To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend from 90 days to one year the period after release of a member of the Armed Forces from active duty during which the member is protected from mortgage foreclosure under that Act.

Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act of 1940 to extend from three to 12 months the period following release from active duty during which a member of the Armed Forces shall be protected from mortgage foreclosure.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2644 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2644

To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend from 90 days to 
one year the period after release of a member of the Armed Forces from 
    active duty during which the member is protected from mortgage 
                      foreclosure under that Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 25, 2005

   Mr. Wynn introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend from 90 days to 
one year the period after release of a member of the Armed Forces from 
    active duty during which the member is protected from mortgage 
                      foreclosure under that Act.

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

SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF PERIOD OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE PROTECTION UNDER 
              SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF ACT.

    (a) Extension to 12 Months.--Section 303(c) of the Servicemembers 
Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App. 533(c)) is amended by striking ``90 
days'' and inserting ``one year''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to any person performing a period of military 
service (as such term is defined in section 101(2) of such Act (50 
U.S.C. App. 511(2))) that begins on or after February 1, 2003.
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