House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Saving the American Dream Act
Official title: To require certain covered agency heads to enter an memorandum of understanding and submit a report with respect to certain housing policy issues, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 16, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 1, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5387.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ALFORD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 151, September 16, 2025, Page H4364):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 ``The Congress shall have power to . . . provide for the . . . general welfare of the United States; . . .''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 16, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 139 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5387, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5387
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 2, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 3, 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 October 2, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
40 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 30 Democrats
30 of 40 cosponsors (75%) are from the other party.
Tom Barrett (R-MI), Nicholas Begich (R-AK), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), J. Correa (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Laura Friedman (D-CA), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Laura Gillen (D-NY), Josh Harder (D-CA), Erin Houchin (R-IN), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Mike Levin (D-CA), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Sarah McBride (D-DE), Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI), Morgan McGarvey (D-KY), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Grace Meng (D-NY), Dave Min (D-CA), James Moylan (R-GU), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Nellie Pou (D-NJ), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) and 10 more.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 3, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.