An amendment numbered 6 printed in House Report 110-369 to direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish an internet-based `Green Housing Clearinghouse' including best practices, technical recommendations and other informational material regarding green building techniques. Additionally, grantees would be required to self-certify how many of the total units they built with money from the national affordable housing trust fund were green.
What it does: 4 changes: inserts text in 2 places, strikes text, replaces text
Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA)Description
Amendment directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish an internet-based "Green Housing Clearinghouse" including best practices, technical recommendations and other informational material regarding green building techniques. Additionally, grantees would be required to self-certify how many of the total units they built with money from the national affordable housing trust fund were green.
What it changes
4 changes to H.R. 2895
Change 1: Inserts new text on page 52, line 15
InsertsPrinted pageInserted: (c) Green Housing Clearinghouse.--
Inserted: (1) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a clearinghouse of information relating to green building techniques to provide grantees and recipients of Trust Fund amounts information regarding use of Trust Fund grant amounts in a manner that increases the efficiency of buildings and their use of energy, water, and materials, and reducing building impacts on human health and the environment, through better siting, design, construction, operation, maintenance, and removal, including information regarding best practices and technical recommendations.
Inserted: (2) Access through internet.--The Secretary shall make the information of the clearinghouse available by means of the Internet.
Original wording
Page 52, after line 15, insert the following:
Change 2: Strikes “and”
Struck: and
Original wording
Page 51, line 9, strike “and”.
Change 3: Replaces the period on page 51, line 14 with “; and”
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[struck: .][inserted: ; and]Original wording
Page 51, line 14, strike the period and insert “; and”.
Change 4: Inserts new text on page 51, line 14
InsertsPrinted pageInserted: (III) certifies the number of total dwelling units of affordable housing that were constructed, preserved, or rehabilitated during such fiscal year with assistance from Trust Funds grant amounts of the grantee comply with widely accepted standards for green building.
Original wording
Page 51, after line 14, insert the following:
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As printed
Page 52, after line 15, insert the following:
“(c) Green Housing Clearinghouse.--
“(1) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a clearinghouse of information relating to green building techniques to provide grantees and recipients of Trust Fund amounts information regarding use of Trust Fund grant amounts in a manner that increases the efficiency of buildings and their use of energy, water, and materials, and reducing building impacts on human health and the environment, through better siting, design, construction, operation, maintenance, and removal, including information regarding best practices and technical recommendations.
“(2) Access through internet.--The Secretary shall make the information of the clearinghouse available by means of the Internet.”.
Page 51, line 9, strike “and”.
Page 51, line 14, strike the period and insert “; and”.
Page 51, after line 14, insert the following:
“(III) certifies the number of total dwelling units of affordable housing that were constructed, preserved, or rehabilitated during such fiscal year with assistance from Trust Funds grant amounts of the grantee comply with widely accepted standards for green building.”.
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House amendment offered
October 10, 2007
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House amendment offered
October 10, 2007
House amendment agreed to: On agreeing to the Frank (MA) amendment (A006) Agreed to by voice vote.
October 10, 2007 • 2:14 PM
Amendment agreed to Committee of the Whole
October 10, 2007 • 2:14 PM
House amendment offered/reported by : Amendment (A006) offered by Mr. Frank (MA).(consideration: CR H11433-11434; text: CR H11433)
October 10, 2007 • 2:09 PM
Amendment (A006) offered by Mr. Frank (MA). (consideration: CR H11433-11434; text: CR H11433)
October 10, 2007 • 2:09 PM
On agreeing to the Frank (MA) amendment (A006) Agreed to by voice vote.
October 10, 2007 • 2:14 PM