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To designate an environmental review procedure for certain assistance administered by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
Summary
This bill authorizes the Department of Housing and Urban Development to designate streamlined environmental review procedures for certain housing assistance it administers. It allows HUD to treat certain assistance as "special projects" under existing law, which can streamline the environmental review process required by the National Environmental Policy Act. The bill also expands the authority to assume environmental review responsibilities to include federally recognized Indian Tribes, in addition to states and local governments.
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Sponsor (1)
4 cosponsors
- Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-6] (D-CA)
- Rep. Davidson, Warren [R-OH-8] (R-OH)
- Rep. Flood, Mike [R-NE-1] (R-NE)
- Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9] (D-CA)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Sam T. Liccardo’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- STANFORD UNIVERSITY $63,375
- GOOGLE $61,175
- COTCHETT, PITRE & MCCARTHY, LLP $41,675
- BROADCOM INC. $40,000
- META $37,900
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Actions (2)
- Jul 29, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. · house
- Jul 29, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 29, 2025
Mr. Liccardo (for himself and Mr. Flood) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services
A BILL
To designate an environmental review procedure for certain assistance administered by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Better Use of Intergovernmental and Local Development for Housing Act” or the “BUILD Housing Act”.
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCEDURE.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3531 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 12 (42 U.S.C. 3537a) the following:
“SEC. 13. DESIGNATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCEDURE.
“(a) In General.—Except as provided in subsection (b), the Secretary may, for purposes of environmental review, decision making, and action pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and other provisions of law that further the purposes of such Act, designate the treatment of assistance administered by the Secretary as funds for a special project for purposes of section 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing Property Disposition Reform Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 3547).
“(b) Exception.—The designation described in subsection (a) shall not apply to assistance for which a procedure for carrying out the responsibilities of the Secretary under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and other provisions of law that further the purposes of such Act, is otherwise specified in law.”.
SEC. 3. TRIBAL ASSUMPTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OBLIGATIONS.
Section 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing Property Disposition Reform Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 3547) is amended—
(1) by striking “State or unit of general local government” each place it appears and inserting “State, Indian Tribe, or unit of general local government”;
(2) in paragraph (1)(C), in the heading, by striking “State or unit of general local government” and inserting “State, indian tribe, or unit of general local government”; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
“(5) Definition of indian tribe.—For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘Indian Tribe’ means a federally recognized tribe, as defined in section 4(13)(B) of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103(13)(B)).”. <all>
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