section 52, or subsection (m) or (o) of section 414, 
shall be treated as one employer for purposes of this 
section. 
‘‘(7) 
ELECTION
NOT
TO
HAVE
SECTION 
APPLY.—This section shall not apply with respect to 
any employer for any calendar quarter if such em-
ployer elects (at such time and in such manner as 
the Secretary may prescribe) not to have this section 
apply. 
‘‘(8) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall issue 
such regulations or other guidance as may be nec-
essary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of 
this section.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to amounts paid or incurred after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
TITLE III—HOUSING 
SEC. 301. GRANTS FOR PROVIDING COOLING SYSTEMS IN 
PUBLIC HOUSING UNITS. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘Secretary’’) shall carry out a program under this section 
to make grants to public housing agencies for the installa-
tion of air conditioners or heat pumps for public housing 
dwelling units. 
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(b) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—Amounts from a grant 
under the program under this section may be used only 
for costs of acquiring and installing air conditioners or 
heat pumps that meet such standards as the Secretary 
shall establish regarding cooling capacity, safety, reli-
ability, and energy efficiency and that serves public hous-
ing dwelling units that were constructed before the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) APPLICATION.—The Secretary shall provide for 
public housing agencies to apply for grants under the pro-
gram under this section. 
(d) SELECTION.—The Secretary shall select applicant 
agencies to receive grants under the program under this 
section based on a competition, in accordance with such 
criteria as the Secretary shall establish, which shall pro-
vide preference for selection for grants for— 
(1) public housing agencies that serve commu-
nities with limited access to cooling centers; and 
(2) public housing agencies located in areas 
prone to heat emergencies. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated for grants under the pro-
gram under this section $25,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2024 through 2027. 
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SEC. 302. GUIDANCE ON AIR CONDITIONING COSTS AND 
UTILITY ALLOWANCES. 
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
shall revise the regulations under subpart E of part 965 
of volume 24, Code of Federal Regulations (relating to 
resident allowances for utilities), to ensure that air condi-
tioning costs are included when calculating utility allow-
ance schedules and utility allowances for residents. 
SEC. 303. REPORT TO CONGRESS ON NEED FOR SAFE RESI-
DENTIAL TEMPERATURES; REGULATIONS. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘Secretary’’), in coordination with the Secretary of Agri-
culture and in consultation with the relevant White House 
Interagency Working Group on Extreme Heat, shall sub-
mit to the Congress a report— 
(1) identifying and compiling data on the avail-
ability of air conditioning in covered federally as-
sisted rental dwelling units (as such term is defined 
in section 304); 
(2) identifying and setting forth safe residential 
temperature standards for such dwelling units; 
(3) estimating the cost for bringing all covered 
federally assisted rental dwelling units into compli-
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ance with such safe residential temperature stand-
ards; and 
(4) setting forth a plan and mechanisms for 
bringing all covered federally assisted rental dwelling 
units into compliance with the safe residential stand-
ards. 
(b) SAFE
RESIDENTIAL
TEMPERATURE
STAND-
ARDS.—Not later than 2 years after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development, in consultation with the Secretary of Agri-
culture, shall issue regulations establishing safe residential 
temperature standards for covered federally assisted rent-
al dwelling units based on the safe temperature standards 
identified in the report under subsection (a) pursuant to 
subsection (a)(2). 
SEC. 304. GRANTS FOR PROVIDING SAFE RESIDENTIAL 
TEMPERATURES 
IN 
ALL 
FEDERALLY 
AS-
SISTED DWELLINGS. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘Secretary’’), in coordination with the Secretary of Agri-
culture and in consultation with the relevant White House 
Interagency Working Group on Extreme Heat, shall carry 
out a program under this section to make grants to public 
housing agencies and owners of covered federally assisted 
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rental dwelling units to enable covered federally assisted 
rental dwelling units to comply with the safe residential 
temperature standards in public housing and established 
pursuant to section 303(b). 
(b) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—Amounts from a grant 
under this section may be used only for costs of acquiring 
and installing air conditioning or other means or mecha-
nisms that meet such standards as the Secretary shall es-
tablish regarding cooling capacity, safety, reliability, and 
energy efficiency, for covered federally assisted rental 
dwelling units that were constructed before the date of the 
enactment of this Act, to enable such dwelling units to 
comply with the safe residential temperature standards es-
tablished pursuant to section 303(b) in a manner provided 
for in the plan set forth in the report under section 6(a) 
pursuant to subsection 6(a)(4). 
(c) APPLICATIONS.—The Secretaries referred to in 
subsection (a) shall provide for public housing agencies 
and owners of covered federally assisted rental dwelling 
units to apply for grants under the program under this 
section. 
(d) SELECTION.—The Secretaries referred to in sub-
section (a) shall select applicant public housing agencies 
and owners of covered federally assisted rental dwelling 
units to receive grants under the program under this sec-
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