{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-4690","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 4690","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend the Energy Conservation and Production Act to repeal certain Federal building energy efficiency performance standards, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend the Energy Conservation and Production Act to repeal certain Federal building energy efficiency performance standards, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act"},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"To amend the Energy Conservation and Production Act to repeal certain Federal building energy efficiency performance standards, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Reliable Federal infrastructure Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2025-07-23","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2026-04-22","vote":{"id":"119-2026-h134","question":"On Passage","title":"Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act","result":"Passed","yea":215,"nay":202,"present":0,"not_voting":13,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll134.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"pending","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"not_yet","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.","date":"2026-04-27"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[{"chamber":"house","date":"2026-04-22","question":"On Motion to Recommit","title":"Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act","result":"Failed","yea":203,"nay":214,"present":0,"not_voting":13,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll133.xml"}],"crs_summary":{"date":"2026-02-04","stage":"Reported to House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill repeals certain energy efficiency performance standards for new federal buildings and federal buildings undergoing major renovations. Specifically, the bill repeals the performance standards that phase out fossil fuel use in such buildings by FY2030."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill directs the Department of Energy to implement the standards as though such phase-out requirements had never taken effect until it issues regulations with revised performance standards."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill also specifies that certain systems that certify green buildings may not prohibit federal buildings from obtaining a certification as a green building or high-performance green building solely based on direct or indirect consumption of fossil fuels."}],"words":106},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Changes the Federal building energy efficiency performance standards under the Energy Conservation and Production Act by striking two subclauses, setting aside two sets of Department of Energy regulations, and limiting how green building certification may treat fossil fuel consumption.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4690/text/eh#H732749B9597943909010467FB50C5331"}]},"core_areas":["Federal building energy efficiency performance standards","Green building certification for Federal buildings","Department of Energy rulemaking on building standards"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Strikes subclauses (I) and (II) of section 305(a)(3)(D)(i) of the Energy Conservation and Production Act, which is the law that sets the Federal building energy efficiency performance standards.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4690/text/eh#H732749B9597943909010467FB50C5331"}},{"text":"Adds a sentence to subclause (III) of that section stating that the certification system and level may not prohibit a building from certification as a green building or high-performance green building solely based on direct or indirect consumption of fossil fuels.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4690/text/eh#H732749B9597943909010467FB50C5331"}},{"text":"Provides that subpart B of part 435 and subpart B of part 433 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect the day before enactment, have no force or effect.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4690/text/eh#H732749B9597943909010467FB50C5331"}},{"text":"Requires that, until the Secretary of Energy issues new or revised regulations, the standards be implemented as though the requirements of the stricken subclauses (I) and (II) had never taken effect.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4690/text/eh#H732749B9597943909010467FB50C5331"}},{"text":"Amends section 436(h) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to provide that the identified certification system may not prohibit a building from certification as a green building or high-performance green building solely based on direct or indirect consumption of fossil fuels.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4690/text/eh#H732749B9597943909010467FB50C5331"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary of Energy, within 180 days after enactment, to issue the new or revised regulations the Secretary determines necessary to carry out the amendments made by the Act.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4690/text/eh#H732749B9597943909010467FB50C5331"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2026-04-22","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4690/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-03","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4690","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4690/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-4690.png","v":"d2b41024660b","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 4690, 119th Congress: Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act. House: 215 Yea, 202 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 22 Apr 2026."}}