1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Biometric Barriers to Housing Act of 2023 . 2. Prohibition on biometric identification technology (a) In general At any time after the expiration of the 1-year period beginning on the date of the 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, physical biometric recognition technology, or remote biometric recognition technology in such dwelling unit or in any building or grounds containing such dwelling unit for the purposes of surveillance or any other use that has an adverse effect on the ability of a tenant to fairly access affordable housing that is free from bias and discrimination. (b) Definitions For the purposes of this Act: (1) Assistance The term assistance means any grant, loan, subsidy, contract, cooperative agreement, or other form of financial assistance, but such term does not include the insurance or guarantee of a loan, mortgage, or pool of loans or mortgages. (2) 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 rental assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437f ); (C) the HOME Investment Partnerships program under title II of the Cranton-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act ( 42 U.S.C. 12721 et seq. ); (D) title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 11360 et seq. ); (E) the Housing Trust Fund program under section 1338 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C 4568); (F) the program for supportive housing for the elderly under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 ( 12 U.S.C. 1701q )