[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 43 (Monday, March 9, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S918]
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  SA 4370. Mr. BARRASSO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 6644, a bill to increase the supply of housing 
in America, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. 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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