House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law

Reverse Mortgages to Help America's Seniors Act

H.R. 2892Introduced Jun 14, 2005Policy area: Housing and Community Development

Sponsor: Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick R-PA

Where it went

IntroducedJun 14, 2005
Committee actionskipped
Passed HouseDec 14, 2005 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Dec 16, 2005 — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 351.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2892.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2892, Reverse Mortgages to Help America's Seniors Act” on December 8, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on June 14, 2005</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 8, 2005 ↗
Evidence
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cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17550
CBO publication date
December 8, 2005
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2892, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/2892
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
29e14bc2d9837a415df8d1340e83ad759ece61979a1aec9c8ea02b33d6bd2738
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2892, Reverse Mortgages to Help America's Seniors Act” on December 8, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on June 14, 2005”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 8, 2005 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17550
CBO publication date
December 8, 2005
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2892, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/2892
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
29e14bc2d9837a415df8d1340e83ad759ece61979a1aec9c8ea02b33d6bd2738
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

34 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 21 Democrats, 1 independent

22 of 34 cosponsors (65%) are from the other party.

Henry Brown (R-SC), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Michael Capuano (D-MA), John Conyers (D-MI), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Geoff Davis (R-KY), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Sam Farr (D-CA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Luis Fortuno (R-PR), Barney Frank (D-MA), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Katherine Harris (R-FL), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Jay Inslee (D-WA), Sue Kelly (R-NY), John Kline (R-MN), John Kuhl (R-NY), John Larson (D-CT), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Edward Markey (D-MA), Jim Matheson (D-UT), James McGovern (D-MA), Patrick McHenry (R-NC), Brad Miller (D-NC), Gary Miller (R-CA), George Miller (D-CA), David Price (D-NC) and 4 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick.

Sponsor’s state and district

Pennsylvania in Congress · PA-8 district

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