House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Freedom to Build Act
Official title: To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish a Freedom to Build designation for certain localities.
Sponsor: Rep. Monica De La Cruz R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 9, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 9, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9625.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. De La CRUZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 112, July 9, 2026, Page H4380):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 9, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9625, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9625
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 11, 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 September 9, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Monica De La Cruz.
- H.R. 224 (119th) Disabled Veterans Housing Support Act
- H.R. 225 (119th) HUD Transparency Act of 2025
- H.R. 4646 (119th) Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025
- H.R. 3390 (119th) Bringing the Discount Window into the 21st Century Act
- H.R. 6554 (119th) Community Bank Representation Act
- H.Res. 583 (119th) Denouncing the attack on a U.S. Border Patrol facility in McAllen, Texas, on July 7, 2025.
Related bills
- S. 4265 (119th) Freedom to Build ActIdentical 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.