S. 2949: A bill to amend the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to reauthorize the Act, and for other purposes.

108th Congress · introduced 2004-10-08 · Energy · Latest: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 789.

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Where it came from: introduced 2004-10-08 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title

A bill to amend the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to reauthorize the Act, and for other purposes.

Plain summary

Amends the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to authorize appropriations for: (1) home energy grants; and (2) the incentive program for leveraging non-federal resources.

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Official text

A bill to amend the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to reauthorize the Act, and for other purposes.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] · 17 cosponsors

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Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Jack Reed (D-RI), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Maria Cantwell (D-WA)

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Appropriation: Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Authorization: A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
Bill: A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-108s2949.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/108/s>

Record fed-us-cong108-s2949 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108