To provide for payments under subsections (a) through (e) of section 2604 of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981.

SA 3900. Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Mr. Obama, Ms. Cantwell, Mr.
Kerry, Ms. Snowe, Ms. Collins, Mr. Sununu, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Leahy,
Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Kennedy, and Mr. Durbin) proposed an amendment to
amendment SA 3899 proposed by Mr. Dorgan (for himself, Ms. Murkowski,
Mr. Baucus, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Smith, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, and Mr.
Salazar) to the bill S. 1200, to amend the Indian Health Care
Improvement Act to revise and extend the Act; as follows:

At the end of title II, insert the following:

SEC. 2__. LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

(a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated,
and there are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated--
(1) $400,000,000 (to remain available until expended) for
making payments under subsections (a) through (d) of section
2604 of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42
U.S.C. 8623); and
(2) $400,000,000 (to remain available until expended) for
making payments under section 2604(e) of the Low-Income Home
Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8623(e)),
notwithstanding the designation requirement of section
2602(e) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 8621(e)).
(b) Designation.--Any amount provided under subsection (a)
is designated as an emergency requirement and necessary to
meet emergency needs pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of
section 204 of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress), the
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2008.

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