SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Home Star Energy 
Retrofit Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ACCREDITED CONTRACTOR.—The term ‘‘ac-
credited contractor’’ means a qualified contractor— 
(A) that is accredited— 
(i) by the BPI; or 
(ii) under other standards that the 
Secretary shall approve or deny not later 
than 30 days after submittal, in consulta-
tion with the Administrator; and 
(B) effective 1 year after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, that uses a certified work-
force. 
(2) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency. 
(3) BPI.—The term ‘‘BPI’’ means the Building 
Performance Institute. 
(4) CERTIFIED WORKFORCE.—The term ‘‘cer-
tified workforce’’ means a residential energy effi-
ciency construction workforce in which all employees 
performing installation work are certified in the ap-
propriate job skills under—
(A) an applicable third party skills stand-
ard established by— 
(i) BPI; 
(ii) North American Technician Excel-
lence; 
(iii) the Laborers’ International Union 
of North America; 
(B) an applicable third party skills stand-
ard established in the State in which the work 
is to be performed, pursuant to a program oper-
ated by the Home Builders Institute in connec-
tion with Ferris State University, to be effective 
30 days after notice is provided by those orga-
nizations to the Secretary that such program 
has been established in such State, except to 
the extent that the Secretary determines within 
30 days of such notice that the standard or cer-
tification is incomplete; or 
(C) other standards that the Secretary 
shall approve or deny not later than 30 days 
after submittal, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Labor and the Administrator. 
(5) CONDITIONED
SPACE.—The term ‘‘condi-
tioned space’’ means the area of a home that is— 
(A) intended for habitation; and
(B) intentionally heated or cooled. 
(6) DOE.—The term ‘‘DOE’’ means the De-
partment of Energy. 
(7) ELECTRIC
UTILITY.—The term ‘‘electric 
utility’’ means any person, State agency, rural elec-
tric cooperative, municipality, or other governmental 
entity that delivers or sells electric energy at retail 
or wholesale, including nonregulated utilities and 
utilities that are subject to State regulation and 
Federal power marketing administrations. 
(8) EPA.—The term ‘‘EPA’’ means the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency. 
(9) FEDERAL REBATE PROCESSING SYSTEM.— 
The term ‘‘Federal Rebate Processing System’’ 
means the Federal Rebate Processing System estab-
lished under section 101(b). 
(10) GOLD STAR HOME ENERGY RETROFIT PRO-
GRAM.—The term ‘‘Gold Star Home Energy Retrofit 
Program’’ means the Gold Star Home Energy Ret-
rofit Program established under section 104. 
(11) HOME.—The term ‘‘home’’ means a prin-
cipal residential dwelling unit in a building with no 
more than 4 dwelling units that— 
(A) is located in the United States; and
(B) was constructed before the date of en-
actment of this Act. 
(12) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act (25 U.S.C. 450b). 
(13) NATIONAL
HOME
PERFORMANCE
COUN-
CIL.—The term ‘‘National Home Performance Coun-
cil’’ means the National Home Performance Council, 
Inc. 
(14) NATURAL GAS UTILITY.—The term ‘‘nat-
ural gas utility’’ means any person or State agency 
that transports, distributes, or sells natural gas at 
retail, including nonregulated utilities and utilities 
that are subject to State regulation. 
(15) 
QUALIFIED
CONTRACTOR.—The 
term 
‘‘qualified contractor’’ means a residential energy ef-
ficiency contractor meeting minimum applicable re-
quirements as determined under section 101(c). 
(16) QUALITY ASSURANCE FRAMEWORK.—The 
term ‘‘quality assurance framework’’ means a policy 
structure adopted by a State to develop high stand-
ards for ensuring quality in ongoing energy effi-
ciency retrofit activities in which the State has a 
role, including operation of the quality assurance
program, while creating significant employment op-
portunities, in particular for targeted workers. 
(17) QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘quality as-
surance program’’ means a program authorized 
under this Act to oversee the delivery of home 
efficiency retrofit programs to ensure that work 
is performed in accordance with standards and 
criteria established under this Act. 
(B) INCLUSIONS.—For purposes of sub-
paragraph (A), delivery of retrofit programs in-
cludes field inspections required under this Act, 
with the consent of participating consumers and 
without delaying rebate payments to partici-
pating contractors and vendors. 
(18) QUALITY ASSURANCE PROVIDER.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘quality as-
surance provider’’ means any entity that is au-
thorized pursuant to this Act to perform field 
inspections and other measures required to con-
firm the compliance of retrofit work with the 
requirements of this Act. 
(B) CERTIFICATION
REQUIREMENT.—To 
be considered a quality assurance provider