[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3321 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3321

  To provide increased flexibility to States in carrying out the Low-
                 Income Home Energy Assistance Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 20, 1993

  Mr. Frank of Massachusetts introduced the following bill; which was 
   referred jointly to the Committees on Banking, Finance and Urban 
         Affairs, Education and Labor, and Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide increased flexibility to States in carrying out the Low-
                 Income Home Energy Assistance Program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. INCREASED STATE FLEXIBILITY IN THE LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY 
              ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    Section 927 of the Housing and Community Development 
Reauthorization Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-550) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking the parenthetical phrase; and
                    (B) by inserting before the period ``, except as 
                provided in subsection (d)'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by striking ``such'' and inserting in lieu 
                thereof ``or receiving energy''; and
                    (B) by inserting before the period ``for any 
                program in which eligibility or benefits are based on 
                need, except as provided in subsection (d)''; and
            (3) by inserting at the end thereof the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(d) Special Rule for Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program.--
For purposes of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, tenants 
described in subsection (a)(2) who are responsible for paying heating 
or cooling costs shall not have their eligibility automatically denied. 
A State may consider the amount of the heating or cooling component of 
utility allowances received by tenants described in subsection (a)(2) 
when setting benefit levels under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance 
Program. The size of any reduction in Low-Income Home Energy Assistance 
Program benefits must be reasonably related to the amount of the 
heating or cooling component of the utility allowance received and must 
ensure that the highest level of assistance will be provided to those 
households with the highest energy burdens in compliance with section 
2605(b)(5) of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 
U.S.C. 8624(b)(5)).''.

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