S.Amdt. 2642

SA 2642. Mr. REED submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2360 proposed by Mr. Thune (for Mr. Graham) to the bill
H.R. 1, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con.
Res. 14; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. APPROPRIATIONS FOR A LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is
appropriated to the Secretary of Health and Human Services
for fiscal year 2026, out of any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, $1,000,000,000, to remain available
until expended, to carry out the Low-Income Home Energy
Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 through 8630),
including to help low-income households afford the higher
energy costs projected to be caused by this Act, and to
provide for sufficient staff of the Department of Health and
Human Services to oversee the distribution of funding under
the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981.
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