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bilities regarding the provision of energy efficient, af-
1
fordable housing and residential energy conservation
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measures’’; and
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(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting before the
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semicolon the following: ‘‘, including such activities
5
relating to the provision of energy efficient, affordable
6
housing and residential energy conservation measures
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that benefit low-income families’’.
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SEC. 932. INCREASE OF CDBG PUBLIC SERVICES CAP FOR
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ENERGY CONSERVATION AND EFFICIENCY
10
ACTIVITIES.
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Section 105(a)(8) of the Housing and Community De-
12
velopment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)(8)) is amended—
13
(1) by inserting ‘‘or efficiency’’ after ‘‘energy
14
conservation’’;
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(2) by striking ‘‘, and except that’’ and inserting
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‘‘; except that’’; and
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(3) by inserting before the period at the end the
18
following: ‘‘; and except that each percentage limita-
19
tion under this paragraph on the amount of assist-
20
ance provided under this title that may be used for
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the provision of public services is hereby increased by
22
10 percent, but such percentage increase may be used
23
only for the provision of public services concerning
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energy conservation or efficiency’’.
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SEC. 933. FHA MORTGAGE INSURANCE INCENTIVES FOR EN-
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ERGY EFFICIENT HOUSING.
2
(a) S
INGLE
F
AMILY
H
OUSING
M
ORTGAGE
I
NSUR
-
3
ANCE
.—Section 203(b)(2) of the National Housing Act (12
4
U.S.C. 1709(b)(2)) is amended, in the first undesignated
5
paragraph beginning after subparagraph (B)(iii) (relating
6
to solar energy systems)—
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(1) by inserting ‘‘or paragraph (10)’’; and
8
(2) by striking ‘‘20 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘30
9
percent’’.
10
(b) M
ULTIFAMILY
H
OUSING
M
ORTGAGE
I
NSURANCE
.—
11
Section 207(c) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C.
12
1713(c)) is amended, in the second undesignated paragraph
13
beginning after paragraph (3) (relating to solar energy sys-
14
tems and residential energy conservation measures), by
15
striking ‘‘20 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘30 percent’’.
16
(c) C
OOPERATIVE
H
OUSING
M
ORTGAGE
I
NSURANCE
.—
17
Section 213(p) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C.
18
1715e(p)) is amended by striking ‘‘20 per centum’’ and in-
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serting ‘‘30 percent’’.
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(d) R
EHABILITATION AND
N
EIGHBORHOOD
C
ONSERVA
-
21
TION
H
OUSING
M
ORTGAGE
I
NSURANCE
.—Section
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220(d)(3)(B)(iii) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C.
23
1715k(d)(3)(B)(iii)) is amended by striking ‘‘20 per cen-
24
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OW
-I
NCOME
M
ULTIFAMILY
H
OUSING
M
ORTGAGE
1
I
NSURANCE
.—Section 221(k) of the National Housing Act
2
(12 U.S.C. 1715l(k)) is amended by striking ‘‘20 per cen-
3
tum’’ and inserting ‘‘30 percent’’.
4
(f) E
LDERLY
H
OUSING
M
ORTGAGE
I
NSURANCE
.—The
5
proviso at the end of section 213(c)(2) of the National Hous-
6
ing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715v(c)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘20
7
per centum’’ and inserting ‘‘30 percent’’.
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(g) C
ONDOMINIUM
H
OUSING
M
ORTGAGE
I
NSUR
-
9
ANCE
.—Section 234(j) of the National Housing Act (12
10
U.S.C. 1715y(j)) is amended by striking ‘‘20 per centum’’
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and inserting ‘‘30 percent’’.
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SEC. 934. PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND.
13
Section 9(d)(1) of the United States Housing Act of
14
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d)(1)) is amended—
15
(1) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘and’’ at
16
the end;
17
(2) in subparagraph (K), by striking the period
18
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
19
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
20
paragraph:
21
‘‘(L) improvement of energy and water-use
22
efficiency by installing fixtures and fittings that
23
conform to the American Society of Mechanical
24
Engineers/American National Standards Insti-
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tute standards A112.19.2–1998 and A112.18.1–
1
2000, or any revision thereto, applicable at the
2
time of installation, and by increasing energy ef-
3
ficiency and water conservation by such other
4
means as the Secretary determines are appro-
5
priate.’’.
