mined 
under 
the 
proviso 
of 
section 
221(d)(5) of such Act; or 
(ii) subsection (d)(4) of such section 
221. 
(B) insured or assisted under section 236 
of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z– 
1); 
(2) at the time a loan under this section is 
made, is provided project-based rental assistance 
under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) for 50 percent or more of 
the dwelling units in the project; and 
(3) is not a housing project owned or held by 
the Secretary, or subject to a mortgage held by the 
Secretary. 
SEC. 15. MAKING IT GREEN. 
(a) PARTNERSHIPS WITH TREE-PLANTING ORGANI-
ZATIONS.—The Secretary shall establish and provide in-
centives for developers of housing for which any HUD fi-
nancial assistance, as determined by the Secretary, is pro-
vided for development, maintenance, operation, or other 
costs, to enter into agreements and partnerships with tree- 
planting organizations, nurseries, and landscapers to cer-
tify that trees, shrubs, grasses, and other plants are plant-
ed in the proper manner, are provided adequate mainte-
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nance, and survive for at least 3 years after planting or 
are replaced. The financial assistance determined by the 
Secretary as eligible under this section shall take into con-
sideration such factors as cost effectiveness and afford-
ability. 
(b) MAKING IT GREEN PLAN.—In the case of any 
new or substantially rehabilitated housing for which HUD 
financial assistance, as determined in accordance with 
subsection (a), is provided by the Secretary for the devel-
opment, construction, maintenance, rehabilitation, im-
provement, operation, or costs of the housing, including 
financial assistance provided through the Community De-
velopment Block Grant program under title I of the Hous-
ing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
5301 et seq.), the Secretary shall require the development 
of a plan that provides for— 
(1) in the case of new construction and im-
provements, siting of such housing and improve-
ments in a manner that provides for energy effi-
ciency and conservation to the extent feasible, taking 
into consideration location and project type; 
(2) minimization of the effects of construction, 
rehabilitation, or other development on the condition 
of existing trees; 
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(3) selection and installation of indigenous 
trees, shrubs, grasses, and other plants based upon 
applicable design guidelines and standards of the 
International Society for Arboriculture; 
(4) post-planting care and maintenance of the 
landscaping relating to or affected by the housing in 
accordance with best management practices; and 
(5) establishment of a goal for minimum 
greenspace or tree canopy cover for the housing site 
for which such financial assistance is provided, in-
cluding guidelines and timetables within which to 
achieve compliance with such minimum require-
ments. 
(c) PARTNERSHIPS.—In carrying out this section, the 
Secretary is encouraged to consult, as appropriate, with 
national organizations dedicated to providing housing as-
sistance and related services to low-income families, such 
as the Alliance for Community Trees and its affiliates, the 
American Nursery and Landscape Association, the Amer-
ican Society of Landscape Architects, and the National 
Arbor Day Foundation. 
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SEC. 16. RESIDENTIAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY BLOCK GRANT 
PROGRAM. 
Title I of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 123. RESIDENTIAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY BLOCK 
GRANT PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To the extent amounts are made 
available for grants under this section, the Secretary shall 
make grants under this section to States, metropolitan cit-
ies and urban counties, Indian tribes, and insular areas 
to carry out energy efficiency improvements in new and 
existing single-family and multifamily housing. 
‘‘(b) ALLOCATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the total amount made 
available for each fiscal year for grants under this 
section that remains after reserving amounts pursu-
ant to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall allocate for 
insular areas, for metropolitan cities and urban 
counties, and for States, an amount that bears the 
same ratio to such total amount as the amount allo-
cated for such fiscal year under section 106 for In-
dian tribes, for insular areas, for metropolitan cities 
and urban counties, and for States, respectively, 
bears to the total amount made available for such 
fiscal year for grants under section 106. 
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‘‘(2) SET ASIDE FOR INDIAN TRIBES.—Of the 
total amount made available for each fiscal year for 
grants under this section, the Secretary shall allo-
cate not less than 1 percent to Indian tribes. 
‘‘(c) GRANT AMOUNTS.— 
‘‘(1) ENTITLEMENT COMMUNITIES.—From the 
amounts allocated pursuant to subsection (b) for 
metropolitan cities and urban counties for each fiscal 
year, the Secretary shall make a grant for such fis-
cal year to each metropolitan city and urban county 
that complies with the requirement under subsection 
(d), in the amount that bears the same ratio such 
total amount so allocated as the amount of the grant 
for such fiscal year under section 106 for such met-
ropolitan city or urban county bears to the aggre-
gate amount of all grants for such fiscal year under 
section 106 for all metropolitan cities and urban 
counties. 
