House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Fisher House Availability Act of 2026
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make temporary lodging facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs available for certain TRICARE beneficiaries on a space-available basis, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 4, 2025
- Committee actionFeb 5, 2026
- Passed HouseMay 19, 2026 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 20, 2026 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3726.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3726, Fisher House Availability Act of 2026” on March 23, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on February 12, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
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- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62234
- CBO publication date
- March 23, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3726, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3726
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-630 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on April 30, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 30, 2026 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/630
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3726, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3726
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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 Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 95, June 4, 2025, Page H2470):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutiuonSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 4, 2025 ↗
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3726, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3726
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9e8019aa889007d629f9fd3f13c0410b7ebb372a8d35efaebc4b6cdb2bfba482
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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
3 cosponsors — 3 Democrats
3 of 3 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.