S.Amdt. 4370

SA 4370. Mr. BARRASSO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill H.R. 6644, a bill to increase the supply of housing
in America, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS FOR HOUSING.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development and the Secretary of Agriculture--
(1) shall withdraw the final determination announced in the
notice of final determination entitled ``Adoption of Energy
Efficiency Standards for New Construction of HUD- and USDA-
Financed Housing'' (89 Fed. Reg. 33112);
(2) may not take any action or use any Federal funds to
implement or enforce the final determination described in
paragraph (1) or any substantially similar final
determination; and
(3) shall revert energy efficiency standards for covered
programs under the final determination described in paragraph
(1) to the energy efficiency standards required before the
final determination.
(b) Action by Additional Agencies.--
(1) Department of veterans affairs.--The Secretary of
Veterans Affairs may not take any action or use any Federal
funds to implement or enforce a final determination that is
substantially similar to the final determination described in
subsection (a)(1).
(2) Federal housing finance agency.--Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the Director of the Federal Housing
Finance Agency may not finalize, implement, or enforce a
determination or rule relating to energy efficiency standards
for single and multifamily housing.
(c) Consideration of State Standards.--Section 109(d) of
the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42
U.S.C. 12709(d)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and
inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(3) not fewer than 26 States have adopted an energy
efficiency code or standard that meets or exceeds the
requirements of the revised code or standard.''.
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