,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #geih  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #ag1       
#bjbf,mr4 ,levin 7for himself and ,mr4  
,moylan7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to refund the amount of fees for a      
housing loans guaranteed by the         
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs for    
certain veterans with pending disability
 claims1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,veterans ,assistance for ,loan     
,origination ,relief ,act or the ,,valor
 ,act4  #b4 ,housing loan fees3         
clarification on overpayments and       
refunds for certain veterans with       
pending disability claims ,section #cgbi
 of title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is
 amended--  7#a7 in subsection 7c71 by  
adding at the end the following new     
paragraph3  7#c7 ,a fee collected from a
 person in violation of paragraph 7#a7  

shall be treated as an overpayment4 ,in 
the event that the ,secretary collects a
 fee from a person in violation of      
paragraph 7#a71 the ,secretary shall--  
7,a7 refund the amount of the fee to the
 person2 or  7,b7 in the case of a fee  
so collected that was paid as part of a 
loan1 credit the amount of the fee to   
the loan4  2 and  7#b7 by adding at the 
end the following new subsection3  7d7  
,treatment of veterans with pending     
disability claims ,in the case of a     
veteran who1 as of the date on which the
 veteran applies for a housing loan     
guaranteed1 insured1 or made under this 
chapter1 has submitted a claim for      
disability compensation under the laws  
administered by the ,secretary or a     
notice of intent to file such a claim   
but has not received a decision with    
respect to the claim1 a fee shall be    
collected from such veteran under       
subsection 7a74 ,if such claim for      
disability compensation is approved1 and
 the veteran receives disability        

compensation pursuant to that claim1    
after the date on which the veteran pays
 such fee1 the ,secretary shall         
reimburse the veteran the amount of the 
fee4  4