,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #agjj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #h1       
#bjbe,mr4 ,kelly 7for himself and ,mr4  
,gallego7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on ,health1 ,education1  
,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
amend the ,low-,income ,home ,energy    
,assistance ,act of #aiha to improve the
 formula for allotments to ,states4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,,liheap ,parity ,act4  #b4        
,allotments ,section #bfjd7;a77#b7 of   
the ,low-,income ,home ,energy          
,assistance ,act of #aiha 7#db ,u4,s4,c4
 #hfbc7;a77#b77 is amended by striking 1
 except that ,states and all that       
follows and inserting a period4  #c4    
,regulations  7a7 ,calculation ,the     
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services shall issue a regulation that 
specifies the method to be used to      
calculate ,state allotments under       
section #bfjd7;a77#b7 of the            

,low-,income ,home ,energy ,assistance  
,act of #aiha1 consistent with the      
amendment made by section #b1 ensuring  
that the method will accurately allot   
the funds involved4  7b7 ,data sources  
,in issuing the regulation1 the         
,secretary shall specify-- 7#a7 the data
 sources to be used by ,administration  
for ,children and ,families to make the 
,state allotments2 and  7#b7 how often  
the data sources shall be updated1 and  
means of updating the data sources      
sufficiently1 to ensure the accuracy of 
the ,state allotments4