[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7651 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7651

   To clarify the process and standards for rulemaking establishing 
standards for energy efficiency in manufactured housing, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 3, 2022

 Mr. Kustoff introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To clarify the process and standards for rulemaking establishing 
standards for energy efficiency in manufactured housing, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Manufactured Housing Affordability 
and Energy Efficiency Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF HUD FINAL AUTHORITY OVER MANUFACTURED HOUSING 
              ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS.

    Section 413 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 
U.S.C. 17071) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following 
        new paragraph:
            ``(4) Requirements for effectiveness.--The energy 
        conservation standards established under this section shall not 
        become effective unless--
                    ``(A) the requirement for consultation with the 
                Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under 
                subsection (a)(2)(B) of this section has been met, 
                including through analysis of data of the Department of 
                Housing and Urban Development regarding projected 
                homebuyer cost increases resulting from the standards 
                and estimates of such Secretary of the number of 
                potential manufactured homebuyers that will no longer 
                qualify for a manufactured home loan as a result of the 
                standards;
                    ``(B) the required findings that the energy 
                efficiency standards are cost-effective and that there 
                is not a more stringent standard that would be cost-
                effective are made and documented through calculations 
                that reflect projected homeowner annual mortgage costs 
                and projected homebuyer downpayment increases resulting 
                from the standards; and
                    ``(C) the final proposed standards fully take into 
                consideration manufactured housing construction methods 
                and transportation requirements.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) Final HUD Authority.--In compliance with the National 
Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 
U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), any manufactured housing energy efficiency 
standards established by the Secretary of Energy under subsection (a) 
and any enforcement authority provided under subsection (c) with 
respect to such standards shall not become effective until the 
standards are adopted pursuant to authority under section 604(a) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 5403(a)), after consideration by the manufactured 
housing consensus committee established pursuant to section 604(a)(3) 
of such Act, and shall be subject to the authority under such section 
604 to revise such standards before adoption.''.
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