To prohibit the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from authorizing the exchange of information pertaining to the immigration status of any individual.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8814 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8814 To prohibit the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from authorizing the exchange of information pertaining to the immigration status of any individual. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 14, 2026 Mr. Goldman of New York (for himself, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Norton, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Carson, Mr. Hernandez, Ms. Tlaib, Mrs. Watson Coleman, and Mr. Larson of Connecticut) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To prohibit the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from authorizing the exchange of information pertaining to the immigration status of any individual. 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 Data Privacy Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION. (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall establish a policy providing that any information collected from an individual receiving housing assistance may only be exchanged with another agency or a third-party entity in order to verify that individual's-- (1) benefit eligibility; or (2) benefit determination. (b) Applicability to Other Agencies and Third-Party Entities.--Any agency or third-party entity that receives information described in subsection (a) from the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may not use the information for any purpose other than the purposes described in subsection (a). (c) Exceptions.--This section does not apply to-- (1) the sharing of deidentified information between HUD and oth