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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 8814 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8814

    To prohibit the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 
 authorizing the exchange of information pertaining to the immigration 
                       status of any individual.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 14, 2026

 Mr. Goldman of New York (for himself, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Norton, Ms. 
Clarke of New York, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Carson, Mr. Hernandez, Ms. Tlaib, 
  Mrs. Watson Coleman, and Mr. Larson of Connecticut) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial 
                                Services

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                                 A BILL

 
    To prohibit the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 
 authorizing the exchange of information pertaining to the immigration 
                       status of any individual.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``HUD Data Privacy Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall establish a policy 
providing that any information collected from an individual receiving 
housing assistance may only be exchanged with another agency or a 
third-party entity in order to verify that individual's--
            (1) benefit eligibility; or
            (2) benefit determination.
    (b) Applicability to Other Agencies and Third-Party Entities.--Any 
agency or third-party entity that receives information described in 
subsection (a) from the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may 
not use the information for any purpose other than the purposes 
described in subsection (a).
    (c) Exceptions.--This section does not apply to--
            (1) the sharing of deidentified information between HUD and 
        other agencies or third-party entities for statistical or 
        research purposes; or
            (2) the sharing of data as part of an ongoing criminal 
        investigation, or to prevent an imminent threat to life.
    (d) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term ``housing 
assistance'' means--
            (1) Federal financial assistance under section 9 of the 
        United States Housing Act of 1937; or
            (2) tenant-based or project-based rental assistance under 
        section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937.
    (e) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be construed 
to permit the sharing of information for the purpose of civil 
enforcement of the immigration laws (as such term is defined in section 
101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101)).
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HUD Data Privacy Act of 2026

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