Volunteer First Responder Housing Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4787.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GARBARINO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 125, July 20, 2023, Page H3890):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: This bill allows volunteer firefighters and EMS personnel to access two existing federal housing assistance programs, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Single-Family Housing Guaranteed Loan Program and the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Good Neighbor Next Door Sales Program.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 20, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4787, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4787

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5445fe436985f079a5480b20a7b31e0c89c273d79c38defaede3449f60ccd99d

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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