House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
HUD Transparency Act of 2025
Official title: To require the Inspector General of the Department of Housing and Urban Development to testify before the Congress annually, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Monica De La Cruz R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 7, 2025
- Committee actionJun 10, 2025
- Passed HouseDec 1, 2025 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 2, 2025 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 225.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 225, HUD Transparency Act of 2025” on August 14, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on July 15, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61674
- CBO publication date
- August 14, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 225, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/225
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 4, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-201 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on July 15, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 15, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/201
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 225, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/225
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 4, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. De La CRUZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 3, January 7, 2025, Page H63):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 225, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/225
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 4, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
12 cosponsors — 12 Republicans
0 of 12 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Tim Moore (R-NC), John Rose (R-TN), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Roger Williams (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Monica De La Cruz.
- H.R. 224 (119th) Disabled Veterans Housing Support Act
- H.R. 4646 (119th) Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025
- H.R. 3390 (119th) Bringing the Discount Window into the 21st Century Act
- H.R. 6554 (119th) Community Bank Representation Act
- H.Res. 583 (119th) Denouncing the attack on a U.S. Border Patrol facility in McAllen, Texas, on July 7, 2025.
- H.R. 5260 (119th) Pay Our Border Patrol and Customs Agents Act
Related bills
- S. 3061 (119th) HUD Transparency Act of 2025Identical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.