All Roll Calls
Yes: 321 • No: 87
Sponsored By: Representative Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
Passed House
Expands outreach and coordination by the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation. This bill would add duties requiring the Advocate to provide educational resources and to host or participate in events that raise awareness of capital-raising options for underrepresented small businesses, including women- and minority-owned firms, businesses in rural areas, and firms hit by hurricanes or other natural disasters. It would also require the Advocate to meet at least annually with State securities commissioners to improve collaboration on helping small businesses and small business investors.
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Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
CA • D
Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2]
MO • R
Sponsored 5/19/2025
All Roll Calls
Yes: 321 • No: 87
house vote • 6/23/2025
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
Yes: 321 • No: 87
119-hr-6644, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
Expand housing supply and affordability through new zoning guidance, grant pilots, and loan reforms. The law also modernizes FHA and rural programs, speeds some environmental reviews, and limits large corporate buying of single‑family homes. - Families and renters: Preservation and repair pilots plus tenant protections aim to keep homes affordable and help struggling owners. RAD capacity rises to 555,000 units and an escrow pilot can cover up to 5,000 families. - Local governments, builders, and planners: HUD must publish a housing supply framework, run planning and innovation grants, approve prereviewed designs, and fund conversions of vacant commercial buildings. An Innovation Fund is authorized at $200 million per year for FY2027–2031. - Lenders, manufacturers, and investors: The law modernizes small‑dollar mortgage and appraisal rules, updates manufactured and modular housing standards, and bars large institutional investors owning 350 or more single‑family homes with civil penalties up to $1,000,000 or three times the purchase price.
119-hr-3151, SHIPS for America Act of 2025
Rebuild U.S. commercial shipbuilding and a U.S.-flag strategic fleet by pairing new tax credits, grants, and operating payments with stronger cargo-preference rules and workforce and innovation programs to restore domestic capacity and sealift readiness. It centralizes maritime strategy in a White House advisor and a Maritime Security Board and funds a broad set of industrial, port, and training programs to favor U.S.-built, U.S.-crewed vessels.
119-hr-6771, Housing Crisis Response Act of 2025
Major federal investment to build, preserve, and make housing more affordable and resilient. The bill funds large-scale repairs and new construction, expands rental assistance, and creates homebuyer and community programs that target equity and climate resilience. - Public housing residents and very low-income renters see direct capital and rental aid. The bill provides major capital funding for repairs and replacement including $53.0 billion for priority investments and additional Capital Fund dollars, plus expanded tenant-based and targeted incremental vouchers for extremely low-income households and people exiting homelessness. - First-generation homebuyers and homeowners get new downpayment support and counseling. It creates a First-Generation Downpayment Assistance Fund with $6.8 billion for state allocations and offers assistance as grants or forgivable aid capped at $20,000 or a percentage of price to help first-generation buyers afford a home. - Communities, rural areas, and Native and tribal communities gain preservation, resilience, and revitalization tools. The bill funds community restoration and land trust programs with $2.0 billion, cancels certain National Flood Insurance Program debt, and provides $600 million for means-tested flood insurance discounts to reduce costs for eligible households.
119-hr-7977, Energy Bills Relief Act
Restores low-cost clean-energy tax credits while remaking permitting, grid resilience, and household energy aid to speed renewables and reduce household energy burdens. It pairs tax and permitting changes with new grant and manufacturing money to push clean power and support communities.
119-hres-1299, Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 6644, with amendment.
This bill would expand housing supply and modernize housing programs by combining new construction and conversion grants, repair and escrow pilots, streamlined reviews, appraisal reforms, and limits on big investors. It targets supply, affordability, and market rules to speed projects and protect renters and borrowers. - Families and renters gain repair and stability tools. A whole-home repairs pilot funds repairs for low- and moderate-income owners and landlords. An escrow savings pilot covers up to 5,000 families and a new foreclosure-mitigation counseling requirement covers borrowers 30 days or more delinquent. - Builders, local governments, and communities get faster approvals and funding to build more housing. The bill creates grant programs including at least 25 grants a year, authorizes $200 million per year for FY2027–2031 for Accelerating Home Building, and narrows environmental review timelines for many infill and small projects. - Lenders, appraisers, and markets face modernization and controls. It raises appraisal training and registry rules, studies small-dollar mortgages under $100,000, and bars large institutional investors from buying single-family homes with civil penalties up to $1,000,000 or three times a purchase price.
119-hr-7481, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026
DHS funding with strict oversight. This bill would set FY2026 funding levels across the Department of Homeland Security and attach detailed reporting, transfer limits, and program rules to many accounts.
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Would block federal eminent domain for most agricultural land when a feasible alternative exists, defines covered land, and excludes tiny low‑income parcels.
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