BUILD Housing Act
Sponsored By: Representative Liccardo
Introduced
Summary
Streamlines environmental reviews for HUD-assisted housing and expands who can conduct them. This bill would let the Department of Housing and Urban Development treat HUD assistance as funds for a special project under the Multifamily Housing Property Disposition Reform Act to facilitate NEPA review and related decision making.
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- HUD programs and developers: HUD assistance could be designated as "special project" funds under section 305(c) to speed NEPA reviews and related decision timelines for HUD-funded housing projects.
- Indian Tribes and tribal housing entities: Federally recognized Indian Tribes would be eligible to assume environmental-review obligations that were previously limited to states or local governments. The bill ties the definition of "Indian Tribe" to the NAHASDA definition of a federally recognized tribe.
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Let tribes and HUD speed environmental review
This bill would let the HUD Secretary designate HUD-administered assistance as "funds for a special project" for NEPA environmental review under section 305(c). The designation would apply only to assistance HUD runs and would not apply when another law already sets how HUD must do NEPA. The bill would also add "Indian Tribe" (a federally recognized tribe as defined in 25 U.S.C. 4103(13)(B)) to the list of entities that may assume environmental-review duties now limited to States and local governments. If enacted, this could speed or change NEPA review for HUD multifamily projects that involve tribal lands or tribal sponsors.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Liccardo
CA • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Flood, Mike [R-NE-1]
NE • R
Sponsored 7/29/2025
Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9]
CA • D
Sponsored 9/10/2025
Davidson
OH • R
Sponsored 12/16/2025
Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-6]
CA • D
Sponsored 3/18/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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