LIHEAP Staffing Support Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 49
- Latest action
- Jun 10, 2025
What it does
The LIHEAP Staffing Support Act would amend the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to employ at least 20 staff to carry out LIHEAP programs, with no more than 40% of those staff being contractors. During federally declared energy emergencies, the bill mandates an increase to at least 30 staff for a period lasting from 45 days after the emergency determination to no earlier than 180 days afterward, and allows contractors to exceed the usual 40% limit during such emergencies. The bill affects the administration of LIHEAP by setting minimum staffing levels and contractor use limits to ensure adequate federal capacity to manage…
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Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Josh Gottheimer
- Adam Gray
- Adam Smith
- Alma Adams
- André Carson
- Angie Craig
- April McClain Delaney
- Becca Balint
- Bennie Thompson
- Betty McCollum
- Brian Fitzpatrick
- Brittany Pettersen
- Chris Deluzio
- Chris Pappas
- Dwight Evans
- Eleanor Norton
- Emilia Sykes
- Eric Sorensen
- Eugene Vindman
- Frank Mrvan
- Greg Stanton
- Janelle Bynum
- Jesús García
- Jim Costa
- Joe Courtney
- John Mannion
- Josh Riley
- Julie Johnson
- Kweisi Mfume
- Laura Friedman
- Lizzie Fletcher
- Lori Trahan
- Maggie Goodlander
- Michael Lawler
- Nicole (Nikki) Budzinski
- Raja Krishnamoorthi
- Raul Ruiz
- Sarah McBride
- Seth Magaziner
- Shri Thanedar
- Stephen Lynch
- Steven Horsford
- Suzan DelBene
- Ted Lieu
- Thomas Suozzi
- Timothy Kennedy
- Wesley Bell
- William Keating
- Yassamin Ansari
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