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A bill to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of Agriculture to withdraw a final determination relating to energy efficiency standards for housing, and for other purposes.

To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of Agriculture to withdraw a final determination relating to energy efficiency standards for housing, and for other purposes.

Introduced Nov 18, 2025

Latest action (Nov 18, 2025) Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text: CR S8206)

Referred to
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
Policy area
Energy
Issues
Climate & EnergyHousing

Summary

This bill would require the Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development and Agriculture to withdraw a final determination on energy efficiency standards for HUD- and USDA-financed housing and revert to the energy efficiency standards that were in place before that determination. The bill would prohibit these agencies from implementing or enforcing the withdrawn determination or any substantially similar standards. It would also prevent the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from implementing or enforcing similar energy efficiency standards, and prohibit the Federal Housing Finance Agency from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing any rule relating to energy efficiency standards for single and multifamily housing. Additionally, the bill amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to require that at least 26 states have adopted energy efficiency codes meeting or exceeding specified requirements before certain provisions take effect.

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Sponsor (1)
12 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. Nov 18, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text: CR S8206) · senate
  2. Nov 18, 2025 Introduced in Senate

Similar bills (6)

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  • HR 5184 — Affordable HOMES Act · Passed House Jan 12, 2026 · Cong. 119 77%
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  • HR 4626 — Home Appliance Protection and Affordability Act · Passed House Feb 25, 2026 · Cong. 119 70%
  • S 2638 — Energy Efficiency for Affordable Housing Act · Introduced Jul 31, 2025 · Cong. 119 70%
  • HR 7282 — FRAMER Act · Introduced Jan 30, 2026 · Cong. 119 69%

Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

November 18, 2025

Mr. Barrasso (for himself, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Ricketts, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Cramer, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Moreno, Mrs. Fischer, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, and Mr. Young) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

A BILL

To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of Agriculture to withdraw a final determination relating to energy efficiency standards for housing, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS FOR HOUSING.

(a) In General.—The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of Agriculture—

(1) shall withdraw the final determination announced in the notice of final determination entitled “Adoption of Energy Efficiency Standards for New Construction of HUD- and USDA- Financed Housing” (89 Fed. Reg. 33112);

(2) may not take any action or use any Federal funds to implement or enforce the final determination described in paragraph (1) or any substantially similar final determination; and

(3) shall revert energy efficiency standards for covered programs under the final determination described in paragraph

(1) to the energy efficiency standards required before the final determination.

(b) Action by Additional Agencies.—

(1) Department of veterans affairs.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not take any action or use any Federal funds to implement or enforce a final determination that is substantially similar to the final determination described in subsection (a)(1).

(2) Federal housing finance agency.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency may not finalize, implement, or enforce a determination or rule relating to energy efficiency standards for single and multifamily housing.

(c) Consideration of State Standards.—Section 109(d) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12709(d)) is amended—

(1) in paragraph (1), by striking “and” at the end;

(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and

(3) by adding at the end the following:

“(3) not fewer than 26 States have adopted an energy efficiency code or standard that meets or exceeds the requirements of the revised code or standard.”. <all>

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