I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6631 
To provide energy crisis relief to residents of the Virgin Islands. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 4, 2012 
Mrs. CHRISTENSEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Energy 
and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Financial Services, 
and 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 
A BILL 
To provide energy crisis relief to residents of the Virgin 
Islands. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Virgin Islands Energy 
Crisis Relief Act’’. 
SEC. 2. HIGH ENERGY COSTS ASSISTANCE. 
Section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 
(7 U.S.C. 918a) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(c) HIGH ENERGY COST GRANT TO THE WATER 
AND POWER AUTHORITY OF THE UNITED STATES VIRGIN 
ISLANDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 
through the Rural Utilities Service, shall make a 
grant in an amount equal to $100,000,000 to the 
Water and Power Authority of the United States 
Virgin Islands under subection (a)(1) if that entity 
applies for, and is eligible for, such a grant. 
‘‘(2) APPROPRIATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Out of any funds in 
the Treasury of the United States not otherwise 
appropriated, there are appropriated for fiscal 
year 2013 such sums as may be necessary for 
the grant provided for in paragraph (1), in ad-
dition to any other appropriated funds that may 
be used for the grant. 
‘‘(B) 
AVAILABILITY.—Amounts 
made 
available under subparagraph (A) shall remain 
available through fiscal year 2015. 
‘‘(d) TERRITORIES INCLUDED.—In this section, the 
term ‘State’ includes Territory.’’. 
SEC. 3. ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Commerce is au-
thorized to make grants under section 209 of the Public 
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Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3199) to the Virgin Islands Water and Power Au-
thority for programs and activities to convert base power 
production in the Virgin Islands from fuel oil to liquefied 
natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section a 
total of $15,000,000 for fiscal years 2013 through 2017. 
SEC. 4. LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PRO-
GRAM. 
With respect to fiscal years 2013 through 2018, the 
percentage described in section 2605(b)(2)(B)(i) of the 
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 
U.S.C. 8624(b)(2)(B)(i)) shall be 300 percent when ap-
plied to households located in the Virgin Islands. 
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