,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hce  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #bf1 #bjac 
,mr4 ,markey 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,larson 
of ,connecticut1 ,ms4 ,de,lauro1 ,mr4   
,mc,govern1 and ,mr4 ,welch7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,energy and        
,commerce1 and in addition to the       
,committee on ,education and the        
,workforce1 for a period to be          
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to reauthorize the          
,low-,income ,home ,energy ,assistance  
,program for fiscal years #bjad through 
#bjah1 and for other purposes4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,energy ,assistance for ,american   
,families ,act4  #b4 ,reauthorization of
 ,,liheap ,section #bfjb7;b7 of the     
,low-,income ,home ,energy ,assistance  
,act of #aiha 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #hfba7;b77 

is amended--  7#a7 by striking #bjja1   
and and inserting #bjja12 and  7#b7 by  
inserting after #bjjg the following3 1  
and #g1fjj1jjj1jjj for each of fiscal   
years #bjad through #bjah4              
,notwithstanding section                
#bfje7;b77#b77;,b77ii71 a ,state may use
 any allotment from funds appropriated  
under this subsection for fiscal years  
#bjad through #bjah to provide          
assistance to households whose income   
does not exceed #ge percent of the      
,state median income4