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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2679 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To direct the Secretary of Energy to establish and carry out a program |
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| 6 | 6 | | to provide rebates for the purchase and installation of cool roof products. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | APRIL7, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mrs. F |
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| 10 | 10 | | OUSHEE(for herself, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. RUIZ, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. |
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| 12 | 12 | | HANEDAR, and Ms. GARCIAof Texas) introduced the following bill; |
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| 13 | 13 | | which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To direct the Secretary of Energy to establish and carry |
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| 16 | 16 | | out a program to provide rebates for the purchase and |
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| 17 | 17 | | installation of cool roof products. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cool Roof Rebate Act 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEC. 2. COOL ROOF PRODUCT REBATE PROGRAM. 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (a) E |
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| 25 | 25 | | STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | and carry out a program to provide rebates to eligible 8 |
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| 30 | 30 | | households for the purchase and installation of eligible 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | cool roof products. 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (b) R |
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| 33 | 33 | | EBATEAMOUNT.—The amount of a rebate pro-3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | vided under the program established under subsection (a) 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | shall be— 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (1) with respect to an eligible cool roof product 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | installed on a low-sloped roof— 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (A) $0.25 per square foot if such eligible 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | cool roof product has— 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (i) a minimum 3-year aged solar re-10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | flectance of 0.80 and a minimum 3-year 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | aged thermal emittance of 0.75; or 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (ii) a minimum 3-year aged Solar Re-13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | flectance Index of 99; and 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (B) $0.75 per square foot if such eligible 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | cool roof product has— 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (i) a minimum 3-year aged solar re-17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | flectance of 0.90 and a minimum 3-year 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | aged thermal emittance of 0.75; or 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (ii) a minimum 3-year aged Solar Re-20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | flectance Index of 114; and 21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (2) with respect to an eligible cool roof product 22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | installed on a steep-sloped roof— 23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (A) $0.25 per square foot— 24 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (i) if such eligible cool roof product is 1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | an asphalt shingle product and has— 2 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (I) a minimum 3-year aged solar 3 |
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| 61 | 61 | | reflectance of 0.25 and a minimum 3- 4 |
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| 62 | 62 | | year aged thermal emittance of 0.75; 5 |
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| 63 | 63 | | or 6 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (II) a minimum 3-year aged 7 |
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| 65 | 65 | | Solar Reflectance Index of 23; and 8 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (ii) if such eligible cool roof product is 9 |
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| 67 | 67 | | not an asphalt shingle product and has— 10 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (I) a minimum 3-year aged solar 11 |
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| 69 | 69 | | reflectance of 0.40 and a minimum 3- 12 |
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| 70 | 70 | | year aged thermal emittance of 0.75; 13 |
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| 71 | 71 | | or 14 |
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| 72 | 72 | | (II) a minimum 3-year aged 15 |
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| 73 | 73 | | Solar Reflectance Index of 43; and 16 |
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| 74 | 74 | | (B) $0.75 per square foot— 17 |
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| 75 | 75 | | (i) if such eligible cool roof product is 18 |
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| 76 | 76 | | an asphalt shingle product and has— 19 |
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| 77 | 77 | | (I) a minimum 3-year aged solar 20 |
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| 78 | 78 | | reflectance of 0.40 and a minimum 3- 21 |
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| 79 | 79 | | year aged thermal emittance of 0.75; 22 |
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| 80 | 80 | | or 23 |
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| 81 | 81 | | (II) a minimum 3-year aged 24 |
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| 82 | 82 | | Solar Reflectance Index of 43; and 25 |
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| 86 | 86 | | (ii) if such eligible cool roof product is 1 |
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| 87 | 87 | | not an asphalt shingle product and has— 2 |
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| 88 | 88 | | (I) a minimum 3-year aged solar 3 |
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| 89 | 89 | | reflectance of 0.60 and a minimum 3- 4 |
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| 90 | 90 | | year aged thermal emittance of 0.75; 5 |
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| 91 | 91 | | or 6 |
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| 92 | 92 | | (II) a minimum 3-year aged 7 |
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| 93 | 93 | | Solar Reflectance Index of 71. 8 |
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| 94 | 94 | | (c) C |
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| 95 | 95 | | OMBININGREBATES.—Nothing in this section 9 |
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| 96 | 96 | | shall be construed to prohibit an eligible household from 10 |
