Veteran Home Energy Savings Act
Latest action · Jul 28, 2021 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 22, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Veteran Home Energy Savings Act
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to adjust regulations and guidance related to procedures for ascertaining the monthly income required by a veteran to meet anticipated VA loan terms to take into consideration the estimated energy cost savings expected for the home.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Jul 22, 2021Markup Jul 28, 2021 |
| Economic Opportunity Subcommittee | Referred Jul 26, 2021Discharged Jul 28, 2021 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 28, 2021Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity Discharged.
- Jul 28, 2021Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 28, 2021Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Jul 26, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
- Jul 22, 2021Introduced in House
- Jul 22, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Aug 13, 2021H.R. 4657, Veteran Home Energy Savings ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 28, 2021
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 129, July 22, 2021, page H3846.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the accuracy of mortgage underwriting for home loans guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs by ensuring that energy costs are included in the underwriting process, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Veteran Home Energy Savings Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 22, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
