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119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7054 
To require the Secretary of State to submit to Congress a notification of 
certain construction projects using nonstandard designs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 14, 2026 
Mr. ISSA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of State to submit to Congress 
a notification of certain construction projects using non-
standard designs. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. NOTIFICATION REQUIRED FOR NONSTANDARD 
CONSTRUCTION. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the Bureau of Overseas Building Operations of 
the Department of State, or any successor office, shall, 
to the greatest extent possible, give appropriate consider-
ation to standardization in construction, such that each 
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new United States embassy and consulate starts with a 
standard design and keeps customization to a minimum. 
(b) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION REQUIRED.— 
The Secretary of State may only carry out a covered 
project that uses a nonstandard design if, not later than 
15 days prior to the obligation of funds for such project, 
the Secretary submits to the appropriate congressional 
committees a notification of such project, including the 
following information: 
(1) A comparison of the estimated full lifecycle 
cost of the project to the estimated full lifecycle cost 
of such project if such project were constructed 
using a standard design. 
(2) A comparison of the estimated completion 
date of such project to the estimated completion 
date of such project if such project were constructed 
using a standard design. 
(3) A comparison of the security of the com-
pleted project to the security of such completed 
project if such project were constructed using a 
standard design. 
(4) A justification for the Secretary’s selection 
of a nonstandard design over a standard design for 
such project. 
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(5) Documentation to support the information 
required in paragraphs (1) through (4) or, if any 
such documentation cannot be provided, an expla-
nation as to why such documentation cannot be pro-
vided. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate. 
(2) COVERED
PROJECT.—The term ‘‘covered 
project’’— 
(A) means a project to construct a new 
United States embassy compound or new 
United States consulate compound; and 
(B) includes such projects that are in the 
design or pre-design phase on the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
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