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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1749 

To provide assistance to owners of manufactured homes constructed prior 

to 1976 to purchase Energy Star qualified manufactured homes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 26, 2009 

Mr. HILL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 

Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 

each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To provide assistance to owners of manufactured homes constructed prior to 1976 to purchase Energy Star qualified 

manufactured homes. 

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 ‘‘Energy Efficient Man5 ufactured Housing Act of 2009’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 The Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) There are more than 2,000,000,000 manu2 factured homes constructed prior to 1976 still occu3 pied as permanent residences throughout the United 

4 States. 

5 (2) Manufactured homes constructed prior to 

6 1976 generally have very poor energy efficiency, as 

7 such homes pre-date any Federal energy efficiency 

8 standards for manufactured homes. 

9 (3) Replacing manufactured homes constructed 

10 prior to 1976 with new Energy Star qualified manu11 factured homes will dramatically lower energy con12 sumption and costs for residents of such homes, 

13 most of whom are in low-income households. 

14 SEC. 3. ENERGY EFFICIENT MANUFACTURED HOMES. 

15 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

16 (1) MANUFACTURED HOME.—The term ‘‘manu17 factured home’’ has the meaning given such term in 

18 section 603 of the National Manufactured Housing 

19 Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 

20 U.S.C. 5402). 

21 (2) ENERGY STAR QUALIFIED MANUFACTURED

22 HOME.—The term ‘‘Energy Star qualified manufac23 tured home’’ means a manufactured home that has 

24 been designed, produced, and installed in accordance 


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1 with Energy Star’s guidelines by an Energy Star 

2 certified plant. 

3 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to as4 sist low-income households residing in manufactured 

5 homes constructed prior to 1976 to save energy and en6 ergy expenditures by providing support toward the pur7 chase of new Energy Star qualified manufactured homes. 

8 (c) GRANTS TO STATE AGENCIES.— 

9 (1) GRANTS.—The Secretary of Energy may 

10 make grants to State agencies responsible for devel11 oping State energy conservation plans under section 

12 362 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 

13 U.S.C. 6322) (or such other existing State agency 

14 that exercises similar functions as the Governor of 

15 a State may designate), to provide owners of manu16 factured homes constructed prior to 1976 rebates to 

17 use toward purchases of new Energy Star qualified 

18 manufactured homes. 

19 (2) ALLOCATION OF GRANTS.—Grants under 

20 paragraph (1) shall be distributed to State agencies 

21 in States on the basis of their proportionate share 

22 of all manufactured homes constructed prior to 1976 

23 that are occupied as primary residences in the 

24 United States, based on the most recent and accu25 rate data available. 


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1 (3) REBATES.— 

2 (A) PRIMARY RESIDENCE REQUIRE3 MENT.—A rebate described under paragraph 

4 (1) may only be made to an owner of a manu5 factured home constructed prior to 1976 that is 

6 used on a year-round basis as a primary resi7 dence. 

8 (B) DESTRUCTION AND REPLACEMENT.— 

9 A rebate described under paragraph (1) may be 

10 made only if the manufactured home con11 structed prior to 1976 will be— 

12 (i) destroyed (including appropriate 

13 recycling); and 

14 (ii) replaced, in the same general loca15 tion, as determined by the applicable State 

16 agency, with an Energy Star qualified 

17 manufactured home. 

18 (C) SINGLE REBATE.—A rebate described 

19 under paragraph (1) may not be provided to 

20 any owner of a manufactured home constructed 

21 prior to 1976 that was or is a member of a 

22 household for which any member of the house23 hold was provided a rebate pursuant to this sec24 tion. 


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1 (D) ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS.—To be eligi2 ble to receive a rebate described under para3 graph (1), an owner of a manufactured home 

4 constructed prior to 1976 shall demonstrate to 

5 the applicable State agency that the total in6 come of all members the owner’s household does 

7 not exceed 200 percent of the Federal poverty 

8 level for income in the applicable area. 

9 (4) REBATE LIMITATION.—Rebates provided by 

10 State agencies under this section shall not exceed 

11 $7,500 per manufactured home from any funds ap12 propriated pursuant to this section. 

13 (5) USE OF STATE FUNDS.—A State agency 

14 providing rebates under this section may supplement 

15 the amount of such rebates under paragraph (4) by 

16 any amount such agency approves if such additional 

17 amount is from State funds and other sources, in18 cluding private donations or grants from charitable 

19 foundations. 

20 (6) SIMILAR PROGRAMS.— 

21 (A) STATE PROGRAMS.—A State agency 

22 conducting a program that has the purpose of 

23 replacing manufactured homes constructed 

24 prior to 1976 with Energy Star qualified manu25 factured homes, may use funding provided 


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1 under this section to support such a program, 

2 provided such funding does not exceed the re3 bate limitation amount under paragraph (4). 

4 (B) FEDERAL PROGRAMS.—The Secretary 

5 of Energy shall seek to achieve the purpose of 

6 this section through similar Federal programs 

7 including— 

8 (i) the Weatherization Assistance Pro9 gram under part A of title IV of the En10 ergy Conservation and Production Act (42 

11 U.S.C. 6861 et seq.); and 

12 (ii) the program under part D of title 

13 III of the Energy Policy and Conservation 

14 Act (42 U.S.C. 6321 et seq.). 

15 (7) ADMINISTRATION.— 

16 (A) CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.—Each 

17 State agency receiving funding under this sec18 tion shall establish fiscal controls and account19 ing procedures sufficient, as determined by the 

20 Secretary of Energy, to ensure proper account21 ing for disbursements made from such funds 

22 and fund balances. Such procedures shall con23 form to generally accepted Government ac24 counting principles. 


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1 (B) COORDINATION WITH OTHER STATE

2 AGENCIES.—A State agency receiving funding 

3 under this section may coordinate its efforts, 

4 and share funds for administration, with other 

5 State agencies involved in low-income housing 

6 programs. 

7 (C) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—A State 

8 agency receiving funding under this section may 

9 expend not more than 10 percent of such funds 

10 for administrative expenses. 

11 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 

13 appropriated to the Secretary of Energy, 

14 $1,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 

15 through 2012 to carry out this section. 

16 (2) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Of the 

17 amounts available each fiscal year to carry out this 

18 section, the Secretary of Energy may expend not 

19 more than 5 percent to pay administrative expenses. 

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