[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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