119-hr2679

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2679 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2679

To direct the Secretary of Energy to establish and carry out a program 
 to provide rebates for the purchase and installation of cool roof 
 products.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 April 7, 2025

 Mrs. Foushee (for herself, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Ruiz, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. 
Thanedar, and Ms. Garcia of Texas) introduced the following bill; which 
 was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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 A BILL

To direct the Secretary of Energy to establish and carry out a program 
 to provide rebates for the purchase and installation of cool roof 
 products.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Cool Roof Rebate Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. COOL ROOF PRODUCT REBATE PROGRAM.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish and carry out a 
program to provide rebates to eligible households for the purchase and 
installation of eligible cool roof products.

    (b) Rebate Amount.--The amount of a rebate provided under the 
program established under subsection

    (a) shall be--

    (1) with respect to an eligible cool roof product installed 
 on a low-sloped roof--
        (A) $0.25 per square foot if such eligible cool 
 roof product has--
            (i) a minimum 3-year aged solar reflectance 
 of 0.80 and a minimum 3-year aged thermal 
 emittance of 0.75; or
            (ii) a minimum 3-year aged Solar 
 Reflectance Index of 99; and
        (B) $0.75 per square foot if such eligible cool 
 roof product has--
            (i) a minimum 3-year aged solar reflectance 
 of 0.90 and a minimum 3-year aged thermal 
 emittance of 0.75; or
            (ii) a minimum 3-year aged Solar 
 Reflectance Index of 114; and

    (2) with respect to an eligible cool roof product installed 
 on a steep-sloped roof--
        (A) $0.25 per square foot--
            (i) if such eligible cool roof product is 
 an asphalt shingle product and has--
            (I) a minimum 3-year aged solar 
 reflectance of 0.25 and a minimum 3-
 year aged thermal emittance of 0.75; or
            (II) a minimum 3-year aged Solar 
 Reflectance Index of 23; and
            (ii) if such eligible cool roof product is 
 not an asphalt shingle product and has--
            (I) a minimum 3-year aged solar 
 reflectance of 0.40 and a minimum 3-
 year aged thermal emittance of 0.75; or
            (II) a minimum 3-year aged Solar 
 Reflectance Index of 43; and
        (B) $0.75 per square foot--
            (i) if such eligible cool roof product is 
 an asphalt shingle product and has--
            (I) a minimum 3-year aged solar 
 reflectance of 0.40 and a minimum 3-
 year aged thermal emittance of 0.75; or
            (II) a minimum 3-year aged Solar 
 Reflectance Index of 43; and
            (ii) if such eligible cool roof product is 
 not an asphalt shingle product and has--
            (I) a minimum 3-year aged solar 
 reflectance of 0.60 and a minimum 3-
 year aged thermal emittance of 0.75; or
            (II) a minimum 3-year aged Solar 
 Reflectance Index of 71.
            (c) Combining Rebates.--Nothing in this section shall be construed 
to prohibit an eligible household from receiving any other grant, 
rebate, or other financial assistance with respect to the same eligible 
cool roof product for which a rebate is provided under the program 
established under subsection

    (a) .
            (d) Termination Date.--The program established under subsection

    (a) shall terminate on September 30, 2030.

    (e) Reporting Requirement.--Not later than 6 months after the 
program established under subsection

    (a) terminates, the Secretary 
shall submit to Congress a report describing, for each program 
participant--

    (1) whether the participant used the rebate to help 
 retrofit an old roof or install a new roof;

    (2) if the participant retrofitted an old roof, which older 
 roof product the new eligible cool roof product replaced or 
 covered; and

    (3) what eligible cool roof product the participant 
 purchased using the rebate.

    (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--

    (1) Program.--There is authorized to be appropriated to 
 carry out the program established under subsection

    (a) $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030.

    (2) Cool roof calculator.--There is authorized to be 
 appropriated $600,000 to update the Cool Roof Calculator 
 developed by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Lawrence 
 Berkeley National Laboratory.

    (g) 

=== Definitions. ===
-In this Act:

    (1) 3-year aged.--The term ``3-year aged'' means, with 
 respect to solar reflectance or thermal emittance of an 
 eligible cool roof product, the solar reflectance or thermal 
 emittance is tested after completing 3 years of field exposure, 
 or tested after laboratory exposure that has replicated the 
 effects of 3 years of natural exposure if the eligible cool 
 roof product has begun but not yet completed field exposure, in 
 accordance with the most recent standard issued by the American 
 National Standards Institute and the Cool Roof Rating Council, 
 S100-2025: Standard Test Methods for Determining Radiative 
 Properties of Materials.

    (2) Asphalt shingle.--The term ``asphalt shingle'' means 
 asphalt roofing in shingle form, composed of glass felt or 
 felts impregnated and coated on both sides with asphalt, and 
 surfaced on the weather side with mineral granules.

    (3) Blackbody radiator.--The term ``blackbody radiator'' 
 means a perfect absorber and emitter of radiation.

    (4) Eligible cool roof product.--The term ``eligible cool 
 roof product'' means a product that has a rating from the Cool 
 Roof Rating Council.

    (5) Eligible household.--
        (A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph
        (B) , the term ``eligible household'' means an 
 individual or family--
            (i) residing in a single-family or multi-
 family building;
            (ii) the total annual income of which is 
 less than 200 percent of the median income of 
 the ZIP Code in which the individual or family 
 resides (as reported by the Department of 
 Housing and Urban Development); and
            (iii) residing in a ZIP Code Tabulation 
 Area that is in the 75th percentile or higher 
 of the Heat and Health Index of the Centers for 
 Disease Control and Prevention.
        (B) District of columbia, alaska, hawaii, and 
 territories.--With respect to an individual or family 
 residing in the District of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii, 
 or a territory of the United States, until the date 
 that their respective State or territory is added to 
 the Heat and Health Index of the Centers for Disease 
 Control and Prevention, the term ``eligible household'' 
 means that such individual or family--
            (i) resides in a single-family or multi-
 family building; and
            (ii) has a total annual income that is less 
 than 200 percent of the median income of the 
 ZIP Code in which the individual or family 
 resides (as reported by the Department of 
 Housing and Urban Development).

    (6) Incident solar flux.--The term ``incident solar flux'' 
 means the solar power per unit area that strikes a surface.

    (7) Low-sloped roof.--The term ``low-sloped roof'' means a 
 roof with a slope (ratio of rise to run) of 2:12 or less.

    (8) Radiant heat flux.--The term ``radiant heat flux'' 
 means the radiant power per unit area.

    (9) Reflected solar flux.--The term ``reflected solar 
 flux'' means the solar power per unit area reflected from a 
 surface.

    (10) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
 of Energy.

    (11) Solar reflectance.--The term ``solar reflectance'' 
 means the ratio of reflected solar flux to the incident solar 
 flux.

    (12) Solar reflectance index.--The term ``Solar Reflectance 
 Index'' means a calculated value that combines solar 
 reflectance with thermal emittance into a single metric, in 
 accordance with 

section 2.2.9 of the manual titled ``CRRC-1 
 Roof Product Rating Program Manual'' of the Cool Roof Rating 
 Council.

    (13) Steep-sloped roof.--The term ``steep-sloped roof'' 
 means a roof with a slope (ratio of rise to run) greater than 
 2:12.

    (14) Thermal emittance.--The term ``thermal emittance'' 
 means the ratio of the radiant heat flux emitted by a material 
 tested at a temperature near 300 Kelvin to that emitted by a 
 blackbody radiator at the same temperature.
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