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H.R. 4690 — what changed

Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act

From Introduced in House to Reported in House. 2 sections amended between Introduced in House and Reported in House.

Section 1 Short title

changed This Act may be cited as the “Reliable Federal infrastructure Infrastructure Act”.

Sec. 2 Revised Federal building energy efficiency performance standards

(a)
added In general— Section 305(a)(3)(D)(i) of the Energy Conservation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6834(a)(3)(D)(i)) is amended—
(a)
removed In general—
(1)
removed Repeal— Section 305(a)(3) of the Energy Conservation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6834(a)(3)) is amended by striking subparagraph (D).
(1)
changed Standards— Each revised Federal building energy efficiency performance standard established under section 305(a)(3)(D) of the Energy Conservation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6834(a)(3)(D)) (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act) shall have no force or effect, and section 305(a)(3) of the Energy Conservation by striking subclauses (I) and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6834(a)(3)) shall be implemented as though each such standard had never taken effect.(II); and
(2)
added in subclause (III), by inserting after the third sentence the following: “The certification system and level may not prohibit a building from obtaining a certification as a green building or high-performance green building solely based on direct or indirect consumption of fossil fuels.”.
(b)
changed Conforming amendments—Standards—
(1)
changed Standards—Repeal of certain standards— Section 433 Subpart B of the Energy Independence part 435, and Security Act subpart B of 2007 (Public Law 110–140) is amended by striking subsection (a).part 433, of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act, shall have no force or effect.
(2)
changed High-performance green Federal buildings—Transition— Section 436 Until such time as the Secretary of Energy issues new or revised regulations pursuant to subsection (d) relating to the revised Federal building energy efficiency performance standards under section 305(a)(3)(D) of the Energy Independence Conservation and Security Production Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17092) is amended—6834(a)(3)(D)) to carry out the amendments made by subsection (a)(1) of this section, such section 305(a)(3)(D) shall be implemented as though the requirements of subclauses (I) and (II) of clause (i) of such section 305(a)(3)(D) (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act) had never taken effect.
(c)
added Conforming amendment— Section 436(h) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17092(h)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

added “(3) Prohibition—The system identified under paragraph (1) may not prohibit a building from obtaining a certification as a green building or high-performance green building solely based on direct or indirect consumption of fossil fuels.”

(d)
added Revision of regulations— Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall issue such new or revised regulations as the Secretary determines necessary to carry out the amendments made by this Act.
(A)
removed in subsection (c)—
(i)
removed by striking paragraph (1); and
(ii)
removed in paragraph (6), by striking “and section 305(a)(3)(D) of the Energy Conservation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6834(a)(3)(D))”;
(B)
removed in subsection (e), by striking “in accordance with the requirements of section 305(a)(3)(D) of the Energy Conservation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6834(a)(3)(D)),”;
(C)
removed in subsection (f)—
(i)
removed in paragraph (1)—
(I)
removed in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “, the requirements of section 305(a)(3)(D) of the Energy Conservation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6834(a)(3)(D)),”; and
(II)
removed in subparagraph (A), by striking “and the requirements of section 305(a)(3)(D) of that Act”; and
(ii)
removed by striking paragraph (2); and
(D)
removed by striking subsection (h).
(3)
removed Federal green building performance— Section 437(a)(1) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17093(a)(1)) is amended by striking “, section 305(a)(3)(D) of the Energy Conservation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6834(a)(3)(D)),”.