End Junk Fees for Renters Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4100 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4100 To prohibit owners of covered dwelling units from assessing or collecting certain fees from tenants, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 24, 2025 Mr. Frost (for himself, Mr. Gomez, Ms. Chu, Mr. Casar, Mr. Khanna, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Garcia of California, Ms. Omar, Mrs. McIver, Mr. Mullin, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Lieu, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Balint, and Mrs. Ramirez) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To prohibit owners of covered dwelling units from assessing or collecting certain fees from tenants, 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 ``End Junk Fees for Renters Act''. SEC. 2. RENTAL JUNK FEES. (a) Application Fees.--The appropriate regulator shall prohibit the owner of a covered dwelling unit from assessing or collecting a fee or charge, from any household in connection with the submission of an application for rental of such dwelling unit. (b) Tenant Screening Fees.--The appropriate regulator shall prohibit the owner of a covered dwelling unit from assessing to or collecting from any household applying to rent such dwelling unit any fee or charge for costs of conducting any criminal history, tenant sc