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HR 1573 111th Congress House

National Home Energy Savings Revolving Fund Act

Official title: To establish the National Home Energy Savings Revolving Fund within the Department of Energy to provide amounts to units of general local government to make lo… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To establish the National Home Energy Savings Revolving Fund within the Department of Energy to provide amounts to units of general local government to make loans to homeowners for qualified home energy audits and certified energy savings improvements, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 17, 2009 Introduced by: Van Hollen, Chris Democratic · Maryland See on congress.gov
Energy Energy efficiency and conservationGovernment lending and loan guaranteesGovernment trust fundsHousing and community development funding
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Housing finance and home ownershipResidential rehabilitation and home repair
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It never became law before the 111th Congress (2009–2010) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Mar 18, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
Mar 17, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 17, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 18, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

National Home Energy Savings Revolving Fund Act - Establishes within the Department of Energy (DOE) the National Home Energy Savings Revolving Fund to provide funds to local governments for use in making loans to homeowners for the costs of conducting a qualified home energy audit and implementing, acquiring, and installing certified energy savings improvements.

Requires the Secretary of Energy to establish procedures and techniques for home energy audits that: (1) establish priorities for selection of energy savings improvements based on their cost-effectiveness, payback period, and contribution to energy savings; (2) measure the energy requirement of individual dwellings and the rate of return of the total energy savings investment in a dwelling; and (3) account for interaction among energy savings measures.

Sets forth requirements concerning loan eligibility and repayment. Limits the total loan amount to a single homeowner to $10,000.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1
Bordallo, Madeleine
· Mar 17, 2009
Giffords, Gabrielle
· Mar 17, 2009
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Welch, Peter
Vermont · Mar 17, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1573: National Home Energy Savings Revolving Fund Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1573/
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"H.R. 1573: National Home Energy Savings Revolving Fund Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1573/.
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