# 119-hr-4498: Ensuring Continued Access to Funding for Colonias Act

119-hr-4498, Ensuring Continued Access to Funding for Colonias Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Gonzales, Tony [R-TX-23] (R-TX); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-4498
- Congress: 119
- Title: Ensuring Continued Access to Funding for Colonias Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-07-17
- Sponsor: Rep. Gonzales, Tony [R-TX-23] (R-TX)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Policy area: Housing and Community Development
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

This bill would amend the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to **raise the metropolitan statistical area population threshold used for the Community Development Block Grant Colonia Set-Aside Program from 1,000,000 to 2,000,000**. Specifically, it replaces "1,000,000" with "2,000,000" in Section 916(e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 5306 note), expanding which metropolitan areas meet the program's population cutoff and can qualify for Colonia set-aside funds.

## Cosponsors (4)

- Rep. De La Cruz, Monica [R-TX-15] (R-TX), 2025-07-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28] (D-TX), 2025-07-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gonzalez, Vicente [D-TX-34] (D-TX), 2025-07-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Escobar, Veronica [D-TX-16] (D-TX), 2025-07-17T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More colonia funds in midsize metro areas: benefit, medium. If enacted, this bill would raise the metro area population cutoff for colonia funding from 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 people. Colonias in MSAs with 2,000,000 people or fewer could newly qualify for Community Development Block Grant colonia set-aside money. This funding could help pay for housing and i…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-4498 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4498)

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- [119-hr-2102: Major Richard Star Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2102)
- [119-hr-2048: Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2048)
- [119-hr-1329: Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1329)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4498 (as of 2026-04-21).