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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6773
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 17, 2025
Ms. Waters introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services
A BILL
To amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to require that grantees of the Community Development Block Grant program maintain a database of publicly owned land.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Databases of Publicly Owned Land Act
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Databases of publicly owned land
In general
Section 104(b) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5304(b)) is amended—
in paragraph (5), by striking and
at the end;
in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and
; and
by adding at the end the following:
the grantee maintains, on a publicly accessible website, a searchable database that identifies all parcels of undeveloped land owned by the grantee.
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Effective date
The amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2026.