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actment of this section, and every 2 years thereafter, the 
Administrator shall publish a list of treatment tech-
nologies that the Administrator determines are effective 
at removing all detectable amounts of PFAS from drink-
ing water. 
‘‘(d) PRIORITY FOR FUNDING.—In awarding grants 
under this section, the Administrator shall prioritize af-
fected community water systems that— 
‘‘(1) serve a disadvantaged community; 
‘‘(2) will provide at least a 10-percent cost 
share for the cost of implementing an eligible treat-
ment technology; or 
‘‘(3) demonstrate the capacity to maintain the 
eligible treatment technology to be implemented 
using the grant. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section not more than 
$500,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2022 
through 2026. 
‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE.—Of the amounts author-
ized 
to 
be 
appropriated 
by 
paragraph 
(1), 
$25,000,000 are authorized to be appropriated for 
each of fiscal years 2022 and 2023 for grants under 
subsection (a) to pay for capital costs associated 
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with the implementation of eligible treatment tech-
nologies during the period beginning on October 1, 
2014, and ending on the date of enactment of this 
section. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) AFFECTED COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM.— 
The term ‘affected community water system’ means 
a community water system that is affected by the 
presence of PFAS in the water in the community 
water system. 
‘‘(2) DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY.—The term 
‘disadvantaged community’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 1452. 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE
TREATMENT
TECHNOLOGY.— 
The term ‘eligible treatment technology’ means a 
treatment technology included on the list published 
under subsection (c).’’. 
(b) DEFINITION.— 
Section 1401 of the Safe Drinking Water Act 
(42 U.S.C. 300f) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(17) PFAS.—The term ‘PFAS’ means a 
perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance with at 
least one fully fluorinated carbon atom.’’. 
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SEC. 20004. LEAD SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1452 of the Safe Drink-
ing Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(u) LEAD SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to the capital-
ization grants to eligible States under subsection 
(a)(1), the Administrator shall offer to enter into 
agreements with eligible States, Indian Tribes, and 
the territories described in subsection (j) to make 
capitalization grants, including letters of credit, to 
such States, Indian Tribes, and territories under 
this subsection to fund the replacement of lead serv-
ice lines. 
‘‘(2) ALLOTMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) 
STATES.—Funds 
made 
available 
under this subsection shall be allotted and real-
lotted to the extent practicable, to States as if 
allotted or reallotted under subsection (a)(1) as 
a capitalization grant under such subsection. 
‘‘(B) INDIAN TRIBES.—The Administrator 
shall set aside 11⁄2 percent of the amounts 
made available each fiscal year to carry out this 
subsection to make grants to Indian Tribes. 
‘‘(C) OTHER
AREAS.—The funds made 
available under this subsection shall be allotted 
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to territories described in subsection (j) in ac-
cordance with such subsection. 
‘‘(3) PRIORITY.—Each State that has entered 
into a capitalization agreement pursuant to this sec-
tion shall annually prepare a plan that identifies the 
intended uses of the amounts made available pursu-
ant to this subsection, which shall— 
‘‘(A) comply with the requirements of sub-
section (b)(2); and 
‘‘(B) provide, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, that priority for the use of funds be 
given to projects that replace lead service lines 
serving disadvantaged communities and envi-
ronmental justice communities. 
‘‘(4) AMERICAN MADE IRON AND STEEL AND 
PREVAILING
WAGES.—The requirements of para-
graphs (4) and (5) of subsection (a) shall apply to 
any project carried out in whole or in part with 
funds made available under this subsection. 
‘‘(5) LIMITATION.— 
‘‘(A) PROHIBITION ON PARTIAL LINE RE-
PLACEMENT.—None of the funds made avail-
able under this subsection may be used for par-
tial lead service line replacement if, at the con-
clusion of the service line replacement, drinking 
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water is delivered to a household, or to a prop-
erty under the jurisdiction of a local educational 
agency, through a publicly or privately owned 
portion of a lead service line. 
‘‘(B) NO
HOMEOWNER
CONTRIBUTION.— 
Any recipient of funds made available under 
this subsection shall offer to replace any pri-
vately owned portion of the lead service line at 
no cost to the private owner. 
‘‘(6) STATE CONTRIBUTION.—Notwithstanding 
subsection (e), agreements under paragraph (1) shall 
not require that the State deposit in the State loan 
fund from State moneys any contribution before re-
ceiving funds pursuant to this subsection. 
