Bill Details
HR.225 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-12-02 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Introduced Date
2025-01-07
Policy Area
Housing and Community Development
Committees
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Sponsors
Cosponsors
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- Rep. Emmer, Tom [R-Minnesota-6]
- Rep. Rose, John W. [R-Tennessee-6]
- Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-New York-17]
- Rep. Meuser, Daniel [R-Pennsylvania-9]
- Rep. Crenshaw, Dan [R-Texas-2]
- Rep. Hageman, Harriet M. [R-Wyoming]
- Rep. Loudermilk, Barry [R-Georgia-11]
- Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-Missouri-2]
- Rep. Williams, Roger [R-Texas-25]
- Rep. Moore, Tim [R-North Carolina-14]
- Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-Michigan-4]
- Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-Texas-17]
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AI Summary This summary was generated by AI from the bill text. AI can get information wrong.
This bill would require the Inspector General for the Department of Housing and Urban Development to testify in Congress every year about how well the office is doing its job. The testimony is meant to help lawmakers understand whether HUD is preventing fraud, waste, and abuse, whether its oversight work is strong enough, and whether the department has enough resources to carry out its mission. In simple terms, the bill is about regular public reporting and stronger accountability for HUD.
- Each year, by October 1, the HUD Inspector General must appear before two congressional committees: one in the House and one in the Senate.
- The testimony must cover efforts to detect and stop fraud, waste, and abuse in HUD programs.
- The Inspector General must also report on audits, investigations, reviews, and suggestions for making HUD more efficient and accountable.
- The report must include an assessment of whether HUD has enough staff, money, and other resources to do its work, along with any other related activities the Inspector General thinks are important.
Official Summaries
HUD Transparency Act of 2025
This bill requires the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to annually testify before Congress.
Specifically, the office must testify regarding
- efforts to detect and prevent fraud, waste, and abuse;
- ability to conduct and supervise audits, investigations, and reviews;
- actions to identify opportunities for HUD programs to progress and succeed;
- recommendations to improve overall efficiency and public accountability;
- the extent to which HUD has resources sufficient to carry out its statutory mission; and
- ongoing activities regarding any such additional work.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 225 Referred in Senate (RFS)]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 225
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
December 2, 2025
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing,
and Urban Affairs
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
To require the Inspector General of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development to testify before the Congress annually, and for other
purposes.
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 Transparency Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY.
Not later than October 1 of each year, the Inspector General of the
Department of Housing and Urban Development shall appear before the
Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and
present testimony on the Office of Inspector General's--
(1) efforts to detect and prevent fraud, waste, and abuse;
(2) ability to conduct and supervise audits,
investigations, and reviews;
(3) actions to identify opportunities for the programs of
the Department of Housing and Urban Development to progress and
succeed;
(4) recommendations to improve overall efficiency and
public accountability of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development;
(5) assessment of the extent to which the Department of
Housing and Urban Development has resources sufficient to carry
out its statutory mission; and
(6) ongoing activities regarding any such additional work,
as appropriate.
Passed the House of Representatives December 1, 2025.
Attest:
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,
Clerk.