Affordable Housing Over Mandating Efficiency Standards Act or the Affordable HOMES Act This bill rescinds Department of Energy (DOE) energy efficiency regulations applicable to manufactured housing and eliminates DOE’s authority to issue similar regulations. Specifically, the bill rescinds the DOE final rule titled Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Manufactured Housing and published on May 31, 2022. Under the bill, DOE may provide recommendations to the Department of Housing and Urban Development for revisions to energy conservation standards applicable to manufact
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1Short title
This section would give the Act a short title: the Affordable Housing Over Mandating Efficiency Standards Act, or the Affordable HOMES Act.
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1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Affordable Housing Over Mandating Efficiency Standards Act or the Affordable HOMES Act .
2Repeal of authority to establish standards for manufactured housing
This section would end the federal government's authority to set energy efficiency standards for manufactured housing. It would repeal section 413 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17071), the provision that authorized the Department of Energy to set those standards, and would remove the matching entry from that Act's table of contents. It would also state that a specific Department of Energy final rule, titled 'Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Manufactured Housing' and published in the Federal Register on May 31, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 32728), would have no force or effect, meaning the Department could no longer enforce that rule.
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2. Repeal of authority to establish standards for manufactured housing
(a) Repeal
(1) In general
The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 ( 42 U.S.C. 17071 ) is amended by striking section 413.
(2) Clerical amendment
The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 is amended by striking the item relating to section 413.
(b) No force or effect
The final rule titled Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Manufactured Housing published by the Department of Energy in the Federal Register on May 31, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 32728), shall have no force or effect.
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of bills that passed one chamber became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=939)
6
sponsors, out of 218 needed to pass
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BASF CORPORATIONvia BASF CORPORATION
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AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCILvia AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL
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AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCILvia CASCADE ASSOCIATES
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AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR AN ENERGY-EFFICIENT ECONOMYvia BOUNDARY STONE PARTNERS
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MANUFACTURED HOUSING INSTITUTEvia GRAYROBINSON PA
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SIERRA CLUBvia SIERRA CLUB
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CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELPvia CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING, A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP
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LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERSvia LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS
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