I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1140 
To amend the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to extend 
energy assistance to households headed by certain senior citizens. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 23, 2009 
Mr. WEINER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
Education and Labor, 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 extend energy assistance to households headed 
by certain senior citizens. 
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 ‘‘Home Energy Assist-
ance Targeted for Seniors Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS. 
The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 
1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.) is amended— 
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(1) in the heading of title XXVI, by inserting 
‘‘AND SENIOR’’ after ‘‘LOW-INCOME’’; 
(2) in section 2601, by inserting ‘‘and Senior’’ 
after ‘‘Low-Income’’; 
(3) in section 2603— 
(A) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(7) 
through (11) as paragraphs (8) through (12), 
respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (6) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(7) The term ‘low-income household’ includes 
a household described in section 2605(b)(2)(C).’’; 
(4) in section 2604(d)(2), by striking ‘‘(A) and 
(B)’’ both places it appears and inserting ‘‘(A), (B), 
and (C)’’; 
(5) in section 2605(b)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (A); 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the end of 
subparagraph (B); and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) households with incomes which do not 
exceed an amount equal to the State median in-
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come, with at least 50 percent of the household 
income attributable to persons who are at least 
65 years old;’’; 
(B) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘clauses 
(2)(A) and (2)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘subpara-
graphs (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (2)’’; 
and 
(C) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘clause 
(2)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (B) or 
(C) of paragraph (2)’’; 
(6) in section 2607A(b), by inserting ‘‘and sen-
ior’’ after ‘‘to the low-income’’; and 
(7) in section 2607B(a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and 
senior’’ after ‘‘low-income’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘fami-
lies’’ and inserting ‘‘households’’. 
SEC. 3. CONFORMING REFERENCES. 
Any reference in Federal law or regulations to the 
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 or to 
the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance program shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the Low-Income and Senior 
Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 or to the Low-In-
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