,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #diff  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,august #a1    
#bjbd,mr4 ,welch 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,van
 ,hollen1 and ,mrs4 ,shaheen7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was read     
twice and referred to the ,committee on 
,banking1 ,housing1 and ,urban ,affairs 
,a ,,bill  ,to authorize public housing 
agencies to use assistance from the     
,capital ,fund for energy performance   
contracts4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,expanding ,energy  
,efficiency for ,affordable ,housing    
,act of #bjbd4  #b4 ,use of ,capital    
,fund assistance by public housing      
agencies for energy performance         
contracts ,section #i7;d7 of the ,united
 ,states ,housing ,act of #aicg 7#db    
,u4,s4,c4 #adcg;g7d77 is amended-- 7#a7 
in paragraph 7#a77,k71 by inserting     
before and by the following3 by entering
 into energy performance contracts 7as  
defined in paragraph 7#d7712 and  7#b7  
by adding at the end the following3     

7#d7 ,definition of energy performance  
contract ,for purposes of this          
subsection1 the term energy performance 
contract means a contract described in  
section #iij4ahe7;a7 of title #bd1 ,code
 of ,federal ,regulations1 or any       
successor regulation4  4