SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Heating and Cooling 
Relief Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that: 
(1) Energy remains unaffordable for low-income 
households. Nationally, low-income households spend 
a larger portion of their income on home energy 
costs than other households. The average low-income 
household’s energy burden is 3 times that of other 
households. The report for the Household Pulse Sur-
vey of the Bureau of the Census, issued on Decem-
ber 22, 2021, noted that, for families with incomes 
of less than $35,000 a year, about 51 percent said 
that they reduced or went without basic household 
necessities, such as medicine or food, in order to pay 
an energy bill, for at least one month in the last 
year. 
(2) The Low-Income Housing Energy Assist-
ance Program was authorized by Congress to reduce 
home energy burdens with heating and cooling as-
sistance. In 2019, only 16 percent of income-eligible 
households received a subsidy under the program. 
(3) Climate change is fueling increasingly in-
tense winter storms and extreme temperatures. 
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(4) Heat waves are increasingly common as cli-
mate change accelerates, and now occur more often 
in major cities across the United States. The aver-
age heat wave season across 50 cities is approxi-
mately 47 days longer now than it was in the 1960s. 
As a result, the Federal Government should provide 
further cooling assistance for communities in need. 
(5) The loss of home energy service due to high 
energy burdens is one of the primary reasons for 
homelessness, especially for families with children. 
In some housing contexts, loss of home energy serv-
ice is a grounds for eviction. 
(6) The Federal Government should expand and 
update the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance 
Program, as part of a robust Federal social safety 
net, to— 
(A) protect families against unaffordable 
home energy bills and home energy shutoffs, by 
providing sufficient funding and imposing regu-
lations where necessary; 
(B) ensure all low- and moderate-income 
families have access to affordable home cooling 
powered by renewable energy, which will enable 
households to adapt to rising temperatures due 
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to climate change and promote climate resil-
iency; 
(C) enhance outreach— 
(i) by including nontraditional part-
ners, including home energy suppliers, 
local educational agencies, and entities car-
rying out other programs for low-income 
people, to assist with signups; and 
(ii) by adding stronger provisions for 
presumed eligibility and waiving docu-
mentation requirements for eligibility; and 
(D) further Federal efforts to weatherize 
housing for low- and moderate-income house-
holds, to help families struggling to pay their 
home energy bills and to meet national clean 
energy goals. 
SEC. 3. FUNDING. 
Section 2602 of the Low-Income Home Energy As-
sistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘section 2607A)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘section 2604(f), 2607A, 2607B, or 
2607C)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘$2,000,000,000’’ and all 
that follows and inserting ‘‘$400,000,000,000 
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for the period of fiscal years 2024 through 
2033.’’; 
(2) in subsection (e), by inserting ‘‘, or arising, 
for purposes of section 2604(e)(2), from a major 
disaster or emergency, as defined in section 
2604(e)(2)(A)’’ before the period at the end; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) There is authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out section 2604(f), $1,000,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2023 through 2032. 
‘‘(g) There is authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out section 2607C, including making grants under that 
section, $1,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 
through 2032.’’. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 2603 of the Low-Income Home Energy As-
sistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8622) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through 
(6), (7) through (10), and (11), as paragraphs (5) 
through (7), (9) through (12), and (14), respec-
tively; 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) The term ‘HEAP coordinator’ means an 
employee— 
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‘‘(A) who administers a program funded 
under section 2602(b); and 
‘‘(B) whose salary is paid, partly or wholly, 
with funds made available under that section.’’; 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (7), as so re-
designated, the following: 
‘‘(8) The term ‘local coordinating agency’ 
means any local organization or local office that re-
ceives funds under section 2602(b) to perform cus-
tomer intake, or approval of benefits, on behalf of 
the State agency.’’; and 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (12), as so re-
designated, the following: 
‘‘(13) The term ‘State agency’ means any State 
agency that administers the program funded under 
section 2602(b).’’. 
SEC. 5. EMERGENCIES. 
Section 2604(e) of the Low-Income Home Energy 
Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8623(e)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘(e)(1)’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2)(A) In this paragraph: 
‘‘(i) The term ‘covered household’ means an eli-
gible household in an area where the President, or 
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the Secretary, as the case may be, has declared a 
major disaster or emergency. 
‘‘(ii) The term ‘major disaster or emergency’ 
means— 
‘‘(I) a major disaster or emergency de-
clared under section 401 or 501, respectively, of 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170, 
5191); or 
‘‘(II) a public health emergency declared 
under section 319 of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 247d). 
