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Timestamp: 2020-01-20 00:12:36
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 8626', '§2607', '§312', '§308', '§6861', '§308', '§308']

[USC02] 42 USC 8626b: Residential Energy Assistance Challenge option (R.E.A.Ch.)
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42 USC 8626b: Residential Energy Assistance Challenge option (R.E.A.Ch.) Text contains those laws in effect on January 18, 2020
The purpose of the Residential Energy Assistance Challenge (in this section referred to as "R.E.A.Ch.") program is to-
The Secretary shall reserve from any funds allocated under this subsection, funds to make additional payments to State R.E.A.Ch. programs that-
Each State plan shall include-
(A) an assurance that such State will deliver services through community-based nonprofit entities in such State, by-
(ii) if a State makes payments directly to eligible individuals or energy suppliers, making contracts with such entities to administer such programs, including-
(B) an assurance that, in awarding grants or entering into contracts to carry out its R.E.A.Ch. initiative, the State will give priority to organizations that-
(C) an assurance that, subject to subparagraph (D), each entity that receives a grant or enters into a contract under subparagraph (A)(i) will provide a variety of services and benefits, including-
(D) a description of the methodology the State and local agencies will use to determine-
(F) a description of the crisis and emergency assistance activities the State will undertake that are designed to-
(G) a description of the activities the State will undertake to-
(I) a description of performance goals for the State R.E.A.Ch. initiative including-
(Pub. L. 97–35, title XXVI, §2607B, as added Pub. L. 103–252, title III, §312, May 18, 1994, 108 Stat. 662 ; amended Pub. L. 105–285, title III, §308(c), (d), Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2758 .)
The Energy Conservation and Production Act, referred to in subsec. (e)(2)(B)(iii), is Pub. L. 94–385, Aug. 14, 1976, 90 Stat. 1125 , as amended. Part A of title IV of the Act is classified generally to part A (§6861 et seq.) of subchapter III of chapter 81 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 6801 of this title and Tables.
1998-Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 105–285, §308(c), substituted "For each fiscal year" for "For each of the fiscal years 1996 through 1999".
Pub. L. 105–285, title III, §308(a), (b), Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2758 , provided that:
"(a) Evaluation.-The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an evaluation of the Residential Energy Assistance Challenge program described in section 2607B of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8626b).
"(b) Report.-Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 27, 1998], the Comptroller General of the United States shall prepare and submit to Congress a report containing-