I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7651 
To clarify the process and standards for rulemaking establishing standards 
for energy efficiency in manufactured housing, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 3, 2022 
Mr. KUSTOFF introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To clarify the process and standards for rulemaking estab-
lishing standards for energy efficiency in manufactured 
housing, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives 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 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF HUD FINAL AUTHORITY OVER 
MANUFACTURED 
HOUSING 
ENERGY 
EFFI-
CIENCY STANDARDS. 
Section 413 of the Energy Independence and Security 
Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17071) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
EFFECTIVENESS.— 
The energy conservation standards established under 
this section shall not become effective unless— 
‘‘(A) the requirement for consultation with 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment under subsection (a)(2)(B) of this section 
has been met, including through analysis of 
data of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development regarding projected homebuyer 
cost increases resulting from the standards and 
estimates of such Secretary of the number of 
potential manufactured homebuyers that will no 
longer qualify for a manufactured home loan as 
a result of the standards; 
‘‘(B) the required findings that the energy 
efficiency standards are cost-effective and that 
there is not a more stringent standard that 
would be cost-effective are made and docu-
mented through calculations that reflect pro-
jected homeowner annual mortgage costs and 
projected homebuyer downpayment increases re-
sulting from the standards; and 
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‘‘(C) the final proposed standards fully 
take into consideration manufactured housing 
construction methods and transportation re-
quirements.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(d) FINAL HUD AUTHORITY.—In compliance with 
the National Manufactured Housing Construction and 
Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), 
any manufactured housing energy efficiency standards es-
tablished by the Secretary of Energy under subsection (a) 
and any enforcement authority provided under subsection 
(c) with respect to such standards shall not become effec-
tive until the standards are adopted pursuant to authority 
under section 604(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5403(a)), 
after consideration by the manufactured housing con-
sensus 
committee 
established 
pursuant 
to 
section 
604(a)(3) of such Act, and shall be subject to the author-
ity under such section 604 to revise such standards before 
adoption.’’. 
Æ 
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