[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6536 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6536

To provide that local governments may receive grants to carry out HOMES 
 rebate programs and high-efficiency electric home rebate programs in 
States in which the applicable State energy office is not carrying out 
                such a program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 30, 2023

  Mr. Soto (for himself, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Mr. Frost, Ms. 
 Castor of Florida, and Mrs. Gonzalez-Colon) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide that local governments may receive grants to carry out HOMES 
 rebate programs and high-efficiency electric home rebate programs in 
States in which the applicable State energy office is not carrying out 
                such a program, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Reforming Energy-Efficient Buildings 
and Appliances Tax Exemptions Act'' or the ``REBATE Act''.

SEC. 2. DOE REBATE PROGRAMS.

    (a) Home Energy Performance-based, Whole-House Rebates.--
            (1) Allocation of funds.--Section 50121(a) of the Public 
        Law 117-169 (42 U.S.C. 18795(a)) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``and eligible 
                local governments'' after ``State energy offices''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) by striking ``redistributed to the 
                        State energy offices operating a HOMES rebate 
                        program using a grant received under this 
                        section in proportion to the amount distributed 
                        to those State energy offices under 
                        subparagraph (A)(ii)'' and inserting ``, 
                        subject to subparagraph (C), distributed to 
                        each eligible local government for which an 
                        application, submitted not later than December 
                        31, 2024, by such eligible local government, 
                        under subsection (b) is approved''; and
                            (ii) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) Distribution.--The Secretary shall distribute 
                money under subparagraph (B) so that the total amount 
                received by all eligible local governments described in 
                subparagraph (B) within a State is equal to the total 
                amount reserved for the State energy office of the 
                State under subparagraph (A).''.
            (2) Application.--Section 50121(b) of the Public Law 117-
        169 (42 U.S.C. 18795(b)) is amended by inserting ``or eligible 
        local government'' after ``A State energy office''.
            (3) HOMES rebate program.--Section 50121(c) of the Public 
        Law 117-169 (42 U.S.C. 18795(c)) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``or eligible 
                local government'' after ``State energy office'';
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``or eligible 
                local government'' after ``State energy office'';
                    (C) in paragraph (4), by inserting ``or eligible 
                local government'' after ``State energy office'';
                    (D) in paragraph (5), by inserting ``and eligible 
                local governments'' after ``States''; and
                    (E) in paragraph (7), by inserting ``or eligible 
                local government'' after ``State energy office''.
            (4) Definitions.--Section 50121(d) of the Public Law 117-
        169 (42 U.S.C. 18795(d)) is amended--
                    (A) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
            ``(2) HOMES rebate program.--The term `HOMES rebate 
        program' means a Home Owner Managing Energy Savings rebate 
        program--
                    ``(A) established by a State energy office as part 
                of an approved State energy conservation plan under the 
                State Energy Program; or
                    ``(B) carried out pursuant to this section by an 
                eligible local government.''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Eligible local government.--The term `eligible local 
        government' means a unit of local government that is located in 
        a State in which the State energy office has not established a 
        HOMES rebate program, did not receive a grant to develop and 
        implement a HOMES rebate program under this section, or 
        otherwise does not plan to develop and implement a HOMES rebate 
        program or receive a grant under this section, as indicated by 
        the State withdrawing an application under subsection (b), a 
        veto of funding awarded under this section by the Governor of 
        the State, or as otherwise determined by the Secretary.''.
    (b) High-Efficiency Electric Home Rebate Program.--
            (1) Allocation of funds.--Section 50122(a) of Public Law 
        117-169 (42 U.S.C. 18795a(a)) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``state energy offices and 
                        indian tribes'' and inserting ``State energy 
                        offices, eligible local governments, and indian 
                        tribes''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
                        ``and eligible local governments'' after 
                        ``State energy offices''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking 
                        ``redistributed to the State energy offices 
                        operating a high-efficiency electric home 
                        rebate program in proportion to the amount 
                        distributed to those State energy offices under 
                        that clause'' and inserting ``, subject to 
                        subparagraph (D), distributed to each eligible 
                        local government for which an application, 
                        submitted not later than December 31, 2024, by 
                        such eligible local government, under 
                        subsection (b) is approved''; and
                            (ii) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) Distribution.--The Secretary shall distribute 
                money under subparagraph (C)(i) so that the total 
                amount received by all eligible local governments 
                described in subparagraph (C)(i) within a State is 
                equal to the total amount reserved for the State energy 
                office of the State under subparagraph (A).''.
            (2) Application.--Section 50122(b) of the Public Law 117-
        169 (42 U.S.C. 18795a(b)) is amended by inserting ``, eligible 
        local government,'' after ``A State energy office''.
            (3) High-efficiency electric home rebate program.--Section 
        50122(c) of the Public Law 117-169 (42 U.S.C. 18795a(c)) is 
        amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``, eligible 
                local governments,'' after ``State energy offices'';
                    (B) in paragraph (5)(A), by inserting ``, eligible 
                local government,'' after ``State energy office'';
                    (C) in paragraph (8), by inserting ``, eligible 
                local government,'' after ``State energy office''; and
                    (D) in paragraph (9), by inserting ``, eligible 
                local government,'' after ``State energy office''.
            (4) Definitions.--Section 50122(d) of the Public Law 117-
        169 (42 U.S.C. 18795a(d)) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``, eligible 
                local government,'' after ``State energy office''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(7) Eligible local government.--The term `eligible local 
        government' means a unit of local government that is located in 
        a which the State energy office does not have a high-efficiency 
        electric home rebate program, did not receive a grant to 
        develop and implement a high-efficiency electric home rebate 
        program, or otherwise does not plan to develop and implement a 
        high-efficiency electric home rebate program, as indicated by 
        the State withdrawing an application under subsection (b), a 
        veto of funding awarded under this section by the Governor of 
        the State, or as otherwise determined by the Secretary.''.
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