‘‘(2) STATES.—From the amounts allocated 
pursuant to subsection (b) for States for each fiscal 
year, the Secretary shall make a grant for such fis-
cal year to each State that complies with the re-
quirement under subsection (d), in the amount that 
bears the same ratio such total amount so allocated 
as the amount of the grant for such fiscal year 
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under section 106 for such State bears to the aggre-
gate amount of all grants for such fiscal year under 
section 106 for all States. Grant amounts received 
by a State shall be used only for eligible activities 
under subsection (e) carried out in nonentitlement 
areas of the State. 
‘‘(3) INDIAN TRIBES.—From the amounts allo-
cated pursuant to subsection (b) for Indian tribes, 
the Secretary shall make grants to Indian tribes that 
comply with the requirement under subsection (d) on 
the basis of a competition conducted pursuant to 
specific criteria, as the Secretary shall establish by 
regulation, for the selection of Indian tribes to re-
ceive such amount. 
‘‘(4) INSULAR AREAS.—From the amounts allo-
cated pursuant to subsection (b) for insular areas, 
the Secretary shall make a grant to each insular 
area that complies with the requirement under sub-
section (d) on the basis of the ratio of the population 
of the insular area to the aggregate population of all 
insular areas. In determining the distribution of 
amounts to insular areas, the Secretary may also in-
clude other statistical criteria as data become avail-
able from the Bureau of Census of the Department 
of Labor, but only if such criteria are set forth by 
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relationship of such use to the objectives identified in the 
grantees statement under subsection (d). 
‘‘(g) APPLICABILITY OF CDBG PROVISIONS.—Sec-
tions 109, 110, and 111 of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5309, 5310, 5311) 
shall apply to assistance received under this section to the 
same extent and in the same manner that such sections 
apply to assistance received under title I of such Act. 
‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated for grants under this sec-
tion $2,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and such sums 
as may be necessary for each fiscal year thereafter.’’. 
SEC. 17. INCLUDING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND 
TRANSPORTATION 
STRATEGIES 
IN 
COM-
PREHENSIVE 
HOUSING 
AFFORDABILITY 
STRATEGIES. 
Section 105(b) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12705(b)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(19); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (20) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
(3) and by inserting after paragraph (20) the 
following new paragraphs: 
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‘‘(21) describe the jurisdiction’s strategies to 
encourage sustainable development for affordable 
housing, including single-family and multifamily 
housing, as measured by— 
‘‘(A) greater energy efficiency and use of 
renewable energy sources, including any strate-
gies regarding compliance with the energy effi-
ciency standards under section 4(a) of the 
Green Resources for Energy Efficient Neigh-
borhoods Act of 2009 and with the enhanced 
energy efficiency and conservation standards, 
and the green building standards, under section 
4(b) of such Act; 
‘‘(B) increased conservation, recycling, and 
reuse of resources; 
‘‘(C) more effective use of existing infra-
structure; 
‘‘(D) use of building materials and meth-
ods that are healthier for residents of the hous-
ing, including use of building materials that are 
free of added known carcinogens that are classi-
fied as Group 1 Known Carcinogens by the 
International Agency for Research on Cancer; 
and 
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‘‘(E) such other criteria as the Secretary 
determines, in consultation with the Secretary 
of Energy, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, are in accordance with the purposes of 
this paragraph; and 
‘‘(22) describe the jurisdiction’s efforts to co-
ordinate its housing strategy with its transportation 
planning strategies to ensure to the extent prac-
ticable that residents of affordable housing have ac-
cess to public transportation.’’. 
SEC. 18. GRANT PROGRAM TO INCREASE SUSTAINABLE 
LOW-INCOME 
COMMUNITY 
DEVELOPMENT 
CAPACITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make grants 
to nonprofit organizations to use for any of the following 
purposes: 
(1) Training, educating, supporting, or advising 
an eligible community development organization or 
qualified youth service and conservation corps in im-
proving energy efficiency, resource conservation and 
reuse, design strategies to maximize energy effi-
ciency, installing or constructing renewable energy 
improvements (such as wind, wave, solar, biomass, 
and geothermal energy sources), and effective use of 
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existing infrastructure in affordable housing and 
economic development activities in low-income com-
munities, taking into consideration energy efficiency 
standards under section 4(a) of this Act and with 
the enhanced energy efficiency and conservation 
standards, and the green building standards, under 
section 4(b) of this Act. 
