Prohibiting the consideration in the House of Representatives of certain bills or joint resolutions relating to Department of Veterans Affairs mortgage loan fees, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hres-1408
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Long, Billy [R-MO-7]
Introduced: 2022-09-29
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Housing and Community Development
Latest action: action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-09-29
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill prohibits the House of Representatives from considering any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report that adjusts loan fees under the Department of Veterans Affairs home loan program to provide cost savings for provisions that are not related to veterans housing benefits or the home loan program.</p>

tv_txt: IV 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 1408 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 29, 2022 Mr. Long submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules RESOLUTION Prohibiting the consideration in the House of Representatives of certain bills or joint resolutions relating to Department of Veterans Affairs mortgage loan fees, and for other purposes.

1. Point of order relating to Department of Veterans Affairs mortgage loan fees (a) Point of order It shall not be in order in the House of Representatives to consider any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that— (1) makes 1 or more changes in the law with respect to fees collected by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in connection with a mortgage loan guaranteed under chapter 37 of title 38, United States Code, the budgetary effects of which are savings; and (2) contains 1 or more changes in the law or new provisions of law— (A) that are not related to— (i) veterans housing benefits; or (ii) the actuarial soundness of the program for guaranteeing housing loans under such chapter; and (B) the budgetary effects of which are costs. (b) Definitions In this section, the terms budgetary effects , costs , and savings have the meanings given those terms in section 3 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 ( 2 U.S.C. 932 ).