To require the Secretary of State to submit to Congress a notification of certain construction projects using nonstandard designs.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7054 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 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 nonstandard designs. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 Congress that the Bureau of Overseas Building Operations of the Department of State, or any successor office, shall, to the greatest extent possible, give appropriate consideration to standardization in construction, such that each 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