H.R. 6344

Summary

H.R. 6344, the CAT Act, was introduced in the House on Dec 1, 2025 by Rep. Ritchie Torres (D) with 1 co-sponsor. It was referred to Financial Services, and last saw action on Dec 1, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Record

Text

H.R. 6344 has 1 co-sponsor.

119 HR 6344 IH: Contracting Accountability and Transparency Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-12-01
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 6344  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   December 1, 2025   Mr. Torres of New York  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Financial Services    A BILL
To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to require public housing agencies to disclose contracts entered into, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Contracting Accountability and Transparency Act   or the   CAT Act  .
2.
Disclosure required
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall, not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, require each public housing agencies to publicly disclose, on the website of the public housing agency, with respect to each contract entered into by such public housing agency the following information—
(1)
all material information about the contract, including the goods and service provided;
(2)
the vendor;
(3)
the date of the solicitation of the contract;
(4)
the bids and quotes solicited; and
(5)
the official who solicited the contract.

Tracker

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To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to require public housing agencies to disclose contracts entered into, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. Ritchie Torres (D) sponsors H.R. 6344, and 1 member has co-sponsored it.

Ritchie Torres

Rep. · D–NY-15 · Sponsor

Introduced Dec 1, 2025

Ami Bera

Rep. · D–CA-6 · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 18, 2026

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Committees

H.R. 6344 went before 1 committee: Financial Services.

Financial Services

Financial Services

Referred To · Dec 1, 2025 · 559 Bills

Actions

H.R. 6344 has taken 2 actions since Dec 1, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 6344 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 6344 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

• CAT Act — Display Title
• CAT Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• Contracting Accountability and Transparency Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to require public housing agencies to disclose contracts entered into, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 6344 under Housing and Community Development, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 6344’s is Housing and Community Development.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 6344, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 200 (Monday, December 1, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. TORRES of New York:H.R. 6344.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8.[Page H4967]

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