S. 3600 119th Congress Senate

National Housing Emergency Act of 2026

Official title: A bill to require the President to declare a national housing emergency and invoke the Defense Production Act to incentivize residential housing production, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 8, 2026 Introduced by: Elissa Slotkin Democratic · Michigan See on congress.gov

Housing and Community Development

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Jan 8, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Jan 8, 2026

Introduced in Senate

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What's happening now January 8, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 4

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
FIRST AMERICAN FINANCIAL CORPORATION
for FIRST AMERICAN FINANCIAL CORPORATION · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
4 filings
SENATE
4 filings
Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
3 filings
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
3 filings
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
3 filings
Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)
3 filings
Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)
3 filings
Interior, Dept of (DOI)
3 filings

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3600: National Housing Emergency Act of 2026. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3600/

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"S. 3600: National Housing Emergency Act of 2026." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3600/.

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S. 3600, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3600/.

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