119 HR 3694 IH: VA Loan Informed Disclosure Act of 2025 U.S. House of Representatives 2025-06-03 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I119th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 3694IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJune 3, 2025Ms. Pettersen (for herself, Ms. Hageman, Ms. Williams of Georgia, and Mrs. Kim) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial ServicesA BILLTo amend the National Housing Act and the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to include information regarding VA home loans in the Informed Consumer Choice Disclosure required to be provided to prospective FHA borrowers and to require a military service question on the Uniform Residential Loan Application, and for other purposes.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the VA Loan Informed Disclosure Act of 2025 or the VALID Act of 2025.

2.

FHA Informed Consumer Choice Disclosure

(a)

Inclusion of information relating to VA loans

Subparagraph (A) of section 203(f)(2) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(f)(2)(A)) is amended— (1)by inserting (i) after loan-to-value ratio; and (2)by inserting before the semicolon the following: , and (ii) in connection with a loan guaranteed or insured under chapter 37 of title 38, United States Code, assuming prevailing interest rates. (b)

Rule of construction

Nothing in the amendments made by subsection (a) shall be construed to require an original lender to determine whether a prospective borrower is eligible for any loan included in the notice required under section 203(f) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(f)).

3.

Military service question

(a)

In general

Subpart A of part 2 of subtitle A of title 13 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4541 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

1329.

Uniform Residential Loan Application

The Director shall, not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this section, require each enterprise to— (1)include a military service question on the form known as the Uniform Residential Loan Application; and (2)position such question above the signature line of the Uniform Residential Loan Application.

. (b)

Rulemaking

The Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency shall, not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this section, issue a rule to carry out the amendment made by this section.