6
SEC. 935. GRANTS FOR ENERGY-CONSERVING IMPROVE-
7
MENTS FOR ASSISTED HOUSING.
8
Section 251(b)(1) of the National Energy Conservation
9
Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8231(1)) is amended—
10
(1) by striking ‘‘financed with loans’’ and insert-
11
ing ‘‘assisted’’;
12
(2) by inserting after ‘‘1959,’’ the following:
13
‘‘which are eligible multifamily housing projects (as
14
such term is defined in section 512 of the Multifamily
15
Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of
16
1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) and are subject to a
17
mortgage restructuring and rental assistance suffi-
18
ciency plans under such Act,’’; and
19
(3) by inserting after the period at the end of the
20
first sentence the following new sentence: ‘‘Such im-
21
provements may also include the installation of en-
22
ergy and water conserving fixtures and fittings that
23
conform to the American Society of Mechanical Engi-
24
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ards A112.19.2–1998 and A112.18.1–2000, or any re-
1
vision thereto, applicable at the time of installation.’’.
2
SEC. 936. NORTH AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK.
3
Part 2 of subtitle D of title V of the North American
4
Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (22 U.S.C.
5
290m–290m–3) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
6
lowing:
7
‘‘SEC. 545. SUPPORT FOR CERTAIN ENERGY POLICIES.
8
‘‘Consistent with the focus of the Bank’s Charter on
9
environmental infrastructure projects, the Board members
10
representing the United States should use their voice and
11
vote to encourage the Bank to finance projects related to
12
clean and efficient energy, including energy conservation,
13
that prevent, control, or reduce environmental pollutants or
14
contaminants.’’.
15
SEC. 937. CAPITAL FUND.
16
Section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937
17
(42 U.S.C. 1437g), as amended by section 934, is
18
amended—
19
(1) in subsection (d)(1)—
20
(A) in subparagraph (L), by striking the
21
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’;
22
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (L) as
23
subparagraph (K); and
24
(C) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(L) integrated utility management
1
and capital planning to maximize energy
2
conservation and efficiency measures.’’; and
3
(2) in subsection (e)(2)(C)—
4
(A) by striking ‘‘The’’ and inserting the fol-
5
lowing:
6
‘‘(i) I
N GENERAL
.—The’’; and
7
(B) by adding at the end the following:
8
‘‘(ii) T
HIRD PARTY CONTRACTS
.—Con-
9
tracts described in clause (i) may include
10
contracts for equipment conversions to less
11
costly utility sources, projects with resident
12
paid utilities, adjustments to frozen base
13
year consumption, including systems re-
14
paired to meet applicable building and safe-
15
ty codes and adjustments for occupancy
16
rates increased by rehabilitation.
17
‘‘(iii) T
ERM OF CONTRACT
.—The total
18
term of a contract described in clause (i)
19
shall be for not more than 20 years to allow
20
longer payback periods for retrofits, includ-
21
ing but not limited to windows, heating sys-
22
tem replacements, wall insulation, site-
23
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savings technologies, including renewable
1
energy generation.’’.
2
SEC. 938. ENERGY-EFFICIENT APPLIANCES.
3
A public housing agency shall purchase energy-effi-
4
cient appliances that are Energy Star products as defined
5
in section 552 of the National Energy Policy and Conserva-
6
tion Act (as amended by this Act) when the purchase of
7
energy-efficient appliances is cost-effective to the public
8
housing agency.
9
SEC. 939. ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS.
10
Section 109 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Afford-
11
able Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12709) is amended—
12
(1) in subsection (a)—
13
(A) in paragraph (1)—
14
(i) by striking ‘‘the date of the enact-
15
ment of the Energy Policy Act of 1992’’ and
16
inserting ‘‘September 30, 2002’’;
17
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking
18
‘‘and’’ at the end;
19
(iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking
20
the period at the end and inserting a semi-
21
colon; and
22
(iv) by adding at the end the following:
23
‘‘(C) rehabilitation and new construction of
24
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revitalization grants, established under section
1
24 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42
2
U.S.C. 1437v), where such standards are deter-
3
mined to be cost effective by the Secretary of
4
Housing and Urban Development; and
5
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Council
6
of American’’ and all that follows through ‘‘life-
7
cycle cost basis’’ and inserting ‘‘2000 Inter-
8
national Energy Conservation Code’’;
9
(2) in subsection (b)—
10
(A) by striking ‘‘the date of the enactment
11
of the Energy Policy Act of 1992’’ and inserting
12
‘‘September 30, 2002’’; and
13
(B) by striking ‘‘CABO’’ and all that fol-
14
lows through ‘‘1989’’ and inserting ‘‘the 2000
15
International Energy Conservation Code’’; and
16
(3) in subsection (c)—
17
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘M
ODEL
18
E
NERGY
C
ODE
’’ and inserting ‘‘T
HE
I
NTER
-
19
NATIONAL
E
NERGY
C
ONSERVATION
C
ODE
’’; and
20
(B) by striking ‘‘CABO’’ and all that fol-
21
lows through ‘‘1989’’ and inserting ‘‘the 2000
22
International Energy Conservation Code’’.
