[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 252 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 252

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 7, 2009

   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 Labor, 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 2009''.

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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