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program, while creating significant employment op-
portunities, in particular for targeted workers. 
(17) QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘quality as-
surance program’’ means a program authorized 
under this Act to oversee the delivery of home 
efficiency retrofit programs to ensure that work 
is performed in accordance with standards and 
criteria established under this Act. 
(B) INCLUSIONS.—For purposes of sub-
paragraph (A), delivery of retrofit programs in-
cludes field inspections required under this Act, 
with the consent of participating consumers and 
without delaying rebate payments to partici-
pating contractors and vendors. 
(18) QUALITY ASSURANCE PROVIDER.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘quality as-
surance provider’’ means any entity that is au-
thorized pursuant to this Act to perform field 
inspections and other measures required to con-
firm the compliance of retrofit work with the 
requirements of this Act. 
(B) CERTIFICATION
REQUIREMENT.—To 
be considered a quality assurance provider 
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under this paragraph, an entity shall be cer-
tified through— 
(i) the International Code Council; 
(ii) the BPI; 
(iii) the RESNET; 
(iv) a State; 
(v) a State-approved residential en-
ergy efficiency retrofit program; or 
(vi) any other entity that is accredited 
under standards that the Secretary shall 
approve or deny not later than 30 days 
after submittal, in consultation with the 
Administrator. 
(19) REBATE AGGREGATOR.—The term ‘‘rebate 
aggregator’’ means an entity that meets the require-
ments of section 102. 
(20) RESNET.—The term ‘‘RESNET’’ means 
the Residential Energy Services Network. 
(21) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘‘Secretary’’ 
means the Secretary of Energy. 
(22) SILVER
STAR
HOME
ENERGY
RETROFIT 
PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Silver Star Home Energy 
Retrofit Program’’ means the Silver Star Home En-
ergy Retrofit Program established under section 
103. 
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(23) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means— 
(A) a State; 
(B) the District of Columbia; 
(C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; 
(D) Guam; 
(E) American Samoa; 
(F) the United States Virgin Islands; 
(G) the Northern Mariana Islands; and 
(H) any other commonwealth, territory, or 
possession of the United States. 
(24) TARGETED WORKER.—The term ‘‘targeted 
worker’’ means an individual who is unemployed or 
underemployed and of an employable age and a resi-
dent of an area with high or chronic unemployment 
and low median household incomes, as defined by 
the Secretary in consultation with the Secretary of 
Labor. 
(25) WATER UTILITY.—The term ‘‘water util-
ity’’ means any State or local agency that delivers 
or sells water at wholesale or retail through an engi-
neered distribution system. 
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