‘‘(7) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out this subsection 
$4,500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 
through 2026. Such sums shall remain available 
until expended. 
‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.—To the ex-
tent amounts authorized to be appropriated 
under this subsection in any fiscal year are not 
appropriated in that fiscal year, such amounts 
are authorized to be appropriated in a subse-
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quent fiscal year. Such sums shall remain avail-
able until expended. 
‘‘(8) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section: 
‘‘(A) DISADVANTAGED
COMMUNITY.—The 
term ‘disadvantaged community’ has the mean-
ing given such term in subsection (d)(3). 
‘‘(B) ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE
COMMU-
NITY.—The term ‘environmental justice com-
munity’ means any population of color, commu-
nity of color, indigenous community, or low-in-
come community that experiences a dispropor-
tionate burden of the negative human health 
and environmental impacts of pollution or other 
environmental hazards. 
‘‘(C) LEAD
SERVICE
LINE.—The term 
‘lead service line’ means a pipe and its fittings, 
which are not lead free (as defined in section 
1417(d)), that connect the drinking water main 
to the building inlet.’’. 
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
1452(m)(1) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 
300j–12(m)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘(a)(2)(G) and 
(t)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a)(2)(G), (t), and (u)’’. 
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SEC. 20005. ASSISTANCE FOR AREAS AFFECTED BY NAT-
URAL DISASTERS. 
Section 2020 of America’s Water Infrastructure Act 
of 2018 (Public Law 115–270) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘subsection 
(e)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (f)(1)’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsections (c) through (e) 
as subsections (d) through (f), respectively; 
(3) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) ASSISTANCE FOR TERRITORIES.—The Adminis-
trator may use funds made available under subsection 
(f)(1) to make grants to Guam, the Virgin Islands, Amer-
ican Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands for the 
purposes of providing assistance to eligible systems to re-
store or increase compliance with national primary drink-
ing water regulations.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (f), as so redesignated— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘STATE 
REVOLVING FUND CAPITALIZATION’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by inserting ‘‘and to make 
grants under subsection (c) of this sec-
tion,’’ before ‘‘to be available’’; and 
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(ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
‘‘or subsection (c), as applicable’’ after 
‘‘subsection (b)(1)’’. 
SEC. 20006. ALLOTMENTS FOR TERRITORIES. 
Section 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300j–12(j)) is amended by striking ‘‘0.33 percent’’ 
and inserting ‘‘1.5 percent’’. 
TITLE III—CLEAN ENERGY 
INFRASTRUCTURE 
Subtitle A—Grid Security and 
Modernization 
SEC. 31001. 21ST CENTURY POWER GRID. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy shall es-
tablish a program to provide financial assistance to eligible 
partnerships to carry out projects related to the mod-
ernization of the electric grid, including— 
(1) projects for the deployment of technologies 
to improve monitoring of, advanced controls for, and 
prediction of performance of, a distribution system; 
and 
(2) projects related to transmission system 
planning and operation. 
(b) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—Projects for which an eli-
gible partnership may receive financial assistance under 
subsection (a)— 
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(1) shall be designed to improve the resiliency, 
performance, or efficiency of the electric grid, while 
ensuring the continued provision of safe, secure, reli-
able, and affordable power; 
(2) may be designed to deploy a new product or 
technology that could be used by customers of an 
electric utility; and 
(3) shall demonstrate— 
(A) secure integration and management of 
energy resources, including through distributed 
energy generation, combined heat and power, 
microgrids, energy storage, electric vehicles 
charging infrastructure, energy efficiency, de-
mand response, or controllable loads; or 
(B) secure integration and interoperability 
of communications and information technologies 
related to the electric grid. 
(c) CYBERSECURITY PLAN.—Each project carried 
out with financial assistance provided under subsection (a) 
shall include the development of a cybersecurity plan writ-
ten in accordance with guidelines developed by the Sec-
retary of Energy. 
