21st Century ROAD to Housing Act

Clause 3(b) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives requires the Committee Report to include record votes on the motion to report legislation and amendments thereto. On December 17, 2025, the Committee ordered H.R. 6644, as amended, to be reported favorably to the House by a recorded vote of 50 yeas and 1 nay, a quorum being present. (Record Vote No. FC-224) The Committee considered the following amendments to H.R. 6644: Chairman Hill offered an amendment in the nature of a substitute, designated 21STCENTURY_ANS, which makes minor edits and technical changes. It also expands the environmental review exemption in Section 105 to include Rural Housing Service-funded projects regarding the construction or modification of residential housing located on an infill site, added a new Section 303 to increase the public welfare investment cap for national banking association and a State member banks, added to Section 408 a GAO study on heirs properties, and expands and consolidates the requirements for troubled public housing agencies and their monitors in a new Section 502. This amendment was adopted by a voice vote. Ranking Member Waters offered an amendment (No. 6), designated WATERS_118. This amendment expands the Housing Choice Voucher program and converts it into an entitlement program, permanently authorized the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Program, increases mandatory funding for Public Housing and other federal housing and community development programs, and created a new federal first-generation down payment assistance and other housing assistance programs. This amendment was withdrawn. Representative Green offered an amendment (No. 7), designated GREETE_072. This amendment adds to the bill the text of the Reforming Disaster Recovery Act, introduced as H.R. 5940 in the 118th Congress, regarding establishing a community disaster assistance fund for housing and community development at HUD. This amendment was withdrawn. Representative Beatty offered an amendment (No. 8), designated BEATTY_034. This amendment makes minor edits and technical changes to the HOME Investment Partnerships Program, as well as updates the program's community allocations and expands existing tenant protections. This amendment was agreed to by a voice vote. Representative Torres offered an amendment (No. 9), designated TORRNY_127. This amendment makes a technical change to the definition of point-access block building used in the bill to increase the maximum allowable height from 5 to 6 stories. This amendment was agreed to by a voice vote. Representative Nikema Williams (D-GA) offered an amendment (No. 10), designated WILLGA_095. This amendment adds to the bill the text of the H.R. 1640, the HEIRS Act of 2025, regarding family land inherited without a will or legal documentation of ownership. This amendment was withdrawn. Representative Pettersen offered an amendment (No. 11), designated PETTER_070. This amendment makes a technical change to Section 402 regarding the placement of the mortgage application military service question disclosure. This amendment was agreed to by a voice vote. Representative Liccardo offered an amendment (No. 12), designated LICCAR_074. This amendment adds to the bill the text of the H.R. 5591, the RESIDE Act, regarding the conversion of commercial vacant and abandoned buildings into residential housing. This amendment was withdrawn.