‘‘(B) Upon a declaration described in subparagraph 
(A) for an area, the Secretary and the Administrator of 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall, to the 
extent practicable, provide heating or cooling assistance 
to covered households in that area. 
‘‘(C) In particular, in the event of a major disaster 
or other emergency due to a period of extreme heat (as 
described in section 2604(f)(1)) or cold in an area, the 
Secretary and the Administrator shall, to the extent prac-
ticable, provide cooling or heating assistance to covered 
households in that area.’’. 
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SEC. 6. ADDITIONAL COOLING ASSISTANCE FOR HEAT 
WAVES. 
Section 2604 of the Low-Income Home Energy As-
sistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8623) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(f)(1) In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) The term ‘additional cooling assistance’ 
means cooling assistance provided under this sub-
section. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘extreme heat’ means heat that 
exceeds local climatological norms in terms of any 1 
or more of the following: 
‘‘(i) Duration. 
‘‘(ii) Intensity. 
‘‘(iii) Season length. 
‘‘(iv) Frequency. 
‘‘(C) The term ‘heat’ means any 1 or more of 
the parameters associated with increasing human 
temperature, such as air temperature, humidity, 
solar exposure, and low wind speed. 
‘‘(D) The term ‘heat event’ means an occur-
rence of extreme heat that may have heat-health im-
plications. 
‘‘(E) The term ‘heat-health’ means health ef-
fects to humans from heat, during or outside of heat 
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events, including from vulnerability and exposure, or 
the risk of such effects. 
‘‘(2) From funds made available under section 
2602(f), the Secretary may provide grants to eligible enti-
ties, which shall be States, territories, or Indian Tribes, 
for additional cooling assistance for heat events. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary shall determine an allocation plan 
for providing eligible entities with funding through the 
grants to help eligible households respond to heat events. 
‘‘(4) To receive assistance under this subsection, an 
eligible entity shall provide assurances to the Secretary 
that— 
‘‘(A) the eligible entity will not preclude a 
household that receives heating assistance under this 
title during a calendar year, on the basis of obtain-
ing that assistance, from receiving cooling assistance 
under this title during that year; and 
‘‘(B) the eligible entity will not require a house-
hold to indicate that a household member has a 
medical need for cooling assistance under this title, 
to be eligible for that assistance. 
‘‘(5) A eligible entity that receives additional cooling 
assistance may use the assistance for purposes for which 
cooling assistance is available under the program funded 
under section 2602(b), including for providing energy-effi-
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cient air conditioners, and other equipment needed for 
home cooling, to eligible households.’’. 
SEC. 7. ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS. 
Section 2605 of the Low-Income Home Energy As-
sistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8624) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(2)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by inserting ‘‘, subject to subsection 
(c)(1)(A),’’ after ‘‘only’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘(B)’’ and all that follows through clause (ii) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) households with— 
‘‘(i) incomes which do not exceed the 
greater of— 
‘‘(I) an amount equal to 250 per-
cent of the poverty line that is defined 
and revised as described in section 
673 of the Community Services Block 
Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902); or 
‘‘(II) an amount equal to 80 per-
cent of the State median income; or 
‘‘(ii) a monthly energy burden of 3 
percent or more, as averaged across the 
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calendar year preceding the determination 
under this paragraph,’’; and 
(C) in the matter following subparagraph 
(B), by inserting before the semicolon the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, and the State may not exclude a 
household from eligibility on the basis of citi-
zenship of 1 or more of the household mem-
bers’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘assist-
ance to be provided under this title, including cri-
teria’’ and inserting ‘‘assistance to be provided 
under this title, including— 
‘‘(i) certifying that the State and local co-
ordinating agencies in the State— 
‘‘(I) will allow applicants for the as-
sistance, to the greatest extent possible, to 
self-attest that the applicants meet the cri-
teria in this title for an eligible household; 
and 
‘‘(II) will not require the applicants to 
submit proof of income, citizenship, or 
need, to establish status as an eligible 
household; and 
‘‘(ii) describing criteria’’; 
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(3) in subsection (f), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(3) For purposes of section 401(c), and the remain-
der of title IV, of the Personal Responsibility and Work 
Opportunity Reconciliation of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1611(a), 
1601 et seq.) assistance under this title should not be con-
sidered to be a Federal public benefit.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (j), by striking ‘‘the State may 
apply’’ and inserting ‘‘the State may, subject to sub-
section (c)(1)(A)(i), apply’’. 
SEC. 8. CONDITIONS FOR FUNDING. 
