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119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7197 
To amend Public Law 117–169 to improve access to home energy-efficiency 
rebates for working families, renters, and owners of older homes, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 22, 2026 
Mr. BELL (for himself and Mr. MANNION) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend Public Law 117–169 to improve access to home 
energy-efficiency rebates for working families, renters, 
and owners of older homes, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Home Energy Relief 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF PROHIBITION ON COMBINING RE-
BATES PROVIDED UNDER HOMES REBATE 
PROGRAMS AND HIGH-EFFICIENCY ELECTRIC 
HOME REBATE PROGRAMS WITH OTHER FED-
ERAL GRANTS AND REBATES. 
(a) HOME ENERGY PERFORMANCE-BASED, WHOLE- 
HOUSE REBATES.— 
(1) 
REPEAL.—Paragraph 
(7) 
of 
section 
50121(c) of Public Law 117–169 (42 U.S.C. 
18795(c)) is repealed. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section 
50121(b) of Public Law 117–169 (42 U.S.C. 
18795(b)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking ‘‘ret-
rofit;’’ and inserting ‘‘retrofit; and’’; 
(B) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘pro-
gram; and’’ and inserting ‘‘program.’’; and 
(C) by striking paragraph (6). 
(b) HIGH-EFFICIENCY ELECTRIC HOME REBATE 
PROGRAM.— 
(1) 
REPEAL.—Paragraph 
(8) 
of 
section 
50122(c) of Public Law 117–169 (42 U.S.C. 
18795a(c)) is repealed. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section 
50122(b) of Public Law 117–169 (42 U.S.C. 
18795a(b)) is amended— 
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(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘sale;’’ 
and inserting ‘‘sale; and’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (3); and 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 
paragraph (3). 
SEC. 3. HIGH-COST URBAN RETROFIT BONUS REBATES. 
Section 50122(c) of Public Law 117–169 (42 U.S.C. 
18795a(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(10) BONUS
REBATES
FOR
UPGRADES
AND 
PURCHASES RELATING TO CERTAIN HOUSING.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—From the amount of 
any grant provided under this section, a State 
energy office or Indian Tribe may provide to an 
eligible entity that received a rebate from the 
State energy office or Indian Tribe under a 
high-efficiency electric home rebate program a 
bonus rebate for the purchase of an appliance 
or a nonappliance upgrade under a qualified 
electrification project carried out or relating to 
housing built prior to January 1, 1970. 
‘‘(B) AMOUNT OF BONUS REBATE.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—A bonus rebate 
provided under this paragraph may not be 
greater than 20 percent of the amount of 
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the initial rebate provided under the high- 
efficiency electric home rebate program. 
‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION TO MAX AMOUNT.— 
Subsection (c)(3)(C) shall not apply to a 
bonus rebate provided under this para-
graph. 
‘‘(iii) NOT IN EXCESS OF COSTS.—An 
eligible entity may not receive a sum of re-
bates under this section that exceeds the 
cost 
of 
the 
qualified 
electrification 
project.’’. 
SEC. 4. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than two years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 
the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 
the Senate a report that includes— 
(1) the number of households that received a 
rebate under a HOMES rebate program or a high- 
efficiency electric home rebate program during the 
year preceding the report; 
(2) the household average energy savings result-
ing from upgrades, purchases, and retrofits for 
which a rebate was provided under a HOMES rebate 
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