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<dc:title>118 S4966 IS: Expanding Energy Efficiency for Affordable Housing Act of 2024</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2024-08-01</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code><congress>118th CONGRESS</congress><session>2d Session</session><legis-num>S. 4966</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><action><action-date date="20240801">August 1, 2024</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S422">Mr. Welch</sponsor> (for himself, <cosponsor name-id="S390">Mr. Van Hollen</cosponsor>, and <cosponsor name-id="S324">Mrs. Shaheen</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSBK00">Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title>To authorize public housing agencies to use assistance from the Capital Fund for energy performance contracts.</official-title></form><legis-body><section id="S1" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Expanding Energy Efficiency for Affordable Housing Act of 2024</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section section-type="subsequent-section" id="id0D8F00E303EE41A1AF91B35392295116"><enum>2.</enum><header>Use of Capital Fund assistance by public housing agencies for energy performance contracts</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9(d) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437g">42 U.S.C. 1437g(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idFEE6F72FAF114BB4BFA6CF9043C72837"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)(K), by inserting before <quote>and by</quote> the following: <quote>by entering into energy performance contracts (as defined in paragraph (4)),</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id22F6014E6DE0468CB8E1B601E46FFE6A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id34F7D72AF2FB444B944B194838A6DED0"><paragraph id="idD16B2EF6557349F0A4070FA6BA2678D6"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Definition of energy performance contract</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, the term <term>energy performance contract</term> means a contract described in section 990.185(a) of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section></legis-body></bill> 

