[20010417]RS20893_低收入家庭能源援助计划：如何确定州拨款？.pdf

1 For additional information on LIHEAP, see CRS Report 94-211, The Low-Income Home EnergyAssistance Program by Melinda Gish.Congressional Research Service ? The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS WebOrder Code RS20893April 17, 2001The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program: How are StateAllotments Determined?Craig W. AbbeyAnalyst in Social LegislationDomestic Social Policy DivisionSummaryThe Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) is a block grantprogram under which the federal government provides states annual grants to operatemulti-component home energy assistance programs for needy households. The LIHEAPstatute authorizes two types of grants, regular and emergency. When appropriations are$1.975 billion or less, states receive the same share of funds they received in FY1984.When regular appropriations for a fiscal year exceed $1.975 billion, state allocations arebased on estimated home heating and cooling expenditures by low-income households(subject to a minimum). Emergency funds are released and distributed at the discretionof the President and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) in response tonatural disasters or other