US Congress House Bill 1273 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 4 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-06 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Energy and Power Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Energy Savings and Building Efficiency Act of 2015 This bill amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act to revise provisions regarding the technical assistance that the Department of Energy (DOE) provides to states, Indian tribes, local governments, or model organizations with respect to model energy codes for residential and commercial building codes. DOE must provide technical assistance to implement technically feasible and cost-effective building energy codes. States and Indian tribes must measure their compliance with applicable building energy codes or with the associated model building energy code. Standards for compliance are established. DOE may not advocate, promote or discourage the adoption of a particular building energy code, code provision, or energy savings target to a state or Indian tribe. Information provided by DOE is "influential information" subject to Office of Management and Budget guidelines. DOE must establish energy saving targets for updating model building energy codes. DOE has to consider the economic feasibility of achieving the proposed targets and the potential costs and savings for consumers and building owners by conducting a return on investment analysis using a simple payback methodology over a three, five, and seven years. (Simple payback is the time in years that is required for energy savings to exceed the incremental first cost of a new requirement or code.) DOE may not propose or provide assistance for any code or target that has a payback greater than 10 years. DOE must provide grants to establish building training and assessment centers at institutions of higher education. Any DOE program that may enable the owner of a building to obtain a rating, score, or label regarding energy usage or performance of a building must be made available on a voluntary basis.

Energy Savings and Building Efficiency Act of 2015

Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]

Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-06	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
2015-03-04	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2015-03-04	House	Introduced in House

SB720 (Related) 2015-09-09 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 210.
HB2177 (Related) 2015-08-18 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
SB2012 (Related) 2016-09-08 - Conference held.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1273/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr1273/BILLS-114hr1273ih.pdf