No Biometric Barriers to Housing Act of 2021
- Last Action
- 7/6/2021
Actions
- 2021-07-06Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
- 2021-07-06Introduced in House
- 2021-07-06Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2021-07-06 (00)
No Biometric Barriers to Housing Act of 2021
This bill prohibits owners of certain federally assisted rental units from using facial recognition, physical biometric recognition, or remote biometric recognition technology in any units or in any building or on any grounds containing such a unit.
Within one year, the Department of Housing and Urban Development must report on any known use of such technology in federally assisted rental units in the preceding five years.
Cosponsors (5)
- Ayanna Pressley (D-MA)
- Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)
- Ilhan Omar (D-MN)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
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