House bill · 119th Congress · Public Law 119-70
Disabled Veterans Housing Support Act
Became law on Jan 20, 2026.
Official title: To amend section 102(a)(20) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to require the exclusion of service-connected disability compensation when determining whether a person is a person of low and moderate income, a person of low income, or a person of moderate income, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Monica De La Cruz R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 7, 2025
- Committee actionJan 6, 2026
- Passed HouseFeb 10, 2025 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateJan 6, 2026 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentJan 13, 2026
- Became lawJan 20, 2026
Latest action: Jan 20, 2026 — Became Public Law No: 119-70.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 224.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. De La CRUZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 3, January 7, 2025, Page H63):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 224, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/224
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 17, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 July 17, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 224, last updated July 17, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
11 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 11 cosponsors (9%) are from the other party.
Nicholas Begich (R-AK), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Pete Stauber (R-MN).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Monica De La Cruz.
- H.R. 225 (119th) HUD Transparency Act of 2025
- H.R. 4646 (119th) Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025
- H.R. 3390 (119th) Bringing the Discount Window into the 21st Century Act
- H.R. 6554 (119th) Community Bank Representation Act
- H.Res. 583 (119th) Denouncing the attack on a U.S. Border Patrol facility in McAllen, Texas, on July 7, 2025.
- H.R. 5260 (119th) Pay Our Border Patrol and Customs Agents Act
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.