,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fbfd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ba1       
#bjbe,mr4 ,james introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1
 and in addition to the ,committee on   
,transportation and ,infrastructure1 for
 a period to be subsequently determined 
by the ,speaker1 in each case for       
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend the ,energy ,conservation and     
,production ,act to require the         
consideration of additional factors     
prior to updating revised ,federal      
building energy efficiency performance  
standards1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,path to ,affordable ,homes ,act of 
#bjbe4  #b4 ,consideration of additional
 factors relating to revised ,federal   
building energy efficiency performance  
standards ,section #cje7;a77#c77;,b7 of 

the ,energy ,conservation and           
,production ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4         
#fhcd7;a77#c77;,b77 is amended to read  
as follows3  7,b7 7i7 ,not later than #a
 year after the date of approval of each
 subsequent revision of the ,,ashrae    
,standard or the ,international ,energy 
,conservation ,code1 as appropriate1 the
 ,secretary shall determine whether the 
revised standards established under this
 paragraph should be updated to reflect 
the amendment based on-- 7,i7 the       
cost-effectiveness1 technological       
feasibility1 and potential effect on the
 reliability of the electric grid of the
 requirements under the amendment2      
7,,ii7 the extent to which such         
requirements directly relate to energy  
efficiency2 and  7,,iii7 whether such   
requirements would result in a building 
being required to transition to         
consuming a different type of energy or 
consuming energy generated from a       
different source4  7ii7 ,in determining 
whether to update the revised standards 

in accordance with clause 7i71 if the   
,secretary determines under clause      
7i77,,iii7 that requirements under an   
amendment would result in a building    
being required to transition from       
consuming fossil fuel-generated energy  
to consuming energy generated from a    
different source1 the ,secretary shall  
consider such determination a negative  
factor against making such update4  4