House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Fair Access to Banking Act
Official title: To amend certain banking laws to prohibit certain financial service providers who deny fair access to financial services from using taxpayer funded discount window lending programs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Andy Barr R-KYWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 5, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 5, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 987.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BARR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 24, February 5, 2025, Page H505):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 987, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/987
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 20, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d73d7ec47171d8b9bb4206a537837361b5a383590fba7ed5da9ce60bd851341a
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 October 20, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 987, last updated October 20, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
151 cosponsors — 151 Republicans
0 of 151 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Mark Alford (R-MO), Rick Allen (R-GA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Brian Babin (R-TX), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Aaron Bean (R-FL), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Sheri Biggs (R-SC), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Mike Bost (R-IL), Josh Brecheen (R-OK), Robert Bresnahan (R-PA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Eric Burlison (R-MO), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Earl Carter (R-GA), John Carter (R-TX), Ben Cline (R-VA), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Mike Collins (R-GA), James Comer (R-KY), Jeff Crank (R-CO), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) and 121 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Andy Barr.
- H.R. 747 (119th) Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act of 2025
- H.R. 10184 (119th) Consumer Financial Protection Accountability and Reform Act of 2026
- H.R. 478 (119th) Promoting New Bank Formation Act
- H.R. 2702 (119th) FIRM Act
- H.R. 2405 (119th) The White Oak Resilience Act
- H.R. 3484 (119th) Business Owners Protection Act of 2025
Related bills
- S. 401 (119th) Fair Access to Banking ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 21, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.