To amend title 38, United States Code, to waive fees for Purple Heart recipients serving on active duty for loans guaranteed under the home loan program of Department of Veterans Affairs.

Bill: 115-hr-6161
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R-WA-3]
Introduced: 2018-06-20
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Military personnel and dependents

Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Latest action: action_date: 2018-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-06-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill waives loan fees for active duty Purple Heart recipients under the Department of Veterans Affairs home loan program.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6161 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 20, 2018 Ms. Herrera Beutler introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to waive fees for Purple Heart recipients serving on active duty for loans guaranteed under the home loan program of Department of Veterans Affairs.

1. Waiver of fees for Purple Heart recipients serving on active duty for loans guaranteed under home loan program of Department of Veterans Affairs (a) In general Section 3729(c)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking or from a surviving spouse and inserting , from a surviving spouse ; and (2) by inserting before the period at the end the following: , or from a member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty who was awarded the Purple Heart . (b) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to a loan guaranteed under section 3710 of title 38, United States Code, on or after January 1, 2019.