Support the Home Star Rebate and Insulated Siding Tax Credit in the Senate

Energy Efficiency Tax Credit – Support S. 3349

Introduced by Senators Sherrod Brown (Ohio) and Charles E. Schumer (New York), S. 3349 would create jobs and improve the energy efficiency of America’s homes by amending the Internal Revenue Code to extend the §25C homeowner energy tax credit to include insulated siding. Click here for details. We urge you to write to your Senator and ask them to co-sponsor and support S. 3349. Use this link to locate the Senators from the locations you want. Use the search function at the top of the page to search by state. 

• If you would like to contact them by mail, a sample letter can be found here.
• Or, contact them by email. Click on their Web Form link. Fill in the form with your contact information. Sample text can be found here.

Home Star Gold Rebate

Although the House has approved the inclusion of insulated siding in the Gold Star Home Energy Retrofit Program in Home Star, the Senate has not addressed it yet. For information on how including insulated siding will create jobs and improve the energy efficiency of America’s homes click here.

Senate offices should contact Jonathan McCracken (Brown) directly to request co-sponsorship or further information on S.3349, at 4-2315 or Jonathan_McCracken@brown.senate.gov.  

For further information and to communicate your support of S. 3349, contact Jery Y. Huntley, VSI President and CEO at (202) 587-5101 or jhuntley@vinylsiding.org.