Manufactured Housing Affordability and Energy Efficiency Act of 2023

Subjects: Energy


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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3327 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3327

    To require the Secretary of Energy to receive approval from the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development with respect to manufactured 
housing energy efficiency standards issued by the Secretary of Energy, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 15, 2023

Mr. Kustoff (for himself and Ms. Sewell) introduced the following bill; 
  which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in 
  addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
    To require the Secretary of Energy to receive approval from the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development with respect to manufactured 
housing energy efficiency standards issued by the Secretary of Energy, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Manufactured Housing Affordability 
and Energy Efficiency Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF HUD FINAL AUTHORITY OVER MANUFACTURED HOUSING 
              ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS.

    Section 413 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 
U.S.C. 17071) is amended by inserting the following new subsection:
    ``(d) Final HUD Authority.--The manufactured housing energy 
efficiency standards developed by the Secretary of Energy under 
subsection (a) shall be considered by the Secretary of the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development under section 604(a) of the National 
Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 
U.S.C. 5401 et seq.) and shall only become effective and enforceable, 
under subsection (c) or otherwise, if and in the form adopted into the 
Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards (24 C.F.R. 3280) 
pursuant to section 604(a) of such Act.''.

SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF INAPPROPRIATE USE OF IECC.

    Section 413(b) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 
(42 U.S.C. 17071(b)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) Requirements.--The energy conservation standards established 
under this section may be based on the climate zones established by the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development.''.

SEC. 4. SUPREMACY OF HUD CODE.

    Section 604 of the National Manufactured Housing Construction and 
Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5403) is amended by inserting 
the following new subsection:
    ``(i) Exclusive Authority Over Manufactured Housing Energy 
Standards.--Any construction or safety standard developed by other 
Federal agencies, including energy standards developed pursuant to 
section 413 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 
U.S.C. 17071), shall only become effective and enforceable by HUD or 
such other agency if and in the form adopted into the construction and 
safety standards established under subsection (a).''.
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