119-hr3215

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3215 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3215

To facilitate the use of Federal lands for affordable housing, and for 
 other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 May 6, 2025

 Mr. Horsford introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 
 Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
 Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
 within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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 A BILL

To facilitate the use of Federal lands for affordable housing, 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 ``Utilizing National Land for 
Opportunities and Community Key

    (UNLOCK) Housing Act''.

SEC. 2. AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS A PUBLIC PURPOSE.

 

Section 1 of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act (43 U.S.C. 869) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (d) For the purposes of this Act, the development, operation, and 
maintenance of affordable housing for primarily extremely low-income, 
very low-income, or low-income families (as such terms are defined in 

section 1303 of the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and 
Soundness Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4502)) is considered a public 
purpose.''.

SEC. 3. JOINT TASK FORCE ON FEDERAL LAND FOR HOUSING.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and 
the Secretary of the Interior shall, not later than 30 days after the 
date of the enactment of this section, establish a Joint Task Force on 
Federal Land for Housing.

    (b) Duties.--The Joint Task Force on Federal Land for Housing 
established under subsection

    (a) shall--

    (1) identify underutilized Federal land that is suitable 
 for residential development;

    (2) streamline land transfer processes;

    (3) promote policies that increase the availability of 
 affordable housing; and

    (4) evaluate and quantify the costs incurred by other 
 Federal and State due to a lack of affordable housing.
            (c) Report.--The Joint Task Force on Federal Land for Housing 
shall, each year, submit a report to the Congress that describes the 
work the Joint Task Force on Federal Land for Housing has done in the 
prior year.
            (d) Termination.--The Joint Task Force on Federal Land for Housing 
shall be terminated on 10 years after the date of the enactment of this 
section.
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