(d) PRIVACY EFFECTS ANALYSIS.—Each project car-
ried out with financial assistance provided under sub-
section (a) shall include a privacy effects analysis that 
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evaluates the project in accordance with the Voluntary 
Code of Conduct of the Department of Energy, commonly 
known as the ‘‘DataGuard Energy Data Privacy Pro-
gram’’, or the most recent revisions to the privacy pro-
gram of the Department. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ELIGIBLE PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘‘eligi-
ble partnership’’ means a partnership consisting of 
two or more entities, which— 
(A) may include— 
(i) any institution of higher education; 
(ii) a National Laboratory; 
(iii) a State or a local government or 
other public body created by or pursuant 
to State law; 
(iv) an Indian Tribe; 
(v) a Federal power marketing admin-
istration; or 
(vi) an entity that develops and pro-
vides technology; and 
(B) shall include at least one of any of— 
(i) an electric utility; 
(ii) a Regional Transmission Organi-
zation; or 
(iii) an Independent System Operator. 
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(2) ELECTRIC
UTILITY.—The term ‘‘electric 
utility’’ has the meaning given that term in section 
3(22) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 
796(22)), except that such term does not include an 
entity described in subparagraph (B) of such sec-
tion. 
(3) FEDERAL POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRA-
TION.—The term ‘‘Federal power marketing admin-
istration’’ means the Bonneville Power Administra-
tion, the Southeastern Power Administration, the 
Southwestern Power Administration, or the Western 
Area Power Administration. 
(4) INDEPENDENT
SYSTEM
OPERATOR; RE-
GIONAL TRANSMISSION ORGANIZATION.—The terms 
‘‘Independent System Operator’’ and ‘‘Regional 
Transmission Organization’’ have the meanings 
given those terms in section 3 of the Federal Power 
Act (16 U.S.C. 796). 
(5) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 101(a) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)). 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Energy 
to carry out this section $700,000,000 for each of fiscal 
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years 2022 through 2026, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
SEC. 31002. STRATEGIC TRANSFORMER RESERVE PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Energy 
shall establish a program to reduce the vulnerability of the 
electric grid to physical attack, cyber attack, electro-
magnetic pulse, geomagnetic disturbances, severe weather, 
climate change, and seismic events, including by— 
(1) ensuring that large power transformers, 
generator step-up transformers, and other critical 
electric grid equipment are strategically located to 
ensure timely replacement of such equipment as may 
be necessary to restore electric grid function rapidly 
in the event of severe damage to the electric grid 
due to physical attack, cyber attack, electromagnetic 
pulse, geomagnetic disturbances, severe weather, cli-
mate change, or seismic events; and 
(2) establishing a coordinated plan to facilitate 
transportation of large power transformers and 
other critical electric grid equipment. 
(b) TRANSFORMER
RESILIENCE
AND
ADVANCED 
COMPONENTS
PROGRAM.—The 
program 
established 
under subsection (a) shall include implementation of the 
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Transformer Resilience and Advanced Components pro-
gram to— 
(1) improve large power transformers and other 
critical electric grid equipment by reducing their 
vulnerabilities; and 
(2) develop, test, and deploy innovative equip-
ment designs that are more flexible and offer greater 
resiliency of electric grid functions. 
(c) STRATEGIC EQUIPMENT RESERVES.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION.—In carrying out the pro-
gram established under subsection (a), the Secretary 
may establish one or more federally owned strategic 
equipment reserves, as appropriate, to ensure na-
tionwide access to reserve equipment. 
(2) CONSIDERATION.—In establishing any fed-
erally owned strategic equipment reserve, the Sec-
retary may consider existing spare transformer and 
equipment programs and requirements established 
by the private sector, regional transmission opera-
tors, independent system operators, and State regu-
latory authorities. 
(d) CONSULTATION.—The program established under 
subsection (a) shall be carried out in consultation with the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Electricity 
Subsector Coordinating Council, the Electric Reliability 
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Organization, and owners and operators of critical electric 
infrastructure and defense and military installations. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$75,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. 
Subtitle B—Energy Efficient 
Infrastructure 
PART 1—EFFICIENCY GRANTS FOR STATE AND 
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS 
SEC. 32101. ENERGY EFFICIENT PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 
(a) GRANTS.—Section 125(a) of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15822(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘Standard 90.1 of the 
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, 
and Air-Conditioning Engineers,’’ after ‘‘the 
International Energy Conservation Code,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘; or’’ and inserting a 
semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) through benchmarking programs to enable 
use of building performance data to evaluate the 
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performance of energy efficiency investments over 
time.’’. 
