H.R. 6773

Summary

H.R. 6773, the Databases of Publicly Owned Land Act, was introduced in the House on Dec 17, 2025 by Rep. Maxine Waters (D) with 1 co-sponsor. It was referred to Financial Services, and last saw action on Dec 17, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Record

Text

H.R. 6773 has 1 co-sponsor.

119 HR 6773 IH: Databases of Publicly Owned Land Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-12-17
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 6773  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   December 17, 2025   Ms. Waters  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Financial Services    A BILL
To amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to require that grantees of the Community Development Block Grant program maintain a database of publicly owned land.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Databases of Publicly Owned Land Act  .
2.
Databases of publicly owned land
(a)
In general
Section 104(b) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 ( 42 U.S.C. 5304(b) ) is amended—
(1)
in paragraph (5), by striking  and  at the end;
(2)
in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and inserting  ; and ; and
(3)
by adding at the end the following:
(7)
the grantee maintains, on a publicly accessible website, a searchable database that identifies all parcels of undeveloped land owned by the grantee.
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(b)
Effective date
The amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2026.

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To amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to require that grantees of the Community Development Block Grant program maintain a database of publicly owned land.

Sponsors

Rep. Maxine Waters (D) sponsors H.R. 6773, and 1 member has co-sponsored it.

Maxine Waters

Rep. · D–CA-43 · Sponsor

Introduced Dec 17, 2025

Ami Bera

Rep. · D–CA-6 · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 18, 2026

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Committees

H.R. 6773 went before 1 committee: Financial Services.

Financial Services

Financial Services

Referred To · Dec 17, 2025 · 559 Bills

Actions

H.R. 6773 has taken 2 actions since Dec 17, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 6773 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 6773 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Databases of Publicly Owned Land Act — Display Title
• Databases of Publicly Owned Land Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to require that grantees of the Community Development Block Grant program maintain a database of publicly owned land. — Official Title as Introduced

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 6773 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. 6773’s is Housing and Community Development.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 6773, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 213 (Wednesday, December 17, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. WATERS:H.R. 6773.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 and Clause 18 (relating tothe power to make all laws necessary and proper for carryingout the powers vested in Congress)[Page H6023]

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