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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 7662
To modify certain requirements of LIHEAP for purposes of the use of
certain funds appropriated in fiscal year 2020, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 16, 2020
Ms. STEVENS (for herself, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. YOUNG, Mrs. DINGELL, and
Mr. VEASEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee 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 with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To modify certain requirements of LIHEAP for purposes
of the use of certain funds appropriated in fiscal year
2020, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. USE OF LIHEAP SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIA-
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TIONS.
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(a) USE OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding section 2605
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of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981,
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with respect to amounts appropriated during the covered
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period to carry out the Low-Income Home Energy Assist-
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ance Act of 1981, each State, the Commonwealth of Puer-
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to Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands of
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the United States, the Commonwealth of the Northern
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Mariana Islands, and each Indian Tribe, as applicable,
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that receives an allotment of funds from such amounts—
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(1) shall, in using such funds, for purposes of
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income eligibility, accept proof of job loss or severe
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income loss dated after February 29, 2020, such as
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a layoff or furlough notice or verification of applica-
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tion for unemployment benefits, as sufficient to dem-
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onstrate lack of income for an individual or house-
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hold; and
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(2) may use not more than 12.5 percent of such
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funds for administrative costs.
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(b) COVERED PERIOD DEFINED.—In this section, the
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term ‘‘covered period’’ means the period that begins on
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the date of enactment of this Act and ends on September
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30, 2020.
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