S. 3970 119th Congress Senate

Rural Housing Regulatory Relief Act

Official title: A bill to exempt from the requirements of NEPA the provision of certain assistance for the construction or modification of residential housing on infill sites, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 3, 2026 Introduced by: Pete Ricketts Republican · Nebraska See on congress.gov

Housing and Community Development

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Mar 3, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Mar 3, 2026

Introduced in Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3970: Rural Housing Regulatory Relief Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3970/

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"S. 3970: Rural Housing Regulatory Relief Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3970/.

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S. 3970, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3970/.

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