# 119-s-5579: Mapping Housing Discrimination Act

119-s-5579, Mapping Housing Discrimination Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (D-MN); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-5579
- Congress: 119
- Title: Mapping Housing Discrimination Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-09-29
- Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (D-MN)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Housing and Community Development
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-17

## Summary

**Creates a national, publicly accessible map and database of historic housing discrimination records.** It would fund competitive HUD grants to digitize deeds and laws from about 1850 onward, standardize geospatial datasets, and require submission of datasets and metadata so communities, researchers, and governments can find evidence of racially restrictive covenants and discriminatory ordinances. - Families and communities: Makes local evidence of past housing discrimination searchable and free to access, helping residents understand historical patterns in their neighborhoods. - Local governments and jurisdictions: Can be paid to digitize deeds and records and must make those records publicly available at no cost if paid with grant funds. - Researchers, educators, and colleges: Eligible higher education institutions, with preference for minority‑serving institutions, can win competitive grants for projects up to 5 years to create standardized spatial datasets and methodology documentation for a national HUD database. *Would increase federal spending if enacted by authorizing $5.0 million per year for grants and $750,000 per year for program costs for fiscal years 2027 through 2036, subject to annual appropriations.*

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN), 2026-09-29T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Annual funding for mapping grants: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would authorize $5 million each year from fiscal years 2027 through 2036 to award grants for mapping historic housing discrimination. It would also authorize $750,000 each year from 2027 through 2036 for HUD program costs, and those program-cost funds could remain available unt…
- Free national database of records: benefit, low. If enacted, HUD's research office would create a national database of historic housing discrimination records and make it publicly available at no cost on its website. Grant recipients would submit datasets and metadata for inclusion. An eligible entity could ask HUD to delay adding its data for up…
- Grants for colleges to map records: benefit, low. If enacted, HUD's research office would run a competitive grant program for colleges to analyze, digitize, and map historic housing discrimination records. Projects must cover at least one jurisdiction and could last up to five years. The Secretary could give preference to minority-serving colleges…
- National standards for housing records: benefit, low. If enacted, HUD's research office would have to set uniform standards for analyzing, digitizing, and mapping historic housing discrimination records within one year. The standards would include required metadata guidance. HUD would coordinate with the Fair Housing office and seek input from college…

## Related bills

- 119-s-5071: Children's Safe Welcome Act of 2026
- 119-s-5283: Momnibus Act
- 119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-s-2823: FAMILY Act
- 119-s-2763: Keep Billionaires Out of Social Security Act
- 119-s-3869: Healthy Families Act

## Sources
- [119-s-5579 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5579)

## Related
- [119-s-5071: Children's Safe Welcome Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5071)
- [119-s-5283: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5283)
- [119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3990)
- [119-s-2823: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2823)
- [119-s-2763: Keep Billionaires Out of Social Security Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2763)
- [119-s-3869: Healthy Families Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3869)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5579 (as of 2026-10-17).