FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION

Bills and resolutions

Credit: 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]

Dept. of HUD: establish a pilot program to reduce up-front premiums on FHA mortgage insurance for first-time homebuyers who complete a homeownership counseling program to help reduce default rates (see H.R. 5884), H3404 [1JN]

——— 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]

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

——— establish a fund that allows responsible homeowners to refinance mortgages (see S. 3047), S3041 [9MY]

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

Letters

BIA Indian Reservation Roads program revised funding formula: A. Webster Demmert III, Klawock Cooperative Association, S695 [15FE]

——— Dawn Hutchison, Wrangell Cooperative Association, S695 [15FE]

——— John Gomez, Jr., Ramona Band of Cahuilla, S694 [15FE]

——— Joseph D. Hamilton, Ramona Band of Cahuilla, S694 [15FE]

——— Myron P. Naneng, Sr., Association of Village Council Presidents, S695 [15FE]

——— Stacy Dixon, Susanville Indian Rancheria, S694 [15FE]

Nomination of Carol J. Galante to be Assistant Sec. of HUD for Housing and FHA Commissioner: Mortgage Bankers Association, National Association of Home Builders, and National Association of Realtors, S8524 [30DE]

——— several housing organizations, S8524 [30DE]

Remarks in House

Budget: application of fair-market value accounting method to certain Federal credit and loan guarantee programs, H534–H541 [7FE]

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

Remarks in Senate

BIA: revised funding formula for Indian Reservation Roads program, S692–S696 [15FE]

Galante, Carol J.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of HUD for Housing and FHA Commissioner, S8521, S8523–S8529 [30DE]

——— nomination to be Assistant Sec. of HUD for Housing and FHA Commissioner, unanimous-consent agreement, S5623 [26JY]

——— suitability to be Assistant Sec. of HUD for Housing and FHA Commissioner relative to actions addressing issues of FHA solvency, S8525–S8527 [30DE]

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

——— establish a fund that allows responsible homeowners to refinance mortgages (S. 3047), S3044 [9MY]

Reports filed

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

Texts of

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