A bill to increase funding for low-income home energy assistance, to improve accountability with respect to the use of funds under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, and for other purposes.
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Amendments of 1983 - Amends the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to increase the authorization of appropriations for low-income home energy assistance for FY 1984.
Decreases the maximum amount of grant money allotted for a fiscal year to States for low-income home energy assistance which a State may request to be held available for the next fiscal year.
Specifies additional home energy and home energy assistance data which the Secretary of Health and Human Services is required to collect on a State-by-State basis. Specifies the dates by which the Secretary's annual reports on such data must be submitted to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate, and specified House and Senate Committee Chairmen.
Requires that States applying for grants under such Act agree to cooperate with the Secretary with respect to data collecting and reporting requirements. Requires that State applications for grants include provisions describing eligibility requirements for each type of assistance under such Act.
Provides that a State's request that grant money allotted to a State for the next fiscal year for low-income home energy assistance be held available for the next fiscal year shall include a statement of the reasons why the amount to be held available was not used during the fiscal year for which it was allotted.
For Further Action See H.R.2439.
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Education and Labor. Report No: 98-747 (Part I).
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
For Previous Action See H.R.2333.
Referred to Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and Power.
Referred to Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels.
Referred to Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee.
Executive Comment Requested from HHS.
Subcommittee on Human Resources Discharged.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Education and Labor. Report No: 98-139 (Part I).
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Education and Labor. Report No: 98-139 (Part I).
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Became Public Law No: 98-558.
Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels Discharged.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Division Vote: 17 - 5.
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Report No: 98-139 (Part II).
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Report No: 98-139 (Part II).
Placed on Union Calendar No: 452.
See S.2565.