Homeowner Energy Freedom Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Homeowner Energy Freedom Act repeals three Inflation Reduction Act home-energy provisions. It repeals section 50122, the high-efficiency electric home rebate program; section 50123, state-based home energy efficiency contractor training grants; and section 50131, assistance for adoption of the latest and zero-emission building energy codes. It rescinds unobligated balances from sections 50122 and 50131, meaning remaining unspent money for those programs would return to the federal budget instead of being used for rebates or code-adoption assistance. It also amends section 50121(c)(7) to remove the reference to rebates provided under the high-efficiency electric home rebate program.
The bill's effect is to narrow federal support for electrification, home efficiency workforce training, and building-code modernization. It does not directly ban states or households from buying efficient appliances or adopting energy codes, but it removes specific federal funding streams that supported those choices.
Who Benefits and How
Federal taxpayers, federal budget officials, natural gas utilities, propane utilities, and opponents of federal electrification subsidies benefit because unobligated balances are rescinded and federal rebates or grants that encouraged electric appliances, contractor training, and stricter building codes are removed. Gas appliance retailers and propane equipment suppliers could also benefit from reduced federal support for competing electric appliances.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Low-income homeowners seeking electrification rebates, moderate-income homeowners seeking electrification rebates, renters in homes that would have received efficiency upgrades, state energy offices, local code agencies, energy efficiency contractors, heat pump manufacturers, induction cooktop manufacturers, electric panel upgrade contractors, and building-code modernization advocates must absorb the loss of federal rebate, training, and code-assistance funds and may face higher up-front costs or fewer funded projects.
Key Provisions
- Repeals the Inflation Reduction Act high-efficiency electric home rebate program.
- Repeals state-based home energy efficiency contractor training grants.
- Repeals assistance for latest and zero-emission building energy code adoption.
- Rescinds unobligated balances from the high-efficiency electric home rebate program.
- Rescinds unobligated balances from the building-code adoption assistance program.
- Amends the home energy performance-based rebate rules to remove a reference to high-efficiency electric home rebates.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Repeals Inflation Reduction Act home-energy rebate, contractor-training, and building-code-assistance programs, rescinds unobligated balances for the high-efficiency electric home rebate and building-code assistance programs, and removes a cross-reference to high-efficiency electric home rebates from the home energy performance-based rebate rules.
Key Policy Areas
Energy, Housing, Federal Spending
Primary Purpose
Repeals Inflation Reduction Act home-energy rebate, contractor-training, and building-code-assistance programs, rescinds unobligated balances for the high-efficiency electric home rebate and building-code assistance programs, and removes a cross-reference to high-efficiency electric home rebates from the home energy performance-based rebate rules.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Federal taxpayers
- Federal budget officials
- Natural gas utilities
- Propane utilities
- Opponents of federal electrification subsidies
- Gas appliance retailers
- Propane equipment suppliers
Identified Costs
- Low-income homeowners seeking electrification rebates
- Moderate-income homeowners seeking electrification rebates
- Renters in homes receiving efficiency upgrades
- State energy offices
- Local code agencies
- Energy efficiency contractors
- Heat pump manufacturers
- Induction cooktop manufacturers
- Electric panel upgrade contractors
- Building-code modernization advocates
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
Passed HouseReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to …
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without …
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 210 - …
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas …
On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: …
The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered …
Ms. Castor (FL) moved to recommit to the Committee on …
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate …
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4626 and H.R. 4758. …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Low-income homeowners seeking electrification rebates, Moderate-income homeowners seeking electrification rebates
Local code agencies, State energy offices
Heat pump manufacturers, Induction cooktop manufacturers
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "ira"
- → Inflation Reduction Act
- "section_50122"
- → High-efficiency electric home rebate program
- "section_50123"
- → State-based home energy efficiency contractor training grants
- "section_50131"
- → Building energy code adoption assistance
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