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[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 694 Introduced in House (IH)]

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.

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                    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

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                               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 
        $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
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
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that 
major oil and gas companies that have recently generated record profits 
should incorporate the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program as a 
recipient into their corporate citizenship, responsibility, giving, and 
foundation work, by donating a percentage of those profits to LIHEAP.
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