HR 8944 · 119th CongressIn Committeecongress.gov ↗
To prohibit the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from considering disparate impact in carrying out any actions of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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AI plain-language summaryThis bill would stop the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from using something called "disparate impact" when making decisions or taking actions. Disparate impact is a legal idea where a policy can be considered discriminatory if it has an unequal effect on a certain group of people, even if the policy wasn't intended to discriminate. No official summary is available for this bill.
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May 20, 2026
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