To appropriate funds for LIHEAP during a Federal Government shutdown.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
Appropriates such sums as necessary to continue LIHEAP payments during fiscal year 2026 discretionary appropriations lapses at the corresponding fiscal year 2025 monthly payment rate.
Who Benefits and How
Low-income households and state or tribal LIHEAP administrators could continue receiving home energy assistance funding during a federal shutdown.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Treasury would fund shutdown-period LIHEAP payments, and HHS or LIHEAP administrators would need to maintain payment flows during appropriations gaps.
Key Provisions
- Provides shutdown-period LIHEAP funding for fiscal year 2026 lapses at the corresponding month fiscal year 2025 payment rate.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Appropriates such sums as necessary to continue LIHEAP payments during fiscal year 2026 discretionary appropriations lapses at the corresponding fiscal year 2025 monthly payment rate.
Key Policy Areas
Energy, Social Welfare, Appropriations
Primary Purpose
Appropriates such sums as necessary to continue LIHEAP payments during fiscal year 2026 discretionary appropriations lapses at the corresponding fiscal year 2025 monthly payment rate.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Low-income households receiving LIHEAP assistance during shutdowns
- State, tribal, and local LIHEAP administrators maintaining benefit continuity
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Federal treasury and HHS administrators funding and processing LIHEAP payments during appropriations lapses
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Pappas introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Low-income households receiving LIHEAP energy assistance during federal shutdowns
State, tribal, and local LIHEAP administrators maintaining payment continuity
Federal treasury and HHS administrators funding shutdown-period LIHEAP payments
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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