# 119-s-3178: 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.

119-s-3178, 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., is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] (R-WY); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-3178
- Congress: 119
- Title: 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.
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-11-18
- Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] (R-WY)
- Cosponsors: 12
- Policy area: Energy
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## 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. - 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.

## Cosponsors (12)

- Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] (R-WV), 2025-11-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] (R-AK), 2025-11-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Ricketts, Pete [R-NE] (R-NE), 2025-11-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY] (R-WY), 2025-11-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2] (R-OK), 2025-11-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] (R-ND), 2025-11-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] (R-ND), 2025-11-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] (R-TN), 2025-11-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Moreno, Bernie [R-OH] (R-OH), 2025-11-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE] (R-NE), 2025-11-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] (R-MS), 2025-11-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] (R-IN), 2025-11-18T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Rollback of federal energy rules: mixed, medium. 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 with…
- Delay updates until 26 states act: mixed, low. 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 coul…

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## Sources
- [119-s-3178 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3178)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3178 (as of 2026-04-21).