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SEC. 940. ENERGY STRATEGY FOR HUD.
1
(a) I
N
G
ENERAL
.—The Secretary of Housing and
2
Urban Development shall develop and implement an inte-
3
grated strategy to reduce utility expenses through cost-effec-
4
tive energy conservation and efficiency measures, design
5
and construction in public and assisted housing.
6
(b) E
NERGY
M
ANAGEMENT
O
FFICE
.—The Secretary of
7
Housing and Urban Development shall create an office at
8
the Department of Housing and Urban Development for
9
utility management, energy efficiency, and conservation,
10
with responsibility for implementing the strategy developed
11
under this section, including development of a centralized
12
database that monitors public housing energy usage, and
13
development of energy reduction goals and incentives for
14
public housing agencies. The Secretary shall submit an an-
15
nual report to Congress on the strategy.
16
Subtitle E—Rural and Remote
17
Communities
18
SEC. 941. SHORT TITLE.
19
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Rural and Remote
20
Community Fairness Act’’.
21
SEC. 942. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
22
(a) F
INDINGS
.—The Congress finds that—
23
(1) a modern infrastructure, including energy-ef-
24
ficient housing, electricity, telecommunications, bulk
25
fuel, wastewater and potable water service, is a nec-
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essary ingredient of a modern society and develop-
1
ment of a prosperous economy;
2
(2) the Nation’s rural and remote communities
3
face critical social, economic and environmental prob-
4
lems, arising in significant measure from the high
5
cost of infrastructure development in sparsely popu-
6
lated and remote areas, that are not adequately ad-
7
dressed by existing Federal assistance programs;
8
(3) in the past, Federal assistance has been in-
9
strumental in establishing electric and other utility
10
service in many developing regions of the Nation, and
11
that Federal assistance continues to be appropriate to
12
ensure that electric and other utility systems in rural
13
areas conform with modern standards of safety, reli-
14
ability, efficiency and environmental protection; and
15
(4) the future welfare of the Nation and the well-
16
being of its citizens depend on the establishment and
17
maintenance of viable rural and remote communities
18
as social, economic and political entities.
19
(b) P
URPOSE
.—The purpose of this subtitle is the de-
20
velopment and maintenance of viable rural and remote
21
communities through the provision of efficient housing, and
22
reasonably priced and environmentally sound energy,
23
water, wastewater, and bulk fuel, telecommunications and
24
utility services to those communities that do not have those
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services or who currently bear costs of those services that
1
are significantly above the national average.
2
SEC. 943. DEFINITIONS.
3
As used in this subtitle:
4
(1) The term ‘‘unit of general local government’’
5
means any city, county, town, township, parish, vil-
6
lage, borough (organized or unorganized) or other
7
general purpose political subdivision of a State,
8
Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
9
Islands, Puerto Rico, the Republic of the Marshall Is-
10
lands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Repub-
11
lic of Palau, the Virgin Islands, and American
12
Samoa, a combination of such political subdivisions
13
that is recognized by the Secretary; and the District
14
of Columbia; or any other appropriate organization
15
of citizens of a rural and remote community that the
16
Secretary may identify.
17
(2) The term ‘‘population’’ means total resident
18
population based on data compiled by the United
19
States Bureau of the Census and referable to the same
20
point or period in time.
21
(3) The term ‘‘Native American group’’ means
22
any Indian tribe, band, group, and nation, including
23
Alaska Indians, Aleuts, and Eskimos, and any Alas-
24
kan Native village, of the United States, which is con-
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