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| 97 | 97 | | receiving any other grant, rebate, or other financial assist-11 |
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| 98 | 98 | | ance with respect to the same eligible cool roof product 12 |
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| 99 | 99 | | for which a rebate is provided under the program estab-13 |
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| 100 | 100 | | lished under subsection (a). 14 |
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| 101 | 101 | | (d) T |
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| 102 | 102 | | ERMINATIONDATE.—The program established 15 |
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| 103 | 103 | | under subsection (a) shall terminate on September 30, 16 |
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| 104 | 104 | | 2030. 17 |
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| 105 | 105 | | (e) R |
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| 106 | 106 | | EPORTINGREQUIREMENT.—Not later than 6 18 |
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| 107 | 107 | | months after the program established under subsection (a) 19 |
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| 108 | 108 | | terminates, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a re-20 |
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| 109 | 109 | | port describing, for each program participant— 21 |
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| 110 | 110 | | (1) whether the participant used the rebate to 22 |
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| 111 | 111 | | help retrofit an old roof or install a new roof; 23 |
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| 115 | 115 | | (2) if the participant retrofitted an old roof, 1 |
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| 116 | 116 | | which older roof product the new eligible cool roof 2 |
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| 117 | 117 | | product replaced or covered; and 3 |
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| 118 | 118 | | (3) what eligible cool roof product the partici-4 |
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| 119 | 119 | | pant purchased using the rebate. 5 |
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| 120 | 120 | | (f) A |
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| 121 | 121 | | UTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.— 6 |
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| 122 | 122 | | (1) P |
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| 123 | 123 | | ROGRAM.—There is authorized to be ap-7 |
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| 124 | 124 | | propriated to carry out the program established 8 |
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| 125 | 125 | | under subsection (a) $25,000,000 for each of fiscal 9 |
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| 126 | 126 | | years 2026 through 2030. 10 |
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| 127 | 127 | | (2) C |
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| 128 | 128 | | OOL ROOF CALCULATOR .—There is au-11 |
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| 129 | 129 | | thorized to be appropriated $600,000 to update the 12 |
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| 130 | 130 | | Cool Roof Calculator developed by the Oak Ridge 13 |
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| 131 | 131 | | National Laboratory and the Lawrence Berkeley Na-14 |
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| 132 | 132 | | tional Laboratory. 15 |
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| 133 | 133 | | (g) D |
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| 134 | 134 | | EFINITIONS.—In this Act: 16 |
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| 135 | 135 | | (1) 3- |
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| 136 | 136 | | YEAR AGED.—The term ‘‘3-year aged’’ 17 |
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| 137 | 137 | | means, with respect to solar reflectance or thermal 18 |
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| 138 | 138 | | emittance of an eligible cool roof product, the solar 19 |
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| 139 | 139 | | reflectance or thermal emittance is tested after com-20 |
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| 140 | 140 | | pleting 3 years of field exposure, or tested after lab-21 |
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| 141 | 141 | | oratory exposure that has replicated the effects of 3 22 |
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| 142 | 142 | | years of natural exposure if the eligible cool roof 23 |
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| 143 | 143 | | product has begun but not yet completed field expo-24 |
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| 144 | 144 | | sure, in accordance with the most recent standard 25 |
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| 148 | 148 | | issued by the American National Standards Institute 1 |
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| 149 | 149 | | and the Cool Roof Rating Council, S100–2025: 2 |
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| 150 | 150 | | Standard Test Methods for Determining Radiative 3 |
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| 151 | 151 | | Properties of Materials. 4 |
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| 152 | 152 | | (2) A |
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| 153 | 153 | | SPHALT SHINGLE.—The term ‘‘asphalt 5 |
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| 154 | 154 | | shingle’’ means asphalt roofing in shingle form, com-6 |
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| 155 | 155 | | posed of glass felt or felts impregnated and coated 7 |
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| 156 | 156 | | on both sides with asphalt, and surfaced on the 8 |
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| 157 | 157 | | weather side with mineral granules. 9 |
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| 158 | 158 | | (3) B |
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| 159 | 159 | | LACKBODY RADIATOR .—The term 10 |
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| 160 | 160 | | ‘‘blackbody radiator’’ means a perfect absorber and 11 |
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| 161 | 161 | | emitter of radiation. 12 |
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| 162 | 162 | | (4) E |
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| 163 | 163 | | LIGIBLE COOL ROOF PRODUCT .—The term 13 |
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| 164 | 164 | | ‘‘eligible cool roof product’’ means a product that 14 |
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| 165 | 165 | | has a rating from the Cool Roof Rating Council. 15 |
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| 166 | 166 | | (5) E |
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| 167 | 167 | | LIGIBLE HOUSEHOLD .— 16 |
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| 168 | 168 | | (A) I |
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| 169 | 169 | | N GENERAL.—Except as provided in 17 |
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| 170 | 170 | | subparagraph (B), the term ‘‘eligible house-18 |
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| 171 | 171 | | hold’’ means an individual or family— 19 |
