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title: "38 U.S.C. § 3747"
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title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
chapter_number: "37"
chapter_name: "HOUSING AND SMALL BUSINESS LOANS"
section: "3747"
citation: "38 U.S.C. § 3747"
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# 38 U.S.C. § 3747 - Eligible financial institutions

## Text

The Secretary may not guarantee under this subchapter a loan made by an entity not subject to examination and supervision by an agency of the United States or of a State.

(Added Pub. L. 97–72, title III, § 302(a), Nov. 3, 1981, 95 Stat. 1058, § 1847; amended Pub. L. 101–237, title III, § 313(b)(1), Dec. 18, 1989, 103 Stat. 2077; renumbered § 3747, Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Amendments1991—Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 1847 of this title as this section. 1989—Pub. L. 101–237 substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator”.