---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 6864e"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "6864e"
heading: "Hiring"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/6864e"
units:
  - "Chapter 81 — Energy Conservation and Resource Renewal"
  - "Subchapter III — Energy Conservation and Renewable-Resource Assistance for Existing Buildings"
  - "Part A — Weatherization Assistance for Low-Income Persons"
---

# §6864e. Hiring


The [Secretary](/usc/42/6802.md?p=1) may, as the [Secretary](/usc/42/6802.md?p=1) determines appropriate, encourage entities receiving funding from the Federal Government or from a [State](/usc/42/6802.md?p=6) through a weatherization program under [section 6863 of this title](/usc/42/6863.md) or [section 6864 of this title](/usc/42/6864.md), to prioritize the hiring and retention of employees who are individuals described in [section 6864d(a)(5) of this title](/usc/42/6864d.md?p=a-5).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 94–385, title IV, § 414E, as added Pub. L. 116–260, div. Z, title I, § 1011(f)(1), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2446.)