False rumor! (Re: H.R. 2454 (Cap and trade bill))

raykeller@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Subject: A look at H.R. 2454 (Cap and trade bill)


Thinking about selling your house - A look at H.R. 2454 (Cap and trade bill)

All that remains to become law is to get it thru the Senate and the
President's signature, as of this writing!

Home owners take note & tell your friends and relatives who are home
owners!!! Beginning 1 year after enactment of the Act, you won't be able to
sell your home unless you retrofit it to comply with the energy and water
efficiency standards of this Act.


False.

http://www.factcheck.org/2009/07/energy-bill-and-existing-homes/

It’s true that the bill sets new national efficiency standards for new residential and commercial buildings. It calls for buildings to be 30 percent more efficient by 2012, and 50 percent more efficient beginning in 2014. It ultimately calls for buildings to be 75 percent more efficient by 2029. But those efficiency benchmarks apply only to homes constructed after the bill becomes law, not currently existing ones.
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