Sec. 11. Evaluation report to Congress
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Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act and annually thereafter until the termination of the program under this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report on the use of funds under this Act. The report submitted under subsection
(a)shall evaluate— how many eligible participants have participated in the program; how many jobs have been created through the program, directly and indirectly; what steps could be taken to promote further deployment of energy efficiency and renewable energy retrofits; the quantity of verifiable energy savings, homeowner energy bill savings, and other benefits of the program; any waste, fraud, or abuse with respect to such funds; and any other information the Secretary considers appropriate. The Secretary shall require rebate aggregators, States, and Indian tribes to provide the information required to enable the Secretary to carry out this section. If the Secretary determines that a rebate aggregator, State, or Indian tribe has not provided such information on a timely basis, the Secretary shall provide to the rebate aggregator, State, or Indian tribe a period of at least 90 days to provide any necessary information, subject to withholding of funds or reduction of future grant amounts, or decertification of rebate aggregators.