funding to assist States that have not sufficiently benefitted from the Home Energy Savings Retrofit Rebate Program. 32116. Pilot program (a) Establishment (1) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the Secretary shall establish a Residential Energy Efficiency Pay for Performance pilot program for States to encourage the use of measured energy savings, and financial payments for those energy savings, in the operation of residential energy efficiency programs. (2) Criteria Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide common measurement criteria, developed with input from home performance industry stakeholders, to ensure comparability among programs but allow flexibility in program design. (b) Grants In carrying out the pilot program established under this section, the Secretary shall provide, on a competitive basis, grants to not less than 5 State energy offices. (c) Authorization of appropriations For fiscal year 2018, there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $100,000,000. (d) Definition In this section, the term State energy office means the office or agency of a State responsible for developing the State energy plan for the State under section 362 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6322 ). 2 Smart Building Acceleration 32201. Short title This part may be cited as the Smart Building Acceleration Act . 32202. Findings Congress finds that— (1) the building sector uses more than 40 percent of the energy of the Nation