S3178-119

In Committee

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.

119th Congress Introduced Nov 18, 2025

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

Requires HUD and USDA to withdraw housing energy-efficiency standards, bars similar actions by several federal housing agencies, and reverts to prior standards.

Who Benefits and How

Home builders, housing finance participants, and covered housing programs could avoid the withdrawn energy-efficiency standards and similar future requirements.

Who Bears the Burden and How

Federal housing agencies would lose authority to implement or enforce the covered standards and would have to revert to earlier rules.

Key Provisions

  • Requires HUD and USDA to withdraw a specified final determination on energy efficiency standards for financed housing.
  • Bars HUD, USDA, VA, and FHFA from implementing or enforcing the covered determination or substantially similar rules.
  • Changes the threshold for future code-related action under the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act.

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

Requires HUD and USDA to withdraw housing energy-efficiency standards, bars similar actions by several federal housing agencies, and reverts to prior standards.

Key Policy Areas

Housing, Energy, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

Requires HUD and USDA to withdraw housing energy-efficiency standards, bars similar actions by several federal housing agencies, and reverts to prior standards.

Policy Domains

Housing Energy Government Operations

Main Provisions

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • Home builders, housing finance participants, and covered housing programs avoiding the standards
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Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • Federal housing agencies required to withdraw and stop enforcing the standards
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Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Nov 18, 2025

Mr. Barrasso (for himself, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Ricketts, …

Nov 18, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, …

Nov 18, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Construction
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

Home builders, housing finance participants, and covered housing programs avoiding the standards

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sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Housing Energy Government Operations

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