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S 2628 109th Congress Senate

LIHEAP Emergency Reform Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to provide procedures for the release of Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program contingency funds.

Introduced: April 24, 2006 Introduced by: Cantwell, Maria Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
Social Welfare Administrative procedureDepartment of Health and Human ServicesEconomics and Public FinanceEnergy
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Apr 24, 2006
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Apr 24, 2006
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 Latest action April 24, 2006

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

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

LIHEAP Emergency Reform Act - Amends the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to authorize the Governor of a state to apply to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for: (1) certification of an energy emergency in that state; and (2) an allotment of certain appropriated amounts.

Directs the Secretary to adopt prescribed procedures for equitable consideration of such applications.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Murray, Patty
Washington · Apr 24, 2006
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Apr 24, 2006
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2628: LIHEAP Emergency Reform Act. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-2628/
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"S. 2628: LIHEAP Emergency Reform Act." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-2628/.
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