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This bill aims to halt and reverse recently proposed energy efficiency standards for housing by requiring the Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Agriculture to withdraw a specific final determination regarding energy efficiency standards for new housing construction. The bill mandates that these agencies withdraw the notice published in the Federal Register (89 Fed. Reg. 33112), prohibits them from implementing or enforcing this determination or any similar standards, and requires them to revert to previous energy efficiency standards. Additionally, the bill extends these restrictions to the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Federal Housing Finance Agency, preventing them from implementing similar energy efficiency standards for housing. The bill also modifies existing law to add a new condition for adopting energy efficiency codes, stipulating that such a code can only be adopted if at least 26 states have already implemented an energy efficiency code that meets or exceeds the proposed requirements. The overall intent appears to be to provide more flexibility and potentially reduce regulatory burden on housing construction by blocking what the bill's supporters likely view as overly restrictive energy efficiency standards.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/75/all-info