tion of a defect pursuant to a warranty, pro-
vided at no additional cost to the homeowner. 
(B) A subsequent quality assurance visit 
shall be conducted to evaluate the remedy not 
later than 7 days after notification that the de-
fect has been corrected. 
(C) The quality assurance provider shall 
notify the contractor of the disposition of such 
visit not later than 7 days after the date of the 
visit. 
(4) ACCESS TO HOME.—In order to be eligible for 
a discount from a contractor or vendor for which a 
rebate is provided under subsection (a), a homeowner 
shall agree to permit such access to the home, upon 
reasonable notice and at a mutually convenient time, 
as is necessary to verify and correct retrofit work. 
(f) PRODUCTS PURCHASED WITHOUT INSTALLATION 
SERVICES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A Silver Star Home Energy 
Retrofit Program rebate shall be awarded for attic, 
wall, and crawl space insulation and air-sealing 
products that— 
(A)(i) in the case of insulation, qualify for 
a tax credit under section 25C of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986, but with respect to which 
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no claim for such a tax credit has been made; 
and 
(ii) in the case of air sealing products, are 
sealants, caulks, polyurethane foams, gaskets, 
weather-stripping, mastics, or other air sealing 
products described in subsection (b)(1); 
(B) are purchased by a homeowner for in-
stallation by the homeowner in a home identified 
by its address by the homeowner; 
(C) are accompanied by educational mate-
rials on proper installation of the products, in-
cluding materials emphasizing the importance of 
air sealing when insulating; and 
(D) are identified and attributed to that 
home in a rebate submission by the vendor to a 
rebate aggregator. 
(2) LIMITATION.—No rebate may be provided 
under this subsection with respect to insulation or 
products that are employed in energy-efficiency meas-
ures with respect to which a rebate is provided under 
this section or section 104. 
(3) AMOUNT OF REBATE.—A rebate under this 
subsection shall be awarded for 50 percent of the total 
cost of the products described in paragraph (1), not 
to exceed $250 per home. 
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(g) REVIEW.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall determine 
whether information submitted to the Federal Rebate 
Processing System with respect to a rebate was com-
plete, and on the basis of that information and other 
information available to the Secretary, shall deter-
mine whether the requirements of this section were 
met in all respects. 
(2) INCORRECT PAYMENT.—On a determination 
of the Secretary under paragraph (1) that a payment 
was made incorrectly to a party, or that sufficient in-
formation was not submitted to the Federal Rebate 
Processing System to enable such determination, the 
Secretary— 
(A) may— 
(i) recoup the amount of the incorrect 
payment; or 
(ii) withhold the amount of the incor-
rect payment from a payment made to the 
party pursuant to a subsequent request; and 
(B) shall, to the extent the Secretary deter-
mines the benefit of the rebate was not passed 
through to the homeowner through a discount on 
the price of the retrofit work, order the contractor 
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