H.R. 5340

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5340 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5340

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.

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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

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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.
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