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<dc:title>119 HR 4498 IH: Ensuring Continued Access to Funding for Colonias Act</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2025-07-17</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 4498</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20250717">July 17, 2025</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="G000594">Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas</sponsor> (for himself, <cosponsor name-id="D000594">Ms. De La Cruz</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="C001063">Mr. Cuellar</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="G000581">Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas</cosponsor>, and <cosponsor name-id="E000299">Ms. Escobar</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HBA00">Committee on Financial Services</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To amend the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to update the eligibility requirements related to metropolitan statistical area population limits for the Community Development Block Grant Colonia Set-Aside Program.</official-title></form><legis-body id="H21EF72698BFE46098F27EE924A86718B" style="OLC"> 
<section id="HABF53F2631054F04BFE6E98CC4C421B3" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Ensuring Continued Access to Funding for Colonias Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section> <section id="H46560A0BBA234CBB812359105C0ED15D" commented="no"><enum>2.</enum><header>Amendment to the Colonia Set-Aside Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 916(e)(4) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5306">42 U.S.C. 5306</external-xref> note) is amended by striking <quote>1,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>2,000,000</quote>.</text> </section> 
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