Build America Caucus

The Build America Caucus is a bipartisan caucus in the United States House of Representatives. The members of the Build America Caucus support the "abundance movement", which came to prominence following the publishing of Abundance, a New York Times Bestseller co-authored by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson.

History

Following their losses in the 2024 United States elections, where polling showed that the cost of living was the most salient issue for voters, Democrats warmed to the idea of embracing deregulation to decrease housing and energy costs. As deregulation is traditionally a Republican issue, this created room for a new bipartisan focus on permitting reform.

The Build America Caucus was founded in the 119th Congress, following the collapse of the bipartisan Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024 at the end of the 118th Congress. The caucus officially launched on May 9, 2025, under chair Rep. Josh Harder, composed mostly of relative newcomers to bipartisan permitting reform negotiations.

In the 119th Congress, the Build America Caucus endorsed legislation to aid housing construction by exempting projects from environmental reviews and to reduce wildfire risk by reforming permitting requirements.

Members

As of August 8, 2026, the Build America Caucus has 43 members, composed of 22 Democrats and 21 Republicans.

Current members

Member name (Party) Hometown District Assumed office Newton, MA MA-4 Papillion, NE NE-2 Palm Harbor, FL FL-12 Dallas Township, PA PA-8 Springfield, IL IL-13 Pooler, GA GA-1 Happy Valley, OR OR-5 Roeland Park, KS KS-3 Flat Rock, NC NC-11 Glendale, CA CA-30 Nashua, NH NH-2 Merced, CA CA-13 Tracy, CA CA-9 Cos Cob, CT CT-4 Las Vegas, NV NV-4 Salem, IN IN-9 Grand Junction, CO CO-3 Virginia Beach, VA VA-2 La Habra, CA CA-40 Pearl River, NY NY-17 San Jose, CA CA-16 Lower Macungie, PA PA-7 Cranston, RI RI-2 Staten Island, NY NY-11 Cedar City, UT UT-2 Austin, TX TX-10 Suwanee, GA GA-7 Bay City, MI MI-8 Salt Lake City, UT UT-1 Lafayette, CO CO-2 Sunnyside, WA WA-4 Big Bear Lake, CA CA-23 San Diego, CA CA-50 Lakewood, CO CO-7 Chicago, IL IL-5 Gardiner, NY NY-18 Tigard, OR OR-6 Burley, ID ID-2 Birmingham, MI MI-11 Bronx, NY NY-15 Hanford, CA CA-22 Agua Dulce, CA CA-27 Montross, VA VA-1

Legislation

The Build America Caucus has endorsed several pieces of federal legislation focused on reforming permitting processes to reduce regulatory slowdowns.

119th Congress

Passed into law

21st Century ROAD to Housing Act (Sponsored by Rep. French Hill),

Proposed

Fix Our Forests Act (Sponsored by Rep. Bruce Westerman),

CLEAN Act (Sponsored by Rep. Russ Fulcher),

Affordable HOMES Act (Sponsored by Rep. Erin Houchin),

Geothermal Energy Advancement Act (Sponsored by Rep. Jeff Hurd),

License to Drill Act (Sponsored by Rep. Mike Kennedy),

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