House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Property Improvement and Manufactured Housing Loan Modernization Act of 2026
Official title: To amend title I of the National Housing Act to increase the loan limits and clarify that property improvement loans may be used for construction of accessory dwelling units.
Sponsor: Rep. James Himes D-CTWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 4, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 4, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7792.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIMES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 41, March 4, 2026, Page H2421):clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 4, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7792, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7792
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6eb84a2593ea08bae59ede85eb311d7821a371f846542eecaf92bc54a2f95b5b
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.7792 is contained in the text of H.R.6644, which became Public Law 119-101.Source: Congress.gov, record updated October 21, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7792, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7792
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6eb84a2593ea08bae59ede85eb311d7821a371f846542eecaf92bc54a2f95b5b
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of October 21, 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
3 cosponsors — 3 Democrats
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Josh Harder (D-CA), Sam Liccardo (D-CA), Chris Pappas (D-NH).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 10125 (119th) NO PROFIT Act
- H.R. 10142 (119th) Multi-State Worker Tax Fairness Act of 2026
- H.R. 3542 (119th) CLEAR (Committee Leadership and Enhanced Accountability for Resilience) Defense Production Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.