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H.R. 3507: Yes In My Backyard Act

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H.R. 3507: Yes In My Backyard Act

118th Congress · introduced 2023-05-18 · Housing and Community Development · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 542.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2023-05-18 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 542. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Yes In My Backyard Act

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Official text

Yes In My Backyard Act

Source: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-118hr3507.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/118/hr>

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] · 45 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3507, Yes in My Backyard Act (2024-07-16)

Cosponsors on this site

Mike Flood (R-NE), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), Roger Williams (R-TX), Monica De La Cruz (R-TX), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), William R. Timmons IV (R-SC), Sean Casten (D-IL), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Deborah K. Ross (D-NC), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Val T. Hoyle (D-OR), Andy Barr (R-KY), Josh Harder (D-CA), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Hillary J. Scholten (D-MI), Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Don Bacon (R-NE), Chuck Edwards (R-NC), Andrew Ogles (R-TN), Bill Foster (D-IL), Michael K. Simpson (R-ID)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong118-hr3507 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong118 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong118