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Rep. Van Orden, Derrick [R-WI-3] · R–WI
Legislative record
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Subcommittee Hearings Held
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-03-03 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
This bill would limit the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to exercising specified loan-related powers for a combined total of 250 loans per fiscal year. It would also require the VA to give Congress a plan to sell certain government-held loans to a non-government entity. These are proposed changes to VA loan administration; the sale-plan requirement does not itself set a deadline for completing sales.
(C) During any fiscal year, the Secretary may not exercise the authority under subsections (A) and (B) with respect to more than an aggregate of 250 loans.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report containing the plan of the Secretary to sell to a non-Government entity each loan acquired by the Secretary under section 3732(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, on or after May 31, 2024.
Section 2(a) would add a combined annual limit of 250 loans for the Secretary’s use of the authorities referenced as (A) and (B) in section 3732(a)(2). A fiscal year is the government’s annual accounting period. The underlying authorities are not reproduced in the supplied text.
Section 3732(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (C) During any fiscal year, the Secretary may not exercise the authority under subsections (A) and (B) with respect to more than an aggregate of 250 loans.
Section 2(b) would insert language before the word “purchase” in section 3720(a)(5), making that purchase language subject to the new loan limit. The surrounding statutory text is not supplied.
(b) Conforming amendment Section 3720(a)(5) of such title is amended by inserting before purchase the following: subject to the limitation under section 3732(a)(2)(C) of this title,.
Within 180 days after enactment, the VA Secretary would have to send the House and Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committees a report containing a plan to sell every loan acquired under section 3732(a)(2) on or after May 31, 2024, to a non-government entity. This deadline applies to submitting the report.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report containing the plan of the Secretary to sell to a non-Government entity each loan acquired by the Secretary under section 3732(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, on or after May 31, 2024.
The supplied action snapshot, updated April 1, 2025, records introduction and referral to the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee on March 3, 2025. It also records referral to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity and subcommittee hearings on March 10, 2025.
Source snapshot updated 2025-04-01T15:30:04Z. 2025-03-10: Subcommittee Hearings Held 2025-03-10: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. 2025-03-03: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 2025-03-03: Introduced in House
A closer look
Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2025-03-03. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
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Spending directed to particular recipients or places outside ordinary competitive or formula-based allocation.
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Narrow exceptions, exemptions, or preferential treatment that warrant a closer look.
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