House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Affordable Housing Through Common-Sense Standards Act
Official title: To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study and submit a report to Congress that examines the costs and benefits that could be associated with establishing a Federal uniform residential building code.
Sponsor: Rep. Sylvia Garcia D-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 17, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6772.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. GARCIA of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 213, December 17, 2025, Page H6023):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 17, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 90 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6772, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6772
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 11, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
70f35295d72a24cbb8d0e35c60df20b58d30c341968666ce86500615a6e5fedc
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.6772 is contained in the text of H.R.6644, which became Public Law 119-101.Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 9, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6772, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6772
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 11, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
70f35295d72a24cbb8d0e35c60df20b58d30c341968666ce86500615a6e5fedc
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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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
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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Related bills
- H.R. 6644 (119th) 21st Century ROAD to Housing ActContained in public law
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.