End Rent Fixing Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6124 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6124 To prohibit the manipulation of rent prices in the United States, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 19, 2025 Ms. Balint (for herself, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Casar, Ms. Craig, Mr. Deluzio, Mr. Gomez, Ms. Goodlander, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Norton, Ms. Omar, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Salinas, and Ms. Tlaib) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To prohibit the manipulation of rent prices in the United States, 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 Rent Fixing Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal Trade Commission. (2) Coordinating function.--The term ``coordinating function'' means-- (A) collecting historical or contemporaneous prices, supply levels, or lease or rental contract termination and renewal dates of residential dwelling units, either directly or indirectly, from 2 or more rental property owners; (B) analyzing or processing the information described in subparagraph (A) using a system, software, or process that uses the same or a similar formula or methodology, including by using that information to train an algorithm to predict rental prices, lease renewal terms, or ideal occupancy levels; and (C) recommending rental prices, lease renewal terms, or occupancy levels to 2 or more rental property owners. (3) Coordinator.--The term ``coordinator'' means any person that performs a coordinating function for any rental property owne