H.R. 6773 — Introduced in House

I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6773 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 17, 2025Ms. 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.