38 U.S.C. § 3710
Purchase or construction of homes
United States · Title 38 — VETERANS’ BENEFITS · Status: effective
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Except as provided in section 3704(c)(2) of this title, any loan to a veteran, if made pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, is automatically guaranteed if such loan is for one or more of the following purposes:
No loan may be guaranteed under this section or made under section 3711 of this title unless—
in the case of a loan (other than a loan made for a purpose specified in subsection (a)(8) of this section) that is made to refinance—
The cost of energy efficiency measures that may be financed by a loan guaranteed under this section may not exceed the greater of—
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3703(a)(1)(A) of this title, any loan guaranteed under this subsection shall be guaranteed in an amount equal to the sum of—
For the purposes of this subsection:
The term “residential energy conservation measure” means—
furnace efficiency modifications limited to—
For a loan to be guaranteed for the purpose specified in subsection (a)(8) or for the purpose specified in subsection (a)(11) of this section—
the amount of the loan may not exceed—
the veteran must own the dwelling or farm residence securing the loan and—
For the purpose of determining whether a veteran meets the standards referred to in subsection (b)(3) of this section and section 3712(e)(2) of this title, the Secretary shall prescribe regulations which establish—
In the regulations prescribed under paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Secretary shall establish standards that include—
A loan may not be guaranteed under subsection (a)(12) unless—
Pursuant to the regulations and guidance prescribed under paragraph (1), in the case of a loan to a veteran to be guaranteed under this chapter, if the veteran provides to the lender an energy efficiency report described in subparagraph (B)—
An energy efficiency report described in this subparagraph is a report made with respect to a home for which a loan is to be guaranteed under this chapter that includes each of the following:
Information with respect to the energy efficiency of the home as determined pursuant to—
To assist the Secretary in carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall establish an advisory group consisting of individuals representing the interests of—
Not later than one year after the date on which the Secretary issues the regulations and guidance pursuant to paragraph (2), and every year thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress and make publicly available a report that includes the following information for the year covered by the report:
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Veterans Housing Act of 1974House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Veterans Housing Amendments Act of 1976House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Veterans' Housing Benefits Act of 1978House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide cost-of-living increases in the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and in the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children of veterans, to provide for limited grants for special home adaptations for certain severely disabled veterans, to provide for Veterans' Administration guaranties for loans to refinance certain existing veterans' home loans and to increase the maximum loan guaranties for home loans made to veterans, and to provide for the confidentiality of certain Veterans' Administration medical quality assurance records; and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the rates of compensation for disabled veterans and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors; to express the sense of the Congress that increases in the rates of compensation should take effect on December 1 beginning in fiscal year 1985, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Veterans' Benefits Improvement and Health Care Authorization Act of 1986House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Veterans' Home Loan Program Improvements and Property Rehabilitation Act of 1987House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Veterans' Benefits and Services Act of 1988House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Veterans' Benefits Amendments of 1989House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Department of Veterans Affairs Codification ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Veterans Home Loan Program Amendments of 1992House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Veterans' Benefits Improvements Act of 1994House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- An Act to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out certain programs and activities, and for other purposes.House: 403–0Senate: no recorded tally
- Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act of 2008House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019House: 410–0Senate: no recorded tally
- Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023House: 225–201Senate: no recorded tally