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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1320 

To provide assistance to owners of manufactured homes constructed before 

January 1, 1976, to purchase Energy Star-qualified manufactured homes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 22, 2009 

Mr. TESTER introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To provide assistance to owners of manufactured homes constructed before January 1, 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. ENERGY-EFFICIENT MANUFACTURED HOMES. 

7 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

8 (1) DATED MANUFACTURED HOME.—The term 

9 ‘‘dated manufactured home’’ means a manufactured 

10 home constructed before January 1, 1976. 


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1 (2) ENERGY STAR-QUALIFIED MANUFACTURED

2 HOME.—The term ‘‘Energy Star-qualified manufac3 tured home’’ means a manufactured home that has 

4 been designed, produced, and installed in accordance 

5 with Energy Star guidelines by an Energy Star-cer6 tified entity. 

7 (3) MANUFACTURED HOME.—The term ‘‘manu8 factured home’’ has the meaning given the term in 

9 section 603 of the National Manufactured Housing 

10 Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 

11 U.S.C. 5402). 

12 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

13 the Secretary of Energy. 

14 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to as15 sist low-income households residing in dated manufactured 

16 homes to save energy and energy expenditures by pro17 viding support toward the purchase of new Energy Star18 qualified manufactured homes. 

19 (c) GRANTS TO STATE AGENCIES.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may provide 

21 grants under this section to— 

22 (A) the State agency responsible for devel23 oping State energy conservation plans under 

24 section 362 of the Energy Policy and Conserva25 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 6322) in each State; or 


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1 (B) such other State agency carrying out 

2 a similar activity as the Governor of the State 

3 may designate. 

4 (2) ALLOCATION.—The Secretary shall provide 

5 grants to each State agency under paragraph (1) 

6 based on the proportion that, as determined using 

7 the most recent and accurate data available— 

8 (A) the number of dated manufactured 

9 homes occupied as primary residences in the 

10 State; bears to 

11 (B) the number of dated manufactured 

12 homes occupied as primary residences in all 

13 States. 

14 (3) USE OF FUNDS.—A State agency shall use 

15 a grant provided under paragraph (1) to provide to 

16 owners of dated manufactured homes in the State 

17 rebates to use toward the purchase of new Energy 

18 Star-qualified manufactured homes in the State in 

19 accordance with paragraph (4). 

20 (4) REBATES.— 

21 (A) PRIMARY RESIDENCE REQUIRE22 MENT.—A rebate under this subsection may be 

23 made only to an owner of a dated manufactured 

24 home that is used on a year-round basis as a 

25 primary residence. 


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1 (B) DESTRUCTION AND REPLACEMENT.— 

2 A rebate under this subsection may be made 

3 only if the applicable dated manufactured home 

4 will be— 

5 (i) destroyed (including appropriate 

6 recycling); and 

7 (ii) replaced, in the same general loca8 tion (as determined by the applicable State 

9 agency), with an Energy Star-qualified 

10 manufactured home. 

11 (C) SINGLE REBATE.—A rebate under this 

12 subsection may not be provided to any owner of 

13 a dated manufactured home that was or is a 

14 member of a household for which any member 

15 of the household was provided a rebate pursu16 ant to this subsection. 

17 (D) ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS.—To be eligi18 ble to receive a rebate under this subsection, an 

19 owner of a dated manufactured home shall 

20 demonstrate to the applicable State agency that 

21 the total income of all members of the house22 hold of the owner does not exceed 200 percent 

23 of the Federal poverty level for income in the 

24 applicable area. 

25 (5) LIMITATION.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara2 graph (B), the amount of a rebate provided by 

3 a State agency under this subsection shall not 

4 exceed, for a single manufactured home, $7,500 

5 of the amount provided to the State agency 

6 pursuant to this subsection. 

7 (B) USE OF STATE FUNDS.—A State agen8 cy may supplement the amount of a rebate pro9 vided under this subsection using State or other 

10 funds (including private donations and grants 

11 from charitable foundations) by such amount as 

12 the State agency determines to be appropriate. 

13 (6) SIMILAR PROGRAMS.— 

14 (A) STATE PROGRAMS.—Subject to the 

15 limitation described in paragraph (5)(A), a 

16 State agency conducting a program the purpose 

17 of which is to replace dated manufactured 

18 homes with Energy Star-qualified manufactured 

19 homes may use the amounts provided under 

20 this subsection to support the program. 

21 (B) FEDERAL PROGRAMS.—The Secretary 

22 shall seek to achieve the purpose of this section 

23 through similar Federal programs, including— 

24 (i) the Weatherization Assistance Pro25 gram for Low-Income Persons established 


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1 under part A of title IV of the Energy 

2 Conservation and Production Act (42 

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

4 (ii) the program under part D of title 

5 III of the Energy Policy and Conservation 

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

7 (7) ADMINISTRATION.— 

8 (A) CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.— 

9 (i) IN GENERAL.—Each State agency 

10 that receives funding under this subsection 

11 shall establish such fiscal controls and ac12 counting procedures as are sufficient, as 

13 determined by the Secretary, to ensure 

14 proper accounting for disbursements made 

15 from the funds and fund balances. 

16 (ii) REQUIREMENT.—The controls and 

17 procedures established under clause (i) 

18 shall conform to generally accepted Fed19 eral accounting principles, as determined 

20 by the Secretary. 

21 (B) COORDINATION WITH OTHER STATE

22 AGENCIES.—A State agency that receives fund23 ing under this subsection may coordinate efforts 

24 and share funds for administration with other 


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1 State agencies involved in low-income housing 

2 programs. 

3 (C) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—A State 

4 agency may use not more than 10 percent of 

5 the funds provided to the State agency under 

6 this subsection for administrative expenses in 

7 carrying out a program under this subsection. 

8 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

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

10 appropriated to the Secretary such sums as are nec11 essary to carry out this section. 

12 (2) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Of the 

13 amounts available for each fiscal year to carry out 

14 this section, the Secretary may use not more than 

15 5 percent to pay administrative expenses. 

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