To increase the annual amount authorized for emergency assistance under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981.

Amends the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to increase from $600 million to $750 million the annual authorization of appropriations for the home energy assistance needs of states arising from a natural disaster or other emergency.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4863 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4863

To increase the annual amount authorized for emergency assistance under 
           the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 16, 2010

Mr. Sestak (for himself and Mr. Markey of Massachusetts) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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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                                 A BILL


 
To increase the annual amount authorized for emergency assistance under 
           the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981.

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

SECTION 1. EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE.

    Section 2602(e) of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 
1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621(e)) is amended by striking ``$600,000,000'' and 
inserting ``$750,000,000''.
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