Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act
This bill eliminates requirements for new and renovated federal buildings to phase out and eliminate fossil fuel energy use. It repeals Department of Energy regulations that set fossil fuel reduction targets for federal properties, allowing agencies to continue using fuels like natural gas. Additionally, green building rating systems used by the federal government would be barred from denying eco-friendly certifications to a building solely because it consumes fossil fuels.
What this bill touches.
Who it helps · who it burdens.
Who it helps
- Federal agencies managing or constructing buildingsAre relieved from mandatory fossil fuel phase-out requirements for new and renovated buildings, and are protected from having their buildings denied green or high-performance certification solely because they consume fossil fuels (Sec. 2(a), 2(b), 2(c)).
Who it burdens
- Department of EnergyIs required to issue revised federal building energy efficiency regulations within 180 days of enactment to reflect the elimination of fossil fuel phase-out mandates (Sec. 2(d)).
- Green building certification systemsAre restricted from disqualifying federal buildings from green or high-performance certification solely because a building directly or indirectly uses fossil fuels (Sec. 2(a)(2), 2(c)).
The provisions, in plain language.
Eliminates requirements for new and renovated federal buildings to phase out fossil fuel energy consumption, and voids existing federal regulations that enforced those phase-out targets.
Prohibits federal green building certification standards from disqualifying a building from being certified as a green or high-performance building solely because it directly or indirectly consumes fossil fuels.
Requires the Secretary of Energy to issue updated federal building energy efficiency regulations within 180 days to reflect these changes.