[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4966 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4966

To authorize public housing agencies to use assistance from the Capital 
                 Fund for energy performance contracts.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 1, 2024

 Mr. Welch (for himself, Mr. Van Hollen, and Mrs. Shaheen) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
                 on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize public housing agencies to use assistance from the Capital 
                 Fund for energy performance contracts.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Expanding Energy Efficiency for 
Affordable Housing Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. USE OF CAPITAL FUND ASSISTANCE BY PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCIES FOR 
              ENERGY PERFORMANCE CONTRACTS.

    Section 9(d) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437g(d)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(K), by inserting before ``and by'' the 
        following: ``by entering into energy performance contracts (as 
        defined in paragraph (4)),''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Definition of energy performance contract.--For 
        purposes of this subsection, the term `energy performance 
        contract' means a contract described in section 990.185(a) of 
        title 24, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor 
        regulation.''.
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