section 105, or if at any later time the Secretary de-
termines that a State is no longer prepared to carry 
out section 105, to the extent that no Indian tribe as-
sumes such responsibilities under subsection (h) the 
Secretary shall assume the responsibilities of that 
State with respect to carrying out section 105. 
(2) TRANSITION
OF
RESPONSIBILITIES.—The 
Secretary may permit a State, after the Secretary has 
assumed the responsibilities of that State under para-
graph (1), to assume the responsibilities assigned to 
States under section 105 with respect to that State if 
the Secretary finds that such assumption of respon-
sibilities will not disrupt the ongoing administration 
of the program under this title. 
(j) LIMITATION.—Rebates may not be provided under 
both section 103 and section 104 with respect to the same 
home. 
(k) FORMS FOR CERTIFICATION AND QUALITY ASSUR-
ANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
make available on the website established under sub-
section (b)(1)(B), model certification forms for com-
pliance with quality assurance requirements under 
this title, to be submitted by— 
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(A) each qualified contractor, accredited 
contractor, and quality assurance provider on 
completion of an eligible home energy retrofit; 
and 
(B) each quality assurance provider on 
completion of field verification required under 
this section. 
(2) NATIONAL HOME PERFORMANCE COUNCIL.— 
The Secretary, States, and Indian tribes shall con-
sider and may use model certification forms developed 
by the National Home Performance Council to ensure 
compliance with quality assurance requirements 
under this title. 
(l) PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.—A State that re-
ceives a grant under this title is encouraged to form part-
nerships with utilities, energy service companies, and other 
entities— 
(1) to assist in marketing the Home Star Ret-
rofit Rebate Program; 
(2) to facilitate consumer financing; 
(3) to assist in implementation of the Silver 
Star Home Energy Retrofit Program and the Gold 
Star Home Energy Retrofit Program, including in-
stallation of qualified energy retrofit measures; and 
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(4) to assist in implementing quality assurance 
programs. 
(m) COORDINATION OF REBATE AND EXISTING STATE- 
SPONSORED PROGRAMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A State shall, to the max-
imum extent practicable, prevent duplication through 
coordination of a program authorized under this title 
with— 
(A) the Energy Star appliance rebates pro-
gram authorized under section 124 of the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15821), and any 
other Federal programs that provide funds to 
States for home or appliance energy efficiency 
purposes; and 
(B) comparable programs planned or oper-
ated by States, political subdivisions, electric 
and natural gas utilities, Federal power mar-
keting administrations, and Indian tribes. 
(2) EXISTING PROGRAMS.—In carrying out this 
subsection, a State shall— 
(A) give priority to— 
(i) comprehensive retrofit programs in 
existence on the date of enactment of this 
Act, including programs under the super-
vision of State utility regulators; and 
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