S4265-119

In Committee

Freedom to Build Act

119th Congress Introduced Mar 26, 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, Freedom to Build Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting homeowners, renters, builders, and housing agencies. The main policy domain is Housing, Government Operations, Energy.

Who Benefits and How

homeowners, renters, builders, and housing agencies 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, homeowners, renters, builders, and housing 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 Freedom to Build Act.
  • Section id3ffd2378bcbc404e96da50a5bab9178b: 2. Freedom to Build designation Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall...
  • Section id2acf77b176974542bb9b9f2d8121c4c4: 3. Prioritization of Freedom to Build designated localities in competitive grants Congress finds the following: Local regulatory barriers, including...

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, Freedom to Build Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting homeowners, renters, builders, and housing agencies.

Key Policy Areas

Housing, Government Operations, Energy

Primary Purpose

This bill, Freedom to Build Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting homeowners, renters, builders, and housing agencies.

Policy Domains

Housing Government Operations Energy

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • homeowners, renters, builders, and housing agencies
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Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • homeowners, renters, builders, and housing agencies
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homeowners, renters, builders, and housing agencies: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 26, 2026

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

Mar 26, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Mar 26, 2026

Mr. Hagerty 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
Housing Government Operations Energy
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_commerce"
→ Secretary of Commerce
"secretary_of_agriculture"
→ Secretary of Agriculture
"secretary_of_housing_and_urban_development"
→ Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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