HR 9181 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Eleanor Smith Inclusive Home Design Act of 2024

Introduced Jul 26, 2024 Originated House Sponsor Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL

Latest action · Jul 26, 2024 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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 26, 2024
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 3

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jul 26, 2024.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Jul 26, 2024
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Jul 26, 2024
D-CA	Ro Khanna	Original	Jul 26, 2024

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Financial Services Committee	Referred Jul 26, 2024

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 26, 2024Introduced in House
Jul 26, 2024Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: [The Congress shall have Power . . .] To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. The single subject of this legislation is. Housing and accessibility

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 122, July 26, 2024, page H4954.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 9932	Eleanor Smith Inclusive Home Design Act of 2026	Cross-Congress related bill	Jul 23, 2026

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To require all newly constructed, federally assisted, single-family houses and town houses to meet minimum standards of visitability for persons with disabilities.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Eleanor Smith Inclusive Home Design Act of 2024

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.

Housing and Community Development

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jul 26, 2024Introduced in House

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