[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4138 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4138

 To provide for the establishment of a program of assistance to States 
for consultations with respect to weatherization and energy efficiency.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 25, 2005

  Mrs. Lowey introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for the establishment of a program of assistance to States 
for consultations with respect to weatherization and energy efficiency.

    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 ``Weatherization Assistance Act''.

SEC. 2. PROGRAM.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Energy shall establish a 
program to provide assistance to States for consultations with respect 
to weatherization and energy efficiency of residences and small 
businesses. Under the program, States shall provide information and 
recommendations for achieving greater energy efficiency, but shall not 
provide equipment or labor to achieve energy efficiency improvements.
    (b) Eligibility.--
            (1) States.--A State shall be eligible for assistance under 
        this section if it receives funding under the Low-Income Home 
        Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.).
            (2) Recipients.--Residential consultations shall be 
        provided through the program established under this section 
        only with respect to residences for which the household income 
        does not exceed 200 percent of the State median income for 
        households of the same size.
    (c) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term ``small 
businesses'' means small business concerns within the meaning of 
section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632).

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Energy 
for carrying out this Act $200,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
2007 through 2011.
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