House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Promoting Access to Credit for Homebuyers Act of 2021
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 28, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 28, 2021 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 618.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VARGAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 17, January 28, 2021, Page H253):(1) To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes, as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution; (2) To make all laws necessary and proper for executing powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 28, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 392 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 618, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/618
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 15, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of May 15, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
7 cosponsors — 7 Democrats
0 of 7 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Maxine Waters (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Juan Vargas.
- H.R. 6889 (117th) Credit Union Board Modernization Act
- H.R. 1187 (117th) Corporate Governance Improvement and Investor Protection Act
- H.R. 3125 (117th) COVID–19 Emergency Medical Supplies Enhancement Act of 2021
- H.R. 782 (117th) Homeownership for DREAMers Act
- H.R. 2353 (117th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 401 Main Street in Brawley, California, as the "Helen Fabela…
- H.R. 6797 (117th) Strengthening Citizenship Services for Veterans Act
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.