H.R. 75

119th CONGRESS 1st Session

To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of Agriculture to withdraw a final determination relating to energy efficiency standards for housing, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · January 3, 2025 · Sponsor: Mr. Biggs of Arizona

Table of contents

• H.R. 75
  • SEC. 1. Short title
  • SEC. 2. Energy efficiency standards for housing

SEC. 1. Short title

• This Act may be cited as the or the .

SEC. 2. Energy efficiency standards for housing

• (a) In general
  • The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of Agriculture—
    • shall withdraw the final determination announced in the notice of final determination entitled (89 Fed. Reg. 33112); Adoption of Energy Efficiency Standards for New Construction of HUD- and USDA-Financed Housing
    • 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
    • shall revert energy efficiency standards for covered programs under such final determination to the energy efficiency standards required before such 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 () is amended— 42 U.S.C. 12709(d)
    • in paragraph (1), by striking and at the end;
    • in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and; and
      • not less than 26 States have adopted an energy efficiency code or standard that meets or exceeds the requirements of the revised code or standard.
    • by adding at the end the following: