,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cagh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #ah1 
#bjbe,mr4 ,barrasso 7for himself1 ,mrs4 
,capito1 ,mr4 ,sullivan1 ,mr4 ,ricketts1
 ,ms4 ,lummis1 ,mr4 ,mullin1 ,mr4       
,hoeven1 ,mr4 ,cramer1 ,mrs4 ,blackburn1
 ,mr4 ,moreno1 ,mrs4 ,fischer1 ,mrs4    
,hyde-,smith1 and ,mr4 ,young7          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,banking1 ,housing1 and   
,urban ,affairs  ,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 ,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 the final determination  
described in paragraph 7#a7 to the      
energy efficiency standards required    
before the 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 fewer  
than #bf ,states have adopted an energy 
efficiency code or standard that meets  
or exceeds the requirements of the      
revised code or standard4  4