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H.Res. 1299

ResolutionFederalHousePassed
21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
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Latest Action · May 19, 2026
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
Congress
119th (2025–2027)
Introduced
May 19, 2026
Cosponsors (1)
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This resolution provides a procedural mechanism for the House to take up H.R. 6644 from the Speaker's table, agree to the Senate's amendment, but replace its text with an amended version—effectively substituting the House's own comprehensive housing package for the Senate's version. The underlying bill, titled the "21st Century ROAD to Housing Act," is a sweeping housing policy package touching nearly every aspect of federal housing policy. Its major provisions include streamlining environmental reviews for HUD and USDA housing projects, expanding manufactured and modular housing standards, reforming the HOME Investment Partnerships Program, raising FHA loan limits, creating pilot programs for small-dollar mortgages and vacant building conversions, updating rural housing loan programs, and imposing new oversight and reporting requirements on housing regulators and public housing agencies. It also includes provisions strengthening community banks' role in housing finance, a temporary ban on large institutional investors purchasing single-family homes (with numerous exceptions), and a prohibition on the Federal Reserve issuing a central bank digital currency through 2030. The bill affects home buyers, renters, veterans, rural residents, manufactured housing owners, community banks, credit unions, public housing agencies, and federal housing regulators including HUD, USDA, and the Federal Reserve. Most provisions include specific implementation deadlines ranging from 90 days to several years after enactment, various pilot programs sunset between 3 and 15 years, and the bill explicitly states that no additional funds are authorized to be appropri

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