HR 5340

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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

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. <all>