House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Disabled Veterans Home Improvement and Structural Alteration Grant Increase Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep. Stephen Buyer R-INWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 4, 2009
- Committee actionJul 15, 2009
- Passed HouseJul 28, 2009 · 426–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 29, 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. 1293.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1293, Disabled Veterans Home Improvement and Structural Alteration Grant Increase Act of 2009” on July 22, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on July 15, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 22, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20942
- CBO publication date
- July 22, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1293, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1293
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c7c52616d03372e41f7e9f31b609640d58508455d6eaa0ae5a741ca3233db1cf
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1293, Disabled Veterans Home Improvement and Structural Alteration Grant Increase Act of 2009” on July 22, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on July 15, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 22, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20942
- CBO publication date
- July 22, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1293, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1293
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c7c52616d03372e41f7e9f31b609640d58508455d6eaa0ae5a741ca3233db1cf
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. 111-226 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on July 24, 2009.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 24, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/226
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1293, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1293
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c7c52616d03372e41f7e9f31b609640d58508455d6eaa0ae5a741ca3233db1cf
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1293, 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
16 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 16 cosponsors (31%) are from the other party.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), John Boozman (R-AR), Bobby Bright (D-AL), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Henry Brown (R-SC), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Jeff Miller (R-FL), David Roe (R-TN), Harold Rogers (R-KY), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Victor Snyder (D-AR), Cliff Stearns (R-FL), Timothy Walz (D-MN).
More from the sponsor
Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Stephen Buyer.
- H.R. 2243 (111th) Surviving Spouses' Benefit Improvement Act of 2009
- H.R. 4894 (111th) To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to ensure appropriate treatment of Department of Veterans Affairs and Department…
- H.Res. 1501 (111th) Honoring the Patriot Guard Riders for their steadfast dedication in support of those who have sacrificed their lives for our country.
- H.R. 1261 (111th) Youth Prevention and Tobacco Harm Reduction Act
- H.R. 3407 (111th) Severely Injured Veterans Benefit Improvement Act of 2009
- H.R. 294 (111th) Veteran-Owned Small Business Promotion Act of 2009
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.