To amend the National Housing Act to direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish a program to insure certain second liens secured against property for the purpose of financing the construction of an accessory dwelling unit, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4479.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LICCARDO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 123, July 17, 2025, Page H3475):
  Article 1, Section 1. All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 17, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

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  173 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4479, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4479

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8113335931116aeab631cec29c80f06e9fc9df3dc060a4c13c980cba43ed6872

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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