Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Amendments of 1983

Summary

Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Amendments of 1983 - Amends the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to increase the authorization of appropriations for low-income home energy assistance for FY 1984. Repeals provisions permitting States to transfer up to ten percent of their grant money for low-income energy assistance for any fiscal year to other block grant programs. Decreases the maximum amount of grant money allotted for a fiscal year to States for low-income home energy assistance which a State may request to be held available for the next fiscal year. Specifies additional home energy and home energy assistance data which the Secretary of Health and Human Services is required to collect on a State-by-State basis. Specifies the dates by which the Secretary's annual reports on such data must be submitted to Congress. Requires that States applying for grants under such Act agree to cooperate with the Secretary with respect to data collecting and reporting requirements. Requires that State applications for grants include provisions: (1) describing eligibility requirements for each type of assistance under such Act; and (2) projecting the number of households in the State which will be eligible for such assistance. Provides that a State's request that grant money allotted to a State for the next fiscal year for low-income home energy assistance be held available for the next fiscal year shall include a statement of the reasons why the amount to be held available was not used during the fiscal year for which it was allotted.

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Timeline

1. 24 March 1983

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 24 March 1983

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 24 March 1983

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 7 April 1983

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and Power.

   Source: Committee

5. 8 May 1984

   Committee

   For Further Action See H.R.2439.

   Source: Committee

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 24 March 1983

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Ottinger, Richard L. [D-NY-20] · D · Sponsor
• · hsif00 · Standing

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