---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 5137"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "5137"
heading: "Removal of duplicative appraisals"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/5137"
units:
  - "Chapter 45 — Protection of Indians and Conservation of Resources"
---

# §5137. Removal of duplicative appraisals


Notwithstanding any other law (including regulations), in making loans under [section 5136 of this title](/usc/25/5136.md), borrowers who are [Indian tribes](/usc/25/5130.md?p=2), members of [Indian tribes](/usc/25/5130.md?p=2), or tribal corporations shall only be required to obtain 1 appraisal under an appraisal standard recognized as of February 7, 2014, by the [Secretary](/usc/25/5130.md?p=1) or the [Secretary](/usc/25/5130.md?p=1) of the Interior.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 113–79, title V, § 5403, Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 840.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 488a of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Definition of “Secretary”

“Secretary” as meaning the Secretary of Agriculture, see section 9001 of Title 7, Agriculture.