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H.R. 3619: Appraisal Fee Transparency Act of 2019

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H.R. 3619: Appraisal Fee Transparency Act of 2019

116th Congress · introduced 2019-07-05 · Housing and Community Development · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-07-05 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Appraisal Fee Transparency Act of 2019

Plain summary

Appraisal Fee Transparency Act of 2019 This bill revises provisions related to real estate appraisals. Specifically, the bill adds trainee appraisers to the National Registry of Appraisers, allows the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council's Appraisal Subcommittee to adjust annual registry fees for appraisal management companies, requires the disclosure of appraisal fees in the case of an appraisal coordinated by an appraisal management company, allows nonprofit organizations and institutions of higher education to receive certain grants, and adds a designee of the Department of Veterans Affairs to the Appraisal Subcommittee.

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Appraisal Fee Transparency Act of 2019

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1] · 3 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3619, Appraisal Fee Transparency Act of 2019 (2019-10-31)

Cosponsors on this site

Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO)

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Words on this page, explained (2)
Appraisal
An estimate of what property is worth. In Texas, county appraisal districts set the value that property taxes are based on.
Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr3619 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116