,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #geig  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #ag1 #bjbf 
,mr4 ,lawler 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 that the annual report of the  
,department of ,housing and ,urban      
,development include an identification  
of significant regulatory barriers to   
affordable housing4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,affordable ,housing ,barriers          
,transparency ,act4  #b4 ,identification
 of regulatory barriers to affordable   
housing in ,,hud annual report ,section 
#h of the ,department of ,housing and   
,urban ,development ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 
#cecf7 is amended by adding at the end  
the following3 ,each such annual report 
shall include an identification of      
significant regulatory barriers to      
affordable housing1 within the meaning  

of such term as provided in the first   
sentence of section #abjc of the        
,housing and ,community ,development    
,act of #aiib 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #abgje;b71 
and a discussion and analysis of how to 
reduce or remove such barriers44