[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1909 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1909

   To protect communities from destructive Federal overreach by the 
              Department of Housing and Urban Development.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 30, 2015

 Mr. Lee (for himself, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Sessions, 
and Mr. Rubio) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
    referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To protect communities from destructive Federal overreach by the 
              Department of Housing and Urban Development.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Local Zoning Decisions Protection 
Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS.

    (a) HUD Rule.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
Federal funds may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 
final rule of the Department of Housing and Urban Development entitled 
``Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing'' (80 Fed. Reg. 42272 (July 16, 
2015)).
    (b) Federal Database.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
no Federal funds may be used to design, build, maintain, utilize, or 
provide access to a Federal database of geospatial information on 
community racial disparities or disparities in access to affordable 
housing.
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