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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3769 

To amend the Energy Conservation and Production Act to improve the 

weatherization assistance program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 7, 2022 

Mr. REED (for himself, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. COONS, and Mrs. SHAHEEN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To amend the Energy Conservation and Production Act to 

improve the weatherization assistance 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 Assist5 ance Program Improvements Act of 2022’’. 

6 SEC. 2. WEATHERIZATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 

7 (a) WEATHERIZATION READINESS FUND.—Section 

8 414 of the Energy Conservation and Production Act (42 


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1 U.S.C. 6864) is amended by adding at the end the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(d) WEATHERIZATION READINESS FUND.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall estab5 lish a fund, to be known as the ‘Weatherization 

6 Readiness Fund’, from which the Secretary shall dis7 tribute funds to States receiving financial assistance 

8 under this part, in accordance with subsection (a). 

9 ‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State receiving 

11 funds under paragraph (1) shall use the funds 

12 for repairs to dwelling units described in sub13 paragraph (B) that will remediate the applica14 ble structural defects or hazards of the dwelling 

15 unit so that weatherization measures may be in16 stalled. 

17 ‘‘(B) DWELLING UNIT.—A dwelling unit 

18 referred to in subparagraph (A) is a dwelling 

19 unit occupied by a low-income person that, on 

20 inspection pursuant to the program under this 

21 part, was found to have significant defects or 

22 hazards that prevented the installation of 

23 weatherization measures under the program. 

24 ‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In 

25 addition to amounts authorized to be appropriated 


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1 under section 422, there is authorized to be appro2 priated to the Secretary to carry out this subsection 

3 $65,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 

4 2027.’’. 

5 (b) STATE AVERAGE COST PER UNIT.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 415(c) of the En7 ergy Conservation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 

8 6865(c)) is amended— 

9 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

10 (i) in the matter preceding subpara11 graph (A)— 

12 (I) in the first sentence, by strik13 ing ‘‘$6,500’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘$12,000’’; and 

15 (II) by striking ‘‘(c)(1) Except as 

16 provided in paragraphs (3) and (4)’’ 

17 and inserting the following: 

18 ‘‘(c) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para20 graphs (3), (4), and (6)’’; 

21 (ii) by conforming the margins of sub22 paragraphs (A) through (D) to the margin 

23 of subparagraph (E); 

24 (iii) in subparagraph (D), by striking 

25 ‘‘, and’’ and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 


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1 (iv) in subparagraph (E), by adding a 

2 period at the end; 

3 (B) in paragraph (2), in the first sentence, 

4 by striking ‘‘weatherized (including dwelling 

5 units partially weatherized)’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘fully weatherized’’; 

7 (C) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘$3,000’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘$6,000’’; 

9 (D) in paragraph (5)— 

10 (i) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking 

11 ‘‘(6)(A)(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘(7)(A)(ii)’’; and 

12 (ii) by striking ‘‘(6)(A)(i)(I)’’ each 

13 place it appears and inserting 

14 ‘‘(7)(A)(i)(I)’’; 

15 (E) by redesignating paragraph (6) as 

16 paragraph (7); and 

17 (F) by inserting after paragraph (5) the 

18 following: 

19 ‘‘(6) LIMIT INCREASE.—The Secretary may in20 crease the amount of financial assistance provided 

21 per dwelling unit under this part beyond the limit 

22 specified in paragraph (1) if the Secretary deter23 mines that market conditions require such an in24 crease to achieve the purposes of this part.’’. 


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1 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

2 414D(b)(1)(C) of the Energy Conservation and Pro3 duction Act (42 U.S.C. 6864d(b)(1)(C)) is amended 

4 by striking ‘‘415(c)(6)(A)’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘415(c)(7)’’. 

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