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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6536 

To provide that local governments may receive grants to carry out HOMES 

rebate programs and high-efficiency electric home rebate programs in 

States in which the applicable State energy office is not carrying out 

such a program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 30, 2023 

Mr. SOTO (for himself, Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. FROST, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, and Mrs. GONZA ́LEZ-COLO ́N) introduced the following 

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

A BILL 

To provide that local governments may receive grants to 

carry out HOMES rebate programs and high-efficiency 

electric home rebate programs in States in which the 

applicable State energy office is not carrying out such 

a 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 ‘‘Reforming Energy5 Efficient Buildings and Appliances Tax Exemptions Act’’ 

6 or the ‘‘REBATE Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DOE REBATE PROGRAMS. 

2 (a) HOME ENERGY PERFORMANCE-BASED, WHOLE3 HOUSE REBATES.— 

4 (1) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Section 50121(a) 

5 of the Public Law 117–169 (42 U.S.C. 18795(a)) is 

6 amended— 

7 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and el8 igible local governments’’ after ‘‘State energy 

9 offices’’; and 

10 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

11 (i) by striking ‘‘redistributed to the 

12 State energy offices operating a HOMES 

13 rebate program using a grant received 

14 under this section in proportion to the 

15 amount distributed to those State energy 

16 offices under subparagraph (A)(ii)’’ and in17 serting ‘‘, subject to subparagraph (C), 

18 distributed to each eligible local govern19 ment for which an application, submitted 

20 not later than December 31, 2024, by such 

21 eligible local government, under subsection 

22 (b) is approved’’; and 

23 (ii) by adding at the end the fol24 lowing: 

25 ‘‘(C) DISTRIBUTION.—The Secretary shall 

26 distribute money under subparagraph (B) so 


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1 that the total amount received by all eligible 

2 local governments described in subparagraph 

3 (B) within a State is equal to the total amount 

4 reserved for the State energy office of the State 

5 under subparagraph (A).’’. 

6 (2) APPLICATION.—Section 50121(b) of the 

7 Public Law 117–169 (42 U.S.C. 18795(b)) is 

8 amended by inserting ‘‘or eligible local government’’ 

9 after ‘‘A State energy office’’. 

10 (3) HOMES REBATE PROGRAM.—Section 

11 50121(c) of the Public Law 117–169 (42 U.S.C. 

12 18795(c)) is amended— 

13 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or eli14 gible local government’’ after ‘‘State energy of15 fice’’; 

16 (B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘or eli17 gible local government’’ after ‘‘State energy of18 fice’’; 

19 (C) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘or eli20 gible local government’’ after ‘‘State energy of21 fice’’; 

22 (D) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘and el23 igible local governments’’ after ‘‘States’’; and 


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1 (E) in paragraph (7), by inserting ‘‘or eli2 gible local government’’ after ‘‘State energy of3 fice’’. 

4 (4) DEFINITIONS.—Section 50121(d) of the 

5 Public Law 117–169 (42 U.S.C. 18795(d)) is 

6 amended— 

7 (A) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 

8 follows: 

9 ‘‘(2) HOMES REBATE PROGRAM.—The term 

10 ‘HOMES rebate program’ means a Home Owner 

11 Managing Energy Savings rebate program— 

12 ‘‘(A) established by a State energy office 

13 as part of an approved State energy conserva14 tion plan under the State Energy Program; or 

15 ‘‘(B) carried out pursuant to this section 

16 by an eligible local government.’’; and 

17 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—The 

19 term ‘eligible local government’ means a unit of local 

20 government that is located in a State in which the 

21 State energy office has not established a HOMES 

22 rebate program, did not receive a grant to develop 

23 and implement a HOMES rebate program under 

24 this section, or otherwise does not plan to develop 

25 and implement a HOMES rebate program or receive 


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1 a grant under this section, as indicated by the State 

2 withdrawing an application under subsection (b), a 

3 veto of funding awarded under this section by the 

4 Governor of the State, or as otherwise determined by 

5 the Secretary.’’. 

6 (b) HIGH-EFFICIENCY ELECTRIC HOME REBATE

7 PROGRAM.— 

8 (1) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Section 50122(a) 

9 of Public Law 117–169 (42 U.S.C. 18795a(a)) is 

10 amended— 

11 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

12 (i) by striking ‘‘STATE ENERGY OF13 FICES AND INDIAN TRIBES’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘STATE ENERGY OFFICES, ELIGIBLE

15 LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, AND INDIAN

16 TRIBES’’; and 

17 (ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

18 ‘‘and eligible local governments’’ after 

19 ‘‘State energy offices’’; and 

20 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

21 (i) in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking 

22 ‘‘redistributed to the State energy offices 

23 operating a high-efficiency electric home 

24 rebate program in proportion to the 

25 amount distributed to those State energy 


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1 offices under that clause’’ and inserting ‘‘, 

2 subject to subparagraph (D), distributed to 

3 each eligible local government for which an 

4 application, submitted not later than De5 cember 31, 2024, by such eligible local 

6 government, under subsection (b) is ap7 proved’’; and 

8 (ii) by adding at the end the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘(D) DISTRIBUTION.—The Secretary shall 

11 distribute money under subparagraph (C)(i) so 

12 that the total amount received by all eligible 

13 local governments described in subparagraph 

14 (C)(i) within a State is equal to the total 

15 amount reserved for the State energy office of 

16 the State under subparagraph (A).’’. 

17 (2) APPLICATION.—Section 50122(b) of the 

18 Public Law 117–169 (42 U.S.C. 18795a(b)) is 

19 amended by inserting ‘‘, eligible local government,’’ 

20 after ‘‘A State energy office’’. 

21 (3) HIGH-EFFICIENCY ELECTRIC HOME REBATE

22 PROGRAM.—Section 50122(c) of the Public Law 

23 117–169 (42 U.S.C. 18795a(c)) is amended— 


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1 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, eligi2 ble local governments,’’ after ‘‘State energy of3 fices’’; 

4 (B) in paragraph (5)(A), by inserting ‘‘, el5 igible local government,’’ after ‘‘State energy 

6 office’’; 

7 (C) in paragraph (8), by inserting ‘‘, eligi8 ble local government,’’ after ‘‘State energy of9 fice’’; and 

10 (D) in paragraph (9), by inserting ‘‘, eligi11 ble local government,’’ after ‘‘State energy of12 fice’’. 

13 (4) DEFINITIONS.—Section 50122(d) of the 

14 Public Law 117–169 (42 U.S.C. 18795a(d)) is 

15 amended— 

16 (A) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, eligi17 ble local government,’’ after ‘‘State energy of18 fice’’; and 

19 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(7) ELIGIBLE LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—The 

21 term ‘eligible local government’ means a unit of local 

22 government that is located in a which the State en23 ergy office does not have a high-efficiency electric 

24 home rebate program, did not receive a grant to de25 velop and implement a high-efficiency electric home 


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1 rebate program, or otherwise does not plan to de2 velop and implement a high-efficiency electric home 

3 rebate program, as indicated by the State with4 drawing an application under subsection (b), a veto 

5 of funding awarded under this section by the Gov6 ernor of the State, or as otherwise determined by 

7 the Secretary.’’. 

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