House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Improving Access to Financial Coaching Act of 2026
Official title: To direct the Secretary of the Treasury, acting through the Director of the Office of Consumer Policy, to establish a program to award grants to eligible entities to provide financial coaching services, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 20, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 20, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8373.
- 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. 172, No. 69, April 20, 2026, Page H2996):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 20, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 90 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8373, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8373
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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
8 cosponsors — 8 Democrats
0 of 8 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
André Carson (D-IN), Al Green (D-TX), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Julie Johnson (D-TX), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Emilia Sykes (D-OH), Dina Titus (D-NV), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).
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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.