To direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to annually submit to the Congress a report that analyzes State and local strategies, activities, and plans that promote affordable housing, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2494.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. CHERFILUS-McCORMICK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 57, March 31, 2025, Page H1375):
  Article I Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 31, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  19 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2494, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2494

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 20, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  dcaf15f50d86cd19f95317cf851f33bf91f653153df020f5c045c71ec3957f49

  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 April 20, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2494, last updated April 20, 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.