To increase appropriations for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program by $1,276,000,000, with an across-the-board reduction.

SA 2253. Mr. GREGG (for himself and Mr. Grassley) proposed an
amendment to the bill H.R. 3010, making appropriations for the
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and
Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for
other purposes; as follows:

On page 158, strike lines 12 through 21 and insert the
following:
bus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, $3,159,000,000.
For making payments under title XXVI of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1981, $300,000,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That these funds are for the
unanticipated home energy assistance needs of one or more
States, as authorized by section 2604(e) of the Act: Provided
further, That the entire amount is designated as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th
Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal
year 2006.

general provision--reduction and rescission

Sec. __. (a) Amounts made available in this Act, not
otherwise required by law, are reduced by 0.92 percent.
(b) The reduction described in subsection (a) shall not
apply to amounts made available under this Act--
(1) for the account under the heading ``low-income home
energy assistance''; or
(2) for the account under the heading ``Refugee and Entrant
Assistance'' (with respect to amounts designated as emergency
requirements).
Sec. __. (a) There is rescinded an amount equal to 0.92 of
the budget authority provided in any prior appropriation Act
for fiscal year 2006, for any discretionary account described
in this Act.
(b) Any rescission made by subsection (a) shall be applied
proportionately--
(1) to each discretionary account described in subsection
(a) to the extent that it relates to budget authority
described in subsection (a), and to each item of budget
authority described in subsection (a); and
(2) within each such account or item, to each program,
project, and activity (as delineated in the appropriation Act
or accompanying report for the relevant fiscal year covering
such account or item).
(c) The rescission described in subsection (a) shall not
apply to budget authority provided as described in subsection
(a)--
(1) for the account under the heading ``low-income home
energy assistance''; or
(2) for the account under the heading ``Refugee and Entrant
Assistance (with respect to amounts designated as emergency
requirements)''.
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