I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1749 
To provide assistance to owners of manufactured homes constructed prior 
to 1976 to purchase Energy Star qualified manufactured homes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 26, 2009 
Mr. HILL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 
Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide assistance to owners of manufactured homes con-
structed prior to 1976 to purchase Energy Star qualified 
manufactured homes. 
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 ‘‘Energy Efficient Man-
ufactured Housing Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
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(1) There are more than 2,000,000,000 manu-
factured homes constructed prior to 1976 still occu-
pied as permanent residences throughout the United 
States. 
(2) Manufactured homes constructed prior to 
1976 generally have very poor energy efficiency, as 
such homes pre-date any Federal energy efficiency 
standards for manufactured homes. 
(3) Replacing manufactured homes constructed 
prior to 1976 with new Energy Star qualified manu-
factured homes will dramatically lower energy con-
sumption and costs for residents of such homes, 
most of whom are in low-income households. 
SEC. 3. ENERGY EFFICIENT MANUFACTURED HOMES. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) MANUFACTURED HOME.—The term ‘‘manu-
factured home’’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 603 of the National Manufactured Housing 
Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 
U.S.C. 5402). 
(2) ENERGY STAR QUALIFIED MANUFACTURED 
HOME.—The term ‘‘Energy Star qualified manufac-
tured home’’ means a manufactured home that has 
been designed, produced, and installed in accordance 
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with Energy Star’s guidelines by an Energy Star 
certified plant. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to as-
sist low-income households residing in manufactured 
homes constructed prior to 1976 to save energy and en-
ergy expenditures by providing support toward the pur-
chase of new Energy Star qualified manufactured homes. 
(c) GRANTS TO STATE AGENCIES.— 
(1) GRANTS.—The Secretary of Energy may 
make grants to State agencies responsible for devel-
oping State energy conservation plans under section 
362 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 
U.S.C. 6322) (or such other existing State agency 
that exercises similar functions as the Governor of 
a State may designate), to provide owners of manu-
factured homes constructed prior to 1976 rebates to 
use toward purchases of new Energy Star qualified 
manufactured homes. 
(2) ALLOCATION
OF
GRANTS.—Grants under 
paragraph (1) shall be distributed to State agencies 
in States on the basis of their proportionate share 
of all manufactured homes constructed prior to 1976 
that are occupied as primary residences in the 
United States, based on the most recent and accu-
rate data available. 
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(3) REBATES.— 
(A) 
PRIMARY
RESIDENCE
REQUIRE-
MENT.—A rebate described under paragraph 
(1) may only be made to an owner of a manu-
factured home constructed prior to 1976 that is 
used on a year-round basis as a primary resi-
dence. 
(B) DESTRUCTION AND REPLACEMENT.— 
A rebate described under paragraph (1) may be 
made only if the manufactured home con-
structed prior to 1976 will be— 
(i) destroyed (including appropriate 
recycling); and 
(ii) replaced, in the same general loca-
tion, as determined by the applicable State 
agency, with an Energy Star qualified 
manufactured home. 
(C) SINGLE REBATE.—A rebate described 
under paragraph (1) may not be provided to 
any owner of a manufactured home constructed 
prior to 1976 that was or is a member of a 
household for which any member of the house-
hold was provided a rebate pursuant to this sec-
tion. 
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