IV 
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 deter-
mined 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 petro-
leum products companies should incorporate the Low 
Income Home Energy Assistance Program into their cor-
porate 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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•HRES 694 IH 
$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 threat-
ening survival, for many Americans, particularly the el-
derly, many veterans, and low-income individuals; 
Whereas prices for home heating fuels, heating oil, kerosene, 
natural gas, and propane, have increased steadily in re-
cent 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 Direc-
tors 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 fund-
ing 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 en-
ergy 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 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that major oil and gas companies that have 
recently generated record profits should incorporate the 
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program as a re-
cipient into their corporate citizenship, responsibility, giv-
ing, and foundation work, by donating a percentage of 
those profits to LIHEAP. 
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