S. 1700

Summary

S. 1700, the LIHEAP Parity Act, was introduced in the Senate on May 8, 2025 by Sen. Mark Kelly (D) with 1 co-sponsor. It was referred to Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions, and last saw action on May 8, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Record

Text

S. 1700 has 1 co-sponsor.

119 S1700 IS: LIHEAP Parity Act
 U.S. Senate
 2025-05-08
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 1700  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   May 8, 2025   Mr. Kelly  (for himself and  Mr. Gallego ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions    A BILL
To amend the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to improve the formula for allotments to States.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   LIHEAP Parity Act  .
2.
Allotments
Section 2604(a)(2) of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 ( 42 U.S.C. 8623(a)(2) ) is amended by striking  , except that States  and all that follows and inserting a period.
3.
Regulations
(a)
Calculation
The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall issue a regulation that specifies the method to be used to calculate State allotments under section 2604(a)(2) of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, consistent with the amendment made by section 2, ensuring that the method will accurately allot the funds involved.
(b)
Data sources
In issuing the regulation, the Secretary shall specify—
(1)
the data sources to be used by Administration for Children and Families to make the State allotments; and
(2)
how often the data sources shall be updated, and means of updating the data sources sufficiently, to ensure the accuracy of the State allotments.

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A bill to amend the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to improve the formula for allotments to States.

Sponsors

Sen. Mark Kelly (D) sponsors S. 1700, and 1 member has co-sponsored it from the day it was introduced.

Mark Kelly

Sen. · D–AZ · Sponsor

Introduced May 8, 2025

Ruben Gallego

Sen. · D–AZ · Co-sponsor

Joined May 8, 2025 · Original

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Committees

S. 1700 went before 1 committee: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Referred To · May 8, 2025 · 747 Bills

Actions

S. 1700 has taken 2 actions since May 8, 2025.

Votes

S. 1700 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

S. 1700 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• LIHEAP Parity Act — Display Title
• LIHEAP Parity Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• A bill to amend the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to improve the formula for allotments to States. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 1 registered lobbyist who named S. 1700 in 3 quarterly filings, 2025. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Budget/Appropriations, Energy/Nuclear, Environment/Superfund, Homeland Security, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Transportation, Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear), Defense.

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Lobbyists

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 1700 under Health, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

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