Report to Congress

Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall submit to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representative and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and make available to the public on the website of the Department, a report that describes— (1) any known usage of facial recognition technology, physical biometric recognition technology, or remote biometric recognition technology in any covered federally assisted dwelling unit during the 5 years preceding the date of enactment of this Act; (2) any known adverse effects for tenants associated with any use of the technology described in paragraph (1); (3) the impact of such technology on the residents of such covered federally assisted rental dwelling units; (4) the purpose of installing such technologies in such covered federally assisted rental dwelling units; (5) demographic information about the residents of each covered federally assisted rental dwelling unit where such usage occurred and demographic information about the area surrounding such unit; and (6) the potential impacts on vulnerable communities, including persons protected under the Fair Housing Act of 1968, of additional usage of facial recognition technology, physical biometric recognition technology, or remote biometric recognition technology in covered federally assisted rental dwelling units, including impacts on resident privacy, civil rights, and fair housing.