Bill
United States: No Biometric Barriers to Housing Act of 2021
No Biometric Barriers to Housing Act of 2021 This bill prohibits owners of certain federally assisted rental units from using facial recognition, physical biometric recognition, or remote biometric recognition technology in any units or in any building or on any grounds containing such a unit. Within one year, the Department of Housing and Urban Development must report on any known use of such technology in federally assisted rental units in the preceding five years.
- In force
- Not yet reviewed
- English
Details
Identity
- Title
- No Biometric Barriers to Housing Act of 2021
- Original title
- Not recorded
- Instrument ID
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us-117-hr-4360 - Type
- Bill
- Status
- In force
Jurisdiction and publisher
- Jurisdiction
- United States
- Publisher
- Not recorded
- Language
- English
Dates and versions
- Date
- July 6, 2021
- Versions
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- Introduced · July 6, 2021
Classification
- Policy areas
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- Housing and Community Development
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Congressional oversight
- Housing discrimination
- Housing for the elderly and disabled
- Housing industry and standards
- Landlord and tenant
- Low- and moderate-income housing
- Photography and imaging
- Public housing
- Right of privacy
- Technology assessment
Source
- Retrieved
- August 29, 2026
- License
- Unknown. Follow the publisher’s terms.
- Access note
- Not recorded