Introduce the Recovery First Housing Act to require federally funded housing services to offer substance abuse treatment.

Tim Burchett · Tennessee · Republican

policy impact 0.72 specificity 0.93 extraction confidence 97%

Commitment kind: action. Promised action: Introduce the Recovery First Housing Act.. Promised outcome: Federally funded housing services would be required to offer substance abuse treatment.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. Opening remarks as Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency Chairman at a House Oversight hearing on federally funded homelessness services.

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After this hearing, I will introduce the Recovery First Housing Act, which requires federally funded housing services to offer substance abuse treatment.

Burchett promised to introduce the Recovery First Housing Act after the hearing, describing it as requiring federally funded housing services to offer substance abuse treatment.

Burchett Opens Hearing on Fraud and Failure in Federally Funded Homelessness Services - United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
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Evidence

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After this hearing, I will introduce the Recovery First Housing Act, which requires federally funded housing services to offer substance abuse treatment.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Burchett publicly announced the specific Recovery First Housing Act commitment and described its substance at a House Oversight subcommittee hearing during the lookback window.

partial same_term A for effort

Burchett Opens Hearing on Fraud and Failure in Federally Funded Homelessness Services - United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
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Sponsored by Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) Introduced September 17, 2026

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): A congressional bill data mirror records H.R. 10487 as sponsored by Tim Burchett and introduced two days after his announcement.

delivered same_term A for effort

H.R. 10487 – To amend title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to require project sponsors to offer substance use disorder treatment to persons admitted to emergency shelter, transitional housing, or permanent housing, and for other purposes. | Legislate.dev
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Introduced Sep 17, 2026 Latest action (Sep 17, 2026) Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): A second congressional data mirror shows the bill was introduced and referred to the House Financial Services Committee on September 17, 2026.

delivered same_term A for effort

HR 10487 — To amend title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to require project sponsors to offer substance use disorder treatment to persons admitted to emergency shelter, transitional housing, or permanent housing, and for other purposes. — CivicGate
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To amend title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to require project sponsors to offer substance use disorder treatment to persons admitted to emergency shelter, transitional housing, or permanent housing, and for other purposes.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): FastDemocracy records H.R. 10487 with bill text matching the promised requirement for housing project sponsors to offer substance use disorder treatment.

delivered same_term A for effort

Bill tracking in US - HR 10487 (119 legislative session) - FastDemocracy
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Public state: delivered As of 2026-09-18 · verified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): delivered. same_term A for effort

The verified commitment was an exact promise to introduce the Recovery First Housing Act. Verified bill records show H.R. 10487 was sponsored by Rep. Tim Burchett and introduced on September 17, 2026, with bill text requiring project sponsors to offer substance use disorder treatment in covered housing programs. Introduction, not enactment, is the promised action, so this is delivered in the same term with material candidate attribution.

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