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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9894 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.

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                    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

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                                 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.

    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 ``Cool Roof Rebate Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. COOL ROOF REBATE PROGRAM.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish and carry out a 
program to provide rebates to eligible households for the purchase and 
installation of eligible cool roof products.
    (b) Rebate Amount.--The amount of a rebate provided under the 
program established under subsection (a) shall be--
            (1) with respect to an eligible cool roof product installed 
        on a low-sloped roof--
                    (A) $0.25 per square foot if such eligible cool 
                roof product has--
                            (i) a minimum 3-year aged solar reflectance 
                        of 0.65 and a minimum 3-year-aged thermal 
                        emittance of 0.75; or
                            (ii) a minimum 3-year aged Solar 
                        Reflectance Index of 78; and
                    (B) $0.75 per square foot if such eligible cool 
                roof product has--
                            (i) a minimum 3-year aged solar reflectance 
                        of 0.75 and a minimum 3-year-aged thermal 
                        emittance of 0.75; or
                            (ii) a minimum 3-year aged Solar 
                        Reflectance Index of 92; and
            (2) with respect to an eligible cool roof product installed 
        on a steep-sloped roof--
                    (A) $0.25 per square foot if such eligible cool 
                roof product has--
                            (i) a minimum 3-year aged solar reflectance 
                        of 0.25 and a minimum 3-year-aged thermal 
                        emittance of 0.75; or
                            (ii) a minimum 3-year aged Solar 
                        Reflectance Index of 23; and
                    (B) $0.75 per square foot if such eligible cool 
                roof product has--
                            (i) a minimum 3-year aged solar reflectance 
                        of 0.40 and a minimum 3-year-aged thermal 
                        emittance of 0.75; or
                            (ii) a minimum 3-year aged Solar 
                        Reflectance Index of 43.
    (c) Combining Rebates.--Nothing in this section shall be construed 
to prohibit an eligible household from receiving any other grant, 
rebate, or other financial assistance with respect to the same eligible 
cool roof product for which a rebate is provided under the program 
established under subsection (a).
    (d) Termination Date.--The program established under subsection (a) 
shall terminate on September 30, 2029.
    (e) Reporting Requirement.--Not later than 6 months after the 
program established under subsection (a) terminates, the Secretary 
shall submit to Congress a report describing, for each program 
participant--
            (1) whether the participant used the rebate to help 
        retrofit an old roof or install a new roof;
            (2) if the participant retrofitted an old roof, which older 
        roof product the new eligible cool roof product replaced or 
        covered; and
            (3) what eligible cool roof product the participant 
        purchased using the rebate.
    (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $25,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2025 through 2029.
    (g) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) 3-year aged.--The term ``3-year aged'' means, with 
        respect to solar reflectance or thermal emittance of an 
        eligible cool roof product, the solar reflectance or thermal 
        emittance is tested after completing 3 years of field exposure, 
        or tested after laboratory exposure that has replicated the 
        effects of 3 years of natural exposure if the eligible cool 
        roof product has begun but not yet completed field exposure, in 
        accordance with the most recent standard issued by the American 
        National Standard Institute and Cool Roof Rating Council, S100-
        2021.
            (2) Eligible cool roof product.--The term ``eligible cool 
        roof product'' means a product that has a rating from the Cool 
        Roof Rating Council.
            (3) Eligible household.--
                    (A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph 
                (B), the term ``eligible household'' means an 
                individual or family--
                            (i) residing in a single-family or multi-
                        family building;
                            (ii) the total annual income of which is 
                        less than 200 percent of the median income of 
                        the zip code in which the individual or family 
                        resides (as reported by the Department of 
                        Housing and Urban Development); and
                            (iii) residing in a ZIP Code Tabulation 
                        Area that is in the 75th percentile or higher 
                        of the Heat and Health Index of the Centers for 
                        Disease Control and Prevention.
                    (B) Alaska, hawaii, and territories.--With respect 
                to an individual or family residing in Alaska, Hawaii, 
                or a territory of the United States, until the date 
                that their respective State or territory is added to 
                the Heat and Health Index of the Centers for Disease 
                Control and Prevention, the term ``eligible household'' 
                means that such individual or family--
                            (i) resides in a single-family or multi-
                        family building; and
                            (ii) has a total annual income that is less 
                        than 200 percent of the median income of the 
                        zip code in which the individual or family 
                        resides (as reported by the Department of 
                        Housing and Urban Development).
            (4) Incident solar flux.--The term ``incident solar flux'' 
        means the solar power per unit area that strikes a surface.
            (5) Low-sloped roof.--The term ``low-sloped roof'' means a 
        roof with a slope (ratio of rise to run) of 2:12 or less.
            (6) Radiant heat flux.--The term ``radiant heat flux'' 
        means the radiant power per unit area.
            (7) Reflected solar flux.--The term ``reflected solar 
        flux'' means the solar power per unit area reflected from a 
        surface.
            (8) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Energy.
            (9) Solar reflectance.--The term ``solar reflectance'' 
        means the ratio of reflected solar flux to the incident solar 
        flux.
            (10) Solar reflectance index.--The term ``Solar Reflectance 
        Index'' means a calculated value that combines solar 
        reflectance with thermal emittance into a single metric, in 
        accordance with section 2.2.9. of the Cool Roof Rating 
        Council's Roof Product Rating Program Manual.
            (11) Steep-sloped roof.--The term ``steep-sloped roof'' 
        means a roof with a slope (ratio of rise to run) greater than 
        2:12.
            (12) Thermal emittance.--The term ``thermal emittance'' 
        means the ratio of the radiant heat flux emitted by a material 
        tested at a temperature near 300 kelvin.
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