I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3849 
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to modify 
provisions relating to the rural energy savings program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 6, 2023 
Mr. CLYBURN (for himself and Ms. BUDZINSKI) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act 
of 2002 to modify provisions relating to the rural energy 
savings program. 
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 ‘‘Rural Energy Savings 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. RURAL ENERGY SAVINGS PROGRAM MODIFICA-
TIONS. 
Section 6407 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-
ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107a) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘or’’ at the end; 
(ii) by redesignating subparagraph 
(C) as subparagraph (E); and 
(iii) by inserting after subparagraph 
(B) the following: 
‘‘(C) any Indian Tribe (as defined in sec-
tion 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and 
Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)); 
‘‘(D) any public, quasipublic, or nonprofit 
entity that uses innovative financing techniques 
and market development tools to accelerate the 
deployment of clean energy technology (com-
monly known as a ‘green bank’); and’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (2) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(2) ENERGY
EFFICIENCY
MEASURE.—The 
term ‘energy efficiency measure’, with respect to any 
property served by an eligible entity, means— 
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‘‘(A) a structural improvement or invest-
ment in a cost-effective, commercial technology 
to increase energy efficiency (including cost-ef-
fective on- or off-grid renewable energy or en-
ergy storage systems); and 
‘‘(B) the replacement of a manufactured 
housing unit or large appliance with a substan-
tially similar manufactured housing unit or ap-
pliance, respectively, if that replacement is a 
cost-effective option with respect to energy sav-
ings.’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by inserting 
‘‘AND GRANTS’’ after ‘‘LOANS’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (1) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to the require-
ments of this subsection, the Secretary shall pro-
vide— 
‘‘(A) loans to eligible entities that agree to 
use the loan funds to make loans under sub-
section (d) to qualified consumers for the pur-
pose of implementing energy efficiency meas-
ures; and 
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‘‘(B) at the election of any eligible entity 
that receives a loan under subparagraph (A), a 
grant in accordance with paragraph (10).’’; 
(C) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in the paragraph heading, by in-
serting ‘‘FOR
LOANS’’ after ‘‘REQUIRE-
MENTS’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (A)(i), by strik-
ing ‘‘that is’’; 
(D) in paragraph (5)— 
(i) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respec-
tively, and indenting the clauses appro-
priately; 
(ii) in the matter preceding clause (i) 
(as so redesignated), by striking ‘‘With re-
spect to a loan under paragraph (1)’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), with respect to a loan under para-
graph (1)(A)’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(B) EXTENSIONS.—The Secretary may 
extend the term of a loan under subparagraph 
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(A)(i), or the deadline for the repayment of an 
advance under subparagraph (A)(ii), as the Sec-
retary determines to be appropriate.’’; 
(E) in paragraph (7)— 
(i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 
(1)(A)’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (C), in the mat-
ter preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘Re-
payment of the special advance’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Subject to an applicable extension 
under paragraph (5)(B), repayment of a 
special advance under this paragraph’’; 
(F) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘para-
graph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)(A)’’; 
and 
(G) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(10) GRANTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—At the election of an 
eligible entity that receives a loan under this 
subsection, the Secretary shall provide to the el-
igible entity a grant to pay for a portion of the 
costs incurred in— 
‘‘(i) applying for the loan; 
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county (as determined by the Secretary) 
shall be equal to 10 percent of the amount 
of the loan provided to the eligible entity 
under this subsection.’’; 
(3) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by inserting ‘‘or grant’’ before 
‘‘funds’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘(B) shall fi-
nance’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(B)(i) may have a term and amortization 
schedule the length of which is the useful life 
of the energy efficiency measures implemented 
using the loan, provided that the loan to the 
qualified consumer does not exceed 20 years; 
and 
‘‘(ii) shall finance’’; and 
(II) in clause (ii) (as so des-
ignated), by striking ‘‘a loan term of 
not more than 10 years’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the applicable loan term de-
scribed in clause (i)’’; and 
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(iii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘unless the personal property is or be-
comes attached to real property (including 
a manufactured home) as a fixture;’’ and 
inserting ‘‘unless the personal property— 
‘‘(i) is a manufactured housing unit or 
large appliance described in subsection 
(b)(2)(B); or 
‘‘(ii) is or becomes attached to real 
property as a fixture;’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) CLARIFICATION
OF
ELIGIBILITY.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law (including 
regulations), an eligible entity may make a loan 
under this subsection to any qualified consumer lo-
cated within the service territory of the eligible enti-
ty, regardless of whether the qualified consumer is 
located in a rural area.’’; 
(4) in subsection (e)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by inserting 
‘‘OUTREACH,’’ after ‘‘TRAINING,’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘and technical assistance of the program’’ 
and inserting ‘‘outreach, and technical as-
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sistance relating to the program under this 
section’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by insert-
ing ‘‘, outreach,’’ after ‘‘technical assist-
ance’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made avail-
able under subsection (i), the Secretary may use 
such sums as are necessary to provide outreach, 
training, and technical assistance under this sub-
section.’’; and 
(5) in subsection (i), by striking ‘‘2023’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2033’’. 
Æ 
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