(2) VERIFICATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph 
(B), all work conducted in a home as part of a 
whole-home retrofit by an accredited contractor 
under this section shall be subject to random 
field verification by an independent quality as-
surance provider at a rate of— 
(i) 15 percent; or 
(ii) in the case of work performed by 
an accredited contractor using a certified 
workforce, 10 percent. 
(B) 
VERIFICATION
NOT
REQUIRED.—A 
home shall not be subject to field verification 
under subparagraph (A) if— 
(i) a post-retrofit home energy rating 
is conducted by an entity that is an eligible 
certifier in accordance with— 
(I) RESNET Publication No. 06– 
001 (or a successor publication ap-
proved by the Secretary); 
(II) a State-certified equivalent 
rating network, as specified in IRS 
Notice 2008–35; or 
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(III) a HERS rating system re-
quired by the law of the State in which 
the home is located; 
(ii) the eligible certifier is independent 
of the accredited contractor in accordance 
with RESNET Publication No. 06–001 (or 
a successor publication approved by the Sec-
retary); and 
(iii) 
the 
rating 
includes 
field 
verification of all measures for which re-
bates are being provided. 
(C) HOMEOWNER
COMPLAINT.—A home-
owner may make a complaint under the quality 
assurance program that compliance with the 
quality assurance requirements of this title has 
not been achieved. The quality assurance pro-
gram shall provide that, upon receiving such a 
complaint, an independent quality assurance 
provider shall conduct field verification on the 
retrofit work performed by the contractor. 
Verifications under this subparagraph shall be in 
addition to those conducted under subparagraph 
(A), and shall be corrected in accordance with 
paragraph (3). 
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(D) ACCESS TO HOME.—In order to be eli-
gible for a discount from a contractor or vendor 
for which a rebate is provided under this section, 
a homeowner shall agree to permit such access to 
the home, upon reasonable notice and at a mutu-
ally convenient time, as is necessary to verify 
and correct retrofit work. 
(3) CORRECTION.—Rebates under this section 
shall be made subject to the following conditions: 
(A) The installed measures will comply 
with manufacturer and applicable code stand-
ards and the specifications and quality stand-
ards under this section if a field verification by 
an independent quality assurance provider finds 
that corrective work is needed. Such compliance 
shall be achieved by the installing accredited con-
tractor not later than 14 days after the date of 
notification of a defect pursuant to a warranty, 
provided at no additional cost to the homeowner. 
(B) A subsequent quality assurance visit 
shall be conducted to evaluate the remedy not 
later than 7 days after notification that the de-
fect has been corrected. 
(C) The quality assurance provider shall 
notify the contractor of the disposition of such 
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visit not later than 7 days after the date of the 
visit. 
(f) REVIEW.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall determine 
whether information submitted to the Federal Rebate 
Processing System with respect to a rebate was com-
plete, and on the basis of that information and other 
information available to the Secretary, shall deter-
mine whether the requirements of this section were 
met in all respects. 
(2) INCORRECT PAYMENT.—On a determination 
of the Secretary under paragraph (1) that a payment 
was made incorrectly to a party, or that sufficient in-
formation was not submitted to the Federal Rebate 
Processing System to enable such determination, the 
Secretary— 
(A) may— 
(i) recoup the amount of the incorrect 
payment; or 
(ii) withhold the amount of the incor-
rect payment from a payment made to the 
party pursuant to a subsequent request; and 
(B) shall, to the extent the Secretary deter-
mines the benefit of the rebate was not passed 
through to the homeowner through a discount on 
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