House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Home Internet Accessibility Act
Official title: To require the Comptroller General to submit to Congress a report on the capacity of federally assisted housing to support broadband service, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Nikema Williams D-GAWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 25, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 25, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9493.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 107, June 25, 2026, Page H4264):Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 25, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9493, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9493
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 22, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 July 22, 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
9 cosponsors — 9 Democrats
0 of 9 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Val Hoyle (D-OR), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Gabe Vasquez (D-NM), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nikema Williams.
- H.R. 4423 (119th) No New Burma Funds Act
- H.R. 1640 (119th) HEIRS Act of 2025
- H.Res. 30 (119th) Honoring the life, achievements, legacy, and public service of former President James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr.
- H.Con.Res. 65 (119th) Commending State and local governments for championing reproductive rights as human rights.
- H.R. 4917 (119th) Expanding the VOTE Act
- H.R. 4910 (119th) Sustaining Our Democracy Act
Related bills
- H.R. 827 (118th) Home Internet Accessibility ActCross-Congress related bill
- H.R. 8778 (117th) Home Internet Accessibility ActCross-Congress related 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.