To amend the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to provide reforms to housing counseling and financial literacy programs.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6726.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 211, December 15, 2025, Page H5900):
  to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts, and Excises, to pay the Debts, and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 15, 2025 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6726, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6726

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 11, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  602ce91a362eae65913c8de695070d3d75f5fc6025018074610afeab9c6c510c

  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 noteThe text of H.R.6726 is contained in the text of H.R.6644, which became Public Law 119-101.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 9, 2026 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6726, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6726

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 11, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  602ce91a362eae65913c8de695070d3d75f5fc6025018074610afeab9c6c510c

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 9, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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