House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Coast Guard Housing Affordability and Availability Improvement Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 29, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 29, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7838.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KILMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 54, March 29, 2024, Page H2129):Article 1, Section 8, US Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: This bill addresses housing for Coast Guard servicemembers.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 29, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 140 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7838, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7838
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 21, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 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 June 21, 2024). 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
2 cosponsors — 2 Republicans
2 of 2 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Derek Kilmer.
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- H.R. 1015 (118th) Dustoff Crews of the Vietnam War Congressional Gold Medal Act
- H.R. 4335 (118th) VA Loan Informed Disclosure Act of 2023
- H.R. 5995 (118th) Federal Retirement Fairness Act
- H.R. 3011 (118th) To establish a task force of the Department of Defense on mental health.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.