H.R. 4785 — 111th Congress
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make loans to certain entities that agree that the funds will be used to make loans to consumers to implement energy efficiency measures involving structural improvements and investments in cost-effective, commercial off-the-shelf technologies to reduce energy use, and for other purposes.
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Sep 20, 2010Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
CRS summary
As of Sep 16, 2010Passed House amended
(Sec. 1) Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a Home Star Energy Efficiency Loan Program of interest free loans to states to support financial assistance provided by qualified financing entities for the installation of qualifying energy savings measures.
Defines "eligible participant" as a homeowner with a gross annual household income of less than $250,000 who receives financial assistance from a qualified financing entity to carry out qualifying energy savings measures and who is not also a qualified consumer. Prohibits participation by a homeowner who is more than six months delinquent in child support payments.
Directs the Secretary to publish: (1) a list of appropriate residential energy efficiency measures (which shall not include the installation or replacement of pool heaters or the installation of Energy Star televisions); and (2) an energy savings verification protocol.
Sets forth eligibility criteria for qualifying financing entities.
Authorizes FY2010-FY2014 appropriations subject to the requirement that enactment of this Act would not increase direct spending.
(Sec. 2) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), through the Rural Utilities Service, to establish the Rural Star Energy Savings Program to make interest-free loans to eligible entities for loans to qualified consumers (which may bear interest of up to 3%) to implement approved residential or farm energy efficiency measures.
Directs the Secretary to allow an eligible entity to request a special advance to defray initial startup costs.
Prohibits loans from being used to: (1) purchase a manufactured home; or (2) purchase personal property that is not attached to real property as a fixture.
Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a measurement and verification advisory committee; and (2) maintain a directory of energy efficiency auditors.
Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements with qualified entities to provide technical assistance and employee training.
Prohibits the Secretary from using such authority to: (1) develop a public labeling system that rates and compares energy performance among qualified consumers; or (2) require public disclosure of an energy performance evaluation developed for any qualified consumer.
Directs the Secretary to enter into agreements with eligible entities, or groups of eligible entities, that have specified energy efficiency programs for energy efficiency loan demonstration projects that: (1) implement energy audit and investment approaches that yield measurable and predictable savings; (2) use measurement and verification processes to determine loan effectiveness; (3) provide for employee training; (4) provide for participation of a majority of eligible entities in a state; (5) reduce the need for generating capacity; (6) provide efficiency loans to specified numbers of consumers of a single entity or a group of entities; and (7) serve areas where a large percentage of consumers reside in manufactured homes or in housing units that are more than 50 years old.
(Sec. 3) Requires lenders under this Act to give priority to members of the Armed Forces on active duty and to veterans.
(Sec. 4) Prohibits the Secretary of Energy (DOE) and the Secretary of Agriculture from providing funds under this Act to any contractor that employs an employee to work in a consumer's home if that employee has been convicted of, or plead guilty to, a crime of child molestation, rape, or any other form of sexual assault.
(Sec. 5) Prohibits a loan under this Act from being provided to a federal employee who: (1) has a seriously delinquent tax debt; (2) received, but was ineligible for, a payment under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981; or (3) has been officially disciplined for viewing, downloading, or exchanging pornography, including child pornography, on a federal government computer or while performing official federal government duties.
(Sec. 7) States that: (1) funds authorized by this Act shall only be made available for the purpose of carrying out qualifying energy savings measures on a primary residence; and (2) neither the Secretary of Energy nor the Secretary of Agriculture shall provide funds authorized by this Act to any contractor that has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any fraudulent offense.
(Sec. 8) States that the provisions of this Act shall be suspended and shall not apply if this Act will have a negative effect on the U.S. national deficit.
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Roll-call votes
2 on recordSep 16, 2010 · On Passage
Full roll call157 of 432 recorded votes are not yet matched to a member profile.
