House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Affordable Housing Barriers Transparency Act
Official title: To amend the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to require that the annual report of the Department of Housing and Urban Development include an identification of significant regulatory barriers to affordable housing.
Sponsor: Rep. Michael Lawler R-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 17, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 17, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7597.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LAWLER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 32, February 17, 2026, Page H2228):Article I of the U.S. Constitution, section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 17, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7597, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7597
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 3, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.