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H.R. 4690119th CongressEnergy
Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act
Sponsored by Rep. Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY) · 7 active : 7 Republicans
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate11 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedApr 22, 2026
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govReliable Federal Infrastructure Act
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.
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.
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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.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
- Energy · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
- House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · HouseDischarged from · Referred to
- Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management · HouseReferred to
- Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works · SenateReferred to
Subjects
- Building construction
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Government buildings, facilities, and property
- Performance measurement
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 11Swing 70–100
- 69Middle 30–70
- 20Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
7 activeShow all 7 cosponsors
- Craig A. Goldman (R-TX-12)
- Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-1)
- Julie Fedorchak (R-ND-AL)
- Michael A. Rulli (R-OH-6)
- Pat Harrigan (R-NC-10)
- Troy Balderson (R-OH-12)
- Richard Hudson (R-NC-9)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
