclosure practices, H672–H675 [9FE]

——— Federal-State civil settlement resulting from probe of abusive foreclosure practices allowing for review and possible compensation for such foreclosures, H7478 [31DE]

——— provide home loan modifications to eligible homeowners and assist homeowners and prospective homeowners with foreclosure prevention programs and information on loan modifications, H701 [14FE]

Forest Service: revise the Recreation Residence Program by implementing a procedure for determining cabin user fees (H.R. 3397), H5730, H5732 [10SE]

Government-sponsored enterprises: prohibit bonuses for senior executives at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac during the term of any conservatorship, E201 [15FE]

GSA: liquidate excess and surplus Federal properties, H3148 [18MY]

Housing: authorize incremental vouchers for section 8 tenant-based rental assistance to help meet the housing needs of low-income families (H.R. 3603), H907 [17FE]

——— clarify treatment of homeowner warranties under current law (H.R. 2446), H5612, H5613 [1AU], E1423 [3AU]

Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act: clarify applicability to condominiums (H.R. 6337), E1416 [3AU]

John F. Murphy Homes, Inc.: anniversary, E850 [18MY]

Lithonia, GA: tribute to HomeSafe Georgia Foreclosure Prevention Event, H6597 [4DE]

Minnesota: ensure that private property interests are not negatively impacted by exchange of certain Federal lands for State trust lands located in Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness of the Superior National Forest, H5883, H5884 [12SE]

Mortgages: amend the definition of mortgage originator to include certain employees of a retailer of manufactured homes (H.R. 6694), E1987 [21DE]

National Association of Real Estate Brokers: tribute, E250 [27FE]

NeighborWorks America (organization): funding, H4122, H4123 [27JN]

OMB: establish the Federal Real Property Disposal Pilot Program (H.R. 665), H1401–H1405 [20MR]

SBA: establish the Ports as Small Business Incubators Program to provide eligible small businesses with access to commercial real property (H.R. 5813), E837 [17MY]

Taxation: expand rehabilitation credit (H.R. 2479), H3484 [6JN]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness and provide exclusions from income for certain payments under the National Mortgage Settlement (H.R. 4290), E477 [28MR]

——— modify certain rules applicable to real estate investment trusts (H.R. 5746), E820, E821 [16MY]

——— permanently extend Bush administration tax cuts and provide permanent alternative minimum tax and estate tax relief (H.R. 696), H923 [17FE]

——— preserve deductions for mortgage interest and charitable donations, H5679 [2AU]

——— prevent further restriction of Federal income tax deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (H. Res. 25), H5679 [2AU]

——— provide estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax relief, H5546, H5593 [1AU], H5646 [2AU]

——— repeal estate and gift taxes, H5757, H5759, H5760 [10SE]

United Management & Development Associates, Inc.: tribute, E1770 [15NO]

Remarks in Senate

Armed Forces: enhance protections accorded to servicemembers and their spouses relative to mortgages (S. 3179), S3175 [15MY]

——— improve protections for servicemembers against mortgage foreclosures (S. 3323), S4372 [20JN]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), S2989–S2991 [9MY], S3110, S3133 [14MY], S3137 [15MY]

——— reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), unanimous-consent request, S3615 [24MY]

Conservation of energy: promote energy savings in residential and commercial buildings and industry, S5182 [19JY], S5652 [30JY]

Credit: establish a national consumer credit usury rate (S. 3452), S5489 [26JY]

——— provide for affordable refinancing of mortgages held by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (S. 3522), S6066 [10SE], S6075 [11SE]

——— require servicers to provide responses to mortgagors requesting residential mortgage loan refinancing (S. 3177), S3463 [23MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: accept the quitclaim, disclaimer, and relinquishment of a railroad right of way within and adjacent to Pike National Forest originally granted to Mount Manitou Park and Incline Railway Co. (H.R. 4073), S8552 [30DE]

Dept. of HUD: establish a pilot program to make grants to nonprofit organizations to rehabilitate and modify homes of disabled and low-income veterans (S. 3614), S6629 [21SE]

District of Columbia: promote development of southwest waterfront (H.R. 2297), S2275 [29MR]

Economy: create jobs and invest in communities through rehabilitation of abandoned and foreclosed residential and commercial properties (S. 2162), S1425 [6MR]

Executive departments: clarify application of mortgage disclosure requirements to certain executive branch employees, S246–S248 [1FE]

Fair Housing Act: protect servicemembers and veterans from housing discrimination (S. 3283), S4180 [14JN]

Federal Housing Finance Agency: decision to prohibit use of principal reduction by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to prevent foreclosure, S5936 [2AU]

FEMA: economic impact on property owners of inclusion in certain floodplains, S3407 [22MY]

FHA: ensure fiscal solvency of mortgage insurance programs (H.R. 4264), S8036 [13DE], S8641 [2JA]

Financial institutions: authorize depository institutions, holding companies, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac to lease foreclosed property held by such institutions and companies (S. 2080), S496 [9FE], S3463 [23MY]

——— Federal-State civil settlement resulting from probe of abusive foreclosure practices, S395 [9FE]

