I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4690 
To amend the Energy Conservation and Production Act to repeal certain 
Federal building energy efficiency performance standards, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 23, 2025 
Mr. LANGWORTHY (for himself, Mrs. HARSHBARGER, Mr. BALDERSON, Mr. 
RULLI, Mrs. FEDORCHAK, Mr. HARRIGAN, and Mr. GOLDMAN of Texas) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Energy Conservation and Production Act to 
repeal certain Federal building energy efficiency perform-
ance standards, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Reliable Federal infra-
structure Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REPEAL OF REVISED FEDERAL BUILDING ENERGY 
EFFICIENCY PERFORMANCE STANDARDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) REPEAL.—Section 305(a)(3) of the Energy 
Conservation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 
6834(a)(3)) is amended by striking subparagraph 
(D). 
(2) STANDARDS.—Each revised Federal build-
ing energy efficiency performance standard estab-
lished under section 305(a)(3)(D) of the Energy 
Conservation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 
6834(a)(3)(D)) (as in effect on the day before the 
date of enactment of this Act) shall have no force 
or effect, and section 305(a)(3) of the Energy Con-
servation 
and 
Production 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
6834(a)(3)) shall be implemented as though each 
such standard had never taken effect. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) STANDARDS.—Section 433 of the Energy 
Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Public Law 
110–140) is amended by striking subsection (a). 
(2) 
HIGH-PERFORMANCE
GREEN
FEDERAL 
BUILDINGS.—Section 436 of the Energy Independ-
ence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17092) is 
amended— 
(A) in subsection (c)— 
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(i) by striking paragraph (1); and 
(ii) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and 
section 305(a)(3)(D) of the Energy Con-
servation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 
6834(a)(3)(D))’’; 
(B) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘in ac-
cordance with the requirements of section 
305(a)(3)(D) of the Energy Conservation and 
Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6834(a)(3)(D)),’’; 
(C) in subsection (f)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)— 
(I) in the matter preceding sub-
paragraph (A), by striking ‘‘, the re-
quirements of section 305(a)(3)(D) of 
the Energy Conservation and Produc-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 6834(a)(3)(D)),’’; 
and 
(II) in subparagraph (A), by 
striking ‘‘and the requirements of sec-
tion 305(a)(3)(D) of that Act’’; and 
(ii) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(D) by striking subsection (h). 
(3) FEDERAL
GREEN
BUILDING
PERFORM-
ANCE.—Section 437(a)(1) of the Energy Independ-
ence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 
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17093(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘, section 
305(a)(3)(D) of the Energy Conservation and Pro-
duction Act (42 U.S.C. 6834(a)(3)(D)),’’. 
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