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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 694 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that, following a year 

of record setting profits, major petroleum products companies should 

incorporate the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program into 

their corporate citizenship and responsibility programs. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 16, 2006 

Mr. MICHAUD submitted the following resolution; 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 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that, 

following a year of record setting profits, major petroleum products companies should incorporate the Low 

Income Home Energy Assistance Program into their corporate citizenship and responsibility programs. 

Whereas the top ten oil companies in the world made more 

than $100,000,000,000 in profits in 2004; 

Whereas the 5 companies that testified before the Committee 

on Energy and Natural Resources and the Committee on 

Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, 

BP, ConocoPhillips, Chevron, Royal Dutch Shell, and 

ExxonMobil, reported 2005 profits of more than 


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$108,000,000,000, including ExxonMobil’s 

$36,100,000,000 profit that set an all-time record in 

United States corporate history; 

Whereas increases in the costs of refined petroleum heating 

products have negative consequences, including threatening survival, for many Americans, particularly the elderly, many veterans, and low-income individuals; 

Whereas prices for home heating fuels, heating oil, kerosene, 

natural gas, and propane, have increased steadily in recent years, rising to record highs at the beginning of the 

2005–2006 winter heating season in the aftermath of 

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita; 

Whereas for the average family nationwide, heating costs are 

expected to be almost $300 higher for the 2005–2006 

winter heating season; 

Whereas according to the National Energy Assistance Directors Association, many low-income families ‘‘will have few 

choices but to cut back on essential necessities, such as 

medicine, food, and clothing’’; 

Whereas the primary Federal program providing assistance 

to low-income households to pay high heating bills is the 

Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program 

(LIHEAP); 

Whereas Congress has failed to adequately appropriate funding for LIHEAP, leading to less than 1 in 5 eligible 

LIHEAP beneficiaries receiving assistance in fiscal year 

2005; 

Whereas the Energy Policy Act of 2005 designated billions 

of dollars in tax cuts and royalty exemptions to major energy companies for oil and gas production; and 


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Whereas it is important to address rising home heating costs 

for American families within a market-based framework, 

utilizing existing programs, charitable foundations, and 

relief channels: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep2 resentatives that major oil and gas companies that have 

3 recently generated record profits should incorporate the 

4 Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program as a re5 cipient into their corporate citizenship, responsibility, giv6 ing, and foundation work, by donating a percentage of 

7 those profits to LIHEAP. 

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