Yea — 240: 141 D · 1 R
| Member | State |
|---|---|
| DICKS, Norman DeValois | WA |
| CASTLE, Michael Newbold | DE |
| BOREN, Daniel David | OK |
| CHANDLER, A. B. | KY |
| CARDOZA, Dennis A. | CA |
| WATT, Melvin L. | NC |
| SESTAK, Joe | PA |
| MARKEY, Betsy | CO |
| BRIGHT, Bobby Neal, Sr. | AL |
| BERMAN, Howard Lawrence | CA |
| EHLERS, Vernon James | MI |
| STARK, Fortney Hillman (Pete), Jr. | CA |
| GORDON, Barton Jennings | TN |
| KLEIN, Ron | FL |
| JACKSON, Jesse L., Jr. | IL |
| MOORE, Dennis | KS |
| ROTHMAN, Steven | NJ |
| KILPATRICK, Carolyn Cheeks | MI |
| SHULER, Heath | NC |
| HARE, Phil | IL |
| REYES, Silvestre | TX |
| RICHARDSON, Laura | CA |
| FRANK, Barney | MA |
| HALL, John | NY |
| WATSON, Diane Edith | CA |
| WILSON, Charlie | OH |
| KAGEN, Steven | WI |
| INGLIS, Robert Durden | SC |
| KUCINICH, Dennis | OH |
| DAHLKEMPER, Kathleen A. | PA |
| PERRIELLO, Tom | VA |
| MILLER, Brad | NC |
| TAYLOR, Gary Eugene | MS |
| ORTIZ, Solomon P. | TX |
| KILROY, Mary Jo | OH |
| BOUCHER, Frederick C. | VA |
| RODRIGUEZ, Ciro D. | TX |
| OBERSTAR, James Louis | MN |
| DRIEHAUS, Steve | OH |
| BEAN, Melissa L. | IL |
| BOYD, F. Allen, Jr. | FL |
| BOCCIERI, John A. | OH |
| CHILDERS, Travis W. | MS |
| TOWNS, Edolphus | NY |
| KOSMAS, Suzanne M. | FL |
| SALAZAR, John | CO |
| KISSELL, Larry | NC |
| DJOU, Charles | HI |
| HINCHEY, Maurice Dunlea | NY |
| BERKLEY, Shelley | NV |
| HARMAN, Jane L. | CA |
| NYE, Glenn C., III | VA |
| WOOLSEY, Lynn C. | CA |
| HERSETH SANDLIN, Stephanie | SD |
| DAVIS, Artur | AL |
| BARRETT, James Gresham | SC |
| SPACE, Zack | OH |
| CRITZ, Mark S. | PA |
| BACA, Joe | CA |
| MURPHY, Patrick | PA |
| BOSWELL, Leonard L. | IA |
| TEAGUE, Harry | NM |
| INSLEE, Jay Robert | WA |
| WU, David | OR |
| DAVIS, Lincoln | TN |
| McMAHON, Michael E. | NY |
| KILDEE, Dale Edward | MI |
| COSTELLO, Jerry Francis | IL |
| SPRATT, John McKee, Jr. | SC |
| SUTTON, Betty | OH |
| MINNICK, Walt | ID |
| HOLDEN, Thomas Timothy | PA |
| ROSS, Michael Avery | AR |
| CARNAHAN, Russ | MO |
| POMEROY, Earl Ralph, III | ND |
| ALTMIRE, Jason | PA |
| ETHERIDGE, Bobby R. | NC |
| STUPAK, Bart T. | MI |
| KANJORSKI, Paul E. | PA |
| SNYDER, Victor F. | AR |
| MURPHY, Scott | NY |
| MITCHELL, Harry E. | AZ |
| ARCURI, Michael | NY |
| WEINER, Anthony D. | NY |
| FILNER, Bob | CA |
| EDWARDS, Thomas Chester | TX |
| BERRY, Robert Marion | AR |
| ANDREWS, Robert Ernest | NJ |
| KRATOVIL, Frank M., Jr. | MD |
| HALVORSON, Deborah L. | IL |
| GIFFORDS, Gabrielle | AZ |
| MELANCON, Charles J. | LA |
| HILL, Baron P. | IN |
| PAYNE, Donald Milford | NJ |
| OLVER, John Walter | MA |
| GONZALEZ, Charles A. | TX |
| BAIRD, Brian | WA |
