119-hr5340

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5340 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 5340

 To prohibit the disclosure of records by the Secretary of Housing and 
 Urban Development of individuals for the purposes of immigration 
 enforcement, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 September 11, 2025

 Mr. Vargas (for himself, Mr. Liccardo, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Garcia of 
 Texas, Mrs. Ramirez, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, 
 Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Takano, Ms. Barragan, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. 
 Jacobs, Ms. Simon, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Costa, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Lieu, 
Ms. Ansari, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, 
Mr. Latimer, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Ms. 
 Rivas, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. Norton, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Ms. 
 Williams of Georgia, and Ms. Kamlager-Dove) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in 
 addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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 prohibit the disclosure of records by the Secretary of Housing and 
 Urban Development of individuals for the purposes of immigration 
 enforcement, 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. CONFIDENTIALITY OF DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 
 DEVELOPMENT RECORDS.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding 

section 552a

    (b)

    (7) of title 5, 
United States Code, or any other law, the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development (hereafter referred to as the ``Secretary'') may not, 
for the purposes of immigration enforcement, disclose any record which 
is contained in a system of records by any means of communication to 
any person, or to another agency, except pursuant to a written request 
made in a language of proficiency by, or with the prior consent of, the 
individual to whom the record pertains, regardless of the immigration 
status of such individual.

    (b) Public Housing Agencies.--The Secretary may not compel a public 
housing agency to disclose any record as described in subsection

    (a) .
            (c) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report which 
contains--

    (1) a timeline for how the Secretary will comply with this 
 Act;

    (2) a confirmation that the records described in this Act 
 have been secured;

    (3) a description of how records described in subsection

    (a) have been shared before the date of the enactment of this 
 Act; and

    (4) a description of how the Secretary will ensure 
 compliance with this Act.
            (d) === Definitions. ===
-In this Act:

    (1) Agency.--The term ``agency'' has the meaning given such 
 term in 

section 551 of title 5, United States Code.

    (2) Immigration enforcement.--The term ``immigration 
 enforcement'' means, with respect to an individual with an 
 alleged immigration violation, any law enforcement action 
 pursuant to title 8, United States Code.

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

section 3

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

    (b) ).

    (4) Record.--The term ``record'' means any item, 
 collection, or grouping of information about an individual that 
 is maintained by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
 or a public housing agency.

    (5) System of records.--The term ``system of records'' 
 means a group of any records under the control of the Secretary 
 of Housing and Urban Development or a public housing agency 
 from which information is retrieved by the name of an 
 individual or by some identifying number, symbol, or other 
 identifying particular assigned to an individual.
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