119-hr1769

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1769 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 1769

To nullify certain regulations and notices of the Department of Housing 
 and Urban Development, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 March 3, 2025

 Mr. Gosar introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on the Judiciary

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 A BILL

To nullify certain regulations and notices of the Department of Housing 
 and Urban Development, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Local Zoning Decisions Protection 
Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. NULLIFICATION OF RULES AND NOTICES.

    (a) Proposed Rule.--The proposed rule of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development entitled ``Affirmatively Furthering Fair 
Housing'', published in the Federal Register on February 9, 2023 (88 
Fed. Reg. 8516; Docket No. FR-6250-P-01), and any successor rule that 
is substantially similar to such proposed rule shall have no force or 
effect.

    (b) Interim Final Rule.--The interim final rule of the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development entitled ``Restoring Affirmatively 
Furthering Fair Housing Definitions and Certifications'', published in 
the Federal Register on June 10, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 30779; Docket No. 
FR-6249-I-01), and any successor rule that is substantially similar to 
such interim final rule shall have no force or effect.
            (c) Final Rule.--The final rule of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development entitled ``Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing'', 
published in the Federal Register on July 16, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 42272; 
Docket No. FR-5173-F-04), and any successor rule that is substantially 
similar to such final rule shall have no force or effect.
            (d) Notice.--The notice of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development relating to the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing 
Assessment Tool, published in the Federal Register on December 31, 2015 
(80 Fed. Reg. 81840; Docket No. FR-5173-N-07), and any successor notice 
or rule substantially similar to such notice shall have no force or 
effect.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS.

 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds may be 
used to design, build, maintain, utilize, or provide access to a 
Federal database of geospatial information on community racial 
disparities or disparities in access to affordable housing.

SEC. 4. FEDERALISM CONSULTATION AND REPORT.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
shall jointly consult with State officials, local government officials, 
and officials of public housing agencies to develop recommendations, 
consistent with applicable rulings of the Supreme Court of the United 
States, to further the purposes and policies of the Fair Housing Act.

    (b) Consultation Requirements.--In developing the recommendations 
required under subsection

    (a) , the Secretary shall--

    (1) provide State officials, local government officials, 
 and officials of public housing agencies with notice and an 
 opportunity to participate in the consultation process required 
 under subsection

    (a) ;

    (2) seek to consult with State officials, local government 
 officials, and officials of public housing agencies that 
 represent a broad cross-section of regional, economic, and 
 geographic perspectives in the United States;

    (3) emphasize the importance of collaboration with and 
 among the State officials, local government officials, and 
 officials of public housing agencies;

    (4) allow for meaningful and timely input by State 
 officials, local government officials, and officials of public 
 housing agencies;

    (5) promote transparency in the consultation process 
 required under subsection

    (a) ; and

    (6) explore with State officials, local government 
 officials, and officials of public housing agencies whether 
 Federal objectives under the Fair Housing Act can be attained 
 by means other than through new regulations.
            (c) Reports.--

    (1) In general.--Not later than 12 months after the date of 
 the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall publish in the 
 Federal Register a draft report describing the recommendations 
 developed pursuant to subsection

    (a) .

    (2) Consensus requirement.--The Secretary may include a 
 recommendation in the draft report only if consensus has been 
 reached with regard to the recommendation among the Secretary, 
 the State officials, local government officials, and officials 
 of public housing agencies consulted pursuant to subsection

    (a) .

    (3) Failure to reach consensus.--If the Secretary, State 
 officials, local government officials, and officials of public 
 housing agencies consulted under subsection

    (a) fail to reach 
 consensus on a regulatory proposal, the draft report shall 
 identify that consensus was not reached and shall describe--
        (A) the areas and issues with regard to which 
 consensus was reached;
        (B) the areas and issues of continuing disagreement 
 that resulted in the failure to reach consensus; and
            (C) the reasons for the continuing disagreements.

    (4) Public review and comment period.--The Secretary shall 
 make the draft report available for public review and comment 
 for a period of not fewer than 180 days.

    (5) Final report.--The Secretary shall, in consultation 
 with the State officials, local government officials, and 
 officials of public housing agencies, address any comments 
 received pursuant to paragraph

    (4) and shall prepare a final 
 report describing the final results of the consultation process 
 under subsection

    (a) .
            (d) Submission of Final Report.--Not later than 12 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall make publicly 
available online the final report prepared pursuant to subsection
            (c) (5) .

    (e) 

=== Definitions. ===
-In this Act, the following definitions apply:

    (1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
 of Housing and Urban Development.

    (2) Local government official.--The term ``local government 
 official'' means an elected or professional official of a local 
 government or an official of a regional or national 
 organization representing local governments or officials.

    (3) State official.--The term ``State official'' means an 
 elected or professional official of a State government or an 
 official of a regional or national organization representing 
 State governments or officials.

    (4) Public housing agency.--The term ``public housing 
 agency'' has the meaning given such term in 

section 3

    (b) of the 
 United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a

    (b) ).
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