---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 6835"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "6835"
heading: "Federal compliance"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/6835"
units:
  - "Chapter 81 — Energy Conservation and Resource Renewal"
  - "Subchapter II — Energy Conservation Standards for New Buildings"
---

# §6835. Federal compliance

- (a) **Procedures—**
  - (1) The head of each [Federal agency](/usc/42/6802.md?p=3) shall adopt procedures necessary to assure that new [Federal buildings](/usc/42/6832.md?p=6) meet or exceed the [Federal building energy standards](/usc/42/6832.md?p=13) established under [section 6834 of this title](/usc/42/6834.md).
  - (2) The [Federal building energy standards](/usc/42/6832.md?p=13) established under [section 6834 of this title](/usc/42/6834.md) shall apply to new [buildings](/usc/42/6832.md?p=2) under the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol. The Architect shall adopt procedures necessary to assure that such [buildings](/usc/42/6832.md?p=2) meet or exceed such standards.
- (b) **Construction of new buildings—** The head of a [Federal agency](/usc/42/6802.md?p=3) may expend Federal funds for the [construction](/usc/42/300s–3.md?p=7) of a new [Federal building](/usc/42/6832.md?p=6) only if the [building](/usc/42/6832.md?p=2) meets or exceeds the appropriate [Federal building energy standards](/usc/42/6832.md?p=13) established under [section 6834 of this title](/usc/42/6834.md).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 94–385, title III, § 306, as added Pub. L. 102–486, title I, § 101(a)(2), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2785.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 6835, Pub. L. 94–385, title III, § 306, Aug. 14, 1976, 90 Stat. 1148; Pub. L. 96–399, title III, § 326(d), Oct. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1650; Pub. L. 97–35, title X, § 1041(d), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 621, related to compliance with final performance standards by Federal agencies, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102–486, title I, § 101(a)(2), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2783.