[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5799]
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  SA 6269. Ms. ROSEN (for herself and Ms. Lummis) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. 
Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the 
bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

     SEC. __. SENSE OF CONGRESS THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
                   AFFAIRS SHOULD BE PROHIBITED FROM DENYING HOME 
                   LOANS FOR VETERANS WHO LEGALLY WORK IN THE 
                   MARIJUANA INDUSTRY.

       It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) veterans who have served our country honorably should 
     not be denied access to Department of Veterans Affairs home 
     loans on the basis of income derived from State-legalized 
     cannabis activities;
       (2) while the Department of Veterans Affairs has clarified 
     that no statute or regulation specifically prohibits a 
     veteran whose income is derived from State-legalized cannabis 
     activities from obtaining a certificate of eligibility for 
     Department of Veterans Affairs home loan benefits, many 
     veterans continue to be denied access to home loans on the 
     basis of income derived from State-legalized cannabis 
     activities; and
       (3) the Department of Veterans Affairs should improve 
     communication with eligible lending institutions to reduce 
     confusion among lenders and borrowers on this matter.
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