| CARNEY, Chris | PA |
| Ed Pastor | AZ |
| Raúl M. Grijalva | AZ |
| Adam B. Schiff | CA |
| Barbara Lee | CA |
| Brad Sherman | CA |
| Doris O. Matsui | CA |
| George Miller | CA |
| Grace F. Napolitano | CA |
| Henry A. Waxman | CA |
| Jackie Speier | CA |
| Jerry McNerney | CA |
| Jim Costa | CA |
| John Garamendi | CA |
| Judy Chu | CA |
| Linda T. Sánchez | CA |
| Lois Capps | CA |
| Loretta Sanchez | CA |
| Lucille Roybal-Allard | CA |
| Maxine Waters | CA |
| Michael M. Honda | CA |
| Mike Thompson | CA |
| Sam Farr | CA |
| Susan A. Davis | CA |
| Xavier Becerra | CA |
| Zoe Lofgren | CA |
| Diana DeGette | CO |
| Ed Perlmutter | CO |
| Jared Polis | CO |
| Christopher Murphy | CT |
| James A. Himes | CT |
| Joe Courtney | CT |
| John B. Larson | CT |
| Rosa L. DeLauro | CT |
| Alan Grayson | FL |
| Alcee L. Hastings | FL |
| Corrine Brown | FL |
| Debbie Wasserman Schultz | FL |
| Kathy Castor | FL |
| Theodore E. Deutch | FL |
| David Scott | GA |
| Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | GA |
| John Barrow | GA |
| John Lewis | GA |
| Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | GA |
| Mazie K. Hirono | HI |
| Bruce L. Braley | IA |
| David Loebsack | IA |
| Bill Foster | IL |
| Bobby L. Rush | IL |
| Daniel Lipinski | IL |
| Danny K. Davis | IL |
| Janice D. Schakowsky | IL |
| Luis V. Gutiérrez | IL |
| Mike Quigley | IL |
| André Carson | IN |
| Joe Donnelly | IN |
| Peter J. Visclosky | IN |
| John A. Yarmuth | KY |
| Edward J. Markey | MA |
| James P. McGovern | MA |
| Michael E. Capuano | MA |
| Niki Tsongas | MA |
| Richard E. Neal | MA |
| Stephen F. Lynch | MA |
| Chris Van Hollen | MD |
| Donna F. Edwards | MD |
| Elijah E. Cummings | MD |
| John P. Sarbanes | MD |
| Steny H. Hoyer | MD |
| Chellie Pingree | ME |
| Michael H. Michaud | ME |
| Gary C. Peters | MI |
| John Conyers, Jr. | MI |
| John D. Dingell | MI |
| Sander M. Levin | MI |
| Betty McCollum | MN |
| Collin C. Peterson | MN |
| Timothy J. Walz | MN |
| Emanuel Cleaver | MO |
| Wm. Lacy Clay | MO |
| Bennie G. Thompson | MS |
| David E. Price | NC |
| G. K. Butterfield | NC |
| Mike McIntyre | NC |
| Albio Sires | NJ |
| Bill Pascrell, Jr. | NJ |
| Frank Pallone, Jr. | NJ |
| Rush Holt | NJ |
| Ben Ray Luján | NM |
| Martin Heinrich | NM |
| Dina Titus | NV |
| Brian Higgins | NY |
| Carolyn B. Maloney | NY |
| Carolyn McCarthy | NY |
| Charles B. Rangel | NY |
| Daniel B. Maffei | NY |
| Eliot L. Engel | NY |
| Gregory W. Meeks | NY |
| Jerrold Nadler | NY |
| José E. Serrano | NY |
| Joseph Crowley | NY |
| Louise McIntosh Slaughter | NY |
| Nita M. Lowey | NY |
| Nydia M. Velázquez | NY |
| Paul Tonko | NY |
| Steve Israel | NY |
| Timothy H. Bishop | NY |
