[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1845 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1845

To provide that no more than 50 percent of funding made available under 
 the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 for any fiscal year 
                 be provided for home heating purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 15, 2001

Mr. Green of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee 
    on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide that no more than 50 percent of funding made available under 
 the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 for any fiscal year 
                 be provided for home heating purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``LIHEAP Equity Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

    Section 2604(a)(1) of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 
1981 (42 U.S.C. 8623(a)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``subparagraph (B)'' 
        and inserting ``subparagraphs (B) and (C)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
    ``(C) Not more than 50 percent of amounts appropriated for carrying 
out this title for any fiscal year shall be provided for home heating 
purposes.''.
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