A partial claim is the purchase of part of the debt
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to take certain actions in the case of a default on a home loan guaranteed by the Secretary, and for other purposes, section 3, Sec. 3.
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A partial claim is the purchase of part of the debt
The document says “means”Who acts: Secretary of Veterans AffairsHow: statuteSec. 3 in the PDF
What the document says
“A partial claim described in this subsection, with respect to a loan described in subsection (a), is the purchase by the Secretary of a portion of indebtedness under the loan, through a transaction under which the Secretary-- ``(1) pays to the holder of the loan the amount of indebtedness, subject to subsection (c), that the Secretary determines necessary to help prevent or resolve a default;”
The new section defines a partial claim as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs buying part of what is owed on the loan, by paying the holder the amount the Secretary judges necessary to prevent or resolve the default, within the caps set by subsection (c).
What the document actually says
“A partial claim described in this subsection, with respect to a loan described in subsection (a), is the purchase by the Secretary of a portion of indebtedness under the loan, through a transaction under which the Secretary-- ``(1) pays to the holder of the loan the amount of indebtedness, subject to subsection (c), that the Secretary determines necessary to help prevent or resolve a default;”
That sentence, in plain words
A partial claim means the VA buys part of the debt. It pays the lender what it thinks is needed.
What this is about
The veteran still owes the money. The VA is now owed part of it instead of the lender.
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VA Home Loan Program Reform Act, Public Law 119-31, sec. 3, 139 Stat. 476 (2025). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ31/html/PLAW-119publ31.htm
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“A partial claim is the purchase of part of the debt,” VA Home Loan Program Reform Act, section 3, Sec. 3. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/va-home-loan-program-reform-act/proposal/sec03-partial-claim-is-a-purchase-of-debt/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).
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