House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Return Home to Housing Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 15, 2021
- Committee actionJul 19, 2022
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 19, 2022 — Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5606.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5606, Return Home to Housing Act” on August 30, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 19, 2022”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 30, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58429
- CBO publication date
- August 30, 2022
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5606, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5606
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 181, October 15, 2021, Page H5639):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 15, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 135 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5606, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5606
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5606, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 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
46 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 40 Democrats
6 of 46 cosponsors (13%) are from the other party.
Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Cori Bush (D-MO), André Carson (D-IN), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Josh Harder (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Kaiali'i Kahele (D-HI), John Katko (R-NY), William Keating (D-MA), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Al Lawson (D-FL), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Mike Levin (D-CA), Elaine Luria (D-VA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Kathy Manning (D-NC), Marie Newman (D-IL) and 16 more.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.