(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 
visit not later than 7 days after the date of the 
visit. 
(e) REVIEW.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall deter-
mine whether information submitted to the Federal 
Rebate Processing System with respect to a rebate 
was complete, and on the basis of that information 
and other information available to the Secretary, 
shall determine whether the requirements of this sec-
tion were met in all respects. 
(2) INCORRECT PAYMENT.—On a determination 
of the Secretary under paragraph (1) that a pay-
ment was made incorrectly to a party, or that suffi-
cient information was not submitted to the Federal 
Rebate Processing System to enable such determina-
tion, the Secretary— 
(A) may— 
(i) recoup the amount of the incorrect 
payment; or 
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(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 de-
termines the benefit of the rebate was not 
passed through to the homeowner through a 
discount on the price of the retrofit work, order 
the contractor or vendor to pay the amount of 
rebate benefit not previously passed through to 
the homeowner. 
SEC. 7. QUALITY ASSURANCE. 
(a) QUALITY ASSURANCE FRAMEWORK.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date that the Secretary initially provides 
funds to a State under this Act, the State shall sub-
mit to the Secretary a plan to implement a quality 
assurance program that covers all residential energy 
efficiency retrofit work sponsored or provided under 
this Act. 
(2) IMPLEMENTATION.—The State shall— 
(A) develop a quality assurance framework 
in consultation with industry stakeholders, in-
cluding representatives of efficiency program 
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managers, contractors, and environmental, en-
ergy efficiency, and labor organizations; and 
(B) implement the quality assurance 
framework not later than 90 days after the plan 
is submitted to the Secretary under paragraph 
(1). 
(3) 
COMPONENTS.—The 
quality 
assurance 
framework established under this subsection shall in-
clude— 
(A) maintenance of a list of such qualified 
contractors and accredited contractors; 
(B) minimum standards for such qualified 
contractors or accredited contractors; 
(C) requirements for maintenance and de-
livery to the Federal Rebate Processing System 
of information needed to verify compliance and 
ensure appropriate compensation for quality as-
surance providers; 
(D) targets and realistic plans for— 
(i) the recruitment of minority or 
women-owned small business enterprises; 
(ii) the employment of graduates of 
training programs that primarily serve low- 
income populations with a median income 
that is below 200 percent of the poverty 
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