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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6212 
To authorize the Department of Energy to assess and score new and existing 
homes for the cost-effective reduction in the energy use, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2016 
Mr. CARTWRIGHT (for himself, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. TONKO, Ms. MATSUI, and 
Mr. CONNOLLY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To authorize the Department of Energy to assess and score 
new and existing homes for the cost-effective reduction 
in the energy use, 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 ‘‘Scoring Calculations 
for Our Residential Energy Act of 2016’’ or the ‘‘SCORE 
Act of 2016’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY HOME ENERGY SCORE 
PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy shall 
maintain a Home Energy Score Program to provide to 
homeowners and borrowers, on a voluntary basis at the 
request of the homeowner or borrower, a score document 
for the purpose of enabling the cost-effective reduction in 
the energy use of those homes. Score documents shall be 
available under the Program for both new and existing 
homes. A score document shall grade the home on its en-
ergy consumption for heating, cooling, water heating, and 
other variables the Secretary considers appropriate to en-
able achieving cost-effective reduction in the energy use 
of the home, so that it may be easily compared to other 
homes. The Program may include the alternate use of any 
comparable residential rating system, as approved by the 
Secretary of Energy through published guidelines. 
(b) ASSESSMENTS.—The Program shall provide for 
home assessments, conducted pursuant to a request by a 
homeowner or borrower in accordance with section 2(a), 
by assessors who hold a relevant qualifying credential ap-
proved by the Secretary of Energy, to collect energy use 
information during an approved walk-through of the home 
for the purpose of creating a score document for the home. 
(c) SCORE DOCUMENT.—A score document under the 
Program shall include— 
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(1) energy use information collected during an 
assessment described in subsection (b) for a home, 
differentiated by specific energy uses and provided 
on a relative scale based on benchmarks set within 
the Program; and 
(2) cost-effective recommendations of means to 
improve the score and energy efficiency of the home. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) HOME.—The term ‘‘home’’ means any per-
manent legal residence with a roof and walls which 
is not a mobile home, manufactured home, house-
boat, camper van, recreational vehicle, apartment, 
hospital, assisted living facility, or office building. 
(2) 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). 
(3) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Program’’ means 
the Home Energy Score Program maintained by the 
Department of Energy under section 2. 
(4) SCORE DOCUMENT.—The term ‘‘score docu-
ment’’ means a document described in section 2(c). 
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