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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3060 
To prohibit the use of biometric recognition technology in certain federally 
assisted dwelling units, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 29, 2025 
Ms. CLARKE of New York (for herself, Ms. PRESSLEY, and Ms. TLAIB) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Finan-
cial Services 
A BILL 
To prohibit the use of biometric recognition technology in 
certain federally assisted dwelling units, 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 ‘‘No Biometric Barriers 
to Housing Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION 
TECHNOLOGY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—At any time after the expiration 
of the 1-year period beginning on the date of the enact-
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ment of this Act, an owner of a covered federally assisted 
rental dwelling unit, may not use, or authorize the use 
of, facial recognition technology, physical biometric rec-
ognition technology, or remote biometric recognition tech-
nology in such dwelling unit or in any building or grounds 
containing such dwelling unit for the purposes of surveil-
lance or any other use that has an adverse effect on the 
ability of a tenant to fairly access affordable housing that 
is free from bias and discrimination. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this Act: 
(1) 
ASSISTANCE.—The 
term 
‘‘assistance’’ 
means any grant, loan, subsidy, contract, cooperative 
agreement, or other form of financial assistance, but 
such term does not include the insurance or guar-
antee of a loan, mortgage, or pool of loans or mort-
gages. 
(2) COVERED
FEDERALLY
ASSISTED
RENTAL 
DWELLING UNIT.—The term ‘‘covered federally as-
sisted rental dwelling unit’’ means a residential 
dwelling unit that is made available for rental and 
for which assistance is provided, or that is part of 
a housing project for which assistance is provided, 
under— 
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ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 
(42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.); 
(I) the program for Native American hous-
ing under the Native American Housing Assist-
ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 
U.S.C. 4101 et seq.); and 
(J) the program for housing assistance for 
Native Hawaiians under title VIII of the Native 
American Housing Assistance and Self-Deter-
mination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4221 et seq.). 
(3) FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY.—The 
term ‘‘facial recognition technology’’ means tech-
nology which facilitates or otherwise enables an 
automated or semi-automated process that assists in 
identifying an individual based on the physical char-
acteristics of an individual’s face, or that logs char-
acteristics of an individual’s face, head, or body to 
infer emotion, associations, activities, or the location 
of an individual. 
(4) OWNER.—The term ‘‘owner’’ means any 
private person or entity, including a cooperative, an 
agency of the Federal Government, or a public hous-
ing agency, having the legal right to lease or sub-
lease dwelling units. 
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(5) PHYSICAL BIOMETRIC RECOGNITION TECH-
NOLOGY.—The term ‘‘physical biometric recognition 
technology’’ means technology which facilitates or 
otherwise enables an automated or semi-automated 
process that assists in identifying an individual or 
capturing information about an individual based on 
the characteristics of an individual’s DNA, finger-
prints, palmprints, iris, or retina. 
(6) REMOTE
BIOMETRIC
RECOGNITION
TECH-
NOLOGY.—The term ‘‘remote biometric recognition 
technology’’ means technology which facilitates or 
otherwise enables an automated or semi-automated 
process that assists in identifying an individual or 
capturing information about an individual based on 
the characteristics of an individual’s gait, voice, or 
other immutable characteristic ascertained from a 
distance, or that logs such characteristics to infer 
emotion, associations, activities, or the location of an 
individual. 
SEC. 3. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment shall submit to the Committee on Financial Services 
of the House of Representative and the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and 
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make available to the public on the website of the Depart-
ment, a report that describes— 
(1) any known usage of facial recognition tech-
nology, physical biometric recognition technology, or 
remote biometric recognition technology in any cov-
ered federally assisted dwelling unit during the 5 
years preceding the date of enactment of this Act; 
(2) any known adverse effects for tenants asso-
ciated with any use of the technology described in 
paragraph (1); 
(3) the impact of such technology on the resi-
dents of such covered federally assisted rental dwell-
ing units; 
(4) the purpose of installing such technologies 
in such covered federally assisted rental dwelling 
units; 
(5) demographic information about the resi-
dents of each covered federally assisted rental dwell-
ing unit where such usage occurred and demo-
graphic information about the area surrounding 
such unit; and 
(6) the potential impacts on vulnerable commu-
nities, including persons protected under the Fair 
Housing Act of 1968, of additional usage of facial 
recognition technology, physical biometric recogni-
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tion technology, or remote biometric recognition 
technology in covered federally assisted rental dwell-
ing units, including impacts on resident privacy, civil 
rights, and fair housing. 
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