United States · Bill · S
S. 3520 (112th)
Rebuilding Equity Act of 2012
Introduced
2 August 2012
Last action
2 August 2012 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Sponsors
Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR], Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI], Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK], Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT], Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN], Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA], Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ], Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI], Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI], Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Subjects
Housing
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Rebuilding Equity Act of 2012 - Requires the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) (government sponsored enterprises or GSEs) each to establish a voluntary program for eligible borrowers who qualify for the Home Affordable Refinance Program carried out by the GSEs, under which the GSEs shall pay up to $1,000 of the closing costs associated with applying for and receiving refinancing when the borrower agrees to refinance a 30-year mortgage loan into a fully amortizing loan with a term of not longer than 20 years. Requires the subject property to have a loan-to-value ratio of not less than 105%.
This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.
Timeline
2 August 2012
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Source: IntroReferral
2 August 2012
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 2 August 2012 · Download file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
This file cannot be previewed here. Use View or Download.
Leesvertaling
Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.
Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 2 August 2012
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 2 August 2012
ViewDownloadOpen at official source
Leesvertaling
Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.
Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 2 August 2012
Leesvertaling
Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.
Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.
Sponsors
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] · D · Cosponsor
- · ssbk00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → Rebuilding Equity Act of 2012
- related to → Rebuilding Equity Act of 2012
Sources
PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.
- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/3520
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/3520
- us · 112-s-3520 · source updated 5 December 2025