To amend title 38, United States Code, to permit appraisers approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make appraisals for purposes of chapter 37 of such title based on inspections performed by third parties.

Bill: 115-hr-3561
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2017-07-28
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership

Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Latest action: action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-07-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to permit a VA-approved appraiser to make a housing loan appraisal based solely on information gathered by a person with whom the appraiser has entered into an agreement for such services.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3561 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 28, 2017 Mr. Arrington (for himself, Mr. O'Rourke , Mr. Walden , Miss González-Colón of Puerto Rico , and Mr. Dunn ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to permit appraisers approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make appraisals for purposes of chapter 37 of such title based on inspections performed by third parties.

1. Appraisals Section 3731(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3) The Secretary shall permit an appraiser on a list developed and maintained under subsection (a)(3) to make an appraisal for the purposes of this chapter based solely on information gathered by a person with whom the appraiser has entered into an agreement for such services. .