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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3752 

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a grant program 

for veterans to become appraisers for home loans under chapter 37 

of title 38, United States Code. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 15, 2019 

Mr. HARDER of California introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out 

a grant program for veterans to become appraisers for 

home loans under chapter 37 of title 38, United States 

Code. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Discrimination 

5 Against Veteran Home Buyers Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM FOR APPRAISERS. 

7 (a) GRANT PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Veterans 

8 Affairs shall carry out a two-year grant program for vetVerDate Sep 11 2014 04:38 Jul 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3752.IH H3752

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1 erans to become VA home loan appraisers. The grant pro2 gram shall be known as the ‘‘Veterans Serving Veterans 

3 Appraiser Program’’. 

4 (b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—The Secretary may award 

5 a grant under subsection (a) to any of the following: 

6 (1) A congressionally chartered veterans service 

7 organization. 

8 (2) A State, local, or Tribal veterans service 

9 agency. 

10 (3) A nonprofit organization that has histori11 cally served veterans housing needs. 

12 (4) A nonprofit entity that the Secretary deter13 mines has a demonstrated history of community en14 gagement. 

15 (5) Any other entity the Secretary determines 

16 appropriate. 

17 (c) AMOUNT; FREQUENCY.—A grant awarded under 

18 subsection (a) may not exceed $500,000. The Secretary 

19 may not award more than one grant to a single eligible 

20 entity. 

21 (d) USE OF FUNDS.—An entity that is awarded a 

22 grant under subsection (a) shall use such grant to estab23 lish and carry out training programs for veterans to be24 come VA home loan appraisers. 


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1 (e) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe 

2 regulations to carry out this section, including with respect 

3 to the evaluation of applications for grants awarded under 

4 subsection (a). Such evaluation shall prioritize eligible en5 tities that will use the grant on programs to train veterans 

6 who will become VA home loan appraisers in the county 

7 in which the veteran resides. 

8 (f) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 

9 on which the grant program under subsection (a) com10 mences, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to 

11 the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the 

12 Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Rep13 resentatives a report on— 

14 (1) the number of veterans participating in a 

15 training program to become a VA home loan ap16 praiser pursuant to such grant program; and 

17 (2) the types and locations of the entities that 

18 have been awarded a grant. 

19 (g) VA HOME LOAN APPRAISER DEFINED.—In this 

20 section, the term ‘‘VA home loan appraiser’’ means an ap21 praiser described in section 3731(a)(3) of title 38, United 

22 States Code. 

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