(2) Providing loans, grants, or predevelopment 
assistance to eligible community development organi-
zations or qualified youth service and conservation 
corps to carry out energy efficiency improvements 
that comply with the energy efficiency standards 
under section 4(a) of this Act, resource conservation 
and reuse, and effective use of existing infrastruc-
ture in affordable housing and economic develop-
ment activities in low-income communities. In pro-
viding assistance under this paragraph, the Sec-
retary shall give more preference to activities based 
on the extent to which the activities will result in 
compliance with the enhanced energy efficiency and 
conservation standards, and the green building 
standards, under section 4(b) of this Act. 
(3) Such other purposes as the Secretary deter-
mines are in accordance with the purposes of this 
subsection. 
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(b) APPLICATION REQUIREMENT.—To be eligible for 
a grant under this section, a nonprofit organization shall 
prepare and submit to the Secretary an application at 
such time, in such manner, and containing such informa-
tion as the Secretary may require. 
(c) AWARD OF CONTRACTS.—Contracts for architec-
tural or engineering services funded with amounts from 
grants made under this section shall be awarded in accord-
ance with chapter 11 of title 40, United States Code (re-
lating to selection of architects and engineers). 
(d) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—A grant made under 
this section may not exceed the amount that the nonprofit 
organization receiving the grant certifies, to the Secretary, 
will be provided (in cash or in-kind) from nongovernmental 
sources to carry out the purposes for which the grant is 
made. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the 
following definitions shall apply: 
(1) The term ‘‘nonprofit organization’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 104 of the Cran-
ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 
U.S.C. 12704). 
(2) The term ‘‘eligible community development 
organization’’ means— 
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(A) a unit of general local government (as 
defined in section 104 of the Cranston-Gonzalez 
National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
12704)); 
(B) a community housing development or-
ganization (as defined in section 104 of the 
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Hous-
ing Act (42 U.S.C. 12704)); 
(C) an Indian tribe or tribally designated 
housing entity (as such terms are defined in 
section 4 of the Native American Housing As-
sistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 
(25 U.S.C. 4103)); or 
(D) a public housing agency, as such term 
is defined in section 3(b) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437(b)). 
(3) The term ‘‘low-income community’’ means a 
census tract in which 50 percent or more of the 
households have an income which is less than 80 
percent of the greater of— 
(A) the median gross income for such year 
for the area in which such census tract is lo-
cated; or 
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(B) the median gross income for such year 
for the State in which such census tract is lo-
cated. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 
through 2014. 
SEC. 19. HOPE VI GREEN DEVELOPMENTS REQUIREMENT. 
(a) MANDATORY COMPONENT.—Section 24(e) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v(e)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(4) GREEN DEVELOPMENTS REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(A) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary may 
not make a grant under this section to an appli-
cant unless the proposed revitalization plan of 
the applicant to be carried out with such grant 
amounts meets the following requirements: 
‘‘(i) GREEN
COMMUNITIES
CRITERIA 
CHECKLIST.—All residential construction 
under the proposed plan complies with the 
national 
Green 
Communities 
criteria 
checklist for residential construction that 
provides criteria for the design, develop-
ment, and operation of affordable housing, 
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as such checklist is in effect for purposes 
of this paragraph pursuant to subpara-
graph (D) at the date of the application 
for the grant, or any substantially equiva-
lent standard or standards as determined 
by the Secretary, as follows: 
‘‘(I) The proposed plan shall 
comply with all items of the national 
Green Communities criteria checklist 
for residential construction that are 
identified as mandatory. 
‘‘(II) The proposed plan shall 
comply with such other nonmandatory 
items of such national Green Commu-
nities criteria checklist so as to result 
in a cumulative number of points at-
tributable 
to 
such 
nonmandatory 
items under such checklist of not less 
than— 
‘‘(aa) 25 points, in the case 
of any proposed plan (or portion 
thereof) consisting of new con-
struction; and 
‘‘(bb) 20 points, in the case 
of any proposed plan (or portion 
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thereof) consisting of rehabilita-
tion. 
‘‘(ii) GREEN
BUILDINGS
CERTIFI-
CATION
SYSTEM.—All nonresidential con-
struction under the proposed plan complies 
with all minimum required levels of the 
green building rating systems and levels 
identified by the Secretary pursuant to 
subparagraph (C), as such systems and 
levels are in effect for purposes of this 
paragraph pursuant to subparagraph (D) 
at the time of the application for the 
grant. 
