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HR 225 Passed a chamber

Requires the Inspector General of the Department of Housing and Urban Development to testify annually before two House and Senate banking committees about fraud prevention, audits, efficiency, and whether the agency has enough resources for its mission.

Official title: HUD Transparency Act of 2025

Next stop Senate: awaiting action
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced 07-JAN-2025
Referred 07-JAN-2025
Approved by committee 10-JUN-2025
Reported 15-JUL-2025
On the calendar 15-JUL-2025
Passed 01-DEC-2025
Senate
Received 02-DEC-2025
Key points
  • Requires the HUD Inspector General to appear before the House Committee on Financial Services and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs by October 1 each year
  • Requires testimony on efforts to detect and prevent fraud, waste, and abuse, and on the office's ability to conduct audits, investigations, and reviews
  • Requires testimony on recommendations to improve efficiency and public accountability, and on whether HUD has sufficient resources to carry out its statutory mission
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Official CRS summary

Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (07-JAN-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 01-DEC-2025).

CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov
Committee referrals (2) Policy area

Housing and Community Development

Sponsor Monica De La Cruz (R-TX) Cosponsors · 12
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