[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 108 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 108

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

                            January 4, 2005

   Mr. Gene 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 2005''.

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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