[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 162 (Tuesday, October 11, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6566-S6567]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6463. Mr. REED (for himself and Ms. Collins) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 proposed by Mr. 
Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense and for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. WEATHERIZATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

       (a) Weatherization Readiness Fund.--Section 414 of the 
     Energy Conservation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6864) is 
     amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(d) Weatherization Readiness Fund.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish a fund, to 
     be known as the `Weatherization Readiness Fund', from which 
     the Secretary shall distribute funds to States receiving 
     financial assistance under this part, in accordance with 
     subsection (a).
       ``(2) Use of funds.--
       ``(A) In general.--A State receiving funds under paragraph 
     (1) shall use the funds for repairs to dwelling units 
     described in subparagraph (B) that will remediate the 
     applicable structural defects or hazards of the dwelling unit 
     so that weatherization measures may be installed.
       ``(B) Dwelling unit.--A dwelling unit referred to in 
     subparagraph (A) is a dwelling unit occupied by a low-income 
     person that, on inspection pursuant to the program under this 
     part, was found to have significant defects or hazards that 
     prevented the installation of weatherization measures under 
     the program.
       ``(3) Authorization of appropriations.--In addition to 
     amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 422, 
     there is authorized

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     to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this 
     subsection $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 
     2027.''.
       (b) State Average Cost Per Unit.--
       (1) In general.--Section 415(c) of the Energy Conservation 
     and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6865(c)) is amended--
       (A) in paragraph (1)--
       (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)--

       (I) in the first sentence, by striking ``$6,500'' and 
     inserting ``$12,000''; and
       (II) by striking ``(c)(1) Except as provided in paragraphs 
     (3) and (4)'' and inserting the following:

       ``(c) Financial Assistance.--
       ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraphs (3), 
     (4), and (6)'';
       (ii) by conforming the margins of subparagraphs (A) through 
     (D) to the margin of subparagraph (E);
       (iii) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``, and'' and 
     inserting ``; and''; and
       (iv) in subparagraph (E), by adding a period at the end;
       (B) in paragraph (2), in the first sentence, by striking 
     ``weatherized (including dwelling units partially 
     weatherized)'' and inserting ``fully weatherized'';
       (C) in paragraph (4), by striking ``$3,000'' and inserting 
     ``$6,000'';
       (D) in paragraph (5)--
       (i) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking ``(6)(A)(ii)'' and 
     inserting ``(7)(A)(ii)''; and
       (ii) by striking ``(6)(A)(i)(I)'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``(7)(A)(i)(I)'';
       (E) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (7); and
       (F) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:
       ``(6) Limit increase.--The Secretary may increase the 
     amount of financial assistance provided per dwelling unit 
     under this part beyond the limit specified in paragraph (1) 
     if the Secretary determines that market conditions require 
     such an increase to achieve the purposes of this part.''.
       (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 414D(b)(1)(C) of the 
     Energy Conservation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 
     6864d(b)(1)(C)) is amended by striking ``415(c)(6)(A)'' and 
     inserting ``415(c)(7)''.
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