‘‘(B) VERIFICATION.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary 
shall verify, or provide for verification, suf-
ficient to ensure that each proposed revi-
talization plan carried out with amounts 
from a grant under this section complies 
with the requirements under subparagraph 
(A) and that the revitalization plan is car-
ried out in accordance with such require-
ments and plan. 
‘‘(ii) TIMING.—In providing for such 
verification, the Secretary shall establish 
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procedures to ensure such compliance with 
respect to each grantee, and shall report to 
the Congress with respect to the compli-
ance of each grantee, at each of the fol-
lowing times: 
‘‘(I) Not later than 6 months 
after execution of the grant agreement 
under this section for the grantee. 
‘‘(II) Upon completion of the re-
vitalization plan of the grantee. 
‘‘(C) IDENTIFICATION OF GREEN BUILD-
INGS RATING SYSTEMS AND LEVELS.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—For purposes of 
this paragraph, the Secretary shall identify 
rating systems and levels for green build-
ings that the Secretary determines to be 
the most likely to encourage a comprehen-
sive and environmentally sound approach 
to ratings and standards for green build-
ings. The identification of the ratings sys-
tems and levels shall be based on the cri-
teria specified in clause (ii), shall identify 
the highest levels the Secretary determines 
are appropriate above the minimum levels 
required under the systems selected. With-
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in 90 days of the completion of each study 
required by clause (iii), the Secretary shall 
review and update the rating systems and 
levels, or identify alternative systems and 
levels for purposes of this paragraph, tak-
ing into account the conclusions of such 
study. 
‘‘(ii) CRITERIA.—In identifying the 
green rating systems and levels, the Sec-
retary shall take into consideration— 
‘‘(I) the ability and availability of 
assessors and auditors to independ-
ently verify the criteria and measure-
ment of metrics at the scale necessary 
to implement this paragraph; 
‘‘(II) the ability of the applicable 
ratings system organizations to collect 
and reflect public comment; 
‘‘(III) the ability of the standards 
to be developed and revised through a 
consensus-based process; 
‘‘(IV) 
An 
evaluation 
of 
the 
robustness of the criteria for a high- 
performance green building, which 
shall give credit for promoting— 
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‘‘(aa) efficient and sustain-
able use of water, energy, and 
other natural resources; 
‘‘(bb) use of renewable en-
ergy sources; 
‘‘(cc) improved indoor and 
outdoor 
environmental 
quality 
through enhanced indoor and 
outdoor air quality, thermal com-
fort, acoustics, outdoor noise pol-
lution, day lighting, pollutant 
source control, sustainable land-
scaping, and use of building sys-
tem controls and low- or no-emis-
sion materials, including pref-
erence for materials with no 
added carcinogens that are classi-
fied as Group 1 Known Carcino-
gens by the International Agency 
for Research on Cancer; and 
‘‘(dd) such other criteria as 
the Secretary determines to be 
appropriate; and 
‘‘(V) national recognition within 
the building industry. 
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‘‘(iii) 5-YEAR EVALUATION.—At least 
once every 5 years, the Secretary shall con-
duct a study to evaluate and compare 
available third-party green building rating 
systems and levels, taking into account the 
criteria listed in clause (ii). 
‘‘(D) APPLICABILITY
AND
UPDATING
OF 
STANDARDS.— 
‘‘(i) APPLICABILITY.—Except as pro-
vided in clause (ii) of this subparagraph, 
the national Green Communities criteria 
checklist and green building rating systems 
and levels referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) 
of subparagraph (A) that are in effect for 
purposes of this paragraph are such check-
list systems, and levels as in existence 
upon the date of the enactment of the 
Green Resources for Energy Efficient 
Neighborhoods Act of 2009. 
‘‘(ii) UPDATING.—The Secretary may, 
by regulation, adopt and apply, for pur-
poses of this paragraph, future amend-
ments and supplements to, and editions of, 
the national Green Communities criteria 
checklist, any standard or standards that 
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the Secretary has determined to be sub-
stantially equivalent to such checklist, and 
the green building ratings systems and lev-
els identified by the Secretary pursuant to 
subparagraph (C).’’. 
