H.R. 6344House119th Congress (2025-2027)In Committee

CAT Act

To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to require public housing agencies to disclose contracts entered into, and for other purposes.

Also known as Contracting Accountability and Transparency Act

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The Contracting Accountability and Transparency Act (the CAT Act) would direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make public housing agencies post details of every contract they sign on their own websites. The rule must be in place within one year of the law’s enactment. This aims to increase openness about how public housing funds are spent, affecting housing agencies, vendors, and the public who can view the information.

Key Provisions

HUD must require each public housing agency to publicly disclose contract details on its website within one year of the law’s enactment.
Disclosures must include the goods or services provided, the vendor’s name, the contract solicitation date, the bids or quotes received, and the official who solicited the contract.

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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Financial Services Committee

December 1, 2025

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HouseIntro Referral

Introduced in House

December 1, 2025

HouseIntro Referral

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Financial Services Committee

December 1, 2025

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Introduced in HouseIssued December 1, 2025

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 6344

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

December 1, 2025

Mr. Torres of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services

A BILL

To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to require public housing agencies to disclose contracts entered into, and for other purposes.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Contracting Accountability and Transparency Act or the CAT Act.

Disclosure required

The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall, not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, require each public housing agencies to publicly disclose, on the website of the public housing agency, with respect to each contract entered into by such public housing agency the following information—

(1)

all material information about the contract, including the goods and service provided;

(2)

the vendor;

(3)

the date of the solicitation of the contract;

(4)

the bids and quotes solicited; and

(5)

the official who solicited the contract.