,i  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hgfd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #cj1         
#bjbb,mr4 ,pappas introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1
 and in addition to the ,committee on   
,education and ,labor1 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 change certain household 
income eligibility requirements for     
low-income home energy assistance in    
fiscal years #bjbc and #bjbd1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,lowering      
,inflated ,heating1 ,energy1 and ,air   
,conditioning ,prices ,act or the       
,,liheap ,act4  #b4 ,,liheap household  
income eligibility  7a7 ,in general     
,notwithstanding section                
#bfje7;b77#b77;,b77ii7 of the           
,low-,income ,home ,energy ,assistance  

,act of #aiha 7#db ,u4,s4,c4            
#hfbd7;b77#b77;,b77ii771 for fiscal     
years #bjbc and #bjbd a ,state may use  
any grant made under section #bfjb of   
such ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #hfba7 to make 
payments under section #bfje7;b77#b7 of 
such ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #hfbd7;b77#b77 
to households with incomes which do not 
exceed #ge percent of the ,state median 
income4  7b7 ,definitions ,in this      
section1 the terms ,state1 ,state median
 income1 and household have the meanings
 given such terms in section #bfjc of   
the ,low-,income ,home ,energy          
,assistance ,act of #aiha 7#db ,u4,s4,c4
 #hfbb74