Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 95.djvu/920

 95 STAT. 894

Appropriation authorization.

PUBLIC LAW 97-35—AUG. 13, 1981 title, to States to assist eligible households to meet the costs of home energy. (b) There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out the purposes of this title $1,875,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1982, 1983, and 1984. DEFINITIONS

42 USC 8622.

Ante, p. 511.

SEC. 2603. As used in this title: (1) The term "energy crisis intervention" means weatherrelated and supply shortage emergencies. (2)(A) The term "household" means all individuals who occupy a housing unit. (B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), 1 or more rooms shall be treated as a housing unit when occupied as a separate living quarters. (3) The term "home energy" means a source of heating or cooling in residential dwellings. (4) The term "poverty level" means, with respect to a household in any State, the income poverty guidelines for the nonfarm population of the United States as prescribed by the Office of Management and Budget (and as adjusted annually pursuant to section 673(2) of this Act) as applicable to such State. (5) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health and Human Services. (6) The term "State" means each of the several States and the District of Columbia. (7) The term "State median income" means the State median income promulgated by the Secretary in accordance with procedures established under section 2002(a)(6) of the Social Security Act (as such procedures were in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act) and adjusted, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary, to take into account the number of individuals in the household. STATE ALLOTMENTS

42 USC 8623.

Allotment percentage. Post, p. 902.

SEC. 2604. (a)(1)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall, from that percentage of the amount appropriated under section 2602(b) for each fiscal year which is remaining after the amount of allotments for such fiscal year under subsection QaW) is determined by the Secretary, allot to each State an amount equal to such remaining percentage multiplied by the State's allotment percentage. (B) From the sums appropriated therefor, if for any period a State has a plan which is described in section 2605(c)(1), the Secretary shall pay to such State an amount equal to 100 percent of the expenditures of such State made during such period in carrying out such plan, including administrative costs (subject to the provisions of section 2605(b)(9)(B)), with respect to households described in section 2605(b)(2). (2)(A) For purposes of paragraph (1), a State's allotment percentage is the percentage which the amount the State was eligible to receive for fiscal year 1981 under the allotment formulas of the Home Energy Assistance Act of 1980 bears to the total amount available for allotment under such formulas. (B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the allotment formulas of the Home Energy Assistance Act of 1980 shall be treated as including the rules provided by, and the rules referred to in, section 101(j) of the

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