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Path to Affordable Homes Act of 2025

USA119th CongressHR-6264| House 
| Updated: 11/22/2025
John James

John James

Republican Representative

Michigan

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
This bill amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act to modify the process for updating federal building energy efficiency performance standards. It mandates that within one year of new ASHRAE or International Energy Conservation Code revisions, the Secretary must determine whether to update federal standards based on several new criteria. These criteria include evaluating the cost-effectiveness , technological feasibility , and potential impact on electric grid reliability of proposed requirements. The Secretary must also consider how directly the requirements relate to energy efficiency and if they would necessitate a building transitioning to a different energy type or source. Significantly, if an amendment would require a building to switch from consuming fossil fuel-generated energy to another source, this must be weighed as a negative factor when deciding whether to update the federal building energy efficiency performance standards.
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Nov 21, 2025
Introduced in House
Nov 21, 2025
Referred to the Committee on Energy 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.
Nov 22, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
  • November 21, 2025
    Introduced in House


  • November 21, 2025
    Referred to the Committee on Energy 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.


  • November 22, 2025
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

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Path to Affordable Homes Act of 2025

USA119th CongressHR-6264| House 
| Updated: 11/22/2025
This bill amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act to modify the process for updating federal building energy efficiency performance standards. It mandates that within one year of new ASHRAE or International Energy Conservation Code revisions, the Secretary must determine whether to update federal standards based on several new criteria. These criteria include evaluating the cost-effectiveness , technological feasibility , and potential impact on electric grid reliability of proposed requirements. The Secretary must also consider how directly the requirements relate to energy efficiency and if they would necessitate a building transitioning to a different energy type or source. Significantly, if an amendment would require a building to switch from consuming fossil fuel-generated energy to another source, this must be weighed as a negative factor when deciding whether to update the federal building energy efficiency performance standards.
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Timeline
Nov 21, 2025
Introduced in House
Nov 21, 2025
Referred to the Committee on Energy 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.
Nov 22, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
  • November 21, 2025
    Introduced in House


  • November 21, 2025
    Referred to the Committee on Energy 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.


  • November 22, 2025
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
John James

John James

Republican Representative

Michigan

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee

Energy

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted