[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3574 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3574

 To revise the formula for allocating funding to States under the Low-
               Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 6, 2011

    Mr. Reed (for himself, Mr. Gibson, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Hanna, Ms. 
 Slaughter, Mr. King of New York, Mr. Grimm, Mr. Hinchey, Ms. Buerkle, 
     Mr. Tonko, Mr. Owens, Ms. Hochul, Mr. Engel, and Mr. Altmire) 
 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 revise the formula for allocating funding to States under the Low-
               Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. LIHEAP STATE ALLOCATION FORMULA.

    Section 2604(a)(2) of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 
1981 (42 U.S.C. 8623(a)(2)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), a State's allotment percentage 
is the percentage which that State would have received under this 
section as enacted in Public Law 97-35.''.
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