,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hdea  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #cj1      
#bjbj,ms4 ,de,lauro 7for herself1 ,ms4  
,ocasio-,cortez1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4     
,carson of ,indiana1 ,mrs4 ,hayes1 and  
,mr4 ,san ,nicolas7 introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,financial ,services  
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,housing and   
,community ,development ,act of #aigd to
 provide additional funding under the   
,community ,development ,block ,grant   
program for units of general local      
government to digitize and make         
available online information regarding  
violations of housing construction1     
building1 and safety codes1 and for     
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,know ,your    
,home ,act of #bjbj4  #b4 ,,cdbg        
eligible activities  7a7 ,eligible      
activity ,subsection 7a7 of section #aje
 of the ,housing and ,community         
,development ,act of #aigd 7#db         

,u4,s4,c4 #ecje7;a77 is amended-- 7#a7  
in paragraph 7#be77;,d71 by striking and
 at the end2  7#b7 in paragraph 7#bf71  
by striking the period at the end and   
inserting 2 and2 and  7#c7 by adding at 
the end the following new paragraph3    
7#bg7 payment of costs incurred by a    
unit of general local government that   
receives amounts under this title       
7including pursuant to section          
#ajf7;d77#a77 for making publicly       
available online comprehensive          
information regarding violations during 
the most recent #c years of any         
,federal1 ,state1 or local statutes1    
codes1 ordinances1 or regulations       
relating to the construction1 safety1   
quality1 health1 or cleanliness of      
residential structures by any structures
 located in such unit of general local  
government1 which shall include the     
location of the structure1 identity of  
the owner of the structure1 the nature  
of the violation1 the date or dates of  
the violation1 and the date of any      

rescission of such violation4  4  7b7   
,authorization of appropriations        
,section #ajc of the ,housing and       
,community ,development ,act of #aigd   
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ecjd7 is amended-- 7#a7 
by inserting 7a7 ,in general4-- before  
,the ,secretary2 and  7#b7 by adding at 
the end the following new subsection3   
7b7 ,amounts for establishing online    
database of housing code violations ,in 
addition to amounts authorized to be    
appropriated under subsection 7a71 there
 is authorized to be appropriated       
#cj1jjj1jjj for each of fiscal years    
#bjba through #bjbe1 for grants under   
this title1 except that amounts made    
available pursuant to this subsection   
for a fiscal year may only be used for  
the eligible activity under section     
#aje7;a77#bg7 and may only be provided  
to units of general local government    
whose statements of projected uses of   
funds under this title prepared in      
accordance with section #ajd7;a7 for a  
fiscal year provide for such use for    

such fiscal year4  4  #c4 ,requirement  
for eligibility for ,,cdbg grant amounts
 ,section #ajd of the ,housing and      
,community ,development ,act of #aigd   
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ecjd7 is amended by     
adding at the end the following new     
subsection3  7n7 ,requirement ,to       
collect and make available information  
regarding housing code violations  7#a7 
,requirement ,no funds made available   
for fiscal year #bjbf or any fiscal year
 thereafter for grants under this ,act  
may be allocated for1 or obligated or   
expended to1 any unit of general local  
government that fails to collect and    
make publicly available immediately upon
 request comprehensive information      
regarding violations during the most    
recent #c years of any ,federal1 ,state1
 or local statutes1 codes1 ordinances1  
or regulations relating to the          
construction1 safety1 quality1 health1  
or cleanliness of residential structures
 by any structures located in such unit 
of general local government1 which shall

 include the location of the structure1 
identity of the owner of the structure1 
the nature of the violation1 the date or
 dates of the violation1 and the date of
 any rescission of such violation4  7#b7
 ,preemption ,the laws of any ,state or 
unit of general local government        
requiring the filing of a request and   
other procedures for obtaining          
information from a ,state or unit of    
general local government1 or any agency 
thereof1 to obtain such information are 
preempted to the extent that such laws  
apply to information regarding the      
violations described in paragraph 7#a7  
and to information regarding violations 
described in section #aje7;a77#bg74  4