(23) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means— 
(A) a State; 
(B) the District of Columbia; 
(C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; 
(D) Guam; 
(E) American Samoa; 
(F) the United States Virgin Islands; 
(G) the Northern Mariana Islands; and 
(H) any other commonwealth, territory, or 
possession of the United States. 
(24) TARGETED WORKER.—The term ‘‘targeted 
worker’’ means an individual who is unemployed or 
underemployed and of an employable age and a resi-
dent of an area with high or chronic unemployment 
and low median household incomes, as defined by 
the Secretary in consultation with the Secretary of 
Labor. 
(25) WATER UTILITY.—The term ‘‘water util-
ity’’ means any State or local agency that delivers 
or sells water at wholesale or retail through an engi-
neered distribution system.
TITLE I—HOME STAR RETROFIT 
REBATE PROGRAM 
SEC. 101. HOME STAR RETROFIT REBATE PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish the 
Home Star Retrofit Rebate Program. 
(b) FEDERAL REBATE PROCESSING SYSTEM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in 
consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and 
the Administrator, shall— 
(A) establish a Federal Rebate Processing 
System which shall serve as a database and in-
formation technology system to allow— 
(i) rebate aggregators to submit 
claims for reimbursement using standard 
data protocols; 
(ii) quality assurance reports to be 
identified with the work for which rebates 
are claimed; and 
(iii) any Home Star loans to be linked 
to the work for which they are made; 
(B) establish a national retrofit website 
that provides information on the Home Star 
Retrofit Rebate Program, including how to de-
termine whether particular energy efficiency
measures are eligible for rebate and how to par-
ticipate in the program; 
(C) establish a means by which a State 
may obtain confidential access to records of 
work performed in that State from the data-
base; and 
(D) publish model forms and data proto-
cols for use by contractors, vendors, and quality 
assurance providers to comply with the require-
ments of this title. 
(2) MODEL
CERTIFICATION
FORMS.—In car-
rying out this section, the Secretary shall consider 
the model certification forms developed by the Na-
tional Home Performance Council. 
(c) QUALIFIED CONTRACTOR REQUIREMENTS.—A 
qualified contractor may perform retrofit work for which 
rebates are authorized under this title only if it affirms, 
in each Home Star rebate application submitted to a re-
bate aggregator, that it meets applicable requirements, in-
cluding— 
(1) all applicable State contractor licensing re-
quirements or, with respect to a State that has no 
such requirements, any appropriate comparable re-
quirements established under paragraph (6);
(2) insurance coverage of at least $1,000,000 
for general liability, and for such other purposes and 
in such other amounts as may be required by the 
State; 
(3) agreeing to provide warranties to home-
owners that completed work will— 
(A) be free of significant defects; 
(B) be installed in accordance with the 
specifications of the manufacturer; and 
(C) perform properly for a period of at 
least 1 year after the date of completion of the 
work; 
(4) agreeing to pass through to the owner of a 
home, through a discount, the full economic value of 
all rebates received under this title with respect to 
the home; 
(5) agreeing to provide to the homeowner a no-
tice of the amount of the rebate the contractor in-
tends to apply for on the homeowner’s behalf with 
respect to the eligible work under this title, before 
a contract is executed between the contractor and a 
homeowner covering the eligible work; 
(6) agreeing to cooperate with and comply with 
the requirements of the quality assurance provider 
assigned to inspect any work done, subject to any