119-s1695

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1695 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1695

 To require the Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development, 
 Agriculture, and Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a report on 
 improving collaboration in housing programs, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 May 8, 2025

 Mr. McCormick (for himself and Mr. Gallego) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, 
 Housing, and Urban Affairs

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 A BILL

 To require the Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development, 
 Agriculture, and Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a report on 
 improving collaboration in housing programs, 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 ``HUD-USDA-VA Interagency Coordination 
Act''.

SEC. 2. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.

 The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of 
Agriculture, and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish a 
memorandum of understanding, or other appropriate interagency 
agreement, to share relevant housing-related research and market data 
that facilities evidence-based policymaking.

SEC. 3. INTERAGENCY REPORT.

    (a) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary 
of Agriculture, and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly 
submit to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and the Committee on 
Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Financial 
Services, the Committee on Agriculture, and the Committee on Veterans' 
Affairs of the House of Representatives a report containing a 
description of opportunities for increased collaboration between the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of 
Agriculture, and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to improve 
efficiencies in housing programs.

    (b) Publication.--The report required under subsection

    (a) shall, 
prior to submission under that subsection, be published in the Federal 
Register and open for comment for a period of 30 days.
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