(b) ASSURANCE OF IMPROVEMENT.—Section 125 of 
the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15822) is 
amended by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as sub-
sections (c) and (d), respectively, and inserting after sub-
section (a) the following: 
‘‘(b) ASSURANCE OF IMPROVEMENT.— 
‘‘(1) VERIFICATION.—A State agency receiving 
a grant for activities described in paragraph (1) or 
(2) of subsection (a) shall ensure, as a condition of 
eligibility for assistance pursuant to such grant, that 
a unit of local government receiving such assistance 
obtain third-party verification of energy efficiency 
improvements in each public building with respect to 
which such assistance is used. 
‘‘(2) GUIDANCE.—The Secretary may provide 
guidance to State agencies to comply with paragraph 
(1). In developing such guidance, the Secretary shall 
consider available third-party verification tools for 
high-performing buildings and available third-party 
verification tools for energy efficiency retrofits.’’. 
(c) ADMINISTRATION.—Section 125(c) of the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005, as so redesignated, is amended— 
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(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘State energy offices receiving grants’’ and 
inserting ‘‘A State agency receiving a grant’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; 
(3) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) ensure that all laborers and mechanics em-
ployed by contractors and subcontractors in the per-
formance of construction, alteration, or repair work 
financed in whole or in part with assistance received 
pursuant to this section shall be paid wages at rates 
not less than those prevailing on projects of a simi-
lar character in the locality, as determined by the 
Secretary of Labor in accordance with subchapter 
IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code 
(and with respect to such labor standards, the Sec-
retary of Labor shall have the authority and func-
tions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 
of 1950 (64 Stat. 1267; 5 U.S.C. App.) and section 
3145 of title 40, United States Code).’’. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
125(d) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, as so redesig-
nated, is amended by striking ‘‘$30,000,000 for each of 
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fiscal 
years 
2006 
through 
2010’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 
2026’’. 
SEC. 32102. ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION 
BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) PURPOSE.—Section 542(b)(1) of the Energy 
Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 
17152(b)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the semi-
colon and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) diversifies energy supplies, including 
by facilitating and promoting the use of alter-
native fuels;’’. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Section 544 of the Energy 
Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 
17154) is amended— 
(1) by amending paragraph (9) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(9) deployment of energy distribution tech-
nologies that significantly increase energy efficiency 
or expand access to alternative fuels, including— 
‘‘(A) distributed resources; 
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‘‘(B) district heating and cooling systems; 
and 
‘‘(C) infrastructure for delivering alter-
native fuels;’’; 
(2) in paragraph (13)(D), by striking ‘‘and’’; 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (14) as para-
graph (15); and 
(4) by adding after paragraph (13) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(14) programs for financing energy efficiency, 
renewable energy, and zero-emission transportation 
(and associated infrastructure) capital investments, 
projects, and programs— 
‘‘(A) which may include loan programs and 
performance 
contracting 
programs 
for 
leveraging of additional public and private sec-
tor funds, and programs which allow rebates, 
grants, or other incentives for the purchase and 
installation of energy efficiency, renewable en-
ergy, and zero-emission transportation (and as-
sociated infrastructure) measures; or 
‘‘(B) in addition to or in lieu of programs 
described in subparagraph (A), which may be 
used in connection with public or nonprofit 
buildings owned and operated by a State, a po-
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litical subdivision of a State or an agency or in-
strumentality of a State, or an organization ex-
empt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of 
title 26, United States Code; and’’. 
(c) COMPETITIVE GRANTS.—Section 546(c)(2) of the 
Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 
U.S.C. 17156(c)(2)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, including 
projects to expand the use of alternative fuels’’ before the 
period at the end. 
(d) FUNDING.—Section 548(a) of the Energy Inde-
pendence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17158(a)) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) GRANTS.—There is authorized to be ap-
propriated to the Secretary for the provision of 
grants under the program $3,500,000,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. 
‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS.—There is au-
thorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for ad-
ministrative expenses of the program $35,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.’’. 
(e) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 543 of the 
Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 
U.S.C. 17153) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘subsection 
(a)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(3)’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘subsection 
(a)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(4)’’. 
PART 2—ENERGY IMPROVEMENTS AT PUBLIC 
SCHOOL FACILITIES 
SEC. 32201. GRANTS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVE-
MENTS AND RENEWABLE ENERGY IMPROVE-
MENTS AT PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means a consortium of— 
(A) one local educational agency; and 
(B) one or more— 
(i) schools; 
(ii) nonprofit organizations; 
(iii) for-profit organizations; or 
(iv) community partners that have the 
knowledge and capacity to partner and as-
sist with energy improvements. 
