,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cggd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #e1 #bjbe,mr4  
,lawler 7for himself and ,mr4 ,cleaver7 
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,financial ,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to    
amend the ,department of ,housing and   
,urban ,development ,act to require the 
,secretary of ,housing and ,urban       
,development to testify on an annual    
basis before the ,congress4  #a4 ,short 
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,,hud ,accountability ,act of #bjbe4    
#b4 ,requirement to testify ,section #g 
of the ,department of ,housing and      
,urban ,development ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 
#cece7 is amended by adding at the end  
the following new subsection3  7u7      
,annual testimony  ,the ,secretary shall
 appear before the ,committee on        
,financial ,services of the ,house of   
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,banking1 ,housing1 and ,urban ,affairs 
of the ,senate at an annual hearing and 

present testimony regarding the         
operations of the ,department during the
 preceding year1 including regarding the
 following topics3  7#a7 ,the current   
programs and operations of the          
,department4  7#b7 ,the physical        
condition of all public housing and     
other housing assisted by the           
,department4  7#c7 ,the financial health
 of the mortgage insurance funds of the 
,,fha4  7#d7 ,oversight by the          
,department of grantees and sub-grantees
 for purposes of preventing waste1      
fraud1 and abuse4  7#e7 ,the progress   
made by the ,federal ,government in     
ending the affordable housing and       
homelessness crises4  7#f7 ,the capacity
 of the ,department to deliver on its   
statutory mission4  7#g7 ,other ongoing 
activities of the ,department1 as       
appropriate4  4