38 USC § 3747 - Eligible financial institutions

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title: "38 USC § 3747 - Eligible financial institutions"
title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
section_number: "3747"
section_name: "Eligible financial institutions"
chapter_number: 37
chapter_name: "HOUSING AND SMALL BUSINESS LOANS"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "SMALL BUSINESS LOANS"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "READJUSTMENT AND RELATED BENEFITS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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source_credit: "(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.)"
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# § 3747. Eligible financial institutions

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.

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**Source Credit**: (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.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1991— renumbered  as this section.

1989— substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator”.