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HUD Accountability Act of 2025
To amend the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to testify on an annual basis before the Congress.
Summary
The bill requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to testify annually before the House Committee on Financial Services and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. In these hearings, the Secretary must present testimony about the Department's operations during the preceding year, including its current programs and operations, the physical condition of public and assisted housing, and the financial health of Federal Housing Administration mortgage insurance funds. The Secretary must also report on the Department's oversight of grantees and sub-grantees to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse, and progress toward ending affordable housing and homelessness crises. The Secretary must address the Department's capacity to deliver on its statutory mission and discuss other ongoing departmental activities as appropriate.
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Sponsor (1)
4 cosponsors
- Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-6] (D-CA)
- Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] (D-MO)
- Rep. Davidson, Warren [R-OH-8] (R-OH)
- Rep. Moore, Tim [R-NC-14] (R-NC)
Actions (2)
- Jun 5, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. · house
- Jun 5, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 5, 2025
Mr. Lawler (for himself and Mr. Cleaver) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services
A BILL
To amend the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to testify on an annual basis before the Congress.
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 Accountability Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO TESTIFY.
Section 7 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3535) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
“(u) Annual Testimony.—The Secretary shall appear before the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate at an annual hearing and present testimony regarding the operations of the Department during the preceding year, including regarding the following topics:
“(1) The current programs and operations of the Department.
“(2) The physical condition of all public housing and other housing assisted by the Department.
“(3) The financial health of the mortgage insurance funds of the FHA.
“(4) Oversight by the Department of grantees and sub- grantees for purposes of preventing waste, fraud, and abuse.
“(5) The progress made by the Federal Government in ending the affordable housing and homelessness crises.
“(6) The capacity of the Department to deliver on its statutory mission.
“(7) Other ongoing activities of the Department, as appropriate.”. <all>
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