(b) SELECTION CRITERIA; GRADED COMPONENT.— 
Section 24(e)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v(e)(2)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (K), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (L) as sub-
paragraph (M); and 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (K) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(L) the extent to which the proposed revi-
talization plan— 
‘‘(i) in the case of residential con-
struction, complies with the nonmandatory 
items of the national Green Communities 
criteria checklist identified in paragraph 
(4)(A)(i), or any substantially equivalent 
standard or standards as determined by 
the Secretary, but only to the extent such 
compliance exceeds the compliance nec-
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essary to accumulate the number of points 
required under such paragraph; and 
‘‘(ii) in the case of nonresidential con-
struction, complies with the components of 
the green building rating systems and lev-
els identified by the Secretary pursuant to 
paragraph (4)(C), but only to the extent 
such compliance exceeds the minimum level 
required under such systems and levels; 
and’’. 
SEC. 20. CONSIDERATION OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY IM-
PROVEMENTS IN APPRAISALS. 
(a) APPRAISALS IN CONNECTION WITH FEDERALLY 
RELATED TRANSACTIONS.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Section 1110 of the Fi-
nancial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforce-
ment Act of 1989 (12 U.S.C. 3339) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 
paragraph (3); and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) that such appraisals be performed in ac-
cordance with appraisal standards that require, in 
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determining the value of a property, consideration of 
any renewable energy sources for, or energy effi-
ciency or energy-conserving improvements or fea-
tures of, the property; and’’. 
(2) REVISION
OF
APPRAISAL
STANDARDS.— 
Each Federal financial institutions regulatory agen-
cy shall, not later than 6 months after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, revise its standards for 
the performance of real estate appraisals in connec-
tion with federally related transactions under the ju-
risdiction of the agency to comply with the require-
ment under the amendments made by paragraph (1) 
of this subsection. 
(b) APPRAISER CERTIFICATION AND LICENSING RE-
QUIREMENTS.—Section 1116 of the Financial Institutions 
Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (12 
U.S.C. 3345) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting before the pe-
riod at the end the following: ‘‘, and meets the re-
quirements established pursuant to subsection (f) for 
qualifications regarding consideration of any renew-
able energy sources for, or energy efficiency or en-
ergy-conserving improvements or features of, the 
property’’; 
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(2) in subsection (c), by inserting before the pe-
riod at the end the following: ‘‘, which shall include 
compliance with the requirements established pursu-
ant to subsection (f) regarding consideration of any 
renewable energy sources for, or energy efficiency or 
energy-conserving improvements or features of, the 
property’’; 
(3) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘The’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Except as provided in subsection (f), the’’; 
and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(f) REQUIREMENTS FOR APPRAISERS REGARDING 
ENERGY EFFICIENCY FEATURES.—The Appraisal Sub-
committee shall establish requirements for State certifi-
cation of State certified real estate appraisers and for 
State licensing of State licensed appraisers, to ensure that 
appraisers consider and are qualified to consider, in deter-
mining the value of a property, any renewable energy 
sources for, or energy efficiency or energy-conserving im-
provements or features of, the property.’’. 
(c) GUIDELINES
FOR APPRAISING PHOTOVOLTAIC 
MEASURES
AND TRAINING
OF APPRAISERS.—Section 
1122 of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and 
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Enforcement Act of 1989 (12 U.S.C. 3351) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(g) GUIDELINES FOR APPRAISING PHOTOVOLTAIC 
MEASURES AND TRAINING OF APPRAISERS.—The Ap-
praisal Subcommittee shall, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development, the Federal 
National Mortgage Association, and the Federal Home 
Loan Mortgage Corporation, establish specific guidelines 
for— 
‘‘(1) appraising off- and on-grid photovoltaic 
measures for compliance with the appraisal stand-
ards prescribed pursuant to section 1110(2); 
‘‘(2) requirements under section 1116(f) for 
certification of State certified real estate appraisers 
and for State licensing of State licensed appraisers, 
to ensure that appraisers consider, and are qualified 
to consider, such photovoltaic measures in deter-
mining the value of a property; and 
‘‘(3) training of appraisers to meet the require-
ments established pursuant to paragraph (2) of this 
subsection.’’. 
SEC. 21. HOUSING ASSISTANCE COUNCIL. 
The Secretary shall require the Housing Assistance 
Council— 
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(2) establish incentives to encourage each such 
tribe, agency, organization, corporation, and other 
entity to provide that any such structures and build-
ings comply with the enhanced energy efficiency and 
conservation standards, and the green building 
standards, under section 4(b) of such Act. 
