Homeownership for DREAMers Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 782.

• 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. 20, February 3, 2021, Page H325):
  (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 February 3, 2021 ↗

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  392 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 782, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/782

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 15, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a2311354fa553f3a6ea3bb90ee0362ca51589951335720515e1bdad7ef22215f

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 782, last updated May 15, 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.