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S. 3178Senate119th Congress (2025-2027)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.

Sponsored by John BarrassoSen. John Barrasso (R-WY)
Introduced November 18, 2025

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The bill directs the secretaries of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Agriculture (USDA) to cancel a federal rule that set new energy‑efficiency standards for HUD‑ and USDA‑financed housing. It also bars 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, and requires them to return to the earlier standards. The bill adds a note that at least 26 states already have energy‑efficiency codes that meet or exceed the revised standard.

Key Provisions

  • HUD and USDA must withdraw the final determination titled “Adoption of Energy Efficiency Standards for New Construction of HUD‑ and USDA‑Financed Housing.”
  • Neither HUD nor USDA may use federal money to implement or enforce that determination or any substantially similar rule.
  • The agencies must revert to the energy‑efficiency standards that were in place before the withdrawn rule.
  • The Secretary of Veterans Affairs is prohibited from implementing or enforcing a similar determination.
  • The Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency cannot finalize, implement, or enforce any rule on energy‑efficiency standards for single‑ and multifamily housing.
  • Amends the Cranston‑Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to note that at least 26 states have adopted energy‑efficiency codes meeting or exceeding the revised standard.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text: CR S8206)

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee

November 18, 2025

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Introduced in Senate

November 18, 2025

SenateIntro Referral

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text: CR S8206)

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee

November 18, 2025

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Alex Padilla
Sen. Alex PadillaD-CA · Nov 18, 2025

Mr. President, I rise today to introduce the Monterey Bay National Heritage Area Study Act. This legislation would direct the completion of a study to assess the feasibility of designating certain…

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John Barrasso
Sen. John BarrassoR-WY · Nov 18, 2025

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record.

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Richard J. Durbin
Sen. Richard J. DurbinD-IL · Nov 18, 2025

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record.

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John Barrasso
Sen. John BarrassoR-WY · Nov 18, 2025

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record.

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Introduced in SenateIssued November 18, 2025

II

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 3178

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

November 18, 2025

Mr. Barrasso (for himself, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Ricketts, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Cramer, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Moreno, Mrs. Fischer, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, and Mr. Young) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

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.

1.

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 the final determination described in paragraph (1) to the energy efficiency standards required before the 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 fewer than 26 States have adopted an energy efficiency code or standard that meets or exceeds the requirements of the revised code or standard.

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