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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9894 

To direct the Secretary of Energy to establish and carry out a program 

to provide rebates for the purchase and installation of cool roof products. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 1, 2024 

Mrs. FOUSHEE (for herself, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. HORSFORD, Ms. 

NORTON, and Mr. SOTO) introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Energy to establish and carry 

out a program to provide rebates for the purchase and 

installation of cool roof products. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cool Roof Rebate Act 

5 of 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. COOL ROOF REBATE PROGRAM. 

7 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 

8 and carry out a program to provide rebates to eligible 


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1 households for the purchase and installation of eligible 

2 cool roof products. 

3 (b) REBATE AMOUNT.—The amount of a rebate pro4 vided under the program established under subsection (a) 

5 shall be— 

6 (1) with respect to an eligible cool roof product 

7 installed on a low-sloped roof— 

8 (A) $0.25 per square foot if such eligible 

9 cool roof product has— 

10 (i) a minimum 3-year aged solar re11 flectance of 0.65 and a minimum 3-year12 aged thermal emittance of 0.75; or 

13 (ii) a minimum 3-year aged Solar Re14 flectance Index of 78; and 

15 (B) $0.75 per square foot if such eligible 

16 cool roof product has— 

17 (i) a minimum 3-year aged solar re18 flectance of 0.75 and a minimum 3-year19 aged thermal emittance of 0.75; or 

20 (ii) a minimum 3-year aged Solar Re21 flectance Index of 92; and 

22 (2) with respect to an eligible cool roof product 

23 installed on a steep-sloped roof— 

24 (A) $0.25 per square foot if such eligible 

25 cool roof product has— 


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1 (i) a minimum 3-year aged solar re2 flectance of 0.25 and a minimum 3-year3 aged thermal emittance of 0.75; or 

4 (ii) a minimum 3-year aged Solar Re5 flectance Index of 23; and 

6 (B) $0.75 per square foot if such eligible 

7 cool roof product has— 

8 (i) a minimum 3-year aged solar re9 flectance of 0.40 and a minimum 3-year10 aged thermal emittance of 0.75; or 

11 (ii) a minimum 3-year aged Solar Re12 flectance Index of 43. 

13 (c) COMBINING REBATES.—Nothing in this section 

14 shall be construed to prohibit an eligible household from 

15 receiving any other grant, rebate, or other financial assist16 ance with respect to the same eligible cool roof product 

17 for which a rebate is provided under the program estab18 lished under subsection (a). 

19 (d) TERMINATION DATE.—The program established 

20 under subsection (a) shall terminate on September 30, 

21 2029. 

22 (e) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 6 

23 months after the program established under subsection (a) 

24 terminates, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a re25 port describing, for each program participant— 


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1 (1) whether the participant used the rebate to 

2 help retrofit an old roof or install a new roof; 

3 (2) if the participant retrofitted an old roof, 

4 which older roof product the new eligible cool roof 

5 product replaced or covered; and 

6 (3) what eligible cool roof product the partici7 pant purchased using the rebate. 

8 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

9 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

10 $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029. 

11 (g) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 

12 (1) 3-YEAR AGED.—The term ‘‘3-year aged’’ 

13 means, with respect to solar reflectance or thermal 

14 emittance of an eligible cool roof product, the solar 

15 reflectance or thermal emittance is tested after com16 pleting 3 years of field exposure, or tested after lab17 oratory exposure that has replicated the effects of 3 

18 years of natural exposure if the eligible cool roof 

19 product has begun but not yet completed field expo20 sure, in accordance with the most recent standard 

21 issued by the American National Standard Institute 

22 and Cool Roof Rating Council, S100–2021. 

23 (2) ELIGIBLE COOL ROOF PRODUCT.—The term 

24 ‘‘eligible cool roof product’’ means a product that 

25 has a rating from the Cool Roof Rating Council. 


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1 (3) ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLD.— 

2 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

3 subparagraph (B), the term ‘‘eligible house4 hold’’ means an individual or family— 

5 (i) residing in a single-family or multi6 family building; 

7 (ii) the total annual income of which 

8 is less than 200 percent of the median in9 come of the zip code in which the indi10 vidual or family resides (as reported by the 

11 Department of Housing and Urban Devel12 opment); and 

13 (iii) residing in a ZIP Code Tabula14 tion Area that is in the 75th percentile or 

15 higher of the Heat and Health Index of 

16 the Centers for Disease Control and Pre17 vention. 

18 (B) ALASKA, HAWAII, AND TERRITORIES.— 

19 With respect to an individual or family residing 

20 in Alaska, Hawaii, or a territory of the United 

21 States, until the date that their respective State 

22 or territory is added to the Heat and Health 

23 Index of the Centers for Disease Control and 

24 Prevention, the term ‘‘eligible household’’ 

25 means that such individual or family— 


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1 (i) resides in a single-family or multi2 family building; and 

3 (ii) has a total annual income that is 

4 less than 200 percent of the median in5 come of the zip code in which the indi6 vidual or family resides (as reported by the 

7 Department of Housing and Urban Devel8 opment). 

9 (4) INCIDENT SOLAR FLUX.—The term ‘‘inci10 dent solar flux’’ means the solar power per unit area 

11 that strikes a surface. 

12 (5) LOW-SLOPED ROOF.—The term ‘‘low-sloped 

13 roof’’ means a roof with a slope (ratio of rise to run) 

14 of 2:12 or less. 

15 (6) RADIANT HEAT FLUX.—The term ‘‘radiant 

16 heat flux’’ means the radiant power per unit area. 

17 (7) REFLECTED SOLAR FLUX.—The term ‘‘re18 flected solar flux’’ means the solar power per unit 

19 area reflected from a surface. 

20 (8) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

21 the Secretary of Energy. 

22 (9) SOLAR REFLECTANCE.—The term ‘‘solar re23 flectance’’ means the ratio of reflected solar flux to 

24 the incident solar flux. 


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1 (10) SOLAR REFLECTANCE INDEX.—The term 

2 ‘‘Solar Reflectance Index’’ means a calculated value 

3 that combines solar reflectance with thermal 

4 emittance into a single metric, in accordance with 

5 section 2.2.9. of the Cool Roof Rating Council’s 

6 Roof Product Rating Program Manual. 

7 (11) STEEP-SLOPED ROOF.—The term ‘‘steep8 sloped roof’’ means a roof with a slope (ratio of rise 

9 to run) greater than 2:12. 

10 (12) THERMAL EMITTANCE.—The term ‘‘ther11 mal emittance’’ means the ratio of the radiant heat 

12 flux emitted by a material tested at a temperature 

13 near 300 kelvin. 

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