Expanding Home Loans for Guard and Reservists Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6225 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6225

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for a 
housing loan guaranteed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to certain 
          individuals who performed active duty for training.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 3, 2023

  Mr. Ryan (for himself and Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia) 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 expand eligibility for a 
housing loan guaranteed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to certain 
          individuals who performed active duty for training.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Expanding Home Loans for Guard and 
Reservists Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR HOUSING LOANS GUARANTEED BY 
              SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    (a) Eligibility Expansion.--Section 3701(b) of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs:
            ``(8) The term `veteran' also includes, for the purposes of 
        home loans, an individual who performed active duty for 
        training for a period of not less than 30 consecutive days.
            ``(9) The term `active duty for training' has the meaning 
        given such term in section 101 of this title, but does not 
        include basic training (as such term is used in sections 7419, 
        8431, and 9419 of title 10).''.
    (b) Entitlement to Housing Loan.--Section 3702(a)(2) of such title 
is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
            ``(H) Each individual described in section 3701(b)(8) of 
        this title.''.
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