United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 3841 (112th)
Principal Reduction Act of 2012
Introduced
31 January 2012
Last action
9 February 2012 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
Sponsors
Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43], Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4], Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13], Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28], Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51], Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Rep. Clarke, Hansen [D-MI-13], Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3], Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7], Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6], Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1], Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4], Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7], Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Subjects
Housing
Source updated
14 August 2025
Summary
Principal Reduction Act of 2012 - Directs the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) (government sponsored enterprises or GSEs) each to carry out a program to reduce the outstanding principal balances on qualified mortgages on single-family housing they own or guarantee. Directs a GSE, under its program, to: (1) reduce the principal of a mortgage to an amount resulting in a mortgage loan-to-value ratio of not more than 90%; (2) require a mortgagor, if the dwelling for which the mortgage principal has been reduced is sold by any process other than a foreclosure sale or short sale, to pay the GSE at least one-third of any appreciation in value; and (3) recover from the mortgagor, if a mortgage whose principal has been reduced subsequently enters foreclosure, the difference between the foreclosure sales price and the outstanding principal balance on the mortgage immediately before the principal reduction. Prohibits the charging of borrowers fees by either a GSE or a servicer conducting a principal reduction on behalf of a GSE. Requires a GSE to pay any servicer a fee of up to $1,000 for reducing a mortgage principal under the program. Directs the Director of Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to encourage the modification of second liens on dwellings on which the mortgage principal is reduced under this Act. Prohibits the Director from approving bonus compensation that exceeds the base compensation that exceeds the base compensation for any GSE executive or senior executive unless the aggregate number of qualified mortgages for which principal reductions have been taken pursuant to the program under this Act exceeds 1 million.
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Timeline
31 January 2012
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Source: IntroReferral
31 January 2012
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
31 January 2012
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
9 February 2012
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 31 January 2012 · Download file
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Sponsors
- Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Clarke, Hansen [D-MI-13] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] · D · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/3841
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3841
- us · 112-hr-3841 · source updated 14 August 2025