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[FR Doc No: 2018-11279]



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Semiannual Regulatory Agenda

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

38 CFR Ch. 1


Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda.

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SUMMARY: This Agenda announces the regulations that the Department of 
Veterans Affairs (VA) will have under development or review during the 
12-month period beginning spring 2018. The purpose in publishing the 
Department's regulatory agenda is to allow all interested persons the 
opportunity to participate in VA's regulatory planning.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to comment on the entries 
listed in the agenda by contacting the individual agency contact listed 
for each entry or by writing to: Director, Regulations Management 
(00REG), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, 
Washington, DC 20420.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Shores at (202) 461-4921 or 
Consuela Benjamin at (202) 461-5952.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document is issued pursuant to 
Executive Order 12866 ``Regulatory Planning and Review'' (and 
implementing guidance) and the Regulatory Flexibility Act, which 
require that executive agencies semiannually publish in the Federal 
Register an agenda of regulations that they have under development or 
review.

 Michael P. Shores,
Director, Office of Regulation Policy and Management.

           Department of Veterans Affairs--Proposed Rule Stage
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                                                           Regulation
       Sequence No.                    Title             Identifier No.
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177.......................  Loan Guaranty: Revisions           2900-AQ25
                             to VA-Guaranteed
                             Refinance Home Loans.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (VA)

Veterans Benefits Administration

Proposed Rule Stage

177.  Loan Guaranty: Revisions to VA-Guaranteed Refinance Home 
Loans

    E.O. 13771 Designation: Fully or Partially Exempt.
    Legal Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501; 38 U.S.C. 3720; 38 U.S.C. 3703; 38 
U.S.C. 3710
    Abstract: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is proposing to 
amend its rules on VA-guaranteed refinance home loans. In promulgating 
this rulemaking, VA intends to curtail lending practices that increase 
the risk of equity skimming and serial refinancing, cause instability 
in the secondary lending market, devalue the loan guaranty benefit as a 
lending product, and expose taxpayers to unnecessary risk. This 
rulemaking would also make certain regulatory updates to conform with 
statutory changes.
    Timetable:

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               Action                    Date            FR Cite
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NPRM................................   06/00/18
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    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
    Agency Contact: John Bell III, Assistant Director for Loan Policy 
and Valuation (262), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20420, Phone: 202 632-8786, Email: 
[email protected].
    RIN: 2900-AQ25

[FR Doc. 2018-11279 Filed 6-8-18; 8:45 am]
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