[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5382 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5382 To prohibit funding for implementation of the Equity Action Plan of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 8, 2023 Mr. Self (for himself and Mr. Rosendale) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To prohibit funding for implementation of the Equity Action Plan of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 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 Equity Action Plan Elimination Act of 2023''. SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING. Beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds may be obligated or expended to implement or carry out the Equity Action Plan of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. SEC. 3. NULLIFICATION OF PROPOSED RULE. The Congress disapproves the proposed rule of the Department of Housing and Urban Development relating to ``Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing'', published in the Federal Register on February 9, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 8516; Docket No. FR-6250-P-01), such Department may not issue a final rule based on or substantially similar to such proposed rule, and such proposed rule and any final rule based on or substantially similar to such proposed rule shall have no force or effect. <all>