House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
To amend chapter 21 of title 38, United States Code, to establish a grant program to encourage the development of new assistive technologies for specially adapted housing.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 25, 2009
- Committee actionMay 6, 2009
- Passed HouseMay 19, 2009 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 20, 2009 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1170.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1170, A bill to amend chapter 21 of title 38, United States Code, to establish a grant program to encourage the development of new assistive technologies for specially adapted housing” on May 13, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on May 6, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 13, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20662
- CBO publication date
- May 13, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1170, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1170
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
29e3e00a5d438794011a84cbb897ec09ce99740cd2a736ac2ea91adc50daa058
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1170, A bill to amend chapter 21 of title 38, United States Code, to establish a grant program to encourage the development of new assistive technologies for specially adapted housing” on May 13, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on May 6, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 13, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20662
- CBO publication date
- May 13, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1170, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1170
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
29e3e00a5d438794011a84cbb897ec09ce99740cd2a736ac2ea91adc50daa058
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 111-109 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on May 14, 2009.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 14, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/109
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1170, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1170
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
29e3e00a5d438794011a84cbb897ec09ce99740cd2a736ac2ea91adc50daa058
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1170, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 26, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.