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<title>Empowering Homeowners Energy Efficiency Act of 2019</title>
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<action-date>2019-11-19</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Empowering Homeowners Energy Efficiency Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the tax credit for nonbusiness energy property to include a credit for home energy audits. The amount of such credit is 30% of the cost of a home energy audit, not to exceed $150. </p> <p>The bill defines &quot;home energy audit&quot; to mean an inspection and written report for a dwelling owned and used by a taxpayer as the taxpayer's principal residence. The audit must identify the most significant and cost-effective energy efficiency improvements for such dwelling, including an estimate of the energy and cost savings for each improvement, and be conducted and prepared by a certified home energy auditor.</p>]]></summary-text>
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