Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 94 Part 1.djvu/784

 94 STAT. 734

26 USC 38, 44C. Subsidized energy financing.

Payments to utility.

PUBLIC LAW 96-294—JUNE 30, 1980 the Bank such information as the Board determines, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, is necessary to assure that the purchaser (who buys the building from the builder) is not allowed a credit against taxes for such expenditures under section 38, or section 44C, of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. (2) Any expenditures, made by a builder for the purchase and installation of a solar energy system in a building, for which the builder received financial assistance under this subtitle shall be considered expenditures from subsidized energy financing by the purchaser (who buys such building from the builder) for purposes of section 38 and section 44C of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. (c) Payments may be made to a utility for the provision of financial assistance under this subtitle for the purchase and installation of a solar energy system only if the financial assistance is used for such purchase and installation in existing buildings. (d) In providing financial assistance with respect to loans for newly constructed and substantially rehabilitated residential buildings with solar energy systems, the Board shall establish a priority for residential buildings which contain at least a solar space heating or cooling system, except in areas or regions of the United States where it is impractical or inefficient to establish such a priority. LIMITATIONS ON THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL ENERGY CONSERVING IMPROVEMENTS

12 USC 3614.

SEC. 516. (a) An amount equal to not less than 80 percent of the funds appropriated for a fiscal year under the authorization contained in section 522(a) shall be provided during such fiscal year for financial assistance under this subtitle for the purchase and installation of residential energy conserving improvements in residential and multifamily residential buildings. (b)(1) An amount equal to not less than 15 percent of the funds appropriated for a fiscal year under the authorization contained in section 522(a) shall be provided during such fiscal year for financial assistance for the purchase and installation of residential energy conserving improvements in residential buildings owned by individuals whose income is less than 80 percent of the median area income, or in multifamily residential buildings with a majority of the dwelling units occupied by such individuals. (2) Funds made available during any fiscal year for the provision of financial assistance required by paragraph (1) which are not expended during such fiscal year shall be available during the following fiscal year for the provision of any financial assistance under this subtitle for residential and commercial energy conserving improvements. (c) Any failure during any fiscal year to provide the amount of financial assistance required by subsection (a) or subsection (b) shall not delay the provision of other financial assistance under this subtitle. LIMITATIONS ON THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS

12 USC 3615.

SEC. 517. (a)(1) The total amount of all payments made to utilities in any fiscal year for the provision of financial assistance under this subtitle for the purchase and installation of solar energy systems shall not exceed 10 percent of the amount of funds appropriated for

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