I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 482 
To nullify certain regulations and notices of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 12, 2017 
Mr. GOSAR (for himself, Mr. BABIN, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. BLUM, Mr. BUCK, 
Mr. BURGESS, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. 
DUNCAN of Tennessee, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. 
KING of Iowa, Mr. MASSIE, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. 
ROHRABACHER, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. SMITH of Missouri, Mr. WEBSTER of 
Florida, Mr. YOHO, and Mr. BRAT) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To nullify certain regulations and notices of the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Local Zoning Decisions 
Protection Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. NULLIFICATION OF RULES AND NOTICES. 
(a) FINAL RULE.—The final rule of the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development entitled ‘‘Affirma-
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tively Furthering Fair Housing’’, published in the Federal 
Register on July 16, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 42272; Docket 
No. FR–5173–F–04), and any successor rule that is sub-
stantially similar to such final rule shall have no force or 
effect. 
(b) NOTICE.—The notice of the Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development relating to the Affirmatively 
Furthering Fair Housing Assessment Tool, published in 
the Federal Register on December 31, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 
81840; Docket No. FR–5173–N–07), and any successor 
notice or rule substantially similar to such notice shall 
have no force or effect. 
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Fed-
eral funds may be used to design, build, maintain, utilize, 
or provide access to a Federal database of geospatial infor-
mation on community racial disparities or disparities in 
access to affordable housing. 
SEC. 4. FEDERALISM CONSULTATION AND REPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development shall jointly consult with State offi-
cials, local government officials, and officials of public 
housing agencies to develop recommendations, consistent 
with applicable rulings of the Supreme Court of the 
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United States, to further the purposes and policies of the 
Fair Housing Act. 
(b) CONSULTATION REQUIREMENTS.—In developing 
the recommendations required under subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall— 
(1) provide State officials, local government of-
ficials, and officials of public housing agencies with 
notice and an opportunity to participate in the con-
sultation process required under subsection (a); 
(2) seek to consult with State officials, local 
government officials, and officials of public housing 
agencies that represent a broad cross-section of re-
gional, economic, and geographic perspectives in the 
United States; 
(3) emphasize the importance of collaboration 
with and among the State officials, local government 
officials, and officials of public housing agencies; 
(4) allow for meaningful and timely input by 
State officials, local government officials, and offi-
cials of public housing agencies; 
(5) promote transparency in the consultation 
process required under subsection (a); and 
(6) explore with State officials, local govern-
ment officials, and officials of public housing agen-
cies whether Federal objectives under the Fair 
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Housing Act can be attained by means other than 
through new regulations. 
(c) REPORTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 12 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall publish in the Federal Register a draft 
report describing the recommendations developed 
pursuant to subsection (a). 
(2) CONSENSUS REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary 
may include a recommendation in the draft report 
only if consensus has been reached with regard to 
the recommendation among the Secretary, the State 
officials, local government officials, and officials of 
public housing agencies consulted pursuant to sub-
section (a). 
(3) FAILURE TO REACH CONSENSUS.—If the 
Secretary, State officials, local government officials, 
and officials of public housing agencies consulted 
under subsection (a) fail to reach consensus on a 
regulatory proposal, the draft report shall identify 
that consensus was not reached and shall describe— 
(A) the areas and issues with regard to 
which consensus was reached; 
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(B) the areas and issues of continuing dis-
agreement that resulted in the failure to reach 
consensus; and 
(C) the reasons for the continuing dis-
agreements. 
(4) PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT PERIOD.— 
The Secretary shall make the draft report available 
for public review and comment for a period of not 
fewer than 180 days. 
(5) FINAL
REPORT.—The Secretary shall, in 
consultation with the State officials, local govern-
ment officials, and officials of public housing agen-
cies, address any comments received pursuant to 
paragraph (4) and shall prepare a final report de-
scribing the final results of the consultation process 
under subsection (a). 
(d) SUBMISSION OF FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 
12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall make publicly available online the final re-
port prepared pursuant to subsection (c)(5). 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act, the following defini-
tions apply: 
(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 
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(2) LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL.—The term 
‘‘local government official’’ means an elected or pro-
fessional official of a local government or an official 
of a regional or national organization representing 
local governments or officials. 
(3) STATE OFFICIAL.—The term ‘‘State offi-
cial’’ means an elected or professional official of a 
State government or an official of a regional or na-
tional organization representing State governments 
or officials. 
(4) PUBLIC
HOUSING
AGENCY.—The term 
‘‘public housing agency’’ has the meaning given such 
term in section 3(b) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)). 
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