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S. 1344 114th Congress Senate

A bill to clarify that nonprofit organizations such as Habitat for Humanity can accept donated mortgage appraisals, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 1, 2015 See on congress.gov
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May 14, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
May 14, 2015
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action May 14, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Truth in Lending Act with respect to the compensation of fee appraisers to state that, in the case of an appraisal for which the appraiser voluntarily does not receive a fee, the appraiser is not, and shall not be construed to be, with respect to the donated appraisal, a fee appraiser subject to appraisal independence requirements.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1484 Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015
 Bill text 1 version

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Bennet, Michael F.
Colorado · Jun 1, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1344: A bill to clarify that nonprofit organizations such as Habitat for Humanity can accept donated mortgage appraisals, and for other purposes.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1344/
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"S. 1344: A bill to clarify that nonprofit organizations such as Habitat for Humanity can accept donated mortgage appraisals, and for other purposes.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1344/.
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S. 1344, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1344/.
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