House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 10, 2024
- Committee actionMay 16, 2024
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 1, 2024 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 613.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8340.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8340, Housing Unhoused Disabled Veterans Act” on September 11, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on May 16, 2024”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 11, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60704
- CBO publication date
- September 11, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8340, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8340
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-726 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on November 1, 2024.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 1, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/726
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8340, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8340
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 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 Mr. SHERMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 82, May 10, 2024, Page H3006):The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution; and Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to exclude veteran disability benefits from the definition of annual income for purposes of eligibility for housing units.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 10, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 411 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8340, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8340
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
101 cosponsors — 29 Republicans, 72 Democrats
29 of 101 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Gabe Amo (D-RI), Don Bacon (R-NE), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Troy Carter (D-LA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Jim Costa (D-CA), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Donald Davis (D-NC), Monica De La Cruz (R-TX), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and 71 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.