the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013); 
(C) the program for supportive housing for 
the elderly under section 202 of the Housing 
Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); or 
(D) the program for project-based rental 
assistance under section 8 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f). 
(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. 
(5) PHYSICAL BIOMETRIC RECOGNITION TECH-
NOLOGY.—The term ‘‘physical biometric recognition 
technology’’ means technology which facilitates or 
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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 
make available to the public on the website of the Depart-
ment, a report that describes— 
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(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) the impact of such technology on the resi-
dents of such covered federally assisted rental dwell-
ing units; 
(3) the purpose of installing such technologies 
in such covered federally assisted rental dwelling 
units; 
(4) demographic information about the resi-
dents of each covered federally assisted rental dwell-
ing unit where such usage occurred; and 
(5) the potential impacts on vulnerable commu-
nities of additional usage of facial recognition tech-
nology, physical biometric recognition technology, or 
remote biometric recognition technology in covered 
federally assisted rental dwelling units, including im-
pacts on resident privacy, civil rights, and fair hous-
ing. 
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