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To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to require public housing agencies to disclose contracts entered into, and for other purposes.
Summary
- Requires the Secretary of HUD to mandate public housing agencies publicly disclose all contracts on their agency websites within 1 year of enactment
- Requires disclosure of material information about each contract, including the goods and services provided, vendor name, and date of solicitation
- Requires disclosure of all bids and quotes solicited for each contract
- Requires disclosure of the official responsible for soliciting each contract
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Sponsor (1)
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![Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15]](https://media.civicgate.org/people/d/politicians/T000486.thumb.jpg)
Rep. Torres, Ritchie (D-NY) [#15]
1 cosponsor
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![Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-6]](https://media.civicgate.org/people/d/politicians/B001287.thumb.jpg)
Rep. Bera, Ami (D-CA) [#6]
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Ritchie Torres’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- Employer not reported $73,359
- BLACKSTONE $57,150
- UNION SQUARE VENTURES $35,400
- KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP $32,250
- KKR $31,600
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Ritchie Torres → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Dec 1, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. · house
- Dec 1, 2025 Introduced in House
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Text versions (1)
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 1, 2025
Mr. Torres of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services
A BILL
To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to require public housing agencies to disclose contracts entered into, 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 “Contracting Accountability and Transparency Act” or the “CAT Act”.
SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE REQUIRED.
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall, not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, require each public housing agencies to publicly disclose, on the website of the public housing agency, with respect to each contract entered into by such public housing agency the following information—
(1) all material information about the contract, including the goods and service provided;
(2) the vendor;
(3) the date of the solicitation of the contract;
(4) the bids and quotes solicited; and
(5) the official who solicited the contract. <all>
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