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HR 6533 112th Congress House Energy Appropriations Energy assistance for the poor and aged Energy prices Lighting, heating, cooling

To establish minimum levels of assistance for certain States under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 21, 2012 See on congress.gov
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Sep 21, 2012
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 21, 2012
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), from any appropriations for a fiscal year containing a qualifying winter season, to allot to each qualifying state, at least 25% of whose households use heating oil as the primary heating fuel, an amount that is at least the same as that allotted to the state for FY2010. Requires that allotments to states that do not qualify under this Act be ratably reduced if necessary to ensure the allotments to qualifying states.

Defines a "qualifying winter season" as one occurring after enactment of this Act for which the projected average price of heating oil is greater than the average price for the winter of 2011-2012.

What's happening now September 21, 2012

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Democratic 8
D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Sep 28, 2012
ACKERMAN, GARY
· Sep 21, 2012
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Sep 21, 2012
FRANK, BARNEY
· Sep 21, 2012
HINCHEY, MAURICE
· Sep 21, 2012
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Sep 21, 2012
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Sep 21, 2012
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Sep 21, 2012
OLVER, JOHN
· Sep 21, 2012
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Sep 21, 2012
SERRANO, JOSE
· Sep 21, 2012
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Sep 21, 2012
TOWNS, EDOLPHUS
· Sep 21, 2012
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Sep 21, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6533: To establish minimum levels of assistance for certain States under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, and for other purposes.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6533/
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"H.R. 6533: To establish minimum levels of assistance for certain States under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, and for other purposes.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6533/.
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H.R. 6533, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6533/.
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