H.R. 3063 · 112th Congress
To amend the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to provide for an additional allocation of funds to the insular areas.
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Gregorio Sablan
- Introduced
- 2011-09-23
- Latest action
- 2011-11-18 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Summary
Amends the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), beginning in FY2013 and for each subsequent fiscal year, to allocate not less than 30 percent of the amount appropriated for the fiscal year for home energy grants to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to provide supplementary funds on the basis of need among such areas.