United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 4740 (112th)
Fairness for Military Homeowners Act of 2012
Introduced
25 April 2012
Last action
28 June 2012 · Committee
Status
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
Sponsors
Duncan Hunter, Rep. West, Allen B. [R-FL-22], SUSAN DAVIS, Rep. Rigell, E. Scott [R-VA-2], Rick Larsen, TIM RYAN, Robert Wittman, Michael Turner, Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM], John Carter, WALTER JONES, Bill Johnson
Subjects
Defence
Source updated
14 August 2025
Summary
Fairness for Military Homeowners Act of 2012 - Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to prohibit the absence of a servicemember from his or her principal place of residence due to active-duty military service from preventing such servicemember from refinancing a mortgage on such residence. Makes such prohibition inapplicable to a servicemember who entered into a refinancing on such residence within the past five years.
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Timeline
25 April 2012
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Source: IntroReferral
25 April 2012
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
25 April 2012
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
11 May 2012
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Source: Committee
21 June 2012
Committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Source: Committee
28 June 2012
Committee
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
Source: Committee
28 June 2012
Committee
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in House · 25 April 2012 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 25 April 2012
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 25 April 2012
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 25 April 2012
Sponsors
- Duncan Hunter · R · Sponsor
- Rep. West, Allen B. [R-FL-22] · R · Sponsor
- SUSAN DAVIS · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Rigell, E. Scott [R-VA-2] · R · Sponsor
- Rick Larsen · D · Sponsor
- TIM RYAN · D · Sponsor
- Robert Wittman · R · Sponsor
- Michael Turner · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] · D · Sponsor
- John Carter · R · Sponsor
- WALTER JONES · R · Cosponsor
- Bill Johnson · R · Cosponsor
- · hsvr00 · Standing
Related records
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/4740
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4740
- us · 112-hr-4740 · source updated 14 August 2025