High-Performance Buildings Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4609
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2005-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Affordable housing
Alternative energy sources
Building materials
Commerce
Commercialization
Community development
Conservation of natural resources
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Energy conservation
Energy efficiency
Environmental Protection
Environmental health
Environmental research
Executive reorganization
Federal aid to research
Fuel cells
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Green products
Health
Heating
Infrastructure
Lighting
Medical research
National Science Foundation
Nonprofit organizations
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Research and development
Research centers
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Solar energy
Sustainable development
Technological innovations
Urban affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: 
High Performance Buildings Act of 2005 - Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act of 1990 to require that state and local housing strategies include a description of the jurisdiction's strategies to encourage sustainable development for affordable housing. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to nonprofit organizations to use for specified purposes to improve or carry out energy efficiency, resource conservation and reuse, and effective use of existing infrastructure in affordable housing and economic development activities in low-income communities. 
 
Establishes within the National Science Foundation a Sustainable Building Institute to undertake or support through providing grants, loans, or other assistance: (1) research regarding the relationships among indoor environmental quality, human health, and human productivity; and (2) research, development, and commercial application of energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies for buildings. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-01-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research.
action_date: 2006-01-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2006-01-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Science, 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.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Science, 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.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Science, 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.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House