High-Performance Buildings Act of 2005
Latest action · Jan 27, 2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on Research.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedDec 16, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
High Performance Buildings Act of 2005 - Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act of 1990 to require that state and local housing strategies include a description of the jurisdiction's strategies to encourage sustainable development for affordable housing.
Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to nonprofit organizations to use for specified purposes to improve or carry out energy efficiency, resource conservation and reuse, and effective use of existing infrastructure in affordable housing and economic development activities in low-income communities.
Establishes within the National Science Foundation a Sustainable Building Institute to undertake or support through providing grants, loans, or other assistance: (1) research regarding the relationships among indoor environmental quality, human health, and human productivity; and (2) research, development, and commercial application of energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies for buildings.
Cosponsors 26
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 16, 2005 to Nov 14, 2006; 20 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Brian Baird | Original | Dec 16, 2005 |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Original | Dec 16, 2005 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Original | Dec 16, 2005 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Dec 16, 2005 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Dec 16, 2005 |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Original | Dec 16, 2005 |
| D-CA | George Miller | Original | Dec 16, 2005 |
| D-WA | Jay Inslee | Original | Dec 16, 2005 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Dec 16, 2005 |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Original | Dec 16, 2005 |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Original | Dec 16, 2005 |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Original | Dec 16, 2005 |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Original | Dec 16, 2005 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Dec 16, 2005 |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Original | Dec 16, 2005 |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | Original | Dec 16, 2005 |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Original | Dec 16, 2005 |
| D-MO | Russ Carnahan | Original | Dec 16, 2005 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Dec 16, 2005 |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Original | Dec 16, 2005 |
| D-IL | Lane Evans | Feb 1, 2006 | |
| D-OH | Stephanie Tubbs Jones | Feb 1, 2006 | |
| D-OH | Ted Strickland | Feb 1, 2006 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Mar 9, 2006 | |
| D-TN | Harold E. Ford Jr. | Sep 7, 2006 | |
| D-WA | Norman D. Dicks | Nov 14, 2006 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Dec 16, 2005 |
| Housing and Insurance Subcommittee | Referred Jan 10, 2006 | |
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred Dec 16, 2005 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred Jan 27, 2006 | |
| Research Subcommittee | Referred Jan 27, 2006 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 27, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
- Jan 27, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Research.
- Jan 10, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
- Dec 16, 2005Introduced in House
- Dec 16, 2005Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Science, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To increase the use and research of sustainable building design technology, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- High-Performance Buildings Act of 2005
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.
- Affordable housing
- Alternative energy sources
- Building materials
- Commerce
- Commercialization
- Community development
- Conservation of natural resources
- Economics and Public Finance
- Energy
- Energy conservation
- Energy efficiency
- Environmental health
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental research
- Executive reorganization
- Federal aid to research
- Fuel cells
- Government Operations and Politics
- Grants-in-aid
- Green products
- Health
- Heating
- Housing and Community Development
- Infrastructure
- Lighting
- Medical research
- National Science Foundation
- Nonprofit organizations
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Research and development
- Research centers
- Research grants
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- Solar energy
- Sustainable development
- Technological innovations
- Urban affairs
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 16, 2005Introduced in House
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