Investing in State Energy Act

II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 185 To require certain financial assistance under the State energy program and the Weatherization Assistance Program to be distributed without undue delay to support State and local high-impact energy efficiency and renew- able energy initiatives. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JANUARY 17, 2019 Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. COONS, and Mr. REED) intro- duced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com- mittee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To require certain financial assistance under the State en- ergy program and the Weatherization Assistance Pro- gram to be distributed without undue delay to support State and local high-impact energy efficiency and renew- able energy initiatives. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Investing in State En- 4 ergy Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:58 Jan 25, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S185.IS S185 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 185 IS SEC. 2. TIMING FOR DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN FINANCIAL 1 ASSISTANCE UNDER THE STATE ENERGY 2 PROGRAM AND THE WEATHERIZATION AS- 3 SISTANCE PROGRAM. 4 (a) TIMING FOR DISTRIBUTION OF FINANCIAL AS- 5 SISTANCE UNDER THE WEATHERIZATION ASSISTANCE 6 PROGRAM.—Section 417(d) of the Energy Conservation 7 and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6867(d)) is amended— 8 (1) by striking ‘‘(d) Payments’’ and inserting 9 the following: 10 ‘‘(d) METHOD AND TIMING OF PAYMENTS.— 11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 12 any payments’’; and 13 (2) by adding at the end the following: 14 ‘‘(2) TIMING.—Notwithstanding any other pro- 15 vision of law (including regulations), not later than 16 60 days after the date on which funds have been 17 made available to provide assistance under this part, 18 the Secretary shall distribute to the applicable re- 19 cipient the full amount of assistance to be provided 20 to the recipient under this part for the fiscal year.’’. 21 (b) TIMING FOR DISTRIBUTION OF FINANCIAL AS- 22 SISTANCE UNDER THE STATE ENERGY PROGRAM.—Sec- 23 tion 363 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 24 U.S.C. 6323) is amended by adding at the end the fol- 25 lowing: 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:58 Jan 25, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S185.IS S185 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •S 185 IS ‘‘(g) TIMING FOR DISTRIBUTION OF FINANCIAL AS- 1 SISTANCE.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law 2 (including regulations), not later than 60 days after the 3 date on which funds have been made available to provide 4 financial assistance under this section, the Secretary shall 5 distribute to the applicable State the full amount of assist- 6 ance to be provided to the State under this section for 7 the fiscal year.’’. 8 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:58 Jan 25, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S185.IS S185 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS