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LIHEAP Parity Act

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May 8, 2025
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May 8, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Senate
May 8, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Library of Congress | Code: 10000
May 8, 2025

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Introduced in Senate

May 8, 2025

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Length: 1,960 characters Version: Introduced in Senate Version Date: May 8, 2025 Last Updated: Nov 14, 2025 6:21 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1700 Introduced in Senate

(IS) ]

<DOC>

119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1700

To amend the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to improve
the formula for allotments to States.

_______________________________________________________________________

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

May 8, 2025

Mr. Kelly (for himself and Mr. Gallego) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To amend the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to improve
the formula for allotments to States.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.

This Act may be cited as the ``LIHEAP Parity Act''.
SEC. 2.
Section 2604 (a) (2) of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.

(a)

(2) of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of
1981 (42 U.S.C. 8623

(a)

(2) ) is amended by striking ``, except that
States'' and all that follows and inserting a period.
SEC. 3.

(a) Calculation.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall
issue a regulation that specifies the method to be used to calculate
State allotments under
section 2604 (a) (2) of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, consistent with the amendment made by

(a)

(2) of the Low-Income Home Energy
Assistance Act of 1981, consistent with the amendment made by
section 2, ensuring that the method will accurately allot the funds involved.

(b) Data Sources.--In issuing the regulation, the Secretary shall
specify--

(1) the data sources to be used by Administration for
Children and Families to make the State allotments; and

(2) how often the data sources shall be updated, and means
of updating the data sources sufficiently, to ensure the
accuracy of the State allotments.
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