S3600-119

In Committee

National Housing Emergency Act of 2026

119th Congress Introduced Jan 8, 2026

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

This bill, National Housing Emergency Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Defense, Environment.

Who Benefits and How

federal agencies and legislative administrators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the National Housing Emergency Act of 2026.
  • Section id660cb9c441824e76b43856b67a91d0cc: 2. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— the President should declare a national emergency with respect to housing under section 201 of the...
  • Section id9552be5c4bcd49abb38ea96b453e9964: 3. Findings Congress finds that— housing is the largest expenditure for most households and accounts for 45 percent of the Consumer Price Index; approximately...
  • Section id303d12ba6f4e4e719da138d4db579c59: 4. Expansion of Defense Production Act of 1950 to address housing The Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.) is amended— in section 2(a)(5)...
  • Section id9a39d03341b048c7afe3132278d9aa43: 5. Removing regulatory barriers to housing production During the period that a national emergency described in section 2 is in effect— sections 212(d), 218(g),...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, National Housing Emergency Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Key Policy Areas

Government Operations, Defense, Environment

Primary Purpose

This bill, National Housing Emergency Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Policy Domains

Government Operations Defense Environment

Whole bill

Identified Gains
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  • federal agencies and legislative administrators
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Identified Costs
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  • federal implementing agencies
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Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Jan 8, 2026

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

Jan 8, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Jan 8, 2026

Ms. Slotkin introduced the following bill; which was read twice …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Government Operations Defense Environment
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_housing_and_urban_development"
→ Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

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