The record

LegislationLegislation· Dec 2025
HR 225 Passed House — in Senate

Sponsored by Monica De La Cruz (R)

HUD Transparency Act of 2025

Requires HUD's inspector general to testify annually to Congress on fraud detection and agency performance.

Tradeoff

Mandates yearly testimony from HUD's inspector general on fraud, audits, and agency efficiency. No direct cost stated; increases oversight reporting requirements.

What's in it

See official bill text

Costs less than $500,000 to implement over the budget window.

The $500,000 is the federal cost to administer the new annual testimony requirement—the policy's real impact is the informational mandate on the HUD Inspector General to report to Congress.

H.R. 225, HUD Transparency Act of 2025 · Aug 2025

Passed the House by on December 1, 2025 — sitting in the Senate.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Jan 7, 2025)

  2. House

    Committee on Financial Services(Jan 7, 2025)

  3. House

    The Committee on Financial Services voted to send it to the floor

    Reported 50 - 1(Jun 10, 2025)

    Committee report H. Rept. 119-201.

  4. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Dec 1, 2025)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs(Dec 2, 2025)