U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
SB5579: Mapping Housing Discrimination Act
Status: In committee, September 29, 2026
A bill to authorize a grant program for educational institutions to analyze, digitize, and map historic records relating to housing information, and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To authorize a grant program for educational institutions to analyze, digitize, and map historic records relating to housing discrimination, and for other purposes.
From the introduced text, September 29, 2026:
A BILL To authorize a grant program for educational institutions to analyze, digitize, and map historic records relating to housing discrimination, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Mapping Housing Discrimination Act . SECTION 2. Purpose The purpose of this Act is to support-- (1) efforts by educational institutions to conduct primary analysis and digitization of historic housing discrimination patterns since 1850; (2) efforts by local governments to digitize property deeds and other historic records relating to housing discrimination; and (3) the creation of a national, publicly available database of local records of housing discrimination patterns since 1850. SECTION 3. Grant program (a) Definitions In this and (B) includes a minority-serving institution. (2) Historic housing discrimination record The term historic housing discrimination record means-- (A) a deed or other historic property record originating after 1850 in which there is evidence of housing discrimination, which may include-- (i) a racial covenant or other provision in a property deed that was legally enforceable on the date on which the racial covenant or other provision was written; or (ii) racially or ethnically restrictive language in any agreement entered into by the developer of a subdivision, a neighborhood association, a real estate operator, or a group of property owners; and (B) a State law, a local …
Sponsors
- Smith, Tina (D) · primary sponsor
- Klobuchar, Amy (D)
Latest actions
- : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- : Introduced in Senate
Subjects: Housing and Community Development
Common questions
- What is SB5579?
- SB5579 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Mapping Housing Discrimination Act.
- What does SB5579 do?
- In its own words: To authorize a grant program for educational institutions to analyze, digitize, and map historic records relating to housing discrimination, and for other purposes.
- What is the status of SB5579?
- In committee as of September 29, 2026. Latest action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (September 29, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB5579?
- Smith, Tina (D), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SB5579?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5579
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