Section 2605 of the Low-Income Home Energy As-
sistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8624) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(C), by inserting be-
fore the semicolon the following: ‘‘, using toxin- 
free materials that do not contain asthmagens 
or respiratory sensitizers, giving priority in the 
use of those funds, to the greatest extent prac-
ticable, to supporting emergency home repairs 
that foster energy efficiency, decarbonization, 
and climate resilience, including through bene-
ficial electrification of heating and cooling’’; 
(B) in paragraph (7)— 
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(i) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(E) ensure that— 
‘‘(i) the home energy supplier will not 
charge late fees for any payment, by a 
household receiving assistance through the 
program funded under section 2602(b), 
during the period beginning 6 months be-
fore and ending 6 months after a date on 
which the supplier receives funds through 
the program for the household; and 
‘‘(ii) if the supplier receives funds 
through the program for such a household 
and charged such late fees during that pe-
riod, the supplier shall refund the fees to 
the household not later than 7 days after 
the date the supplier receives the funds; 
‘‘(F) ensure that the home energy supplier 
will not shut off home energy from a household 
that received assistance through the program 
funded under section 2602(b), within the 1-year 
period beginning on the date the household re-
ceived the assistance; 
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(I) by striking ‘‘10 percent’’ and 
inserting ‘‘15 percent’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
and 
(ii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) in planning and administering that 
program, the State shall use the portion of the 
amount described in subparagraph (A), that ex-
ceeds 10 percent of the funds described in sub-
paragraph (A), to expand the State program 
funded under section 2602(b) so that the State 
operates the program on a year-round basis; 
and 
‘‘(D) in planning and administering that 
program, the State— 
‘‘(i) shall make technological changes 
to allow, not later than 5 years after the 
date of enactment of the Heating and 
Cooling Relief Act, for online submission of 
applications for assistance through that 
program; and 
‘‘(ii) shall, to the extent practicable— 
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‘‘(I) conduct outreach activities, 
including activities to increase enroll-
ment as described in subsection (m); 
‘‘(II) ensure that all HEAP coor-
dinators in the State receive wages, 
for administration funded under sec-
tion 2602(b), at not less than the 
greater of $15 per hour or the appli-
cable Federal, State, or local min-
imum wage rate; 
‘‘(III) conduct training; 
‘‘(IV) as needed, conduct out-
reach relating to the program funded 
under section 2602(b) to rural electric 
cooperatives, home energy suppliers 
owned by a political subdivision of a 
State, such as a municipally owned 
electric utility, and home energy sup-
pliers owned by any agency, authority, 
corporation, or instrumentality of a 
political subdivision of a State; and 
‘‘(V) explore opportunities for 
auto-enrollment of eligible households 
into the program funded under section 
2602(b), and in the process document 
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any potential barriers to auto-enroll-
ment that need to be clarified or oth-
erwise addressed at the Federal 
level;’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (G), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (H) as 
subparagraph (I); and 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (G) 
the following: 
‘‘(H) describes how the State will expand the 
State program funded under section 2602(b) so that 
the State operates the program on a year-round 
basis in accordance with subsection (b)(9)(C) and 
the measures the State has taken so far to carry out 
this expansion; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(m) The Secretary shall allow, to the greatest extent 
possible, the self-attestation, and shall not require the 
proof, described in subsection (c)(1)(A)(i). 
‘‘(n) The Secretary shall, by grant or contract, pro-
vide for a study that examines the rates of home energy 
shutoffs and assessments of late fees among eligible house-
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holds, relative to those rates for households that are not 
eligible households, over a period of several years. 
‘‘(o) The Secretary shall provide technical assistance 
to States to support partnerships described in subsection 
(b)(7)(H). 
‘‘(p)(1) The Secretary, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Education, shall issue guidance for use of funds 
for administrative activities described in subsection (b)(9) 
to increase, through partnerships with elementary schools, 
secondary schools, and local educational agencies, enroll-
ment in the program carried out with funds made avail-
able under section 2602(b) among eligible households that 
include children and that have high energy burdens. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall issue guidance for use by 
States on outreach relating to assistance through the pro-
gram funded under section 2602(b) to high-risk individ-
uals, with relevant medical conditions, that benefit from 
the use of medical equipment that requires electricity, in-
cluding a ventilator, an oxygen concentrator, or another 
medical device. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary shall issue guidance for use by 
States on how to ensure that eligible households are aware 
of additional grants, tax credits, and rebates made avail-
able under Public Law 117–169.’’. 
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SEC. 9. WEATHERIZATION. 
