S.Amdt. 156

1. Adds SEC. __. FINDINGS AND SENSE OF THE SENATE wherever appropriate

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   Inserted: SEC. __. FINDINGS AND SENSE OF THE SENATE.

   Inserted: (a) Findings.--The Senate finds the following:

   Inserted: (1) The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (referred to in this section as "LIHEAP") is the main Federal program that helps low-income households and senior citizens with their energy bills, providing vital assistance during both the cold winter and hot summer months.

   Inserted: (2) Recipients of LIHEAP assistance are among the most vulnerable individuals in the country, with about 90 percent of LIHEAP households having at least one member who is a child, a senior citizen, or disabled, and approximately 20 percent of LIHEAP households including at least one veteran.

   Inserted: (3) The number of households eligible for LIHEAP assistance continues to exceed available funding, with current funding reaching just 20 percent of the eligible population.

   Inserted: (4) The average LIHEAP grant covers just a fraction of home energy costs, leaving many low-income families and senior citizens struggling to pay their energy bills and with fewer resources available to meet other essential needs.

   Inserted: (5) Access to affordable home energy is a matter of health and safety for many low-income households, children, senior citizens, individuals with disabilities, and veterans.

   Inserted: (6) Funding LIHEAP at $4,700,000,000 annually would ensure that more low-income households, households with children, senior citizens, individuals with disabilities, and veterans can meet basic home energy needs.

   Inserted: (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that LIHEAP should be funded at not less than $4,700,000,000 annually.

   Inserted: (c) Date of Enactment.--This section takes effect on the day after the date of enactment of this Act.

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