——— provide home loan modifications to eligible homeowners and assist homeowners and prospective homeowners with foreclosure prevention programs and information on loan modifications, S361 [7FE]

FRS: establish Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, S5960 [2AU]

Government-sponsored enterprises: increase in guarantee fees charged by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for mortgages acquired in certain States, S6519 [20SE]

——— prohibit bonuses for senior executives at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac during the term of any conservatorship, S184–S186 [31JA], S304 [2FE]

——— suspend compensation packages for senior executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and compensate such executives in accordance with other financial regulatory agencies (S. 2054), S263 [1FE]

Members of Congress: require public disclosure of the terms of home mortgages held by Members of Congress, S245–S248 [1FE], S302 [2FE]

SBA: extend availability of low-interest mortgage refinancing under the local development business loan program (S. 2364), S2732 [25AP]

——— extend temporary program allowing refinancing of certain eligible fixed assets under the Certified Development Company/504 Loan Program, S4876 [11JY]

Shea, Michael P.: suitability to be district judge relative to drafting of amicus brief in Kelo v. New London, CT, on allowing local government seizure of private property, S7448 [5DE]

Small business: provide tax incentives for small businesses and improve SBA programs (S. 3442), S5386–S5390 [25JY]

Taxation: extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, and repeal estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes (S. 3420), S5264 [23JY], S5265 [24JY]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts and other tax relief for families making less than a certain annual income and provide alternative minimum tax and estate tax relief (S. 3393), S5090 [17JY], S5093 [18JY]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts and permanently repeal estate and gift taxes and the alternative minimum tax on individuals, S6318–S6320 [13SE]

——— extend certain Creating Small Business Jobs Act provisions (S. 2050), S210 [31JA]

——— prevent homeowners from being forced to pay taxes on forgiven mortgage loan debt (S. 2250), S3463 [23MY]

——— prevent pending tax increases and permanently repeal estate and gift taxes and the alternative minimum tax on individuals, S2803 [26AP], S7672–S7674 [6DE]

Reports filed

Cabin Fee Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 3397) (H. Rept. 112–602), H4906 [17JY]

Civilian Property Realignment Act (CPRA): Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 1734) (H. Rept. 112–384), H373 [1FE]

Consideration of H.R. 1734, Civilian Property Realignment Act (CPRA): Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 537) (H. Rept. 112–385), H475 [3FE]

Consideration of H.R. 5652, Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 648) (H. Rept. 112–472), H2565 [9MY]

Dept. of Agriculture Acceptance of the Quitclaim, Disclaimer, and Relinquishment of a Railroad Right of Way Within and Adjacent to Pike National Forest: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 4073) (H. Rept. 112–599), H4906 [17JY]

District of Columbia Southwest Waterfront Development Promotion: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 2297) (S. Rept. 112–154), S2242 [29MR]

Equity in Government Compensation Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1221) (H. Rept. 112–366), H25 [17JA]

Excess Federal Building and Property Disposal Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 665) (H. Rept. 112–402), H965 [27FE]

Federal Real Property Asset Management Reform Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 2178) (S. Rept. 112–241), S6947 [27NO]

FHA Emergency Fiscal Solvency Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 4264) (H. Rept. 112–544), H3914 [20JN]

Private Property Rights Protection Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1433) (H. Rept. 112–401), H943 [17FE]

RESPA Home Warranty Clarification Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 2446) (H. Rept. 112–633), H5524 [31JY]

Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act: Committee on the Budget (House) (H.R. 5652) (H. Rept. 112–470), H2565 [9MY]

Tables

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 3397, Cabin Fee Act, H5731 [10SE]

Texts of

H. Res. 537, consideration of H.R. 1734, Civilian Property Realignment Act (CPRA), H486 [6FE]

H. Res. 648, consideration of H.R. 5652, Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act, H2573 [10MY]

H.R. 665, Excess Federal Building and Property Disposal Act, H1401–H1403 [20MR]

H.R. 1433, Private Property Rights Protection Act, H997–H999 [28FE]

H.R. 1734, Civilian Property Realignment Act (CPRA), H495–H498 [6FE]

H.R. 2297, District of Columbia southwest waterfront development promotion, S2275 [29MR]

H.R. 2446, RESPA Home Warranty Clarification Act, H5612 [1AU]

H.R. 3397, Cabin Fee Act, H5730 [10SE]

H.R. 4073, Dept. of Agriculture acceptance of quitclaim, disclaimer, and relinquishment of a railroad right of way within and adjacent to Pike National Forest originally granted to Mount Manitou Park and Incline Railway Co., H5432 [31JY]

H.R. 4264, FHA Emergency Fiscal Solvency Act, H5737–H5739 [10SE]

H.R. 5652, Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act, H2583–H2600 [10MY]

S. 2050, Small Business Tax Extenders Act, S211 [31JA]

S. 3393, Middle Class Tax Cut Act, S5087–S5089 [17JY]

S. 3442, Success Ultimately Comes from Capital, Contracting, Education, Strategic Partnerships, and Smart Regulations (SUCCESS) Act, S5390–S5401 [25JY]

S. 3452, Protecting Consumers From Unreasonable Credit Rates Act, S5490 [26JY]