S3970-119

In Committee

Rural Housing Regulatory Relief Act

119th Congress Introduced Mar 3, 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, Rural Housing Regulatory Relief Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Agriculture, Government Operations.

Who Benefits and How

environmental regulators and natural-resource users 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, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HDBF794E3ABA34ED9BC9575177E588960: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Rural Housing Regulatory Relief Act.
  • Section HE75F28AD6D804C5BA3C77ED5EC631FA4: 2. Applicability of NEPA to the provision of certain assistance for the construction or modification of residential housing on infill sites Providing...

Evidence Chain:

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

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Rural Housing Regulatory Relief Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Agriculture, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

This bill, Rural Housing Regulatory Relief Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment Agriculture Government Operations

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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environmental regulators and natural-resource users:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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federal implementing agencies:
environmental regulators and natural-resource users:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 3, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and …

Mar 3, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Mar 3, 2026

Mr. Ricketts 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
Environment Agriculture Government Operations
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_agriculture"
→ Secretary of Agriculture

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"greenfield" §HE75F28AD6D804C5BA3C77ED5EC631FA4

a site that has not been developed, including a woodland, farmland, and an open field. The term infill site— means a site that is served by existing infrastructure, including water lines, sewer lines, and roads

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