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sonnel as the Secretary considers necessary to carry 
out this title. Such authority shall not apply to posi-
tions in the Senior Executive Service. The number 
of personnel appointed under this paragraph shall 
not exceed 30 full-time equivalent employees. The 
terms of appointment of all personnel appointed 
under this paragraph shall expire upon the termi-
nation of the programs established under this title. 
(2) RATE OF PAY.—The basic rate of pay for 
a person appointed under paragraph (1) shall not 
exceed the maximum rate of basic pay payable for 
GS–15 of the General Schedule under section 5332 
of title 5, United States Code. 
(3) REGULATIONS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 553 of title 5, United States Code, the Sec-
retary may issue regulations that the Secretary, 
in the sole discretion of the Secretary, deter-
mines necessary to— 
(i) establish; 
(ii) achieve full operational status 
within 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act for; or 
(iii) carry out, 
the Home Star Retrofit Rebate Program. 
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(B) TIMING.—If the Secretary determines 
that regulations described in subparagraph (A) 
are necessary, the regulations shall be issued 
not later than 60 days after such determina-
tion. 
(C) EXCEPTION.—(i) The Secretary shall 
not utilize the authority provided under this 
paragraph to— 
(I) develop, adopt, or implement a 
public labeling system that rates and com-
pares the energy performance of one home 
with another; or 
(II) require the public disclosure of an 
energy performance evaluation or rating 
developed for any specific home. 
(ii) Nothing in this subparagraph shall 
preclude— 
(I) the computation, collection, or use, 
by the Secretary, rebate aggregators, qual-
ity assurance providers, or States for the 
purposes of carrying out sections 104 and 
105, of information on the rating and com-
parison of the energy performance of 
homes with and without energy efficiency 
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features or on energy performance evalua-
tion or rating; 
(II) the use and publication of aggre-
gate data (without identifying individual 
homes or participants) based on informa-
tion referred to in subclause (I) to deter-
mine or demonstrate the performance of 
the Home Star program; or 
(III) the provision of information re-
ferred to in subclause (I) with respect to a 
specific home— 
(aa) to the State, homeowner, 
quality assurance provider, rebate 
aggregator, or contractor performing 
retrofit work on that home, or an en-
tity providing Home Star services, as 
necessary to enable carrying out this 
title; or 
(bb) for purposes of prosecuting 
fraud and abuse. 
(4) INFORMATION COLLECTION.—Chapter 35 of 
title 44, United States Code, shall not apply to any 
information collection requirement necessary for the 
implementation of the Home Star Retrofit Rebate 
Program. 
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