119 HR 6773 IH: Databases of Publicly Owned Land Act U.S. House of Representatives 2025-12-17 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I119th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 6773IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESDecember 17, 2025Ms. Waters introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial ServicesA BILLTo 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.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Databases of Publicly Owned Land Act.

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Databases of publicly owned land

(a)

In general

Section 104(b) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5304(b)) is amended— (1)in paragraph (5), by striking and at the end; (2)in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and; and (3)by adding at the end the following: (7)the grantee maintains, on a publicly accessible website, a searchable database that identifies all parcels of undeveloped land owned by the grantee.. (b)

Effective date

The amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2026.