H.R. 75House119th Congress (2025-2027)In Committee

HOUSE Act of 2025

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The HOUSE Act of 2025 directs the Departments of Housing and Urban Development and Agriculture to withdraw a new federal rule that would have raised energy‑efficiency standards for HUD‑ and USDA‑financed housing. It also stops those agencies, as well as the Veterans Affairs Department and the Federal Housing Finance Agency, from using federal funds to enforce that rule or any similar rule, reverting to the previous standards. Additionally, the bill updates a reference to state energy‑efficiency codes, noting that at least 26 states already have comparable standards.

Key Provisions

The HUD and USDA secretaries must cancel the recently announced rule that set new energy‑efficiency standards for housing they finance, and they cannot use federal money to enforce that rule or any similar rule.
Both agencies must return to the older, less‑stringent energy‑efficiency requirements that were in place before the cancelled rule.
The Veterans Affairs secretary and the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency are also barred from using federal funds to enforce any comparable energy‑efficiency rule for housing.
A technical amendment adds that at least 26 states have already adopted energy‑efficiency codes that meet or exceed the revised standards.

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

Economic Opportunity Subcommittee

February 6, 2025

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Introduced in House

January 3, 2025

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Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Financial Services Committee

January 3, 2025

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

Economic Opportunity Subcommittee

February 6, 2025

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Introduced in HouseIssued January 3, 2025

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 75

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 3, 2025

Mr. Biggs of Arizona (for himself, Mr. Ogles, and Mr. Higgins of Louisiana) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Helping Owners with Unaffordable Shoddy Edicts Act of 2025 or the HOUSE Act of 2025.

Energy efficiency standards for housing

(a)

In general

The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of Agriculture—

(1)

shall withdraw the final determination announced in the notice of final determination entitled Adoption of Energy Efficiency Standards for New Construction of HUD- and USDA-Financed Housing (89 Fed. Reg. 33112);

(2)

may not take any action or use any Federal funds to implement or enforce the final determination described in paragraph (1) or any substantially similar final determination; and

(3)

shall revert energy efficiency standards for covered programs under such final determination to the energy efficiency standards required before such final determination.

(b)

Action by additional agencies

(1)

Department of Veterans Affairs

The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not take any action or use any Federal funds to implement or enforce a final determination that is substantially similar to the final determination described in subsection (a)(1).

(2)

Federal Housing Finance Agency

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency may not finalize, implement, or enforce a determination or rule relating to energy efficiency standards for single and multifamily housing.

(c)

Consideration of State standards

Section 109(d) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12709(d)) is amended—

(1)

in paragraph (1), by striking and at the end;

(2)

in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and; and

(3)

by adding at the end the following:

(3)

not less than 26 States have adopted an energy efficiency code or standard that meets or exceeds the requirements of the revised code or standard.