FRAMER Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7282 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7282 To incentivize States not to enact costly, burdensome, and unreasonable energy code housing policies, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 30, 2026 Mr. Crank introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To incentivize States not to enact costly, burdensome, and unreasonable energy code housing policies, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Freeing Residential Affordable Markets from Excess Regulation Act'' or the ``FRAMER Act''. SEC. 2. ENERGY CODES IN OPPORTUNITY ZONES. (a) In General.--Section 104 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5304) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(n) Energy Codes in Opportunity Zones.-- ``(1) In general.--To be eligible to receive amounts under this title on or after the date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection, a State shall provide to each person who built a covered dwelling unit in an opportunity zone that is located in the jurisdiction of such entity, not later than 30 days after such dwelling unit has been inspected and certified for occupancy, a payment in the amount equal to the difference, determined by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, between-- ``(A) the cost of implementing the energy housing code of the State with respect to such covered dwelling unit, including costs associated with labor, supplies, wages of employees, inspection costs, or any other cost realized by the person who built a covered dwelling unit;