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Order Code RS21605
Updated July 5, 2007
~. CRS Report for Congress
Low Income Home Energy
Assistance Program (LIHEAP):
Estimated Allocations
Libby Perl
Analyst in Social Legislation
Domestic Social Policy Division
Summary
The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) is a block grant
program under which the federal government gives annual grants to states, the District
of Columbia, U.S. territories and commonwealths, and Indian tribal organizations to
operate multi-component home energy assistance programs for needy households. This
report contains two tables that show estimated LIHEAP allocations to the states. Table
1 shows state allocations at various levels: (1) the amount appropriated for FY2006, (2)
the amount appropriated for FY2007, (3) the estimated state allocations based on the
amount proposed by the President for FY2008, and (4) the estimated state allocations
based on the House and Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education
Appropriations Subcommittees. Table 2 shows estimated state allocations at other
hypothetical appropriations increments. For detailed information on how the LIHEAP
formula allocates funds to the states, see CRS Report RL33275, Low-Income Home
Energy Assistance Allocation Rates: Legislative History and Current Law, by Julie M.
Whittaker and Libby Perl. This report will be updated when proposed funding levels
change.
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) is a block grant
program under which the federal government gives annual grants to states, the District of
Columbia, U.S. territories and commonwealths, and Indian tribal organizations to operate
multi-component home energy assistance programs for needy households.' Established
in 1981 by Title XXVI of P.L. 97-35, LIHEAP has been reauthorized and amended
several times, most recently in 2005, when P.L. 109-58 reauthorized annual regular
LIHEAP funds at $5.1 billion per year from FY2005 to FY2007. The total LIHEAP
'For additional information on LIHEAP, see CRS Report RL31865, The Low-Income Home
Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP): Program and Funding, by Libby Perl.
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