[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1174 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1174
To nullify certain regulations and notices of the Department of Housing
and Urban Development, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 27, 2025
Mr. Lee introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To nullify certain regulations and notices of the Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 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 ``Local Zoning Decisions Protection
Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. NULLIFICATION OF RULES AND NOTICES.
(a) Proposed Rule.--The proposed rule of the Department of Housing
and Urban Development entitled ``Affirmatively Furthering Fair
Housing'', published in the Federal Register on February 9, 2023 (88
Fed. Reg. 8516; Docket No. FR-6250-P-01), and any successor rule that
is substantially similar to such proposed rule shall have no force or
effect.
(b) Interim Final Rule.--The interim final rule of the Department
of Housing and Urban Development entitled ``Restoring Affirmatively
Furthering Fair Housing Definitions and Certifications'', published in
the Federal Register on June 10, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 30779; Docket No.
FR-6249-I-01), and any successor rule that is substantially similar to
such interim final rule shall have no force or effect.
(c) Final Rule.--The final rule of the Department of Housing and
Urban Development entitled ``Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing'',
published in the Federal Register on July 16, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 42272;
Docket No. FR-5173-F-04), and any successor rule that is substantially
similar to such final rule shall have no force or effect.
(d) Notice.--The notice of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development relating to the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing
Assessment Tool, published in the Federal Register on December 31, 2015
(80 Fed. Reg. 81840; Docket No. FR-5173-N-07), and any successor notice
or rule substantially similar to such notice shall have no force or
effect.
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds may be
used to design, build, maintain, utilize, or provide access to a
Federal database of geospatial information on community racial
disparities or disparities in access to affordable housing.
SEC. 4. FEDERALISM CONSULTATION AND REPORT.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall jointly consult with State
officials, local government officials, and officials of public housing
agencies to develop recommendations, consistent with applicable rulings
of the Supreme Court of the United States, to further the purposes and
policies of the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.).
(b) Consultation Requirements.--In developing the recommendations
required under subsection (a), the Secretary shall--
(1) provide State officials, local government officials,
and officials of public housing agencies with notice and an
opportunity to participate in the consultation process required
under subsection (a);
(2) seek to consult with State officials, local government
officials, and officials of public housing agencies that
represent a broad cross-section of regional, economic, and
geographic perspectives in the United States;
(3) emphasize the importance of collaboration with and
among the State officials, local government officials, and
officials of public housing agencies;
(4) allow for meaningful and timely input by State
officials, local government officials, and officials of public
housing agencies;
(5) promote transparency in the consultation process
required under subsection (a); and
(6) explore with State officials, local government
officials, and officials of public housing agencies whether
Federal objectives under the Fair Housing Act can be attained
by means other than through new regulations.
(c) Reports.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 12 months after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall publish in the
Federal Register a draft report describing the recommendations
developed pursuant to subsection (a).
(2) Consensus requirement.--The Secretary may include a
recommendation in the draft report only if consensus has been
reached with regard to the recommendation among the Secretary,
the State officials, local government officials, and officials
of public housing agencies consulted pursuant to subsection
(a).
(3) Failure to reach consensus.--If the Secretary, State
officials, local government officials, and officials of public
housing agencies consulted under subsection (a) fail to reach
consensus on a regulatory proposal, the draft report shall
identify that consensus was not reached and shall describe--
(A) the areas and issues with regard to which
consensus was reached;
(B) the areas and issues of continuing disagreement
that resulted in the failure to reach consensus; and
(C) the reasons for the continuing disagreements.
(4) Public review and comment period.--The Secretary shall
make the draft report available for public review and comment
for a period of not fewer than 180 days.
(5) Final report.--The Secretary shall, in consultation
with the State officials, local government officials, and
officials of public housing agencies, address any comments
received pursuant to paragraph (4) and shall prepare a final
report describing the final results of the consultation process
under subsection (a).
(d) Submission of Final Report.--Not later than 12 months after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall make publicly
available online the final report prepared pursuant to subsection
(c)(5).
(e) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development.
(2) Local government official.--The term ``local government
official'' means an elected or professional official of a local
government or an official of a regional or national
organization representing local governments or officials.
(3) State official.--The term ``State official'' means an
elected or professional official of a State government or an
official of a regional or national organization representing
State governments or officials.
(4) Public housing agency.--The term ``public housing
agency'' has the meaning given such term in section 3(b) of the
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)).
<all>