Section 2605(k) of the Low-Income Home Energy 
Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8624(k)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘15 percent’’ 
and inserting ‘‘25 percent’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), in the matter 
preceding clause (i)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘subparagraph (B)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (C)’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘the greater of 25 per-
cent’’ and inserting ‘‘a portion equal to the 
greater of 35 percent’’; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
subparagraph (C); and 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 
the following: 
‘‘(B) The State— 
‘‘(i) shall, to the extent practicable— 
‘‘(I) use the portion described in subpara-
graph (A) for energy-related home repair that 
reduces dependence on fossil fuel energy 
sources; and 
‘‘(II) use the portion to facilitate the use 
of funds made available under section 2602(b) 
to increase the participation of eligible house-
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holds in community solar programs, or to other-
wise increase access to and ownership of dis-
tributed renewable energy infrastructure among 
eligible households; and 
‘‘(ii) shall if possible give the highest priority to 
using the portion for home repair that replaces ap-
pliances that rely on fossil fuels with appliances that 
use electric heating or cooling technology, powered 
by renewable energy.’’. 
SEC. 10. HOME ENERGY ARREARS. 
Section 2605 of the Low-Income Home Energy As-
sistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8624), as amended, is 
further amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(q)(1) In providing assistance through the program 
funded under section 2602(b), a State, or any other per-
son with which the State makes arrangements to carry 
out the objectives of this title, shall provide assistance (in 
addition to any other assistance available) for home energy 
arrears for any eligible household. 
‘‘(2) Not later than 1 year after the date of enact-
ment of the Heating and Cooling Relief Act, the Secretary 
shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, issue 
guidance on best practices for States (including through 
partnerships with home energy suppliers) to pay for home 
energy arrears with assistance provided through the pro-
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gram, including by paying for such arrears at the time 
of dissemination of that assistance. 
‘‘(3) To the extent practicable, the Secretary and the 
Secretary of Energy, shall jointly— 
‘‘(A) implement a data tracking system to col-
lect aggregate data regarding the number of eligible 
households in arrears and their respective energy 
burdens and develop recommendations to HEAP co-
ordinators on how to minimize energy burdens for 
the households; and 
‘‘(B) issue guidance to home energy suppliers 
with recommendations for working with State agen-
cies to address home energy arrears of eligible 
households.’’. 
SEC. 11. PROGRAM NAME CHANGE. 
(a) LIHEAP.—The Low-Income Home Energy As-
sistance Act of 1981 is amended— 
(1) in section 2607A(b) (42 U.S.C. 8626a(b)), 
in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘low-income’’; and 
(2) 
in 
section 
2607B(e)(2)(B)(ii) 
(42 
U.S.C.8626b(e)(2)(B)(ii)), by striking ‘‘Low-In-
come’’. 
(b) OTHER LAW.—A reference in any other Federal 
law (other than that Act), Executive order, rule, regula-
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tion, or delegation of authority, or any document, of or 
relating to the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Pro-
gram, shall be deemed to refer to the Home Energy As-
sistance Program. 
SEC. 12. JUST TRANSITION GRANTS. 
The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 
1981 is amended by inserting after section 2607B (42 
U.S.C. 8626b) the following: 
‘‘SEC. 2607C. HEAP JUST TRANSITION GRANTS. 
‘‘(a) GRANT PROGRAM.—The Secretary and the Sec-
retary of Energy shall jointly carry out a grant program 
under this section. In carrying out the program, the Secre-
taries shall make grants to States and local governments 
to support the development and implementation of inter-
agency plans to reduce energy burdens for eligible house-
holds with high home energy use. The plans shall promote 
the reduction of those burdens in a manner that supports 
a just transition away from fossil fuel energy and protects 
eligible households from the threats of climate change. 
The Secretaries shall make the grants for a period of 3 
years. 
‘‘(b) PREFERENCES.—In making the grants, the Sec-
retary shall give a preference to States, and local govern-
ments, who set up coordination systems— 
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‘‘(1) to identify eligible households, that are re-
cipients of assistance through the program funded 
under section 2602(b), with high home energy use; 
‘‘(2) to prioritize those eligible households to re-
ceive emergency repair, weatherization, and retrofit 
assistance that results in decarbonization and reduc-
tions in energy use; and 
‘‘(3) to partner with entities carrying out work-
force development initiatives, unions, or minority or 
women-owned business enterprises to provide emer-
gency repairs, weatherization, and retrofit assist-
ance. 
‘‘(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—At the conclusion of 
the 3-year grant period, the Secretaries shall— 
‘‘(1) conduct an evaluation of the program’s 
outcomes; and 
‘‘(2) prepare and submit to Congress a report 
containing the results of the evaluation and policy 
recommendations.’’. 
Æ 
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