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.
Sponsored By: Senator Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced
Summary
Would undo new energy efficiency requirements for HUD- and USDA-financed housing and restore prior standards. It would also block similar rules by other federal agencies and add a 26-State adoption threshold for national code updates.
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- HUD and USDA: Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of Agriculture to withdraw the specific final determination, refrain from using federal funds to implement or enforce it, and revert standards for covered programs to the rules that were in effect before that final determination.
- Veterans and housing finance: Bars the Department of Veterans Affairs from using federal funds to implement a substantially similar final determination. Prevents the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing any determination or rule on energy efficiency standards for single- and multifamily housing.
- States and federal standard-setting: Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to require that not fewer than 26 States adopt an energy efficiency code or standard that meets or exceeds the revised code as a condition related to the revised standard.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.
Rollback of federal energy rules
This bill would require HUD and USDA to withdraw the final energy-efficiency decision in 89 Fed. Reg. 33112. It would bar HUD, USDA, and VA from using federal money to apply that decision or similar ones. It would force covered programs to return to the efficiency rules that applied before the withdrawn decision. It would also stop the Federal Housing Finance Agency from finalizing or enforcing any energy-efficiency rules for single- and multifamily housing.
Delay updates until 26 states act
This bill would amend the law so HUD could only apply a revised energy-efficiency code after at least 26 states adopt an equal-or-higher code. If enacted, HUD and related programs would wait until that 26-state threshold is met before updating federal rules for federally financed housing. This could slow adoption of newer energy standards.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
WY • R
Cosponsors
Shelley Capito
WV • R
Sponsored 11/18/2025
Dan Sullivan
AK • R
Sponsored 11/18/2025
Sen. Ricketts, Pete [R-NE]
NE • R
Sponsored 11/18/2025
Cynthia Lummis
WY • R
Sponsored 11/18/2025
Markwayne Mullin
OK • R
Sponsored 11/18/2025
John Hoeven
ND • R
Sponsored 11/18/2025
Kevin Cramer
ND • R
Sponsored 11/18/2025
Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
TN • R
Sponsored 11/18/2025
Sen. Moreno, Bernie [R-OH]
OH • R
Sponsored 11/18/2025
Deb Fischer
NE • R
Sponsored 11/18/2025
Cindy Hyde-Smith
MS • R
Sponsored 11/18/2025
Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
IN • R
Sponsored 11/18/2025
Roll Call Votes
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