| William L. Owens | NY |
| Yvette D. Clarke | NY |
| Marcia L. Fudge | OH |
| Marcy Kaptur | OH |
| Tim Ryan | OH |
| Earl Blumenauer | OR |
| Kurt Schrader | OR |
| Peter A. DeFazio | OR |
| Allyson Y. Schwartz | PA |
| Chaka Fattah | PA |
| Michael F. Doyle | PA |
| Robert A. Brady | PA |
| James R. Langevin | RI |
| James E. Clyburn | SC |
| Jim Cooper | TN |
| Steve Cohen | TN |
| Al Green | TX |
| Eddie Bernice Johnson | TX |
| Gene Green | TX |
| Henry Cuellar | TX |
| Lloyd Doggett | TX |
| Rubén Hinojosa | TX |
| Sheila Jackson Lee | TX |
| Jim Matheson | UT |
| Gerald E. Connolly | VA |
| James P. Moran | VA |
| Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | VA |
| Peter Welch | VT |
| Adam Smith | WA |
| Jim McDermott | WA |
| Rick Larsen | WA |
| Gwen Moore | WI |
| Ron Kind | WI |
| Nick J. Rahall II | WV |
| Ed Whitfield | KY |
Nay — 172: 124 R · 1 D
Not Voting — 20: 6 D · 2 R
| Member | State |
|---|---|
| MOLLOHAN, Alan Bowlby | WV |
| PUTNAM, Adam | FL |
| FALLIN, Mary | OK |
| OBEY, David Ross | WI |
| ELLSWORTH, Brad | IN |
| TANNER, John S. | TN |
| DELAHUNT, Bill | MA |
| YOUNG, Charles William | FL |
| ACKERMAN, Gary Leonard | NY |
| MEEK, Kendrick B. | FL |
| KENNEDY, Patrick Joseph | RI |
| HODES, Paul | NH |
| Anna G. Eshoo | CA |
| John F. Tierney | MA |
| C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | MD |
| Keith Ellison | MN |
| Carol Shea-Porter | NH |
| Tammy Baldwin | WI |
| John Fleming | LA |
| Roy Blunt | MO |
Sep 16, 2010 · On Agreeing to the Amendment
Full roll call157 of 438 recorded votes are not yet matched to a member profile.
Yea — 402: 144 D · 119 R
Not Voting — 36: 10 D · 8 R
| Member | State |
|---|---|
| MOLLOHAN, Alan Bowlby | WV |
| PUTNAM, Adam | FL |
| FALLIN, Mary | OK |
| BILBRAY, Brian P. | CA |
| RICHARDSON, Laura | CA |
| OBEY, David Ross | WI |
| ELLSWORTH, Brad | IN |
| TANNER, John S. | TN |
| RADANOVICH, George P. | CA |
| OBERSTAR, James Louis | MN |
| DELAHUNT, Bill | MA |
| HARMAN, Jane L. | CA |
| YOUNG, Charles William | FL |
| ACKERMAN, Gary Leonard | NY |
| MEEK, Kendrick B. | FL |
| KENNEDY, Patrick Joseph | RI |
| HODES, Paul | NH |
| DIAZ-BALART, Lincoln | FL |
| Anna G. Eshoo | CA |
| Eleanor Holmes Norton | DC |
| Kathy Castor | FL |
| Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | GA |
| John F. Tierney | MA |
| Keith Ellison | MN |
| Carol Shea-Porter | NH |
| Eliot L. Engel | NY |
| Donna M. Christensen | VI |
| Gwen Moore | WI |
| Mario Diaz-Balart | FL |
| John Fleming | LA |
| Mike Rogers | MI |
| Roy Blunt | MO |
| Scott Garrett | NJ |
| Dean Heller | NV |
| John A. Boehner | OH |
| Pete Olson | TX |
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