HUD-USDA-VA Interagency Coordination Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5429 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5429

     To require the Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development, 
  Agriculture, and Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a report on 
  improving collaboration in housing programs, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 17, 2025

 Ms. De La Cruz (for herself and Mrs. Beatty) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in 
  addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
     To require the Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development, 
  Agriculture, and Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a report on 
  improving collaboration in housing programs, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``HUD-USDA-VA Interagency Coordination 
Act''.

SEC. 2. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.

    The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of 
Agriculture, and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish a 
memorandum of understanding, or other appropriate interagency 
agreement, to share relevant housing-related research and market data 
that facilitates evidence-based policymaking.

SEC. 3. INTERAGENCY REPORT.

    (a) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary 
of Agriculture, and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly 
submit to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and the Committee on 
Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Financial 
Services, the Committee on Agriculture, and the Committee on Veterans' 
Affairs of the House of Representatives a report containing a 
description of opportunities for increased collaboration between the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of 
Agriculture, and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to improve 
efficiencies in housing programs.
    (b) Publication.--The report required under subsection (a) shall, 
prior to submission under that subsection, be published in the Federal 
Register and open for comment for a period of 30 days.
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