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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 893 

To amend the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to increase 

the availability of heating and cooling assistance, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 9, 2023 

Mr. BOWMAN (for himself, Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. BUSH, 

Mr. CARSON, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Ms. CHU, Ms. CLARKE of New 

York, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. COHEN, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. 

EVANS, Mr. GARCI ́A of Illinois, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. NORTON, 

Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. LEE of California, 

Ms. MATSUI, Ms. MENG, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. NADLER, Ms. 

OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. OMAR, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. POCAN, Ms. PRESSLEY, 

Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, and Ms. WILSON of Florida) 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 

A BILL 

To amend the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act 

of 1981 to increase the availability of heating and cooling 

assistance, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Heating and Cooling 

3 Relief Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 Congress finds that: 

6 (1) Energy remains unaffordable for low-income 

7 households. Nationally, low-income households spend 

8 a larger portion of their income on home energy 

9 costs than other households. The average low-income 

10 household’s energy burden is 3 times that of other 

11 households. The report for the Household Pulse Sur12 vey of the Bureau of the Census, issued on Decem13 ber 22, 2021, noted that, for families with incomes 

14 of less than $35,000 a year, about 51 percent said 

15 that they reduced or went without basic household 

16 necessities, such as medicine or food, in order to pay 

17 an energy bill, for at least one month in the last 

18 year. 

19 (2) The Low-Income Housing Energy Assist20 ance Program was authorized by Congress to reduce 

21 home energy burdens with heating and cooling as22 sistance. In 2019, only 16 percent of income-eligible 

23 households received a subsidy under the program. 

24 (3) Climate change is fueling increasingly in25 tense winter storms and extreme temperatures. 


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1 (4) Heat waves are increasingly common as cli2 mate change accelerates, and now occur more often 

3 in major cities across the United States. The aver4 age heat wave season across 50 cities is approxi5 mately 47 days longer now than it was in the 1960s. 

6 As a result, the Federal Government should provide 

7 further cooling assistance for communities in need. 

8 (5) The loss of home energy service due to high 

9 energy burdens is one of the primary reasons for 

10 homelessness, especially for families with children. 

11 In some housing contexts, loss of home energy serv12 ice is a grounds for eviction. 

13 (6) The Federal Government should expand and 

14 update the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance 

15 Program, as part of a robust Federal social safety 

16 net, to— 

17 (A) protect families against unaffordable 

18 home energy bills and home energy shutoffs, by 

19 providing sufficient funding and imposing regu20 lations where necessary; 

21 (B) ensure all low- and moderate-income 

22 families have access to affordable home cooling 

23 powered by renewable energy, which will enable 

24 households to adapt to rising temperatures due 


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1 to climate change and promote climate resil2 iency; 

3 (C) enhance outreach— 

4 (i) by including nontraditional part5 ners, including home energy suppliers, 

6 local educational agencies, and entities car7 rying out other programs for low-income 

8 people, to assist with signups; and 

9 (ii) by adding stronger provisions for 

10 presumed eligibility and waiving docu11 mentation requirements for eligibility; and 

12 (D) further Federal efforts to weatherize 

13 housing for low- and moderate-income house14 holds, to help families struggling to pay their 

15 home energy bills and to meet national clean 

16 energy goals. 

17 SEC. 3. FUNDING. 

18 Section 2602 of the Low-Income Home Energy As19 sistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621) is amended— 

20 (1) in subsection (b)— 

21 (A) by striking ‘‘section 2607A)’’ and in22 serting ‘‘section 2604(f), 2607A, 2607B, or 

23 2607C)’’; and 

24 (B) by striking ‘‘$2,000,000,000’’ and all 

25 that follows and inserting ‘‘$400,000,000,000 


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1 for the period of fiscal years 2024 through 

2 2033.’’; 

3 (2) in subsection (e), by inserting ‘‘, or arising, 

4 for purposes of section 2604(e)(2), from a major 

5 disaster or emergency, as defined in section 

6 2604(e)(2)(A)’’ before the period at the end; and 

7 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(f) There is authorized to be appropriated to carry 

9 out section 2604(f), $1,000,000,000 for each of fiscal 

10 years 2023 through 2032. 

11 ‘‘(g) There is authorized to be appropriated to carry 

12 out section 2607C, including making grants under that 

13 section, $1,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 

14 through 2032.’’. 

15 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 

16 Section 2603 of the Low-Income Home Energy As17 sistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8622) is amended— 

18 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through 

19 (6), (7) through (10), and (11), as paragraphs (5) 

20 through (7), (9) through (12), and (14), respec21 tively; 

22 (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol23 lowing: 

24 ‘‘(4) The term ‘HEAP coordinator’ means an 

25 employee— 


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1 ‘‘(A) who administers a program funded 

2 under section 2602(b); and 

3 ‘‘(B) whose salary is paid, partly or wholly, 

4 with funds made available under that section.’’; 

5 (3) by inserting after paragraph (7), as so re6 designated, the following: 

7 ‘‘(8) The term ‘local coordinating agency’ 

8 means any local organization or local office that re9 ceives funds under section 2602(b) to perform cus10 tomer intake, or approval of benefits, on behalf of 

11 the State agency.’’; and 

12 (4) by inserting after paragraph (12), as so re13 designated, the following: 

14 ‘‘(13) The term ‘State agency’ means any State 

15 agency that administers the program funded under 

16 section 2602(b).’’. 

17 SEC. 5. EMERGENCIES. 

18 Section 2604(e) of the Low-Income Home Energy 

19 Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8623(e)) is amended— 

20 (1) by striking ‘‘(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘(e)(1)’’; 

21 and 

22 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘(2)(A) In this paragraph: 

24 ‘‘(i) The term ‘covered household’ means an eli25 gible household in an area where the President, or 


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1 the Secretary, as the case may be, has declared a 

2 major disaster or emergency. 

3 ‘‘(ii) The term ‘major disaster or emergency’ 

4 means— 

5 ‘‘(I) a major disaster or emergency de6 clared under section 401 or 501, respectively, of 

7 the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 

8 Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170, 

9 5191); or 

10 ‘‘(II) a public health emergency declared 

11 under section 319 of the Public Health Service 

12 Act (42 U.S.C. 247d). 

13 ‘‘(B) Upon a declaration described in subparagraph 

14 (A) for an area, the Secretary and the Administrator of 

15 the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall, to the 

16 extent practicable, provide heating or cooling assistance 

17 to covered households in that area. 

18 ‘‘(C) In particular, in the event of a major disaster 

19 or other emergency due to a period of extreme heat (as 

20 described in section 2604(f)(1)) or cold in an area, the 

21 Secretary and the Administrator shall, to the extent prac22 ticable, provide cooling or heating assistance to covered 

23 households in that area.’’. 


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1 SEC. 6. ADDITIONAL COOLING ASSISTANCE FOR HEAT 

2 WAVES. 

3 Section 2604 of the Low-Income Home Energy As4 sistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8623) is amended by add5 ing at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(f)(1) In this subsection: 

7 ‘‘(A) The term ‘additional cooling assistance’ 

8 means cooling assistance provided under this sub9 section. 

10 ‘‘(B) The term ‘extreme heat’ means heat that 

11 exceeds local climatological norms in terms of any 1 

12 or more of the following: 

13 ‘‘(i) Duration. 

14 ‘‘(ii) Intensity. 

15 ‘‘(iii) Season length. 

16 ‘‘(iv) Frequency. 

17 ‘‘(C) The term ‘heat’ means any 1 or more of 

18 the parameters associated with increasing human 

19 temperature, such as air temperature, humidity, 

20 solar exposure, and low wind speed. 

21 ‘‘(D) The term ‘heat event’ means an occur22 rence of extreme heat that may have heat-health im23 plications. 

24 ‘‘(E) The term ‘heat-health’ means health ef25 fects to humans from heat, during or outside of heat 


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1 events, including from vulnerability and exposure, or 

2 the risk of such effects. 

3 ‘‘(2) From funds made available under section 

4 2602(f), the Secretary may provide grants to eligible enti5 ties, which shall be States, territories, or Indian Tribes, 

6 for additional cooling assistance for heat events. 

7 ‘‘(3) The Secretary shall determine an allocation plan 

8 for providing eligible entities with funding through the 

9 grants to help eligible households respond to heat events. 

10 ‘‘(4) To receive assistance under this subsection, an 

11 eligible entity shall provide assurances to the Secretary 

12 that— 

13 ‘‘(A) the eligible entity will not preclude a 

14 household that receives heating assistance under this 

15 title during a calendar year, on the basis of obtain16 ing that assistance, from receiving cooling assistance 

17 under this title during that year; and 

18 ‘‘(B) the eligible entity will not require a house19 hold to indicate that a household member has a 

20 medical need for cooling assistance under this title, 

21 to be eligible for that assistance. 

22 ‘‘(5) A eligible entity that receives additional cooling 

23 assistance may use the assistance for purposes for which 

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1 cient air conditioners, and other equipment needed for 

2 home cooling, to eligible households.’’. 

3 SEC. 7. ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS. 

4 Section 2605 of the Low-Income Home Energy As5 sistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8624) is amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (b)(2)— 

7 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

8 (A), by inserting ‘‘, subject to subsection 

9 (c)(1)(A),’’ after ‘‘only’’; 

10 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

11 ‘‘(B)’’ and all that follows through clause (ii) 

12 and inserting the following: 

13 ‘‘(B) households with— 

14 ‘‘(i) incomes which do not exceed the 

15 greater of— 

16 ‘‘(I) an amount equal to 250 per17 cent of the poverty line that is defined 

18 and revised as described in section 

19 673 of the Community Services Block 

20 Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902); or 

21 ‘‘(II) an amount equal to 80 per22 cent of the State median income; or 

23 ‘‘(ii) a monthly energy burden of 3 

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1 calendar year preceding the determination 

2 under this paragraph,’’; and 

3 (C) in the matter following subparagraph 

4 (B), by inserting before the semicolon the fol5 lowing: ‘‘, and the State may not exclude a 

6 household from eligibility on the basis of citi7 zenship of 1 or more of the household mem8 bers’’; 

9 (2) in subsection (c)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘assist10 ance to be provided under this title, including cri11 teria’’ and inserting ‘‘assistance to be provided 

12 under this title, including— 

13 ‘‘(i) certifying that the State and local co14 ordinating agencies in the State— 

15 ‘‘(I) will allow applicants for the as16 sistance, to the greatest extent possible, to 

17 self-attest that the applicants meet the cri18 teria in this title for an eligible household; 

19 and 

20 ‘‘(II) will not require the applicants to 

21 submit proof of income, citizenship, or 

22 need, to establish status as an eligible 

23 household; and 

24 ‘‘(ii) describing criteria’’; 


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1 (3) in subsection (f), by adding at the end the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(3) For purposes of section 401(c), and the remain4 der of title IV, of the Personal Responsibility and Work 

5 Opportunity Reconciliation of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1611(a), 

6 1601 et seq.) assistance under this title should not be con7 sidered to be a Federal public benefit.’’; and 

8 (4) in subsection (j), by striking ‘‘the State may 

9 apply’’ and inserting ‘‘the State may, subject to sub10 section (c)(1)(A)(i), apply’’. 

11 SEC. 8. CONDITIONS FOR FUNDING. 

12 Section 2605 of the Low-Income Home Energy As13 sistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8624) is amended— 

14 (1) in subsection (b)— 

15 (A) in paragraph (1)(C), by inserting be16 fore the semicolon the following: ‘‘, using toxin17 free materials that do not contain asthmagens 

18 or respiratory sensitizers, giving priority in the 

19 use of those funds, to the greatest extent prac20 ticable, to supporting emergency home repairs 

21 that foster energy efficiency, decarbonization, 

22 and climate resilience, including through bene23 ficial electrification of heating and cooling’’; 

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1 (i) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

2 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

3 (ii) by adding at the end the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(E) ensure that— 

6 ‘‘(i) the home energy supplier will not 

7 charge late fees for any payment, by a 

8 household receiving assistance through the 

9 program funded under section 2602(b), 

10 during the period beginning 6 months be11 fore and ending 6 months after a date on 

12 which the supplier receives funds through 

13 the program for the household; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) if the supplier receives funds 

15 through the program for such a household 

16 and charged such late fees during that pe17 riod, the supplier shall refund the fees to 

18 the household not later than 7 days after 

19 the date the supplier receives the funds; 

20 ‘‘(F) ensure that the home energy supplier 

21 will not shut off home energy from a household 

22 that received assistance through the program 

23 funded under section 2602(b), within the 1-year 

24 period beginning on the date the household re25 ceived the assistance; 


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1 ‘‘(G) ensure that the home energy supplier, 

2 in return for receiving assistance through the 

3 program funded under section 2602(b)— 

4 ‘‘(i) will provide to the State data on 

5 households that have not paid their home 

6 energy bills, to enable the State and the 

7 supplier to carry out coordinated outreach 

8 concerning assistance available through the 

9 program funded under section 2602(b); 

10 and 

11 ‘‘(ii) will, when sending a notice of 

12 late payments to such households, include 

13 information on such assistance, on how to 

14 access such assistance through the HEAP 

15 program, and on eligibility criteria for the 

16 program; and 

17 ‘‘(H) ensure that the home energy supplier 

18 will, not later than 2 years after the date of en19 actment of the Heating and Cooling Relief Act, 

20 in return for receiving assistance under the pro21 gram funded under section 2602(b) and 

22 through a partnership with the State, offer per23 centage of income payment plans;’’; and 

24 (C) in paragraph (9)— 

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1 (I) by striking ‘‘10 percent’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘15 percent’’; and 

3 (II) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

4 and 

5 (ii) by adding at the end the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(C) in planning and administering that 

8 program, the State shall use the portion of the 

9 amount described in subparagraph (A), that ex10 ceeds 10 percent of the funds described in sub11 paragraph (A), to expand the State program 

12 funded under section 2602(b) so that the State 

13 operates the program on a year-round basis; 

14 and 

15 ‘‘(D) in planning and administering that 

16 program, the State— 

17 ‘‘(i) shall make technological changes 

18 to allow, not later than 5 years after the 

19 date of enactment of the Heating and 

20 Cooling Relief Act, for online submission of 

21 applications for assistance through that 

22 program; and 

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1 ‘‘(I) conduct outreach activities, 

2 including activities to increase enroll3 ment as described in subsection (m); 

4 ‘‘(II) ensure that all HEAP coor5 dinators in the State receive wages, 

6 for administration funded under sec7 tion 2602(b), at not less than the 

8 greater of $15 per hour or the appli9 cable Federal, State, or local min10 imum wage rate; 

11 ‘‘(III) conduct training; 

12 ‘‘(IV) as needed, conduct out13 reach relating to the program funded 

14 under section 2602(b) to rural electric 

15 cooperatives, home energy suppliers 

16 owned by a political subdivision of a 

17 State, such as a municipally owned 

18 electric utility, and home energy sup19 pliers owned by any agency, authority, 

20 corporation, or instrumentality of a 

21 political subdivision of a State; and 

22 ‘‘(V) explore opportunities for 

23 auto-enrollment of eligible households 

24 into the program funded under section 

25 2602(b), and in the process document 


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1 any potential barriers to auto-enroll2 ment that need to be clarified or oth3 erwise addressed at the Federal 

4 level;’’; 

5 (2) in subsection (c)(1)— 

6 (A) in subparagraph (G), by striking 

7 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

8 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (H) as 

9 subparagraph (I); and 

10 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (G) 

11 the following: 

12 ‘‘(H) describes how the State will expand the 

13 State program funded under section 2602(b) so that 

14 the State operates the program on a year-round 

15 basis in accordance with subsection (b)(9)(C) and 

16 the measures the State has taken so far to carry out 

17 this expansion; and’’; and 

18 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(m) The Secretary shall allow, to the greatest extent 

20 possible, the self-attestation, and shall not require the 

21 proof, described in subsection (c)(1)(A)(i). 

22 ‘‘(n) The Secretary shall, by grant or contract, pro23 vide for a study that examines the rates of home energy 

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1 holds, relative to those rates for households that are not 

2 eligible households, over a period of several years. 

3 ‘‘(o) The Secretary shall provide technical assistance 

4 to States to support partnerships described in subsection 

5 (b)(7)(H). 

6 ‘‘(p)(1) The Secretary, in consultation with the Sec7 retary of Education, shall issue guidance for use of funds 

8 for administrative activities described in subsection (b)(9) 

9 to increase, through partnerships with elementary schools, 

10 secondary schools, and local educational agencies, enroll11 ment in the program carried out with funds made avail12 able under section 2602(b) among eligible households that 

13 include children and that have high energy burdens. 

14 ‘‘(2) The Secretary shall issue guidance for use by 

15 States on outreach relating to assistance through the pro16 gram funded under section 2602(b) to high-risk individ17 uals, with relevant medical conditions, that benefit from 

18 the use of medical equipment that requires electricity, in19 cluding a ventilator, an oxygen concentrator, or another 

20 medical device. 

21 ‘‘(3) The Secretary shall issue guidance for use by 

22 States on how to ensure that eligible households are aware 

23 of additional grants, tax credits, and rebates made avail24 able under Public Law 117–169.’’. 


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1 SEC. 9. WEATHERIZATION. 

2 Section 2605(k) of the Low-Income Home Energy 

3 Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8624(k)) is amended— 

4 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘15 percent’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘25 percent’’; and 

6 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

7 (A) in subparagraph (A), in the matter 

8 preceding clause (i)— 

9 (i) by striking ‘‘subparagraph (B)’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (C)’’; and 

11 (ii) by striking ‘‘the greater of 25 per12 cent’’ and inserting ‘‘a portion equal to the 

13 greater of 35 percent’’; 

14 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 

15 subparagraph (C); and 

16 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 

17 the following: 

18 ‘‘(B) The State— 

19 ‘‘(i) shall, to the extent practicable— 

20 ‘‘(I) use the portion described in subpara21 graph (A) for energy-related home repair that 

22 reduces dependence on fossil fuel energy 

23 sources; and 

24 ‘‘(II) use the portion to facilitate the use 

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1 holds in community solar programs, or to other2 wise increase access to and ownership of dis3 tributed renewable energy infrastructure among 

4 eligible households; and 

5 ‘‘(ii) shall if possible give the highest priority to 

6 using the portion for home repair that replaces ap7 pliances that rely on fossil fuels with appliances that 

8 use electric heating or cooling technology, powered 

9 by renewable energy.’’. 

10 SEC. 10. HOME ENERGY ARREARS. 

11 Section 2605 of the Low-Income Home Energy As12 sistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8624), as amended, is 

13 further amended by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(q)(1) In providing assistance through the program 

15 funded under section 2602(b), a State, or any other per16 son with which the State makes arrangements to carry 

17 out the objectives of this title, shall provide assistance (in 

18 addition to any other assistance available) for home energy 

19 arrears for any eligible household. 

20 ‘‘(2) Not later than 1 year after the date of enact21 ment of the Heating and Cooling Relief Act, the Secretary 

22 shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, issue 

23 guidance on best practices for States (including through 

24 partnerships with home energy suppliers) to pay for home 

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1 gram, including by paying for such arrears at the time 

2 of dissemination of that assistance. 

3 ‘‘(3) To the extent practicable, the Secretary and the 

4 Secretary of Energy, shall jointly— 

5 ‘‘(A) implement a data tracking system to col6 lect aggregate data regarding the number of eligible 

7 households in arrears and their respective energy 

8 burdens and develop recommendations to HEAP co9 ordinators on how to minimize energy burdens for 

10 the households; and 

11 ‘‘(B) issue guidance to home energy suppliers 

12 with recommendations for working with State agen13 cies to address home energy arrears of eligible 

14 households.’’. 

15 SEC. 11. PROGRAM NAME CHANGE. 

16 (a) LIHEAP.—The Low-Income Home Energy As17 sistance Act of 1981 is amended— 

18 (1) in section 2607A(b) (42 U.S.C. 8626a(b)), 

19 in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 

20 ‘‘low-income’’; and 

21 (2) in section 2607B(e)(2)(B)(ii) (42 

22 U.S.C.8626b(e)(2)(B)(ii)), by striking ‘‘Low-In23 come’’. 

24 (b) OTHER LAW.—A reference in any other Federal 

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1 tion, or delegation of authority, or any document, of or 

2 relating to the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Pro3 gram, shall be deemed to refer to the Home Energy As4 sistance Program. 

5 SEC. 12. JUST TRANSITION GRANTS. 

6 The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 

7 1981 is amended by inserting after section 2607B (42 

8 U.S.C. 8626b) the following: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 2607C. HEAP JUST TRANSITION GRANTS. 

10 ‘‘(a) GRANT PROGRAM.—The Secretary and the Sec11 retary of Energy shall jointly carry out a grant program 

12 under this section. In carrying out the program, the Secre13 taries shall make grants to States and local governments 

14 to support the development and implementation of inter15 agency plans to reduce energy burdens for eligible house16 holds with high home energy use. The plans shall promote 

17 the reduction of those burdens in a manner that supports 

18 a just transition away from fossil fuel energy and protects 

19 eligible households from the threats of climate change. 

20 The Secretaries shall make the grants for a period of 3 

21 years. 

22 ‘‘(b) PREFERENCES.—In making the grants, the Sec23 retary shall give a preference to States, and local govern24 ments, who set up coordination systems— 


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1 ‘‘(1) to identify eligible households, that are re2 cipients of assistance through the program funded 

3 under section 2602(b), with high home energy use; 

4 ‘‘(2) to prioritize those eligible households to re5 ceive emergency repair, weatherization, and retrofit 

6 assistance that results in decarbonization and reduc7 tions in energy use; and 

8 ‘‘(3) to partner with entities carrying out work9 force development initiatives, unions, or minority or 

10 women-owned business enterprises to provide emer11 gency repairs, weatherization, and retrofit assist12 ance. 

13 ‘‘(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—At the conclusion of 

14 the 3-year grant period, the Secretaries shall— 

15 ‘‘(1) conduct an evaluation of the program’s 

16 outcomes; and 

17 ‘‘(2) prepare and submit to Congress a report 

18 containing the results of the evaluation and policy 

19 recommendations.’’. 

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