II 110th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2405 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 4, 2007 Mr. Sanders (for himself, Mr. Coleman, Mr. Obama, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Brown, Ms. Collins, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Smith, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Sununu, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Casey, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Lieberman, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Biden, and Mrs. Boxer) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations A BILL To provide additional appropriations for payments under section 2604(e) of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Keeping Americans Warm Act of 2007.

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Appropriations

In addition to any amounts appropriated under any other Federal law, there is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for fiscal year 2008, $1,000,000,000 for making payments under section 2604(e) of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8623(e)), notwithstanding the designation requirement of section 2602(e) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 8621(e)).