that the total amount received by all eligible 
local governments described in subparagraph 
(B) within a State is equal to the total amount 
reserved for the State energy office of the State 
under subparagraph (A).’’. 
(2) APPLICATION.—Section 50121(b) of the 
Public Law 117–169 (42 U.S.C. 18795(b)) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘or eligible local government’’ 
after ‘‘A State energy office’’. 
(3) 
HOMES 
REBATE
PROGRAM.—Section 
50121(c) of the Public Law 117–169 (42 U.S.C. 
18795(c)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or eli-
gible local government’’ after ‘‘State energy of-
fice’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘or eli-
gible local government’’ after ‘‘State energy of-
fice’’; 
(C) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘or eli-
gible local government’’ after ‘‘State energy of-
fice’’; 
(D) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘and el-
igible local governments’’ after ‘‘States’’; and 
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(E) in paragraph (7), by inserting ‘‘or eli-
gible local government’’ after ‘‘State energy of-
fice’’. 
(4) DEFINITIONS.—Section 50121(d) of the 
Public Law 117–169 (42 U.S.C. 18795(d)) is 
amended— 
(A) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(2) HOMES REBATE
PROGRAM.—The term 
‘HOMES rebate program’ means a Home Owner 
Managing Energy Savings rebate program— 
‘‘(A) established by a State energy office 
as part of an approved State energy conserva-
tion plan under the State Energy Program; or 
‘‘(B) carried out pursuant to this section 
by an eligible local government.’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT.—The 
term ‘eligible local government’ means a unit of local 
government that is located in a State in which the 
State energy office has not established a HOMES 
rebate program, did not receive a grant to develop 
and implement a HOMES rebate program under 
this section, or otherwise does not plan to develop 
and implement a HOMES rebate program or receive 
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a grant under this section, as indicated by the State 
withdrawing an application under subsection (b), a 
veto of funding awarded under this section by the 
Governor of the State, or as otherwise determined by 
the Secretary.’’. 
(b) HIGH-EFFICIENCY ELECTRIC HOME REBATE 
PROGRAM.— 
(1) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Section 50122(a) 
of Public Law 117–169 (42 U.S.C. 18795a(a)) is 
amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘STATE ENERGY OF-
FICES AND INDIAN TRIBES’’ and inserting 
‘‘STATE
ENERGY
OFFICES, 
ELIGIBLE 
LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS, 
AND
INDIAN 
TRIBES’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
‘‘and eligible local governments’’ after 
‘‘State energy offices’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking 
‘‘redistributed to the State energy offices 
operating a high-efficiency electric home 
rebate program in proportion to the 
amount distributed to those State energy 
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offices under that clause’’ and inserting ‘‘, 
subject to subparagraph (D), distributed to 
each eligible local government for which an 
application, submitted not later than De-
cember 31, 2024, by such eligible local 
government, under subsection (b) is ap-
proved’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(D) DISTRIBUTION.—The Secretary shall 
distribute money under subparagraph (C)(i) so 
that the total amount received by all eligible 
local governments described in subparagraph 
(C)(i) within a State is equal to the total 
amount reserved for the State energy office of 
the State under subparagraph (A).’’. 
(2) APPLICATION.—Section 50122(b) of the 
Public Law 117–169 (42 U.S.C. 18795a(b)) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘, eligible local government,’’ 
after ‘‘A State energy office’’. 
(3) HIGH-EFFICIENCY ELECTRIC HOME REBATE 
PROGRAM.—Section 50122(c) of the Public Law 
117–169 (42 U.S.C. 18795a(c)) is amended— 
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(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, eligi-
ble local governments,’’ after ‘‘State energy of-
fices’’; 
(B) in paragraph (5)(A), by inserting ‘‘, el-
igible local government,’’ after ‘‘State energy 
office’’; 
(C) in paragraph (8), by inserting ‘‘, eligi-
ble local government,’’ after ‘‘State energy of-
fice’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (9), by inserting ‘‘, eligi-
ble local government,’’ after ‘‘State energy of-
fice’’. 
(4) DEFINITIONS.—Section 50122(d) of the 
Public Law 117–169 (42 U.S.C. 18795a(d)) is 
amended— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, eligi-
ble local government,’’ after ‘‘State energy of-
fice’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) ELIGIBLE
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT.—The 
term ‘eligible local government’ means a unit of local 
government that is located in a which the State en-
ergy office does not have a high-efficiency electric 
home rebate program, did not receive a grant to de-
velop and implement a high-efficiency electric home 
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