No Biometric Barriers to Housing Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3060 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3060 To prohibit the use of biometric recognition technology in certain federally assisted dwelling units, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 29, 2025 Ms. Clarke of New York (for herself, Ms. Pressley, and Ms. Tlaib) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To prohibit the use of biometric recognition technology in certain federally assisted dwelling units, 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 ``No Biometric Barriers to Housing Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY. (a) In General.--At any time after the expiration of the 1-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, an owner of a covered federally assisted rental dwelling unit, may not use, or authorize the use of, facial recognition technology, physical biometric recognition technology, or remote biometric recognition technology in such dwelling unit or in any building or grounds containing such dwelling unit for the purposes of surveillance or any other use that has an adverse effect on the ability of a tenant to fairly access affordable housing that is free from bias and discrimination. (b) Definitions.--For the purposes of this Act: (1) Assistance.--The term ``assistance'' means any grant, loan, subsidy, contract, cooperative agreement, or other form of financial assistance, but such term does not include the insurance or guarantee of a loan, mortgage, or pool of loans or mortgages. (2) Covered federally assisted rental dwelling u