,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ge  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of    
,,representatives  ,january #c1         
#bjbe,mr4 ,biggs of ,arizona 7for       
himself1 ,mr4 ,ogles1 and ,mr4 ,higgins 
of ,louisiana7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,financial ,services1 and 
in addition to the ,committee on        
,veterans' ,affairs1 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 require the ,secretary of
 ,housing and ,urban ,development and   
the ,secretary of ,agriculture to       
withdraw a final determination relating 
to energy efficiency standards for      
housing1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,helping ,owners with ,unaffordable 
,shoddy ,edicts ,act of #bjbe or the    
,,house ,act of #bjbe4  #b4 ,energy     
efficiency standards for housing  7a7   

,in general ,the ,secretary of ,housing 
and ,urban ,development and the         
,secretary of ,agriculture-- 7#a7 shall 
withdraw the final determination        
announced in the notice of final        
determination entitled ,adoption of     
,energy ,efficiency ,standards for ,new 
,construction of ,,hud- and             
,,usda-,financed ,housing 7#hi ,fed4    
,reg4 #ccaab72  7#b7 may not take any   
action or use any ,federal funds to     
implement or enforce the final          
determination described in paragraph    
7#a7 or any substantially similar final 
determination2 and  7#c7 shall revert   
energy efficiency standards for covered 
programs under such final determination 
to the energy efficiency standards      
required before such final              
determination4  7b7 ,action by          
additional agencies  7#a7 ,department of
 ,veterans ,affairs ,the ,secretary of  
,veterans ,affairs may not take any     
action or use any ,federal funds to     
implement or enforce a final            

determination that is substantially     
similar to the final determination      
described in subsection 7a77#a74  7#b7  
,federal ,housing ,finance ,agency      
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 the ,director of the ,federal      
,housing ,finance ,agency may not       
finalize1 implement1 or enforce a       
determination or rule relating to energy
 efficiency standards for single and    
multifamily housing4  7c7 ,consideration
 of ,state standards ,section #aji7;d7  
of the ,cranston-,gonzalez ,national    
,affordable ,housing ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4
 #abgji7;d77 is amended-- 7#a7 in       
paragraph 7#a71 by striking and at the  
end2  7#b7 in paragraph 7#b71 by        
striking the period at the end and      
inserting 2 and2 and  7#c7 by adding at 
the end the following3  7#c7 not less   
than #bf ,states have adopted an energy 
efficiency code or standard that meets  
or exceeds the requirements of the      
revised code or standard4  4