Home Heating Security Act
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Home Heating Security Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States on behalf of eligible households to assist such households in meeting increased home heating costs. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 through 1983 to carry out this Act, and provides for extensions of such authorization. States that a household shall be considered to be eligible for home heating assistance if the State determines that such household is eligible for aid to families with dependent children, supplemental security income, or food stamps, or has an income equal to or less than 150 percent of the poverty line, with exceptions. Sets forth an allotment schedule for funds appropriated pursuant to this Act. Authorizes such grants to be used for home heating assistance in accordance with State plans approved under this Act. Requires each State seeking to receive a home heating grant under this Act to submit a State plan to the Secretary which sets forth that State's program for implementing the provisions of this Act. Sets forth the components of such plan. Directs each approved State to conduct a study to determine the extent to which rent increases are caused by increased home heating costs. Sets forth procedures for the approval of State plans by the Secretary, and directs the Secretary to establish criteria and standards for such plans, together with timetables for carrying out such plans. Authorizes a State to use funds available under this Act to provide credits against State tax to home heating suppliers who supply home heating at reduced rates to lower income households. Authorizes the Secretary to make direct payments to eligible households at the option of the State. Authorizes a State to make home heating assistance payments in the form of coupons, stamps, or certificates. Prohibits States from making such payments to any private business concern, other than home heating suppliers and specified building operators. Directs the Secretary to establish uniform data collection standards necessary to carry out this Act, to gather and analyze information relating to the structure of fuel prices and to report annually to the Congress on data collected pursuant to these provisions. Directs the Secretary to periodically revise a poverty line to be used as a criterion for determining eligibility for assistance under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to withhold payments to a State for noncompliance with its State plan until such noncompliance is corrected. Sets forth specified administrative and technical provisions relating to implementation of this Act.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on March 6, 1980. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on March 6, 1980: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 96th Congress (1979-80), 613 of the 12,581 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 4.9 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
S. GREEN (R-NY) introduced it on March 6, 1980. No cosponsors are recorded.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on March 6, 1980, 16989 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 16989 days ago, on March 6, 1980.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 96th Congress has not finished by January 3, 1981 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers