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.

Bill: 119-hr-5340
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2025-09-11
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Latest action: action_date: 2025-09-11
text: 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.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5340 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. Barragán , 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. Velázquez , 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 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.

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.