118th Congress Housing and Community Development
H.R. 5358: No Biometric Barriers to Housing Act of 2023
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Summary
This bill prohibits owners of certain federally assisted rental units from using facial recognition, physical biometric recognition, or remote biometric recognition technology in any units or in any building or on any grounds containing such a unit for the purpose of surveillance or any other use that has an adverse effect on a tenant's fair access to affordable housing that is free from bias and discrimination.
Within one year, the Department of Housing and Urban Development must report on any known use of such technology in federally assisted rental units in the preceding five years.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
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Cosponsors
- Ayanna Pressley D-MAOriginal
- Rashida Tlaib D-MIOriginal
- Becca Balint D-VT
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History
- Introduced in the House by Yvette Clarke.
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- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.