3.0.0 2073 2022-11-01T13:50:43Z 2022-11-01T13:50:43Z Senate S 2019-07-10 116 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-07-10T16:27:12Z 2019-07-10 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2019-07-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR N T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2019-07-10 True S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2019-07-16 False Armed Forces and National Security Accounting and auditing Congressional oversight Government studies and investigations User charges and fees Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs Armed Forces and National Security 00 2019-07-10 Introduced in Senate 2022-02-24T15:01:45Z This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to submit a plan to identify individuals who were erroneously charged a fee between January 1, 2012, and December 31, 2017, in relation to VA-backed home loans. Specifically, the bill focuses on veterans who are rated as eligible for disability compensation and are supposed to have such home loan fees waived by the VA. The VA must also submit a plan to identify individuals who were erroneously charged a fee prior to January 1, 2012. Both plans must include the number of individuals who may be due a refund and a time line for refunding the fees.

The bill also requires the VA to

  • develop an automated process for refunding fees,
  • update policies to ensure certificates of eligibility are accurate for determining eligibility under the VA home loan guaranty program and the exemption from the collection of fees,
  • develop a process for determining whether a fee has been collected from an individual with a waiver (due to service-connected death or disability), and
  • develop a plan for annual audits to determine the rate at which fees are erroneously collected from individuals with waivers.
]]> A bill to address fees erroneously collected by Department of Veterans Affairs for housing loans, and for other purposes. Display Title A bill to address fees erroneously collected by Department of Veterans Affairs for housing loans, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced A bill to address fees erroneously collected by Department of Veterans Affairs for housing loans, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2073is/xml/BILLS-116s2073is.xml 2019-07-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.