Databases of Publicly Owned Land Act

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. I 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. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Databases of Publicly Owned Land Act . 2. 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.