Sec. 3. Low-income home energy assistance
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Section 2602 of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 ( 42 U.S.C. 8621 ) is amended— in the first sentence of subsection (b), by striking 2607A), and all that follows and inserting 2607A), $6,075,000,000 for fiscal year 2020 and each subsequent fiscal year. ; and in subsection (e), by striking
(e)of and inserting
(f)of . Section 2604 of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 ( 42 U.S.C. 8623 ) is amended— by redesignating subsection
(e)as subsection (f); and by inserting after subsection
(d)the following: Of the funds available to a State under subsection (a), a territory under subsection (b), or a tribal organization or other entity under subsection (d), up to 25 percent may be reserved by the State, territory, or organization or entity, for solar projects for covered housing. The Secretary shall expand the program funded under section 2602(b) to include such solar projects, and for purposes of this title shall consider— the funds used for such projects to be assistance for home energy costs; and the projects to be activities that provide assistance for home energy costs, rather than to residential weatherization or other energy-related home repair. In determining whether to award, under that program, funding that includes a portion for a solar project to a State, territory, or tribal organization or entity, the Secretary shall use the application and request processes specified in this title, with such adjustments as the Secretary may specify in regulations. The Secretary shall issue regulations and guidance for States, territories, and tribal organizations and entities, that receive funds under subsection (a), (b), or
(d)(referred to individually in this subsection as a covered recipient ), to— define the solar projects that may be funded through the reserved funds described in paragraph (1); specify the circumstances and process under which a covered recipient, with an arrangement with a particular type of local agency or organization to distribute assistance for home energy costs, may instead enter into an arrangement with a different local agency or organization with expertise in solar projects, for such projects; and specify how a covered recipient may distribute such funds in a manner that usefully finances the work of solar project developers and solar panel installers for such projects. Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of the Low-Income Solar Energy Act, the Secretary shall— evaluate whether community solar projects could be administered through the program carried out under this title; and prepare and submit to Congress a report containing the evaluation. In this section, the term covered housing means federally assisted housing as defined in section 683 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 ( 42 U.S.C. 13641 ), and housing occupied by a low-income household, as defined in section 2 of the Low-Income Solar Energy Act. . Section 2605(b)(1)(A) of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 ( 42 U.S.C. 8624(b)(1)(A) ) is amended by inserting , including the costs of solar projects for covered housing as defined in section 2604(e) after home energy costs . Section 2609 of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 ( 42 U.S.C. 8628 ) is amended by inserting , or carrying out solar projects for covered housing or community solar projects under section 2604(e) after home repairs .
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