[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3282 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3282

To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to provide assistance to States 
  to establish and implement response plans to address rising heating 
    oil, natural gas, diesel, and other energy costs, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 17, 2008

 Ms. Snowe (for herself and Mr. Kerry) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to provide assistance to States 
  to establish and implement response plans to address rising heating 
    oil, natural gas, diesel, and other energy costs, and for other 
                               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 ``Emergency Energy Response Act of 
2008''.

SEC. 2. GRANTS TO STATES FOR RESPONSE PLANS FOR RISING ENERGY COSTS.

    Subtitle B of title I of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Public Law 
109-58; 119 Stat. 616) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 129. GRANTS TO STATES FOR RESPONSE PLANS FOR RISING ENERGY 
              COSTS.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall make grants to States to pay 
the Federal share of the cost of establishing and implementing response 
plans to address rising heating oil, natural gas, diesel, and other 
energy costs.
    ``(b) Use.--A grant under this section may be used by a State--
            ``(1) to provide heating shelters for communities;
            ``(2) to provide energy assistance and information to 
        elderly individuals, consumers, and small business concerns;
            ``(3) to provide information to individuals and small 
        business concerns concerning State resources for individuals 
        struggling with rising energy costs; and
            ``(4) to otherwise address rising heating oil, natural gas, 
        diesel, and other energy costs, as determined by the State and 
        approved by the Secretary.
    ``(c) Allocation.--The Secretary shall allocate grants to States 
under this section using a formula established by the Secretary that is 
based on State population and per capita expenditures for energy.
    ``(d) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the cost of establishing 
a response plan under this section shall be not more than 50 percent.
    ``(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $1,000,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2009 through 2013.''.
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