1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Restoring Fair Housing Protections Eliminated by HUD Act of 2018 . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The current Administration has taken several steps that seriously undermine fair housing protections for all people in America. (2) On March 10, 2017, the Department of Housing and Urban Development withdrew a Federal Register notice regarding a proposal to require owners and operators of homeless shelters receiving funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to post a notice informing individuals of their rights under the Department of Housing and Urban Development's rule entitled Equal Access in Accordance with an Individual’s Gender Identity in Community Planning and Development Programs . (3) On January 5, 2018, the Department of Housing and Urban Development published a Federal Register notice that delayed implementation of the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule for local governments, which carries out a key mandate under the Fair Housing Act. (4) On March 6, 2018, the Huffington Post reported that a leaked Department of Housing and Urban Development internal memo indicated that the Department’s mission statement would be changed to remove language referring to inclusive and sustainable communities free from discrimination. (5) On March 28, 2018, the New York Times reported that the Department of Housing and Urban Development is attempting to scale back Federal efforts to enforce fair housing laws by freezing enforcement actions against local governments and businesses. (6) On May 23, 2018, the Department of Housing and Urban Development issued a notice stating that it is withdrawing the Local Government Assessment Tool which assists local governments in meeting their obligations under the Fair Housing Act’s mandate to affirmatively further fair housing. 3. Mission of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Section 2 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act ( 42 U.S.C. 3531 ) is amended— (1) in the section