PUBLIC LAW 96-294—JUNE 30, 1980 vides certification that the building meets or exceeds the costeffective energy conservation standards established by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, which are in effect on the date of the enactment of this subtitle and as such standards may be revised after such date by the Secretary after consultation with the Board, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Agriculture, the National Institute of Building Sciences, the National Bureau of Standards, and any other Federal agency which is responsible for developing such standards; and (4) in the case of a loan made to an owner of an existing residential building after December 31, 1985, the income of such owner does not exceed an amount equal to 250 percent of the median area income. OaXD In addition to the conditions contained in section 513 and subsection (a), financial assistance may be provided by a financial institution to a builder under this subtitle for the purchase and installation of a solar energy system in a residential building only if— (A) the Board determines that— (i) in order to encourage the construction or substantial rehabilitation of a greater number of residential buildings containing solar energy systems it is necessary to provide financial assistance under this subtitle directly to builders; (ii) providing any financial assistance under this subtitle directly to builders is a more effective expenditure of such assistance to encourage the construction or substantial rehabilitation of residential buildings containing solar energy systems than providing such assistance only to the purchasers of such buildings; and (iii) the Board, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, is able to establish a procedure which will prevent the purchaser (who buys the building from the builder) of a residential building for which a builder received financial assistance under this subtitle from receiving additional assistance under this subtitle for the same expenditures for which the builder received assistance and from being allowed a credit against taxes under section 38 or section 44C of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 for such expenditures; (B) the Board establishes a procedure which prevents the purchaser (who buys the building from the builder) of a residential building for which a builder received financial assistance under this subtitle from receiving additional assistance under this subtitle for the same expenditures for which the builder received assistance and from being allowed a credit against taxes under section 38 or section 44C of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 for such expenditures; (C) the builder agrees to, and does, disclose to the purchaser (who buys the building from the builder) in writing at the time of signing the sales contract for such building— (i) the expenditures with respect to such building for which the builder received financial assistance under this subtitle; and (ii) that the purchaser may not be allowed a credit against taxes for such expenditures under section 38 or section 44C of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954; and (D) in addition to any other information required by this subtitle to be provided, the builder agrees to, and does, provide to
94 STAT. 733
Additional assistance, prohibition.
26 USC 38, 44C. Additional assistance, prohibition.
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