Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 98 Part 3.djvu/519

 PUBLIC LAW 98-558—OCT. 30, 1984

98 STAT. 2891

"(4) For the purpose of this section, the Secretary shall determine the expenditure for home energy by low-income households on the basis of the most recent satisfactory data available to the Secretary.". APPLICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

SEC. 605. (a)(1) Section 260503)(1) of the Act is amended by striking out "subsection" and inserting in lieu thereof "section". (2) Subclause (B) of section 260503)(2) of the Act is amended by inserting after the semicolon and flush to the margin of subclause (B) the following: "except that no household may be excluded from eligibility under this subclause for payments under this title for fiscal year 1986 and thereafter if the household has an income which is less than 110 percent of the poverty level for such State for such fiscal year". (3) Section 26050t)X5) is amended by inserting before the semicolon a comma and the following: "except that the State may not differentiate in implementing this section between the households described in clause (2)(A) and (2)(B) of this subsection". (4) Section 2605(b)(7)(C) is amended by striking out "any differently" and inserting in lieu thereof "adversely". (5) Section 26050t)X8) of the Act is amended by inserting after "that" the following: "(A) the State will not exclude households described in clause (2)(B) of this subsection from receiving home energy assistance benefits under clause (2), and (B)". (6) Section 26050t)X9XA) of the Act is amended to read as follows: "(A) the State may use for planning and administering the use of funds under this title an amount not to exceed 10 percent of the funds payable to such State under this title for a fiscal year and not transferred pursuant to section 2604(f) for use under another block grant; and". (7) Section 26050^X10) of the Act is amended by striking out "every year" and inserting in lieu thereof "every two years". (8) Section 26050)) of the Act is amended— (A) by striking out "and" at the end of clause (12); (B) by striking out the period at the end of clause (13) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon; and (C) by adding at the end thereof the following new clauses: "(14) describe the procedures by which households in the State are identified as eligible to participate under this title and the manner in which the State determines benefit levels; "(15) describe the amount that the State will reserve in accordance with section 2604(c) in each fiscal year for energy crisis intervention activities together with the administrative procedures (A) for designating an emergency, (B) for determining the assistance to be provided in any such emergency, and (C) for the use of funds reserved under such section for the purposes under this title in the event any portion of the amount so reserved is not expended for emergencies. "(16) describe energy usage and the average cost of home energy in the State, identified by type of fuel and by region of the State; and "(17) cooperate with the Secretary with respect to data collecting and reporting under section 2610.". (9) Section 2605(b) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "The Secretary shall issue regulations to

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