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HR 2226 114th Congress House

Home Energy Utility Assistance Act

Official title: To authorize appropriations for assistance under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 1, 2015 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Nov 16, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
May 8, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
May 1, 2015
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.
May 1, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Latest action November 16, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Home Energy Utility Assistance Act

This bill amends the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to reauthorize the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) for FY2016-FY2025. The bill also requires states to ensure that households seeking assistance under the program are not required to file more than one application per year.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 11
D
Jeffries, Hakeem S.
New York · Jan 13, 2016
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Jan 12, 2016
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · May 14, 2015
 D
Adams, Alma S.
North Carolina · May 1, 2015
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · May 1, 2015
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · May 1, 2015
 D
Norcross, Donald
New Jersey · May 1, 2015
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 1, 2015
Sablan, Gregorio
· May 1, 2015
 D
Takano, Mark
California · May 1, 2015
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · May 1, 2015
 D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · May 1, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2226: Home Energy Utility Assistance Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2226/
MLA
"H.R. 2226: Home Energy Utility Assistance Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2226/.
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H.R. 2226, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2226/.
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