House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Protect Our Homes Act

H.R. 9159Introduced Jun 4, 2026Policy area: Commerce

Official title: To amend the Small Business Act to establish a program under which the Small Business Administration may make supplemental disaster loans to homeowner associations to repair common areas damaged by disasters and implement disaster mitigation measures, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep. Darren Soto D-FL

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Where it went

IntroducedJun 4, 2026
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Latest action: Jun 4, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9159.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SOTO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 95, June 4, 2026, Page H3909):
Articel 1 Section 8 of the US Constitution
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 4, 2026 ↗
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of October 2, 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 — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat

1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.

Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Jimmy Patronis (R-FL).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Darren Soto.

Sponsor’s state and district

Florida in Congress · FL-9 district

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Data as of Oct 3, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.