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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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Discrimination 
Against Veteran Home Buyers Act’’. 
SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM FOR APPRAISERS. 
(a) GRANT PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall carry out a two-year grant program for vet-
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erans to become VA home loan appraisers. The grant pro-
gram shall be known as the ‘‘Veterans Serving Veterans 
Appraiser Program’’. 
(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—The Secretary may award 
a grant under subsection (a) to any of the following: 
(1) A congressionally chartered veterans service 
organization. 
(2) A State, local, or Tribal veterans service 
agency. 
(3) A nonprofit organization that has histori-
cally served veterans housing needs. 
(4) A nonprofit entity that the Secretary deter-
mines has a demonstrated history of community en-
gagement. 
(5) Any other entity the Secretary determines 
appropriate. 
(c) AMOUNT; FREQUENCY.—A grant awarded under 
subsection (a) may not exceed $500,000. The Secretary 
may not award more than one grant to a single eligible 
entity. 
(d) USE OF FUNDS.—An entity that is awarded a 
grant under subsection (a) shall use such grant to estab-
lish and carry out training programs for veterans to be-
come VA home loan appraisers. 
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(e) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe 
regulations to carry out this section, including with respect 
to the evaluation of applications for grants awarded under 
subsection (a). Such evaluation shall prioritize eligible en-
tities that will use the grant on programs to train veterans 
who will become VA home loan appraisers in the county 
in which the veteran resides. 
(f) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
on which the grant program under subsection (a) com-
mences, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to 
the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives a report on— 
(1) the number of veterans participating in a 
training program to become a VA home loan ap-
praiser pursuant to such grant program; and 
(2) the types and locations of the entities that 
have been awarded a grant. 
(g) VA HOME LOAN APPRAISER DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘VA home loan appraiser’’ means an ap-
praiser described in section 3731(a)(3) of title 38, United 
States Code. 
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