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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 225 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require the Inspector General of the Department of Housing and Urban |
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| 6 | 6 | | Development to testify before the Congress annually, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY7, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Ms. D |
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| 10 | 10 | | ELACRUZ(for herself, Mr. EMMER, Mr. ROSE, Mr. LAWLER, Mr. |
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| 11 | 11 | | M |
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| 12 | 12 | | EUSER, Mr. CRENSHAW, and Ms. HAGEMAN) introduced the following |
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| 13 | 13 | | bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To require the Inspector General of the Department of Hous- |
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| 16 | 16 | | ing and Urban Development to testify before the Con- |
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| 17 | 17 | | gress annually, and for other purposes. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘HUD Transparency 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY. 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Not later than October 1 of each year, the Inspector 7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | General of the Department of Housing and Urban Devel-8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | opment shall appear before the Committee on Financial 9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | •HR 225 IH |
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| 30 | 30 | | Services of the House of Representatives and the Com-1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Senate and present testimony on the Office of Inspector 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | General’s— 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (1) efforts to detect and prevent fraud, waste, 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | and abuse; 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (2) ability to conduct and supervise audits, in-7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | vestigations, and reviews; 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (3) actions to identify opportunities for the pro-9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | grams of the Department of Housing and Urban 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | Development to progress and succeed; 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (4) recommendations to improve overall effi-12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ciency and public accountability; 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (5) assessment of the extent to which the De-14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | partment of Housing and Urban Development has 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | resources sufficient to carry out its statutory mis-16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | sion; and 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (6) ongoing activities regarding any such addi-18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | tional work, as appropriate. 19 |
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