Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 94 Part 1.djvu/344

 94 STAT. 294

PUBLIC LAW 96-223—APR. 2, 1980 STATE PLANS

42 USC 8607.

Requirements.

Assistance payments.

12 USC I70iq. 42 USC 1485. 42 USC 1437 "°*®-

SEC. 308. (a) Each State desiring to receive a home energy grant under this title shall submit a State plan to the Secretary, at such time, in such manner, and containing or accompanied by such information as the Secretary deems necessary. (b) Each such State plan shall— (1) be submitted in accordance with the procedures, timetables, and standards established by the Secretary pursuant to subsection (d)(4) of this section; (2) designate an agency of the State to be determined by the chief executive to administer the program authorized by this title and describe local administrative arrangements; (3) provide for a State program for furnishing home energy assistance to eligible households through payments made in accordance with the provisions of the plan, to— (A)(i) home energy suppliers, (ii) eligible households whenever the chief executive determines such payments to be feasible, or when the eligible household is making undesignated payments for rising energy costs in the form of rent increases, or (iii) any combination of home energy supplier and eligible household whenever the chief executive determines such payments to be feasible, and (B) building operators, in housing projects established under sections 221(d)(3) and 236 of the National Housing Act of 1968, section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, section 515 of the Housing Act of 1949, low rent housing established by the United States Housing Act of 1937, and section 8 of the Housing Act of 1974, and State and local governmentoperated projects in an aggregate monthly amount computed on the basis of the number of eligible tenants making undesignated energy payments in the form of rent times of quotient of the exact costs of residential fuel costs paid as an undesignated part of rent divided by the number of tenants, the amount of such monthly quotient not to exceed a ceiling amount per eligible tenant as determined under regulations by the Secretary annually to be comparable to the amount established for other eligible households, if such operators give assurances to the State that tenants eligible for assistance under this title are not discriminated against with respect to rent; (4) describe with particularity the procedures by which eligible households in the State are identified and certified as participants; (5) describe energy usage and the average cost of home energy in the State identified by the type of fuel and by region of the State; (6) describe the amount of assistance to be provided to or on behalf of participating households assuring (A) that priority is given to households with lowest incomes and to eligible households having at least one elderly or handicapped individual, and (B) that the highest level of assistance is provided to households with lowest incomes and the highest energy costs in relation to income, taking into account— (i) the average home energy expenditure, (ii) the proportional burden of energy costs in relation to ranges of income.

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