House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Home Affordability for Guard and Reserve Act
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for housing loans guaranteed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to members of the reserve components and the National Guard who perform certain duties, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Tom Barrett R-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 12, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 4, 2026 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7009.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BARRETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 8, January 12, 2026, Page H655):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 12, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7009, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7009
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 25, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
375a55a7c3ae67d88259d44d7f17daa7f71b67c07ff922bc60c85b6770f811eb
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 June 25, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tom Barrett.
- H.R. 6047 (119th) Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of 2026
- H.R. 9570 (119th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 117 West Lovett Street in Charlotte, Michigan, as the "Francis C.…
- H.R. 1364 (119th) Automotive Support Services to Improve Safe Transportation Act of 2025
- H.R. 3055 (119th) TRANSPORT Jobs Act
- H.R. 3481 (119th) Delivering Digitally to Our Veterans Act of 2025
- H.R. 3482 (119th) Veterans Community Care Scheduling Improvement Act
Related bills
- H.R. 6047 (119th) Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of 2026Related bill
- H.R. 9237 (119th) Take Care of America’s Veterans ActRelated bill
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.