Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act
Latest action (Apr 27, 2026) — Received in the Senate and Read twice and on Environment and Public Works.
What it does
Congressional Research Service, Feb 4, 2026This 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.
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.
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.
Face Value
as passed the HouseHow much of this bill its name accounts for.
- Every bill starts at100
- Nothing counted against it: one area of law, and short enough that length doesn't register.
Face Value measures reach, not honesty. A big bill can be accurately named, and a low score is not an accusation — it means the contents reach further than any short title could describe. Count it yourself ↗ How this is worked out
What Congress did
2 recordeddecisive vote
House · Apr 22, 2026
Whether the bill passes the House. This is the vote most people mean.
On
House · Apr 22, 2026
The minority party's last attempt to change the bill by sending it back to committee. It usually fails and is usually about forcing an awkward vote.
Who lobbied on this
3 organizationsThese organizations told Congress, in their own quarterly disclosures, that they were lobbying on this bill.
- American Chemistry Councilno position stated
“…H.R.4690 - Reliable Federal Infrastructure…” filing ↗
- American Gas Associationno position stated
“…Generation Pipelines Research and Development Act (H.R. 2613) - Improve federal-private sector pipeline RD&D via new DOE and NIST pipeline programs. H.R. 4690, Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act - Repeal of section 433 of…” filing ↗
- Basf Corporationno position stated
“…H.R.4690 - Reliable Federal Infrastructure…” filing ↗
Most filings say only that an organization lobbied on a bill, not which side it took — where that's the case we say so rather than guessing. Quotes are verbatim from the filing. How this is built.
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