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2024-06-05
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[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 96 (Wednesday, June 5, 2024)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. BIGGS:H.R. 8624.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8The single subject of this legislation is:The single subject of this bill is to require the Secretaryof Housing and Urban Developmand and the Secretary ofAgriculture to withdraw a final determination relating toenergy efficiency standards, and for other purposes.[Page H3674]
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Veterans' Affairs Committee
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Economic Opportunity Subcommittee
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2024-07-29T15:54:17Z
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2024-06-05T13:01:25Z
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Financial Services Committee
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Standing
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2024-06-05T13:01:20Z
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Economic Opportunity Subcommittee
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
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Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
IntroReferral
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Library of Congress
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Introduced in House
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AZ
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2024-06-05
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TN
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2024-06-05
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MI
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2024-06-05
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2024-06-05
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MT
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2024-06-05
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FL
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2024-06-05
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WV
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2024-06-07
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2024-06-07
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2024-06-12
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OK
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2024-06-12
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2024-06-21
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2024-06-27
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2024-07-26
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Energy
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2024-06-05
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Helping Owners with Unaffordable Shoddy Edicts Act of 2024 or the HOUSE Act of 2024
This bill directs the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to withdraw the final determination titled Adoption of Energy Efficiency Standards for New Construction of HUD- and USDA-Financed Housing and published on April 26, 2024.
The determination adopted updated minimum energy efficiency standards for newly built homes (except manufactured housing) financed through certain HUD and USDA programs. Specifically, it adopted the (1) 2021 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), which applies to single family homes and multifamily low-rise buildings up to three stories; and (2) 2019 American National Standards Institute/American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers/Illuminating Electrical Society (ANSI/ASHRAE/IES) Standard 90.1, which applies to multifamily residential buildings with four or more stories. HUD and USDA must also revert to using the energy efficiency standards required before the determination.
In addition, the bill prohibits HUD, USDA, and the Department of Veterans Affairs from taking actions or using federal funds to implement or enforce the determination or any substantially similar determination. It also prohibits the Federal Housing Finance Agency from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing a determination or rule relating to energy efficiency standards for single and multifamily housing.
Finally, the bill prohibits HUD and USDA from adopting updates to the IECC or ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1 in certain circumstances unless at least 26 states have adopted codes or standards that meet or exceed the update's requirements.

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HOUSE Act of 2024
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HOUSE Act of 2024
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Introduced in House
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Helping Owners with Unaffordable Shoddy Edicts Act of 2024
2024-07-24T05:23:12Z
Introduced in House
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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.
2024-07-24T05:18:22Z
Introduced in House
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
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