{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-5184","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 5184","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Affordable HOMES Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To prohibit the Secretary of Energy from enforcing energy efficiency standards applicable to manufactured housing, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To prohibit the Secretary of Energy from enforcing energy efficiency standards applicable to manufactured housing, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Affordable Housing Over Mandating Efficiency Standards Act"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Affordable HOMES Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Affordable HOMES Act"},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"To authorize the Secretary of Energy to transmit to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development recommendations for changes to preemptive energy conservation standards applicable to manufactured homes."},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Affordable HOMES Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Affordable Housing Over Mandating Efficiency Standards Act"},{"type":"Official Titles as Amended by House","title":"To authorize the Secretary of Energy to transmit to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development recommendations for changes to preemptive energy conservation standards applicable to manufactured homes"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Affordable HOMES Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Affordable Housing Over Mandating Efficiency Standards Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Affordable HOMES Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Affordable Housing Over Mandating Efficiency Standards Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2025-09-08","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2026-01-09","vote":{"id":"119-2026-h12","question":"On Passage","title":"Affordable HOMES Act","result":"Passed","yea":263,"nay":147,"present":0,"not_voting":21,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll012.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"pending","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"not_yet","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.","date":"2026-01-12"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2025-12-30","stage":"Reported to House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Affordable Housing Over Mandating Efficiency Standards Act or the Affordable HOMES Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill rescinds Department of Energy (DOE) energy efficiency regulations applicable to manufactured housing and eliminates DOE’s authority to issue similar regulations. Specifically, the bill rescinds the DOE final rule titled Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Manufactured Housing and published on May 31, 2022."},{"k":"p","t":"Under the bill, DOE may provide recommendations to the Department of Housing and Urban Development for revisions to energy conservation standards applicable to manufactured housing. These recommendations must comply with criteria established by the bill, including by being based on the determination of the cost-effectiveness of such revision."}],"words":106},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Gives no force or effect to the Department of Energy's May 31, 2022 final rule on energy conservation standards for manufactured housing, and changes the law so the Secretary of Energy may transmit recommendations for revising those standards to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5184/text/eh#H87E7DAB567FE4D1F99BE27F44B979EDF"}]},"core_areas":["Energy conservation standards for manufactured housing","Department of Energy recommendations to the Department of Housing and Urban Development","Status of the 2022 Department of Energy manufactured housing rule"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Provides that the Department of Energy final rule \"Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Manufactured Housing,\" published May 31, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 32728), has no force or effect.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5184/text/eh#H87E7DAB567FE4D1F99BE27F44B979EDF"}},{"text":"Replaces subsection (a) of section 413 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 so that the Secretary of Energy may transmit to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development recommendations for revisions to the preemptive energy conservation standards.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5184/text/eh#H87E7DAB567FE4D1F99BE27F44B979EDF"}},{"text":"Requires any such recommendation to be based on a determination of the cost-effectiveness of the standard as proposed to be revised, taking into consideration life cycle construction and operating costs.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5184/text/eh#H87E7DAB567FE4D1F99BE27F44B979EDF"}},{"text":"Requires any such recommendation to include estimates of the impact of the proposed revised standard on the initial purchase price of manufactured homes.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5184/text/eh#H87E7DAB567FE4D1F99BE27F44B979EDF"}},{"text":"Requires recommendations to be developed considering factory construction techniques and limitations unique to manufactured homes, climate zones established by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, alternative methods with equivalent or improved energy performance, and estimated payback periods for added costs.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5184/text/eh#H87E7DAB567FE4D1F99BE27F44B979EDF"}},{"text":"Strikes subsection (c) of section 413 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5184/text/eh#H87E7DAB567FE4D1F99BE27F44B979EDF"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2026-01-09","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5184/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-03","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5184","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5184/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-5184.png","v":"539bdb2e915d","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 5184, 119th Congress: Affordable HOMES Act. House: 263 Yea, 147 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 9 Jan 2026."}}