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H.R. 6437: Heating and Cooling Relief Act

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H.R. 6437: Heating and Cooling Relief Act

117th Congress · introduced 2022-01-20 · Energy · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2022-01-20 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Bowman, Jamaal [D-NY-16] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Heating and Cooling Relief Act

Plain summary

Heating and Cooling Relief Act This bill provides additional energy assistance to households, including heating and cooling assistance. Specifically, the bill reauthorizes through FY2031 and revises the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. Under the existing program, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) may award grants to states for assisting low-income households that pay a high proportion of their income for home energy. To be eligible under the existing program, households must have incomes which do not exceed the greater of an amount equal to 150% of the poverty level for their state or an amount equal to 60% of the state median income. The bill expands eligibility to households with incomes which do not exceed the greater of an amount equal to 250% of the poverty line as defined in the Community Services Block Grant Act or an amount equal to 80% of the state median income. In addition, the bill expands eligibility to households with a monthly energy burden of 3% or more per year. It also requires states to establish procedures to protect households receiving assistance under the program from energy shutoffs and certain late fees. In addition, the bill requires HHS and the Department of Energy to jointly carry out a program that awards grants to states and local governments for developing and implementing interagency plans to reduce energy burdens for eligible households with high home energy use. The plans must promote the reduction of energy from fossil fuels.

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Official text

Heating and Cooling Relief Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Bowman, Jamaal [D-NY-16] · 39 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Mark Takano (D-CA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), André Carson (D-IN), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Ritchie Torres (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Judy Chu (D-CA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Troy A. Carter (D-LA), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr6437 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117