,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fggb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #ag1       
#bjbe,ms4 ,garcia of ,texas introduced  
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,financial         
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the   
,comptroller ,general of the ,united    
,states to conduct a study and submit a 
report to ,congress that examines the   
costs and benefits that could be        
associated with establishing a ,federal 
uniform residential building code4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,affordable ,housing ,through       
,common-,sense ,standards ,act4  #b4    
,uniform building code study ,not later 
than #a year after the date of the      
enactment of this ,act1 the ,comptroller
 ,general of the ,united ,states shall  
conduct a study and submit a report to  
the ,congress that examines the costs   
and benefits that could be associated   
with establishing a ,federal uniform    
residential building code1 including    

whether such a code could--  7#a7 reduce
 the amount of time required for units  
of local government to approve new      
construction2  7#b7 reduce the cost of  
residential construction in the ,united 
,states2 or  7#c7 increase the quality  
of available and affordable residential 
housing in the ,united ,states4