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To prohibit the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from authorizing the exchange of information pertaining to the immigration status of any individual.
Summary
This bill restricts the Department of Housing and Urban Development from sharing personal information about individuals receiving federal housing assistance with other agencies or entities, except to verify benefit eligibility or benefit determination. Other agencies or third parties that receive such information from HUD are prohibited from using it for any purpose other than these verification functions. The bill specifically prohibits using this information for civil enforcement of immigration laws. The bill allows exceptions for sharing deidentified information for statistical or research purposes and for sharing data as part of criminal investigations or to prevent imminent threats to life.
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Sponsor (1)
12 cosponsors
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC)
- Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA)
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN)
- Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY)
- Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46] (D-CA)
- Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL)
- Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] (D-CT)
- Rep. Latimer, George [D-NY-16] (D-NY)
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI)
- Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY)
- Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ)
- Rescom. Hernández, Pablo Jose [D-PR-At Large] (D-PR)
Actions (2)
- May 14, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. · house
- May 14, 2026 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 14, 2026
Mr. Goldman of New York (for himself, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Norton, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Carson, Mr. Hernandez, Ms. Tlaib, Mrs. Watson Coleman, and Mr. Larson of Connecticut) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services
A BILL
To prohibit the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from authorizing the exchange of information pertaining to the immigration status of any individual.
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 Data Privacy Act of 2026”.
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION.
(a) In General.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall establish a policy providing that any information collected from an individual receiving housing assistance may only be exchanged with another agency or a third-party entity in order to verify that individual’s—
(1) benefit eligibility; or
(2) benefit determination.
(b) Applicability to Other Agencies and Third-Party Entities.—Any agency or third-party entity that receives information described in subsection (a) from the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may not use the information for any purpose other than the purposes described in subsection (a).
(c) Exceptions.—This section does not apply to—
(1) the sharing of deidentified information between HUD and other agencies or third-party entities for statistical or research purposes; or
(2) the sharing of data as part of an ongoing criminal investigation, or to prevent an imminent threat to life.
(d) Definition.—For purposes of this section, the term “housing assistance” means—
(1) Federal financial assistance under section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937; or
(2) tenant-based or project-based rental assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937.
(e) Rule of Construction.—Nothing in this section may be construed to permit the sharing of information for the purpose of civil enforcement of the immigration laws (as such term is defined in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101)). <all>
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