[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3561 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3561

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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 28, 2017

  Mr. Arrington (for himself, Mr. O'Rourke, Mr. Walden, Miss Gonzalez-
  Colon of Puerto Rico, and Mr. Dunn) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 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.''.
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