1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Biometric Barriers to Housing Act of 2019 . 2. Prohibition on biometric identification technology (a) In general On and after the date that is 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, an owner of a covered federally assisted rental dwelling unit may not use, or authorize the use of, facial recognition technology and biometric analytics, physical biometric recognition technology and biometric analytics, or remote biometric recognition technology and biometric analytics in the dwelling unit or in any building or grounds containing the dwelling unit. (b) Definitions In this Act: (1) Assistance The term assistance — (A) means any grant, loan, subsidy, contract, cooperative agreement, or other form of financial assistance; and (B) does not include the insurance or guarantee of a loan, mortgage, or pool of loans or mortgages. (2) Biometric analytics The term biometric analytics means authentication techniques that rely on measurable physical characteristics that can be automatically checked by technical systems. (3) Covered federally assisted rental dwelling unit The term covered federally assisted rental dwelling unit means a residential dwelling unit that is made available for rental and for which assistance is provided, or that is part of a housing project for which assistance is provided, under— (A) the public housing program under the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.); (B) the program for supportive housing for persons with disabilities under section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act ( 42 U.S.C. 8013 ); (C) the program for supportive housing for the elderly under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 ( 12 U.S.C. 1701q )