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)]

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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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