H.R. 7054

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7054 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 14, 2026

Mr. Issa introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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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 security of the completed project 
to the security of such completed project if such project were 
constructed using a standard design.
(4) A justification for the Secretary's selection of a 
nonstandard design over a standard design for such project.
(5) Documentation to support the information required in 
paragraphs (1) through (4) or, if any such documentation cannot 
be provided, an explanation as to why such documentation cannot 
be provided.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
(2) Covered project.--The term ``covered project''--
(A) means a project to construct a new United 
States embassy compound or new United States consulate 
compound; and
(B) includes such projects that are in the design 
or pre-design phase on the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
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