SEC. 23. REVOLVING FUND FOR LOANS TO STATES AND IN-
DIAN TRIBES TO CARRY OUT RENEWABLE EN-
ERGY SOURCES ACTIVITIES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT
OF FUND.—There is estab-
lished in the Treasury of the United States a revolving 
fund, to be known as the ‘‘Alternative Energy Sources 
State Revolving Fund’’. 
(b) CREDITS.—The Fund shall be credited with— 
(1) any amounts appropriated to the Fund pur-
suant to subsection (g); 
(2) any amounts of principal and interest from 
loan repayments received by the Secretary pursuant 
to subsection (d)(7); and 
(3) any interest earned on investments of 
amounts in the Fund pursuant to subsection (e). 
(c) EXPENDITURES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), on 
request by the Secretary, the Secretary of the Treas-
ury shall transfer from the Fund to the Secretary 
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such amounts as the Secretary determines are nec-
essary to provide loans under subsection (d)(1). 
(2) 
ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES.—Of 
the 
amounts in the Fund, not more than 5 percent shall 
be available for each fiscal year to pay the adminis-
trative expenses of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development to carry out this section. 
(d) LOANS TO STATES AND INDIAN TRIBES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall use 
amounts in the Fund to provide loans to States and 
Indian tribes to provide incentives to owners of sin-
gle-family and multifamily housing, commercial 
properties, and public buildings to provide— 
(A) renewable energy sources for such 
structures, such as wind, wave, solar, biomass, 
or geothermal energy sources, including incen-
tives to companies and business to change their 
source of energy to such renewable energy 
sources and for changing the sources of energy 
for public buildings to such renewable energy 
sources; 
(B) energy efficiency and energy-con-
serving improvements and features for such 
structures; or 
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(C) infrastructure related to the delivery of 
electricity and hot water for structures lacking 
such amenities. 
(2) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a 
loan under this subsection, a State or Indian tribe, 
directly or through an appropriate State or tribal 
agency, shall submit to the Secretary an application 
at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
information as the Secretary may require. 
(3) CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL.—The Secretary 
may approve an application of a State or Indian 
tribe under paragraph (2) only if the Secretary de-
termines that the State or tribe will use the funds 
from the loan under this subsection to carry out a 
program to provide incentives described in para-
graph (1) that— 
(A) requires that any such renewable en-
ergy sources, and energy efficiency and energy- 
conserving improvements and features, devel-
oped pursuant to assistance under the program 
result in compliance of the structure so im-
proved with the energy efficiency standards 
under section 4(a) of this Act; and 
(B) includes such compliance and audit re-
quirements as the Secretary determines are nec-
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essary to ensure that the program is operated 
in a sound and effective manner. 
(4) PREFERENCE.—In making loans during 
each fiscal year, the Secretary shall give preference 
to States and Indian tribes that have not previously 
received a loan under this subsection. 
(5) MAXIMUM
AMOUNT.—The aggregate out-
standing principal amount from loans under this 
subsection to any single State or Indian tribe may 
not exceed $500,000,000. 
(6) LOAN TERMS.—Each loan under this sub-
section shall have a term to maturity of not more 
than 10 years and shall bear interest at annual rate, 
determined by the Secretary, that shall not exceed 
interest rate charged by the Federal Reserve Bank 
of New York to commercial banks and other deposi-
tory institutions for very short-term loans under the 
primary credit program, as most recently published 
in the Federal Reserve Statistical Release on se-
lected interest rates (daily or weekly), and commonly 
referred to as the H.15 release, preceding the date 
of a determination for purposes of applying this 
paragraph. 
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(7) LOAN
REPAYMENT.—The Secretary shall 
require full repayment of each loan made under this 
section. 
(e) INVESTMENT OF AMOUNTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury shall invest such amounts in the Fund that are 
not, in the judgment of the Secretary of the Treas-
ury, required to meet needs for current withdrawals. 
(2) OBLIGATIONS OF UNITED STATES.—Invest-
ments may be made only in interest-bearing obliga-
tions of the United States. 
(f) REPORTS.— 
(1) REPORTS TO SECRETARY.—For each year 
during the term of a loan made under subsection 
(d), the State or Indian tribe that received the loan 
shall submit to the Secretary a report describing the 
State or tribal alternative energy sources program 
for which the loan was made and the activities con-
ducted under the program using the loan funds dur-
ing that year. 
(2) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—Not later than 
September 30 of each year that loans made under 
subsection (d) are outstanding, the Secretary shall 
submit a report to the Congress describing the total 
amount of such loans provided under subsection (d) 
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