legislation: 99-hr-4422
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| 99-hr-4422 | 99 | hr | 4422 | A bill to amend the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1987, 1988, and 1989 and to clarify the treatment under other laws, of home energy assistance payments and allowances provided under such Act. | Energy | 1986-03-17 | 1986-04-24 | Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Education and Labor. Report No: 99-556 (Part I). | House | Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-7] | MI | D | K000172 | 44 | (Reported to House from the Committee on Education and Labor with amendment, H. Rept. 99-556 (Part I)) Amends the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to authorize appropriations for home energy programs for FY 1987 through 1989. Sets specified time constraints within which States operating an energy crisis intervention program must provide energy crisis benefits. Requires each entity administering such a program to provide low-income, physically infirm individuals with the means to: (1) submit benefits applications without leaving their residences; or (2) travel to sites at which applications are being accepted. Prescribes the contents of a State energy crisis intervention program plan. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make a model State plan format available each year for use at the option of each State to prepare the next fiscal year's State plan. Deems the full amount of home energy assistance payments, regardless of whether made directly to a household or indirectly for its benefit, to be heating or cooling expenses for purposes of the excess shelter expense deduction under the Food Stamp Act of 1977. Requires the Secretary to issue an annual report regarding: (1) the manner in which the States have implemented energy crisis intervention program requirements; and (2) the impact of each State's program upon affected households. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z |