,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bebb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bf1 #bjac     
,mrs4 ,carolyn ,b4 ,maloney of ,new     
,york 7for herself and ,ms4 ,norton7    
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to improve and make permanent the       
,department of ,veterans ,affairs loan  
guarantee for the purchase of           
residential cooperative housing units1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,fair ,access to ,co-ops for ,veterans  
,act4  #b4 ,improvement of ,department  
of ,veterans ,affairs loan guarantee for
 purchase of residential cooperative    
housing units  7a7 ,in general ,section 
#cgaj of title #ch1 ,united ,states     
,code1 is amended--  7#a7 in subsection 
7a77#ab71 by striking and before the    
date that is five years after that      
date12 and  7#b7 in subsection 7h7--    

7,a7 by redesignating paragraphs 7#b7   
and 7#c7 as paragraphs 7#c7 and 7#d71   
respectively2 and  7,b7 by inserting    
after paragraph 7#a7 the following new  
paragraph 7#b73  7#b7 ,in prescribing   
regulations to carry out subsection     
7a77#ab7 the ,secretary shall ensure    
that a loan for the purchase of stock or
 membership in a cooperative housing    
corporation that has been reviewed and  
approved by a lender approved by the    
,federal ,national ,mortgage            
,association is not denied4  4  7b7     
,authority ,to advertise ,the ,secretary
 of ,veterans ,affairs shall use the    
authority of the ,secretary under       
section #ecb of title #ch1 ,united      
,states ,code1 to advertise the         
availability of loan guarantees for     
housing cooperative share loans under   
section #cgaj7;a77#ab7 of such title and
 shall take such other appropriate      
actions as may be necessary to notify   
eligible veterans1 participating        
lenders1 and interested realtors of the 

availability of such loan guarantees and
 the procedures and requirements that   
apply to the obtaining of such          
guarantees4