(2) ENERGY IMPROVEMENTS.—The term ‘‘en-
ergy improvements’’ means— 
(A) any improvement, repair, or renova-
tion, to a school that will result in a direct re-
duction in school energy costs including but not 
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limited to improvements to building envelope, 
air conditioning, ventilation, heating system, do-
mestic hot water heating, compressed air sys-
tems, distribution systems, lighting, power sys-
tems and controls; 
(B) any improvement, repair, renovation, 
or installation that leads to an improvement in 
teacher and student health including but not 
limited to indoor air quality, daylighting, ven-
tilation, electrical lighting, and acoustics; and 
(C) the installation of renewable energy 
technologies (such as wind power, photovoltaics, 
solar thermal systems, geothermal energy, hy-
drogen-fueled systems, biomass-based systems, 
biofuels, anaerobic digesters, and hydropower) 
involved in the improvement, repair, or renova-
tion to a school. 
(b) AUTHORITY.—From amounts made available for 
grants under this section, the Secretary of Energy shall 
provide competitive grants to eligible entities to make en-
ergy improvements authorized by this section. 
(c) PRIORITY.—In making grants under this sub-
section, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities 
that have renovation, repair, and improvement funding 
needs and are— 
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(1) a high-need local educational agency, as de-
fined in section 2102 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6602); or 
(2) a local educational agency designated with 
a metrocentric locale code of 41, 42, or 43 as deter-
mined by the National Center for Education Statis-
tics (NCES), in conjunction with the Bureau of the 
Census, using the NCES system for classifying local 
educational agencies. 
(d) COMPETITIVE CRITERIA.—The competitive cri-
teria used by the Secretary shall include the following: 
(1) The fiscal capacity of the eligible entity to 
meet the needs for improvements of school facilities 
without assistance under this section, including the 
ability of the eligible entity to raise funds through 
the use of local bonding capacity and otherwise. 
(2) The likelihood that the local educational 
agency or eligible entity will maintain, in good condi-
tion, any facility whose improvement is assisted. 
(3) The potential energy efficiency and safety 
benefits from the proposed energy improvements. 
(e) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this section, an applicant must submit to the Sec-
retary an application that includes each of the following: 
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(1) A needs assessment of the current condition 
of the school and facilities that are to receive the en-
ergy improvements. 
(2) A draft work plan of what the applicant 
hopes to achieve at the school and a description of 
the energy improvements to be carried out. 
(3) A description of the applicant’s capacity to 
provide services and comprehensive support to make 
the energy improvements. 
(4) An assessment of the applicant’s expected 
needs for operation and maintenance training funds, 
and a plan for use of those funds, if any. 
(5) An assessment of the expected energy effi-
ciency and safety benefits of the energy improve-
ments. 
(6) A cost estimate of the proposed energy im-
provements. 
(7) An identification of other resources that are 
available to carry out the activities for which funds 
are requested under this section, including the avail-
ability of utility programs and public benefit funds. 
(f) USE OF GRANT AMOUNTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The recipient of a grant 
under this section shall use the grant amounts only 
to make the energy improvements contemplated in 
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the application, subject to the other provisions of 
this subsection. 
(2) OPERATION
AND
MAINTENANCE
TRAIN-
ING.—The recipient may use up to 5 percent for op-
eration and maintenance training for energy effi-
ciency and renewable energy improvements (such as 
maintenance staff and teacher training, education, 
and preventative maintenance training). 
(3) AUDIT.—The recipient may use funds for a 
third-party investigation and analysis for energy im-
provements (such as energy audits and existing 
building commissioning). 
(4) CONTINUING
EDUCATION.—The recipient 
may use up to 1 percent of the grant amounts to de-
velop a continuing education curriculum relating to 
energy improvements. 
(g) CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) DAVIS-BACON.—Any laborer or mechanic 
employed by any contractor or subcontractor in the 
performance of work on any energy improvements 
funded by a grant under this section shall be paid 
wages at rates not less than those prevailing on 
similar construction in the locality as determined by 
the Secretary of Labor under subchapter IV of chap-
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ter 31 of title 40, United States Code (commonly re-
ferred to as the Davis-Bacon Act). 
