House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Visitable Inclusive Tax credits for Accessible Living (VITAL) Act
Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve the low-income housing credit.
Sponsor: Rep. Dwight Evans D-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedAug 6, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 6, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10049.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. EVANS of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 129, August 6, 2026, Page H5221):Article I, Section 8, clause 1 (Taxing and Spending Clause)Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 6, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 59 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10049, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10049
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 1, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.