US Congress · H.R. 225 · Passed the House

HUD Transparency Act of 2025

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Introduced 2025-01-07

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Housing and Community Development

What it does

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 activit

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1Short title

This section would let the Act be called the "HUD Transparency Act of 2025."

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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the HUD Transparency Act of 2025 .

2Congressional testimony

This section would require the Inspector General of the Department of Housing and Urban Development to appear, not later than October 1 of each year, before the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate. At that appearance the Inspector General would have to present testimony on six things: the Office of Inspector General's efforts to detect and prevent fraud, waste, and abuse; its ability to conduct and supervise audits, investigations, and reviews; actions to identify opportunities for the Department of Housing and Urban Development's programs to progress and succeed; recommendations to improve overall efficiency and public accountability; an assessment of whether the Department of Housing and Urban Development has resources sufficient to carry out its statutory mission; and any other ongoing work of the Office of Inspector General, as appropriate.

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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; (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.

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Where it is

Introduced · 2025-01-07

In the House.

Passed the House · 2025-12-01

Senate floor vote · next · the next step

Official documents

Full bill textread it on this site, version rfs (Referred in Senate), as published by GovInfo

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Congressional Budget Office cost estimatewhat it would cost, by the nonpartisan CBO

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The numbers

29%

of bills that passed one chamber became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=939)

sponsors, out of 218 needed to pass

Who is lobbying on this

NATIONAL TAXPAYERS UNIONvia NATIONAL TAXPAYERS UNION

2 filings

From 2 filings in federal lobbying disclosures (LDA), via lda.gov, naming this bill (2025). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.

Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (2025-12-02).