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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 75 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Sec- |
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| 6 | 6 | | retary of Agriculture to withdraw a final determination relating to energy |
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| 7 | 7 | | efficiency standards for housing, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JANUARY3, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. B |
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| 11 | 11 | | IGGSof Arizona (for himself, Mr. OGLES, and Mr. HIGGINSof Lou- |
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| 12 | 12 | | isiana) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee |
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| 13 | 13 | | on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans’ Af- |
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| 14 | 14 | | fairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each |
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| 15 | 15 | | case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of |
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| 16 | 16 | | the committee concerned |
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| 17 | 17 | | A BILL |
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| 18 | 18 | | To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development |
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| 19 | 19 | | and the Secretary of Agriculture to withdraw a final |
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| 20 | 20 | | determination relating to energy efficiency standards for |
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| 21 | 21 | | housing, and for other purposes. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Helping Owners with 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Unaffordable Shoddy Edicts Act of 2025’’ or the 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | ‘‘HOUSE Act of 2025’’. 6 |
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| 30 | 30 | | •HR 75 IH |
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| 31 | 31 | | SEC. 2. ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS FOR HOUSING. 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (a) I |
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| 33 | 33 | | NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Housing and 2 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Urban Development and the Secretary of Agriculture— 3 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (1) shall withdraw the final determination an-4 |
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| 36 | 36 | | nounced in the notice of final determination entitled 5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ‘‘Adoption of Energy Efficiency Standards for New 6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Construction of HUD- and USDA-Financed Hous-7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ing’’ (89 Fed. Reg. 33112); 8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (2) may not take any action or use any Federal 9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | funds to implement or enforce the final determina-10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | tion described in paragraph (1) or any substantially 11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | similar final determination; and 12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (3) shall revert energy efficiency standards for 13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | covered programs under such final determination to 14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | the energy efficiency standards required before such 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | final determination. 16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (b) A |
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| 49 | 49 | | CTION BYADDITIONALAGENCIES.— 17 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (1) D |
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| 51 | 51 | | EPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS .— 18 |
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| 52 | 52 | | The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not take any 19 |
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| 53 | 53 | | action or use any Federal funds to implement or en-20 |
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| 54 | 54 | | force a final determination that is substantially simi-21 |
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| 55 | 55 | | lar to the final determination described in subsection 22 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (a)(1). 23 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (2) F |
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| 58 | 58 | | EDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY .— 24 |
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| 59 | 59 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Di-25 |
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| 60 | 60 | | rector of the Federal Housing Finance Agency may 26 |
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| 63 | 63 | | •HR 75 IH |
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| 64 | 64 | | not finalize, implement, or enforce a determination 1 |
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| 65 | 65 | | or rule relating to energy efficiency standards for 2 |
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| 66 | 66 | | single and multifamily housing. 3 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (c) C |
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| 68 | 68 | | ONSIDERATION OF STATESTANDARDS.—Sec-4 |
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| 69 | 69 | | tion 109(d) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 5 |
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| 70 | 70 | | Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12709(d)) is amended— 6 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 7 |
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| 72 | 72 | | end; 8 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 9 |
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| 74 | 74 | | the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 10 |
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| 75 | 75 | | (3) by adding at the end the following: 11 |
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| 76 | 76 | | ‘‘(3) not less than 26 States have adopted an 12 |
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| 77 | 77 | | energy efficiency code or standard that meets or ex-13 |
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| 78 | 78 | | ceeds the requirements of the revised code or stand-14 |
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| 79 | 79 | | ard.’’. 15 |
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