Home Heating Emergency Funding Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8639
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2022-08-02
Policy area: Energy
Latest action: action_date: 2022-08-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-08-02
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Home Heating Emergency Funding Act of 2022</strong></p> <p>This bill provides $4 billion in emergency supplemental appropriations for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which provides grants for states, tribes, and territories to operate home energy assistance programs for low-income households.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8639 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 2, 2022 Mr. Golden (for himself and Mr. Garbarino ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations , and in addition to the Committee on the Budget , 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 make supplemental appropriations to carry out the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program for fiscal year 2022.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Home Heating Emergency Funding Act of 2022 . 2. Supplemental appropriations for LIHEAP The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for fiscal year 2022: Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families Low-Income Home Energy Assistance For an additional amount for making payments under subsection (b) of section 2602 of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 ( 42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq. ), to assist eligible households to meet the costs of home energy, $4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided , That each amount provided by this section is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) and section 4001(b) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022: Provided further , That all but $785,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be allocated as though the total appropriation for such payments for fiscal year 2022 was less than $1,975,000,000: Provided further , that section 2607(b)(2)(B) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 8626(b)(2)(B) ) shall not apply to funds made available under this heading in this Act in fiscal year 2022.