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| 172 | 172 | | (i) residing in a single-family or multi- 20 |
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| 173 | 173 | | family building; 21 |
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| 174 | 174 | | (ii) the total annual income of which 22 |
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| 175 | 175 | | is less than 200 percent of the median in-23 |
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| 176 | 176 | | come of the ZIP Code in which the indi-24 |
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| 177 | 177 | | vidual or family resides (as reported by the 25 |
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| 181 | 181 | | Department of Housing and Urban Devel-1 |
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| 182 | 182 | | opment); and 2 |
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| 183 | 183 | | (iii) residing in a ZIP Code Tabula-3 |
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| 184 | 184 | | tion Area that is in the 75th percentile or 4 |
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| 185 | 185 | | higher of the Heat and Health Index of 5 |
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| 186 | 186 | | the Centers for Disease Control and Pre-6 |
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| 187 | 187 | | vention. 7 |
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| 188 | 188 | | (B) D |
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| 189 | 189 | | ISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ALASKA, HA-8 |
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| 190 | 190 | | WAII, AND TERRITORIES.—With respect to an 9 |
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| 191 | 191 | | individual or family residing in the District of 10 |
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| 192 | 192 | | Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii, or a territory of the 11 |
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| 193 | 193 | | United States, until the date that their respec-12 |
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| 194 | 194 | | tive State or territory is added to the Heat and 13 |
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| 195 | 195 | | Health Index of the Centers for Disease Control 14 |
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| 196 | 196 | | and Prevention, the term ‘‘eligible household’’ 15 |
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| 197 | 197 | | means that such individual or family— 16 |
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| 198 | 198 | | (i) resides in a single-family or multi- 17 |
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| 199 | 199 | | family building; and 18 |
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| 200 | 200 | | (ii) has a total annual income that is 19 |
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| 201 | 201 | | less than 200 percent of the median in-20 |
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| 202 | 202 | | come of the ZIP Code in which the indi-21 |
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| 203 | 203 | | vidual or family resides (as reported by the 22 |
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| 204 | 204 | | Department of Housing and Urban Devel-23 |
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| 205 | 205 | | opment). 24 |
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| 209 | 209 | | (6) INCIDENT SOLAR FLUX .—The term ‘‘inci-1 |
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| 210 | 210 | | dent solar flux’’ means the solar power per unit area 2 |
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| 211 | 211 | | that strikes a surface. 3 |
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| 212 | 212 | | (7) L |
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| 213 | 213 | | OW-SLOPED ROOF.—The term ‘‘low-sloped 4 |
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| 214 | 214 | | roof’’ means a roof with a slope (ratio of rise to run) 5 |
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| 215 | 215 | | of 2:12 or less. 6 |
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| 216 | 216 | | (8) R |
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| 217 | 217 | | ADIANT HEAT FLUX .—The term ‘‘radiant 7 |
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| 218 | 218 | | heat flux’’ means the radiant power per unit area. 8 |
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| 219 | 219 | | (9) R |
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| 220 | 220 | | EFLECTED SOLAR FLUX .—The term ‘‘re-9 |
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| 221 | 221 | | flected solar flux’’ means the solar power per unit 10 |
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| 222 | 222 | | area reflected from a surface. 11 |
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| 223 | 223 | | (10) S |
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| 224 | 224 | | ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 12 |
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| 225 | 225 | | means the Secretary of Energy. 13 |
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| 226 | 226 | | (11) S |
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| 227 | 227 | | OLAR REFLECTANCE .—The term ‘‘solar 14 |
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| 228 | 228 | | reflectance’’ means the ratio of reflected solar flux to 15 |
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| 229 | 229 | | the incident solar flux. 16 |
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| 230 | 230 | | (12) S |
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| 231 | 231 | | OLAR REFLECTANCE INDEX .—The term 17 |
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| 232 | 232 | | ‘‘Solar Reflectance Index’’ means a calculated value 18 |
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| 233 | 233 | | that combines solar reflectance with thermal 19 |
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| 234 | 234 | | emittance into a single metric, in accordance with 20 |
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| 235 | 235 | | section 2.2.9 of the manual titled ‘‘CRRC–1 Roof 21 |
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| 236 | 236 | | Product Rating Program Manual’’ of the Cool Roof 22 |
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| 237 | 237 | | Rating Council. 23 |
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| 241 | 241 | | (13) STEEP-SLOPED ROOF.—The term ‘‘steep- 1 |
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| 242 | 242 | | sloped roof’’ means a roof with a slope (ratio of rise 2 |
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| 243 | 243 | | to run) greater than 2:12. 3 |
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| 244 | 244 | | (14) T |
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| 245 | 245 | | HERMAL EMITTANCE .—The term ‘‘ther-4 |
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| 246 | 246 | | mal emittance’’ means the ratio of the radiant heat 5 |
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| 247 | 247 | | flux emitted by a material tested at a temperature 6 |
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| 248 | 248 | | near 300 Kelvin to that emitted by a blackbody radi-7 |
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| 249 | 249 | | ator at the same temperature. 8 |
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