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42 U.S.C. § 5511a — Solar Assistance Financing Entity
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**(a) Establishment** The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall establish within the Department of Housing and Urban Development the Solar Assistance Financing Entity (in this section referred to as the “Entity”).
**(b) Purpose** The purpose of the Entity shall be to assist in financing solar and renewable energy capital investments and projects for eligible buildings under subsection (c).
**(c) Eligible buildings** The Entity may provide assistance under this section only for the following buildings:
(1) **Single family housing** — Any building consisting of 1 to 4 dwelling units that has a system for heating or cooling, or both.
(2) **Multifamily housing** — Any building consisting of more than 4 dwelling units that has a system for heating or cooling, or both.
(3) **Commercial buildings** — Any building used primarily to carry on a business (including any nonprofit business) that is not used primarily for the manufacture or production of raw materials, products, or agricultural commodities.
(4) **Schools, hospitals, and agricultural buildings** — Any school, any hospital, and any building used exclusively in connection with the harvesting, storage, or drying of agricultural commodities.
(5) **Other buildings** — Any other building of a type that the Entity considers appropriate.
**(d) Financing options** Assistance provided under this section by the Entity may be provided only for programs for financing solar and renewable energy capital investments and projects, which may include programs for making loans, making grants, reducing the principal obligations of loans, prepayment of interest on loans, purchase and sale of loans and advances of credit, providing loan guarantees, providing loan downpayment assistance, and providing rebates and other inc
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**(a) Establishment** The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall establish within the Department of Housing and Urban Development the Solar Assistance Financing Entity (in this section referred to as the “Entity”).
**(b) Purpose** The purpose of the Entity shall be to assist in financing solar and renewable energy capital investments and projects for eligible buildings under subsection (c).
**(c) Eligible buildings** The Entity may provide assistance under this section only for the following buildings:
(1) **Single family housing** — Any building consisting of 1 to 4 dwelling units that has a system for heating or cooling, or both.
(2) **Multifamily housing** — Any building consisting of more than 4 dwelling units that has a system for heating or cooling, or both.
(3) **Commercial buildings** — Any building used primarily to carry on a business (including any nonprofit business) that is not used primarily for the manufacture or production of raw materials, products, or agricultural commodities.
(4) **Schools, hospitals, and agricultural buildings** — Any school, any hospital, and any building used exclusively in connection with the harvesting, storage, or drying of agricultural commodities.
(5) **Other buildings** — Any other building of a type that the Entity considers appropriate.
**(d) Financing options** Assistance provided under this section by the Entity may be provided only for programs for financing solar and renewable energy capital investments and projects, which may include programs for making loans, making grants, reducing the principal obligations of loans, prepayment of interest on loans, purchase and sale of loans and advances of credit, providing loan guarantees, providing loan downpayment assistance, and providing rebates and other incentives for the purchase and installation of solar and renewable energy measures.
**(e) Authority to leverage other funds** The Entity may encourage or require programs receiving assistance under this section to supplement the assistance received under this section with amounts from other public and private sources, and, in making assistance under this section available, may give preference to programs that leverage amounts from such other sources.
**(f) Provision of assistance** The Entity shall provide assistance under this section through State agencies responsible for developing State energy conservation plans pursuant to [section 6322 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section6322&num=0&edition=prelim), or any other entity or agency authorized to specifically carry out the purposes of this section.
**(g) Regulations** Not later than the expiration of the 12-month period beginning on October 28, 1992, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, shall issue any regulations necessary to carry out this section, which shall ensure maximum flexibility in utilizing amounts made available under this section.
**(h) Authorization of appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1993 and $10,420,000 for fiscal year 1994. Such sums are to be available until expended.
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**(a) High-intensity discharge lamps and distribution transformers**
(1) The Secretary shall, within 30 months after October 24, 1992, prescribe testing requirements for those high-intensity discharge lamps and distribution transformers for which the Secretary makes a determination that energy conservation standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified, and would result in significant energy savings.
(2) The Secretary shall, within 18 months after the date on which testing requirements are prescribed by the Secretary pursuant to paragraph (1), prescribe, by rule, energy conservation standards for those high-intensity discharge lamps and distribution transformers for which the Secretary prescribed testing requirements under paragraph (1).
(3) Any standard prescribed under paragraph (2) with respect to high-intensity discharge lamps shall apply to such lamps manufactured 36 months after the date such rule is published.
**(b) Small electric motors**
(1) The Secretary shall, within 30 months after October 24, 1992, prescribe testing requirements for those small electric motors for which the Secretary makes a determination that energy conservation standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified, and would result in significant energy savings.
(2) The Secretary shall, within 18 months after the date on which testing requirements are prescribed by the Secretary pursuant to paragraph (1), prescribe, by rule, energy conservation standards for those small electric motors for which the Secretary prescribed testing requirements under paragraph (1).
(3) Any standard prescribed under paragraph (2) shall apply to small electric motors manufactured 60 months after the date such rule is published or, in the case of small electric mot
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 5511a
1 See References in Text note below.
(3) is eligible for purchase by the Federal Na-
tional Mortgage Association, the Government
National Mortgage Association, or the Federal
Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or from
any financial institution from which it could
be purchased by the Federal Home Loan Mort-
gage Corporation; or
(4) is made in whole or in part by any ‘‘cred-
itor,’’ as defined in section 1602(f) 1 of title 15,
who makes or invests in residential real estate
loans aggregating more than $1,000,000 per
year.
(c) ‘‘Federally constructed housing’’ defined
As used in subsection (a), the term ‘‘federally
constructed housing’’ means (1) residential or
multifamily housing which is constructed by
agencies of the Federal Government to provide
dwelling accommodations for particular types or
classes of persons under programs administered
by such Federal agencies (including all housing
constructed by the Department of Defense to
provide dwelling accommodations for personnel
of the armed services or for such personnel and
their families), and (2) residential or multi-
family housing which is constructed by agencies
of State or local government, with financial as-
sistance in any form from the Federal Govern-
ment, to provide dwelling accommodations for
particular types or classes of persons under pro-
grams administered by such State or local agen-
cies.
(Pub. L. 93–409, § 13, Sept. 3, 1974, 88 Stat. 1076.)
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REFERENCES IN TEXT
Section 1602(f) of title 15, referred to in subsec. (b)(4),
was redesignated section 1602(g) of title 15 by Pub. L.
111–203, title X, § 1100A(1)(A), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 2107.
§ 5511a. Solar Assistance Financing Entity
(a) Establishment
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