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This bill prohibits the use of biometric recognition technologies in federally assisted rental housing units, specifically targeting facial recognition, physical biometric, and remote biometric technologies that could be used for surveillance or negatively impact tenants' housing access. Starting one year after the bill's enactment, owners of federally assisted rental units (including public housing, rental assistance programs, housing for elderly, disabled, Native Americans, and other federally supported housing programs) cannot use these technologies to identify, track, or analyze individuals' characteristics, emotions, or locations. The bill defines several types of biometric technologies, including facial recognition that can identify individuals based on facial features, physical biometric technology that captures DNA or fingerprint data, and remote biometric technology that can track characteristics like gait or voice from a distance. Additionally, the bill requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to submit a comprehensive report to Congress within one year of enactment, detailing previous uses of these technologies in federally assisted housing, their impacts on tenants, potential effects on vulnerable communities, and demographic information about areas where such technologies have been used, with the report to be made publicly available.

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