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Union Calendar No. 488 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6864 

[Report No. 118–588] 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 19, 2023 

Mr. LAWLER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Financial Services 

JULY 18, 2024 

Additional sponsors: Mr. ROSE, Ms. DE LA CRUZ, Mr. EDWARDS, and Mr. 

HUIZENGA

JULY 18, 2024 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on December 19, 2023] 


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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. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘HUD Accountability 

5 Act of 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO TESTIFY. 

7 Section 7 of the Department of Housing and Urban 

8 Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3535) is amended by adding 

9 at the end the following new subsection: 

10 ‘‘(u) ANNUAL TESTIMONY.—During the 5-year period 

11 beginning on the date of the enactment of this subsection, 

12 the Secretary shall appear before the Committee on Finan13 cial Services of the House of Representatives and the Com14 mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Sen15 ate at an annual hearing and present testimony regarding 

16 the operations of the Department during the preceding year, 

17 including regarding the following topics: 

18 ‘‘(1) The progress made by the Federal Govern19 ment in ending the affordable housing and homeless20 ness crises. 

21 ‘‘(2) The current programs and operations of the 

22 Department. 

23 ‘‘(3) The physical condition of all public housing 

24 and other housing assisted by the Department. 


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1 ‘‘(4) The financial health of the mortgage insur2 ance funds of the FHA. 

3 ‘‘(5) Oversight by the Department of grantees 

4 and sub-grantees for purposes of preventing waste, 

5 fraud, and abuse. 

6 ‘‘(6) The effects of the changes made in 2017 to 

7 the Federal income tax deduction for State and local 

8 taxes (known as the SALT deduction) on the cost of 

9 homeownership in the United States, except that this 

10 paragraph shall not apply at any time that such tax 

11 deduction is in effect in the same form and manner 

12 as immediately before such 2017 changes. 

13 ‘‘(7) Other ongoing activities of the Department, 

14 as appropriate.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 488 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6864 

[Report No. 118–588] 

A BILL 

To amend the Department of Housing and Urban 

annual basis before the Congress. Housing and Urban Development to testify on an Development Act to require the Secretary of 

JULY 18, 2024 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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