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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8721 

To amend the Energy Conservation and Production Act to direct the Secretary of Energy to establish a weatherization readiness program, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 12, 2024 

Mr. TONKO (for himself, Ms. KAPTUR, and Ms. SLOTKIN) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend the Energy Conservation and Production Act to 

direct the Secretary of Energy to establish a weatherization readiness program, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Weatherization En5 hancement and Readiness Act of 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. WEATHERIZATION. 

7 (a) ENHANCEMENT AND INNOVATION.—Section 

8 414D of the Energy Conservation and Production Act (42 

9 U.S.C. 6864d) is amended by striking subsection (k). 


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1 (b) AVERAGE COST PER DWELLING UNIT.—Section 

2 415(c)(1) of the Energy Conservation and Production Act 

3 (42 U.S.C. 6865(c)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘$6,500’’ 

4 and inserting ‘‘$12,000’’. 

5 (c) CLARIFICATION OF REWEATHERIZATION LIMITA6 TION.—Section 415(c)(2) of the Energy Conservation and 

7 Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6865(c)(2)) is amended— 

8 (1) by striking ‘‘, or under other Federal pro9 grams’’; 

10 (2) by striking ‘‘, may’’ and inserting ‘‘may’’; 

11 and 

12 (3) by striking ‘‘or under other Federal pro13 grams, or from receiving non-Federal assistance for 

14 weatherization’’. 

15 (d) RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS.—Section 415(c) 

16 of the Energy Conservation and Production Act (42 

17 U.S.C. 6865(c)) is amended by striking paragraph (4). 

18 (e) WEATHERIZATION READINESS PROGRAM.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Energy Conservation 

20 and Production Act is amended by adding after sec21 tion 414E (42 U.S.C. 6864e) the following section: 

22 ‘‘SEC. 414F. WEATHERIZATION READINESS PROGRAM. 

23 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 

24 date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall es25 tablish a weatherization readiness program to provide 


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1 grants to States and tribal organizations to implement 

2 measures to make dwelling units occupied by low-income 

3 persons ready to receive weatherization measures pursu4 ant to the weatherization program conducted under this 

5 part by addressing structural, plumbing, roofing, and elec6 trical issues and environmental hazards, and imple7 menting other measures that the Secretary determines to 

8 be appropriate, to reduce the frequency of deferrals of 

9 such weatherization measures when the condition of a 

10 dwelling unit renders delivery of weatherization measures 

11 unsafe or ineffective. 

12 ‘‘(b) ALIGNMENT OF REQUIREMENTS.—Except as 

13 otherwise provided in this section, to the extent possible, 

14 the Secretary shall, in establishing the weatherization 

15 readiness program under this section— 

16 ‘‘(1) align the requirements of such weatheriza17 tion readiness program with the requirements of the 

18 weatherization program conducted under this part; 

19 and 

20 ‘‘(2) seek to reduce barriers to leveraging other 

21 sources of funding for weatherization readiness 

22 measures. 

23 ‘‘(c) SAVINGS-TO-INVESTMENT RATIO.—The weath24 erization readiness program established under this section 


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1 shall not include a savings-to-investment ratio require2 ment. 

3 ‘‘(d) PREVIOUS WEATHERIZATION.—Weatherization 

4 readiness measures implemented pursuant to the weather5 ization readiness program established under this section 

6 shall not be considered previous weatherization for pur7 poses of section 415(c)(2). 

8 ‘‘(e) AVERAGE COST PER DWELLING UNIT.—The 

9 Secretary may establish, or require a State grantee to es10 tablish, a limit for expenditures for weatherization readi11 ness measures, including labor, materials, and related 

12 matters, to be implemented with respect to a dwelling unit, 

13 on an average cost per unit basis, pursuant to the weath14 erization readiness program established under this section. 

15 ‘‘(f) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall allo17 cate funding made available under this section to 

18 States and tribal organizations in a manner con19 sistent with the allocation of financial assistance for 

20 weatherization assistance under the weatherization 

21 program conducted under this part. 

22 ‘‘(2) UPDATED ALLOCATION.—Not sooner than 

23 October 1, 2028, the Secretary, in consultation with 

24 States and tribal organizations, may, by rule, update 

25 the method to allocate funding to States and tribal 


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1 organizations under this section to more accurately 

2 reflect the relative need for funding for weatheriza3 tion readiness measures among low-income persons 

4 throughout the States and Indian tribes. 

5 ‘‘(g) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Not more than 

6 an amount equal to 15 percent of any grant made by the 

7 Secretary under this section may be used for administra8 tive purposes, except that not more than one-half of such 

9 amount may be used by any State for such purposes. 

10 ‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

11 is authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 for each of 

12 fiscal years 2025 through 2029 to carry out this section.’’. 

13 (2) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The 

14 table of contents for the Energy Conservation and 

15 Production Act is amended by adding after the item 

16 relating to section 414E the following: 

‘‘Sec. 414F. Weatherization readiness program.’’. 

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