(2) COMPETITION.—Each applicant that re-
ceives funds shall ensure that, if the applicant car-
ries out repair or renovation through a contract, any 
such contract process— 
(A) ensures the maximum number of quali-
fied bidders, including small, minority, and 
women-owned businesses, through full and open 
competition; and 
(B) gives priority to businesses located in, 
or resources common to, the State or the geo-
graphical area in which the project is carried 
out. 
(h) REPORTING.—Each recipient of a grant under 
this section shall submit to the Secretary, at such time 
as the Secretary may require, a report describing the use 
of such funds for energy improvements, the estimated cost 
savings realized by those energy improvements, the results 
of any audit, the use of any utility programs and public 
benefit funds and the use of performance tracking for en-
ergy improvements (such as the Department of Energy: 
Energy Star program or LEED for Existing Buildings). 
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(i) BEST PRACTICES.—The Secretary shall develop 
and publish guidelines and best practices for activities car-
ried out under this section. 
(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. 
PART 3—HOPE FOR HOMES 
SEC. 32301. DEFINITIONS. 
In this part: 
(1) CONTRACTOR
CERTIFICATION.—The term 
‘‘contractor certification’’ means an industry recog-
nized certification that may be obtained by a resi-
dential contractor to advance the expertise and edu-
cation of the contractor in energy efficiency retrofits 
of residential buildings, including— 
(A) a certification provided by— 
(i) the Building Performance Insti-
tute; 
(ii) the Air Conditioning Contractors 
of America; 
(iii) the National Comfort Institute; 
(iv) the North American Technician 
Excellence; 
(v) RESNET; 
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(vi) the United States Green Building 
Council; or 
(vii) Home Innovation Research Labs; 
and 
(B) any other certification the Secretary 
determines appropriate for purposes of the 
Home Energy Savings Retrofit Rebate Pro-
gram. 
(2) CONTRACTOR COMPANY.—The term ‘‘con-
tractor company’’ means a company— 
(A) the business of which is to provide 
services to residential building owners with re-
spect to HVAC systems, insulation, air sealing, 
or other services that are approved by the Sec-
retary; 
(B) that holds the licenses and insurance 
required by the State in which the company 
provides services; and 
(C) that provides services for which a par-
tial system rebate, measured performance re-
bate, or modeled performance rebate may be 
provided pursuant to the Home Energy Savings 
Retrofit Rebate Program. 
(3) ENERGY AUDIT.—The term ‘‘energy audit’’ 
means an inspection, survey, and analysis of the en-
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an HVAC system installed shall be Energy Star 
Most Efficient certified; 
(B) installation of such an HVAC system, 
the heating component of an HVAC system, or 
the cooling component of an HVAC system, 
shall be completed in accordance with standards 
specified by the Secretary that are at least as 
stringent as the applicable guidelines of the Air 
Conditioning Contractors of America that are in 
effect on the date of enactment of this Act; 
(C) if ducts are present, replacement of an 
HVAC system, the heating component of an 
HVAC system, or the cooling component of an 
HVAC system shall include duct sealing; and 
(D) the installation of insulation and air 
sealing shall occur within 6 months of the re-
placement of the HVAC system, the heating 
component of an HVAC system, or the cooling 
component of an HVAC system. 
(c) ADDITIONAL INCENTIVES FOR CONTRACTORS.— 
In carrying out the Home Energy Savings Retrofit Rebate 
Program, the Secretary may provide a $250 payment to 
a contractor per home of a homeowner or household living 
in a multifamily building for which— 
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(1) a partial system rebate is provided under 
this section for the installation of insulation and air 
sealing, or installation of insulation and air sealing 
and replacement of an HVAC system, the heating 
component of an HVAC system, or the cooling com-
ponent of an HVAC system, by the contractor; 
(2) the applicable homeowner has signed and 
submitted to the Secretary a release form made 
available pursuant to section 32326(b) authorizing 
the contractor access to information in the utility 
bills of the homeowner or the applicable multifamily 
building owner has signed and submitted an agree-
ment with the contractor to provide whole-building 
aggregate information about the building’s energy 
use; and 
(3) the contractor inputs, into the Department 
of Energy’s Building Performance Database— 
(A) the energy usage for the home of a 
homeowner or for the household living in a mul-
tifamily building for the 12 months preceding, 
and the 24 months following, the installation of 
insulation and air sealing or installation of in-
sulation and air sealing and replacement of an 
HVAC system, the heating component of an 
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