[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3321 Received in Senate (RDS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3321


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            November 16 (legislative day, November 2), 1993

                                Received

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                                 AN ACT


 
  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 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 some or 
all 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 
furnished to those households with the lowest incomes and the highest 
energy costs in relation to income, taking into account family size, in 
compliance with section 2605(b)(5) of the Low-Income Home Energy 
Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8624(b)(5)).''.

            Passed the House of Representatives November 15, 1993.

            Attest:

                                           DONNALD K. ANDERSEN,

                                                                 Clerk.