{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/news/release/whitehouse-bill-to-protect-servicemembers-and-veterans-from-foreclosure-signed-into-law", "Whitehouse Bill to Protect Servicemembers and Veterans from Foreclosure Signed into Law", "2017-12-12", "2017", "2017-12", "Democrat", "House", "RI", "Sheldon Whitehouse", "W000802", "www.whitehouse.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "12.12.17\n\t\t\t Whitehouse Bill to Protect Servicemembers and Veterans from Foreclosure Signed into Law \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWashington, DC \u2013 Today, President Donald Trump signed into law Senator Sheldon Whitehouse\u2019s (D-RI) bill to extend vital foreclosure protection to servicemembers, veterans, and their families.\u00a0 Whitehouse\u2019s legislation, which was included as an amendment in the 2018 defense authorization bill, extends through 2019 the one-year grace period protecting servicemembers leaving active duty from foreclosure.\u00a0\r\n\u201cThe men and women of our armed forces ought to have a shot to regain their financial footing when they return home,\u201d said Whitehouse. \u201cExtending this important protection recognizes their noble service to our country.\u00a0 I\u2019m proud my legislation was signed into law today.\u201d\r\nSenator Whitehouse has been fighting for years to ensure that those who have served our country and their families are protected from foreclosure as they transition from active-duty service to civilian life.\u00a0 In 2012, Whitehouse fought successfully to extend the period of foreclosure protection to one year.\u00a0 Since then, Whitehouse has succeeded in continuing that protection on a temporary basis, while fighting to make it permanent.\u00a0 The 2016 extension of these protections expires at the end of 2017.\r\n\u201cSenator Whitehouse\u2019s bill is particularly important in Rhode Island because we have one of the most deployed National Guard forces in the country,\u201d said Erik Wallin, Executive Director of Operation Stand Down Rhode Island.\u00a0 \u201cThis bill provides servicemen and women with the relief they need as they transition from periods of active duty back into civilian life.\u201d\r\nIn 2008, Congress first extended the period of foreclosure protection under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act from 90 days to nine months in response to a report by the Commission on the National Guard and Reserves.\u00a0 The report found that \u201cthe threat of foreclosure is a stressor that need not be placed on members of the armed forces during the first months of their return to civilian life.\u201d\u00a0\r\n###\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article\n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tPrevious Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/news/release/whitehouse-bill-to-protect-servicemembers-and-veterans-from-foreclosure-signed-into-law"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6862608026713133, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}