H.R. 4360 · 117th Congress

No Biometric Barriers to Housing Act of 2021

Stage
In committee
Introduced
2021-07-06
Latest action
2021-07-06 · Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Summary

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.