Allow VA home loan fees to be collected on subsequent loans and from veterans with disability ratings of 70 percent or less through September 30, 2035.

Tom Barrett · Michigan · Republican

policy impact 0.48 specificity 0.90 extraction confidence 74%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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Occurrences

During the period beginning on the date of the enactment of the Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of 2025 and ending on September 30, 2035, a fee may be collected under this section— (A) for a subsequent loan... and (B) from a veteran... on the basis of a disability rated at 70 percent or less.

Barrett's bill would modify VA housing loan fee waivers by permitting fees on subsequent loans and for some veterans with disability ratings of 70 percent or less.

H.R.6047 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of 2026 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
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Evidence

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Congress.gov lists Rep. Tom Barrett as the sponsor of H.R. 6047 and the introduced Section 3 authorized VA loan fee collection for subsequent loans and from veterans with disability ratings of 70 percent or less through September 30, 2035, effective August 1, 2026.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Barrett took concrete same-term action by introducing a bill containing the exact VA home-loan fee authority described in the claim. This is evidence of effort, not final delivery, because it was only introduced text.

partial same_term A for effort

Congress.gov: H.R.6047 introduced text, Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of 2025
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The House Veterans' Affairs Committee report says the substitute amendment removed the provision requiring veterans rated 70 percent and below to pay the VA home-loan funding fee on second use. The substitute instead extended current VA home-loan funding fee rates to September 30, 2036 and changed IRRRL and assumption fees.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The specific 70-percent-or-less and second-use fee provision was dropped before the bill was reported. The active House-reported version advanced related fee changes, but not the exact claim, so the commitment remains undelivered as written despite serious legislative effort.

never same_term A for effort

GovInfo: H. Rept. 119-577, Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of 2026
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

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Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): never. same_term A for effort

Barrett materially attempted the promise in the same federal term by sponsoring H.R. 6047 with the exact VA home-loan fee language. However, the House-reported and House-passed substitute removed the provision allowing fees on subsequent loans and from veterans with disability ratings of 70 percent or less through September 30, 2035; the later bill only advanced related fee changes and has not become law. This is a serious legislative effort but not delivery of the promised outcome as written.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%